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Transcript of Why All Business Owners Should Become Authors

Duct Tape Marketing

My guest today is Dan Janal , he is a publicity and marketing expert and an author of about a dozen books, including the one we’re going to talk about today, Write Your Book In a Flash. ” And that’s why I decided to write my new book, which is called Write Your Book In a Flash. So Dan, thanks for joining me.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. If you know you’re building a flash-in-the-pan, like a cool mobile app, than that’s fun too of course! Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. Support.com — On 2.5m

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For Startups, Timing Trends Really Does Matter - Except When It Doesn't

ReadWriteStart

Many business models that failed in the early 2000s are now incredibly successful because now, the timing is right, the technology is here, and it’s easier than ever before to achieve scale. As an example, my company SitePoint tried selling eBooks back in 2000 and no one bought into it. Matt Mickiewicz , Flippa and 99designs.

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For Startups, Timing Trends Really Does Matter - Except When It Doesn't

ReadWriteStart

Many business models that failed in the early 2000s are now incredibly successful because now, the timing is right, the technology is here, and it’s easier than ever before to achieve scale. As an example, my company SitePoint tried selling eBooks back in 2000 and no one bought into it. Matt Mickiewicz , Flippa and 99designs.

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French Tax Law for Start-ups: Ringing the Alarm Bell

Cracking the Code

France has proven its ability to develop innovative internet models Over the past three years, we have invested over $60 million in French technology start-ups with Showroomprive (number 2 in Europe for online private sales), BlaBlaCar ( Covoiturage.fr Such a change would play to France’s advantage and give a boost to the start-up ecosystem.

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How to Eliminate Distractions and Increase Conversions

ConversionXL

Rule of noise: The closer you get to closing the sale, the less things you should have on your screen. Distraction isn’t always Cosmic Sans and flashing banners. In 2000, the average human attention span in Canada was 12 seconds. “Other Products on Sale”, however, might be a distraction. What they found?