Posts made in March, 2010

An afternoon with Seth Godin

Posted by on Mar 17, 2010 in Kitchen Sink | 0 comments

Spent the day at Digital Sandbox, 55 Broad Street NYC, at the Small Business Tech Summit (link is to Twitter hashtags). Seth Godin was the keynoter. I’ve seen dozens of “inspirational” speakers, have read a couple of Seth’s books and was prepared to be mildly entertained and to have heard most of it before. (I think the word for that is “jaded.”) But I digress. Actually, Seth said many new things. Amazing things. Disturbing things. But really, what makes Seth Godin so completely remarkable is the way in which he says them. Something about the level of his...

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Get a Speaking Gig [Interview Outtakes]

Posted by on Mar 9, 2010 in Advice, Kitchen Sink, Speaking | 2 comments

Whenever interviewing people for an article, I always end up with way more material than I can use. Over the next few weeks,  I’ll be writing up a few extra nuggets that didn’t make it into today’s Marketingprofs.com article. To make sure you don’t miss any, subscribe to this blog. Outtake #1 – Marty Fahncke (CCU Learning) Interview “Attendance at live events is, for most part, down. More and more events are moving to virtual, because you can get more attendees with less overhead. Even some of the biggest names are opting for virtual events, to save money and increase...

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