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25 Of The Most Powerful & Influential Women in Social Media 2009

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It’s time to celebrate! Please congratulate 25 of the Most Powerful & Influential Women in Social Media that were hand-picked by folks on twitter. Yes, 25! I decided to shorten this year’s list because of time constraints. Congratulations ladies and thank you for all that you do!

1. Orli Yakuel | http://www.go2web20.net/
Alexa Rank 8,579 | Linking in 1,538

2. Ann Handley | http://www.marketingprofs.com
Alexa Rank 12,018 | Linking in 2,168

3. Heather Armstrong | http://dooce.com/
Alexa Rank 12,909 | Linking in 4,030

4. Lisa Stone | www.blogher.com
Alexa Rank 14,372 | Linking in 3,266

5. Robin Fray Carey | socialmediatoday.com
Alexa Rank 18,610 | Linking in 1,106
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What Does it Take to Succeed?

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After reading the title of this post, you probably repeated the question to yourself, “What does it take to succeed?” Now, here you are– curious to find out if your answer is similar to mine. What’s my answer? I’ll sum it up in the words I heard a tall gentleman with “big Donnie Osmond teeth” say back in the early 90s.

“Success happens because every single day you do something to make it happen.” -Tony Robbins

Of course, as you know there’s more to achieving success than taking action everyday. However, without action all other advice about manifesting your dreams is pointless. Isn’t it? Even the best selling book of all time informs us of that crucial truth in these words. “Faith without action is dead.” Whether you believe in the bible or not, it’s difficult to deny the validity of those simple words. Wouldn’t you agree?

The other factor that greatly determines our success is belief. Have you heard this saying before? “If you believe you can, you will. If you believe you can’t, you won’t.” I’m curious. Do you believe that you can succeed beyond your wildest dreams in this economy? Hold that thought, please. Before you answer, read about Casas Bahia.

Casas started out on his own selling blankets and bed linens door to door in Brazil. Eventually, he grew his company to the largest retail chain in the country. The shocking part of Casas’ story is his company sells electronics, appliances, and furniture to poor people. In fact, 70% of his customers have no formal income or consistent income. Casas Bahia grosses over $1 billion dollars and very loyal customers. [1]

I ask you again. Do you believe that you can succeed beyond your wildest dreams in this economy? I can’t hear you! Is that you screaming? “Yes, I can!”

Why am I writing about this topic again?

Last month I had the good fortune to be interviewed by a young man and friend of mine named Garrett Pierson about the topic, “What Success Takes.”

His questions really made me think about where I am in my life and how success is an ongoing journey.

I wanted to give you the opportunity to learn more about Garrett and his new upcoming book “What Success Takes”.

The best part is…

He is giving some freebies away before his book is made available to the public!

If you want to get access visit my affiliate link below:

http://immediateinfluenceblog.com/success

You will want to be sure to get V.I.P access which will give you an early jump on getting Garrett’s book absolutely free.

Take advantage of this offer because you will be able to learn from some great Success Mentors such as:

- Maria Reyes McDavis
- Joel Comm
- Alex Mandossian
- Michelle McPhearson
- Russell Brunson
- Carolyn Ellis
- Justin Brooke
- Mike Filsaime
- Me! :-)

and the list goes on and on!

So check it out now by visiting my affiliate link below:

-> http://immediateinfluenceblog.com/success

To your success,

Ron

[1] Vitale, Joe. Hypnotic Writing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons 2005.

Social Media Mastermind Tulsa

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In cities around the U.S. and abroad, Twitter, Linkedin, and Facebook members are meeting in small and large groups to continue building their online relationships, offline.  That’s a logical progression, wouldn’t you agree?  Yesterday I had the privilege of leading one such meeting, titled “Social Media Mastermind Breakfast.” I’m grateful for the Tulsa professionals who were in attendance at that meeting and to show my appreciation I’ve listed their names or Twitter user names with a live link below:

1. @CindyWMorrison Emmy award winning TV Anchor & Investigative Reporter / Author / Speaker / Mom

2. @Mandy_Vavrinak Marketing, Advertising, PR, Economic Development. Mom of almost 4. Wife. Cook. Writer & Graphic Artist. Lover of technology. And Chocolate.

3. Jessica Powell President, Emerge Interactive Media

4. @JoshPeak Internet Marketing Trainer and Advisor

5. @MSwezey President @ MDS Media Group and Creator of StreetMavens.com

6. Brandon Helscel Internet marketer and director with Gold Star Referral Clubs, have networking clubs in Houston, Tulsa, Denver, friends with BNI, chambers, and general business

7. @DanielKBennett Owner, Nexus Solutions

8. Cowboy Bill Watts If you’re as old as me this guy needs no introduction or bio because of his accomplishments as a pro wrestler.

9. David Fowler Helping businesses get found right now.

Thank you all for attending and participating in that first meeting. As you probably already know, the next meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 29th at 11:30 am. The location? The Ale-Haus European Grill & Pub located on the beautifully designed River Walk Crossing in Jenks, Oklahoma. Hope to see you there!

With your success in mind,

Ron

P.S. If you want to learn more details about how you can use various social media tools to discover, connect, engage, and serve your target audience, I recommend you read Ethically Influencing People with Web 2.0 Technology! By the way, the folks from Ping.fm have committed to attend our next meeting. We will also discover more about StreetMavens.com.

P.P.S. One more thing. We have officially named our group, “Social Media Mastermind Tulsa.” Visit our blog at SocialMediaMastermindTulsa.com. Thank you @Mandy_Vavrinak for suggesting that name! See you soon. :-)

What Success Takes

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A twitter friend of mine, @GarrettPierson invited me to answer several thought-provoking questions about “what success takes.” My answers to the questions, along with the answers from several other successful business people, will be included in his upcoming book, “What Success Takes,” so keep your eye out for it. In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy the following video presentation regarding what leads to success in life.
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Seven Top Immediate Influence Posts

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Eventually any blog will have posts that are very popular for a number of reasons.  This blog isn’t an exception.  Over the weekend, I reviewed Google Analytics and the list you see below quickly emerged.  Enjoy!

7.  Strategic Influence Objecting Number Two Example:

It is almost 2009! You’ve probably been thinking about what goals you want to achieve in the new year, have you not? In the days and weeks ahead, you will have many decisions to make about what actions to take to bring about the realization of your goals.

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6.  Ten Honest Things About Me You Don’t Want to Know:

On Monday, January 12th, I was tagged by MultiMedia Producer, Angel McClinton to reveal ten honest things about myself.  Unlike the incredibly talented Angel McClinton, I haven’t included a video presentation with my ten things.  Before I get started, you might want to click on Angel’s name to see her video and forget all about reading my ten things.  Just kidding.  Kinda!

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5.  What Stops People From Achieving What They Want:

Happy New Year!!!

2008 is behind us now and a new year has begun! By now, you’re off to a great start on achieving the goals you’ve set for 2009. However, you have probably run into some opposition. Typically, opposition shows itself in two ways – but I’m only going to write about one in this post. Ready?

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4.  One Big Web 2.0 Influence Mistake That Will Ruin Your Reputation:

On Friday, January 9th I tweeted a statistic Tony Robbins revealed while being interviewed by one of Success Magazine’s writers.  The statistic is related to the number of people who won’t follow through on the resolutions aka goals they set on New Year’s Day.  Tony said, “98% of the people who set resolutions will give up within six weeks.”

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3.  How to Deeply Influence Yourself and Others:

James Van Fleet once said, “Always think in terms of what the other person wants.”

During my nearly 10 years of marriage, I’ve discovered that one of the keys to a successful relationship is thinking in terms of what my wife wants.  For instance, there are times when my wife wants to watch a romantic movie when I’d prefer to watch an action movie.  You might be saying,”Great!  Let her watch her romantic movie and you go watch an action movie on another television.”  Good idea, my rational thinking friend.  However, if I were to act on that type of thinking my wife wouldn’t get what she really wanted it from the experience.  Connectedness. Guess what?  I want to feel that too.

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2.  50 Most Powerful and Influential Men in Social Media:

Last week, as you probably know, I published a list of the 50 Most Powerful & Influential Women in Social Media. It caused quite a stir on the internet. In fact, this blog was visited by over 2,000 unique visitors the day the list was published. I truly appreciate each of you who visited that day and the following days.

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1.  50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media:

In every industry there are a few people who are inarguably outstanding at what they do. In addition to that, they are typically charismatic, energetic, and creative. In an effort to find some of these people I asked my twitter friends to nominate people who they thought were some of the most powerful and influential women in Social Media. It was no surprise that they quickly and enthusiastically responded with the list of ladies below.

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With your success in mind,

Ron Hudson

Ten Honest Things About Me You Don’t Want to Know

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On Monday, January 12th, I was tagged by MultiMedia Producer, Angel McClinton to reveal ten honest things about myself.  Unlike the incredibly talented Angel McClinton, I haven’t included a video presentation with my ten things.  Before I get started, you might want to click on Angel’s name to see her video and forget all about reading my ten things.  Just kidding.  Kinda!  :-)

Alright.  Ten things?  Hmm.  ***Fingers drumming my desk***  Ten things?  Oh, I know where to start:

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Strategic Influence Objective Number Two Example

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It is almost 2009! You’ve probably been thinking about what goals you want to achieve in the new year, have you not? In the days and weeks ahead, you will have many decisions to make about what actions to take to bring about the realization of your goals.

The most important decisions will involve your ability to think strategically before acting tactically. Indulge me for a moment and read this excerpt from my previous post titled, “Three Strategic Influence Objectives,” to garner a better understanding of my thoughts regarding thinking strategically before acting tactically:
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