Today is Martin Luther King day in the US. 236 years ago the founding fathers of the United States declared:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
A few years ago at an airport, I got a call from Howie Jacobson. “Hey Perry, the people who write the ‘Dummies’ books asked me to write an AdWords book and I said yes. Um, I hope that’s okay.”
I’d taught him AdWords early on, and he didn’t wanna tick me off by competing with my own books.
“No problem, Howie. I just want to make sure all the people in the AdWords cartel are my friends.”
Got this courageous if depressing blog comment from a guy named Oliver:
Perry: The more i listen to you, the more i feel im screwed and have no chance of ever making it and maintaining my place in a market.
Today, 10 predictions for the new year:
I always say there are 3 kinds of work:
$10 per hour
$100 per hour
$1000 per hour
But there are not three. There’s five.
#4 is:
If you eat a bowl of ice cream before bed tonight, no big deal.
If you eat a bowl of ice cream before bed EVERY night, your belly becomes a very big deal.
If on the day your baby girl is born, you start…
Yesterday I was talking to a Roundtable member, Bill, from Colorado. His goal at the beginning of 2011 was 30% growth. He finished the year yesterday at 30.1% growth. He’s in a market where everyone else has lost ground this year, so BRAVO!
He mentioned that he wanted 2012 to bring him some new adventures; a repeat of 2011 wouldn’t be all that inspiring for him. He asked what I thought his 2011 goal should be.
I thought of my current project, the 2012 Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords – editing the 2nd edition to make the 3rd edition.
When I began, I was bored with it. “Gotta go through this thing and fix the stuff that’s out of date. B-o-r-i-n-g.”
The Friday before Christmas I posted on my Facebook page:
“Hit LIKE if you are NOT taking the day off, but instead you’re earning the dinero and getting stuff done while everybody else parties and drinks hot chocolate.”
I just came back from China, where a cup of green tea *normally* costs about 25 cents. That’s the price at a typical street vendor.
But at the world-famous Forbidden City in Beijing, crawling with gringo tourists, a cup of green tea costs $4.00.
Why does it cost 16X as much in the Forbidden City as it costs 3 blocks away?
My 13 year old son has a t-shirt that says,
“I Don’t Have A.D.D., I just… Hey look! A squirrel!”
The #1 productivity enemy of online marketers is:
