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I founded an email marketing company in 2001 and ran it for 19 years… …which means I spent 19 years hearing naysayers tell me “email marketing won’t work” or “email marketing is dead.” My experience: Email is alive and well, and it works… … … … … …if you know what you’re doing. Therein lies…
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No story today. Just an invitation… Join Dean Isaacs and me on Thursday when we host… 5 Ways to Boost Email ROI This 5in25 training — 5 tips in 25 minutes, followed by Q&A — will reveal 5 strategies you can implement right away to elevate your email marketing and improve results. Dean and I…
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Recommended EventRegister, Attend, and Thrive… This one is a no-brainer. A free, interactive event: Thrive in All Economic Times.Ā Details and registration here… This is NOT another one of those sit-and-listen yawn-fests. “Interactive event” means you’ll network with like-minded business people, meet the speakers, and make business-building connections. If you want to just sit and listen,…
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A few months ago, I updated myĀ LinkedIn profileĀ with new job titles.Ā One of those titles: “Writer’s Block Remover” Back in the early 2000s — before I had a LinkedIn profile — a hotelier named Chip Conley did something similar with his employees. He’d tell them: āForget about your current job title. What would our customers…
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Ben Settle is one of the people who inspired me to send daily(ish) emails to you and the rest of my online family. And last week, I heard Ben share his wisdom for 2+ hours with Brian Kurtzās Titans Xcelerator mastermind group. I filled my notebook with 10 pages of notes, and Iām still sorting…
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Recommended ReadingWhat Does AI Mean for Writers Here’s a great article from a great writer (Ann Handley) about AI and its limitations. AI is a tool, she writes. “Itās a power tool, sureāmaybe a diamond-toothed chainsaw capable of felling a redwood. But itās also just a tool.” And you must understand its limitations. “The one holding the…
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A story about how happiness fuels productivity… Back in 1997, researchers conducted a study to explore whether happy doctors perform better than others. They divided a group of doctors in three. The researchers gave candy to the first group — to spark the feeling of happiness. ( = ) The second group received medicine-related statements to read. …
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Recommended ListeningDerek Sivers with Tim Ferriss Derek Sivers founded the popular compact disc vendor CD Baby, sold it in 2008 for $22 million, and donated the proceeds to charitable trust for music education. Now, he’s an author, speaker, philosopher, and all-around inspiring guy. Here’s the 2015 interview I heard that first introduced me to Derek…
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I woke this morning — March 31 — and decided to offer my Story Power Profit Pack with a $31 discount (30% off). Why? Because I feel bad about NOT releasing my new Email Marketing Power program this month as I originally hoped (see yesterday’s email for that story). The Power Pack contains 52 strategies, tips, and tactics to transform…
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Recommended Viewing (and Reading)The Happy Secret to Better Work Many people think business success can lead to happiness. Shawn Anchor has shown it’s the other way around — happiness leads to business success. I love this TED talk. Funny. Insightful. Inspiring. Anchor’s book The Happiness Advantage is the April selection for the Mastermind Book Club. If you…
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