From the monthly archives:

October 2007

CONTEST – Review my blog and WIN!

by Dr.Mani on October 25, 2007

RE-TWEET IT!

Do you like contests?  Especially ones you can win?

I love that kind, where everyone wins a prize.

Here’s one.

Review My Blog – And Win a Link!

What’s that?

On this blog, Money.Power.Wisdom, I’ve been posting
quite a lot lately – and many posts are provocative,
controversial or frank and forthright.

Many make for nice ‘review’ material – both positive
AND negative.

I’d like you to take a look, and write a review about
anything that catches your fancy about it… and in
return, I will link to it from this blog (which is getting
quite popular and frequently spidered by Google and
growing inbound links rapidly).

Here’s what to do:

* Step #1 – Look around the blog and see what you like or
don’t like.

* Step #2 – Write a review about the blog on your
site or blog

* Step #3 – Send me a link to your review – just post it
here as a comment, or email it to me.

You win a link back to your site/blog from mine.

Easy… and you’re sure to WIN!
:)

Get cracking!

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Fixing a 'Wrong' – and Creating an Evangelist!

by Dr.Mani on October 25, 2007

RE-TWEET IT!

A couple of days back, I ranted about a JV recruitment campaign.

Some interesting discussion followed, on the blog and via email, with many readers sharing unique perspectives on the issue. I woke up this morning to find a comment by Jermaine Griggs, who is right slap bang in the middle of what must be the BIGGEST launch happening right now in the MMO-IM niche… one that the biggest names in the industry and promoting to their lists.

It must be NUTS around the office – yet Jermaine finds the time to post a thoughtful comment about my blog post.

That made me decide to post right here the initial message that went out to a few of my email subscribers on Sunday… but without an affiliate link, to show my appreciation (in my own way) for Jermaine’s response.

Here you go – hear about How This ONE Video Changed My Mind:

Re: How Video Can Change a ‘Sick’ Doctor’s Mind!

Hi

If you’re on many other lists, you’re already going to
be SICK of hearing this name today!

    Jermaine Griggs & his Nitty Gritty Marketing

Hey, I was hearing about it, and seeing his name all over
lately, and when I heard that he had FOUR HUNDRED plus
JV partners going to promote his launch, I decided NOT
to join the crowd.

     But ONE Video Changed My Mind

Jermaine created a video to show his JV partner invitees
what was inside his membership site. I ignored the first
and second emails from him about it – but when the THIRD
one arrived today, I was tempted to just take a look.

     It Stunned Me – Totally

There’s awesome value inside that you can get for one full
month at a very small $2.97 investment – yes, THREE bucks!

* Video tutorials – including stuff about finding a niche
and his own story of how he dominated the piano playing one

* Audio interviews – with top names like Armand Morin and
Willie Crawford

* Live training via podcasts and webinars, on basic things
like building your very first webpage, and more

* Documents explaining complex, advanced as well as even
introductory level concepts

But that alone wouldn’t have convinced me to email you.

There was another magic ingredient in that video…

       P A S S I O N

The point where I decided to write this note was when I
heard Jermaine’s sincere words:

“To me, my people matter most. I give them all I’ve
got. I take good care of them. That’s why I didn’t
get into this space earlier. I was totally focussed
on my piano playing niche – and couldn’t give others
my best attention and care. Now I can – and will.”

I believe those words come from his heart.

Either that, or he’s an OUTSTANDING actor who can fake
enthusiasm – I doubt that. He’s real. :)

And so I’m inviting you to sample some of what he’s
giving you here, in another video – for free:

It’s a real example of one of his promotions in a niche
market, and you’ll learn some powerful lessons just
from watching that free video. So go ahead and at
the very least, spend the 15 minutes to watch and
learn
.

Then, if it’s right for you, take the 30-day trial -
it’s riskfree and you’ll pay THREE DOLLARS for it!

All success
Dr.Mani

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Social Proof, Contests & Egoism – Lessons JV Managers Must Learn

This is a rant about joint venture managers.
I get many offers for joint ventures.
The initial invitation often mentions that Mr.X or Ms.Y is on board.  That information sometimes helps me make a decision about participating.  It’s social proof.  It works.
A few days before launch, there may be a note announcing a contest where top referrers [...]

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Building Relationships Using Digital Tools

We are social animals. We love company, especially of our peers and friends. We thrive on relationships.
And in a digital era where electrons govern most of our behavior, work and even leisure, it isn’t surprising we are increasingly relying upon digital tools to further our relationships.
But are we doing it the right way? [...]

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BlogRush – From Traffic Widget to 'Quality Seal'?

What do you do when expectations raised by a hyped up launch of your traffic widget remain unfulfilled due to implementation problems and abuse by ‘gamers’?
Why, turn it from a ‘traffic widget’ into a ‘Seal of Approval’ – one that indicates your blog is ‘high quality’!
That’s the brilliant marketing master-stroke John Reese just used to [...]

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Rockstars, Leaderboards and the Democratized Web

See this blog first so that what follows will make sense (I hope). Justin Kownacki writes about social media gatekeeping.
Justin, you remind me of myself some 7 or 8 years back, when in my little backwater niche of ‘Make Money Online – Internet Marketing’, I fretted and fumed in silence and ‘isolation’ about how [...]

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Want One EXTRA Hour Every Day?

Want One EXTRA Hour Every Day?
Try my ‘Four Hour Workweek‘ strategy…
Last week, I finally bought Tim Ferriss‘ book, “The Four-Hour Workweek” – and read it through in one long sitting.
A lot of it I’m doing already – and it was validation that I’m not alone!
One important point I picked up (and am trying out) is [...]

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Are You Grateful That …?

Are You Grateful?
I mean really, deeply grateful for everything you are, have, and can be?
Good for you if you answered “Yes”.
I wake up every morning with a small prayer of gratitude – because I’m alive.
This isn’t an accident or whim. In my professional life as a pediatric heart surgeon, I treat children – and [...]

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Did YOU Know?

This was an eye-opener!
And no, I did NOT know a lot of this before watching this awesome video.

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Twitter – through a heart surgeon's eyes!

I took a step back, and saw some startling similarities between Twitter and something in my offline world as a heart surgeon.
The Coffee Room!
Every hospital (and operating suite) has one. It’s where the team meets all too briefly in short breaks between a hectic schedule, to share snippets of conversation, touch base, keep connected.
A [...]

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