The virtual blog book tour for “Upbeat” is scheduled for June 22nd-July 3rd and July 20th-July 31st. It’s coming up soon, but there is still time to get involved! Our offer to you: 1. Your blog URL will appear in the event tour’s official schedule, which will be posted at both http://www.lifebeyondcode.com (author blog) and… Continue reading
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The Dance of Entrepreneurship
My new column on Active Garage is up now. I think there are broadly three phases of entrepreneurship 1. The Beginning 2. The Journey 3. The New Beginning ( Yes, It’s Not the Destination ) The article covers the various elements in these three phases of entrepreneurship. Here is the link: Active Garage: The Dance… Continue reading
9 Ways People Respond to Your Online Content
A few weeks ago I wrote an article called Skip, Scan, Stop, Save and/or Spread – five ways people respond to your online content. It was well received. I also got a ton of feedback and new insights from the comments and emails. Based on that feedback, I updated the article and posted as a… Continue reading
25 Creative "Site Maintenance" Messages
Rashmi Sinha from Slideshare asked (on Twitter) for inputs on creative site maintenance messages and I thought I will take a shot at a few of them. You are welcome to use any and all of these. Credits are optional but thank you in advance if you choose to link back to this site. So… Continue reading
Quick Background for Life Beyond Code Newsletter
A few hundred of you have already subscribed. Thanks to those of you. I have been blogging since February 2005. Today, this blog has more than 1300 articles on wide-ranging topics. I have built a number of relationships because of this blog and that really has been the best part. Now, I want to take… Continue reading
Upbeat Launched; An Offer to Consider
I was at SOBCon with my old and new friends last week and Upbeat was launched there. To get an overview of what Upbeat is all about, you can watch the four part video interview here. Steve Piazzale asks me a number of questions about the background and the need for a book like Upbeat… Continue reading
Upbeat Video Interview
Steve Piazzale interviewed me on TV regarding my new book “Upbeat.” Here is the entire interview in four parts. We covered (parts of) two of the five chapters of Upbeat in these thirty minutes. Here it is: Part 1 (9:39 min) Note: The interview starts after the intro about the show. The intro lasts for… Continue reading
You too, can be flawless, but…
Yes, you too can be flawless and make the judges say things like… “Utterly, utterly electrifying..” “Jawdrappingly outstanding performance. Just breathtaking. I could not take my eyes off you and I did not want you to end.” “You have shown that – with focus, commitment, confidence and hard work, you can achieve something. It is… Continue reading
Daily News…and the case for "Upbeat"
I created my first cartoon on BitStrips. This might be a cliche but “If I can create a cartoon on Bitstrips..you can definitely create one too.” It is dead simple. My cartoon is about daily news. Here it is.. Now for the commercial: The above cartoon is precisely the reason you should take a look… Continue reading
The Invisible Competitive Advantage at TomPeters.com
My new column was published today at TomPeters.com. It’s about the Invisible Competitive Advantage. Businesses are constantly in search of competitive advantages. The question that they constantly ask themselves is “How can we be ‘the choice’ for our prospects as they evaluate products or services that we offer?” Books have been written about how to… Continue reading