STEAL THIS POST: How to respond when people ask you to tweet for them

I’m speaking at a conference in a few months – keynoting it, in fact. I’m obviously not going to mention which one, it could be any of the countless conferences at which I’m speaking over the next six months.
But the person running this conference has sent me (and my assistant) no less than five emails [...]



Affiliate Summit East 2009 Keynote

I think this may be the largest audience I’ve ever spoken to! Wow!



How NOT to introduce yourself to me

So imagine this… You walk up to me because I’m doing you a favor, and I put out my hand. Instead of shaking it, you violently slap it away, then tell me exactly how I’m supposed to talk to you, what I’m supposed to say, and warn me that if I utter so much as [...]



Making the Most of “Short-Burst” Downtime

I put “downtime” into two different categories. Short-burst downtime, and long-burst downtime.
Long-burst downtime, we all know, are the hours between the flight attendant saying  “Sir, the doors closed 15 minutes ago, Blackberry off, NOW,”  and that first “ka-thump” of the wheels hitting pavement, hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
Then there’s short-burst downtime.
If you’re connected [...]



Anyone notice Skype is down?

D’oh.
From www.skype.com: UPDATED 16 August, 2007 14:02 GMT: Some of you may be having problems logging in to Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it’s a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply leave your Skype client running and as soon as the issue [...]