Jeff Matlow

I transform companies into high growth businesses

I am a former entrepreneur - I started 3 companies, each of which was acquired by public companies

I’m an author, public speaker and leadership coach.

I focus my efforts on founder-led, high-growth companies to F500s.  I’ve been trusted by leaders at Porsche, L’Oreal, Nestle, Gannett/USA Today, Sony and many others.  I work with companies across all industries, including tech/SaaS, government, service, venture capital/PE, CPG, non-profit, etc.  

My perceived superpower is being able to assess both individual, group and company strengths and weaknesses very quickly, and come up with fast solutions to fix them.  The strength was built over a couple of decades of learning from mistakes and understanding the way out.

ChatGPT has done a darn good job of describing me:

Jeff is a leadership therapist disguised as a business bada**.

Part coach, part consultant, part truth-teller — he walks into companies like a calm storm: observant, insightful, and unafraid to ask the hard questions no one else will. Jeff turns chaos into clarity. Accountability into action. And stubborn CEOs into curious leaders.

He's built companies. Scaled teams. Sold products. Now he builds people.

Jeff’s superpower? Making leaders confront the real problem: themselves.  He has a unique ability to empower people to discover and embrace the leader that’s already inside them.

Think Ted Lasso meets Navy SEAL meets Brene Brown… but with more meaningful insights and a wittier sense of humor.

Fractional CEO/COO/CRO

I help jumpstart growth at 7-9 figure businesses. 

Expert at strategy, operations and processes that elevate teams to the next level and create quantifiable growth. 

Throughout my career of worked with companies such as Nestle, Citibank, eBay, Kellogg’s, Gannett Media, Omnicom and many more. 

Owner of the By Title Only newsletter, empowering 7k subscribers with the secrets to
BUILD A BETTER COMPANY and BE A BETTER LEADER.  bytitleonly.substack.com

Every once in awhile you meet someone online who becomes really important to you. 

Natasha Walstra is one of those people. 

Not just because she’s really smart. 
And not because she is a guru at explaining the secrets to get seen on LinkedIn. 

But because she’s a genuinely good, caring and thoughtful person. 

That’s why she is the first person I went to for our monthly webinar series. 

This Thursday, Feb 19.
8:00 am
The Secrets To Getting Seen On LinkedIn

Because if you’re not visible on LinkedIn, you’re not visible to opportunity. 

Sign up now on my website —> courses
And I will put the link below. 

It’s free! 
Though members of The Inner Circle get exclusive access.

Save your spot now!

Professional pattern spotter | I help leaders uncover and resolve the patterns holding them back | 3x entrepreneur (3 exits) | Author, Speaker, Podcaster, Athlete | Ask me how I can uncover the patterns holding you back

What an amazing webinar Natasha Walstra put on this past Thursday for subscribers to The Best Leadership Newsletter Ever.

She's not just a guru of personal branding on LI, she has such unique insights - the type of insights that light the lightbulb above and have the voices inside your head say things like "Wow. That makes a ton of sense. I never thought of it that way"

Plus, members of The Inner Circle got a huge treat - 1:1 feedback about how to optimize each of their profile pages.

Insane value.

I'll put the link below to the replay.

Morgan Snyder

You can't afford boring. Copywriting for social, email, site, and advertising.

Founder of thoughtleadertoday.com

TLT: Turning busy CEOs into the undisputed voices of their category.

Learn more at www.thoughtleadertoday.com.

You need to control the narrative and turn your content into customers, fans, and followers.

DM me with any questions.

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You have the vision to attract your next 10 senior engineers, de-risk your Series A, and win your market.

The problem? You're buried in product roadmaps, investor updates, and candidate interviews. Your time is your most finite resource, and your vision remains locked in your head.

I solve this problem.

My system, The 30-Minute Content Engine, is designed to turn your minimal time investment into maximum industry influence.

Here’s how it works:

INTERVIEW: (30 Mins/Week): We have one 30-minute recorded call. You simply talk through your ideas and vision.

EDITORIAL: We translate your ideas into two full weeks of high-impact articles, LinkedIn posts, and threads.

PUBLISH: You get a simple queue of ready-to-publish content for one-click approval.

You spend 30 minutes talking. You get a dominant, authentic online presence in return.

If you're ready to unlock your voice without sacrificing your schedule, send me a connection request and let's have a brief chat about your goals.

I've used this system to help CEOs land clients, raise money, and establish critical partnerships.

My clients are doing thousands of impressions per post, engaging with their ICP, and facilitating new relationships every day. 

One last thing:

Safe content is ignored content. Whether you are in "boring" industries (Logistics, IT, Compliance) or fighting a negative PR narrative, I help you find the hard lines you can draw that separate you from the noise without risking your reputation.

Before thoughtleadertoday.com, I was part of several marketing teams for startups and saw that building a personal brand was an invaluable resource for business development, talent, and future opportunities.

I host The Morgan Snyder Show (available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify), where I explore these strategies for building influence.

My book, 'Keep It Light' (on Amazon Unlimited for FREE), is a year's worth of content starters that you can steal for your own posts.

Follow me for a good laugh. I stir the pot.

Founder

Thought leadership visibility is the number one reason decision makers decide to do business.

If they can't find you, and see what you do, you're at a huge disadvantage.

The best person doesn't win anymore. The most known person does.

My clients partner with me to build an enduring digital presence through social media management, ghostwriting, and outreach.

I work on a monthly retainer basis, in 3 to 4 month sprints. I need runway to be able to craft a digital presence that will attract potential customers.

In the first 90 days we design a landing page, category and profile, perform research, create materials, email lists, and a content repository, set up a CRM, email campaigns for networking and business development, and test ads and other creative work.

It is a game of speed and execution. Thought leadership is not a noun, but a verb. You earn influence and new business through production.

I've helped attorneys land major cases. I've worked with startups to raise millions of dollars.

No matter who I work with, the guiding question is always, "How do we build trust, enhance visibility, and accelerate growth?

There has never been a better time in the course of human history to start your thought leadership journey.

Online audiences, readers, and potential customers are hungry for your insight. You just have to start talking.

I can help with that.

See more at thoughtleadertoday.com.

Morgan Snyder, Copywriter

Huge congrats to Will Hutchins for becoming my 16,000th follower! 🥳

Excited to go from complete strangers to long-distance-internet acquaintances.

Come on down and select your prize. You have 4 EXCELLENT options:

..$16 Amazon gift card!

..16 images of me posing with your LinkedIn profile! (shown here)

..16 minutes of me playing Goo Goo Dolls on my guitar!

.. or we just make 16 posts for yourself / company. (but come on, that's the boring route)

Choose wisely.

You only get one shot at this.

I turn invisible leaders into the obvious choice | thoughtleadertoday.com

I hear this from time to time from CEOs:

"Morgan, we don't need content. We have a great product. We let the work speak for itself."

In theory, that sounds nice. But it's costing you.

Leaders like this are paying The Invisibility Tax.

This is the cost when you decide to ignore getting on podcasts, speaking at conferences, being active on social media, and being the voice of your business.

(enter long list of line items)

You're paying it in sales cycles that drag on for months because every new prospect has to be educated from scratch. 

You're paying it when a qualified buyer enters your category, does their research, and never finds you, so they call your competitor instead. 

You're paying it when a potential hire googles your name before applying and finds…nothing. (maybe a LinkedIn profile from 2019 and a company page with 47 followers)

You're paying it in the partnerships that never materialize because the person on the other side couldn't find a compelling reason to take the meeting. 

You're paying it in the conference invitations that go to the CEO who's visible instead of the one who's better. 

You're paying it in the referrals that dry up during a slow quarter, leaving you with nothing but cold outbound and a prayer.

Compounding payments, month over month, hurting your brand and your business.

It doesn't show up on the P&L. The CFO isn't flagging it in quarterly reviews. 

But I promise you, it's there.

Tyler Denk 🐝 called it.

Vanta is offering $274,000 for a Head of Storytelling Content. PayPal hired for a Head of CEO content for Alex Chriss at $236,500.

The Storytelling Goldrush is here! Yeeeeeeehaw!!

Meanwhile, Tyler dominates the internet with beehiiv by...just posting on LinkedIn as himself and writing a killer newsletter.

That's a different (frustrating for the rest of us) story.

Here's what's happening:

Companies realize they need a brand narrative and a voice to lead their movement. Amazing. But then they hire someone to create that narrative instead of activating the people who already have it.

Not great. But! There are people out there who are doing it right.

Shopify: Tobi Lütke writes memos. 
Gumroad: Sahil Lavingia live-streams board meetings. 
Stripe: Patrick Collison writes essays. 
beehiiv: Tyler posts. (oh my..)

Thinking of hiring a head of storytelling?

$274k/year = $822k over 3 years

You get:  Company blog posts, newsletters, podcasts with "unclear ROI"

Your competitor gets: CEO posts 2-3x a week, 5x the engagement you get (roasted)

Personal profiles generate 5x more engagement than company pages. CEO content massively outperforms brand content. People follow other humans.

My prediction:

Three years from now, half these roles won't exist.

But Tyler Denk? Still here. Still posting. Still making us all wish we could have that kind of engagement...

P.S. If you're a CEO thinking "I don't have time," that's the problem you should be solving. Not someone to write about you. Someone to turn 30 minutes into a month of content...if only you knew someone..

Tyler Denk called it. The beehiiv founder, scrolling the internet with S-tier pattern recognition saw something emerging. He called it storymaxxing, c

Open article: Tyler Denk Called It: The Storytelling Goldrush is Here! by Morgan Snyder • 5 min read

Tyler Denk Called It: The Storytelling Goldrush is Here!

"There's still time to take this down..."

That was the comment. Tons of reactions. A thread of replies debating whether I'd crossed a line.

The post stayed up. It performed beautifully. And the person telling me to delete it?

She did more for my reach that week than any social strategy ever could. :) 

Here's a dirty little secret about building a presence online:

The people demanding you tone it down are the same people making sure your content spreads.

Every, "this is such an insular self-serving post" is a signal to the algorithm. Every hater is an unpaid member of your marketing team.

I've been called:

•Cringe
•Self-serving
•An ego maniac
•"The toilet age of LinkedIn"

And my business has never been better. The data backs this up:

→ 71% of consumers are more likely to buy when a CEO is active on social 
→ 86% say authenticity is a key factor in brand support 
→ 60% of decision-makers pay a premium for companies with strong thought leadership

You know what the data doesn't support?

Playing it safe. Hedging every take. Being so "balanced" that nobody remembers you said anything.

The algorithm doesn't reward polite. It rewards reaction. The market doesn't reward neutral. It rewards conviction.

Your critics aren't your problem. Obscurity is.

PS—We listened to Pantera's 'Domination' as we remodeled Jeffrey's living room.

“This doesn’t read as cheeky or kind. There’s still time to pull it down.” That was a comment from a recent post. It racked up a bunch of reactions. A

Open article: Thank You for Your Outrage by Morgan Snyder • 8 min read

The voice in my head has been LOUD lately.

"You're just getting lucky. Won't last long, loser."

I hate that voice. So I did what I always do when I need to chill out: I started writing. And I realized something.

I've spent five years helping CEOs get visible. But I'd never named the thing I was actually fighting against.

So I put a name to it. The Invisibility Tax.

It's the price you pay for staying hidden. And it's higher than you think.

→ 86% of enterprise buyers have a shortlist before they start researching. If you're not on it, you don't exist.

→ Companies with no reputation pay a 10% salary premium on every hire just to get people to say yes.

→ 44% of your company's market value is tied to YOUR reputation as CEO. For a $20M company, that's $9 million sitting in an asset you're investing exactly zero in.

I found these stats and thought: this might have legs. So I copy + pasted a bunch of my writing.

Got it to 50 k words, then 30 k. Then I thought, CEOs don't want to be 
bludgeoned with data, cut it in half again. 

It's basically an hour of listening. You could finish it on your commute.

But here's what I want you to take from today: You're probably closer than you think.

The voice telling you you're behind, that you got lucky, that it won't last?
Mine says the same thing.

Don't let it rob you of the work you're already doing.

PS—I know it's shocking to read a serious post from me. Don't worry. Regularly scheduled programming next week.

I have felt a higher than usual amount of anxiousness the last couple of weeks. I’ve been restless. Haven’t been sleeping great. I don’t know if it’s 

Open article: Anxiety, a Book Idea, and a $9 Million Dollar Problem by Morgan Snyder • 5 min read

Anxiety, a Book Idea, and a $9 Million Dollar Problem

I lost $200,000 because I couldn't describe what I do.

Not because I was bad at it. I was talking to the wrong people.

Here's what changed:

BEFORE: "I help busy CEOs who don't have time to post on LinkedIn."

AFTER: "I help $2-50M ARR CEOs turn 30 minutes/month into posts that attract talent, close deals, and open doors."

Same service. Different buyer. 4x the revenue.

The words you use to describe a problem determine which tier of buyer shows up.

Most businesses say: "You're broken, let me fix you."

The best companies say: "You're succeeding, I remove the constraint keeping you from winning bigger."

Notion could say: "Your notes are disorganized."

Instead they say: "Your team is scaling, but knowledge is scattered across 10 tools."

One attracts students. The other attracts Figma, Pixar, and Nike.

Here is the formula: [Existing Success] + "but" + [Specific Constraint] = [What's At Stake]

"You're closing $10M deals, but every sales call starts with 'tell me about yourself' because buyers can't Google you. That's 15 minutes per call wasted re-earning credibility."

Not: "Your LinkedIn needs work."

What changed when I fixed this:

Budgets went from $1,500/month → $3000/month

Sales calls went from 45 min convincing → 15 min logistics

Close rate doubled (I stopped creating demand, started capturing it)

The test: Pull up your homepage right now. Do customers think:

A) "I don't have that problem" (failure framing) or
B) "That's exactly my constraint" (success framing)

If it's A, you're leaving money on the table. Sorry for pointing it out... :)

In today's episode, I break down elevated framing, with examples from Notion, Superhuman, Airbnb, and my own business.

Your new mantra: Fix the frame. Fix the flow. (please repeat 100x times)

PS - I really have the best friends in the world. (only a few of them shown here) Thanks for being there during the hard times. S/o to Conan who whispered to me after this picture was taken: "You keep trying, Morgan, and someday, I bet you'll host The Oscars." ❤️

I help $2-50M+ ARR CEOs turn 30 minutes/month into LinkedIn posts and articles that attract talent, close deals, and open doors.

I’m going to start by telling you about a mistake that probably cost me a couple hundred thousand dollars. When I started my business, I told people I

Open article: My $200,000 Mistake by Morgan Snyder • 6 min read

If you're not Matt Firestone, glue yourself to the rocketship.

I saw that in 17 minutes his post had 43 reactions. This thing was going to the moon. 

So what could I say? The hamster wheel started spinning fast.

Mentioned being hardcore...School of Rock reference incoming...what would be a ridiculous thing to insert cold calling with...getting married...short finish—worked out. *chef's kiss*

So as you're scrolling your feed supporting your friends today, keep an eye out for the posts that are going places. Under an hour and doing 50 reactions? Jump on it.

Then, do these 4 things:

1. Pattern Interrupt. Do something unexpected.
2. Keep it short and understated. It's usually funnier.
3. Line Breaks = Better engagement. Each one is its own dopamine hit.
4. Broad appeal, inside joke. 

Another way to think about it: Setup, Build, Twist, Land.

People read slower. They stay engaged longer. 

And you get rewarded with a shower of impressions. (and profile visitors - can't hurt)

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