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By Emanuel P, SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant, Founder of How About Some Marketing?

I was talking to someone from a mastermind I’m a member of and realized he looked and sounded like David Blaine, so I said to myself - self, it's time to re-watch that David Blaine Ted Talk again. I wrote about it a few good years ago on my Medium blog and in this newsletter back in the day when I knew all my subscribers by their name (and in person).

Anyway, here’s the newsletter again, short and sweet.

If you missed our last webinar, as my friend ChatGPT says, look no further! Habemus the recording. My guest, Ken Gray, a seasoned digital marketer, shares actionable insights on using CRM systems, AI chatbots, and real-time data to deliver personalized customer experiences. Learn how these strategies can boost engagement, loyalty, and revenue and what YOU can do to leverage these elements to get more business.

Watch it here.

I found myself re-watching this old TED Talk at least once a year. It’s probably my preferred motivational video and definitely my favourite TED talk; breathtaking (funny choice of words).

I am fascinated each time I see it - even after rewatching it today, my mind is blown by the effort David makes to perform.

There’s so much more happening behind the scenes of every final product we see.

While my efforts don’t match David’s, I like to think I’m striving in a similar way with my own endeavours—though I often question myself. I imagine he has those moments, too.

The real question is, how many attempts would it take before I’d give up?

How fast do YOU give up?

“If something is done by one person, it can be done by others.”

Now, that’s some real magic.

"Having a very specific goal really helps when wanting to achieve it."

The last sentence sounds like a Yogi Berra quote.

It took me a while to realize that! And I can honestly say all the goals I had until now have been reached.

Maybe I didn’t raise the standard enough?

Enjoy the video.

The most interesting phrase is at the 18: 45 mark: With the energy of everybody that was there, I decided to keep pushing.

“It’s practice, it’s training and experimenting while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be!”

You can View the Short of the day HERE.

Song of the day

For the song of the day I chose a lengthy mix from CloZee - Sunset Dreamtempo Set first listened to it on a random YouTube playlist - sometime in the pandemic. I’ve been listening to it twice/year ever since. Good work/background music.

News & Articles

Top Common SEO Mistakes Businesses – Large or Small – Make

I've turned my presentation from September (what an amazing experience) into a blog post on my site. This is a live document and I'll add to it as we go.

The Story Of The Beer Chugging Maniac Who TOOK OVER The Premier League

If you like a good story of an underdog (Leicester City) led by the most underrated character ever, who ended up on top of the football world, check out Jamie Vardy’s story and how he came to be who he is. Watch it even if the names don’t ring any bells.

How to evolve your organic approach for the rise of answer engines

It’s clear for a few good months now that you can get some significant traffic from these search results and this article right here is a good perspective on what we need to do to stand at the forefront of our industry.

2024 Blogging Statistics: 11 years of Trends and Insights from 1000+ Bloggers

It’s that time of the year again, when Andy Crestodina gathers info from 12,163 bloggers (I’m one of them) and puts together this state of the blogosphere report. Blogging can seem 2010ish but I still do it for therapeutic reasons as well as actually seeing some positive results. Not sure about you, but I was never able to put out a blog in less than 4h - the average being 10+.


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