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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 07/10/2025

Wait, I had this exact thought the other day. Google Alerts has become void of value (mostly, it emails me when a LinkedIn post of my own has tons of traction). Yet I get nothing when mentioned elsewhere, on websites or social media. Awful. Can I/should I sign up already?

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 25/09/2025

If you want to be a great public speaker, the difference is really rehearsal time. Rehearse. Full speed. Full volume. Multiple times. Alone in your home. Until you've internalized the material. And can show up to the speech and just... be.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 23/09/2025

Spoke to English majors at my alma mater this week. They have no idea just how badly the workforce and world need their precise skills and perspectives. So I addressed the cliche question they always get, out loud: “What the hell can you do with an English degree?” Whatever the fuck you want.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 23/09/2025

[NEW] How I'd Improve the Premise of a Marketing Legend: Reworking Joe Pulizzi's 3 Signature Projects Last week, Joe emailed me a few of his projects' premises and asked, "Am I doing this right?" I thought I'd share my reply to him publicly... jayacunzo.com/blog/how-id-...

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How I'd Improve the Premise of a Marketing Legend: Reworking Joe Pulizzi's 3 Signature Projects

Last week, my friend Joe Pulizzi was kind enough to cite my premise development methods and frameworks in his wonderful newsletter. Here's the full article on LinkedIn. Joe forwarded me the email ...

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 15/08/2025

Just saying hey and hope you are well despite (waves hand). Keep making things that matter to you!

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 27/07/2025

Now open! Fall cohort of my Public Speaking Accelerator. Make speaking a superpower. This is tailor made for busy professionals who sell services (whether you get paid to speak or not — and I do share my details and advice on that too). Next cohort begins Sept 8. jayacunzo.com/signaturetalk

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Public Speaking Accelerator for Marketers and Leaders — Jay Acunzo

With coaching and lessons from Jay, you’ll develop, practice, and deliver the 3 most important parts of a talk which instantly transform any presentation from meh to memorable. This is built for extre...

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 25/07/2025

Hi friends. I have a small request. If you follow me on here, or anywhere, and have gotten value from what I do, would you kindly rate and review my podcast, How Stories Happen? It takes about 20 seconds. Apple Podcasts is ideal! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... TY!

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How Stories Happen with Jay Acunzo

Marketing Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Learn to package and communicate your expertise to resonate. Every episode, hear from exceptional entrepreneurs and marketers as they share and analyze real work...

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 08/07/2025

Rewatching Parks & Rec and man, I did NOT realize just how much the GOP looked at Jamm and said, "That." Excited for when Chuck Schumer starts prancing around going, "Democracy BORING, guys! Boo! Welcome to TDazzle. It's not policy. It's a freedom-based social media voting experience."

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 03/07/2025

It's really nice that Bluesky's default setting isn't to thrust you into a doomscroll-inducing feed the moment you log in. These algorithms are no longer smart, if they ever were. You click 1 post about 1 topic, and they just open a firehose about that topic at you. It's relentless. It's awful.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 30/06/2025

Just posted: a new coaching call, edited and shared publicly. Watch me rework a real talk in realtime. This is with the great Susan Boles. We talk about how to teach others your proprietary framework (in a way they actually absorb) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jok_...

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The Most Effective Way to Share Advice in a Speech | Reworking a Real Talk in Real Time

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 17/06/2025

Big ideas, well-developed. Personal stories, well-told. Perspective, style, and voice. These have always been advantages to invest in. Now, they're urgent.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I wish them both the worst.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 04/06/2025

Last week's newsletter struck such a chord, I turned it into a podcast episode for this week: "How to resonate with experienced pros (stop being tricked by the internet)" Find and listen to the episode in your favorite app here: episodes.fm/1736586770/e...

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How to resonate with experienced pros (stop being tricked by the internet)

Listen to How to resonate with experienced pros (stop being tricked by the internet) from How Stories Happen with Jay Acunzo wherever you get your podcasts!

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 20/05/2025

I've given keynotes in 25 states, 3 countries. The best advice I was given + give others to get booked more: The speech does the work. The speech is what you pitch (not yourself). The speech is what you share (not "my story"). The speech is what drives invites to speak. 1 gig should = more gigs.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 19/05/2025

It's not how you start, it's how you finish. But also? It's how you start. Your opener is crucial to get right (and NOT via sensationalized "hooks"). When you open, you're making 3 choices. Knowing them helps you navigate them and create a better experience: jayacunzo.com/blog/stronge...

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How to Create Stronger Openers: The 3 Choices You're Making Every Time

“It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.” Ever hear that phrase? I love it so much. It’s full of hope. It lets us know we should remain resilient despite any initial moments of friction or failu...

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 18/05/2025

Entrepreneurs should invest more per year on being better storytellers than they do on technology. I believe this in my bones.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 17/05/2025

It was the best of times, it was the birthday party goodie bag contains a kazoo of times.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 16/05/2025

Not me. I still want to show people what’s possible. We all have our little areas of striving to go way above and beyond I suppose. This one is mine 😊

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 16/05/2025

I'm not naturally competitive in most things, but there is 1 place where my competitive spirit flares up in a big way: Public speaking. Like if I'm at an event, especially a single-track event where everyone sees every speaker? I want to win. I want to leap over the bar set by any other speaker.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 15/05/2025

One of the trickiest things to navigate as a public voice is how much to remind folks, "I have a business and sell this kinda thing" vs. "I'm helpful, inspiring, and worth following." In my experience, there's a BIG gap b/w "they like my content" and "they know how to pay me, and why they would"

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 14/05/2025

Most people who know me consider me perhaps to be a B2B marketer. But really? Marketing has always been the excuse for me to tell stories both written and spoken.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 14/05/2025

My wife and I raised a 1-yr-old into a 3-yr-old AND welcomed a baby during a global pandemic. All while my wife landed the most competitive job opening in her field in our area, and I kept my own business going. So nah, bro, your cold plunge-selfie IG reel-"hustle and grind" isn't impressive to me

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 14/05/2025

I referred to a “boss” in a public post elsewhere and multiple people confidently responded by saying “he” in reference to this (female) boss. Sigh. We’ve a ways to go, people.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 13/05/2025

My reaction is similar to yours emotionally and also tactically: creating warm campfires for good people to gather around. See you at SparkTogether!

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 13/05/2025

AI is proof most people will believe almost anything if delivered confidently, no matter how wrong. Well, AI and this presidency.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 12/05/2025

People will literally spend ages perfecting AI prompts instead of figuring out how to personally say things that matter to others.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 10/05/2025

Ah yes. Weekends. The weekdays of parenting.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 10/05/2025

The way my 6 year old is SO confidently wrong is so similar to the way some adults are confidently wrong. Like it’s shocking how identical it feels to be on the receiving end. Except my daughter is cute and loving and learns quickly and the adults have cars and bank accounts and presidencies.

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Tommy Beer @tommybeernba.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🚨 New Words 🚨 "As a journalist, it is my job to put what I witnessed into words. But what happens if you don't quite believe what your eyes tell you took place?" Let's talk about Game 2. tommybeer.substack.com/p/again

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 09/05/2025

As a Knicks fan… I have no idea what to do with my hands.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 08/05/2025

I'm old enough to remember the 90s Knicks, young enough to have mainly existed as a fan during this era. I am BESIDE MYSELF with this current series. Let's GO!

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 07/05/2025

Can you give a keynote about this to the entire democratic base in the US please

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 07/05/2025

The thing that isn't said enough to young entrepreneurs: If you plan to have kids, you better work like hell to get your business in a state you love by the time you start having kids. After 1, you'll work similar hours but feel diminished. After 2 kids, your entire life and schedule is different.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 06/05/2025

Today is the kickoff for my public speaking accelerator. 16 entrepreneurs, small business owners, and creators have registered to work with me over the coming 8 weeks, through a blend of emailed lessons, prompted work, and live coaching. There's still time to join us! jayacunzo.com/signaturetalk

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 05/05/2025

I know “make better things” is terrible advice, but like…

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 04/05/2025

All I want to do is help people with actual expertise get the attention they deserve. I’m an arms dealer in the fight against AI slop, business charlatans, and vapid voices.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 04/05/2025

Our country is being governed by people who think PBS Kids is a problem and assault weapons are not. The height of the stupidity and greed is literally killing kids.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 03/05/2025

I’ve been a consultant, speaker, and coach for 9 years. We hear: The goal is to win BETTER clients, not more. And yes, but a corollary: 👉 Some people have to sell their time. Others get hired for their taste. The former has to chase. The latter is sought. Do everything to be the latter.

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 03/05/2025

Smart concept! Great reframe too

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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 02/05/2025

My newsletter today struck a chord apparently! I'm really hopeful because of that. I just published the full essay to my site. My grandest delusion about marketing (is my grandest delusion about you) jayacunzo.com/blog/my-gran...

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