I had the privilege of hearing one of the “young sages” of the online marketing world, Ryan Levesque, speak at a high-level mastermind this past week. It was epic. And he has agreed to do a repeat performance for my Titans Xcelerator Mastermind in the coming months which will be equally epic. His message ...

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Miriam Schulman is the Founder of the top-ranked podcast The Inspiration Place, where she teaches others her signature process for creating beautiful commissioned art pieces. As a renowned watercolor and mixed media artist, Miriam’s artwork has been showcased on NBC, featured in art magazines and home decor books, and collected worldwide. After transitioning to ...

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“People who say, ‘I don’t have time for reading’ are too busy not succeeding.” -Sean Stephenson #Sean365 During the pandemic in 2020 I took this picture of my office: Yikes! And I made a promise that I would clean up my mess. Note that I am not including an “after” picture because my office ...

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I learned last week that knitting is much more than a hobby. And in doing so, I also learned a paradigm for how to hire experts. Background: I was attending a Genius Network meeting (Joe Polish’s group of exceptional entrepreneurs and results leaders) when one of the speakers (who I had never met before), ...

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My good friend, AI genius (he’s not a Bot!), investment guru and huge sports fan, Howard Getson, shared something in his weekly blog that made me think about levels of excellence.It’s a fascinating topic…and Howard expressed it like this as it pertains to professional athletes:It should be self-explanatory, but it seems to be a concept ...

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“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer…and keep them all well fed” -Brian Kurtz, March 30, 1981 I can’t say whether I said those words on 3/30/81 (my first day working in direct marketing and the day Ronald Reagan was shot outside The Washington Hilton) …but I can safely say that it is ...

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For those of you who are working towards retirement in a traditional sense (i.e. no work/all leisure) … …if we redefined the “R word” to incorporate your work with your play and you could have your preferred (leisure) lifestyle while still creating impact and changing lives… …would your goal for retirement be the same? ...

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Whatever path you choose for your life…or whatever path chooses you…it is never your career that defines you. It’s also not your “vocation” that defines you…although that gets a little closer to the root of who you are, who you want to be, and what you want to share with the world. But that ...

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I received an email from a member of my online family in response to a P.S. two weeks ago about my interaction with the greatest living copywriter, Gary Bencivenga. You can read the full post here with the P.S. Here is that email exchange: Hey Brian, Loved this Email and I think I like ...

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The “magalog” and the “advertorial,” whether you’ve heard of them or not, are two offline marketing formats from the last century (i.e., that would be the late 20th) which I believe set the stage for so much of what we do online today. And rather than make this a history lesson…which is always instructive ...

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During the “Overdeliver Bootcamp,” which completed last week, when I spoke about “the smartest guy I have ever met in the world of direct mail,” I received many questions…which led to a discussion…and the overriding question was “why was he the smartest?” It’s worth a blog post. I call him “The Bogey Man” (more ...

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In 2022, I wrote a post regarding baseball…war…and overall excellence. Those three things would make for a weird three circle Venn diagram…but let me try today to put together a post that adds in some additional current events…but still with a focus on excellence. For those of you who follow baseball in the U.S., ...

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I received this email from a member of my Titans Xcelerator Mastermind letting me know he wouldn’t be renewing:I had some mental health issues over the past year that lead me to suspect I’m on the ADHD spectrum.Short term memory issues, inability to focus, procrastination, and an almost total lack of time-sense are some of the ...

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How did we advertise in the “good old days” when there was no email, Internet, product launches, VSL’s, Facebook and a myriad of other media? And if you were a small mom and pop retail or service company, how would you know how to advertise if you never read a Dan Kennedy book or ...

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Kevin Rogers is the Founder of Copy Chief, a world-class copywriting training center and community that offers proven methods and frameworks for writing better copy faster. He is a best-selling author, speaker, and direct response copywriter who has generated over $100 million in sales and helped over 4,367 business owners and copywriters exceed their ...

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Whenever someone in one of my mastermind groups (or anyone else) says, “I should write a book,” my first reaction is, “there are no shoulds.”Since the notion of “writing a book” has so many permutations and dimensions…and there are experts everywhere (some good and some not so good) to coach you on how to ...

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Chris Mercer is the Co-founder of MeasurementMarketing.io, a company that provides tools and training to help businesses measure their marketing efforts. With over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and training, Chris is renowned for his expertise in measurement marketing, making him a sought-after speaker at conferences and masterminds across the USA, Mexico, ...

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I found this in my archives this week…and whether it’s still true or not, it doesn’t matter because it supports my thesis for today 🙂 :According to a fact sheet from the Small Business Administration, [a] substantial amount of family wealth is in business ownership.On average, the self-employed are wealthier than the non-self-employed.It’s hard ...

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David Deutsch is an internationally renowned direct response copywriter and marketing strategist, boasting decades of experience crafting and overseeing successful direct mail and online campaigns for top-tier clients like Procter & Gamble, Agora, and Boardroom Inc. (now Bottom Line Publications). He also dedicates his expertise to training, coaching, and mentoring copywriters, copy teams, and ...

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“Envy is an issue of self-worth. When you feel like you’re not enough, you fear you’ll never obtain what others have.”-Sean Stephenson #Sean365 I’ll take Sean’s quote a step further: When you experience envy, it will make you ill. And not being healthy, physically or emotionally, will make it impossible to obtain what you ...

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