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The Vendor Client relationship video shows consulting satire in real world situations. Hilarious video that all consultants can relate to.

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Will Smith on life, work and making meaning: “I want to do good. I want the world to be better because I was here.”

We grew up with the sense that where we were almost didn’t matter.

He has come a long way from DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, and his teenage television sitcom the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

It takes a desperate obsessive focus to perform at the highest level.
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What are people really buying online? Which websites get the most transactions? More business happens on the web than you may realize. The categories are separated into clothing, electronics, furniture, office supplies and books and magazine sell more often online, overall the majority of U.S. purchases still take place in brick-and-mortar stores, but the gap is closing quickly.

The categories with the highest online buying percentage. These retail segments had higher online purchased in aggregate dollars than from brick and mortar stores. Percentages show e-commerce sales as a percent of total sales.
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Ever wanted you own iPhone app but didn’t know where to start? We checked out MyAppCreator from Joel Comm to see just how easy it is to create your own app and were impressed by the setup.

The service that makes this a killer app is the drop dead simple method of creating your app. Using a web based interface you can pick and choose objects and information that you wish to display. Manage your video, audio, event, Twitter, and news content in real time. Don’t waste time and money rebuilding your application and waiting for approval.

Without needing to create a complex diagram or study usability you can be in the app store the same day, without having to hire graphic designers, programmers and social media marketing specialists.

Who else can get you into the iTunes app store with no fuss?

What you need before you start

1. A news feed, which can be your blog. As long as you create content regularly, and update this website it will be consumed by users.
2. A Twitter feed to grow your network and enhance your brand. Your app users will have instant access to your most current tweets.
3. Media: audio or video. Generate interesting content for your users and you will be rewarded with a large, engaged audience.

If you are an author, speaker, entertainer, musician, athlete, home based business, this app was made for you. You can create 2 versions of your app: free and paid. Use a free version to gain users and upsell to a premium paid app.

Steps to App Creation

1. Template Selection
2. App Settings
3. Home Screen Layout
4. News Screen Layout
5. Event Screen Layout
6. Media Screen Layout
7. Twitter Screen Layout
8. Content Settings
9. Media Settings
10. Event Settings
11. Monetization Settings

My App Creator has created iPhone mobile applications for individuals, businesses, and media outlets such as: AT&T, MC Hammer, Joel Comm, Charles Trippy, Mashable.com, and others

The only downside is the price, which will keep away some hobbyists. The setup fee is $297.00 with $27.00/mo hosting fee and an additional $97.00 for the optional analytics and monetization package.

Checkout My App Creator and feature your product or service in the iPhone store.

*update: the myappcreator.com site listed some information about their app submission process that was unclear, and this post has been modified accordingly. We have seen free coupon codes and discounts for this service and will post discounted trials here as we receive them.

Just 3 Days…Then You’re Set For Life and Netpaths has a free coupon code for this business development event.

Here is a coupon code for this seminar: MEETINGS

Yes, all you need to do to get into the Wealth Builders Summit for free is to use the code “MEETINGS”

This lets you attend this full weekend event for no risk.

I know a lot of successful people and they all seem to have one thing in common. What I’ve noticed from talking to them is that at some point in their life, everything seemed to just “click” for them – and that started a very rapid journey to becoming successful.

Once in a while it happens while talking with a business partner, or reading a book. Sometimes even watching a movie.

But in nearly all the cases, this “sudden realization” leading them down the path to success happens when they’re around a bunch of like-minded individuals. Hear a great interview with the speakers.

And that’s exactly what The Wealth Builders Summit Team has put together for us!

On January 29-31, 2009 in Los Angeles the Wealth Builders Summit Team is putting together an information- packed seminar and I hope it will benefit you.

Here is a sample of the amazing speakers that have been lined up for this business coaching event:

1. Mark Victor Hansen – Mark is the co-author what Time magazine called, “the publishing phenomenon of the decade,” with over 110 million Chicken Soup for the Soul books sold worldwide– one of the most successful publishing franchises of all time.
   
   

2. Robert G. Allen – Robert has appeared on hundreds of programs, including “Good Morning America” and “Larry King Live.” He has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Barron’s, Money Magazine, and Reader’s Digest. He’s also published some of the most popular books in history… including “No Money Down” and “Multiple Streams Of Income”.
   
   

3. Stephen Pierce – Stephen Pierce is the world’s #1 internet wealth advocate and travels the world speaking to tens of thousands of people about the enormous power of the internet and how to leverage the internet for staggering financial success.
   
   

4. Joel Bauer – Author of three books on Wealth, Marketing & Influence, mentor to Mark Victor Hansen & Francis Ford Coppola, advisor to Motorola, IBM & General Motors, seen regularly on ABC, NBC, CBS & CNN, retired at 43 Joel Bauer teaches you how to persuade by making your messages entertaining.
   
   

5. Than Merrill – Than, the star of A&E’s “Flip This House” and former NFL player, is one of the most successful real estate investors in the nation. In the past 5 years he has bought and sold over 350 homes personally!
   
   

6. Bill Walsh – as a renowned professional speaker, Marketing Expert and International Entrepreneur, Bill has risen to national prominence by delivering a high energy message which tells people how to change their lives by focusing on the ability to obtain greatness from within and live up to their potential.
   
   

7. “Aussie” Rob Wilson – “Aussie Rob” is a trading mastermind from Australia. He has developed easy, effective and simple ways to maximize your success in trading. The key to Aussie Rob’s is being able to visualize within three seconds or less when to get in and when to get out, so an investor can make consistent profitable trades.
   
   

8. Kelly O’Neil – Award winning Speaker, Author and Marketing to the Affluent Expert, Kelly O’Neil, is passionate about helping entrepreneurs think big and play bigger to build thriving six and seven figure businesses.
   
   

9. James Malinchak – James Malinchak has delivered over 2,200 motivational presentations at conferences and meetings worldwide, and was named Consummate Speaker of the Year by Sharing Ideas professional speakers’ magazine. He has appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and several hundred other publications.
   
   
10. Brian Tracy – Brian has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling “Psychology of Achievement”. His exciting seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology have brought about immediate changes and long-term results for many people worldwide.
    
    

And many, many more outstanding mentors at www.wealthbuildersevent.com in Los Angeles – please pass this message on to others who would benefit from this event.

DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com is a great free service that does just what the domain name says – it lets you know if your site is up on the internet. This is very useful, as my ISP often has local caching problems that affects websites I work on (thanks Verizon).

DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com was created by Alex Payne and recently purchased by Bweeb, Inc. Site5 as a social media marketing tool and this is a great business move. For a very low cost, this web hosting company gets a new stream of quality traffic to their site through a highly viral site.

This represents social media at its finest, and this small website turned from a hobby into a nice payout for the developer. Traffic was up to 80,000 unique daily visitors.

View this simple but effective service www.DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com

I have a suspicion that Twitter.com is one of the most searched for websites, as the site went down back in November when it was experiencing uptime issues.

Think of a similar widget you could build to naturally drive traffic to your site, or download the source code and create your own uptime checker.

Are you happy? Ever wanted to find the blueprint to happiness? A great flowchart to analyze the path to being happy.

If you aren’t happy, hopefully there are small things you can change to improve your mood.

Image credit to H34.

Resources to submit press releases have been around since the age of the internet, but they are no less important. News sites and industry publications still rely on press releases to acquire new information and maintain corporate communications.

Some of these PR distributors are free, many require a payment.

Good PR distribution sites

PRweb.com –PR Web is not free but it is the largest and best press release distribution outlet available. PRweb packages start at $40 and are definitely worth it. If you take the time to write an interesting and helpful press release, your 40 bucks will go a long way.

1888PressRelease.com – Free distribution, paid services gives you better placement and permanent archiving.

24-7PressRelease.com – Free release distribution with ad-support

ClickPress.com – Distributs to sites like Google News and Topix.net, Gold level will also get you to sites like LexisNexis.

EcommWire.com – Focuses on ecommerece and requires you include an image, 3 keywords and links.

Express-Press-Release.com – Free distribution company with offices in 12 states.

Free-Press-Release.com – Easy press release distribution for free, more features for paid accounts.

Free-Press-Release-Center.info – Distributes your release, offers a web page with one keyword link to your site. Pro upgrade will give you three links, permanent archiving and more.

I-Newswire.com – Allows for free distribution to sites and search engines, premium membership differs only slightly in adding in graphics.

NewswireToday.com – All the usual free distribution tools, premium service includes logo, product picture and more.

PR.com – Not only will they distribute your press releases, but you can also set up a full company profile.

PR9.net – Ad supported press distribution site.

PR-Inside.com – European-based free press release distribution site.

PRBuzz.com – Completely free distribution to search engines, news sites, and blogs.

PRCompass.com – Distribute your press release with a free or paid version, others can vote it up ala Digg style.

PRUrgent.com – Not only distributes your release, but attempts to teach you how to write one, and even offers downloadbale samples for you to work with.

Press-Base.com – Submit your release for free and get on their front page and the category of your choice.

PressAbout.com – A free press release service formatted as a blog.

PressMethod.com – Free press release distribution no matter what, but extra services based on the size of your contribution.

PRLeap.com – Free distribution to search engines, newswires, and RSS feeds. Fee based bumps get you better placement.

Pressreleasepoint.com – free press release distribution and submission to topical news aggregators.

PRLog.org – Free pr distribution to Google News and other other search engines.

TheOpenPress.com – Free distribution for plain formatted releases, fees for HTML-coded releases.

Inspired by the Mashable list of Press Release Distribution Sites

Have a good PR site that is not on this list?

Naming products and service solutions is a tricky business, and at times I have spent a disproportionate amount of time working on a good name for a business venture than the technical aspects of a business.

Good names are a key to long term success.

My favorite branding example is Google, which created the #1 most recognizable name in the world after only 6 years in existence, with zero advertising.

Compare this with the new Network Solutions service offering, which is a recipe for customer confusion. NetSol is trying to make themselves cool and rename all standard services. This will not work. Renaming “domain name” to “nsWebAddress” is just a bad idea and guaranteed to fill their support line with questions.

Most companies turn to outside consultants, focus groups and media relations firms to try to understand their market.

Apple creates products like a monarchy, with all big decisions flowing down from Emperor Steve.

Here is a quote from Steve Jobs saying that Apple doesn’t do market research from a post arguing why no one innovates like Apple.

“We do no market research. We don’t hire consultants. The only consultants I’ve ever hired in my 10 years is one firm to analyze Gateway’s retail strategy so I would not make some of the same mistakes they made [when launching Apple's retail stores]. But we never hire consultants, per se. We just want to make great products.”

Mr. Jobs elaborates the Apple design design philosophy from Fortune.

“It’s not about pop culture, and it’s not about fooling people, and it’s not about convincing people that they want something they don’t. We figure out what we want. And I think we’re pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it, too. That’s what we get paid to do.”

Jonathan Ive, Apple product design VP, explains how Apple’s primary goal is not to make money, but to make great products that people will love.

“Apple’s goal isn’t to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to market good products… We trust as a consequence of that, people will like them, and as another consequence we’ll make some money. But we’re really clear about what our goals are.”

Apple has a very clear vision: Make the very best products that people will love to use, business will follow.

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