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Sure, Seth gave his birthday away (for a good cause), but the members of triiibes thought we’d celebrate anyway.
Here are our stories. Click on the arrows to read them. And a big shout out to Ben Love for pulling this all together!
Ed Brenegar put together this collection of 50 memorable Seth quotes.
For Jill, the leader of the cyber book band and Snoopy’s biggest fan.
(Please excuse me, I have to weep).
Anything that changed your life? Let you focus in a whole new way? Gave you a big AHA moment? Or even just the ones that are covered with yellow stickies, with well-worn pages?
Some of mine:
1. Linchpin by Seth Godin
2. Tested Advertising Methods by John Caples
3. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
4. Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins (get a free download here)
5. Tribes by Seth Godin
6. The Copywiter’s Handbook by Bob Bly
What are your favorites? Share them. Or, share one you hated (if you dare).
You may be thinking, parrots? Why the heck is she talking about parrots?
It turns out that parrots are very good at getting a person’s attention, and using people language (not parrot language) to get what they want.
Where does the technology part come in? Because technology experts often have trouble translating “geek” speak into business language. And, clients often have difficulty explaining what they want in terms that make sense to technology experts.
You know how it is. You patiently explain to your client that IE’s render engine is no good. You tell them that their code isn’t web standards-compliant and you’ll have to rewrite it. And they look at you as if you have completely lost your mind.
Pat Ferdinandi (along with Scarlet, her parrot), has put together this free assessment called “A Technologist’s Guide to Performing & Surviving in the New World: Parrotology: Stop Being a Commodity & Become Irreplaceable.”
It’s designed to help technology types (computer geeks, developers, coders, you know who you are), communicate better with business people.
Like the book? Like this post? Pass it on.
Image thanks to alice
This slide is rightly called “Death by Powerpoint.”
You’ve probably seen something a lot like it. Lots of text. Way too many bullets. Complicated graphs. And type so small you need an electron microscope to see it.
Nobody learns anything from those slides (except maybe to bring some aspirin to their next meeting).
However, if you’re struggling with your slides, there is something you can do.
Chris Landry specializes in slide makeovers. Send him one or two slides. He’ll examine the patient, diagnose the problem, and cure it. He’ll even post before and after shots, and explain how he does it.
His slides are so good, they were in the book Presentation Zen and won a prize from SlideShare.
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