This guy has personality up the wazoo! Allow yourself to get carried away. What’s your dream? What are you waiting for?

I’ve said it before. Most entrepreneurs don’t know what they’re really selling. This chick does. Instead of hitting us over the head with all the reasons we should join her website creation workshop, she focuses on one, the freedom and lifestyle (is that two?) we can enjoy if we have an internet business, which all [...]

Entrepreneurs are always being told to stand out from the competition. But how? Casey James was brilliant in choosing a not very memorable John Lennon song and making it moving and dramatic. Here’s the studio version below. I loved the Beatles, but, in my opinion, John Lennon’s version below pales in comparison. Share and Enjoy:

Are you a parenting coach? Octomom, Nadya Suleman, mother of 14, appeared on The View yesterday, defending her sanity to Whoopi and Barbara Walters. What a great piggyback publicity opportunity if you’re a parenting coach, psychologist, psychiatrist or any related profession. I have a client who was one of 16 kids growing up (not a [...]

Yup, it’s another season of American Idol. Ellen’s in. Simon’s on board for his last season (Miss you already Simon) and the lessons for entrepreneurs abound. Just a singing contest. Hardly. Just like it’s not a “Who’s the best accountant?” contest when your prospects are looking for a new money man. It’s about personal branding. [...]

It’s great to have David back with another guest post! The Second Edition of David Meerman Scott’s now classic book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR, a BusinessWeek bestseller published in 24 languages (WOW!) is released this month. (We’ll be giving away 3 copies of David’s book later this month so watch for that [...]

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 [...]

Have you ever stepped into the spotlight wearing fake designer stuff? Fake Gucci? Fake Coach? I think the whole concept of fake stuff is ridiculous since the real stuff doesn’t, in my eyes, have any inherent value. But that’s another story… Daniel Ariely, Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University and the author of the [...]

In Step Into The Spotlight! I talked about the lesson I learned many years ago from a coffee house owner when I was singing there. She told me, “Tsufit, B.Y.O.F.”, ie Bring Your Own Fans! Until you’re a big name, the idea is that you have to pack the house if you want to be [...]

Kentucky Grilled Chicken? Really? OK, so you’ve got our attention. Free coupons downloadable on Oprah.com But long term? Moving to KFC seemed to work for a while. Made us forget what we were really eating–and then the nostalgia of the bucket kicked in… But it seems to me that if you’re going to go all [...]