Just wanted to say thanks to Chris Winfield for recommending “Think and Grow Rich!” for Word Sell’s Favorite Book project. I just finished it - fantastic! A must read for anyone looking to improve professionally or personally - pretty much everyone, I suspect! Even though the book was written in 1937, you’d think it was […]

A Rant about Rants
Inspired by Kenneth Davis, who chose The Cluetrain Manifesto as his favorite business book in my group project, I finally got around to reading the book that’s been on everybody’s lips since before it was published.
Cluetrain is full of fantastic insights about why we need more conversation in business. If you can […]

Kenneth Davis recently wrote about the runaway use of italics and boldface. He got me thinking just how much I miss the days when a book was a book. A recent trend in book publishing is to format the material to look like a Web page. Not good.
“The E Myth Revisited”, by Michael E. Gerber, […]

Conversational marketing, word-of-mouth marketing … whatever you want to call it, it’s here to stay. This presents a challenge to larger companies, where entrenched ways of thinking in marketing, advertising and public relations can stop conversations cold and drive business away.
For companies to prosper in this new customer environment, they have to adapt, and that’s […]

My favorite business book is A Season on the Brink, by John Feinstein. It chronicles Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers as they struggle through their exceedingly difficult 1985-86 season. Though not a huge Bobby Knight fan, I’ll never forget Knight’s approach to leadership and adversity. They’re lessons I’ve tried […]

Joanna Young recommends a WordSell favorite, Alice in Wonderland. Joanna’s blog, Coaching Wizardry, will give you an emotional and intellectual lift. Joanna gets to the heart of matters that move us toward (or away from) personal fulfillment.
Bill Welter recommends Value Migration: How to Think Several Moves Ahead of the Competition. Bill’s […]

From Search Engine Land, a wealth of information on keyword research.
From Ajazi.com, a glossary of definitions for black hat seo terms.
From CopyBlogger, an instructive lesson in composing landing pages.
For word lovers, Christine Kane assembled this list of thirteen cool words.
From ProBlogger, invaluable tips for writing product reviews.
From Stuntdubl, advice on social media […]