Failure - An Entrepreneur’s Journey
Failure can be a good thing. In fact, failure can be a great thing! In life, and in business, failure is a very important part of the learning process. Everyone fails, it’s inevitable. The question for you as an entrepreneur is are you going to get back up on the horse and try again and do it better, or are you going to give up? Many people try once and fail and get scared into not trying again. Personally, every time something happens that fails in my world, I try... Read More »
Mark Cuban - Success & Motivation - A MUST Read
Head on over and read this amazing series that sums up how Mark MADE himself a success. Again, he MADE it. I particularly like this part from the end of part 3 where he talks about just finding out that his secretary ripped off his entire bank account ($83k to be exact)… Bold is mine. I got back to the office, told Martin what happened at the bank, and then I realized what I had to do about all of this. I had to go back to work. That what was done, was done. That worrying... Read More »
Good News: Mark Cuban Doesn’t Want To Socialize With Me On Facebook
It seems Mark Cuban and I have something else in common. Neither of us want to use Facebook to “socialize”. I met Mark Cuban when I introduced him at the Blog World Expo in the fall of 2007. Video below. Am I his Facebook friend? I think so. I remember adding him after that because he was asking people to connect with him, so I did. Do I want to socialize with Mark Cuban? Not really, and I’m guessing from this post that he doesn’t want to really... Read More »
I Introduced Mark Cuban At The Blogworld Expo
Note: Found this video over at Eightblack.com. Thanks! Although the first part of my intro was cut off. I am still riding the high of introducing Mark Cuban at the Blogworld Expo event the other day. Hopefully I can get video of it. For now though, here’s a copy (.ppt) of the short .ppt presentation I did that got some big laughs, including Mark. Funny story before I get into the description of my intro. I was told by Rick (the BWE show owner) to meet at the show... Read More »
Mark Cuban At The Blogworld Expo
I had the pleasure of introducing Mark Cuban this evening for his keynote presentation at the end of the Blogworld Expo. I have to find a way to get a hold of the video of my introduction somehow. Gotta have that. Zac is going to send me some pictures he took of me and Cuban from the audience. Want to see a bit of the presentation and what happens when he comes off stage? Watch till the end. He’s, um, popular! Read More →
Jason Calacanis Wants To Be The Next Mark Cuban
Yet another reason why Jason Calacanis is successful. He knows how to get attention and brand himself, just like Mark Cuban. The word is on the street that he’s going to try and take on Google and build a search engine. So what’s the idea? It’s a cross between Wikipedia and Google. Calacanis’ new site will create more digestible search results for popular queries such as the names of Hollywood stars, and tech products. The pages will be seeded, initially,... Read More »
Your Brand Is Defined By Your Audience Expectations
Is Mark Cuban right? Is a publisher’s decision to run a “low-quality” ad a brand killer? In other words, if you’re a TV station, and you run penis pill ads, are you killing your brand through this association? All for the quick buck? Very interesting questions, and can go on multiple levels of media publishing, not just television. I would argue that this is really about expectations. I believe that television viewers “expect” to see penis... Read More »
Why Has Mark Cuban Allowed IceRocket.com To Die?
So, Technorati is alive and well according to Dave Sifry, and Google Blog Search is growing too (how could it not?). But what about Icerocket.com? It appears as though they are dead. Look at this chart. Nothing, nada, zip. No movement? It appears… dead? I wrote about the top ways to fix Icerocket.com last year here. Here’s what I said then. If you want to know the current state of Icerocket.com, (Mark Cuban’s search engine), all you need to do is look here... Read More »
The Big Boys Of Blogging Could Be Rich…er
Today over at my BlogKits blog I wrote about how 5 of today’s big top bloggers are leaving close to half a million bucks on the table by not monetizing their blogs. The piece was interesting because I enlisted the feedback from several expert online marketers who provided detailed advice and projections about the topic. Even Seth Godin himself left a comment on the blog entry, check it out. If Robert Scoble, Jason Calacanis, Mark Cuban, Guy Kawasaki & Seth Godin... Read More »
Free Online Marketing Ideas Radio Show Recap - January 2, 2007
I just wrapped my first radio show of 2007, making this the 4th show so far. You can listen to the latest show here on my Blogtalkradio host page. Not much to tell about today’s show. No callers yet again, but my stats showed at least 10 live listeners. C’mon people, call in and get your free stuff! A reminder, the show is on every Tuesday at 1pm est. Please call me! hehe. Read More →
Long Live Personality Marketing Ala Mark Cuban
If it appears that I am stalking Mark Cuban, I am not. Here’s the problem I have with him. He’s smart and make a lot of sense and I keep learning things from his blog. Therefore, I keep wanting to talk about what he says. So Mark, keep it up, and I’ll keep learning. On Christmas Mark let out a blog entry entitled ‘The Lesson Of Happy Gilmore and Pro Sports Marketing‘. The piece basically talks about why the movie Happy Gilmore mimics everything... Read More »
Cuban Chumps Trump! Here’s Why Trump Doesn’t Need A Blog
Mark Cuban couldn’t resist jumping into the fray by calling out his ole’ buddy ‘The Donald’ on his blog today. Now T the C on the other hand, well Donald, your blog sucks. Its actually pretty embarrasing. First of all, rule number one of blogging Donald is that you are the one that is supposed to write the posts on the blog. Less than half the posts on the front page of the blog have your name as the author let alone are written by you . Blogs are... Read More »
