Monday Mash-Up
Recommended ViewingThis Video Will Help You Turn Content From Boring to Brilliant Mary K. Sloane and I had a great conversation last week on her Inspirational Influencer News show. If you want to know how to harness the power of storytelling to captivate prospects and inspire them to hire you… …this is a great crash place to…
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Recommended ViewingSpeaking with Confidence and Selling with Authority My friend Jane M. Powers is a public speaking master who knows how to sell from stage. I learn valuable business-building strategies and tactics every time I hear her speak and talk to her. Here’s a great interview she did with SalesPOP! — a digital magazine that…
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Recommended Viewing4 (Stoic) Secrets To The Good Life Here’s anotherĀ great videoĀ from Ryan Holiday, author ofĀ “The Daily Stoic” and several other great books. Here’s the video description from Ryan’s YouTube channel: Virtue is one of those words that contains multitudes. If you think about it, being virtuous is not doing one thing all the time, or…
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Recommended ViewingSam’s Philosophy for a Happy Life Thanks to Tim Ferriss for introducing me to this extraordinary TED talk video, featuring Sam Berns. Sam delivered this talk in December 2013, about one month before he passed away. He was 17. When he was 2, he was diagnosed with Progeria, a rare, rapid aging disease. In…
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Recommended ReadingThe Power of Authentic, Human-to-Human Contact I love thisĀ blog postĀ from the great Mike Weinberg. Mike trains sales managers and sales people and is the author of three great books — including one of my favorites,Ā New Sales Simplified.Ā In thisĀ post, Mike discusses the power of HUMAN prospecting — and why it’s more effective than the…
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Recommended ListeningSmashing the Plateau I’ve began listening to David Shriner-Cahn’s podcast,Ā Smashing the Plateau,Ā since soon after I met him earlier this year. I think David and his podcast are great!Ā I was honored to be his guest recently, and theĀ episodeĀ dropped this morning. We discussed:Ā Why I started Story Power Marketing Why I decided to focus on…
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Recommended Listening/ReadingHow to Make B2B Content Less Boring “People want to do business with people, and also people that they trust. Those people have the same motivations and desires and emotions and challenges, just like the rest of us.” So says content marketing expert Julie Revelant during a recent episode of the Marketing Smarts podcast. This episode…
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Recommended ReadingHow to Stay Relevant — The Beatles and George Carlin Way In past Monday Mash-Ups, I’ve recommended the documentaries “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO) and “The Beatles: Get Back” (Apple TV). Here’s aĀ great articleĀ by Brian Kurtz that is loaded with lessons about how the best creators evolve to stay relevant (and then some).Ā And…
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InvitationAsk Tom Anything You’re invited to a special live Zoom event called “Ask Tom Anything.” When: This Wednesday, June 22, 4 p.m. EDT, 3 p.m. CDT. Where: Zoom. Registration: Click the blue button below Anything on your mind now? Ask away asap. If you reply to this email and ask a question right away, I’ll answer it at the beginning…
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Recommended ListeningRichard Koch on the Tim Ferriss Show Richard Koch is an entrepreneur, investor, former strategy consultant, and author of several books on business and ideas, including four on how to apply the 80/20 principle in all walks of life. In September 2020, Koch was a guest on Tim Ferriss’ podcast. This conversationĀ is a beauty…
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