The Virtuous Circle of Mentorship and Its Impact on Your Career

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My friend Marcus Sheridan wrote a very forthright blog post (as is his custom) recently called “8 People That Dramatically Impacted My Life in 2013.” I was amazed and gratified to have been mentioned in that post. Here’s what Marcus wrote: I’m going to be very honest here and say there have been times I’ve […]

7 Ways the Speaking Business and Music Business are the Same Business

In addition to my work as a social media and content marketing consultant working with the great team here at Convince & Convert, I’m a professional speaker. I’ve been speaking publicly for a long time, and have really ramped it up in the past four years to the point that in 2013 I will do […]

How to Market to People Not Like You

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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 […]