The results of our first book giveaway of the year are in. But first, I gotta say, I was blown away, by the unbelievable response from so many wonderful talented people. Even more rewarding was the fact that many people used this opportunity to connect with each other and I think there are going to [...]

Last year, here at Step Into The Spotlight!, we were fortunate to be able to give copies of several wonderful business books including Andy Nulman’s Pow! Right Between the Eyes, David Meerman Scott’s World Wide Rave, Andy Beal’s Radically Transparent and Drew McLellan’s 99.3 Random Acts of Marketing This week, we have another exciting Step [...]

Warning: This is a rant! PEOPLE ARE SO DELUDED! I’m at a Nice business event and some Nice guy in a Nice suit is at the front of the room giving a Nice endlessssssszzz presentation on Presentation Skills. It’s all very Nice. I’m guessing this is also taking place in boardrooms boredrooms in Belgium and [...]

So I’m picking up my mail, a bunch of bills and flyers when I spot, buried in the stack, a bright red sparkly bubble envelope (I didn’t even know they existed–I’m gonna re-use it and make someone else’s day!) and already, I’m excited. What was inside was even more exciting, a hot-off-the-press copy of Celebrity [...]

How often does it happen? A guy wins a Golden Globe for best actor in a movie and thanks his stand-in, a guy named Lloyd. The guy deserves the thank-you as much as all the pretty actors; Bridges said that Lloyd has been his stand-in in over 60 films. But how often does it happen? [...]

Reading an old Dan Kennedy book (purchased for 50 cents from my local library. Short story long? It was falling apart so I asked them to tape it. They said they’re going to chuck it when I returned it, so I gave coughed up 50 big ones (little ones), they stamped it “Discarded” and now [...]

Got an email this morning that said: “The Queen” spotted with self help book http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Q3PorQEig It’s not exactly The National Enquirer, but I wonder how Her Real Royal Highness would feel about this one. Gotta admit, it is kinda cute. And it did make me watch the video, so in a “You Just Proved Bench [...]

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Consider this my penance. Years ago, I was in a European cinema commercial, me and about 12 other actresses. 3 days of shooting for 60 seconds. I was really excited. But my then 8 year old daughter felt otherwise. In fact, she left me long voice mail message reprimanding me for appearing in a cigarette [...]