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Upcoming Appearances

“Management Consulting News” and “The Guerrilla Consultant.” Michael McLaughlin, author of “Winning the Professional Services Sale” and co-author of “Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants,” interviewed me for a podcast that will run on two of his sites.  His “Management” site will air it on 9/7, and his “Guerrilla” site will air it on “Guerrilla” on 9/13.

Published & Profitable. Roger C. Parker, who has authored 38 books, will be interviewing me during a teleseminar on September 16th at 11 AM Eastern Time. I’ll be discussing ways of liberating people from conventional thinking. (Speaking of Roger, he also wrote about the design of my website in a blog post, “Design tips for making your blog compelling and credible.” )

“Wow, Inform, Convert: How to Talk About Your Business Clearly and Engagingly”: On 9/23 I’ll be giving a two and a half hour workshop in New York City for the entrepreneurial organization, Ladies Who Launch. The workshop will focus on how to create an elevator speech that stops people in their tracks.

“Wayne Hurlbert’s Blog Business Success.” Wayne has an internet show on Blog Talk Radio in which he discusses entrepreneurship, blogging, SEO tactics, and other business success strategies. I’ll be making my second appearance there on September 30th at 8 PM Eastern Time.

Six Pixels of Separation — The Podcast. On 8/18, famed blogger Mitch Joel interviewed me for his podcast. Once I know the posting date, I’ll list it here.

Recent Blogs, Vlogs, Audios, and Other Things of Interest

“The Fascination Factor.” A manifesto I wrote for ChangeThis.com on how to write books and other thought leadership pieces which are uniquely your own and of considerable value to readers.

“Finding Your Company’s Special Sauce.” Donna Fenn, contributing editor at Inc. magazine and author of “Upstarts,” interviews me for BNET. I discuss methods of finding your differentiation and competitive advantages.

“Standout in the Crowd: Mark Levy’s ‘Accidental Genius’ Helps Your Find Your Special Sauce.” An interview I did with Fast Company “Expert Blogger,” Cali Yost.

Apple iBookstore promo. Apple’s marketing managers kindly decided to promote my book on their site’s revolving banner. As the owner of many Apple products, I’m proud as punch that they thought that highly of my book.

“Digital Storyteller.” On his “Six Pixels of Separation” site, Mitch Joel’s post about how marketing “needs to up its game,” especially when it comes to transmedia storytelling. He then cites fifteen books on “how to tell a great story.” I’m proud to say that “Accidental Genius” is one of those fifteen winners.

“Efficiency and cranking stuff out.” David Meerman Scott’s blog post about how he generates so much content every year. The last quarter of the post talks about the hand “Accidental Genius” and I have played in David’s prolific career. In the Comments section of that post, I have two entries; the second describes how I conceptually break writing into separate components.

“Use Freewriting to Brainstorm In Three Easy Steps.” A MarketingProfs’ article by Christian Gulliksen that quadrupled my site traffic the day it was released. (By the way, I used to call my blog, “The Levy Innovation Blog,” but Christian called it the “Compelling Blog” in this article, and that’s what I call it now, too.)

“The Writing Marathon, or How to Get New Ideas When You’ve Reached the End of Your Thinking.” A guest post I wrote for Jonathan Fields’ blog. In it, I teach a radical version of freewriting, which generated lots of comments.

“Summer Projects.” A blog post by Debbie Weil, in which she talks about freewriting and “Accidental Genius.” She also shows readers the results of an exercise I had her do:  a parody of John McPhee’s writing style.

“Are You ‘Paralyzed by Potential’? Get Over It?” In this guest post that Roger C. Parker did for Dan Schwabel’s “Personal Branding Blog,” Roger discusses three books that help would-be writers get unstuck. One of those is “Accidental Genius.” He cites the role of freewriting as a tool to escape perfectionism.

“FutureWork Radio.” Laura Goodrich, of the business film, “Seeing Red Cars” has an internet radio series that examines workplace evolution, and what companies can do to stay ahead and grow. As part of the series, I’ll appear five times in the upcoming months. In this first interview, I talk about status quo thinking: how to use it and escape it.

“The Power of the Pen: Using Freewriting to Conquer Your Biggest Business Challenges.” A podcast conducted by Aaron Joslow of Rally Point Webinars.

“Solve Business Problems and Think Creatively Using Freewriting.” A podcast conducted by Michelle Davidson, editor of RainToday.com. Michelle also talked about the ease of the freewriting approach in a post she wrote, “Struggling with Sales and Marketing Challenges? Try This.”

“A Fireside Chat with Mark Levy @LevyInnovation.” A podcast conducted by Lisa Haneberg, of Management Craft, which has been downloaded over a thousand times. After recording it, Lisa wrote that she felt “intellectually buzzed.” Lisa also wrote this post about how flaws are essential for great leaders, which was based on a line I wrote to her in an email.

“How to Become a Better Writer.” A guest vlog post I recorded for Shama Kabani and Shama.TV. A piece on what viewers must do to write a book of significance.

“Free Your Genius and the Ideas Will Follow.” Sandra Lee Schubert interviewed me for an hour on her Blog Talk Radio program. Among other things, I talked about how I discovered freewriting.

“An Interview with Mark Levy.” Nettie Hartsock interviewed me for Cincom’s “Expert Acess” site, and I talked about positioning and freewriting.

“How to Talk About Your Business Clearly and Engagingly.” A twenty minute podcast of me reading five of my favorite blog posts. For a limited time you can get as part of a “Bonus Materials” offer when you buy Adrian Ott’s book, “The 24-Hour Customer.”

“The Challenge 2010: Module 2/Day 3.” Since 2005, Ed Dale has been teaching people how to start their own internet business through a series of high-energy lessons framed as “challenges.” In this video lesson, Ed not only teaches viewers how to freewrite; he also talks about reading the first edition of “Accidental Genius” ten years ago, and how it changed his entire approach towards writing and content creation. (Ed starts discussing the book at the three minute mark.)

“’Accidental Genius’ can change your thinking.” A review of my book by Lois Kelly, author of “Beyond Buzz.” Here, Lois mentions she used one of the techniques in “Accidental Genius” to break through a four month block she had while  writing her latest book, “Be the Noodle.”

“Crafting Compelling Messages,” “Solving Problems Through Freewriting,” and “Thinking of Blogging? Freewriting Makes It Easy.” Three recent posts by Fast Company “Expert Blogger,” Tom Clifford. The first two posts are interviews with me. The third is a post that Tom says was inspired by “Accidental Genius.”

“How to Improve Your Writing Skills — Simply Become an Accidental Genius.” Online marketer Amanda Lee on how freewriting helped her overcome her hatred of writing.

“Tap Into Your Genius With Freewriting.” A podcast conducted by Phillip Mountrose for the internet radio show hosted by he and his wife, “The Heart and Soul of Success.” Phillip also blogged about our chat.

How Do You Generate Great Ideas, Insight, and Content? Matt Weiss, the entrepreneurial owner of 888 Red Light, writes about my book and freewriting in The New York Enterprise Report.

“Leveraging Free Writing to Solve Content Marketing Block.” A post by Joe Pulizzi, founder of Junta42. The most satisfying thing: When Joe and I had our first conversation he hadn’t  heard of the technique, but was jazzed enough to immediately try it out.