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Comment on What keeps you from Thinking Big? by Mel

Mel — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:24:36 +0000

I guess rejection has made me fear “thinking BIG.” That, commingled with a bit of the unknown.

Perhaps I should keep trucking and work on an all-encompassing awareness of what I do and what I want to accomplish in the future?

Also, think of it as 1,498 books because you have a buyer RIGHT HERE!

Comment on What keeps you from Thinking Big? by Roy Moses

Roy Moses — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:21:34 +0000

First, I’ll argue with your fifth graf; looking at your ongoing life endeavors and successes, I don’t believe that ANYTHING is beyond your capabilities.

Now, for some random ideas: urge your parents to give it as their annual Christmas gifts to friends, etc.

The NT J. Dept. has a display case out front with copies of books by faculty and exes — get yours in that case.

Get NT (to be followed by others) to adopt it as a supplemental text for marketing/PR courses. Ask Roy Busby for help; maybe a marketing/PR class could work up a sales campaign as a term project.

Look into teaching an on-line course in PR, marketing, etc. for one of these on-line universities. This could be the text.

Get Oprah to promote it — that would guarantee a second or third printing.

Get a group of like-minded friends/business associates together for a blue-sky brain storming session.

Etc., etc., etc.

Comment on What keeps you from Thinking Big? by Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:23:47 +0000

Turn this into a fundraiser! 10 bucks to get in the door, then buy an autographed copy. Then sell raffle tickets with the prize being…another autographed copy.

Comment on What keeps you from Thinking Big? by Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:52:25 +0000

People like you and mark are always so inspiring to me! I’m just hoping that I can start my small business by the end of the year. I will be small as there is a limit to how much cake I can make, and the whole idea of taking on employees is a whole different ballgame and I’m petrified of it!

Comment on What keeps you from Thinking Big? by Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:14:29 +0000

You always inspire me to think big! Just listen to yourself – the real you, not the annoying little road blocks. You are very right though. Why do we do that to ourselves? Who puts up the barriers? Let’s kick their butts – yer!

Comment on My dirty little secret: I really don’t have 2,000 friends by Avenue Q | All Shows In Vegas

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Comment on My dirty little secret: I really don’t have 2,000 friends by Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:15:19 +0000

I guess I’m not really doing twitter professionally yet so I do what I feel like, which is follow people who seem interesting. Every time I get a new follower, I look and see what their twitter stream and profile look like and if they are boring I unfollow them.

I’m getting pretty close to unfollowing anyone who repeats themselves too, there are a couple who do that and it really irritates me, no 1 is mojopages, where she just says the same stuff over and again for the most part, and the other is the cupcake caps, they just say ‘hello cupcake’ and ‘goodnight cupcake’ every day. I guess I only like real twitterers and not robots…

Comment on My dirty little secret: I really don’t have 2,000 friends by Mel

Mel — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:18:42 +0000

Having three twitter accounts — yes, three — it is incredibly difficult to keep up with followers. I followed the same standards of those “SEO moguls” that more followers was somehow a success — I tend to disagree. And as such, many of those aforementioned experts are realizing how overwhelming and UNconnecting Twitter actually can be.

I want to connect with people who have similar interests and interesting things to say as well. Hence, the three separate accounts delegated to different interests — most people following two or three of those, so I get REPEATS which is even more annoying. I’ve deleted Foursquare for this very reason — it became taxing and incredibly annoying and almost distanced myself from enjoying daily life. Twitter is regularly on shaky ground..

That said, I’m culling the herd this week.

Comment on My dirty little secret: I really don’t have 2,000 friends by Roy Moses

Roy Moses — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:32:28 +0000

As far as I am concerned, this post could have been in Arabic or
Sanskrit or some other foreign language too foreign for me to feign understanding.

My knowledge of a “tweet” (noun or a verb?) goes as far as Tweety Bird in movies or TV. A following is a bunch of hangers on, or perhaps groupies, or religious zealots; then there are “following seas” in nautical usage, or something coming up, as in “the following movie is rated . . .”

Sorry; guess I’m no help. Maybe you should uninstall and start over, being more selective.

Me, up to date? my mantra is still, “Bring back the Linotype.”

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