Here’s a mostly-weekly list of stuff I favorited in Google reader, clipped into Evernote, or favorited on Twitter.
- Jonathan Herron talks about how to do a radio commercial for your church.
- People who loved you when you first arrived may change their minds. Don’t panic. People who dislike you when you arrive may also change their minds. - H.B. Charles
- 37 launches of 3 products. Simple is better.
- Who pulls a plant out by the roots every 3 months to see if it’s growing? Leave your darn strategy alone & IMPLEMENT. – @lesmckeown
- Just because you can tell the time of day doesn’t mean you can build the clock. – @jeannalawrence
- 30 minutes early says u want to lead, on time says u will follow, 1 minute last says u want to work somewhere else” – My father (via @lmayer)
- The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. – Henry Ford
- I highly recommend this online marketing course from Copyblogger.
- Matt Chandler on church membership.
- 16 Rules of Internet Success
- ’The greatest players don’t just play harder than anyone else. They prepare harder than anyone else.” -John Elway
- How Bill Clinton prepares and presents.
- Astronauts use a toothbrush to fix a space station. Reminds me of how God can use anything.
- Why Call Me Maybe is so catchy.
- Here’s the thing: I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked. You may be more talented than me. You might be smarter than me. And you may be better looking than me. But if we get on a treadmill together, one of two things is going to happen: you are going to get off first or I’m going to die. It’s really that simple. I’m not going to be outworked. – Will Smith
- The speech the President would have given if the moon landing failed.
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I really like the Bill Clinton article. My favorite quote from it is that he seems “to treat voters as adults who must be reached by reason, rather than Hallmark-card sentimentality.”
Clinton’s use of facts as well as his appeal to the greater human commonality (rather than tell personal stories in hopes people might relate) make him compelling. I think a lot of communicators (especially in the church) over-explain things and leave no room for an intelligent audience to draw their own conclusions and applications.