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I’m a huge fan of Rob. You should get to know him. Check out his site here.

I’m pretty excited about my new video show, Shhh! The Secret Show, which has its first episode here. The premise is that it’s a show to help you be a better you, and to improve your business through the effort. It ties to what I’m working on with my company, and it’s going to be a lot of fun to build.

Instead of starting off with something fully polished and perfect, I wanted to “build it in front of you,” which means that I’ll show you how I improve it each episode. I’m learning lots of new skills at the same time, including lighting, how to sync audio and video from different sources, effects, and more. As the show builds, you’ll see some new effect each time (or maybe you won’t notice them).

And, of course, there will be more to learn about through the actual content. In this first episode, I interview someone with experience consulting with over 250 really large businesses and a lot of lessons learned. Check out what you can learn from Andrea Kates here.

And please feel free to give me feedback on the show. I’m sure it will be able to use your advice and feedback.

Thanks for all your kindness over the years. This is another project where I hope to give back. I also look forward to announcing more about the show in just a few weeks! So stay tuned for that, too.

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You may or may not know that I’m pushing my Google+ for Business book. One reason is that THIS WEEK is the big push, and that’s a marketing method. The other reason is that I think that picking up the Google+ knowledge now, in the turn of the year, will help you as a business person.

But now I want to talk to you authors out there, especially the aspiring authors.

Writing and Publishing a Book is Tricky

The story of my Google+ book deal is every bit as unique as the story of my Trust Agents book deal. And I know that many aspiring authors have questions about how to get published by the mainstream, as well as questions about whether or not it even matters to publish with the mainstream these days. I have opinions on this.

You also might want to know how one can write a book while running two companies and maintaining a very busy travel schedule, having two kids around (at least some days every week), and doing all the other things I’m doing. What goes into the practice of writing to get the work done? I can help.

Finally, you might want to know about my marketing methods. How do I sell books without trying to seem like a jerkbag? This is a really tricky part, because many people have written amazing books and then sold very few of them due to poor marketing. I most definitely have some ideas on how to make this work for you.

I Want to Make You An Offer

For all aspiring or published authors who want to receive my 3-part webinar video series on How to Write and Publish a Book, which I will be SELLING later for either $47 or $97, I will make a deal with you that you can get it for as little as $9.99 USD.

BUY A COPY OF GOOGLE+ FOR BUSINESS, show me the receipt (screen capture is fine), and I will give you the 3 part video series for FREE!

Yep. I’ll give you my new web video program talking you through book deals, publishing, the work of writing, and how I marketed my own books, for free, if you simply buy a copy of my Google+ for Business Book.

Offer Ends VERY SOON

The thing is, you have to buy before 10pm ET on Saturday the 31st of December, and I’d prefer you buy from one of the 3 sources listed here.

But, if you do that, and email a copy (or screenshot) of the receipt to nl@bteam.co (note: not COM, it’s CO), before 10PM ET on Saturday (that’s GMT-5), you’re in.

Deal?

You know that I’m a professional speaker, and you maybe know that I charge quite handsomely for my efforts, as I put a great deal of effort, experience, and ability into my work on stage. My US speaking rate is $22,000, and I charge $30,000 overseas (plus air and hotel).

What if I said that you could book me for as little as $4650 plus air and hotel. WHAT?

My Big Speaking Offer

I will make 5 of these deals available for a very limited time, so check with who you have to check with and book this now. Read every line below and pay attention to the offer.

1. Buy 300 copies of Google+ For Business between Sunday December 25th and Saturday, December 31st, and SHOW ME THE RECEIPT, and you can schedule me to speak at your event or corporate meeting in 2012 (we have to agree on the date, but can start mapping that out immediately).
2. You must buy the copies through either 800 CEO Read, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble through the US channels ONLY to take advantage of this offer (as the goal from my side is to push sales of the book).
3. Your event can be anywhere in the world, but the purchases have to be through the US channel.

And that’s it. From there, we’ll schedule the speech, the topic, and whatever else I can do to make it a great event for you.

If you have ANY questions about details, just contact us.

So there. Who’s in? (Note: last time I did this in 2009, we sold all the offers in 4 hours.)

Oh, and if you don’t want to buy 300 copies of Google+ for Business, you can buy just one, too, but not for the deal. : )

I believe more and more people are going to make video in 2012 and beyond. We are consuming more video than ever before. YouTube serves 3 Billion videos a day, 15% or more of those being consumed on a mobile device ( source). If you’re not yet creating video that’s compelling and useful for the people you want to see more of for your business, then you’re necessarily giving your audience what they want, are you?

YouTube is the #2 search engine in the world. Yes, there are other video hosting sites, and they are all wonderful and deserve your attention. But you should post to whichever site you prefer and YouTube, and that’s just one detail of what you need to know to make video work for you.

Tuesday’s FREE Newsletter is About Video

Take a moment and subscribe to my newsletter. (If you can’t see the link, click here.)

Tuesday’s edition of the newsletter will give you all kinds of information on tools, software, tips, and ideas to get started with video. This information won’t be shared on [chrisbrogan.com]. It’s for subscribers to the newsletter. So, if you want to get involved, sign up now, and I’ll see you there!

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This time, I went almost entirely “off the shelf.” [chrisbrogan.com] is pretty much the standard Generate theme with a fairly easy edit to the header to stick my pretty head in the area where Copyblogger Media had a nifty graphical badge. Other than that? It’s my site running Generate.

I shot this video walkthrough, and an interview with Copyblogger Media’s Chief Product Officer, Brian Gardner, to talk abut it:

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If you want to get more people to your site and get more subscribers today, I can highly recommend the GENERATE theme.

Mobile chrisbrogan.com

Okay, when the Copyblogger theme (affiliate link) came out a little while back, it wasn’t that long after [chrisbrogan.com] got a new theme. As we share a design team, I wasn’t exactly calling Brian Clark out for it, but if you look at the graphic above, and then you look at my site (not on a mobile device), you’ll see that um… it’s pretty similar. Right? We can admit this now, right, Brian?

But now, if you have the Genesis Premium WordPress Theme, you can get the Copyblogger *cough cough* ChrisBrogan.com *cough cough* theme absolutely FREE. Note that I said it’s free if you’re a Genesis user. That’s because this is a “child” theme, and you need the Genesis framework to load it. Here’s the thing: it’s a gorgeous theme and has served me (and Brian) very well for the last while. Seeing as Brian is moving on to another them, he figures there’s no harm in letting you make your site look like mine.

What’s included in a premium theme like this?

• 6 layout options for flexible design choices
• Red, orange, or blue color schemes
• Responsive mobile layout for iPad and iPhone
• Sidebar and footer widgets for easy customization
• Turn-key archive and blog page templates
• Rock solid search engine optimized code
• Unlimited domains you can use it on
• Expert support from our StudioPress team

That’s pretty darned cool, right? I don’t think mine goes that easily to Orange. At least, I haven’t found that button yet.

The Thanksgiving Sale

In the US, we are celebrating Thanksgiving, and the folks at Copyblogger Media have made a whole bunch of deals available. I love and use these products, and vouch for all of them. If you’re thinking about investing in your blogging and online capabilities for 2012, you’d do well to check out these deals:

25% off Everything at StudioPress

• Get the Genesis Framework for only $45.
• Pick up a Genesis child theme design for less than $20.
• Snag a Genesis / design combo and save close to $20 (or more).
• Wipe the entire shop clean by getting our Pro Pack All-Theme Package. Get Genesis plus all 43 current designs, plus every design we make in the future, and save over $74 off the regular price (and over $875 off the retail price of just the existing 43 designs)!

I cribbed some of this from the Copyblogger site, so forgive me that. We’re both promoting their stuff.

Premise Ultimate for $95

You want easy-to-build landing pages? Man, we use these ALL the time at HBW. Check out Premise. (affiliate link). It’s our ace in the hole for helping build landing pages that drive better sales, and now, with the “Ultimate” model, it’s even better, with more neato stuff to drive better conversions.

How Do You Get The Sales?

Pick what you want to buy.
Look for the spot in the checkout process where you can add a promotional code.
Enter the code THANKS and click “Get Promo” to see your special deal.
This deal ends promptly at 5:00 pm Pacific time on Monday, November 28, 2011.

Do eeeeeet. This is a great sale, won’t likely be repeated in this form, and is a bunch of really great stuff that you can benefit from adding to your quiver. If you’ve been holding off on things like this, make this the reason why you should get into premium themes and improved blogging tools. I use them for all my current sites and projects. Everything I do has a bit of Copyblogger Media technology worked into it. Why shouldn’t you give it a look-see.

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And don’t forget to enter THANKS and click the “Get Promo” to get your deal. Otherwise, you’ll be all grumpy with me.

I’m speaking for Verizon on a free webinar called Building a New Dialtone: How Social Media Reshaped Communications. If that’s interesting to you, it’s coming up tomorrow, October 5th, at 2PM ET (and yes, it will be recorded).

Essentially, this is about how one might view these social networking tools as something more than a place to share about your lunch. I hope you find it useful.

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Hopefully this proves useful.