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Re: How To Ensure Your Personal Brand Fails

johnmorgan — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:27:00 -0000

Thanks so much!

Re: Should You Use Triberr? Why I’m Still on the Fence

johnmorgan — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:39:33 -0000

I'm against Triberr for a few reasons. The main reason is that we've all seen how a single tweet can damage a brand. Why put your brand at risk by automatically RTing content you haven't approved of? I understand the settings have now changed but judging by how often some people are using Triberr to RT content I can only assume they are not digesting & approving all of that content.

My other reason is that the same people who preach against automated tweets are using Triberr and thinking it's okay. It's STILL automating social media! No different than scheduling tweets.

My fear is that over time Triberr will make people lazy with their social media. They'll review content less and RT stuff more automatically just for the sake of maintaining their social media presence.

Since the beginning of social media people have looked for ways to automate it. I suppose they always will.

Re: YMC Blog - scott_stratten_undaddy - When to step in...

johnmorgan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:49:07 -0000

This is one of the most thought provoking blog post I've read in awhile.

I'm not one to step in. And it's hard. Like the time I'm at a restaurant and the kid in the booth behind me kept throwing hot-wheels at my head...good times.

I'm not sure this is the angle you're specifically talking about, and maybe this should be another blog post :-) But I DO step in when it's my son and how my family is handling him.

Let me explain. My son is amazing and he's 16 months old. My parents and my wife's parents are extremely crazy about him. But there's little things they do when keeping him that make me "step in".

Like one time when his car seat straps weren't tight enough. I had to explain several times how to do it. Another time was them thinking it's "cute" that he didn't nap because he wanted to play.

These issues aren't even issues really. It's not them being bad grandparents by any means. They mean well. But as a father I have to step in and make sure they sticking to the way my wife and I raise him.

Getting back to the specific topic of this post, I can think of one instance where I didn't know what to do or say and felt extremely weird about the situation.

I was eating at a restaurant with a friend who is a doctor in the military. He was in for a short visit before heading back to Iraq. The folks at the table next to us had a little baby. I'm guessing 6-8 months old but I'm horrible at guessing those ages.

Anyways, while getting up the mom was doing a horrible job holding the baby. She also completely ignored the baby the whole time. So, while standing up she dropped the baby. My heart stopped.

Sadly, I never forget the site or sound of it. The baby did start to scream and cry and I felt the baby should go get checked by a doctor. But they just looked at us and said "she's fine" and they left.

Now, I asked my doctor friend why he didn't tell them he was a doctor and try to take a look at the baby. His response was "it's none of my business. They wouldn't listen to me anyways".

He was probably right. However, not a day goes by that I don't regret saying something. Not sure what I would have said. But I regret not 'stepping in'.

Re: What if I didn’t use Twitter?

johnmorgan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:32:42 -0000

Scott you forgot to mention the UnGolf Course but I'll let it slide. I'm going to disappoint you but not leaving a witty remark and instead sharing my ROI on Twitter which will hopefully inspire millions and maybe you'll be able to throw it someone's face next time they say Twitter sucks.

I got on Twitter and didn't know what to do. So I listened. To this day I check Twitter all the time but still don't talk as much as I listen.

Listening to people has benefited me in several ways:

#1. I found out who all the 'guru's' were in my business and how stupid some of them are. This has built my confidence beyond belief by realizing how much smarter I am than some. Even if it's just a few.

#2. I found out what people like and don't like allowing me to make some very cool friends. And not just online friends who may be strange and smell funny in real life. I'm talking about real friends. I too met my best friend on Twitter and so many other friends who I know talk to more on the phone than we ever do on Twitter. (I consider Scott one of those friends)

#3. I found and became friends with people who could benefit my business. These are people who are in a position to help spread the word about what I do and help promote my business. In 2009 this lead to an additional $80,000+ in income. No joke. It grows all the time as these people are now friends and we help each other constantly.

I've also received the speaking gigs, a book deal, and was recognized once at my local Barnes and Noble.

Sadly, I too still must purchase my own coffee.

Twitter is whatever you want it to be. A waste of time. An awesome business tool. You pick.

Re: Mannequin Networking – Why Twitter Automation Is Bad

johnmorgan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:37:39 -0000

Wait just a minute...I'm NOT a celebrity?

I've automated almost everything in my business EXCEPT social media. I was working 4 hours a week before Tim Ferriss was born.

If you build relationships and connect with 10 people and then wow them. They'll tell 100. That's how you rock social media, that's how you rock business.

The end.

Re: HELP! (mac users) HELP!

johnmorgan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:47:00 -0000

Hey Bro, as suggested previously I use NVU on my Mac and I use it to upload squeeze page templates I got from YOU! So NVU is cool and the pages rock because they convert like crazy :-)

Re: An Idiot Calling The Kettle Black

johnmorgan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:26:31 -0000

<sarcasm>This dude is awesome. I think he's 100% right and he's clearly a smart marketer.</sarcasm>

Scott, he should have thanked you for helping him. If only idiots would listen then they may not be idiots anymore.

Re: Trolls, Meatheads and My Mom

johnmorgan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:59:44 -0000

Dude! BEST POST EVER!

I have a lot of my members ask me about dealing with these type of people. I will refer them to this post from now on.

As Dan Kennedy says "If you're not pissing off at least one person a day, you're not doing something right"

Scott, the truth is you are a blabber mouth and self-prophetic and that is exactly why we love you.

P.S. Who says "blabber mouth" these days anyways?

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - NY Times Contest! I am flying someone to NYC

johnmorgan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:16:46 -0000

Here's my entry. Teaching the new generation how to CRUSH IT early! Family 1st, Hustle 2nd.

http://twitpic.com/h50ot

John

Re: 7 Deadly Website Sins – Gluttony

johnmorgan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:42:23 -0000

Golf in Toronto sounds like an oxymoron. Dude, I'm in NASHVILLE not Atlanta. Why don't we just do a seminar here and we can speak, then golf. I can get some people to attend for sure.

Re: 7 Deadly Website Sins – Gluttony

johnmorgan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:30:48 -0000

Scott, I used to ask for first name and email address on all my sites in all my businesses for years. This year we dropped asking for the first name and our opt-ins tripled!

Great post my friend. When are we playing golf???

Re: “Sue First, and Ask Questions Later” – Should We Watch What We Tweet?

johnmorgan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:06:56 -0000

Good post Mitch. You know Mark Cuban (owner of the Dallas Mavericks) has been fined tens of thousands of dollars by the NBA because of his tweets that weren't kind regarding some of the ref's. I think it's very ridiculous.

Obviously any person or business doesn't want bad things said about them, especially if they aren't true. But that's not Twitter's fault. That's reality.

People are going to talk and voice their opinion whether anyone asked for it or not. To sue someone over that is just silly.