Do you ever dream of getting your book published with a big publisher like Wiley or Harper Collins? Here’s my advice. Don’t waste your time. There’s a much easier and profitable path to book publishing these days than dealing with the big publishers. Let me explain. I have been published 8 times with a traditional publisher: Wiley (and their predecessor Wrox Press). Read More
Print ads, pay-per-click ads, direct mail, radio, and television. There are dozens of marketing channels that you can use to effectively get your message out to millions of potential customers. Now, you may be using all of these marketing methods … and even more. But I want to be sure that you aren’t neglecting one of the fastest-growing types of marketing available today. I’m talking about word of mouth. Read More
Here are the top 10 things you MUST know the week of May 19 – May 25, 2013: 1. Sticker Can Track Things Up To A 100-Feet Away Do you ever get tired of looking for your car keys, pets, luggage, or children? Luckily for you, there is a location sticker you can get that can help you keep track of all these things. The location sticker is called the StickNFind. Read More
Oh man, I’m so PISSED about this story I just read! Just the other day (On Mother’s Day no less) a cop warned a 10-year-old girl that her sidewalk hopscotch game was illegal and criminal damage. WTF!!!!???? I couldn’t make this up if I wanted to. Here’s a link to the original article. Read More
Not trying to offend any hippies. OK, maybe a little. But I know I’ll never be a vegetarian. I mean, really. How can you NOT love bacon???!!! There’s really only one thing better than bacon… And that’s bacon, wrapped in bacon. MMMMMMM!!! So what the hell does this have to do with anything? I don’t really know, actually. It’s early here and I haven’t had my breakfast yet. Read More
One of my old marketing friends, Matt Trainer, wrote a really great post the other day. It had an impact on me and I wanted to share it. He’s agreed to let me share it in full here. But first… —–COMMERCIAL BREAK—— We are still holding our online “yard sale”. Read More
Have you ever had a yard sale or at least gone to a yard sale? Every summer when I was growing up, we would spent countless hours preparing for our huge yard sale. My mother would organize this not only for our family, but also for other neighbors who lived close by to us. Read More
Here are the top 10 things you MUST know the week of May 12 – May 18, 2013: 1. Magic Underpants Let You Feel Your Lover’s Touch From Anywhere On The Planet Look out dirty magazines and porn. You have some “stiff” competition on your heels. What is this competition? Read More
When you are attempting to get from point A to point B it makes sense to take the path of least resistance. In our fast paced, time crunched society most of us would be grateful for any opportunity to arrive at our destination faster. But there’s a price that we are paying for this type of mindset? Read More
Today is Q&A day. We’ll be doing these from time to time to answer all your burning questions. Here are a few of the hottest questions we’ve seen in the last few weeks. Question: What’s your number one problem in your business and how did you solve it? Answer: This one is EASY. My number one biggest problem has always been focus. Read More
