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Hey. I Love My Trump Bump.I’ll keep this simple. Listen to this Google podcast about how my blog boomed. Thanks to… Yup. Donal Trump
I’ve been on Google’s #1 search page before. Over 1,000 dedicated blog posts about B2B and advertising agency marketing got me there.
But, but… Again, I am #1 on Google this time for people who appear to want to exit the USA because of my How To Move To Mexico blog post.
My traffic is up over 1,000%
A few days ago I added a new job to my LinkedIn profile. CEO of LinkedIn. Obviously (I thought) people would figure out that it was bullshit. I just wanted to see if bullshitting was easy. It was.
Obviously bullshit. Right? However, thousands saw the post, and I got many Likes and congratulatory DMs from my contacts. Like a lot!
I got a banned notice from LinkedIn. Kinda not too surprised.
I could get into my account, so I cleared any mention of my new job from my profile.
LinkedIn saw that I removed the info. —> Here is the email I got last night from LinkedIn.
“H Peter,
My name is Aura, and I am with the Executive Escalations team at LinkedIn.
We’ve received a claim that your profile contains inaccurate content. The inaccurate content was identified as: “CEO at LinkedIn”, and your account was restricted.
After reviewing your account, I can confirm that you’ve completed the ID verification process and removed the inaccurate content from your profile. As a result, the restriction on your account has been lifted.
We encourage our members to make sure all the information is accurate and up to date. Just so you know, in cases with inaccurate claims, if our members don’t take action within fourteen (14) days from the date of this notice, we’ll remove or disable access to the alleged inaccurate content reported in the claim. Find answers to some common questions about updating your profile: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/
If you have any further questions and prefer a phone call to discuss further, let me know your preferred contact number, current time zone and the best time to connect with you.
Regards,
Aura B
Executi8ve Escalations Case Manager
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All y’all gotta do is say anything inside your LinkedIn profile. Anything. Like me being the new CEO.
Note the early reaction.
“The Mistake” is a new photography series that will be shot in Vietnam in 2025. The series aims to capture the untold stories of the last remaining soldiers from the American / Vietnam War – primarily those who fought for the National Liberation Front, the NLF.
Through intimate portraits and personal interviews, this project will illuminate the long-lasting impact of one of the 20th century’s most controversial conflicts.
A (major) critical mistake of the war was that the Americans thought that they were fighting a war against the advance of Communism (then known as the Domino Theory). While the North Vietnamese, the National Liberation Front, and the Viet Cong thought that they were fighting a civil war with South Vietnam – supported by Western imperialists.
FYI: April 30, 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the war’s end.
Check out the podcast below.
Today, our personal brand is out there for all to see. We are on LinkedIn, on our website’s About page, in cute Instagram posts, in our new books, and interviewed on industry podcasts.
Whether an agency leader wants to become as famous as David Droga or Gary V or not, they most often have no choice. The market might just brand them whether they like it or not. The key is to control it.
Start with your objective. Since selling my ad agency Citrus, my clear objective has been to be perceived as a leader in advertising agency consultation—primary in the area of business development. I mean sales.
To get there, I’ve written two advertising agency management books, over 850 insight-oriented blog posts, and been on over 75 podcasts—all to help guide your advertising agency sales. As in grow – faster.
Thanks to Google NotebookLM for this podcast.