It’s been a while I know, but try to think back to 1992 (or ask someone that can remember), coffee was a 65 cent item that came in a Styrofoam cup. It tasted like Folgers and there was nothing romantic about it. But some people got all jazzed up about coffee and said, “Hey, if someone were to have a … Read More
Your Best Sales Pitch Can (Should?) Be a Rant
I got an email from Eric Hauk, president of Bodacion Technologies in Barrington, Illinois. Before I relate his story, let me explain. Eric’s company makes “hack proof” web servers – servers that do not have any of the usual security holes that Windows, Linux, and Unix machines have. We’d just done a fast start phone consultation, and the strategy I … Read More
The Planet Perry Alter-Ego
Long-time Planet Perry members Chris Buffalo and Janilyn Marks came to my Roundtable Express event in San Diego. Listen to their story of harnessing their education to maximum effect when they were in a very tight spot: Then, when their business was ready for the next level, they came to a hotseat-driven event. They’re joining Roundtable in 2016. This is … Read More
What’s wrong with being wealthy and successful?
When I became an Aussie citizen recently, Malcolm Turnbull officiated the ceremonies. There were just eight of us becoming Aussie citizens and since I live within Malcolm’s area in which he is a Member of Parliament, before he recently became Prime Minister, it was his duty to officially make me a citizen of this wonderful country. After the ceremonies, there … Read More
A Slice of Mike Marshall, Search Engine Genius
About 3 years ago I invited Mike Marshall to be our special guest speaker at a Roundtable meeting. Roundtable is my highest level peer advisory group, and members fly in from across the globe to attend 3X per year. A handful of SEO people I knew raved about this guy, and he was willing to come in and speak to … Read More
Hell, Karma and Natural Selection
My colleague Dave Dee, Marketing Director at GKIC, had an argument with a guy the other day. They were debating the “Leapfrog Principle.” Leapfrog is Dan Kennedy’s teaching that you don’t just obediently climb the ladder of your industry. That takes 40 years. According to those rules, you don’t get to actually become a leader until you have a colostomy … Read More
RIP Mike Seddon, Community Catalyst Par Excellence
In June, Mike Seddon of the UK posted in our private Mastermind Club forum that he’d been diagnosed with terminal cancer. On Wednesday he left us. Three months to say goodbye. I met Mike in 2011 at a conference in Atlanta. We posed for a picture. Later we brought Mike on to one of our Mastermind Club monthly meetings as … Read More
Shout Out to the 30-Something Street Fightin’ Man
There’s a phase of life I call The Compression Zone. It looks something like this: Kid #3 just arrived. Kid #2 is still in diapers and kid #1 is barely out of diapers. The day starts when one of ’em starts screaming at 3:45am and the sweet honey-dew of sleep is OVER. Momma either stays at home, which means money … Read More
Can you enjoy yourself when life is uncertain?
Do you constantly put yourself in impossible situations – simply because you’re eager and hungry for adventure and success – and then you find those situations get really unpleasant at times? I am always pressing MY envelope. I’m always taking risks to maximize what I can achieve. And that is scary. I constantly put myself in scary situations. Emotionally, financially, … Read More
Marketing and Life Insights from an A*#hole and First-Time Author
My friend Joshua Russell shares some hard-won lessons he learned from being a cowardly, flawed, a*#hole. Not for the timid…