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Influence & Attention

Choosing Your Tribe – And Tools

Two young men joined the same online social network. They were very much alike, these two young men. Both had been average students, both were pleasant personalities, and both – as excited early adopters of technology are – were filled with dreams for the future.
Recently, these men reviewed their last 25 months on [...]

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Heart-break in Haiti

I shared my thoughts here about the horrific disaster that hit Haiti yesterday night.
For the past few years, I’ve been involved in helping Frank McKinney’s “Caring House Project” which builds homes for the homeless in Haiti.
As soon as I heard about the special initiative Frank’s team is taking to secure planes to fly immediately to [...]

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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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Why I Won't Write GREAT Fiction!

“I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether; the other is going right deep down into life and not caring a damn.” – P. G. Wodehouse
When I was a teenager, I read a fascinating novel. It [...]

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Fans Are Fickle

A fascinating article everyone should read is “1,000 True Fans”. It’s about how anyone can have a thriving business that meets all their needs – if only they had 1,000 true fans!
In my course on email list building and marketing, I group subscribers into 5 categories – and teach the importance of focusing attention [...]

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On The Threshold

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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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Got Trust?

I haven’t read this book… yet!
But I’m asking you to buy a copy.

Why?
Because of TRUST. Trust that Chris Brogan has built up with me – over many months.
On his blog, he wrote:
“This one’s the biggie, friends. I want very much to have a chance at success with this book, and you are my key [...]

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8 Things Seth Godin Did To My Head This Year!

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It has been a year since I was introduced to TRIIIBES.com, the exclusive social network that’s a brainchild of marketing genius, thought leader and bestselling author Seth Godin.
Apart from everything else it has done, TRIIIBES messed with my head – in a good way. And it got me to do some things that I [...]

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Words, Music & Impact

A few hours before watching the memorial service to my favorite singer and entertainer, Michael Jackson, I was on YouTube seeing “The Making of Live Aid for Africa” – a musical extravaganza spearheaded by Michael and Lionel Ritchie that went on to raise over $60 million dollars in 1985 for fighting hunger in a famine-ravaged [...]

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27 Months of Twitter

Insights, Lessons and Suggestions to Make the Most of Twitter
It has been 27 months since I started using Twitter, the micro-blogging service that has set the social networking universe afire.
Over this period, I have learned many things about Twitter, tried out different ideas and modified the way I use this fascinating service. And interesting [...]

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