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You *are* hearing the buzz, right?
I mean - it started right at the beginning of 2006. (As a matter of fact, I was a bit upset about this. More about that later…)
I mean…
… the butterfly buzz …
“The flapping of a single butterfly’s wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. Over […]

I detest gurus. I really, really do. It’s nothing personal. I detest what other people make of them.
Born in the sixties I was brought up in an environment where many of my friends’ parents had been hippies. My own dad has records of many an artist who made an appearance at Woodstock. And I had […]

Do you have any friends who are always short on cash? Stop throwing your money down their drain…
How many friends do you have who are always begging you for money? Or never pay for drinks on a night out? Or try to make you invest in some insane and risky project that will - swear […]

My friend Mindy Koch from ‘Organized for Success’ wrote a great special report which explains exactly how you can best organize all the eBooks you download from the internet. I used to think I was pretty organized myself, but after reading Mindy’s report I realised I was not even 50% as organized as I could […]

Thanks to everyone who sent me tips and advice for the next time Holland snows under. We can deal with water quite well - as long as it’s fluid though…
It was snowing at 3 cm an hour which roughly translates to 1 inch and since it snowed for about 24 hours non-stop we got about […]

Today I witnessed the Dutch version of a Black Friday…
Now, if you’re not from the States you perhaps don’t know what Black Friday is over there? I didn’t till 2 days ago. It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving and it marks the start of the holiday selling frenzy.
With a long weekend ahead, many Americans take advantage […]

“How Joe Vitale Made $2000 Overnight with a book he didn’t write…”
Last night Russell Brunson interviewed Joe Vitale about his success with publishing a book he found in the Public Domain. Russell send me a copy of the recording because he knew I’d be really interested. I’m a fan of Joe’s work, I write and […]

The structure of the book:
The main subject of the Confidential Internet Intelligence Manuscript is what Mark calls the IPPLM-process for developing a business plan. IPPLM stand for:

The Idea Generation Phase
The Product Creation Phase
The Pre-Launch Phase
The Launch Phase
The Maintenance Phase

Quote from the book:
The 5-Step Business Development Plan is something I developed for my consulting […]