Social Media

How Relationship Marketing Trumps Traditional Direct Marketing (and Why the Social Media Craze Is Mostly Hype)

Social Media
Posted by admin on 31, March 2009 with 10 Comments

Jack Canfield asked to interview me recently on the topic of social media. I did the interview but stressed that I really DISLIKE being asked to talk about social media marketing. I consider the whole social media marketing industry over-hyped. I’m one of the most-in-demand speakers in this space (as I write this I’ll be in Vegas on stage in a few days with Tony Robbins to talk about... Read More

The 5 Profit-Exploding Secrets of “Passion-Based Integrated Social Media Marketing”

Social Media
Posted by Amir Ahmad on 01, January 2009 with 10 Comments

WARNING: This post is not for the “good enough” minded. Why stop at good enough when you can push for great, leveraged, or better yet, integrated? I started toying around with social media early back in 2005. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was just having fun throwing aimless punches blindly in the dark, in misguided hopes of hitting the jackpot. Stupid me, it never happened.... Read More

The 5 Profit-Exploding Secrets of "Passion-Based Integrated Social Media Marketing"

Social Media
Posted by Amir Ahmad on 01, January 2009 with 10 Comments

WARNING: This post is not for the “good enough” minded. Why stop at good enough when you can push for great, leveraged, or better yet, integrated? I started toying around with social media early back in 2005. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was just having fun throwing aimless punches blindly in the dark, in misguided hopes of hitting the jackpot. Stupid me, it never happened.... Read More

MindValley’s Social Media Marketing Unveiled

Social Media / Viral Marketing / Website Optimization
Posted by admin on 02, December 2008 with 5 Comments

Lately, we’ve been pretty busy behind the scenes working on putting together something new and revolutionary. I’ve already unveiled a great deal of this stuff at an exclusive, private event. However, some of the basic tricks were already published here in this blog. In this post, you’ll find a list of those useful tricks compiled for your easy access. Before we begin though, here’s just some of the feedback... Read More

MindValley's Social Media Marketing Unveiled

Social Media / Viral Marketing / Website Optimization
Posted by Vishen Lakhiani on 02, December 2008 with 5 Comments

Lately, we’ve been pretty busy behind the scenes working on putting together something new and revolutionary. I’ve already unveiled a great deal of this stuff at an exclusive, private event. However, some of the basic tricks were already published here in this blog. In this post, you’ll find a list of those useful tricks compiled for your easy access. Before we begin though, here’s just some of the feedback... Read More

Kenneth Needed to Raise $10K to Purchase a Herd of Cows for His Zimbabwean Bride. Here’s How He Raised the Money In Just 3 Weeks Using Twitter.com

Make Money / Social Media
Posted by admin on 20, October 2008 with 23 Comments

Lately we’ve been having fun testing some new cool social media marketing strategies here at MindVallley Labs. Here’s what happened during this time. Our very own Kenneth Yu needed to raise $10K for a 5-cow dowry to wed Laura, his beautiful Zimbabwean bride. The dowry is an important tradition where Laura comes from. Now, to come up with the money, Kenneth successfully managed to pull a cool stunt that... Read More

Kenneth Needed to Raise $10K to Purchase a Herd of Cows for His Zimbabwean Bride. Here's How He Raised the Money In Just 3 Weeks Using Twitter.com

Make Money / Social Media
Posted by Vishen Lakhiani on 20, October 2008 with 23 Comments

Lately we’ve been having fun testing some new cool social media marketing strategies here at MindVallley Labs. Here’s what happened during this time. Our very own Kenneth Yu needed to raise $10K for a 5-cow dowry to wed Laura, his beautiful Zimbabwean bride. The dowry is an important tradition where Laura comes from. Now, to come up with the money, Kenneth successfully managed to pull a cool stunt that... Read More

FaceUBook.com – Facebook’s evil twin

Facebook / Social Media
Posted by admin on 18, October 2008 with 8 Comments

I got a message from a friend of mine on Facebook. The message told me to check out a particular blog on AOL. I clicked on a link and ended up briefly on the AOL blog site… …but then that page refreshed and I saw this. Why would Facebook be asking me to reenter my password? I glanced the URL bar and this is what I saw: it wasn’t... Read More

FaceUBook.com – Facebook's evil twin

Facebook / Social Media
Posted by Vishen Lakhiani on 18, October 2008 with 8 Comments

I got a message from a friend of mine on Facebook. The message told me to check out a particular blog on AOL. I clicked on a link and ended up briefly on the AOL blog site… …but then that page refreshed and I saw this. Why would Facebook be asking me to reenter my password? I glanced the URL bar and this is what I saw: it wasn’t... Read More