Last night I had the pleasure of attending a Jewel concert with my wife. Here's the three things I learned from Jewel last night after she made sure we knew her Twitter handle @jeweljk. 1. The power of your story. Last night it was just Jewel and her Guitar. Between songs she told the stories … [Read more...]
How I Convert Ideas to Profit
If you're reading this post in search of a silver bullet or a get rich quick scheme, sorry move along. I create profit by moving ideas into action and it takes time. If you have a few minutes read on and I'll explain how. Ideation. I read. I observe all the time. I watch what other successful … [Read more...]
Artists Are The Giving Economy's Linchpins
Not since reading Crush It! in January have I been this passionately enthusiastic. Today, I listened to an audio interview of Seth Godin that's part of my Captured Mind newsletter subscription (not an affiliate link). Artists are the linchpins of our new giving economy. Artists, Seth explained, … [Read more...]
Planning the Social Media Way
Planning sales "events" with social media while similar to the traditional sales model is not the same. During the #unGeeked conference last week I got a glimpse of the HubSpot social media sales funnel. Sales will always be about the funnel. What changes is how the funnel gets filled and in my … [Read more...]
Amazing Content Means Taking a Stand
During the #unGeeked conference last week I was able to capture Scott Stratten (@unmarketing on Twitter) thoughts on the craziness of book endorsements. Scott takes a stand. Here we have a man about to have his first book published and he takes on the publishing establishment by having a whole … [Read more...]
Business advice from a Deziner
Yesterday I went to share business advice with my friend Cindi Thomas (@deziner) and one of her partners in Translator Mark Fairbanks (@MarkFairbanks). First, how can you not love that Cindi picked a Twitter name one can't forget - Right? If you watch the video you'll see I managed to forget her … [Read more...]
Self Publishing made easy with Phil Gerbyshak
At some point most bloggers think about two things, writing an eBook and self publishing a real book. You know the kind with paper pages and ink and all that. Here in 90 seconds, three time self published Phil Gerbyshak addresses both eBook creation and self publishing. I am going to be following … [Read more...]
Penetrating the Mobile Space
The #MobileDiva Sara Santiago wrapped up day two of #unGeeked with an awesome presentation/question and answer session about penetrating the mobile space. A few months ago Sara convinced me to add a mobile version of this site. It's not that hard to do in WordPress and now 8% of my site traffic is … [Read more...]
A Twitter Tale of Two Scotts
Yesterday Scott Stratten made a comment during his #unGeeked presentation, he got on Twitter to meet other awesome business people. Catch that? The guy with forty some thousand followers on Twitter did not get on to sell you something. He got on to network. I got on Twitter for a different reason … [Read more...]
Tomorrow the #unGeeked Fun Begins
I'll admit I am excited but I really don't know what to expect. By and large printing industry trade shows and conferences have been a complete disappointment to me over the last several years. Social Media is a relatively young and vibrant industry. I'd say it is a toddler still in diapers. I … [Read more...]