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Saturday, June 6, 2009

TNNW Bulletin and Updates, June, 2009, Week 1 - Stealth Edition

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Major Developments, Forward Motion, Events and Actionable Items: TNNW - We ARE Networking
June 6, 2009
Bulletin # 18

*PUTTING THE TIN BACK INTO BULLETIN*

*We are a unique organization that offers our Subscribers and Members: 1) fabulous information, insight and intelligence in our Newsletter and through our continuous RSS and Email Feeds, 2) an unparalleled suite of services and products for making you personally and professionally successful, and 3) an actual interpersonal community where Human Beings work together in cooperation and synergy to achieve exponential returns.

When you become a Member of TNNW you haven't merely joined a list, or gotten access to products and services...you've joined a Strategic Alliance. We are an organization dedicated to making our Members successful.

THE NATIONAL NETWORKER is more than talk about networking and media -- we are about connections, team-bulding, personal introductions, constructive interactivity and RELATIONSHIPS.

  • Our free Newsletter: The highest quality standard in the industry -

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1. A NEW BUTTON (YEP)

If you look at the bottom of any of our articles, you will notice a whole set of new applications to save, bookmark re-publish, broadcast, email, comment about, rate, follow, subscribe to or promote any of our authors, any of their articles, or the whole Newsletter. Look for the buttons and use them. Promote TNNW, our authors, and yourself.

*The newest button is a lavender one which says "Submit This Article To Yahoo! Buzz". The great news is that you can use this button to promote your own articles, websites, blogs, baby photo albums, and anything else that you'd like! Promote TNNW. Promote our authors. Promote yourself, your brand and your products and services. The Trick: Click on the button, submit an url address, and then click on the "back" button to make another submission. Make as many consecutive successive submissions as you'd like. You can spend an hour. Watch out for carpal tunnel syndrome. Please don't tell the folks at Yahoo! about this.

2. [THIS SECTION INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

Doesn't this annoy the heck out of you. When you see this in a prospectus or other legal document, they always leave some page or section blank. What are they hoping to fill it with? Worse: What were they compelled to delete? Hmmmm.

3. SITES TO SEE AND FAVORITIZE

For a complete sitemap and index of all of our sites, simply click on http://tnnwindex.blogspot.com/, and FAVORITIZE. {yes, yes...the page name sounds like a window cleaner} Keep this handy - when you're on any page, look for the INDEX TO TNNW SITES button to return to the Index at any time.

Visit http://tnnw10.blogspot.com/, and FAVORITIZE. We have UPDATED our listing of advertisers, affiliates and services. There are some deep promotional discounts and other advantages exclusively for TNNW subscribers. Look for ChapterTracker, Andy Lopata's 2 CD set, and, of course for Douglas Castle's exciting, self-serving and extremely bothersome new ad for THE CASTLE CONSULTANCY. If you are curious as to what Douglas does (outside of TNNW) -- He works very closely with young, growing enterprises on strategic planning and development. He is relentless, determined and demanding; on the bright side, he has good table manners. Visit DOUGLAS CASTLE PUSHES PEOPLE TOO HARD, for more details. Visit - but don't visit alone.

FAVORITIZE this one: http://tnnwservices.blogspot.com/ . See why it pays to become a full-fledged Member.

CUSTOM TEXT-MESSAGING PROGRAMS: TNNW offers its Members the best state-of-the-art text messaging services for announcing/broadcasting, sending alerts and for advertising to a captive audience...we might walk away from our computers, but we are always carrying our cellphones or PDAs! Visit http://tnnw4.blogspot.com/. This is the most efficient means of getting any message out to a targeted group with immediacy and impact. R U TXTING? U S/B.


4. FACT: HOW YOU DEAL WITH FEAR WILL MAKE YOU EITHER A LOSER OR A WINNER - Christine West's Critically-Acclaimed Webinar Series.


The primary motivating force in most people's lives is FEAR. People respond more readily to fear than to opportunity. Fear holds us back, inhibits us, makes us indecisive, attracts negative energies (misery loves company), and keeps us from reaching our potential, both personally and in business.

Question: Are you going to saddle up and ride the shark... or be eaten by it?

Question: Are you going to surf on the tidal wave or be crushed by the tsunami?

Question: Can you possibly think of any more ridiculous metaphors than these? If so, you might consider becoming an Newsletter editor for The National Networker.

TNNW Featured Columnist, noted consultant and speaker, Christine West is hosting a fabulous five-part webinar series called How To Master The Fear In Challenging Economic Times. The series begins in July -- it was originally scheduled to begin on June 9, but we thought that if we deferred it, your anxiety level would be increased.

Subscribe today for this 5-part webinar series at MASTER THE FEAR. Don't let the self-imposed limitations of fear stand between you and complete business and financial success. Invest in your future today! Christine West is a brilliant social scientist -- give yourself the gift of conquering your fears forever.

Seminar-related materials will be widely-circulated during the next several days -- you will need to register early. How you deal with fear can transform every aspect of your life.

Whether or not you are aware of it, fear has kept you from achieving many of your goals...it has kept you from maximizing your life's potential and realizing the victory and success that you deserve. Christine will teach you how to 1) identify those times when you may be making a dangerous fear-based decision; 2) set the fear aside and proceed confidently; and 3) how to see the fear in others and to change the way in which you communicate in order to gain their confidence.

***To hear a sample voice clip of Christine West, simply click on: http://www.thebusinessmd.net/downloads/TheBusinessMD-Interview-Business-Corner-09.mp3.

Note: If you do not believe that you are being motivated by fear, and you are not convinced that your responses to fear have allowed you to be manipulated and have limited your success, then you are in a state of denial! Real fear can be very subtle, and very elusive. We are conditioned from birth to be fearful, and we must absolutely be professionally trained to 1) recognize when we are being influenced by fear, and 2) to react constructively and positively despite it. You, you friends, your colleagues, your employees...every individual needs this special training. SIGN UP FOR THE WEBINAR. It will change your life. What are you afraid of? --DC

5. REMINDER: DAILY EMAIL AND RSS FEEDS

Oh, how many times we've told you... You're missing out. To get the full benefit of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER and all that we have to offer, you MUST subscribe to either the RSS FEED or the EMAIL feed. Please do it now in order to keep your free subscription! Click on:
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or on
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It's really quite simple. If you actually do it, you'll find out that this is indeed true. By the way, the email feed, which contains all of the content of the RSS Feed as well, is the more popular of the two by a significant margin. I personally prefer the Daily Email Feed. Plus, I can forward copies of articles which I like to my colleagues.

If you do this now, I may be able to spare you a personal telephone call (collect) from Adam J. Kovitz (who loves to see his name in print), a very persuasive fellow. He is every bit as convincing as he is annoying. I say this from experience. Do as Kovitz asks, or he will wear you down! How do you think he got me to work for him? It wasn't his charm, or his collection of bibs from seafood restaurants of the world. Please -- do this.

6. GET A FREE TWITTER ACCOUNT AND FOLLOW TNNW ON TWITTER. TWITTER US. BUZZ TNNW UP. BUZZ YOURSELF UP. LET TNNW BUZZ YOU!

You can get your free Twitter account by going to http://twitter.com/. As soon as you do, start following us and following other Twitterers of interest.

You are cordially invited to follow TNNW (and we will follow you back) on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TNNW_BUZZWORKS. Also, remember to take a look at the TNNW BUZZWORKS page (http://tnnwbuzzworks.blogspot.com/).

If you talk us up, we'll give you and your organization more cross-media exposure and SEO exposure than all of your best friends combined. If you would like to follow Kovitz or Castle on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/ajkovitz or http://twitter.com/douglascastle ...we'll even follow you, too. Twitter us. Re-Tweet us. Buzz us.

Note: If you write anything nice about TNNW, our Newsletter, our blog, our services, or our authors, go to http://tnnwbuzzworks.blogspot.com/ and tell us about it. There is a pop-up form where you can give us the url address of your kind words, and we'll give you a buzz back that will knock you out of your shoes. In fact, on the form, we even give you space to write what you would like us to say about you, your service, product or organization. Create your own buzz ad.

When we buzz you back, our buzz all about you will fly repeatedly through an ever-expanding circle of social and business media, opt-in subscribers and other internet venues. In fact, before even figuring in the reverberations, our buzzed message about you will literally be seen by millions of viewers. The bad news is this: 99% of these viewers won't really care. The good news is this: if you only capture the attention of 1%...we'll leave it to you to do the math. Take advantage.

Your buzz will be brief, catchy and very widely and repeatedly seen. Our BUZZWORKS program is designed to get your buzz out to an audience of millions within one day. Each day after that, the buzz will continue to ricochet (did we spell that right?). Your single buzz will be in flight for days. Our programming is fabulous -- and, by saying something nice about us, you can leverage our programming to your incredible advantage.

*Remember: Print something nice, and then please tell us about it at http://tnnwbuzzworks.blogspot.com/ . We will reciprocate exponentially.

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Enjoy the articles, and enjoy all of our TNNW sites. We have so much to offer each other. Let's get to know each other. Let's actually build solid relationships. Let's become friends. Let's help one another to prosper. Nobody does it completely alone. Get proactive. Build your Relationship Capital with THE NATIONAL NETWORKER. Write to us or comment on an article to get the ball rolling. We are a community, and our numbers and influence are growing.

Yours,

Adam J. Kovitz* (mostly) and Douglas Castle (to a lesser extent).

*Adam J. Kovitz seeks gratification constantly (the result of some unresolved childhood issues -- we all have them), and he loves to see his name in print, unless it is on utility bills, subpoenas to testify before Congress, and so forth. Please help assuage him. Pander to him -- it wouldn't hurt. Mention his name on your websites, blogs, newsletters, communion invitations, Bingo cards, restroom stall grafitti and such. As for me, I'll shall endeavor to carve Adam's name into a tree! I hope that Adam's next-door neighbor won't be too upset.

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THE MORE YOU GIVE...

This article was taken from TAKING COMMAND! at http://takingcommand.blogspot.com

Dear Friends:

We were taught, as children, that you have to give to others in order to receive from them. It seemed to follow that "the more that you give, the more that you will get." Pundits, success coaches and pop psychologists still cite the mantra that "you will acquire great wealth by helping others, and by fulfilling their needs."

I hesitate to point out to them such contrarian examples as Jesus Christ, Mother Theresa, and other great givers. Perhaps my mistake is in the timing of cause and effect -- perhaps I could be more comfortable with this generosity mantra if someone were to say to me instead that, "the more that you give in this life, the more you will receive (karmically, or through some other hermetic mechanism) in the next life." Of course, I would need certain guarantees regarding the hereafter in order to fully buy in.

The truth, at least during this life: The more you give, the more people will take. The more you give, the more people will demand. The more you give, the more people will feel that they are entitled to from you. The more you give, the less valuable will be the perception of your contribution, which will be taken for granted after a time. The more you give, the more depleted you will be. And if you continue to give beyond your means, or without adequate reward, the more embittered and impoverished you will become.

A solution: Give just enough to demonstrate good faith and competence. Thereafter, request reasonable compensation in exchange for what you provide. Conduct yourself on the assumption that Human Nature is such that you will not be paid, compensated or truly appreciated unless you demand of the recipients the respect that compensation affords. Uncompensated work tends to go unvalued, and speaks of either too much idle time or low self-esteem, neither of which makes you look particularly good. You can only afford to give to charity if you basic needs are met. Further, you cannot be a great philanthropist unless you are rich.

If you wish to be charitable and philanthropic, focus on getting adequately compensated firstly, and not secondly. Always be clear on the cause and effect. This is not an endorsement of selfishness or excessive greed -- this is merely a statement of priorities.
If you are a good-natured and talented or skilled soul, you will find your greatest challenge to be in creating and maintaining boundaries to enforce this directive. Taking Command is sometimes painful, but the rewards are great.

As a financial planning consultant once said to me..."Douglas, I can get all the clients I want if I don't charge fees." Thirty years later, I say, belatedly, "Amen!"

Don't sell yourself short. Ever.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle


p.s. Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglascastle, and at http://twitter.com/TNNW_BUZZWORKS . You can join Twitter (it's free) by going to http://twitter.com and opening an account.



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Friday, June 5, 2009

Tagged.com - Social Network or Scam?

Thanks to Rob Botwin of Computer Systems Consultants...

PLEASE: CAREFULLY read the following article(s) referring to "tagged.com"...
This "virus-like" worm has been making the "rounds" with increasing regularity...
DO NOT BE THE NEXT VICTIM!

1) It is NOT a "virus" per se... But it DOES use "viral techniques" for self-promotion and self-propagation...
2) They (tagged.com) are an UNSCRUPULOUS company trying to self-promote via the vectors of ignorance & stupidity.
The main victims are those ALREADY involved in "social-networking" activities, e.g. FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, AOL, etc.
3) RUN (do not walk) from any emails that come via this vector & PLEASE FORWARD THIS ENTIRE EMAIL to people that you believe may be HOODWINKED by this SCAM!
4) The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has already been notified repeatedly about their UNSCRUPULOUS and possibly ILLEGAL activities!

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

BE THERE WHEN IT MATTERS - Rick Itzkowich

I just got off the phone with a prospect of mine who told me how timely my call had been. Earlier in the week I received an email from a customer telling me that they had been thinking of me and that my email to them couldn't have come at a better time.

Most small business owners and service professionals know that by staying in touch with customers and prospects they increase the chances that these people will do business with them. The problem is that so few of them do it. A survey I conducted two years ago revealed that 87% of those who responded had no systematic way to staying in touch with people.

Why is this? Though the answer most people would give is a "lack of time," my personal opinion is that more than time, what they lack is interesting content. Coming up with interesting content on a regular basis is a challenge even for writers and authors.

QuoteActions solves this problem. Not only does it provide all the content you need to stay in touch, but it also offers the engine to deliver it. It is a unique automated follow up and relationship building tool that has your customers and prospects thinking of you often and sending you business and referrals as a result.

This month's QuoteAction is by Author, Gil Stern:

"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute." Your action is to reflect on a recent contribution you have made and notice how you feel about it.

Rick Itzkowich

As the creator of the QuoteActions, a unique relationship building system, Rick Itzkowich finds his articles, podcasts and blog messages regarding keeping your brand "top of mind" in high demand. His latest eBook, Social Networking for Business Profits, uses cost-effective follow up strategies. Rick is also the Co-founder and Vice President of Productive Learning & Leisure, a personal development training company for corporations and individuals. Rick can be reached at mailto://rick@productivelearning.com.
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FRIENDSHIP OVER LONG DISTANCES AT GREAT SPEEDS.

Dear Readers, Subscribers, Members and Friends:

It is not merely about connecting. It is about reciprocity, bonding, trust, and, ultimately, friendship over long distances at great speeds. #TNNW Follow us. http://twitter.com/TNNW_BUZZWORKS and subscribe to our fabulous publication, The National Networker Newletter, at http://www.thenationalnetworker.com/ .

Faithfully,

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