• I’ve long been a believer in the incredible positive benefits of being a “giver”; it’s something I’ve talked about in Principled Profit and elsewhere. So I was delighted to discover a book built entirely around this concept. The book, The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches Us All reveals strategies and secrets of people who possess true wealth and happiness: making the world a better place, which has the side benefit of bringing a great deal back to you–but only if your giving stems from sincerity rather than selfishness. I was also quite impressed with the authors’ philosophy, as outlined in the video at http://powerofgiving.org/paperback — and with their commitment to give away 100% of the royalties they receive. I’ve poked into several sections of the book and have found gems all the way through.
  Wayne Dyer calls it: “Very inspiring”. Jack Canfield says “Give it to everyone you love.” This is a book about you and your potential.
  I encourage you to get your book now. To discover the great benefits to you, visit the Power of Giving website. The bonus package was supposed to expire yesterday, but I’ve asked them to extend it a day. Haven’t heard the answer at press time, but as giving people, I’d expect a yes. http://powerofgiving.org/paperback
• Are you a blogger, marketer, or entrepreneur? You may have heard that last Monday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission came out with a new set of guidelines that require disclosures from bloggers and affiliates and that appear to change the game when it comes to using results-based testimonials. Marcia Yudkin, one of the smartest people I know (I first met her when she was a professor at Smith College, more than 20 years ago), is interviewing business attorney and author Jean Sifleet on exactly what the new FTC regulations mean and do not mean for bloggers, copywriters, marketers and entrepreneurs.  Anyone who registers ahead of time has the opportunity to submit a question for the interview. The quality of Marcia’s information tends to be superb, and I’m sure she’s chosen well to explain this complex and very important new rule. The call should be available on or around October 30, and you can register to purchase the recording in either MP3 or CD (choose at the bottom of her page), for $39.97–and submit any questions ahead of time, so they might be chosen for the call.  http://www.1automationwiz.com/app/?Clk=3322247
• Author 101 University Rick Frishman is doing another Author101 University, Oct 30 & 31 in Las Vegas. http://snipurl.com/25r7o
• A Search Tool That’s Better than Google? How about one that delivers your choice of results from Google, Yahoo, MSN, Yelp, Wikipedia and various other places-and displays results before you even click? Try it yourself at http://frugalmarketing.com/search.shtml#web – click where it says “Say Hello to Search 2.0? and start typing your query. You might want to bookmark this page, which also allows you to search all of my dozen-plus sites at once and even provides tips to help you find exactly what you want in any search (people have thanked me quite a few times for this little tipsheet).
• Sokule (pronounced so-cool) is a cool new Twitter-like social network offering some revenue possibilities. Check into it at http://su.pr/ADj6Fh
• This is by far the cheapest program on how to become a #1 bestseller that I’ve ever seen. 9 audios, plus support materials and bonuses. I have not personally reviewed the material but I did look at the scope of what it covers, seems like a lot of good info. Again, I haven’t listened–just sharing the information. http://shelhorowitz.com/go/yourbestseller/

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