Miscellaneous Ramblings - Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Edition
Dot Com Pho - Pho Trang An Edition
Tomorrow’s Dot Com Pho will be held at Pho Trang An - 1284 Kingsway, Vancouver. Anyone wishing to attend the weekly Pho meet up should email me or send me a tweet on Twitter so I can save you a seat and get a head count. We have prizes this week! Free pens from Bic Promo Pens, I’m Blogging This T-shirts from Market Leverage and one new Dot Com Pho attendee will walk away a The Web Site Revenue Maximizer kit from SitePoint.
The Art & Science of CSS
Speaking of SitePoint, if you follow them on Twitter, they will send you The Art & Science of CSS eBook for free. This 208 page book will teach you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about CSS, and more. It normally sells for $29.95 but it’s yours free for the Twitter follow.
If you follow me on Twitter, I’ll send you a nice thank you tweet.
Vote for Suzanne Franco - The Next Blogging Idol
The voting stage of The Next Blogging Idol has started and Suzanne Franco needs your help. Head over to Daily Blog Tip and cast your vote for her.
Power of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Michael Kwan, who blogs for Pho, has a cute post titled Power of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Basically, if you truly believe that something is going to happen, there’s a good chance that it is going to manifest itself. In other words, whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. I wonder if Kwan has been reading Think and Grow Rich?
Six Sure-Fire Steps to Sell Anything to Anyone
Do you suck at sales? Then let Derek Halpern help you out. Derek is the blogger at Prevential.com and he’s got six sure-fire steps to sell anything to anyone. I heard that Derek once sold ice cubes to Eskimos and ran a successful clothing shop at a nudist camp.
Star Trek vs Star Wars: The Final Battle
Who would win in battle, a 642.5 meter long Galaxy-class Federation starship or a 1,600 meter long Imperial Star Destroyer? This video gives a definitive answer once and for all. Or does it? Watch the video and let another never ending battle between Star Trek and Star Wars fans begin.

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Hey John,
Thank you for the link. And no, I have never sold Ice to Eskimos, but Fire in Hell on the other hand…
Reply to this commentGreat to see you Derek getting recognition for your awesome post.
Reply to this commentI’m loving the Star Trek vs Star Wars episode! Awesome stuff!
Reply to this commentThanks for mentioning the CSS book. I’m finally going to get that one.
Too bad, I can’t come to the Dot Com Pho as I live in India.
Reply to this commentThank you for the free e-book tip!!! Your site always provides something for me daily!!!
Reply to this commentDo you usually do your earnings report on the 1st of every month??
Reply to this commentMost of the time, yes.
Reply to this commentThanks for great ebook and sales article!
Reply to this commentthat video was awesome until darth somehow unrealistically used force through a video link… that was incredibly LAME!
Reply to this commentI don’t think Vader has enough Force skill to choke the entire crew of the Enterprise. One of two people, sure. But a crew of 1500? No way!
Reply to this commentThanks for the eBook advice. Am having to always Google everytime I have to work with my themes. You have a lot of good stuff for the Pho, envious once again to not live in Vancouver.
Reply to this commentI think maybe Kwan stayed up last night watching the secret on dvd. Regardless of what inspired him it is extremely true. If you want to achieve great success you need to truly believe that you can, otherwise you are just wasting your time. I know I do not read this blog because I went to high school with John. He is extremely successful at what he does and I hope to learn from him. Great post Michael. A big thanks on the ebook tip as well.
Reply to this commentThanks for the free e-book tip. Your site always provides something
Reply to this commentHeading to Vic for the weekend, enjoy your pho!
Reply to this commentJohn Thanks for the free ebook.
Reply to this commentLol darth vader.. old school character!
Reply to this commentLove the plug for the free CSS book! Thanks again, John!
Reply to this commentJohn,
Excellent post. The depth and breadth of the information you provide on your blog is truly amazing! Such good information and all for free!
I’m planning a massive donation launch next week, Nate of Unique Blog Designs has been requested to create the web pages and donation button. If he agrees we should launch sometime next week.
Beneficiaries? KIDS!
I wanted to do something for others during the holiday season. Will provide more detail as we get closer to the launch. It’s going to be huge!
Respectfully,
Reply to this commentNicholas Chase - ‘the video guy’ at BlogWorld Expo 2008
http://donotreadthisblogunless.blogspot.com/
There is definitely some truth to believing you can do something and accomplishing it. I know that it is intuitive but you not only have to believe but you have to do something about it. You have to make sacrifices and live a disciplined life. It’s like Godin’s book “Dip” and Kenny Rodger you have to “know when hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away, know when to run” (I know you want to sing it!!!)
Reply to this commentGood Video,
I would have like to have seen Capt. Kirk but either way good stuff. I think Star Wars won!!
Reply to this commentCool video, don’t mess with the force
Reply to this commentAnother fun Dot Com Pho. Can’t wait to see the video.
Reply to this commentI love the star trex video too… funny
Reply to this commentSitepoint’s ebook seems very informative.
Reply to this commentGood stuff on Derek’s blog. I’m ready to sell diet supplements to skinny people.
Reply to this commentGood information! Let me mail you for my birth. Thanks.
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