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Re: Gary Halbert And John Carlton Recordings

Warren Whitlock — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:40:09 -0000

Great session. I'm reccomending this to all my clients.

Thanks for sharing this.

Warren Whitlock
Best Selling Authors Made Here

Re: New presentations on Social Media

Warren Whitlock — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:01:04 -0000

Lee

Very cool presentation. Your BlackSwan reference was an improbable event for me. (great to find a fellow fan)

You certainly understand what Paul Lemberg is talking about in "Be Unreasonable".. I'm looking forward to sharing with folks who join us at

http://unreasonablePromo.com

Thanks

Warren Whitlock
warren@MarketingResultsCoach.com

Re: New presentations on Social Media

Warren Whitlock — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:19:24 -0000

Lee

You got it straight on my friend.

Warren Whitlock
http://unreasonablePromo.com

Re: Bourland Has Me Asking – How Do You Measure the Value of a Facebook Friend?

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:42:54 -0000

Great question Tinu.

But I'd re-frame it and ask

"What is the value you can add by becoming someone's friend?"

If you go in with this attitude, your ROI will skyrocket.

I can see from your activity that you "get it".. As long as we seek to help others, we'll be the kind of freinds that attract greatness.

See you on FB

Warren Whitlock
http://warrenwhitlock.com/f...

Re: Book Published!

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:49:23 -0000

Congratulation on the book.

Be sure to share a link with us when we can order.

Warren Whitlock
http://BestSellerAuthors.com

Re: Benjamin Franklin on Recommendations

Warren Whitlock — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:53:31 -0000

Love the Franklin quote, I'm going to borrow heavily.

I grin every time I see a discussion on the "new social networking".. it's just people connecting with people as they always have. This is another fine example of how little the important things have changed.

I laugh out loud when I see people with complex rules who they will connect with, or requirements for certain levels of connection.(on MySpace, every fan of a band or TV show is labeled "friend")

As far as I know, you never could trust a letter of recommendation.. it is merely an invitation to consider the guy carrying it. If it's not a forgery, you can at least hope that the person writing it knows the person mentioned. You never now the whole story.

For those who have these complex rules.. I wonder if they are trying to hard to trust the medium without getting to know the individual.

The new technologies help us "trust by verify".. they do not replace the fact that people are people. We all wish we could have deeper connections and more "real" relationships.. let's not confuse that desire with technologies.

Warren Whitlock
http://ZeroCostPromotions.com

Re: Cruel, but maybe this is why Dubya seems so eloquent

Warren Whitlock — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:28:08 -0000

Whatever you think of us yanks.. at least you spell my name right.

Not my finest moment.. but a plug is a plug.

Thaks Lee

Warren

Re: Is Facebook a Viable Marketing Tool?

Warren Whitlock — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:24:23 -0000

Sounds like you're trying to just social networking sites by comparing them to other "media"

Facebook does have value there.. the ad rates are very low and targeted.

But to write of the communications with cusomters and prospects possible through Facebook is like deciding not to take a phone call or to avoid individual emails.

Just like the phone and email.. you have to learn it and set up routines that work for you. The only suggestion I have thus far.. NEVER relagate it to a VA.. if you can't communicate yourself, it won't work. (you could have a VA set up a profile.. that works because it's still personal).

I understand the reaction. I've alwasy felt the same about Instant Messaging or chat.. other love it.. I find it sucks me in and diverts attention.

I'm spening way too much time on Facebook right now.. calling it a learning curve. So far, I'm working on three brand new 5 figure clients and hooked up with several past JV partners that had stopped answering emails.

Oh.. and there's one famous author who's my new freind. (you'll have to check my profile to see who)

Warren Whitlock
http://ZeroCostPromotions.com

Re: Unordinary

Warren Whitlock — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:10:15 -0000

There's a lot to be said for getting into your customers routine, but even when you do, you want to surprise and delight them whenever possible.

I complain when I go to the deli.. "why do you ask me all these quesitons?".. but if they way "try our new pastrami", I may just change my habit and love them forever.

Warren Whitlock
http://BestSellerAuthors.com

Re: Google to Envelope All Knowledge on November 5th, 2007

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:41:28 -0000

Yeah for openness.

There's no way that "they" will ever be able put every single piece of data together on one profile. Each move in that direction will be fought by those who go off the grid, create multiple personalities, etc.

1984 has come and gone. More openness is how we keep Big Brother at bay.

Re: Phrases That Keep Your Reader’s Attention – Download

Warren Whitlock — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:59:07 -0000

What a great tool.

Most of my authors are not marketing oriented. They may be good writers but tend to have trouble with copy. I'm going to sugget this swipe file to the on my http://dailywarren.com blog

Thanks

Re: A Thanksgiving Gift To New Bloggers

Warren Whitlock — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:05:54 -0000

Great idea.

I'm posting about you and planning to share the idea with my authors at http://BookMarketingStrateg...

Warren Whitlock
http://dailywarren.com

Re: A Thanksgiving Gift To New Bloggers

Warren Whitlock — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:05:54 -0000

Great idea.

I'm posting about you and planning to share the idea with my authors at http://BookMarketingStrateg...

Warren Whitlock
http://dailywarren.com

Re: Social Networks Study Released - MySpace & Facebook Are Different After All!

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:10:09 -0000

Great information.

I'll use this to explain to authors that have given up on social networking after a bad MySpace experience.

Thanks for the post

Re: Take My Google Reader Shared Items PLEASE

Warren Whitlock — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:05:47 -0000

I haven't been following the discussion you refer to, but reading this message, I get the feel that Scoble, et al are falling in to the same trap the big media does... trying to control what happens to a post, article or comment is just silly.

I'd like to see every public message, post, article, blog, comment feed, podcast, web page shared as much as possible.

If there is a way for someone to pick up 1/3 of my posts, it's better than them dropping the subscription because they don't have time to read the whole thing.

Read, aggregate, share as much as you can, in as many ways as you can.. just spell my name right and put a link to me

Re: How Can We Help You Make 2008 Your Best Seller Year?

Warren Whitlock — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:12:49 -0000

Kim

Great to hear you are putting out a book yourself.

We will be adding a lot more book and product creating content to our offerings.

Warren

Re: How Can We Help You Make 2008 Your Best Seller Year?

Warren Whitlock — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:20:14 -0000

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

We will continue to focus on marketing and promotion of books, but the other topics mentioned in my list all had some response.

Look for more on writing books, publishing options, e-books and online promotion, along with selling books.

When you subscribe to this feed, you'll get all the latest news I post. I've found that that blog feeds and the interaction in blog comments, social networking, twitter, etc are like personal communication on steriods.

So watch for more postings on how we do that too

Warren

Re: Your Book – Should You Be Published By a Major Publisher?

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:56:37 -0000

Thanks John for seeing the bad link.

Looks like they all got saved wrong.

I edited the links.. and tha all point to

http://BestSellerAuthors.co...

Re: Joint Ventures and Why They Should Be Your First Source of Visitors | Traffic Method #4

Warren Whitlock — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:16:59 -0000

Great article. I agreed completely

When we promote a book, we always set up joint ventures to cross promote with all the partners at http://ZeroCostPromotions.com

I find that the new leads generated are targeted, interested people who have just bought a book or taken some other positive action.

Not always a huge number.. but better quality and free!

Re: 7 Steps to Simple Website Promotion Time Management

Warren Whitlock — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:20:09 -0000

At first I thought this was a simple idea.. but reading it, I realized that I need this myself.

I've done similar time management projects many times over the year.. each time I'm surprised how effective it is.

I'm going to add some author related comments to a post on http://BestSellerAuthors.co... and instruct my followers to read this post. So many of them are asking how they will find time for social media.

This is a great service to us all

Re: FriendFeed: Ex-Googlers Create Social Network Experience Using Feeds

Warren Whitlock — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:08:33 -0000

I get the feeling that these guys can do anything they set their minds to.. but still can't see what's new or different here. How many agregating do we need?

Of course, I'm heading there not to try it.. anything to compress more data and stream it into my head.

Must have more date.. must have more data

Re: The Secret to Selling Books Online

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:57:22 -0000

Jeanette: You are right. Offline works better in many situations. The connection you make face to face is much stronger.

Today we need both. As you know, the online part is much easier now.

Thanks for the comment

Re: The Secret to Selling Books Online

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:42:15 -0000

Mari

Right. The secret is really "get started"

All promotion works. And if someone it doing none, it doesn't matter which they choose first.

Today goal was to give one thing that an author could do right away.

Good luck to you on your Mike Jay promo.

Warren

Re: The Secret to Selling Books Online

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:48:56 -0000

Anita

I talk about a lot of social network sites for authors... but my point today is this.

THEY ARE ALL BETTER THAN DOING NOTHING!

(emphasis intended for the lurkers.. not you Anita)

When I help an author promote, I do exactly what the article above says. I research the best blogs on the topic and get into the conversation that is already going on.

Trust me.. it's a lot easier than starting your own conversation, like I've tried to do here.

Check out this post on some of my favorite social networking sites for authors

http://www.bestsellerauthor...

Re: The Secret to Selling Books Online

Warren Whitlock — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:58:08 -0000

Michelle

Great title. I've done a few books in that space.. "Briefcase Moms" was a very good book, and the promo site is still up for "Coaching Millions"

http://CoachingBestSeller.com

"Coaching Millions" is by Milana Lewinsky. She's a work at home home that have leveraged here business tremendously on the web. Great book too.

I would not apologize for your worldview.. but I would not lead with it either. Linking to the Carolyn Castleberry site is good, putting a video up of the endorsement on YouTube or your site is better.

People will promote for you when they know you have already promoted for them. If you are a member of http://ZeroCostPromoitons.com, make sure you participate whenever you can. Buy a copy of the book, post a review on Amazon (or elsewhere) and send a note to the author so you can keep in touch.

You have a great niche for using what I taught today. I look forward to hearing off your success.

Warren