7 Tips for Telling Stories on Zoom
Everyone is Telling Stories Right Now…on Zoom My team is on daily Zoom calls. My kids are on Zoom calls for school. My wife gathers with a group of women so they can drink wine on Zoom. So why shouldn't ...
Becoming a Great Conversationalist
Most of us aren't great at business conversations In a CNN poll run a few years ago, they asked people how well they could manage a business conversation. I'm sure that the people who responded (more than 3500 in a ...
The One simple way to make more money in 2017
If you want to make more money in 2017, you don't need 12, 37 or 101 new ways. You need this one trick. This one strategy. Check it out. Can I ask you a question? Over the last several weeks, ...
Becoming a better blogger
Becoming a better blogger is just like becoming a better guitarist There's no way you become a great (or even decent) guitarist without picking up a guitar, grabbing a music book, learning where the notes and positions are, and this ...
Expertise can disconnect you quickly; Choose Vulnerability
The expert vs. the experienced learner… Let's say you're about to teach something to an audience. You step on the stage. And in that moment, you have to determine your tone. Will the tone be of an expert who's there ...
Inside Out vs. Outside In Marketing
For the last few years I've been coaching and working with companies to help them – from a marketing perspective or from a product development perspective – shift the defaults of their thinking. The shift is one I felt like ...
How to turn a blog post into video: using Content Samurai
Have you seen videos like these? The other day I clicked a link on Twitter to an article that was on CNN. When I got to the post, I noticed there was a video at the top of the page. ...
What is your LinkedIn lead generation strategy?
If you're not developing a LinkedIn lead generation strategy, but complaining about poor lead volume, this 6-step strategy may help you. When was the last time you looked at LinkedIn? If you're like a lot of my friends, you haven't ...
Why is marketing so hard?
The Problem isn't Quality I spend a lot of time with companies that have built amazing products, or that run incredible service offerings. The problem they have is rarely the quality of their work. Instead, the core issue they face ...
Speaking without Notes: A Public Speaking Tip
People who present without notes are not magicians. They just know a few things others don't. The perceptions behind speaking without notes To get started, we should look at the reason why it might be worth speaking without notes. Here are ...