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Find out why and also why it's a perfect time for foreign investors to pick up prime Manhattan Real estate in this &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php" target="_blank"&gt;CreateAWOW podcast&lt;/a&gt; interview with &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/real_estate.cfm" target="_blank"&gt;Manhattan real estate broker&lt;/a&gt;, Kathy Gulrich.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-3257959635468195872?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-06-13T07:16:20.752-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>It's the Love - Finding Your Focus</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-love-finding-your-focus.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:37:47 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-4823664932831820321</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/branding_and_naming.cfm" target="_blank"&gt;Branding and Naming expert&lt;/a&gt;, Phil Davis joins us this week for the CreateAWOW podcast to discuss the importance of finding your focus. This is one of my favorite segments from my interview with Phil. It's a fun look at why success boils down to focus and focus boils down to love. What do you love doing and who do you love serving? Your success depends upon the answer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have 4 minutes to spare, definitely listen to this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marniep.byoaudio.com/rss/createawow_virtual_conference_2008.x%20ml%20View%20RSS%20XML" target="_blank"&gt;Podcast version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- BYOAudio.com Player code BEGIN --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="byoplayer"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.byoaudio.com/playweb?audioid=P5ae0247f85e941085d3e2ad887dbeae9Zl9%2FR1REYGt9&amp;amp;buffer=5&amp;amp;fc=F3CF07&amp;amp;pc=AAAAFF&amp;amp;kc=888800&amp;amp;bc=FFFFFF&amp;amp;player=ap22" frameborder="0" height="40" scrolling="no" width="128"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.byoaudio.com/export/P5ae0247f85e941085d3e2ad887dbeae9Zl9/R1REYGt9.mp3" target="_blank" rel="enclosure"&gt;MP3 File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- BYOAudio.com Player code END --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-4823664932831820321?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-06-04T06:37:47.017-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.byoaudio.com/export/P5ae0247f85e941085d3e2ad887dbeae9Zl9/R1REYGt9.mp3" length="1063834" type="audio/mpeg" /><media:content url="http://www.byoaudio.com/export/P5ae0247f85e941085d3e2ad887dbeae9Zl9/R1REYGt9.mp3" fileSize="1063834" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Branding and Naming expert, Phil Davis joins us this week for the CreateAWOW podcast to discuss the importance of finding your focus. This is one of my favorite segments from my interview with Phil. It's a fun look at why success boils down to focus and f</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Marnie Pehrson</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Branding and Naming expert, Phil Davis joins us this week for the CreateAWOW podcast to discuss the importance of finding your focus. This is one of my favorite segments from my interview with Phil. It's a fun look at why success boils down to focus and focus boils down to love. What do you love doing and who do you love serving? Your success depends upon the answer! If you have 4 minutes to spare, definitely listen to this one. Podcast version MP3 File Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>article,marketing,customer,loyalty,leadership,email,marketing,branding,naming,finding,your,niche,real,estate,marriage,expert,interviews</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Are You Making These Entrepreneurial Mistakes?</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/05/are-you-making-these-entrepreneurial.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:29:30 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-7792200906974348234</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/images/terriz.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="97" width="80" /&gt;Terri Zwierzinsky, &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/self_employment.cfm" target="_blank"&gt;Solo-Entrepreneur Expert&lt;/a&gt;, joined us this week to talk about solo entrepreneurial strategies. 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In the first segment she talked about the importance of networking, delegating and collaborating with others: MP3 File (8 minutes) In the seco</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Marnie Pehrson</itunes:author><itunes:summary> Terri Zwierzinsky, Solo-Entrepreneur Expert, joined us this week to talk about solo entrepreneurial strategies. In the first segment she talked about the importance of networking, delegating and collaborating with others: MP3 File (8 minutes) In the second segment, Terri talks about the most common mistakes solo entrepreneurs make and how to overcome them. Visit Terri online at www.solo-e.com . 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What makes people exclaim, "Wow, that's amazing, I wish I'd thought of that!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/branding_and_naming.cfm" target="resourcewindow"&gt;Branding and Naming expert&lt;/a&gt;, Phil Davis joins us for the &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/" target="resourcewindow"&gt;CreateAWOW podcast&lt;/a&gt; sharing his WOW story. Five years ago, Phil introduced an idea to a withering mountain town in Transylvania County, NC. This weekend that same town will welcome over 25,000 tourists to celebrate the annual &lt;a href="http://whitesquirrelfestival.com/" target="resourcewindow"&gt;White Squirrel Festival&lt;/a&gt; that Phil envisioned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil breaks down the elements of a WOW by looking at Brevard, NC's success with the &lt;a href="http://whitesquirrelfestival.com/" target="resourcewindow"&gt;White Squirrel Festival&lt;/a&gt;. You'll be amazed at his insights! To listen go to the &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/" target="resourcewindow"&gt;CreateAWOW Podcast&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil has worked personally with me on ideamarketers.com and my other projects. He's brilliant -- always adding to my bottom line and my overall success. Visit him online at &lt;a href="http://www.puretungsten.com/" target="resourcewindow"&gt;www.puretungsten.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-2728403540134766072?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-05-23T10:37:17.368-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Rags to Riches: Brenda Cote's True Rags to Riches Story</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/05/rags-to-riches-brenda-cotes-true-rags.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 11:04:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-5010628372708443319</guid><description>I'm excited to share with you our latest Create A WOW podcast interview with wealth building expert Brenda Cote of &lt;a href="http://www.TransformingLivesCreatingWealth.com"&gt;www.TransformingLivesCreatingWealth.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brenda's inspiring true life story will fill you with hope and practical insights for creating a wealth mindset. In this exclusive interview, Brenda shares her humble beginnings as a poor girl growing up with dirt floors and an outhouse in Tijuana, Mexico to a thriving real estate business owner in California where she's earned over a million dollars in one year. Learn about the beliefs and life experiences that helped this Wow-Creator transform her life and how she's helping other women do the same. For the full interview via podcast or streaming audio go to &lt;a href="http://CreateAWOW.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://CreateAWOW.com/podcast.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-5010628372708443319?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-05-01T11:04:06.828-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Gurus &amp; Experts Galore!</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/04/experts-galore.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:51:56 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-3910941542401132768</guid><description>Wow! Our &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/"&gt;expert directory&lt;/a&gt; at IdeaMarketers is really expanding this month. We've welcomed aboard a dozen new experts to our team and are thrilled to have them. If you haven't visited our expert section, definitely hop on over because we've got some amazing people offering information and resources on important topics including:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:verdana,helvetica,arial;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Business:&lt;a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/customer_service.cfm"&gt;Customer  Service&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/e-business.cfm"&gt;E-business&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/entrepreneur.cfm"&gt;Entrepreneur&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/getting_started_online.cfm"&gt;Getting  Started Online&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/home_business.cfm"&gt;Home  Business&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/your_small_business.cfm"&gt;Small  Business&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/self_employment.cfm"&gt;Self  Employment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/colleges.cfm"&gt;Colleges:  Online &amp;amp; Campus&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/homeschooling.cfm"&gt;Homeschooling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Marketing:&lt;a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/advertising.cfm"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/advertising.cfm"&gt;Advertising&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/affiliate_marketing.cfm"&gt;Affiliate  Marketing&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/branding_and_naming.cfm"&gt;Branding&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/how_to_charge.cfm"&gt;How  to Charge&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/marketing_online.cfm"&gt;Online  Marketing&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/seo.cfm"&gt;SEO&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/visibility.cfm"&gt;Visibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span arial=""&gt;Special Interests:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span arial=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/car_buying.cfm"&gt;Automotive&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/civil_rights.cfm"&gt;Civil  Rights&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/pets.cfm"&gt;Pets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span arial=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/alcoholism.cfm"&gt;Alcoholism&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/christian.cfm"&gt;Christian&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/dating.cfm"&gt;Dating&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/elder_care.cfm"&gt;Elder  Care&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/live_by_faith.cfm"&gt;Life  Purpose&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/marriage.cfm"&gt;Marriage  &amp;amp; Family&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/parenting_teens.cfm"&gt;Parenting  Teens&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/relationships.cfm"&gt;Relationships&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/success_acceleration.cfm"&gt;Accelerate  Success&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Money:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/financial_freedom.cfm"&gt;Financial  Freedom&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/prosperity.cfm"&gt;Prosperity&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/real_estate.cfm"&gt;Real  Estate&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/real_estate_investing.cfm"&gt;Real  Estate Investing&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/wealth_building.cfm"&gt;Wealth  Building&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/article_marketing.cfm"&gt;Article  Marketing&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/business_authoring.cfm"&gt;Authoring&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/copywriting.cfm"&gt;Copywriting&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/information_marketing.cfm"&gt;Information  Marketing&lt;/a&gt; * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/self_publishing.cfm"&gt;Self-Publishing&lt;/a&gt;  * &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/writing_for_the_web.cfm"&gt;Writing  for the Web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also be sure to check out our blogs where our experts' knowledge is spotlighted every day of the week:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://marniep.typepad.com/creating_wealth_success/" target="blank"&gt;Creating    Wealth &amp;amp; Success&lt;/a&gt; Blog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://marniep.typepad.com/relationship_management" target="blank"&gt;Relationships    - Managing and Building Lasting Relationships&lt;/a&gt; Blog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://marniep.typepad.com/business_success" target="blank"&gt;Small    Business Success&lt;/a&gt; Blog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://marniep.typepad.com/writing_and_publishing" target="blank"&gt;Writing    and Publishing&lt;/a&gt; Blog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-3910941542401132768?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-04-24T09:51:56.722-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>I Am the Decisive Element</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-am-decisive-element.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:18:57 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-5054027740377139147</guid><description>"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming." - Goethe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are here to act, not to be acted upon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-5054027740377139147?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-04-17T07:18:57.718-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>The Last Lecture</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/03/last-lecture.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:07:19 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-9087522800382828156</guid><description>What if you knew you only had a few months to live? What advice would you leave as a legacy?  Terminally ill University professor &lt;span&gt;Dr. Randy Pausch created a WOW on Oprah when he regave his "Last Lecture." We could all learn from the wisdom he shared:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-9087522800382828156?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-05-15T10:07:19.598-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;rel=0" length="1053" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;rel=0" fileSize="1053" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>What if you knew you only had a few months to live? 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We could all learn from the wisdom he shared: Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>article,marketing,customer,loyalty,leadership,email,marketing,branding,naming,finding,your,niche,real,estate,marriage,expert,interviews</itunes:keywords></item><item><title></title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/03/four-short-words-sum-up-what-has-lifted.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:35:52 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-2369919052781118449</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more."&lt;/span&gt;  - A. Lou Vickery, Writer&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-2369919052781118449?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-03-04T04:35:52.636-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Creating your own information products &amp; using social media</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/03/creating-your-own-information-products.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:27:33 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-7144953739649063084</guid><description>I'm excited to share with you two informative audios to help you create your own WOW! The first is an interview with our latest CreateAWOW podcast guest, Stephanie Chandler, our official &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/entrepreneur.cfm"&gt;Entrepreneur Expert&lt;/a&gt; on IdeaMarketers and author of “From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money with Books, eBooks and Information Products.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this exclusive interview Stephanie shares tips and strategies for creating your own information products and marketing them online. To listen online or to download the interview to your computer or ipod, go to the &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;CreateAWow podcast page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, each month, IdeaMarketers.com is hosting panel discussions with our team of experts on various topics. Our February discussion was &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"&lt;a href="http://marniep.typepad.com/ideamarketers/2008/02/using-social--1.html"&gt;How to Use Social Media to Build Your Business&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visibility, online and article marketing experts joined the call to discuss ways they have used LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook and Ning to build their businesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can read an overview with excerpts from the call and find a link for listening to the recorded version on my &lt;a href="http://marniep.typepad.com/ideamarketers/2008/02/using-social--1.html"&gt;IdeaMarketers blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you find these audio's helpful!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-7144953739649063084?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-03-04T04:27:33.636-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>LinkedIn, Teleseminars, and Self-Publishing Secrets</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/01/linkedin-teleseminars-and-self.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:26:18 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-6959035250925841737</guid><description>Today's classes at the Create A WOW Virtual Conference are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Relationship Marketing Using LinkedIn&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - by David Nour&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Discover How to Make Tens of Thousands of Dollars by Hosting FREE Teleseminars&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - by Kathleen Gage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Insider Secrets to Self-Publishing&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - by Marnie L. Pehrson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;The Insider Secrets to Self-Publishing is an interview where I talk about the BarnesandNoble best seller campaign we did, ebooks vs print books, viral marketing, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:100%;"&gt;To listen to the &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=271640654"&gt;CreateAWOW Podcast through Itunes go here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-6959035250925841737?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-11T12:26:18.794-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>SEO, Blogging, Article Marketing, Shopping Carts, Press Releases, and more!</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/01/seo-blogging-article-marketing-shopping.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:00:29 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-5465899577987276471</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Be sure to visit our CreateAWOW Conference for pre-recorded presentations you can listen to your convenience throughout the day.  They're available streamed, via MP3 download or as a podcast:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Get Our Podcast:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feed URL: &lt;a href="http://marniep.byoaudio.com/rss/createawow_virtual_conference_2008.xml"&gt;http://marniep.byoaudio.com/rss/createawow_virtual_conference_2008.xml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- Begin BYOAudio.com Chiclet code --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marniep.byoaudio.com/rss/createawow_virtual_conference_2008.xml" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.byoaudio.com/images/chiclets/byo_chiclet_13.gif" border="0" height="15" width="80" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please post your comments about what you think of our classes!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wednesday's Classes (Archived on the site)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Create a WOW with Article Marketing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;On Wednesday I spoke on creating a WOW with Article Marketing. Learn all about article marketing, syndication, and how to use articles for better search engine positioning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Search Engine Optimization Strategies: Writing with Keywords&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Karon Thackston goes through search engine optimization copywriting strategies. Learn how to write with keywords in an effective manner so that search engines will like your site and humans will too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;How to Use Press Releases to Get Visitors to Your Web Site (and get some publicity to boot)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Michele PW, our official &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/marketing_online.cfm"&gt;Marketing&lt;br /&gt;Online Expert&lt;/a&gt; at IdeaMarketers joins us to talk about how to use Press Releases to bring visitors to your site and get some media publicity to boot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;How to Use Joint Ventures and Alliances to Grow Your Small Business&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Janis Pettit of SmallBusiness-BigResults.com joins us to talk about the in's and out's of joint ventures. She'll help you tap into undiscovered profit centers in order to reach your business and life goals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thursday's Classes (will also be archived if you miss them)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;How to Make Your Web site Go Ka-ching!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Michele PW, our official &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/marketing_online.cfm"&gt;Marketing Online Expert&lt;/a&gt;  at IdeaMarketers teaches the basics of traffic and conversion in being able to sell your products and services online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Shopping Cart Basics&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christina Hills aka "The Shopping Cart Queen" offers the basics of shopping carts in this informative, easy-to-follow video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Is Blogging the Best Darn Marketing Tool on the Planet?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The BlogSquad(tm) says so! And they explain why in this segment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Keep Your Customers - Serve Them Well&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Digital Info Diva, our official &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/customer_service.cfm"&gt;Customer Service Expert&lt;/a&gt; at IdeaMarketers gives an overview of how to create winning customer service on the Internet. Building trust is HUGE when it comes to your success on the internet, and your customer service plays a vital role.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To listen go to &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/"&gt;www.CreateAWOW.com&lt;/a&gt; and register. If you've already registered, just go to the link we sent you in your email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please post your comments about what you think of our classes!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-5465899577987276471?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-10T07:00:29.089-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>CreateAWOW Conference Starts Today!</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2008/01/createawow-conference-starts-today.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:13:44 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-8012741829615335476</guid><description>Don't forget that the Create A WOW Virtual Conference starts today! If you haven't registered yet, go to &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/"&gt;www.CreateAWOW.com&lt;/a&gt; to do so. It's free!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rory Cohen &lt;/b&gt;of Take10Now.com gives you a simple step-by-step system guaranteed to help you get started, stay motivated and keep in action on any goal, no matter how potentially overwhelming. Her techniques will help you implement what you learn in the conference and create your own WOW.&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Karon Thackston  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;will give you some practical techniques for writing successful PPC Ads. I've known Karon for nearly a decade and not only is she a woman of integrity, but also a copywriting master. This class is based on her book of the same name. &lt;span class="italics"&gt;&lt;i&gt;How To Write Successful PPC Ads&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; cuts right to the chase with revealing strategies backed up with real-life examples. It’s refreshing to find a book that wastes no time on hype and gets down to practical, tested tips in an easy-to-understand format. You'll find the same from this recorded class.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Phil Davis,&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;(our official &lt;a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/experts/branding_and_naming.cfm"&gt;branding/marketing expert&lt;/a&gt; at IdeaMarketers) is a genius when it comes to naming and branding. I've personally implemented Phil's advice and seen quantum leaps in my online revenues. Anytime you get a chance to listen to Phil, do so! Speaking of listening to Phil, his radio show, &lt;i&gt;"The Name Game" &lt;/i&gt;airs on &lt;a href="http://www.modavox.com/voiceamericacms/WebModules/HostModaview.aspx?HostId=437&amp;amp;ChannelId=2&amp;amp;Flag=1"&gt;www.voiceamerica.com &lt;/a&gt; in their Business Section every Tuesday at 3pm ET / noon PST.&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hazel Palache&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;presents a segment on &lt;i&gt;"Zapping Negativity - Turn Yesterday's Doubts into Tomorrow's Success."&lt;/i&gt; A certified NLP practitioner, Hazel gives a masterful discourse on not only the importance of zapping negativity when creating your WOW, but also gives techniques you can use to transform your thoughts. Listen to her segment and learn how to turn negative thoughts into positive ones at any moment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To register, go to &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/"&gt;www.CreateAWOW.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-8012741829615335476?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-08T05:13:44.083-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>What Makes Character?</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-makes-character.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:57:27 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-1042050459205526555</guid><description>"People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world."&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Actor and Author of Michael Josephson&lt;br /&gt;Radio Commentator&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-1042050459205526555?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-10-31T06:57:27.486-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>What Is IT?</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-is-it.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:38:27 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-2195323102568601732</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www2.bobproctor.com/"&gt;Bob Proctor&lt;/a&gt; explains "IT":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Great politicians have IT. Movie stars  and sports heroes have IT. Super sales people and exceptional business leaders  also have IT. What is IT? If IT was exclusively connected to personalities, you  could possibly narrow this mysterious quality down to personal magnetism.  However, there are times when you hear a new song on the radio and instantly you  recognize this particular song is on its way to the top of the chart - this song  has IT. The same is true of movies - some have IT. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;There have been many low budget movies that have  had IT, and conversely, some multi-million dollar productions with big name  stars that did not have IT. Advertising agencies spend countless hours  with some of the greatest creative minds in their industry looking for that one  word or line that has IT, which will turn the ad campaign into the sensation of  the year. On the radio you will find certain disc jockeys that have IT. Every  Christmas a product hits the market that has IT and millions are sold. Every  young woman will tell you there are certain guys who have IT and the guys will  tell you there are certain gals that have IT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;What is IT? That is a good question, which no one has been able to answer  although many have tried for thousands of years. IT, that magical, elusive  something which most everyone is attracted to, cannot be purchased at any price  and, if it could be, the price tag would very likely be out of our reach.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;How do you get IT? I don't honestly know, although I've thought long and hard  about it. I have come to one conclusion, if you happen to develop, find or  stumble upon IT, you will probably be the only one who will not recognize you've  got IT. And, since you won't know you have IT, you won't be able to tell us how  to get IT.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Finding IT would surely make a big difference in our lives. Let's keep  looking."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www2.bobproctor.com/"&gt;Bob Proctor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-2195323102568601732?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-10-22T04:38:27.212-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>The Price of Accomplishment</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/10/price-of-accomplishment.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:26:07 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-7710335371962097258</guid><description>"Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance."&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;John C. Maxwell&lt;br /&gt;Author&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-7710335371962097258?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-10-09T08:26:07.707-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>What Makes a Great Person Different?</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-makes-great-person-different.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:54:04 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-4677609167007557247</guid><description>"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael E. Gerber author of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887307280?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=ideamarketers-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0887307280"&gt;The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=ideamarketers-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0887307280" alt="" style="border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-4677609167007557247?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-10-04T04:54:04.057-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Wow Creator: What Every Marketer Should Learn from the Ron Paul Revolution</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/07/wow-creator-what-every-marketer-should.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:11:31 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-188031940426072156</guid><description>As you know, whenever I see someone doing something remarkable online, I can't resist examining their success. If I can learn something, I want to share it with my customers! That's what today's marketing tip is about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Traditionally, people who want national exposure for their product, service, or message, have had to spend millions of dollars for national marketing campaigns. But with the growing influence of the internet, things are changing. There's YouTube videos, podcasts, email campaigns, article marketing and other no-cost or low-cost viral marketing methods for getting your message out to both a national and international audience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question is: Can someone who is taking the internet by storm transfer virtual fame into the "real world?" That is what presidential candidate, Congressman Ron Paul, is hoping will happen with his wildfire online popularity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of your political orientation, there is much to learn from the "Ron Paul Revolution." His name is searched on Google more than any other presidential candidate. After both the California and South Carolina Republican debates, Ron Paul came out number one by a landslide on MSNBC and Fox polls. Even though these polls block duplicate voting, Dr. Paul's competitors still claim his supporters must be tricking the system or are just overzealous extremists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The interesting thing is, if they are outsmarting the polls or are overzealous voters, why does no other candidate engender such devotion or creativity? Articles about Ron Paul consistently fly to the top of Digg. He has more subscribers on YouTube than any other Republican candidate. His fans &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/"&gt;join online groups&lt;/a&gt; to alert each other to every piece of media Ron Paul receives. Media clips turn up on YouTube and become viral marketing messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ron Paul supporters gather in person in thousands of meet-up groups across the nation. The last I heard, he has more meet-up groups than any other presidential candidate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what about money? Doesn't it take money to make it to the primaries? It sure does. According to a  &lt;a target="resourcewindow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070715/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money_16"&gt;July 1st, 2007 report&lt;/a&gt; Republican candidates had the following net campaign assets:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rudy Guiliani $18,326,220&lt;br /&gt;Romney $ 3,176,535&lt;br /&gt;Ron Paul $ 2,354,855&lt;br /&gt;McCain $ 1,567,009&lt;br /&gt;Tancredo $ 583,451&lt;br /&gt;Brownback $ 460,236&lt;br /&gt;Huckabee $ 406,125&lt;br /&gt;Hunter $ 212,926&lt;br /&gt;T. Thompson ($ 5,787)&lt;br /&gt;Gilmore ($ 67,163)*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;P&gt; * Dropped out of race&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;For a candidate with sparse coverage on major networks, Ron Paul comes in third! Evidently Paul's supporters are putting their money where their beliefs lie. And since he's doing much of his marketing via grassroots methods, he may not need as much money as other candidates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; As an internet marketer, I cannot help but try to analyze this success. I'm also carefully watching to see how and when Ron Paul translates his internet success into off-line popularity. Isn't that the quandary for so many of us online marketers? For example, how do we turn internet ebook sales into New York Times best sellers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In analyzing Ron Paul's campaign, there is one thing that I believe stands at the root of his success. And it's something from which we can all learn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's All About the Message&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no other candidate with a message like Ron Paul's. It's unique and it's one that many people crave. It's about liberty, smaller government, and a return to Constitutional principles. It's about a shift in U.S. foreign policy which would minimize our involvement in wars. It's about shutting down the IRS and getting rid of the income tax. It's about keeping the internet free and untaxed. It's about more individual responsibility, less government intervention, and hope for a better world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a message that no one else is preaching, and he always delivers it with an optimistic smile. It's edgy, requires integrity, and few would have the guts to teach it, much less stick by it unapologetically. Yet, he does with the trust engendered by a kindly wise grandfather. In Congress, special interest groups won't even knock on Congressman Paul's door because they know if what they're asking for is unconstitutional he will not budge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As edgy as his message, it's resonating with many Americans. In a &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGGOiv7sA4w"&gt;recent interview YouTube&lt;/a&gt; conducted with Ron Paul, he praised the younger generation who were stepping forward to clean up the mess previous generations had made. Even though he's in his 70's, he's popular with a younger crowd who resonate with a peaceful, freedom message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unlike many politicians, Ron Paul doesn't just tell people what they want to hear. He sticks to his principles and trusts that those who resonate with those principles will step forward to support his cause. They do so in evangelical numbers.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; So, how can you apply this to yourself?&lt;/b&gt; You define your message. You get clear about who you are and what you stand for. You make no apologies for it. Sure, there are going to be some people who don't like the way you do things. There are going to be some people who don't want or need what you're selling, but you don't worry about that. You decide your message and stick to it with integrity. If your message is powerful enough, your customers will start doing your marketing for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To learn more about what makes Dr. Paul's message unique, view &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCM_wQy4YVg"&gt;Google's interview&lt;/a&gt; with him.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-188031940426072156?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-07-17T08:11:31.127-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Wow Creators Believe</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/06/wow-creators-believe.html</link><category>Wow Creators Believe</category><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:18:10 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-16706591452665518</guid><description>A friend sent me this and I thought it was perfect for those of us seeking to Create A Wow:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;THE SEVEN STEPS TO STAGNATION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may recall that for centuries people believed Aristotle was right when he said that the heavier an object, the faster it would fall to earth. The philosopher was regarded as one of the greatest thinkers of all time, and so it follows that he MUST be right!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But nearly 2,000 years after Aristotle's death someone actually tested the theory. In 1589 Galileo Galilei summoned learned professors to the base of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He pushed two weights from the top of the tower -- one light and one heavy. They landed at the same instant. But the power of belief was so strong that the professors denied their eyesight! They continued to teach that Aristotle was&lt;br /&gt;correct.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Galileo and others also tried to convince the educators of his day that the earth revolves around the sun. But they would not believe anything so radical and eventually forced him to recant his support of the Copernican theory. He lived the last years of his life under house arrest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Erwin M. Soukup compiled a list he calls "The Seven Steps to Stagnation." You have no doubt heard these statements before. Most of us have said them! They are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;We've never done it that way before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We're not ready for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We are doing all right without trying that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We tried it once before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We don't have money for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;That's not our job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Something like that can't work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is tremendous power in belief. Our beliefs shape our future; what we believe to be true quite literally becomes true for us!&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And there is a bold and exciting tomorrow awaiting anyone with the courage to believe something new CAN HAPPEN -- things CAN BE DIFFERENT! Your life -- your organization -- can be stagnant or things can change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow can look very different than today for those who believe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(The original author of this is unknown. If you know who wrote it, please let me know, I'd like to give proper credit)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-16706591452665518?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-06-10T10:18:10.305-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Interview with Wow Creator: Gayle Lynds, Best Selling Author</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/03/interview-with-wow-creator-gayle-lynds.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:39:12 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-209871120804508220</guid><description>&lt;img src="http://www.createawow.com/images/wowpeople/gaylelynds.jpg" alt="New York Times Best Selling Author Gayle Lynds" align="right" /&gt;Yesterday, I had the opportunity to interview NY Times Best Selling Author &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/showcase.php" target="Resourcewindow"&gt;Gayle Lynds&lt;/a&gt;. Her books have won such awards as "Novel of the Year" (&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312301596?tag=ideamarketers-20&amp;camp=14573&amp;amp;creative=327641&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0312301596&amp;adid=1ZKS17KMS9NFNW03K3P3&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Last Spymaster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) given by the Military Writers Society of America, and have been &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;People&lt;/span&gt; magazine's "Page-Turner of the Week" and "Beach Read of the Week."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Publishers Weekly&lt;/span&gt; lists her work among the top ten spy novels of all time. With Robert Ludlum (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bourne Identity&lt;/span&gt;), she created the Covert-One series and wrote three of the novels. One of them, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Hades Factor&lt;/span&gt;, was a CBS miniseries in April 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/showcase.php"&gt;In the interview&lt;/a&gt; she talks about her latest book, and also gives lots of great tips for authors – how to find a literary agent, working with editors, surviving in the publishing industry, promoting your work, and how she conducts research.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  I recently finished reading &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312301596?tag=ideamarketers-20&amp;camp=14573&amp;amp;creative=327641&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0312301596&amp;adid=1ZKS17KMS9NFNW03K3P3&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Last Spymaster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and loved it. Gayle Lynds knows her subject and does a fantastic job of interweaving action and suspense while still reaching deeper into human relationships. The story is a rich exploration of the mentor - protégé   relationship as well as what happens to people who are thrown together in a crisis situation. For those of you coming from my "&lt;a href="http://www.cleanromanceclub.com/"&gt;clean romance&lt;/a&gt;" site, you'll be happy to know that &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Last Spymaster&lt;/span&gt; has a wonderful romantic twist. Do be aware that there are a couple sentences that would be considered a little more graphic than I'd write, and there is strong language throughout the book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To listen to the interview, &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/showcase.php"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-209871120804508220?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-03-14T04:39:12.575-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Interview with Wow Creator: Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/02/interview-with-wow-creator-grammar-girl.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:45:04 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-4494383724768441543</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.createawow.com/images/wowpeople/mignonfogarty.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 190px;" src="http://www.createawow.com/images/wowpeople/mignonfogarty.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mignon Fogarty, aka the &lt;a href="http://grammar.qdnow.com/" target="resourcewindow"&gt;Grammar Girl&lt;/a&gt;, took her podcast to #1 on iTunes in January 2007! Giving the world on-target grammar advice, she's become quite a celebrity in the world of podcasts. As such, I'm thrilled to have had the opportunity to interview Mignon about her success. Anyone interested in podcasting has much to learn from this savvy young woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's an excerpt from that interview:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CreateAWow: Can anyone start their own podcast? What advice or resources would you recommend for someone who wants to learn how to create podcasts&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Grammar Girl: &lt;/b&gt;I do think that anyone can start their own podcast as long as they have the time and desire to read up on all the tools that are avaiable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started my initial podcast, Absolute Science, I knew a lot about web technology and new media, but I didn't know anything about audio technology. I just started Googling around about podcasting and hanging out in podcasting forums like the Podcast Pickle where I picked up a lot of great tips and found people who could answer my questions when I got stuck. I started with free software programs and inexpensive microphones and headphones that I already owned and then upgraded my equipment as I became more serious about podcasting. So by the time I started Grammar Girl, I knew what I was doing and hit the ground running. After it became clear there were a lot of people listening, I felt more of a responsibility to make the sound quality as good as I possibly could, so I've upgraded more of my equipment and continue to tweak my set up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;CreateAWow: What were some of the milestones along the way? Pivotal points where you saw impressive growth in your listener base&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Grammar Girl: &lt;/b&gt;Getting featured at iTunes the first time created a big traffic spike. After that, the growth was solid and steady until the show was featured on CNN.com -- that caused traffic to grow about 50% overnight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the complete interview, &lt;a href="http://www.createawow.com/wowpeople/grammar_girl.php"&gt;go here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-4494383724768441543?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-02-19T06:45:04.776-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>WOW! It's All In Your Perspective</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/02/wow-its-all-in-your-perspective.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:57:30 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-4509778785986591792</guid><description>I saw this story in today's edition of &lt;a href="http://www.thoughtsalive.com/insights.php" target="resourcewindow"&gt;Insight of the Day&lt;/a&gt; and thought it conveyed a key attribute of Wow Creators - it illustrates how they look at life and why they are successful:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;WOW!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last spring I was walking in a park. A short distance ahead of me was a mom and her three-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding on to a string that was attached to a helium balloon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of a sudden, a sharp gust of wind took the balloon from the little girl. I braced myself for some screaming and crying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon go skyward, she gleefully shouted out, "Wow!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't realize it at that moment, but that little girl taught me something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later that day, I received a phone call from a person with news of an unexpected problem. I felt like responding with "Oh no, what should we do?" But remembering that little girl, I found myself saying, "Wow, that's interesting! How can I help you?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing's for sure - life's always going to keep us off balance with its unexpected problems. That's a given. What's not preordained is our response. We can choose to be frustrated or fascinated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No matter what the situation, a fascinated "Wow!" will always beat a frustrated "Oh, no."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the next time you experience one of life's unexpected gusts, remember that little girl and make it a "Wow!" experience. The "Wow!" response always works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rob Gilbert&lt;br /&gt;Editor of "Bits &amp;amp; Pieces"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-4509778785986591792?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-02-16T05:57:30.055-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>WOW Quote to Live By</title><link>http://createawow.blogspot.com/2007/02/wow-quote-to-live-by.html</link><author>suggestions@createawow.com (Marnie Pehrson)</author><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:33:23 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238970414252846859.post-9144459872844744586</guid><description>"Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- John Calvin Coolidge, U.S. President&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Listen to the CreateAWOW Podcast weekdays at &lt;A href="http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php"&gt;http://www.createawow.com/podcast.php&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8238970414252846859-9144459872844744586?l=createawow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2007-02-08T10:33:23.564-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><copyright>Copyright Pehrson Web Group www.CreateAWOW.com</copyright><media:credit role="author">Marnie Pehrson</media:credit><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating><media:description type="plain">CreateAWOW Podcast</media:description></channel></rss>

