https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joeapfelbaum_profiledatapoll-mojopolls2026-mojopolls-ugcPost-7448335873504415744-VEFv Start by making a poll... But dont just make any poll. Make one that actually makes people think. Click on that poll and its helpful for people. It reminds them about an important strategy Don't ask people if they want to buy your services. The answer is always no Instead of selling the drill, offer the hole. Focus on the hole The hole in this case is data.. WHAT IS YOUR HOLE?

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@Rick Kloete session he covered the new side bar from Claude and it blew my mind. I decided to try it out with some of the products that we have in Mailbox Power. I went to the page of one of our products, opened up the side panel, and had Claude analyzed it and gave me some great case studies on how to use it. I then took the information from Claude, put it in the gamma, and made a really nice slide deck for a post. The post would be coming out Sunday night, but I did want to let you see the slide deck this is a game changer for me, trying to explain the analog world to the digital world.

We all wish everybody a happy birthday on LinkedIn and we use our templates. But you have those special AAA prospects that you'd like to open up a conversation, so you want to come up with something unique. Here's an idea that I've been using and it works really well. I work with an app called Mailbox Power. I have a birthday card program that I send out a special birthday card and a gourmet birthday brownie to my friends. What I've done is I've got a templated birthday greeting that goes something like this. Happy Birthday, [name]! 🎉 I saw it was your special day, and I wanted to do something a little better than the standard LinkedIn text message. I’d love to send a real birthday treat (a gourmet brownie!) straight to your door to help you celebrate. Just let me know where to ship your birthday treat by filling out this quick link: https://ineedyourmailbox.com/loyaltyeffect/69715 . Hope you have an amazing day! P.S. Make sure to still include your birth date on the form so I can keep the celebrations going and remember your special day for years to come! 🎂" This will cost you about $12.00 to get data on the customer plus starts a conversation. The critical thing you need to execute is follow up. Ask him how he liked the brownie, bring up business in a casual way, ask questions. The Law of Reciprocity kicks in when you send a birthday gift. If you would like more information on setting this up, just message me. This is really working!

On Monday Joe had a three-hour business development circle that was a wealth of knowledge. And then here lately he pulled together a post on hooks. After we were done he gave us a challenge to have us build our own app. When I saw the post on the hooks, I decided to give it a shot and build Hook Lab. Here's a link. https://hook-generator-tool.replit.app/ I was shocked that this old curmudgeon could do something like this. Please test it out and give me your feedback. I want to thank @Joe Apfelbaum for lighting a fire under me to do this because I did have so much fun