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Your golden insiders-only ticket to the first live Fascinate chat

by Sally Hogshead on February 13, 2010

Think of it as a virtual cocktail party… except without the chardonnay and stale pigs-in-a-blanket.

The supremely cool folks at Talent Zoo are setting up a live conversation for us (yes… us, as in you and me… the person reading this blog, and the person writing this blog). We’ll chat, banter, and explore how fascination can make your own ideas more persuasive.

How to get your golden insiders-only ticket?

  • 1) Email a copy of your Fascinate receipt to fascinate@talentzoo.com. (Lost your receipt? No worries. Just name what logo is on page 65 of the book). Talent Zoo will email you your VIP pass.
  • 2) Take the F Score test, so we can discover into which triggers you’re using to influence others, and then explore how to refine those triggers to become even more influential at work.
  • 3) Thursday the 18th at 2 pm EST, slam back a few caffeinated beverages, and log into this inner-circle rendezvous.

The topics are yours to choose. We can chat about how to make your marketing messages more memorable; why most great ideas fail; or even the three-year writing process behind Fascinate. If you’ve got questions about the book, or about fascination as it applies in your own life, I’m eager to learn them. And I’m excited for the opportunity to talk with you about how fascination applies in your own life.

Do join us, won’t you?

ADD-friendly reading: Hog-isms 002

by Sally Hogshead on November 9, 2009

Our second issue, for your media-snacking pleasure. Filled with tweets, quips, other tidbits of innovation goodness. Oh, a splash of bacon-infused vodka.

Bon appétit.

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Hog-isms, Issue 001

by Sally Hogshead on September 28, 2009

Introducing Hog-isms, Issue 001. A collection of recent tweets, online posts, random mumblings, little ditties. That sort of thing.

We might create issues weekly. Or we might not. It’s an experiment, ya’ll. Let us know what you think, won’t you please? We love your feedback.

It’s all original content. So in the meantime, feel free to print, post, or plagiarize to your heart’s content.

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Recession karma: What goes around, comes around, during a downturn.

March 31, 2009

The word “karma” gets breezily tossed about in pop culture. However if we go back a few millennia, things were different. The word karma wasn’t followed by “is a bitch” on bumper stickers.

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Put down the beer bong, and read this blog post.

March 11, 2009

Welcome to day three of “A dozen things I wish someone had told me.” Today’s topic is, appropriately, about being in school. (Of course, as always, this applies to those of us who graduated long, long ago.)
1) Your taste will change. Several times. Enjoy that evolution and stay open-minded. (And don’t get stuck in a [...]

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Every day of your career is a job interview: A dozen(ish) points for every type of job interview.

March 10, 2009

Welcome to our second installment of “Things I wish someone had told me earlier in my career.” Today’s topic: Interviewing.
All of us, no matter what our employment status, are interviewing every single day of our careers. Especially now. Every day is an opportunity to demonstrate your value.
Below, a collection of points about interviews and introductions. [...]

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Geez, I wish someone had told me this while I was still in school.

March 9, 2009

Hindsight is 20/20, sure. But foresight is even better.

To that end, I’ll be blogging each day this week with one dozen pieces of “foresight” that I wish someone had told me when I was in school. A few of these points reference advertising, but most apply to anyone in business. (Most are probably [...]

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How to know when it’s time to go it alone

December 9, 2007

Or: Why being an entrepreneur ain’t for wussies.
My heart ka-boomed in my chest as we stood outside the building, preparing to sign the lease. I turned to my business partner, took a breath, and nervously said I couldn’t go through with it. Not because the building’s recent remodel from a mechanic’s garage left much to [...]

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The Starbuckian Handbook

August 16, 2007

A field guide to your local virtual office
You know all those people who use Starbucks as their office? The ones with laptops, powercords, cell phones, and papers spread out, holding meetings across tiny wooden tables? They used to annoy me. Until I became one.
I began with great disdain. Starbucks is the white-collar lowest common denominator. [...]

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