Joe Apfelbaum

✨♏CEO, Ajax Union - B2B Marketing, AI LinkedIn™ Business Development Training // Networking, Author, Speaker, Connector, Entrepreneur, AI Expert, Single Father👭👨‍👦🧑‍🤝‍🧑

UPDATED 💥About Joe Apfelbaum: CEO, Professional Speaker, AI Automation VIBE CODER, Prompt Engineer, LinkedIn Strategist, Marketing Expert, Business Mentor, Single Father of 5. READ MORE >>>

𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕕𝕀𝕟 𝔸𝕀 𝕊𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕤𝕥 | 𝔹𝟚𝔹 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 | 𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣 

Feel free to DM me! DO NOT BE SHY! Get my book High Energy Networking on Amazon! www.highenergynetworking.com

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🍎LINKEDIN AI ASSISTANT
evyAI is a new LinkedIn AI assistant that drafts intelligent comments, personalized posts and smart DM replies all done for you so you can edit quickly and post. Try it for free at http://www.evyai.com ▶

We now added an AI RESEARCH AGENT that will search all over the web about your connections and compile key info! Ask me for a demo so I can send you info about our AGENT! 

Attend our next POSTING PARTY and training events at http://www.skool.com/evyai (Let me know you joined so I can approve your complimentary membership where you can meet 1000 engaged LinkedIn users!)

🍎AJAX UNION B2B MARKETING AGENCY
Strategy over tactics: SEO, SEM, Social Media, Email.  
Need a STRATEGY? See our blueprint ajaxunion.com/blueprint

🍎SPEAK TO JOE? 
http://www.joeapfelbaum.com/talk ▶ or scheduling@ajaxunion.com (pretty booked but I'll we can prioritize time for you) Also Whatsapp me +1 (917) 865-7631 < Introduce yourself please. 

🍎NEED A SPEAKER? (VIRTUAL TRAINING!)
Joe Apfelbaum is a professional Emcee, Keynote, Workshop & MODERATOR! 

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“Joe Apfelbaum is entertaining, engaging and his strategies are very insightful. Highly recommended for your business audience” - Vistage, EO, YPO

Popular Topics Joe Speaks on Regularly... 
*Using LinkedIn with AI to 10x your exposure and get clients.
*3 Things you need to do on LinkedIn to Generate Revenue in 15 Minutes a Day
*How to leverage AI in 2024 for business development + Marketing + Networking

Published Author x5, and Professional Speaker. 

http://www.JoeApfelbaum.com/Speaker ▶ Reel!

⭐️2025 GOAL: 1000 Engaged LinkedIn Users using evyAI daily. 

Want to meet sales leaders at companies with 5-999 SDR and BDR teams. 

Joe Apfelbaum is very active in the global CEO community. Joe speaks to EO, YJP, Vistage, YPO and is a member of EANYC. (Executives Association of NYC)

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Follow on Instagram @joeapfelbaum to see stories and get to know Joe more.

LinkedIn Strategist

Training professionals and sales teams on how to use LinkedIn effectivly with Evyrgreen Networking. Want to learn more visit www.evyrgreen.com

We have a course that teaches coaches, consultants and Entreprenuers how to go from a Lurker to an influencer in just 15 minutes a day on LinkedIn. www.evryrgreen.com/talktous <--free strategy session

Our corprate workshops educate teams of sales and marketing professionals in an engaging and educational way to generate revenue for their orginization. www.evyrgreen.com/corporateworkshop

Networking is not just about exchanging business cards or collecting connections. It’s about building genuine relationships that last. Yet, many believe networking doesn’t work. That’s a myth.

I used to think the same. I thought, what’s the point? But then I realized, networking is like planting seeds. It takes patience, intention, and authenticity. When I started showing up with a real desire to serve others, everything changed. I saw how powerful relationships can open doors I never imagined.

Here’s the truth:  
- Networking isn’t just about what you can get. It’s about what you can give.  
- Authentic connections are built on trust, not transactions.  
- The magic happens when you focus on adding value first.  

My shortcut? Use AI tools like evyAI to personalize your outreach, draft meaningful messages, and stay organized. It frees you up to be more present and genuine.  

Imagine walking into a room and knowing exactly who you want to connect with, what to say, and how to follow up. That’s the power of leveraging technology with intention.  

So, ask yourself << are you truly showing up to serve or just to sell? Because real influence comes from genuine relationships, not quick wins.  

What’s one way you plan to deepen your connections this week?  

BOOM!  

Let’s keep the conversation going. Drop your thoughts below.  

#NetworkingMyths #RelationshipBuilding #AIforSocialMedia

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐♏CEO, evyAI -AI LinkedIn™ Trainer, Business Development Training B2B Marketing via Ajax Union // Networking Connector, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, AI Expert, Single Father👭👨‍👦🧑‍🤝‍🧑

The universe is calling me to create an elite connector mastermind. This is for people who want to be connectors and want to network with other connectors. Being a connector can give you access to all types of things that can help you in life. 

Joining a mastermind with other connectors can change your life. 

Masterminds have changed my life. 

Connectors have access to people that you might not have access to. 

Learning how to be a connector is powerful. 

What do you consider a connector? Do you want to meet regularly with other connectors?

#mojopolls2026 #connectormastermind

Do you want to join an ELITE CONNECTOR Mastermind group?

The author can see how you vote. Learn more

Husband, father, SEO getting you consistent, unlimited traffic without ads 👉🏻 FreeSEObook.com, written from 17 years as SEO agency owner

👉🏻 Free digital download of my Amazon best selling SEO book @ www.FreeSEObook.com 👈🏻
Burton's expertise is more important than ever in helping businesses thrive online. Over a decade ago he beat a billion dollar company by outranking them on Google. He knew he was onto something and has gone on to build an international search engine marketing company that's worked with NBA teams, and Inc5000 & Shark Tank featured businesses.

Never before has there been so many people needing something to focus their attention on… AND the time to do it. Your customers on either their phone, tablet, or computer 24/7. Simply having a website isn’t enough, and no one knows this better than search engine marketing expert Damon Burton.

Since founding his company SEO National in 2007, he writes for Forbes, has been featured in publications including Entrepreneur Magazine, BuzzFeed and USA Weekly, and has helped high-profile clients make more in a month than they used to in a year.

TESTIMONIALS

💬 "The best thing about this SEO company is their transparency. They helped our site broaden its reach to the online shopping community."

- Rob Heller, Founder of DealYard, and INC5000 company


💬 "Damon and his team's ability to create an authentic way to represent my company to our clients was not just the fluffy nonsense but the meaningful concepts not just to my clients but to the algorithms."

- Bunny Young, Stuntwoman, Speaker, Coach, Author


💬 "Amazing company to partner with. I have been working with them for over 7 years and their level of commitment and enthusiasm for all they do, has never changed."

- Ivan Ramirez, One of Overstock's first employees


💬 "Damon is at the top of his game. He knows the in's and out's of different platforms, and we used his expert guidance to make important changes to our site quickly so we could get the most out of our investment."

- James Thomson, Former Sr. Manager at Amazon


💬 "I know a lot of SEO companies and Damon's team do cream of the crop work."

- Joseph Hansen, Best selling author, serial entrepreneur 


💬 "Amazing, outstanding wealth of knowledge...the real key to good SEO is having a company that knows its stuff and what it is doing the RIGHT way."

- John Lawson, Best selling author, international speaker


💬 "Attentive, creative and constructive. Damon was a true professional and, unlike most in the SEO industry, is honest and transparent in his approach. No smoke and mirrors. Thoroughly recommend."

- Russell Quirk, Co-Founder at Properganda PR

Damon Burton

Never easy saying goodbye to someone you love.

Especially after being in my life daily for 18 years.

With love and heavy heart, sad to announce to the world that SEO died.

It’s died every year over those nearly two decades, now dying seemingly faster by the week.

But somehow, SEO just shows up the next day unphased.

Then some new shiny object comes along, and SEO “dies” again.

Except, it doesn’t. Just the dreams of shiny object chasers do.

Join me tomorrow as we celebrate what’s surely to be another day that SEO rises again.

Husband, father, SEO agency to Tony Robbins & Russell Brunson. 👉🏻 Free traffic @ FreeSEObook.com, written from 18 years as SEO agency owner.

From around 2000 - 2007 I was an on-air radio DJ. My name was Damon Kelly.

I spent most of my time on U92, but also among half a dozen other stations.

Those years were some of the funnest of my life.

Had the opportunity to meet countless musicians and celebrities, hang out back stage, host huge concerts and club parties.

That chapter also played a huge role in a few forever moments of my life.

I remember the very first songs I played on-air was a club remix of Aaliyah's Rock the Boat.

Fate would have it, radio would bring another Aleah into my life... my wife.

I didn't meet my wife through radio, but I started dating her through it.

I met her visiting my family. I'd drive to hang out with my younger siblings, and she lived two doors down.

She worked evenings at a hospital, and I often covered evening shifts at the station.

We'd talk late into the night on the radio studio's hotline.

If you're not familiar with how radio works, you're often just sitting there between breaks (talking). So we'd be talking, put her on hold to talk to the world, then come back to continue with Hottie.

We'd talk for hours, and sometimes she'd come up and hang out in-person in the studio to talk.

Other times we'd talk so late she'd fall asleep. Then when I'd drive up to see her after, she was still passed out listening to me on the radio.

My friends Jake (right) and John (left) started in radio around the same time frame, and still do concerts and cool events.

Ran into them at a local amusement park when we took this pic.L

Jake also ended up being the DJ for me and Aleah's wedding.

Another was the DJ for when I rented out a mansion and threw a big party for my 40th birthday party.

Another friend is now my realtor.

And many other old radio friends are some of my biggest cheerleaders in everything else I do in life.

Grateful for those past adventures, and current friendships.

I don't talk to all of them regularly, but they are all the ones that no matter how much time passes in between hanging out, we immediately pick up where we left off.

Just closed a $126,000 website redesign. And it supports the post I made a while back.

The other day I made a post that started, "Friends, your greed for revenue is sacrificing the thing you think you're securing." And it's the perfect example of how I got this $126,000 deal.

This is an SEO client that has been with us for two or three years and they come to us all the time and ask if we can do these other things. And we tell them no all the time, because the problem is that they have these other people that just want to take their money.

They got other agencies that just pitch them the most random crap. It's like some of the stuff that they send them is like, "you guys need a mobile app."

Well, you don't, you just need a mobile friendly website, which you already have.

They have invested a hundred grand in a mobile app and nobody's using it.

And then they say, "Somebody said we need to change this thing."

No, you don't.

We have, time and time again, told them no to $5,000, $10,000, $20,000 things. Enough that we established trust because they're realize "They're not just 'yes men.'"

Really professional people don't want yes men. They want people to speak honestly to them.

Then in us being honest to them, as the other people took their money and those projects failed or failed to provide a return on their investment, then we were proven right.

We were proven right why we said no, and it doubles our integrity.

Now, when they came to us and asked if we'd be interested in doing this website redesign, we put in a bid.

Then they scheduled an appointment and said, "Hey, we want to talk about the website." Not only did they say yes, they said yes without negotiating.

They didn't ask if there was any flexibility in anything. We asked if they were shopping it, and no. It's ours. The only thing they asked is what is the payment structure like.

They also gave us another SEO project because they trust that we are here to protect and amplify their dollar.

If you've followed me long enough, you know that I talk a lot about delayed gratification and just doing the right thing.

Back to the post I made the other day about chasing revenue. When some people charge more "because they can," they're losing more than they think they're securing.

Would you rather have one $10,000 deal "because you could," or charge somebody $3,000 and then they come back and go, "That was a great return on my investment. You were professional and I appreciate your transparency. Let's now start a $3,000 per month reoccurring retainer?"

You got the first $3k deal, and now you make up the $10k in just over 3 months with the new $3k/month retainer. Everything after that is just icing on the cake.

I could have said yes to countless of their $5k - $20k offers. But with confidence, I told them that was not what they needed. And now we got $126,000 in the bank.

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