Since I announced this promotion and had two drawings, I’ve had two winners. That means there are four spots left, and I just drew new numbers! If you have my business card from SOBCon 08 and one of the numbers in the headline is on the back, you have won an hour of free phone…
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Meeting and talking with Brian Clark of Copyblogger and Teaching Sells was one of the highlights of SOBCon 08 for me. Brian is one of the nicest dudes you could ever meet. He answers a question I had for him after he had just delivered his presentation: what was the most important take-away point from…
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Wendy is giving a very heartfelt speech about how she got where she is going from eMoms at home to the new Sparkplugging. The hardest thing to do give up control in order to grow and scale up. Getting outside your comfort zone is not pretty but it’s really critical. Transparency, authenticity, and passion only…
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How to get comments on your blog: Don’t write for your 8th grade teacher she’s not reading your blog. You never give a complete top ten list (put 7, the audience will think of the other 3). Blog your experience. Most important sentence in a blog post is the last one: ask a question (and…
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David Bullock gave a rockin’ presentation on business development. Speak/Write the Process Determine Outcome of every step Set the Sequence do the Process Refine the Process Rinse, Repeat Flowcharting tools: flowchart.com simpleflowchart.com gliffy.com Your Major Marketing Channels Your customers Your List Your Identity (offline, online, speaking, podcasts) Your Successes Internet Offline What Are They Saying……
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Your audience will educate you with feedback – positive or negative will teach you. Repeat yourself, reiterate, people learn through repetition. It’s difficult to be brief, do your best, put real thoughts out there, pose questions. A really good question is often better than a good statement Generating Content Keep notes Mind maps are useful…
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