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How I Stole Chetan Bhagat's Book – And Became His Fan

Chetan Bhagat is a popular Indian author. He has a string of best-selling novels out. Until recently, I was only vaguely familiar with his name.
Then last week, I bought his book, “One Night @ the Callcenter”. Found it a nice, quick read. And that might have been all – except that [...]

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2010 – What's In? What's Out?

It’s been two years since I last gazed into my crystal ball, went out on a limb, and made predictions about the coming year.
But that doesn’t mean I’m ready now to try it again! No. I won’t. Though I will share some thoughts/insights on what I believe will be ‘in’ and ‘out’ [...]

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You Cannot Coast!

I started building my online business in 1996.
By 2003, I had built up serious momentum.

High search engine rankings.
Big, responsive list.
Many infoproducts.
Good sales.

And then, I started coasting along.  Maintaining my sites,
but not growing them as aggressively as I once did.
Nothing changed – apparently.  But it did.  It just did so
slowly that I hadn’t noticed!

By 2006, a [...]

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Around Christmas Time

Preparations for Christmas begin in September. No, not with regular people who celebrate the holiday, but with businesses who sell stuff that people buy in December!
Top Christmas toys this year are determined by marketing departments who get their new products in front of editorial teams. Recently, various media outlets in New Zealand, USA [...]

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Fire Your Gatekeeper

Can your clients and prospects get in touch with you online?
Are business partners able to contact you with proposals on the Web?
Do your friends and family have access to you in emergencies?

If you think, “Yes, of course”, here’s a suggestion. Try being one of them for a day, and test your existing processes.
You may [...]

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Thank You

Often, we forget to thank people that matter. Folks who helped make something possible. Friends who go out of the way for us.
I’m guilty of that, maybe more often than others because there are so many things I do that need help, support and encouragement from others.
For the launch of my first-ever print [...]

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Not Fun And Frolic

Writing and selling a book is not all fun and frolic. It’s also a lot of hard work!
Some authors will read superb guides to marketing their new book (like Mark Joyner’s BESTSELLER BLUEPRINT) and follow it in an effort to hit the best-seller lists.
Others will stumble their way through mistakes and muddles, often getting [...]

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On The Threshold

Image credit sxc.hu
In a few days, an event for which I’ve planned and prepared for months will take place. On August 25th, 2009 I will officially ‘launch’ my first ever print book,
“Think, Write & Retire – How To Turn Words Into Wealth, Easily!“
On the threshold of this special moment, there are mixed feelings. [...]

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The 5-Year Ripple

This morning I read a blog. It was about an event that happened five years ago. That event touched – and changed – many lives.
Read about the event here – and then come back to the rest of this post.
Done?
On that day, something changed. It happened INSIDE my mind. It was [...]

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Video Book Trailer

I created my first ever online video today – a book trailer for my first-ever print book title, “Think, Write & Retire – How to Turn Words Into Wealth, Easily!”
Enjoy!

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