Andy Joins Jeffrey Gitomer’s Team

by Andy Wibbels on January 27, 2010

When Blogwild was hitting the bookshelves, I’d go to our local Borders bookstore every day after the gym to see if it was in stock yet. What was always in stock was The Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer. The book had a distinctive binding, bright layout, punchy advice and a red ribbon bookmark. I kept seeing Gitomer all over the place. When he was in town a few months ago doing a seminar I was lucky enough to see him in action. He combines the knowledge of a seasoned sales veteran with impeccable timing and vaudeville sensibility. He’s hysterically funny. I was also lucky enough to secure breakfast with him. We got to talking about the possibilities to bringing social media to sales training and using blogs to spread the Gitomer books, training and seminars. I was on my second plate at the Chinatown Hilton breakfast buffet when Jeffrey said:

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by Andy Wibbels on January 20, 2010

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James Arthur Ray Sweat Lodge Deaths: ‘It’s a Good Day to Die’

December 30, 2009

evidently an out-of-control maniac with a God-complex:

The police report for the sweat lodge deaths at Ray’s retreat is out. The New York Times has the full document.

3 dead. 20 had heat-related injures (1 woman had scorched lungs). 3/4 of them passed out. They were told vomiting was good for them. They had also fasted before entering the lodge.

A nurse was present (though not inside the tent) but was unable to assist given the severity of the injuries. Ray told those begging for help he would just deal with them later.

James Ray reported as saying:

You are not going to die. You might think you are, but you are not going to die.

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Nick Cernis on Online Business Models

December 9, 2009

Great essay from Nick Cernis about the end of free content.
The reality is this: while many people are building profitable businesses by leveraging their content, hardly anyone is profiting directly from the content itself. To me, that’s a real shame. More importantly than that, though:
Traditional online business models force a conflict [...]

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Susie Bright on Writing and Worry

December 9, 2009

Superstar writer and TypePad blogger Susie Bright writes about the anxiety of writers as they confront the changing mechanics and economics of publishing:
Writers, musicians, filmmakers, those “artists” – we’re starting to open up a little bit to each other about how bad it is…. Our publishing world has simply gone out [...]

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See you in Chicago! Word of Mouth Supergenius 2009 #supergenius

December 9, 2009


Cannot wait to rock Gaspedal’s Word of Mouth Supergenius conference next Wednesday (Dec 9th) in (butt-cold) Chicago led by the original Ubergenius Andy Sernovitz! They have a slew of awesome presentations from companies like Lego, Starbucks, Dominos, Coca-Cola, Maker’s Mark, Intuit and 20+ more businesses showing exactly how they blew the roof [...]

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What is Social Media Optimization?

September 28, 2009

On the TypePad team we’re thinking a lot lately about social media optimization and what it means to bloggers of all sizes and stripes. I wanted to give my own riff on the topic.

Search engine optimization is a set of practices to ensure that your content is easily findable by the [...]

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Blogging Lesssons from Farmville

September 16, 2009

I always enjoy when a hot new internet trend sneaks up on me from my ‘less net-savvy’ friends. I’d seen various mentions of some crazy game called FarmVille for several months but figured it was some stupid game built for the proles. Then one evening I come home from work and Ron [...]

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Expert Equation for Joint Partnerships

September 11, 2009

Pamela Slim suggests the perfect equation for partnerships and joint projcets:
I liked someone
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We got to know each other (mostly online)
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We talked and said “What are you working on?” and “What would be really fun to do together that our people would love?”
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Joint projects. [link]

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Arrogance is More Dangerous Than Incompetence

September 11, 2009

More from Ted Dzibua:
What I really learned from the fall of Pressflip is that arrogance is more dangerous than incompetence. I believed that raw engineering prowess could make up for the complete lack of business experience, a product that really only appealed to the people who build the technology behind [...]

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