Disruptive Influence: The Storytelling, Communication & Executive Presence Podcast
If you know what you do but struggle to talk about it in a way that lands — this podcast is for you.
Most founders, creators, and leaders have the expertise…but not the story, clarity, or communication skills to express it with confidence, conviction, and influence.
Disruptive Influence is the storytelling, communication, and executive presence podcast for founders, solopreneurs, and LinkedIn-era leaders who want to communicate with more clarity and power - in meetings, in pitches, in content, and in everyday conversations.
Learn how to:
- turn lived experience into clear, compelling stories
- communicate with clarity, confidence, and executive presence
- build a strong POV that attracts the right people
- sell your ideas, your value, and your vision with conviction
- unlock the mindset shifts behind real influence and high-performance communication
Hosted by Jeff Abracen - executive storytelling coach, former agency creative director, and creator of the Disruptive Influence™ system - each episode reveals how exceptional thinkers shape narratives, build presence, and communicate in ways that create opportunity.
Through a mix of solo tactical episodes and deep conversations with founders and creators who are disrupting and influencing their industries in their own way, you’ll learn how real leaders think, speak, and tell stories that move people.
If you're building a company, growing a personal brand on LinkedIn, leading a team, or simply want to communicate with more confidence and conviction — this podcast gives you the tools and perspective shifts to become the most influential person in the room.
➞ Subscribe and learn how to tell stories that sell - and speak with clarity, confidence, and conviction.
➞ Connect with Jeff Abracen on LinkedIn to continue the conversation.
Disruptive Influence: The Storytelling, Communication & Executive Presence Podcast
How to Build a Brand That Sells Itself with Jasmin Alic
Jasmin Alić, LinkedIn's king of comments, content & community, shares how to turn content into conversations, stories into sales, and profile views into paying clients. We dive into warm outreach, offer alignment, and why connection beats content every time.
Jasmin is a brand strategist and community builder who’s helped thousands of creators turn personal brands into real businesses. As the founder of LinkUp and LinkBound, he teaches people how to grow with clarity, integrity, and a little bit of swagger.
Chapters
00:00 Opening Teaser - Low reach? Comment harder.
00:32 Intro – Disruptive Influence Podcast #30
03:22 Two new businesses: LinkUp & LinkBound
07:40 Why most paid communities trap their founders
10:00 Inside LinkUp: 3 in-house experts, daily feedback
12:29 Bosnia trip giveaway
14:10 “Build community, not a cage” – the mindset
18:55 2025 blind spot: Story > Tips
21:15 Storytelling 101: share what you think, not just what you know
24:55 Offers: choose an intro offer, then craft content
29:15 Starter-offer pricing & positioning
33:45 Warm-outreach playbook (+ LinkedIn’s new viewer data)
40:10 Limiting belief: “DM sales feel sleazy”
44:25 Coach’s proudest moments – client self-awareness
53:05 Surprise fun fact about Jasmin
54:45 Biggest LinkedIn opportunity: comments dominate
1:00:05 Reddit: LinkedIn Lunatics & blocking negativity
Connect with Jeff Abracen on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffabracen/]
If you are or know a disruptive influencer who would make a great guest, we'd love to hear from you.
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Cover art by Daniel Devoy
Music by Stephen Voyce
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