RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2024.02.12

Sunrise over St. Louis

Sunrise over St. Louis, Feb. 2024 #allthisusefulbeauty


Recommended Reading

šŸ“š How to Work a Room
Have you ever walked into a roomful of strangers and felt uncomfortable? If the answer is yes, youā€™re not alone!

Over 85% of American adults feel the same way. The solution: How to Work a Room, the fully revised Silver Anniversary edition, which has sold over 1.2 million copies worldwide.

Drawing from her vast experiences working with top industry leaders such as Coca-Cola, Apple, the NFL, and UnitedHealth, Susan Roane presents easy-to-implement strategies to exude more confidence, win over your colleagues, and achieve more.

How to Work a Room is this month’s selection for the Mastermind Book Club. Each month, Ted Prodromou choose a book for the club.

On the fourth Thursday of the month, Club members gather live on Zoom to discuss the book.

The Club is free to join at MastmindBook.club.


Recommended Newsletter


šŸ—žļø Total ANNARCHY by Ann Handley
I’ve recommended this before, and I’ll recommend it again…

…because Total ANNARCHY is one of the few newsletters I read top-to-bottom as soon as I see it in my inbox.

Ann is a writer and digital marketing pioneer who writes and speaks often about how to create business-building content your audience will love.


Recommended Post


šŸ¶ Will you adopt “Eddie the Terrible”
Speaking of “Total ANNARCHY,” last week’s edition included a breakdown of this brilliant blog post from the Humane Society of Silicon Valley.

The 2014 post encourages (and DIScourages) readers to adopt “Eddie the Terrible,” a small and yellow and fluffy mutt who’s adorable and terrible.

This is brilliant, entertaining marketing copy…

…and it succeeded in finding a home for Eddie.


Recommended Reading

šŸ“š The Rapid Lead Activator
Several people emailed last week to tell me they downloaded this book and loved it.

So one more time…

…I encourage you to download The Rapid Lead Activator.

Csaba Borzasi is offering the PDF version FREE to download. So go grab it now while itā€™s still available.


Recommended Listening

šŸŽ¶ Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson
Fifty-three years after Harry Nilsson released this great album, it’s opening track has hit the mainstream.

“Gotta Get Up” is featured in every season one episode of Netflix’s “Russian Doll” (recommended).

In December 2023, American Express launched an ad called “Get Going with Gold” that features the song — that’s just one of several great tracks on the album. Here’s that Amex ad…


Words to Ponder

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

– John Wooden

Don't go away yet..

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Tom Ruwitch

Tom Ruwitch is the founder and CEO of Story Power Marketing. For more than 30 years, he has helped businesses grow by delivering powerful stories using a variety of different media.