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It is easier and cheaper than ever to start new business initiatives so why waste your time planning? Just do it and see what happens.

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Any type of knowledge can be found online with a quick internet search. In an age of ideas we no longer need to ‘know’ anything. We just have to be able to search for that knowledge online. What comes after knowledge? Focus.

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Effective social media campaigns take a lot of work because there are no short cuts to building meaningful relationships. Businesses need to create a lot of real value before first before the sales pitches. Trust is everything and that only comes with lots of valuable content.

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A great video clearly demonstrating how a movement is created with commentary by the entrepreneur-musician Derek Sivers.

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Don’t worry about building up a following. Focus on improving the quality of your ideas.

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If you want to market a new book, or anything for that matter, traditional advertising is dead. Paying big money to interrupt people when they are not paying attention is just stupid. Seth Godin, the same marketing genius that gave away a book for free, packaged a book in a cereal box and consistently reinvents marketing forever is at it again. You just can’t keep a great mind down.

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Companies, bloggers and authors are not giving away free content, they are buying attention. That is what social media marketing is, free content.

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Search Engine Optimization is essentially free and customers are highly targeted so it is unlikely there will be any other more cost-effective way to market your business. There are no shortages of SEO experts and gurus out to help you optimize your site, but do you really need to hire someone?

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With the success of Amazon’s Kindle and the hype around upcoming versions of tablet PCs, it is not too difficult to predict that our notion of what constitutes a “book” is about to drastically change.

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If your business is struggling maybe it is time to start implementing new business models. Actually, the time was probably a lot earlier then when you noticed the problem.

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