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Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #673 - Host: Mitch Joel. I'm super excited to welcome back to the show my good friend (and sales trainer extraordinaire), Ian Altman. Organizations call Ian Altman for his modern sales approach to grow business with integrity. As a CEO for over two decades, Ian founded and grew his own business-services and technology companies from zero to over $1 billion in value. This business success, backed by years of researching how customers make decisions, established Ian as a leading authority on sale acceleration and business growth. He synthesized his thinking into the bestselling book, Same Side Selling. We're here (again), because Ian just published a newly updated second edition of Same Side Selling (which he co-authored with Jack Quarles). Ian has hugely popular podcast of his own also titled, Same Side Selling, and had written hundreds of articles for Inc., Forbes and beyond. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 56:30
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
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• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with Ian Altman.
• Same Side Selling.
• Follow Ian on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Organizations call Ian Altman for his modern sales approach. As a CEO for over two decades, Ian founded and grew his own business-services and technology companies from zero to over $1 billion in value. This business success established Ian as a leading authority on sale acceleration. He synthesized his thinking into the bestselling book, Same Side Selling (which he co-authored with Jack Quarles). Ian has written hundreds of articles for Inc., Forbes and beyond.

Welcome to episode #672 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #672 - Host: Mitch Joel. Like millions of other people, YouTube is the new TV in my life. I subscribe to channels on YouTube, and every night I watch what I subscribed to. It's an amazing mess of interests, hobbies, music, news, information and more. I love it. Thousands of YouTube creators who seem to know exactly what I like (from magic and heavy metal to fountain pens and keynote speakers). Brands still want their videos to pop, and they want their content to go viral. The bigger idea is to create and build a sustainable (and impressive) YouTube channel. Too many are focused on a video… and not the channel opportunity. I've had the pleasure of knowing Carlos Pacheco for many years. Currently, he is the COO at Truly (a marketing agency), but he is also an excellent resource on how to build a successful YouTube channel. He doesn't just talk about it, either… he has done it. For brands like Just For Laughs (which moved from 300k to over 3 million subscribers in over a year) and many others. Carlos has close to twenty years of experience in marketing optimization, audience development and paid media strategy. He is also the co-host of The Video Insiders Podcast that deconstructs YouTube in great depth. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 59:57
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with Carlos Pacheco.
• Truly.
• The Video Insiders Podcast.
• Follow Carlos on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

I’ve known Carlos Pacheco for many years. He is the COO at Truly, but he is also an excellent resource on how to build a successful YouTube channel. He has done it for brands like Just For Laughs (which moved from 300k to over 3 million subscribers in over a year) and many others. Carlos has close to twenty years of experience in marketing optimization, audience development and paid media strategy. He is also the co-host of The Video Insiders Podcast that deconstructs YouTube in great depth.

Welcome to episode #671 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #671 - Host: Mitch Joel. David Burkus is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and former business school professor. In 2017, he was named as one of the world's top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. His books are Friend of a Friend, Under New Management and The Myths of Creativity. David is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and has been both a personal friend and guest on this show many times over the years. David's views on leadership have earned him invitations to speak to leaders from a variety of Fortune 500 companies. His TED talk (Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid) has been viewed over two million times. Today we had a conversation on thought leadership. How to think about it, how to create content to position yourself (or your brand) in this manner, and what it takes to get content (articles, media appearances, podcasts, speaking engagements and beyond) heard in such a noisy environment. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 54:45.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with David Burkus.
• Friend of a Friend.
• Under New Management.
• The Myths of Creativity.
• Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid.
• Follow David on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

In 2017, David Burkus was named as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. His books are Friend of a Friend, Under New Management and The Myths of Creativity. David’s views on leadership have earned him invitations to speak to leaders from a variety of Fortune 500 companies. His TED talk (Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid) has been viewed over two million times. Today we had a conversation on thought leadership.

Welcome to episode #670 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #670 - Host: Mitch Joel. The book Limitless is now a bestseller. It is time to have Laura Gassner Otting back on the show. Laura inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo. She challenges her clients to think bigger and take on greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares us all to find our true voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life opportunities. Laura's entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. She left a leadership role at the respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com. Laura also founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission-driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold NPAG to the team that helped her build it, because she was hungry for the next chapter. Along the way, while serving on Hillary Clinton's National Finance Committee, she was asked to do a TEDx talk which became so popular that it launched a speaking career. Laura's new book is Limitless - How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 57:12.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with Laura Gassner Otting.
• Limitless.
• Follow Laura on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

It is time to have Laura Gassner Otting back on the show. Laura inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo. Laura has a 25-year career that started as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House. She left a leadership role at Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com. Laura also founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. Laura's new book is Limitless - How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life.

Welcome to episode #669 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #669 - Host: Mitch Joel. There are just a handful of formative thinkers that help me shape, think and rethink what I believe to know about digital, culture and the Internet. They are my oracles. I follow their every word, and I am susceptible to being highly influenced by their work. David Weinberger is one of those oracles. He melds philosophy, practical marketing experience, academic research and an unrivaled curiosity about what technology is... and what it's doing to us. There is no one with David's perspective, because no one has had a journey like his: philosophy professor, marketing VP at early Web startups, co-author of the seminal Cluetrain Manifesto, senior researcher at the leadings Harvard Internet center, co-director of a Harvard innovation lab, a writer with innumerable publications in Wired, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, and many more. If that were not enough, Dr. Weinberger has been the marketing VP at one of the first Web search engine sites, a tech policy adviser to presidential campaigns, a Franklin Fellow at the US State Department, a writer in residence at a Google AI research group, and for seven years was a gag writer for Woody Allen's comic strip. He is as remarkable as his career path. The author of several books (Small Pieces Loosely Joined, Everything Is Miscellaneous, and Too Big To Know), he is back with a brand new one, Everyday Chaos. This book is all about possibility, and how us humans are doing in the complexity of what technology has brought. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 57:15.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with David Weinberger.
• Everyday Chaos.
• Cluetrain Manifesto.
• Small Pieces Loosely Joined.
• Everything Is Miscellaneous.
• Too Big To Know.
• Follow David on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.