Great clarification, Jim. Thanks for the comment! Say hi to Don from a happy customer (both me and my Dad).

I agree. Mayor specials are definitely underused, as are deals on Facebook Places.

Absolutely, Cliff. Don and his knives are a great example of "you get what you pay for". $80 amortized over 21 years and counting....tell your wife your crazy investment only cost $3.80 per year (and dropping!) and probably less than a penny per fish! You can't beat that. Canney is a true artisan and what Seth would call a Linchpin.

Mike,

There is a good book on selling called "The Trusted Advisor" by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green and Robert M. Galford. David and Charles spoke on a panel with Chris Brogan and Julien Smith at a "Trust Summit" at the Harvard Club last year, discussing the parallels between their two books. Two different audiences & topics but it's all about trust.

Google Books link here: http://bit.ly/thetrustedadvisorbook

Amazon link here: http://www.amazon.com/Trusted-Advisor-David-H-Mai...

Keep leading, Mike.

Thanks, Christian. Linchpin is an amazing read.

Thrilled to hear that you like Altec's products. I'm really excited about some of the things we're doing there. We're building a cool new social site called "AltecLive.com" and have some great products coming out this year.

I'll be blogging about AltecLive before we launch.

Thanks so much, Ryan. So far I've just done write ups but I'm thinking about doing more video blogs, both for book reviews and regular posts.

What do you think?

Good point, Mike. There may be. You have to submit it to try to get it approved by Foursquare. It may or may not work. Might ping them on twitter to ask.

You're an amazing connector, Em.

You go out of your way to introduce people to others and that alone makes you indispensable.

Your last point is a great one.

Awesome. And Linchpin (out today) and Switch, the new one from Chip & Dan Heath are also both amazing books. I think Linchpin will change the world. Definitely pick it up.

Tim, if you liked this post, pickup a copy of Jeanne Bliss' wonderful book, "I Love You More Than My Dog". It's an amazing summary of the things beloved companies do. Every CEO should read it.

http://www.amazon.com/Love-You-More-Than-Dog/dp/1...