An award-winning business strategist shares 14 steps to creating and implementing a successful marketing plan.Traditional marketing pushes people away. Learn the art of attraction. Entrepreneurs, business owners, and marketing managers across all industries are learning the hard way that the platitudes they've read or heard about attraction-based marketing just don't easily translate into their businesses. In The Rules of Attraction, author Mark Deo has as...

Processing the Thoughts is part of the 31Letters Challenge hosted by 8Letters Bookstore and Publishing last January 2022. It is a collection of writings by 15 writers. The challenge entails that a writer needs to write an entry a day for the whole month.

George Washington's Rules of Civility is a short list of 110 principles or maxims by which, supposedly, proper decent people must abide. While some of these maxims may seem dated others are still quite apt for today. A quick read, George Washington's Rules of Civility is an insightful look at the manners and customs of an age gone by.

There was once a king's son, who was no longer content to stay at home in his father's house...

Something frightening and unexplainable happens in the near forest. The king keeps sending his huntsmen there and they keep on not coming back. Some creature is apparently killing them. Years later a brave young man and his dog decide to see for themselves. They enter the magical forest and shortly after the dog is dragged under the water by a giant arm. On the next day they empty the lake and they find a man with iron-like skin. He was therefore called Iron John. Iron John was so scary an...

Once lived three unordinary sisters. The first one was only with one eye. You can guess what her name was. The second one, the most normal of them three, had two eyes. The youngest had three eyes. Two-Eyes was a kindhearted, generous girl but still her sisters and mother would had a great disdain for her. They resented her so much that they sent the poor girl away. Two-Eyes was wandering around in the woods when a good fairy saw her. The fairy would help Two-Eyes, the sisters and her mothe...

Can you imaging having to wear a bearskin for seven years without taking it off? It may sound impossible but the soldier in our story was willing to try. After all he went into an agreement with the Devil without even realizing it. If the soldier managed to keep his promise, he was going to become rich. If not, he was going to die. Let us tell you that his life was not easy during those years. It was even difficult, not to say impossible, to win a girl's heart. Do you think he will keep hi...

Let us tell you a magical story. There was once a beautiful princess who liked spending her time playing with a golden ball. But one day the ball fell into a well. The princess got so sad that the frog which lived in the well decided to help the poor girl. However in exchange for something. What did the frog want? Did the princess keep her promise? Was the golden ball worth the effort? How will this story end? If you want to find out, read "The Frog King, or Iron Henry".

the tech revolution is not a complete triumph: here, from a tech insider, is an informed critique of the sharing economyammunition for growing number of critics of "disruptive" technologywithout store sales, this book has garnered serious attention (and sold more than 2,000 copies)Slee's data has been cited extensively in many places, among them the NY TimesPushing hard for radio media interviews

The complete guide to a successful Twitter marketing campaignTwitter is a microblogging service that's changing the way we communicate. Marketers recognize its value, and Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day offers marketers, advertisers, brand managers, PR professionals, and business owners an in-depth guide to designing, implementing, and measuring the impact of a complete Twitter strategy.Expert author Hollis Thomases acquaints you with the Twitterverse, its convent...

Reach more customers and grow your business with today’s most powerful marketing tool: Word-of-MouthHighly Recommended shows the impact of customer recommendations on businesses--transforming how people buy, how you reach customers, how you improve products, and ultimately how you can grow your company by leveraging the power of recommendations. It explains why word-of-mouth recommendations are marketing’s “holy grail,” how to get people talking, who gives recommendation...

Can you imagine having a father who would give you to the Devil in exchange for riches and wealth? The poor girl in our story had to endure not only this but getting her hands cut off as well. Her will was so strong that she decided to not fall victim of the Devil. So she headed out in the woods, wandering around, not having anything, not even food. Surprisingly enough she survived and she became a queen. Her misfortunes did not end with this however. Many more difficulties followed. Becau...