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Re: Three Books to Spend Your Holiday Gift Cards On

Online Quran Classes — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:27:51 -0000

They deserve your holiday appreciation and recognition for their hard work and for putting up with that guy in line behind you.

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wii raquettes — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:23:29 -0000

I love "An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts".. I am a fan of truth. I like it when I read it, and it is easy to digest. This book has some really good stuff in it for people caught up trying to find out what is meaningful to do on the internet personally, socially and for business.

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Bruce — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:41:44 -0000

Blog Blazers is a definite must read. Also might like click here to order, Joel Comm

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James Kerr — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:56:59 -0000

Chris
I was delighted to pick up your recommendation for Tactical Transparency, by Shel Holtz and John C Havens and ordered it from Amazon. When I started to read my copy I was surprised to read in my edition that you had contributed to the foreword also that you are mentioned in the book index and that the reference to you in the book is glowing. I suppose none of this matters but I don't think your phrase "Disclosure: I’m friends with both the authors" is adequate in describing your relationship with the book. In some respects you have a reputational self interest in recommending the book which reduces the value of the recommendation. That said I enjoy reading the book.

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Shinil Payamal — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:45:03 -0000

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the awesome book recommendations...especially the second one, "YouTube: An Insider’s Guide to Climbing the Charts". No doubt, video is going to be BIG in 2009 and this book sure seems to be right on time. Thanks again.

Best Wishes,
Shinil.
@shinils on Twitter - http://twitter.com/shinils

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d. A. Shaver — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:01:53 -0000

I read Blog Blazers it is great! Author Stephane Grenier asks a set of questions to 40 top bloggers who have made it. This gets to core issues quickly for each of the bloggers with questions such as "What is your biggest tip on writing a successful blog post" and "What are your main methods of marketing your blog" this is book is a must read for anyone interested in blogging.

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Doug Firebaugh — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:06:31 -0000

Great post Chris- LOVE the youtube book- great read and LOTS of good stuff for marketing within it-look forward to the other 2. I agree that as Social Media matures- it's time to move past the words and start engaging the message in the marketplace--Happy New Year!

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Mark — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:27:21 -0000

Another excellent book I am reading right now is called Personality Not Included by Rohit Bhargava. It is about why companies lose their authenticity and how great brands can get it back.

Another book I read recently that was very good was called The One Life Solution by Dr. Henry Cloud. I dog earred the heck out of this book!

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LisaNewton — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:40:22 -0000

Introducing another totally new genue to this list, for my middle school tutoring, I'm currently reading "Pretties" by Scott Westerfeld. It's the second book in a trilogy, and if you have kids age 10-14 (depending on reading level, these numbers could change), it's well worth checking out.

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Jennifer Larson — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:49:00 -0000

Thank you for the recommendations. I was thinking about getting Ariana Huffington's book on blogging; has anybody read it, and is it worth it? I will definitly look at the books you have mentioned as well. The best way to avoid mistakes, is to follow the advice of those who know more than you do.

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Teresa Wu — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:45:10 -0000

I've just picked up David Allen's followup book to GTD — "Making it All Work" about the intersection of work and life, as well as Friedman's "Hot, Flat, and Crowded." My latest great purchase was Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers," which plenty of your readers have already noted. Not as good as the Tipping Point, but still plenty of ideas worth examining.

"Blog Blazers" sounds exactly like my type of read. Thanks for the recs!

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Joshua Varney - Dialer — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:39:53 -0000

Great article, I liked the information. Although with so many things changing in today's business work I wish I could learn things through osmosis, books, articles etc. It would be nice anyways...

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Fit Mommy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:42:41 -0000

Will check out Blog Blazers sounds interesting!

Looking forward to reading the Lore of Running and Running Well.

Loved Marathon Woman and anything by Coach Wooden.

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A Maui Blog — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:01:28 -0000

I am reading Organize Now! by Jennifer For Berry. A great little book to start the New Year right :)

Here's the link to her site : http://www.organizethislife...

Liza

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Trisha Lyn Fawver — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:11:50 -0000

Those look good; I'll add them to my ever-growing list of books I should be reading instead of my beloved ghost stories and haunting books lol.

BUT, I'm actually being responsible and reading a good business book right now that one of out client's asked us to all read called The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth. I'm not too far into it right now but so far it's a good read. Basically for me it's a reiteration of why customer support and treating your customers well helps growth better in the long run than jacking up stupid fees or anything like that does.

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Matt | Small Biz Bee — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:51:44 -0000

Chris-

Let's say I only have money for one of the three...which one should I get?

Matt

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Tracy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:41:33 -0000

@Webtechman - thanks for the links! I think The Tipping Point was my favorite but having just finished The Outliers it was fresh in my mind. Something about the things Malcolm Gladwell writes about lends itself to sparking new ideas.

Hmmm, I guess that explains why I have started reading all of these social media blogs even though it's not exactly what I do and I'm not really sure what anyone is talking about, it's good for sparking ideas.

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Teena in Toronto — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:32:18 -0000

Thanks for the recommendations!

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MizFit — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:40:15 -0000

I havent yet read blog blazers and now I shall pry open my wallet :) and check it out.

im old school.
I still love the Tipping Point.

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Enduring Wanderlust — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:34:38 -0000

Thanks for the tips, Chris.

I'd recommend: Author 101 Bestselling Book Publicity: The Insider's Guide to Promoting Your Book--and Yourself

It's mostly about promoting books, but the concepts fit blogs or anything else.

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Bob Blass — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:27:06 -0000

One book that I recently unarchived from my piles is Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success. Corny title, but tremendous book.

Basic tenants discussed such as Industriousness/Hard Work, Industriousness/Planning, Enthusiasm, Friendship, Cooperation, Loyalty, and so on. Introduction re: Defining Success is simple (so we can all remember it), yet profound. Based on 2 precepts from Wooden's dad: 1) Don't try to be better than someone else, and 2) Always try to be the best YOU can be (emphasis mine).

Merits a read.

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Craig — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:15:22 -0000

@Dan, @Tracy

I just finished Outliers and am a fan of his as well. I enjoyed the earlier chapters of the book more than the end. It seemed to drag and get a little of course. Very good read and recommend to others, not sure if its his best.

I just bought Paul Gillin's new book on social media. Has anyone read it?

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Alexis — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:57:52 -0000

Appreciate the suggestions - think I'll order the first one to start.

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Lucille Zimmerman — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:11:44 -0000

Thanks Chris - I re-tweeted and ordered these.

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Avon Blake — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:44:04 -0000

All of the information in those books can be found easily online for free. I'm amazed that people keep buying this sort of junk.