The Aggressive Work Ethic of Highly Creative People

By Rainmaker.FM

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Listen. You have control over inspiration. You run the show. Look at magicians, for examples. Curious bunch.

They pull furry mammals out of their hats. Levitate humans. Hide automobiles out of sight.

The great ones make a killing, jet set around the globe, and beat groupies off with a brass-tipped wand. The not-so-great ones — the average ones — are still amazing.

Getting to that point, where the illusion is flawless (thus, magical), involves hard work. Content creators are no strangers to hard work. But we often view what they do — their level of originality — as magical, …read more      

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Is It Worth Speaking at Conferences?

By Neil Patel

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Can you guess how many conferences I have spoken at during my career? A whopping 239.

That’s a lot considering I’m only 30 years old.

So, I thought it would be interesting to go over whether it’s worth speaking at conferences from a business, marketing, and financial point of view. Here’s what I learned by speaking at 239 conferences:

Most conferences won’t be worth your time

If you haven’t spoken at a conference before, you’ll have to start somewhere. That means you’ll have to accept whatever speaking gigs you can get. But once you’ve spoken at a handful of conferences, you …read more      

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The Introvert’s Guide to Surviving an In-Person Conference

By Pamela Wilson

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Tonight kicks off our Authority Rainmaker conference in Denver, Colorado, and many of us are terrified.

Here’s the thing: we’re a company mostly made up of introverts.

We all fall somewhere on an “introvert’s scale” that ranges from extreme discomfort in social settings, to mild dread, to slight concern before entering a packed room.

So an event like Authority Rainmaker tests us. It gives us a chance to practice extroversion, even if it’s just for a couple of days.

If your personality leans more toward introversion than extroversion, I have five tips that will help …read more      

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Mentioned B2B Brand, B2B Brand Online, Global B2B Companies, And B2B Chatter Online

IBM is the most mentioned B2B brand online globally, according to a recent report from Brandwatch.
The report was based on an analysis of over 5 million online conversations about 200 top global B2B companies. The researchers looked at mentions on social networks as well as on news sites, forums, an…

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Social Shake-up, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, And Employee Advocacy

Don’t follow the trends. Start them. Learn how from Twitter, Facebook, Arby’s, Discover, Whole Foods, NASA, Coca-Cola, and many more top brands
Brought to you by: Social Media Today
The Social Shake-Up brings together a wide array of speakers from the top brands in social. Full speaker list here.
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