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Be Somebody

By Craig Ballantyne | 05/23/2011

Be somebody. Do something. Here’s why: Last Friday was another tough day. A new problem had sucked up most of my good energy, but just as I was about to shut everything down for the day, I received an email from a good friend… a guy who is a superstar in…

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Beware of the Natural Entropy in Customer Service

By Mark Morgan Ford | 05/21/2011

One of the first things I did upon taking on AP as a client was call his customer service line, pretending to be a customer. The phone rang eight times before it was picked up.

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The Language Perfectionist: Quotation Quota

By Don Hauptman | 05/20/2011

Every few years, my friend Mardy Grothe assembles a new collection of quotations. The defining characteristic of these anthologies is that all the entries share an interesting or quirky theme. His latest work, Neverisms, just published, is generating a lot of favorable attention in the media and among his many…

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But What’s Next?

By Drayton Bird | 05/18/2011

How many geniuses have you met?

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Satyagraha, Your Secret Marketing Weapon

By Daniel Levis | 05/17/2011

The word Satyagraha is a combination of the Sanskrit words Satya and Agraha. Loosely translated, it means “Truth Power.” Satyagraha was popularized by Mohandas Gandhi during his fight for Indian independence. It became synonymous with the use of civil disobedience as a political tool. Gandhi believed that truth had great…

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Beware of False Perceptions

By Robert Ringer | 05/16/2011

Recovered memory syndrome (RMS) is a phenomenon whereby a questioner “helps” someone remember events that may be fictional by asking leading questions. The reason such questioning works – in bogus molestation cases, for example – is because the mind is very susceptible to suggestion. But RMS is just one aspect…

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Marketers – Beware of the Advice You Are Getting Today

By Mark Morgan Ford | 05/14/2011

A little knowledge, they say, is a dangerous thing. And nowhere is that more true than with the Internet marketing industry.

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The Language Perfectionist: Worldly Goods

By Don Hauptman | 05/13/2011

Everyone has pet peeves – those irritating verbal tics and bromides that are the linguistic equivalent of fingernails scraping across a blackboard. The following sentences illustrate one of mine: “While we might be a bit partial to the Lamborghinis, the Aston Martins and the Bugattis of the world, we’d be…

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Secrets to Reinventing Yourself

By Peter Fogel | 05/13/2011

David Neagle was a high school dropout. His first job was as a forklift operator for a shipping company, spending long, terrible hours on a cold loading dock and cursing his existence. Now, he makes millions every year by showing others how to take the same steps he took to…

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Internet Success: Do You Have What It Takes?

By Bob Bly | 05/12/2011

When you hear about all the folks who are making thousands of dollars a week by selling information products on the Internet… and “working” only a few hours a day… … it’s tempting to want to jump on the bandwagon. But before you take the leap, it pays to think…

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The Money Is in the List

By Brian Edmondson | 05/10/2011

If you have an online business, you’ve probably come across the expression “The money is in the list.” This refers to the database of names, e-mail addresses, and other information you collect from customers and prospects. Building a list is the core principle behind the Early to Rise Model of…

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5 Copy Questions About Your Customer

By Lesa Gutenkunst | 05/9/2011

In addition to walking the dog through the fields in the sunshine on the weekend, I also spent a lot of time writing a new sales letter for yet another new product in my business. And for this project, I followed my own advice and re-read Dan Kennedy’s, “Ultimate Sales…

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