When my wife was a sophomore in college, she lost her mother to a long-fought battle with ovarian cancer.

This was after losing both of her aunts (her mom’s sisters) to breast cancer just a couple years earlier…

Although Emily and I were only dating at the time, I knew we would one day get married and have kids, and I knew when we did that Emily would miss not having her mom around.

When that day came, and our first child was born, it was one of the happiest days in both of our lives. But at the same time, there were also moments of sadness when we reflected on how much we wish Emily’s mom were around to see her grandchild and give Emily “mom advice”.

So why do I tell you that story?

Why would I drop such an emotional bomb on you on a Saturday morning?

Here’s the deal: Painful as this is to recall, I wanted you to know that cancer has affected me and my family in a very real and personal way.

And with the ever-increasing cancer rates in our society, chances are you have any equally (if not more) sad story to tell.

That’s why I’m writing you this email…

Right now another mother is fighting cancer, and she’s not ready to leave her children:

http://www.marilynreahealthfund.blogspot.com/

Normally I don’t mix causes with marketing, but this one struck a chord, and in this fight every little bit helps.

Both Tim and Howie have been friends of mine for years, so I trust them.

And they are willing to trade you some “how to dominate google” videos for your donation…but frankly if that’s the only reason you’re donating I ask that you please reassess your motives.

For what it’s worth, I have made a personal donation well in excess of the “recommended” amount.

Now I’m asking you to do the same.

Please give if you can:

http://www.marketersforacure.com/

Thanks for your time,
Ryan Deiss

This is quite possibly the simplist method I’ve seen for making money with a blog. But be warned, it does involve WORK (or “hustle” as Gary likes to call it) and it does involve picking up a phone and talking to a real-live human being.

I think you can handle it.

The fact is, most business books kinda suck and would be better off as 15 - 20 page reports. Personality Not Included is definitely an exception…

The author, Rohit Bhargava, spends the first half of the book explaining the importance of incorporating personality in business. It’s good information, but without the Part 2 of the book it would be “just another business book”.

But in Part 2 he includes exercices and turnkey techniques you can use to actually put his information into action. It’s the kind of thing you’d expect to see in an expensive home-study course!

My advice: Buy this book, read it, and implement the techniques in your own business.

It’ll probably be the best $15.61 investment you make all year…

Although I wasn’t personally named, anyone can tell that this post is about me and my Continuity Blueprint training program. Normally I don’t respond to these sorts of things, but I take offense when the word “LIES” gets thrown around.

Watch this video and judge for yourself…

NOTE: You can read the original post here:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/23161-lies-about-continuity-membership-income.html

CLICK HERE to get the TRUTH about Continuity Blueprint…

You can get all the details at:

http://www.income.com/blog/2008/10/29/the-death-of-blogrush/

Pardon my crudeness, but it takes balls to risk your own cash and pursue a big project like this.

That being said, it takes MUCH, MUCH bigger balls to make the hard decision to cut your losses and move on.

Only a Grade-A, Status Quo Coward would chastise John or relish in the “failure” of BlogRush, so be on the lookout for “haters” and tell them Ryan Deiss said they’re a “coward”.

Seriously…tell them that.

CLICK HERE to read the “Pansy Report”…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…NOTHING ticks me off more than marketers who get offended by marketing.

And as someone who’s been accused of “aggressive marketing” in the past (as if that’s a bad thing) I’m glad someone finally had the GUTS to stand up and say what the rest of  us have been thinking:

Check it out:

http://www.PansyReport.com

NOTE: I realize this post will irritate some folks. Just remember…we’re all marketers here and as long as you disclose what you’re doing there’s NOTHING unethical about the methods this report talks about.

Here’s a video that describes how we turned a “marketing lemon” into lemonade.

NOTE: Listen for the big announcement at the end of the video…

CLICK HERE To Learn More About Continuity Blueprint…

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We apologize for the inconvenience.

We thought we had covered all our bases by splitting resources and maxing out bandwidth, but apparently we were wrong. Please know we’re doing everything we possibly can to restore service.

Thanks for your patience and understanding,
Ryan