LinkedIn ghost-writing and strategy for CEOs // EO Member

Sales doesn’t fail from lack of ideas. 

It fails when teams default to cold outreach instead of building a system.

Every business owner starts as salesperson, marketer, storyteller, and tribal leader - all in one.

That works well but founder fuel burns fast... 🔥

At first, your energy sells the vision. You’re close to every customer. And you are the leader of your tribe. 

But usually, around the 5–20 employee mark, cracks begin to show. You want to move from working 'in' your business to working 'on' your business - so you hire someone to take over marketing.

Your first junior marketer arrives and…
- Launches a cold outreach campaign.
- Subscribes to HubSpot for $800/month.
- Tries a podcast.

Then, the cold outreach gets paused after no one replies. The HubSpot account sits dormant because you're too busy to hand over your contacts. And the podcast dies after seven episodes because it didn't bring ales. 

And you think: Marketing doesn’t work for us. Do I have to keep doing this myself? 🤨

Good news: You don't. 

Over the past 25 years, I’ve built five businesses, sold three, and advised on 75+ marketing projects.

Because of what I’ve seen, I believe marketing simply fails because nobody makes these 3 calls:
- Choosing one strategy every team member can explain and believe in.
- Sticking with that one strategy long enough to make it work.
- Holding everyone (including you, the founder) accountable with KPIs.

Making those 3 calls is what I call the CMO Gap.

→ Founders want to step out of marketing and need a CMO who makes decisions. But they can only afford a junior marketer who can’t do that.

Our program, CONTENT TURBO, closes that gap: In six months, we implement a repeatable and customised marketing system your team can run on their own, no agencies, no tool bloat, no false starts. 

Just a system that delivers at a fraction of a CMO's cost. 

It's the CMO I wanted in my five businesses but could't afford.


👉 If you’re ready to outgrow the marketing chaos, let’s connect.

✉️ Email me: chappuzeau@storylux.com
💬 WhatsApp me: +44 7375 428 095

Simon Chappuzeau

Viral posts and AI don't build businesses.

Systems do.

A while back I explored how people go viral on LinkedIn and what impact that had on the business.

It was fascinating, fun, and insightful but not one viral post moved the needle for the businesses of my guests.

If you want to revisit that, it's part of the StoryLux podcast (link in the comments).

In season 2 I dove into AI’s role in content creation and found that, yes, it’s powerful but that AI can’t fix a broken marketing systems.

That brings me to the announcement of this new season, Season 3.

This time we'll be talking to business owners who have crushed their lead generation with focus and consistency.

It’s about the quiet power of focus and repeatability.
→ One ICP.
→ One channel.
→ One proven cadence, done consistently.

No shortcuts, no hacks.

So far, I had two inspiring conversations with Glain Roberts-McCabe, PCC, CTDP (she/her) who's built a solid coaching business with simple processes.

And another inspiring call with Marcello Gortana, MBA, who turned out to be a (fellow) South African, now living in Canada!

So, if you want to hear inspiring stories of businesses that grew by focusing (less is more), then season 3 might just be what you need!

It’s launching soon.

Stay tuned.

I turn founder stories into marketing systems that can be run by their teams.

Marcello Gortana, MBA and Glain Roberts-McCabe, PCC, CTDP (she/her)

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Is LinkedIn slowly turning into TikTok?

Here’s what I’ve noticed:

My feed no longer starts with posts from people I chose to follow. Instead it starts with a (viral) post from someone I’ve never heard of.

Yes, the post is often relevant, even interesting to the point that I find myself, ten minutes later doom-scrolling trying to remember “Why did I open this app again?” 🤔 

The shift feels subtle, but I thinks it’s not: 

It’s changing LinkedIn from what I liked about it:

A network-driven platform to an interest-driven one.

It's replacing relationships with reach.

I follow people for a reason. Not just because they had one great post, but because I believe in their thinking.

I’ve read their books, and studied their frameworks.

That trust is the glue of a real professional network.

When the algorithm sidelines those relationships in favour of single-hit posts, something gets lost.

Have you seen the same? 

What are your thoughs?



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I preparing the third season of my podcast, featuring founders who built their companies with a single target audience, a single offer, and a single acquisition path.

If you’ve taken that route and want to share the system behind it, please direct message me.

The biggest challenges marketers face:

Convincing the founder to trust facts.

I can't count the number of times that I found myself in discussions with business owners, junior marketers, sales people and other stakeholders about what would be the most effective thing to do in marketing. 

The predicament in these situations?

They come from an anecdotal viewpoint. They saw the one influencer who went viral. One email list guru who's doing 7 figures by sending one weekly email. Or the TikTok influencer who's cracked the code and now selling millions.

The problem is that these successes are anecdotal. Not empirical.

They skew the perception of what's likely to work.


As a marketer, I can't operate from a strategy of luck. That's what these 'success' stories are: anecdotal evidence that something works. 

I can only act based on empirical evidence and frameworks that have proven to work - mostly not to that wild success of the one in a million TikTok influencer. But more often than one in a million. 

As long as a strategy delivers a positive ROI it has worked well enough (and definitely better than an anecdotal success story that can't be replicated).

So, the question really is:

Do you trust statistical evidence that something will work enough to not be tempted by 'success' stories?

If so, your marketing is highly likely to make you money. 



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Most small companies can’t afford a $10K/month CMO to build a working marketing system. We help founders fill that gap by installing a marketing system and training their team to run it.

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From £0 to £22m with laser focus. How a self-funded food business grew in one of the most competitive industries in the world.

In December 2016, George Taylor started cooking clean meals in his one-bed flat, hand-delivering them to local gyms.

By 2023, he had turned Lions Prep into a £22m-a-year subscription business.

How did he do it without spreading himself thin on dozens of channels or burning cash on ads?

Here’s the marketing playbook behind Lions Prep’s early days:

1️⃣ George picked a niche and stuck with it.
→ The brand was built for gym-goers.
→ Messaging, meals, and visuals all screamed: “Performance fuel.”
→ That clarity made them memorable and referable for gym-goers.
Most businesses are not that clear on their ICP.

2️⃣ George treated his deliveries like market research.
→ George delivered meals and gathered insights from his customers.
→ Local gyms became live market research labs.
→ Every conversation shaped the product, the positioning, the promise.
Most businesses disconnect sales & delivery from marketing research.

3️⃣ George used storytelling as their main marketing driver.
→ Behind-the-scenes kitchen content built operational trust.
→ Instagram was built credibility through transparency.
→ Customers shared transformation photos.
Radical transparency built an avid audience.

4️⃣ George grew cash-flow before spending on campaigns.
→ Subscriptions created predictable revenue.
→ That stability funded consistent service and slow, strategic growth.
The new subscription model supported a healthy cash-flow. 

5️⃣ George didn’t advertise until he was sure it would work.
→ Paid ads only came in 2020–2021, once:
✔ The message was clear
✔ The audience was loyal
✔ The systems were stable
Most business advertise when they lack that clarity, wasting money. 

Effective marketing is about relentless focus on the right audience, the right channel, and the right message.

That’s what most businesses skip.


P.S.: In 2022 Lions Prep became Frive and successfully expanded their ICP. But that's a story for another time... 



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Jason Fried and his team built a $1M+ revenue business, with only 1 product and 1 channel. How did they do that?

In 2004, Jason Fried and his team at 37signals were a small web design agency in Chicago, drowning in email threads and missed deadlines.

Because available alternative like Microsoft Project were too big and clunky, they simply scratched their own itch and built a project management tool that did what they needed.

That internal tool became Basecamp.

On February 4, 2004, Basecamp officially launched.
- No press release.
- No newsletter.
- No lead magnets.

Just a blog post on Signal v. Noise (the company’s internal blog). Jason Fried said:

“We just blogged about what we were building. People followed along and shared it.”

At first, Basecamp was used only by 37signals themselves and their own clients. But it quickly resonated with other freelancers, agencies, and small teams - people just like them.

The user base of Basecamp wasn’t built through paid traffic or launch campaigns, it grew organically through their essays, reflections, and product updates.

And: they didn’t call themselves 'thought leaders', they were just thinking in public.

How did that impact their growth?

Here are the numbers that I could find:
- 2004: Launched with 45 paying customers in month 1
- 2005: Hit $1 million in annual revenue (100% bootstrapped)
- 2006: Published Getting Real, a book on building simple software
- 2008: Reached 2 million users across all accounts (free + paid)
- 2010: Basecamp had become the company's flagship product and they rebranded to Basecamp, stopping any agency work. 

How did they do it? 

1️⃣ With relentless focus on one ICP: small, overworked teams. 

2️⃣ With relentless focus on one channel: their blog. 

3️⃣ And through relentless focus on one message: Simple tools for calm work and no engagement-optimised content.

Now you will say to me, Simon, that was in the early 2000s! 

Well, I believe things are not really that different today, people still love original thought. 

Real thinking still resonates with people, whether on a blog, a podcast, or a LinkedIn post.

What made Basecamp work wasn’t when they built, it was how they built:
- One clear product
- For one clear audience
- Shared through one consistent point of view - for years!

That’s still the most reliable marketing system there is, simple scales but only when the thinking is sharp.



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Most small business owners overcomplicate content.

They chase trends, read SEO blogs, and try to “rank.”

But content doesn't sell because it’s optimised but because it addresses the information gaps that prevent a buying decision.

There are the five types of content buyers are quietly searching for:

Price
How much does something cost? We are all looking for this, aren't we? Yet, most websites bury this. 

Problem Discovery
The real use of an FAQ section? To reduce buyer anxiety by surfacing past client questions or objections.

Competitor Comparisons
Your buyer is already comparing options. Why not help them - and do it with integrity.

“Best Of” Lists
These pieces signal quality by giving a clear benchmark. Buyers want to know the bar before they commit to any option.

Reviews and Testimonials 
If your reviews and testimonials reinforce the previous four, trust is built, and buying becomes easy.

When it comes to what you write on your website and LinkedIn, you don’t need to reinvent the wheel.

Simply address what keeps buyers from buying.

Replace: “What should we post this week?”

With: “What’s still unclear to someone trying to buy from us?”

That question will build you a better content calendar than any AI prompt or SEO checklist.


P.S.: Bonus thought: if content is hard, it's often because the ICP is too broad. Have a razor blade ICP and these five content areas become as easy as simply interviewing your sales team. 



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I'm preparing the third season of the StoryLux podcast, featuring businesses that grew by focusing on a single target audience, a single offer, and a single acquisition path.

If you’ve taken that route of focus, please direct message me.

From £0 to £22m with just one ideal client persona.

How a self-funded business grew by niching down.

Lions Prep (before it became Frive) didn’t grow by serving multiple client personas or being present on all social media channels. 

It instead started to grow with a relentless focus on one ideal client persona (gym goers), and one channel (direct sales in gyms). 

In 2016, George Taylor started cooking clean meals in his one-bed flat and hand-delivering them to local gyms. By 2023, it had become a £22m-a-year subscription business.

So how did they do it, without spreading themselves thin across a dozen channels or serving multiple ideal buyers (just to be safe)?

Here’s the marketing playbook behind Lions Prep’s early growth:

1️⃣ They were bold and narrowed down on a small vertical.
→ The brand was built for a very specific kind of gym-goers.
→ Messaging, meals, and visuals all screamed: “Performance fuel.”

Most businesses are afraid to narrow down on one ICP.


2️⃣ They treated their product delivery like discovery calls.
→ George delivered meals and gathered insights from his customers.
→ Every conversation shaped the product, the positioning, the promise.

Most businesses disconnect sales and delivery from customer research.


3️⃣ They learned the product isn't the story.
→ George obsessed over the product and facts.
→ Growth slowed, until they started telling stories around the business.

Most business still believe that 'they will come if we build it'

George chose to show behind-the-scenes content, customer transformations, and what life looked like at Lions Prep.

Instagram went from a gallery of nice pictures to a diary, a credibility engine. That one shift from features to stories unlocked broader traction.

Good marketing is about focusing on one ideal client persona until you get everything right and growth happens. 

Most businesses don't see growth and think they have to diversify.




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Your brand is not what you say it is. 

It is what your customers say it is. 

The other week I was evaluating a refurbishment company. The website was beautifully designed, perfect layout, with great photos. I was intrigued.

Then I checked the handful of Google reviews.

One five-star rave obviously written by a family member (same rare last name).

And another one was a page-long takedown describing step-by-step operational issues with that company.

Where it really got interesting was the fact that several positive reviews described completely different projects:

Not luxury refurbishments, Hamptons league, but simple backyard upgrades.

Outch.

The problem wasn’t the bad review, it was the contradiction:
- The website promises prestige.
- The public describes patch-up jobs.

A sleek website used to be the signal when it was expensive to build a website. The fact that someone had the resources to build a expensive website was in- and on itself a trust signal.

But that's different today: everybody can design a great website in minutes. And with that, websites have lost their trust signal quality. 

The only thing we are left with is what other people say about a brand.

And we've gotten really good at picking up nuances in reviews, whether they are fake, a friends favour review, or an over-demanding client. 

What matters today is: consistency between a braind claim and what customers report publicly about a brand.

If the claims of a website don't match reviews and other indicators, every brand  collapses like a balloon at a kids party.

A brand is not what you claim.

It is what your customers say.



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I'm preparing the third season of the StoryLux podcast, featuring businesses that grew by focusing on a single target audience, a single offer, and a single acquisition path.

If you’ve taken that route of focus, please direct message me.

BlackBerry went from niche pager to $3.4 billion in profit in under a decade by focusing on ONE:

- one ICP, 
- one product, and 
- one channel.

To anyone who's too young to remember 😉 : Before smartphones were a thing, BlackBerrys were the coolest phone to have. 

How did they achieve that in barely a decade? (And why did they disappear in an even shorter period of time?)

BlackBerry had a relentless focus. Their entire go-to-market strategy was built around telecom carriers serving enterprise IT departments.

- One channel: carrier + procurement partnerships
- One ICP: enterprise professionals
- One message: secure, instant communication

BlackBerry owned an entire category and erased itself in a few short years.  

How did that happen?

In the early 2000s, mobile email was slow, insecure, and unreliable. Executives depended on laptops, VPNs, and delayed sync.

BlackBerry built a device that solved one problem for them:
- instant, secure email in your pocket.

That single use case turned into one of the fastest enterprise adoption waves in tech history. By the mid-2000s:
- BlackBerry had millions of enterprise users
- It dominated corporate mobile communication
- Governments, banks, and law firms standardized on it globally

Their entire system was built with relentless focus:
- One user: enterprise professionals
- One buyer: IT departments
- One promise: secure real-time communication

Then Apple launched the iPhone in 2007. BlackBerry initially dismissed it as a consumer toy and kept optimising what had always worked. 

This insistence was reinforced from its founder Mike Lazaridis (the guy in the picture). He believed the needs of their ICP would always be keyboard-first, security-first. 

The problem was that the needs of their ICP changed when they saw the iPhone: The same executives who once demanded keyboards now wanted touch-screen navigation, and app ecosystems.

BlackBerry lost sight of their changing ideal buyer's needs and thus lost their ideal buyers. By the time they shipped serious touchscreen competitors, the platform gap was already unbridgeable.

So what actually killed BlackBerry?

Not their relentless focus. 

But that they treated a preference of their ideal clients as a permanent feature. Their real mistake was freezing their internal model of that customer while the market evolved.



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Senior Partner Manager at Hootsuite | Enterprise Alliances with MarTech SaaS | Head of Sales & Marketing at MyRisk | Board Director | Author of "Connect & Act - Systematic Social Selling"

The world is working in a hybrid mode - many continue to commute to their workplace while others work from home. How to find technology to enable and manage this new way of working?

The Australian ICT industry is unique: it is an ideal test market for new technologies and services. I moved to Sydney in 2016 to apply my 20 years of European ICT industry experience to the Aussie cloud and software business combining sales and marketing activities, mostly with partner companies.

Since I came to Sydney, I developed myself as a strategic networker bringing people together face to face and online using Social Selling techniques. I became an educator sharing this passion especially while serving the channel in Australia and Asia Pacific in the Software-as-a-Service industry.

I am passionate about the transformation of modern workplaces to embrace new ways of collaboration. Cloud based tools, mobility and Artificial Intelligence enable these trends. I consult and guide my audience as a trusted advisor along the change journey, to prepare for a connected tomorrow.

In addition to modern IT trends I care about heritage architecture, enjoy cultural activities and write about travel. As a published author of 22 books including two hotel guides, I combine these streams together.

Adapting my subject matter expertise and leadership experience to the next level, I serve as Board Director of my favourite hotel in Sydney.

Gunnar Habitz

Fun to be in the sales profession if you see these photos from yesterday‘s LiveHaus  event!
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But not all have reasons to be happy as 42% of salesreps don‘t make quota and 91% in APAC report burnout (highest in the world).

Where to find out what to do with it?

Yesterday‘s SalesHaus event at The Commons in Sydney was the place where Australia‘s top #B2Bsales people came together.

Joe Hindmarsh MBA from Highspot set the scene with shocking facts line those reported above - but shows how #salesenablement platforms can improve the revenue impact (especially through partners).

Here are my key takeaways from some of the panelists, well moderated by 🚀 Saurabh Kaura: 

- Ricky Pearl: The best performing salesreps didn‘t change their approach radically from AI

- Steve Tolen: People still buy from people, we can‘t automate the relationship building process

- Adem Manderovic: Quota-hitting teams don‘t try harder, they engineer certainty in an GTM architecture approach (launching his book in 2026!)

My two cents: Authencity as sellers - also through #partnership - is key to win client trust. Using AI-powered tech tools is a short cut to be more efficient and creative - but not a replacement for the power of human connection.

What‘s your tip to remain connected in the sales profession?

Helping boutique marketing agencies scale through human connection, automation & AI-powered workflows | Agency Ecosystem Lead @ ActiveCampaign (APAC)

Who do you know who can help organise the typical digital chaos of small businesses?

My tip is Suzanne Disher, the founder of Digital Dish - an expert in setting up a strong digital foundation, to catch and nurture more leads.

We met as the 87th guest in my #42coffees series at Code Black Coffee in the vibrant suburb of South Melbourne.

Coming from digital agencies serving the brands across Australia and New Zealand, Suz is now working with e-commerce and service-based businesses to turn disconnected systems into  a simple customer data growth engine that saves you time and $.

While she can execute brilliant digital marketing strategies, Suz is educating her clients beforehand - knowing they are not digital experts.

Here are my notes from enjoying excellent coffee during typical Melbourne weather:
 
1. Most businesses like to buy leads but don‘t know how to catch and nurture them - that‘s where Suz comes in.

2. Solve the digital frustration for her clients, give them clarity and their time back, so they can focus on what they do best.

3. If you don’t know how your customers behave, your marketing turns to guesswork.

4. Converting leads is like dating… you can’t jump straight to the commitment.

How do you turn chaos into clarity?

The moment every agency founder laughed last week 😄 

At both ActiveCampaign agency events I ran over the last two weeks, the same moment kept happening:

I’d make an observation about how agencies grow… and the room would burst into knowing laughter.

Less about making fun but rather because it was true for everyone in the room.

Here are the three responses that got the strongest reactions:

1️⃣ “You have more work than ever and somehow less space to think.”

2️⃣ “Every agency has one process that only lives in someone’s head.”

3️⃣ “Your team doesn't burn out from client work, they’re burnt out from context switching.”

Every event break had variations of the same story, such as:
- “We added clients but our delivery rhythm didn’t change.”
- “We know what ‘good’ looks like but we’re just too underwater to do it consistently.”
- “We’re not disorganised, just operating in different worlds.”

What I loved most about the conversations was how shared the feedback was; nobody felt alone in the room.

And it fits to this slide: We're sitting in the same boat.

Let me ask something that everyone can answer without naming tools, processes or platforms:

What is the part of agency life that always makes you laugh because it is universally true - like the 37th revision of “final_v4” or the unpredictable Friday 4:55pm request?

Drop yours in the comments, keen to learn and share!

#partnerships #digitalmarketing #agencylife #agencyleaders #agencygrowth

Do you know the sentence: "The shoemaker wears the worst shoes?" Sounds familiar especially in marketing?

This week I did something I haven’t done properly in a long time: I rebuilt my own LinkedIn profile from the ground up - not for vanity or keywords.

I wanted to answer one question I often ask agencies:

“Does your profile express who you actually are or rather the version you created three years ago?”

Here’s what surprised me when I looked at my own: My identity had evolved, but my language hadn’t. The work I’m doing with agencies today is partially visible in the content but not reflected clearly enough.

That's what agencies told me about their clients but often don't do that for themselves. They grow but their own website and LinkedIn profile stay in the old lanes.

Here are my tips after that exercise, noted in this 367th episode of #socialsellingmonday all about using #LinkedIn to stand out and be relevant to the right people in an #AI sea of sameness within the feed.

1. Start with your identity, not job titles. Nobody cares how roles are called internally, it need to be understandable for the readers.

2. Write the content in the jargon of your clearly defined Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) as they need to get it (e.g. "He talks about my challenges").

3. Craft your About and Experience sections accordingly. Not corporate KPIs achievements but rather what the outcome means for the reader.

4. Add learning from outside of your core role as a flavour of your character and capabilities instead of a second or third job (good learning for me).

In the view of my "Happy Habits" book: Positioning is a rhythm, not a one-off project. That rhythm becomes a regular habit.

Thanks to Matt Lakajev for the inspiration and urgency to tackle that task.

When was the last time that you changed your profile?

What is the key activity as event organiser, main speaker or MC? Hint: it's not about the content.

Running our two ActiveCampaign Evolving Agency Series events in Sydney and Melbourne recently I discovered my main task:

Connecting people (remember the good old Nokia slogan)?

This event format is designed for marketing agencies - in theory they all compete. In reality everyone can add something extra to the table.

Here are my tips in this 368th episode of #socialsellingmonday in a #socialselling or #networking approach for events.

1. Research about the participants beforehand - easy as organiser, possible also as an attendee with a bit of social listening.

2. Prepare conversation starters for 1:1 and group discussions to ensure you contribute and learn at the same time.

3. For organisers: prepare moments for introductions, enhance breaks to allow networking, give the participants a task to discuss.

4. Create a post afterwards sharing your learning with our audience. That way you can position your expertise and connect with relevant people.

Bonus tip: I created name tags with their names and companies large enough to read plus a QR code with their LinkedIn profile - so easy to connect!

What's your tip to connect during events like this?

One of the biggest conversations in last week's agency events wasn't about AI, campaigns or tools. Instead we talked about niching and productisation.

These two topics made every founder sit up a little straighter.

And I learnt that agencies are not afraid of choosing a niche, it's rather difficult for them to choose the wrong ones.

I heard comments like
- "We can do so much for everyone but where do we draw the line?"
- "If we niche too hard, what if we lose the clients we already have?"
- "Our work is custom-built so how do we productise something that changes every week?"

But then something shifted as founders began recognising what they already kind of knew deep inside: You niche so that the right clients recognise you instantly.

And productisation helps giving your team breathing space through rhythm and repeatability.

I remember one founder told me: "We solve the same five problems every month but we describe them like 42."

Then I learned by myself that niching lives in repeatable work. We just have to find enough businesses who suffer from repeatable problems.

Hyper-niching means focusing your energy where it actually creates momentum.

What is the repeatable problem your best clients always return to you for?

#marketing #marketingautomation #EvolvingAgencySeries

Public speaking gets easier when you treat it as a good habit, not a star performance. Here's how to get there.
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Over the last two weeks I spoke at two ActiveCampaign Partner Events in two cities, first in my home town in Sydney, then in Melbourne 🇦🇺.

My global teammates delivered the same concept in London, Copenhagen, São Paulo, Boston and in San Diego just yesterday.

Each room was different, each conversation took its own direction. And because I had already spoken so many times before, it all felt natural in my events down under.

That is the quiet benefit of public speaking: the more you do it, the less you need to prepare for it - simply because you’ve built the muscle.

You know how to read the room, adjust your pace, and follow the energy. You neither freeze not overthink. You simply step in and start.

Speaking often removes the drama from speaking at all. And when you treat public speaking as a good habit worth building instead of the heroic star performance, it becomes something you can rely on.

Whether it’s a panel panel, a fireside chat or a short presentation in front of a small group, you carry the same rhythm with you.

Please check my "4-2-1 Habit" episode (my weekly version of James Clear's famous 3-2-1 newsletter):
4️⃣  mini insights what public speaking can help you achieve
2️⃣  habit building actions to perform regularly
1️⃣  reflection question

👉 https://lnkd.in/g5tqvuc3

How do you build your #publicspeaking muscle?

Where is the place to meet startup founders, entrepreneurs, professionals, students and people in the #startup community for relaxed morning #networking?

Happy to invite you to the last session of Open Coffee Sydney at the Charles Darwin University near Central Station this Friday morning.

Why would you want to attend? It is the right place to look for a mentor, investor, client, co-founder, employer, vendor, inspiration, or a new friend.

Proud to volunteer at Open Coffee alongside Raghav Ravisankar, Kieran Longhurst, Peter Do and team for this monthly event.

Event Details:
📅 Date: Friday, 5 December 2025
⏰ Time: 8.30 AM - 10 AM
📍 Location: Charles Darwin University Sydney Campus, 815 George Street, Haymarket NSW 2000 (Level 8 Room 8.04/5)

I love the discussions with participants - met a range of marketing agencies over the last year as well.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to engage with Sydney’s vibrant startup community. 🌐

👉 Reserve your spot now: https://luma.com/pxxyuyi5
(RSVP is essential!)

See you there!

Three years ago, ChatGPT 3.5 was released and AI shifted from a niche tech topic only known by nerds to a true mass phenomenon.

Since then, AI has flooded our feeds, our tools, our workflows, and our minds.

Besides the obvious usage of gaining efficiency there are so many voices against the over usage of AI.

The 3-year anniversary was the right moment to review the book "Everyday Ethical AI" by Karen Smiley.

Most AI books are either written for engineers or tech geeks - or they are carried away by the hype.

Karen did something far more useful: she explains AI ethics in plain language and shows how everyday people can make responsible choices.

In my latest book review, I share why this book is especially valuable for parents & families, for founders & solopreneurs and also for non-technical professionals.

The review comes with an interview where Karen also shared her experience about writing the book with tips for fellow authors.

How confident do you feel about the ethical side of the tools you use every day?

#learnfrombookswithgunnar #bookreview #AI

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Do you also receive a lot of sales messages as DMs in LinkedIn and email about buying something with urgency?
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As we prepare for the festive season or the end of year period where hardcore business activities shall be less in the centre of social media, there are other values in life we should care about.

This photo shows us on Norfolk Island 🇳🇫 where we spent two weeks covering Christmas and New Year for digital detox due to limited internet, admiring the origin of the Norfolk Pine trees which are all over mainland Australia as well.

Here are my suggestions what we can start now in this 369th episode of my #socialsellingmonday series:

1. Close the loop on open LinkedIn related topics worth getting out before it gets slower, incl. accepting connection requests where relevant.

2. Prepare an Away message directly in LinkedIn to tell others when you will be fully back on (Premium only). Yes, we can have a break from social media!

3. Show some gratitude to people who matter. Have a friend struggling after facing a layoff? Good time to write a recommendation now.

4. If you want to say "hello" to someone, just endorse them for a skill or two... they will receive that notification and most likely respond.

This period in the year follows the GLUE model which I created for my 2026 book, "Celebrate Your Network" (launch on 4 May). These letters stand for:
- give
- listen
- unite
- enhance

This works very well for the upcoming weeks. Less about us, more about others. Givers gain. Uniting regardless of background.

Let's make social media a good place, starting with LinkedIn.

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