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5 Tips for Successfully Writing a Novel (Video)

Tweet Thank you to all of my friends on your support and congratulations! If you didn’t hear, I finally finished my novel yesterday, and I wanted to share some lessons from the experience. I decided...

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The Benefits of Thinking of Yourself as a Business

Tweet Finances, organization, and priorities are simply a necessity in life. Without them, it’s impossible for society to function because work will never get done and the most important tasks will...

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Why I Don't Make New Year's Resolutions

Tweet Making a New Year’s Resolution is admirable: it’s an indication that you strive for self-improvement. It’s noble to want to be more charitable, to become physically fit, to quit smoking, or to...

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Don't Rely on Anecdotal Evidence to Prove Your Point

Tweet The definition of Anecdotal Evidence, via Wikipedia: (2) Evidence, which may itself be true and verifiable, used to deduce a conclusion which does not follow from it, usually by generalizing...

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What Does a Co-Editor Do, Anyway?

Tweet While I spend a lot of time on entrepreneurial projects (two iPhone apps and a novel I’m trying to get picked up), I am best known as the Co-Editor of Mashable. I started writing for Mashable in...

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Health and Your Body When You Sit In Front of a Computer All Day

Tweet I’d like to take a moment to point to a great post Mashable’s Jolie O’Dell wrote on her personal blog: Fat Bloggers: My Own Weight Loss Journey. Here is an excerpt: Here’s the graphic point I’m...

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So You Want to Learn Ruby & Ruby on Rails…

Tweet Whenever I get the chance, I’ve been studying up on my programming. I taught myself PHP long ago and took classes in C during college, but that knowledge has rusted. To get my knowledge back to...

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My Experience Switching to a Standing Desk

Tweet Sitting kills. You’ve probably heard this by now, but I don’t think I can stress it enough. In fact, it can increase your chance of an early death by up to 40%. I don’t know about you, but I...

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Announcing “Startup Attention & PR 101″, Now on Udemy

Tweet I’m thrilled to announce the launch of “Startup Attention & PR 101: From Launch to Damage Control and Beyond“, my 19-lecture online Udemy course. I’m also thrilled to announce that half of...

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How to Captivate the Attention of Users, Customers and Investors [VIDEO]

Tweet A few weeks ago, I spoke at The Startup Conference in Redwood City, CA, where I gave an international audience of entrepreneurs, investors and executives a preview of my new book Captivology. In...

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What Is a Brand? [VIDEO]

Tweet What is and isn’t a brand? How do we as a society create and perceive the brands of people and companies? And can you shape, define and build a brand that lasts? A few weeks ago, I sat down with...

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The Three Things That Get Us Stuck [VIDEO]

Tweet In this video interview with Behind the Brand, I discuss the three key things that “get us stuck” — execution (or lack thereof), the grind, and the problem. Overcoming these three key factors is...

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Is Now the Best or Worst Time to Start Something? [VIDEO]

Tweet A lot of people are worried about China, Greece, and the markets in general. But should that stop you from starting a company or trying your hand at a new idea? I deliver the answer eight...

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