As many of you know, I am full of it…. where “it” is useful information. I am always in consulting mode, and I’m always learning. I share a lot of information in my blog, but that is difficult to browse to find “that one link you mentioned was a great way to deal with stupid questions!” or “The person who was on your radio show that was talking about Sprouting!” Well… I’m addressing that!
I’m creating a resources page to make it easy to find links based on categories, etc…. I’m going to feature my favorite companies, programs that can save you thousands of hours, tools, tutorials, etc…. not all stuff by me. Mostly stuff I recommend.
-Admission- I am currently swamped! So many projects fell on my lap out of nowhere… so I don’t have time to fill it in today. The link will be http://CouchSurfingOri.com/resources – I’ll be filling it in later.
Let me know if there’s something specific you’d like to see more links to, or need resources for.
A lot of you remember that I lost 28 pounds in 30 days, and everyone kept asking me how.
The answer is…
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The Daily Juice. It was at this place that I first sat down to chat with Craig Allen, and we ate and discussed raw food.
I had always been a brat about salads (ask my mom - she’s newly on twitter!). I would not eat them (most veggies actually). But that day, I tried the BBQ Coconut Burrito at Daily Juice. Mmmmmmmm!!!!
Seriously! It was so good, that I was able to not only finish the meal, but also crush my disbelief that veggies can’t taste good without being fried (Tempura veggies aren’t healthy?? what?). After that, I had gone on a 30 day raw challenge, and lost 28 pounds in 30 days.
I ran into my friend Lyn Graft, and told him about this contest I’m entering called Live Off Groupon (You get $100,000 if you can spend a whole year living off Groupons- check their site to learn all about ‘em). Turns out that not only did Lyn know all about Groupons, but his favorite Groupon Deal so far has been for Daily Juice.
I went in and chatted to one of the staff there today about the establishment, and their experience on Groupon. It was a lot of fun- check it out:
Now you know why this place is a healthy Austinite’s favorite hangout. If you haven’t been, try it out.
Since I like to share marketing ideas, I recommend that you contact Groupon about being a deal on there. It would take you a long time to sell 1,000 smoothies (or whatever your product is)…. Groupon helps you get the word out about your business quickly. It’s tied into social media. I even spoke about it as the marketing advice for Couchsurfing Radio Episode 9.
I also talk about some killer ways to save money based on group buying, and how to use that for your own advertising and marketing. What the heck a hackintosh is, and how that’s going. And of course, the latest trouble I’m looking to get into
There was more… and that’s why you need to listen to Episode 7. You can hear what the listeners who got their consulting thought, and check out a funny conversation with Jason Moffatt. That reminds me– this is the first episode to have the word “shit” in it. I was wondering how long the G rating would last
Didn’t make the show? That’s too bad, ’cause that’s where the information on how to get free consulting.
For this week’s show, I asked people what they wanted to hear, and gave it to them. The short version: My predictions on where tablet technology is going, ways to be more productive, P90x and fitness, a bit of consulting on the show, as well as giving away 3 one hour sessions of consulting for the next day. Need your problems solved? Catch the next episode, and follow @couchsurfingori on twitter… I’ll be posting when the next giveaway, and may do live consults as a regular part of the show.
Many people are often baffled by “What exactly is it Ori does?” and “How the heck does Ori pay for his journey?” – while these things are written in my book… my book isn’t out yet
I can tell you a bunch of things that I do, but I’ll use someone else’s words. Elizabeth Potts Weinstein wrote this after a short while of consulting with me:
“Ori is brilliant in so many things – photography, graphic design, web design, business strategizing, personal coaching, marketing – but those are just the tools he uses to express his creativity, to solve problems, to do what he really does … which is to pull the unique brand out from inside of you and give you the tools you need to express that brand to the world.
And I’m not talking about *thinking* your way into a brand that you “should” be or a brand you “wish” you could be … here I’m talking about a brand that is the expression of your personality, the uniqueness that you already are. Bringing together all your seemingly disparate passions into sync, figuring out the nexus that pulls everything together!”
Want free advertising? Want more credibility than you get out of an ad? You need to listen to Peter Shankman’s interview.
I frequently refer to Peter Shankman as a roll model, ’cause he’s a spaz, funny, adventurous, and successful. Last night’s call was haunting, because it showed that there were a lot more similarities (even the listeners were commenting on that). We also spoke about many other topics, such as bucket lists, skydiving, flying all over the world, and much more. Have a listen:
Just when I think “Gosh.. I gotta really work my brain to come up with something to blog about today,” scammer Dominic Holland from Viralee sends me a legal threat. I shall share it, and of course provide feedback… in RED! ’cause that’s what they do in the American school system to ruin kids’ dreams and hopes, and I want to crush Dominic Holland’s hopes of scamming people. And now… the letter: Read the rest of this entry »
Yes, you’re sitting there blogging, or adding pictures to your site, when all of a sudden your entire website disappears. Uhhh… Hello? What happened? Time to call your admin (unless you’re the admin– in my case, I am), or your host. What happened?
Well, it turns out that there’s been some phishing scams, spam bots, and a panda-porn site… all running from your account. Who knew? Well, your host did…. that’s why they shut you down.
Just the other day, I was uploading my podcasts for CouchSurfingRadio, when I screwed up, and had to go figure out which directory I accidentally uploaded the file to. There was a new directory from that day! I didn’t remember making a .files directory. Worse than that, was when I looked inside, there were hundreds of .html files that were laced with keywords.. (They had filenames that were just filled with words that people look up– celebrity names, product names, etc… and the inside of each was laced with the same thing… just spam keywords).
The file count was getting higher! Someone was uploading while I watched. I deleted all the files, and they kept coming. I checked the folder permissions, and it was limited access to just me. What a nightmare, someone got in as me! I did not want to have to get another refund on hacker domains, or go through getting my site re-activated!
I quickly changed my password. They were still there. They were getting in as me somehow. How can you avoid this happening to you? Read the rest of this entry »
Couchsurfing Radio Episode #2 was a fast-paced humor-filled, inspiration laced ride! It’s hard to believe that just last week I spent an hour of going “uhhhhh”- and harder to believe that yet again, I threw it together!
At first, neither I nor my listeners could get on! I set the settings wrong, and we had to move the show to 11:30pm EST, instead of 11. But from that point, everything was on track.
This time, I had two guests. Hottie adventurer entrepreneur Ingrid Vanderveldt who races motorcycles, jumps out of a plane, is building up a company valued at $100,000,000, and knows the value of being unique, and seeking mentors. I find her inspirational, and she tries to empower women-entrepreneurs. Read the rest of this entry »
Make sure you catch tonight’s show! It’s at 11pm EST, on CouchSurfing Radio.
Good news: Tonight I will be less distracted! Through the magic of technology, a lovely assistant
I”m already getting momentum. Peter Shankman agreed to do next week’s, Tony Hsieh is doing the show in May. If you don’t know who they are, google them…. but both shows, you’ll definitely want to catch!
I haven’t really been preparing. Life goes on… but I did leave you guys with that cliff hanger, so I’ll have to tell the entire guitar story…
If you have questions you’d like answered, you can start sending them to me through the contact form, or facebook.
There are to do's, and not-to-do's when setting goals.
I was asked if I had any resolutions for this year. I said, yes of course! 1920×1200 of course! (For you non-geeks, that’s my laptop’s screen resolution. It’s measured in pixels). I don’t believe in resolutions. Why? Because they’re usually crap… they are something that doesn’t mean anything. They are the reasons that gyms are in business. All that holiday food, and now everyone wants six-pack abs, buys a gym membership, and then doesn’t do anything with it. I don’t do resolutions, I do goals.
Goal setting has been scientifically proven to make achievement more likely. They say your goal should be big and hard (don’t start with the perv jokes just yet… it’s only day 1 of the year… oh heck! Let’s have a fun year.. make your perv jokes), or it won’t inspire you enough to get it done. If you don’t MAKE goals (by the way, only about 3% of the USA population actually knows how or bothers to set goals).
Don’t worry… this isn’t a “How to set Goals so they work” post. This is me talking a little bit about that, and a little bit about what I’m looking to do for 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
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A lot of you remember that I lost 28 pounds in 30 days, and everyone kept asking me how.
Many people are often baffled by “What exactly is it Ori does?” and “How the heck does Ori pay for his journey?” – while these things are written in my book… my book isn’t out yet 
Just when I think “Gosh.. I gotta really work my brain to come up with something to blog about today,” 
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