http://www.jimkukral.com Small Business Consultant Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:19:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You're not going to find a better example of a viral type video built specifically to drive an action than this one. Go watch this now and come back. Notice how smart this was done? A powerful, emotional story, told without voice, in music and images. Also notice how smart ... http://www.jimkukral.com/use-emotion-tell-a-story-for-viral-success/ Of course you all know by now that the master pitchman himself, Billy Mays, passed away the other day at the young, young age of 50. A very sad ending to a man who still had a lot more pitch in him. He will be missed. I've prepared a short ... http://www.jimkukral.com/billy-mays-remembered/ David Meerman Scott follows up his first book about the New Rules of PR with a book called World Wide Rave. My video review is below. If you'd like me to review your business or marketing book contact me. View all of my other video book reviews by clicking the ... http://www.jimkukral.com/video-book-review-world-wide-rave/ Dan Schawbel is a master at personal branding, something I've been doing for almost 10-years now. Except I had to figure all of it out on my own and go by trial and error. If you read Dan's book, you won't have to. My review is below. If you'd like ... http://www.jimkukral.com/video-book-review-me-20-from-dan-schawbel/ I love my wife. She's beautiful, smart, a GREAT mother to our kids and a lot of fun. Oh yeah, and she's an amazing blogger. Check her out over at MomGoesGreen.com where she blogs about "going green". She doesn't just blog about being green. She lives it. And that means that ... http://www.jimkukral.com/my-green-wife-has-gone-too-far-this-time/ You know the Nametag guy right? You should. Love his brand. I just picked up his latest book and here's my video review. If you'd like me to review your business or marketing book contact me. View all of my other video book reviews by clicking the link at the ... http://www.jimkukral.com/video-book-review-make-a-name-for-yourself/ It's almost here. Yep, the Affiliate Summit East (ASE09) in NYC is right around the corner. Were you planning on going? I hope so. Today I'm not posting to tell you why you should go. I've done that many times over the years. Although, it IS going to be neat ... http://www.jimkukral.com/affiliate-summit-nyc-100-off-coupon/ So today, for me, another first. I got to hang out and interview the person with the most viewed video on YouTube... EVER! Yep, that's Judson Laipply (@judsonlaipply on Twitter), the guy who performed the Evolution of Dance video that has been seen, at the time of this blog post, ... http://www.jimkukral.com/the-evolution-of-dance-interview-with-judson-laipply/ Yesterday I told you about LinkedIn and how you can use it to generate more sales, leads and publicity. Check it out here. Today, here's some more LinkedIn information, free!! We love free!!! Lewis Howes, the LinkedIn Guru, and I got on the Ustream the other day and did a show about ... http://www.jimkukral.com/linkedin-answers-web-success-now-show/ I speak all over the USA about social media. So I get all kinds of questions sent my way. The biggest question I get is this... "Jim, can I use social media to make me more money, or get my business more leads, or help me to get written up in ... http://www.jimkukral.com/linkedin-tips-tricks-secrets/