I went to the Chicago New Media Summit on last Monday and Tuesday… but I didn’t do it the traditional way.  By that, I mean I didn’t pay… and I figured out how to make yourself the luckiest person at the conference. Here are a few tricks I learned that worked great:
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There is one message that was pounded into my head all throughout college.
It’s the same message that any marketing professional has heard 1,000 times…
Never try to be all things to all people.
Here are the typical examples people use time and time again:
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If you love garage sales (like myself), but don’t have the time to go to one, you need to check out Mike Sansone right now.  He’s having the first Garage Sale 2.0. He’ll sell basically anything you’d want (including his dog…  maybe.)
He’s UStreaming the sale, so you can check in at any point during the [...]

When I was in college, a friend and I taught a ten week course about presentation skills to underclassmen.  One of the lessons was about the properties of influence… SPARCLS is acronym we used.  Right now I’m going through a training called “Building Credibility and Influence.”  Naturally, these same six principles popped up again…
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Social networks are powerful.  Whether you’re on Facebook or not… you’re still part of a number of networks:  co-workers, friends, volunteer groups, professional associations, and all the colleagues that you have met along the way. 
That is a lot of people to keep up with… and I’ve finally discovered the best way to do so.
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Picture someone you know that is successful.  There are three things that person knows how to do.  In fact, there are three traits that all successful people share… They know how to manage money, manage time, and manage relationships.

Here’s how that works:  When you become financially free, you are no longer trading your time [...]