Can You Stand Out and Brand Against the Machine

Brand Against The Machine

Video production by my friends at Candidio. Fast, inexpensive, great service. (Excerpts from the interview. Watch video for the whole conversation) Jay: Hey everybody, it’s Jay Baer at Convince & Convert. I’m joined today by a very special guest, brand new author, gadfly, man-about-town, consistent wearer of black, John Morgan who is the author of

Revealing the Secret That’s Limiting Your Potential

The Flinch

Within the realm of self help, Tony Robbins is U2. Known by all, beloved by many, but to some degree hamstrung by his own popularity and the accompanying expectations. Tim Ferris is Radiohead. Modern, quirky, and possessing a growing group of fans proclaiming him to be the best ever. Julien Smith is Elbow. Perhaps lesser

No B.S. Social Media Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway

No Bullshit Social Media

Video transcipt: Hey everybody, it’s Jay Baer from Convince & Convert. Hope you are doing great. Today we’re going to talk about things that are no bullshit. First thing that’s no bullshit is it is a Saturday here in beautiful Bloomington, Indiana. Going to go to the IU game with the kids. Go Hoosiers. However,

Accelerate the Convergence of Social, Search, and Content

Accelerate!_ Move Your Business Forward Through the Convergence of Search, Social & Content Marketing

This is my video interview with Arnie Kuenn about his excellent new book Accelerate. It’s a playbook for integrating your social media, search, and content marketing. I wrote the forward for the book. Video production, editing, titling by my friends at Candidio. If you need your raw video footage tidied up good, fast, reasonably priced,

Perception, Happiness, and Getting Anything You Want

Anything You Want Derek Sivers

I’ve read a lot of books. But I’ve perhaps never been personally impacted as much as I was reading Derek Sivers‘ new book Anything You Want. Part of Seth Godin’s Domino Project that’s rewiring the publishing industry from the inside-out, Anything You Want is a concise (one hour read) and motivational account of Derek’s experiences

How to Market to People Not Like You

how to market to people not like you

Sometimes business success isn’t about changing the message, but rather changing the market. That’s the premise of the new book How to Market to People Not Like You: “Know It or Blow It” Rules for Reaching Diverse Customers(amazon link), written by my friend Kelly McDonald. Bursting with fascinating anecdotes, sound advice, and interesting facts about

13 Nuggets of Greatness from The Thank You Economy

800-CEO-READ - The Thank You Ecomony - Hardcover

Gary Vaynerchuk went corporate. The wine impressario turned social media superstar hit a home run with his first book Crush It!, which encouraged young, hungry entrepreneurs and small businesses to follow their passion. Now, with his new book The Thank You Economy, the fan club is going to be wearing ties instead of T-shirts. The

How to Be a Presentation God

How to Be a Presentation God

Scott Schwertly is a rabid hockey fan and founder and CEO of Ethos3, a presentation design and consulting company in Nashville. (disclosure: Scott’s company build the presentation Amber and I are using for The NOW Revolution book tour). Yesterday, Scott released his first book, called How to be a Presentation God: Build, Design, and Deliver

Build Your Business Smarter, Faster, Cheaper

Smarter, Faster, Cheaper

David Siteman Garland is the author of the new book Smarter, Faster, Cheaper and is proprietor of the RISE To The Top video blog. The book is chock full of specific, useful advice for marketing and business ninjas, and is based on David’s interviews with modern marketing legends like Seth Godin and Tim Ferris. I

The New Small – How Technology Levels the Playing Field

The New Small

Phil Simon is a technology cupid. Whatever your company’s issues or objectives, he can recommend the optimal platform, rollout strategy, and operational considerations. In his work as a tech consultant, he’s realized the days of “big iron” – solving problems with huge, expensive systems are gone. Now, it’s the nimble, inexpensive technology that rules. So