Do You Have Cognitive Itch?

November 11, 2011

Cognitive itch. Sounds like an STD, but it ain’t. Actually, it’s the phenomenon of being unable to dislodge a song from your noggin. It goes by a lotta names — brain worms, earworms, sticky music, involuntary musical imagery, and stuck song syndrome, to name just five — but we’ve all experienced it. Over and over [...]

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Become a High-Profit Go-To Kingpin!

October 28, 2011

After much work and gnashing of teeth, my newest product, Coffee House Kingpin: How to Become the High-Profit Godfather at Your Offline Hangout, has finally gone live! And here’s what a handful of happy campers have said about it so far… “This is pretty damn ingenious! I love the strategies and ideas you put out [...]

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A Scream Of Consciousness

October 20, 2011

Here’s something kinda special today. It might even give you a clearer head, a cleaner heart, and a greater shot at finally breaking through and rocketing ahead in both your life and business. Am I overstating my case? I don’t think so. Yesterday, I spent almost an hour on the phone with Warren Bluhm. Warren’s [...]

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Shia LaBeouf Gets His Clock Cleaned

October 19, 2011

Didja see that video from last week of actor Shia LaBeouf gettin’ the snot beat outta him on a downtown Vancouver sidewalk? According to reports, LaBeouf was drinking at a bar, exchanged some words with a fellow patron, then “took it outside,” which is where the video picks up the action. It’s pretty darn ugly. [...]

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Why I Was Whimpering In The Shower

October 16, 2011

Confession time… I spent the past few weeks fretting, chewing my nails, whimpering in the shower, and generally being a pain in the ass to my dear wife. I even got the dog worked up. How come? Because in the next week, I’m launching a brand new information product. And it required me to step [...]

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Can Talker’s Block Make You Rich?

September 29, 2011

Seth Godin has already written more books than most people read in their lifetimes. And I’ve gobbled up most of ’em. I’m also addicted to his blog — SethGodin.com — which is where Seth wrote a kinda funny post about “talker’s block” earlier this week. His point was that if nobody suffers from talker’s block [...]

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How To Be A High-Profit Godfather

September 21, 2011

Plenty of so-called gurus offer formulas for the “perfect” business. One says affiliate marketing is the real deal. Another trumpets the glory of creating hundreds of niched mini-websites. A third’ll tell you that quick Kindle publishing is the way to go. Sure, all may be great paths to the moola. But perfect? I’m not so [...]

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Why I’m Not an Internet Marketer

September 19, 2011

I was slouched in a patio chair Saturday afternoon, smoking a reasonably priced (aka cheap) robusto, minding my own beeswax, when Dan Kennedy delivered a vicious whack to the back of my head. If I’d been in a private eye movie, I’d have spiraled down, down, down into an endless whirlpool of darkness. But when [...]

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You Say Romantic, I Say Gross

September 16, 2011

I heard about this news story from a nice woman who was drinking a triple-shot latte at Red Dirt Coffee House this morning. She thought it was “romantic.” I think it’s kinda ghoulish. You be the judge. Here’s the news story… The public is finally getting an up-close-and-personal look at the Lovers of Valdaro. The [...]

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Is Remaking Superman a Big Stupid Idea?

September 12, 2011

Whew! Talk about overhauling your business! DC Comics has done something unprecedented. In August, the company stopped publication of every one of its comic book titles. And this month, it’s introducing an all-new line of comics, 52 first issues featuring both new and familiar superheroes. This includes re-launching icons like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green [...]

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