I loved watching Zorro when I was a kid. Swinging from chandeliers. Overpowering ten men at a time with the slash of his sword. His mission in life was to right the injustices of the world. It turns out, Zorro didn’t start out as a confident hero. The higher he…

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can make in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. That’s a quote from How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie which was the book of the…

WARNING: It’s Friday, and I’m soooo ready for the weekend. People on LinkedIn continue to amaze me. Today, I received this invitation to connect. Hi.I’m Su ! Your resume looks great. Can we talk? I’m in the birds nest business. if I didn’t bother you. To be honest, I never…

I went into a severe writing slump and didn’t post regularly on LinkedIn for a few months. Last week, I broke out of my slump and started a new LinkedIn content marketing strategy. I’m writing five emails per week, posting them as LinkedIn Articles that end with my bio and…

I received an interesting LinkedIn connection request today. Hi Ted, Love your sales and marketing tips. My mentor told me I had to get your book to read. What are the top 3 nuggets I should obtain from reading your book “LinkedIn for Business”? Is there anything I can do…

A colleague reached out to me today. We met years ago at a mastermind hosted by Alex Mandossian in Austin. I’ll leave his name out of it for now because he’s a friend. It’s XXX from Alex’s Pathfinder mastermind. Long time no talk! It’s been a while, so I thought…

I know I’m not supposed to confuse you with two different messages in one post but… Number one, on Tuesday, March 21st at 10 AM Pacific/1 PM Eastern, we will be talking about what’s new on LinkedIn in our Rapid Results Academy group call. I haven’t done a “What’s new…

There’s an interesting story about Shakespeare in the book Magic Words by Jonah Berger. Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer in the English language but… It turns out he didn’t write his plays by himself. Is this why he never published a list of his works? The main reason Shakespeare…

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Do you ever wonder why some businesses struggle with customer service? One afternoon we ventured into a restaurant on the beach near our resort in Hawaii. The place was packed which is always a good sign if you want good food and drinks. The hostess brought…