UK DVD cover Genre Created by Directed by, (2001 special) Starring Chris Morris Country of origin United Kingdom No. Of episodes 7 Production Running time 25 mins Release Original network Original release 29 January 1997 – 26 July 2001 Chronology Preceded by (1994) Related shows (2000) Brass Eye is a British comedy series the news programming of the mid-1990s. A series of six episodes aired on in 1997, and a further episode in 2001. The series was created and presented by, written by Morris,,,,, and and directed by Michael Cumming. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Overview [ ] Originally planned as a spin-off from (1994), the BBC passed on the pilot (then called Torque tv™). Channel 4 commissioned a new pilot, which would become called Brass Eye (mixing together the titles of two popular current affairs shows, and Public Eye). The series satirised media portrayal of social ills, in particular, unsubstantiated establishmentarian theory masquerading as fact, and creation of, and is a sequel to Morris's earlier spoof news programmes (1991–92) and (1994).

The series starred Morris's The Day Today colleague, along with,,,,,,, and. Original series (1997) [ ]. This section needs expansion. You can help. (May 2016) 'Drugs' The second episode, 'Drugs', has been described by professor Michael Gossop as illustrative of the ease in which anti-drug hysteria can be evoked in the United Kingdom.

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In the opening scene of this episode, a voiceover tells viewers that there are so many drugs on the streets of Britain that 'not even the dealers know them all'. An undercover reporter (Morris) asks a purportedly real-life in London for various fictitious drugs, including 'Triple-sod', 'Yellow Bentines' and 'Clarky Cat', leaving the dealer puzzled and increasingly irritated until he tells the reporter to leave. He also explains that possession of drugs without physical contact and the exchange of through a are perfectly legal in English law. One drug mentioned was a fictitious (despite the country no longer existing when the episode was screened) drug called 'Cake'.

The drug purportedly affected an area of the brain called 'Shatner's Bassoon' (altering the user's perception of time), while also giving them a bloated neck due to 'massive water retention', a 'Czech neck', and was frequently referred to as 'a made-up drug' during the show., the for, was fooled into filming an elaborate video warning against the dangers of this drug, and went as far as to ask a question about 'Cake' in, alongside real substances and. In response, the minister incorrectly identified the fictitious drug 'Cake' as a for the drug. Other celebrities such as,, and were shown holding the bright-yellow cake-sized pill as they talked, with telling viewers a fictitious story about how one girl threw up her own pelvis and describing how 'One kiddy on Cake cried all the water out of his body. Just imagine how his mother felt. It's a fucking disgrace'.

'Sex' In one scene of the 'Sex' episode, Morris posed as a talk-show host who took a starkly discriminatory attitude in favour of those with 'Good AIDS' (e.g. From a contaminated ) over those with 'Bad AIDS' (caught through sexual activity or drug abuse). Special (2001) [ ] A special one-off edition of the show aired four years after the series had ended. Originally scheduled to broadcast on 5 July 2001, it was later delayed as Channel 4 were unhappy with the timing in connection to the then-recent separate disappearances of two children, Bunmi Shagaya and. It eventually aired on 28 July 2001. It tackled and the in parts of the British media following the, focusing on the conducted by the in its wake.

[ ] This included an incident in 2000 in which a in had the word 'PAEDO' daubed in yellow paint on her home. News of the World's then Editor would years later discuss this campaign at the. To illustrate the media's knee-jerk reaction to the subject, various celebrities were duped into presenting fatuous and often ridiculous pieces to camera in the name of a campaign against paedophiles. And endorsed a spoof charity, Nonce Sense, (pronounced 'nonsense'—' being British slang for people convicted or suspected of molestation or sexual crimes), with Collins saying, 'I'm talking Nonce Sense!' Presenter and reporter were shown explaining the details of fictional 'Hidden Online Entrapment Control System', or HOECS (pronounced ') computer games, which online paedophiles were using to abuse children via the. DJ (himself arrested in 2014 relating to alleged historic sex offences, though completely cleared when the cases went to trial) told viewers that 'paedophiles have more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me', adding 'Now that is scientific fact—there's no real evidence for it—but it is scientific fact'. At one point, bogus CCTV footage was shown of a paedophile attempting to seduce children by stalking the streets while disguised as a school.

Lineker described paedophile text slang, stating that ' translates to 'literally, I'm running at them now with my trousers down'. Labour MP related that paedophiles were using 'an area of internet the size of Ireland'.

Stated that internet paedophiles could make emit noxious fumes to subdue children, subsequently sniffing a keyboard and claiming that he could smell the fumes, which made him feel 'suggestible'. Blackwood also warned watching parents that exposure to the fumes would make their children 'smell like hammers'.

Other notable figures appearing as themselves were,,,, MP and MP. [ ] Morris reported that convicted child murderer had been sent into space to keep him away from children.

Prior to the launch, an eight-year-old boy had been placed on board the spaceship with Cooke by mistake. During the programme, the studio was 'invaded' by a fictional militant organisation called 'Milit-pede', and the programme appeared to suffer a short technical disturbance. When it returned, presenter Chris Morris confronted a spokesman, Gerard Chote (played by ), who had been placed in a, asking if he wanted sex with Morris's six-year-old son (actually a child actor).

Hesitantly, the spokesman refused, apologetically explaining 'I don't fancy him'. The episode won a award in 2002. [ ] Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes (2017) [ ] In 2017, series director released a 60-minute film of unbroadcast material from the making of Brass Eye between 1995 and 1997. The film is intended to mark the 20th anniversary of the series's original broadcast and includes scenes previously edited from the series due to time constraints or legal difficulties. It also includes extended or alternative versions of scenes that made the final cut, together with humorous of several scenes. Cumming also narrates the film and details his first meeting with Chris Morris and the difficulties involved in making the series.

Comedy website described the film as 'a thoughtful, curiously touching time capsule which pays fulsome tribute to, and certainly never cheapens, the spirit of the original show'. The film premiered at the Pilot Light TV festival in May 2017 and toured to perform at selected UK cinemas throughout 2017. Each performance was followed by a Q&A with the director. Cumming has indicated that the film will only be viewable at such public events and will never be broadcast, made available on the internet, or commercially released, due to legal and rights issues.

He has also praised the positive experience of travelling to a cinema to enjoy an exclusive film and implored cinema-goers not to film or share excerpts from the performance. Broadcast and DVD release [ ] The series was repeated in 2001 to tie in with the paedophilia special (see below), and released on DVD in a revised form. This new version reinstated most of the material cut from the original, although a few items were removed, most notably the subliminal message (see below) and an interview with MP in the 'Drugs' episode.

A disclaimer was also added to the 'Drugs' episode at the request of David Amess. Controversy [ ] Myra Hindley [ ] The screening of the 1997 series was postponed for nearly six months as it made comic reference to murderer, [ ] who was back in the news at the time after her portrait was vandalised in the exhibition. In a particularly infamous portrayal, Hindley was the topic of a farcical song by a fictitious indie band called Blouse (whose appearance and style closely resembled that of ). The lyrics to part of the song read: 'Every time I see your picture, Myra/I have to phone my latest girlfriend up and fire her/And find a prostitute who looks like you and hire her/Oh, me oh Myra.' The 'leader singer' of Blouse, Purves Grundy (who resembles Pulp's ), is then shown commenting on the song; 'Myra is a very complex woman, you know, and this song is about her hair. I don't think there's a single reference in the song to her brain, which I think maybe, had a slight problem.

I do think [if] someone's gone and bought this record just because of the fuss that's been made about it, I think they should throw it away. And then they should go and buy another copy, because they liked the song.' Michael Grade [ ], then chief executive of, repeatedly intervened to demand edits to episodes of Brass Eye. The final episode included a single-frame reading 'Grade is a cunt'. As part of the 25th anniversary of Channel 4, this sequence was shown again, twice, including a freeze frame for anyone who did not catch it originally.

When Grade was interviewed on this he pointed out that subliminal messages are illegal under British law. [ ] 'Paedogeddon!' [ ] Around 3,000 complaints were received concerning 'Paedogeddon!' , making it reportedly the most objected-to episode in British television history at the time, and spoke out against Morris.

Minister for Child Protection described the show as 'unspeakably sick' but later admitted she had not seen the episode; likewise, Home Secretary said that he was 'dismayed' but had also not seen the episode, because he was on holiday at the time and blind., after watching, asked the to change its procedures so it could rule more swiftly on similar programmes. There was also a campaign against Morris, who refused to discuss the issue. The decried Morris and the show, and the ran a headline describing Brass Eye as 'Unspeakably Sick' (quoting Beverly Hughes). Noted that the Star 's article was positioned adjacent to a separate article about the 15-year-old singer 's appearance under the headline 'She's a big girl now' and featuring punning phrases like 'how quickly she's grown up' and 'looking chest swell', and that the Mail 's was preceded by 'close-ups' of the ' princesses' and, who were 13 and 11 at the time. Columnist wrote at the end of July 2001: 'What's so dishonest about Channel 4's defence of Brass Eye as a satire of media forms is the implication that they (and the liberal left in general) have a better truth than the tabloids. [I]t suggests concern about sex abuse is exaggerated and that victims' shame and humiliation doesn't matter. That's why there were so many complaints.'

Episodes [ ] Series No. Title Original air date 1 'Animals' 29 January 1997 ( 1997-01-29) 2 'Drugs' 5 February 1997 ( 1997-02-05) 3 'Science' 12 February 1997 ( 1997-02-12) 4 'Sex' 19 February 1997 ( 1997-02-19) 5 'Crime' 26 February 1997 ( 1997-02-26) 6 'Decline' 5 March 1997 ( 1997-03-05) Special No. Title Original air date 7 'Paedogeddon!' 26 July 2001 ( 2001-07-26) Celebrities appearing [ ].

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Mail (headed 'Unspeakably sick', the words of one of the Ministers who hadn't watched it) was preceded by close-ups of Princesses Beatrice (13) and Eugenie (11) in their bikinis; in the Star, beside a shock-horror-sicko Morris story, sat a picture of singer Charlotte Church in a tight top ('She's a big girl now chest swell!' Church is 15. • Howse, Christopher (31 July 2001)... Retrieved 17 July 2012. Daily Mail carried a banner headline 'Unspeakably sick' across a double-page the Mail printed a large colour picture of the 'bikini princesses' in skimpy swimwear. How old are the 'bikini princesses'? They are 11 and 12 External links [ ] Wikiquote has quotations related to: • on.

Friends and readers, here is my second manifesto, 279 Days to Overnight Success. It tells the story of this web site, but more importantly, it offers 11,000 words of free advice on how to create your own success with your own project. I offer this information freely, but please use it wisely. (Free PDF – be sure to update to the most recent version of ) *** Who It’s For Bloggers, writers, online artists, and anyone otherwise interested in creating a new career or expanding their influence using social media. If you want your online presence to grow far beyond what it is now, read and apply.

What You’ll Learn • How I Became a Full-Time Writer in 279 Days • The Complete Revenue Estimate for My Personal Blog in 2009 • The World Domination Strategy for Establishing Your Brand • Avoiding the Vampires who Want You to Fail • Why Adsense (and most other Web Advertising) Sucks • How to Skip Viral Marketing and Still Get All the Traffic You Need *** Is It Helpful? Two Simple Requests 1) Let me know.

Share your feedback in or write me directly. 2) Help spread the word. Pass this along to the entire universe. OK, maybe not the whole universe, but you know all of your friends would be good. Feel free to start with your preferred social network or your blog.

I can’t wait to hear about your own overnight success. ### *Also see:. Chris – What you have written here is beyond amazing. This will be a document that will become the standard go-to guide for people that, thanks to your straightforward advice and attitude, want to pursue their dreams. But more importantly, I think this is going to be latched onto as one of the key methods of understanding the world of blogging, creativity, money, making a living, and how the rules have completely changed in (literally) the last 48 months. I’m speechless.

Thanks for your hard work. @MrCrash, In this case I delayed the email notice to check on the technical problem. Most of the time the email, RSS, and posting are simultaneous. Speaking of technical issues, most people who are reporting difficulty have been able to correct the problem by updating to the latest version (9) of Adobe Reader. Preview on Mac also works fine. @Chris, Thanks! Re: Seth – well, in the media section for this one I was mostly writing about traditional media (NYT, etc.).

I certainly agree that Seth is a one-man media show of his own, and his link last time definitely helped me. Re: Additional Icons – I might add an email-a-friend link, but I also like to keep things simple.

Hi Chris, I noticed you’re being a lot more responsive to comments:) I take it you’re in Portland these days? My question is, do you think changing the world is an activity that’s inherently marginalized, by which I mean if the number of people who want to do it exceeds a “tipping point”, it will cease to be feasible?

I’m thinking of how each of us is entitled to different and possibly clashing beliefs (pro-life vs. Pro-choice, vegan vs. Meat-lover, pro-war vs. Anti-war, etc.) My definition of changing the world is “convincing a sizable population to buy into your beliefs and forcing public policies to change accordingly, presumably for a better world”. Then there’ll be a competition of beliefs and people who advertise them. And we all know the good and the bad things that come with competition – just look back on 20th century American history.

I’m not sure if I’m making sense here, but I’ve been wondering about it for a while so I thought I’d throw it out there and hope it catches on with you:). I just started reading this and think the design is freakin’ awesome! What a way to use Adobe. What a way to use the SCREEN. You say 79 pages and we think conventional 8.5 x 11 inch pages and having to scroll from top of page to bottom, etc. And what you have instead is 79 screens.

All I have to do is roll my scroll wheel 1 click and I’m on a new page. I’m going on and on because this is the first time I’ve seen someone use Adobe this way. It’s a revolution, man! How very non-conformist. And how sensible. Chris, This is a wonderful piece of work.

Very useful, thoughtful, and well-written. I have to agree with you wholeheartedly about Adsense. They’re tacky; they detract from and dilute your value. I like the idea of starting somewhat broad and allowing your readers to help clarify what to focus in. At the same time, I would suggest being careful about the topic you choose to do your work in.

About 9 months ago I began a blog and ultimately failed because – although the topic was interesting to me – it wasn’t something I could revolve my work around indefinitely. I ran out of steam and things to say. If I had started with a topic I had much more passion for, and started more broadly, I would have been able to keep developing content with readers who could help me focus on where I could provide them the most value. Thank you for your new Manifesto.

It’s fantastic. Chris, thanks for the honesty in your report (and I agree with other commenters about the great design!). Your points should help a lot of people become both enthusiastic and realistic about such a big life change. You covered nasty comments from strangers well. If you’ve had any experience dealing with friends, that would also be helpful to see in a future post or other publication. Basically, my business has gotten more successful, while many of my friends are still struggling, piecing together part-time jobs.

My business is now 100% online and I’m starting to travel more, sometimes on my own and sometimes paid for by a client. When I get excited about a trip, at least one friend tries to get invited along, and they seem more than half serious (they describe how they’ll help me, they point out that they speak the language where I’m going, etc.). My answer is no because I love the flexibility of traveling alone, I’ve often got a busy work schedule while I travel, and my friends wouldn’t be able to pay their way.

Some of them also make hints that I should hire them although they don’t have the business or tech skills I would need and I’m not in a position to hire anyone. Before, it was just a matter of them not understanding what I do (“something on the internet”). Now there’s a bigger gulf because I have a new outlook and opportunities that they feel they don’t have. As a result, when I’m excited about a new project or trip, I stifle my enthusiasm around my friends because I’m tired of saying “no” to the requests that follow and because I don’t want them to get jealous. I still buy my clothes at thrift shops. I still drive a crap car. I actually have less money than some of my friends.

I’m nowhere near rich or gloating. But it looks like I’m going to be shifting some of my socializing to a different group so I don’t have to wall off my business and travel adventures from the rest of my life. So basically it could be helpful for people to realize that as they get closer to their goals, they might be leaving a few friends behind. Looking forward to your post! It’s kind of a big thing because I think changing the world is necessarily a one-in-a-million thing and certainly isn’t a “jump-on-the-bandwagon” thing. But admitting that would be like admitting that there’s a limit on your nonconformity campaign. Was wondering how that dilemma can be solved (or whether it’s even a dilemma at all:) Btw, surely you know one other former university student and problogger who doesn’t have facebook – your friend Cal Newport?

Unless, of course, you argue that he’s not a problogger – he’s a pro-student (?). Chris, I just downloaded and immediately read all the way through. As with most of your writings it both inspires and challenges and for that I am grateful. Love that you have a strict anti-marketing policy, that your “work” stems from the value others receive, that it is a “conversation.” It reminds me of sampling tea here in China.

There are teashops where the owner would love to do business with you, but also wants you to UNDERSTAND the tea they craft. Not just buy it; experience it. Grasp your own sense of it. Get the story of it. They ask leading questions to help you understand why this leaf is different from that one, and how different climates on the mountain it was grown will cause it to taste a certain way in the mouth. When you buy tea from these people, you are simply entering more deeply into the conversation.

Contrast this with the tea shops where all they want is some RMB from your pocket. They don’t inquire as to your experience, they tell you what you should experience. Download Free Software Residency Programs Offering Externships on this page. It is aggressive and empty. I’ve had an ad free blog for Chinese medicine practitioners for a couple years now. It has been my delight to contribute to my community. Now with the 279 days manifesto I have some tools to help me make a bigger contribution, extend the conversation, and thereby open a doorway to both give more and receive in turn.

The thousand thanks for your efforts, they are appreciated in this corner of the world! Wow just got finished reading 279 days its two hours past bedtime but I’m really glad I broke my schedule for a night. That was awesome! You’ve really helped me re-affirm my feelings for the last two months the landscape is changing and you can do anything you set your mind to.

Just over a month ago I quit my cubicle to work from home and grow something on my own nobody cares about my family like I do. That is true for anyone. Anyway, I’m really excited to check out some of the other blogs you’ve mentioned and I’m definitely coming back here often!

Thanks for putting this out! It is almost 3 am and my boyfriend gave up on me going to bed when he learned that I was reading your new manifesto:-). Have you thought about translating some of your work? Yes, English is widely spoken, but your writing may have a greater influence on people in the developing world who don’t speak (good enough) English. Brian Johnson (someone else’s blog I follow) posted a request to have some of his work translated on Facebook and within hours (or perhaps days) he got many offers to translate it I assume for free.

Just a suggestion especially since you mentioned your first manifesto was downloaded in 120 countries. I enjoyed reading about your journey to “overnight success” and I am impressed with your altruism. Honestly, for me, this was your first post which taught me something concrete.

I am sure the Universe will reward you with a loyal and grateful audience. Happy travels, Alex. This download is very helpful.

I am not a blogger and don’t know this ‘community’, I am heading in that direction and the information here is helping me figure out what that direction needs to be. My lack of “business’ knowledge has hurt me as a visual artist but to be good at “business’ requires knowing what business entails and doesn’t entail.

I hate alot of the web content which seems hell bent on manipulating me and taking over my brain or appealing to my worst human foibles. This material aims to build me up rather than what most of the material I see does to me. It’s encouraging. A friend sent me a link to Seth Godin’s blog. Most of the time it is way over my head or seems like a foreign language.but this material doesn’t require me to be an IBM egghead or super geek. I’ll look through it again at a slower rate after my initial scan. Thanks for a quality free product, Chris and for helping me learn something.

Hi Chris Many thanks for your advice in 279 Days, which I picked up via Seth’s post today. I run an online showcase for the tiny independent businesses here in Brighton UK. It is used by people interested in supporting the local economy. For me, it’s about investing in the well- being of where I live.

Our site contains no advertising but it’s specific focus means the SEO is really good for the businesses and causes we support. We were recently thinking about taking the Adsense route – just to help keep our listing prices as low as possible – but, you’re right, we can do better! If your world travels include Brighton – get in touch & we’ll find you the best bits! Hey Chris, I saw a couple of tweets from people reading your ‘279 Days’ and I was quite intrigued. This morning I received the link through a DM from Seth’s Blog and can’t wait to read what you’ve shared. I just updated to the newest Adobe so I can see everything just fine, but it prints in landscape despite the fact that when I check my settings it says it’s portrait. Am I doing something stupid or did you intend for it to print this way?

I know I should read it on my computer and not print it, but I like to read in a comfy chair or bed & get away from the computer for once. If you have a version that is set to print portrait and can email it to me as an attachment, maybe the formatting will hold that way.

Thanks so much for all the inspiration Anastasia @AccessInspirati. Followed you from Seth Godin’s post. Just spent the last two hours devouring your free PDF on 279 Days – totally the best and clearest information I have seen to date on the subject of blogging the right way. Curious what your thoughts might be about putting your plan into action with a blog that is already two years old. I already have 100+ readers that subscribe (close to 300 daily unique visits) and my ‘market’ is very niche. If you have a post that deals with this very question, I haven’t found it yet, but I plan on making you a regular visit from now on so I might find it on my own. Thank you for being generous enough to offer this kind of information for free.

Chris, This article was sent to me by a friend, and artist, Dave Rau, who I greatly respect as a friend and artist. Unlike you, I have had about 60 jobs in my lifetime, and I’m about your age, slightly younger. I’ve worked for countless employers.

While in art school, I remember at one point taking 15 credit hours of classes and holding three paying jobs simultaneously. I have always been chasing my dreams, it seems that my dreams were running at the speed of a cheetah, and I simply could not catch them with the obstacles in the way (employers and their dreams, or their blurry intent).

I have always wanted to change my surroundings, through art, through open-mindedness, this was in the back of my mind, and always in my thoughts during my jobs, and at school. I’m inspired by your ideas of writing, finding your focus and simply saying, “This is what I’m going to do” and then doing it. I think the “doing it” part gets in the way of the dreams. Many people think they know what they want out of life, but they don’t “really” know. They have excuses as to why they aren’t where they want to be. There are many lessons I’ve learned in the last 3 months, when I decided to enjoy my life. Realize a passion, what is in your heart, learn by doing, be goal oriented, and with your positive and focused intent, good results will come.

Also, most importantly, communicate, and surround yourself with the right people that will help you, and/or you would enjoy helping Many people are simply afraid to help others, they are caught up in their own egos, or their own blurry intent. A great concept of your writing is your ability to “deliberately filter your readers”, people simply need to filter the negative, haltering energy out of their lives to really be satisfied. Progressive thinkers need to organize and work together to really change the world. My current projects are focused on changing minds through media production by artist collaboration (the creation of web-sites, print designs, video, photography, design, branding, and marketing) and changing the surroundings in my own city (and eventually the world) through the exposure of art. I’m 3 months into these projects they are highly focused, but still need refinery.

They will not be fully operational overnight, but I’m keeping the projects online throughout the process, so Google can get to work, and just because I think its interesting to have a live preview of unique ideas coming together. I’m confident in my marketing that people will know when the sites will be live, and informative in all aspects.

Intent, focus, confidence, wisdom, courage, patience, faith in yourself, your ideas, your surrounding energy, and in the world to understand you; these things are very important in realizing the definition of the word happiness. Great stuff man, way to use instant global communication, Al Gore should be delighted. When reading 279 Days I felt you were speaking directly to me. I am at a crossroads in my career and this gift of yours has come to me at a perfect time and I am grateful to you for that. As many people have said already the design of your book makes your content very accessible.

I’m a big believer in the value of design and you have now motivated me to change the design and focus of my own site. I’ve been researching various WP themes and related things the past few months and now have the time and extra oomph to get it done!

And with respect to your content, your generous gift of specific information and resources is invaluable, as so many online freebies are full of self-marketing hooey. With gratitude, Marlene. Nice little manifesto you’ve got there! I appreciated it, and found a few choice nuggets of wisdom that were especially relevant to my own quest.

I especially enjoyed the quote on the last page, as I do indeed get a lot of naysayers who think I’m insane (and I am, just in a good way, as I also believe the quote from George Bernard Shaw suggesting that all progress comes from the unreasonable man, or unreasonable woman in my case). Anyway, thank you for offering your experience to us. And, in return, as you requested, I offer you my own solution to being emotionally unattached to quantity (and quality) of my stats and comments and such.

I have a policy of aiming to make everything I write a lesson for myself, so that even if no one else reads it or appreciates it, I do! Because ultimately, I’m doing this for myself, because it’s what I love to do. And while sometimes I find I have to do other things that I don’t love to do as much, my business/non-profit/mission-in-life always gets priority, simply because I know that at the end of my life, I will be able to look back on what I did with myself, and see that at least some of my time and energy were spent doing what I love! Chris, I read this straight through. It truly exceeded my expectations (which were pretty high to begin with). Crack For Messagesave Torrent there.

Since my blog is a chronicle of two people trying to become self-employed so we can quit our jobs, this new ebook will have to be added to our required-reading list for anybody else who wants to do what we’re doing. Great material at a great price! 🙂 Cheers, Scott PS I would love to get a copy of your excel file so I can track my blog traffic using your system. (Why reinvent the wheel?). After reading your ebook, I felt some what unsatisfied with the section about marketing yourself. Not because it was not well written, but I wish you could have expanded on it a lot more.

For example: “Publishing a “Daily Ass-Kicking,” passing on good information, and otherwise connecting with people through Twitter.” What did you mean by Daily ass kicking and what kind of good information do you publish and to whom? “Sending out review copies of my products and manifestos” How did you find out who to send it to? Did you make a list of people you wanted to connect with and how did you narrow it down? “Reaching out to other experts, colleagues, and readers” What kind of reaching out activities do you do? I run an online business but I also have a personal blog and I can totally understand how easily a blog can die.

My personal blog died a long time ago while I focus on my professional blog but I find that despite blogging often, I could not get the kind of the readership I want to get and I think it is largely due to the fact that I am missing the marketing piece Any further insights you can give would be greatly appreciated. Just inhaled your manifesto in 30 minutes. It was exactly what I needed to read tonight.

I love how you’ve boiled down what so many “internet marketing experts” say in hours of videos and hundreds of pages of pdf’s to its bare essentials. I was most moved by 2 things: 1) your clear intention in defining success and 2) your closing quotation, “The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” Love that! Thanks for continuing to have things to say, Chris! Thanks Chris, as Scott did, I also read it straight through, regardless of my wife calling me every 15 minutes because I have a tonn of other things to do What most surprised me – at the end – is that it “goes down” like a glass of fresh water when you are thirsty: all in one go, it’s refreshing and leaves you with a good feeling afterwards. I’m new to the social media and I’m trying to find a direction in this amazing online jungle, so full of wonders but also so disorientating and time-consuming. Most of what you wrote and of the references you put in it seem to be exactly what I was looking for, since I’m planning to start a blog myself, and I’m stuck in the “I need to know everything before I start” phase of it.

Thanks again, I come back to discover other gems like this and I’ll spread the word. Chris, Great content and advice.

Timely, in that I am about to begin my own “unconventional journey”. The even greater part is the fact that you just gave it all away for the universe to dive into. The crusade is greater than the crusader, the message greater than the messenger. That, to me, is what I feel after reading all of your work. Give of yourself to the universe, and the universe will take care of the rest. That is also the foundation that I plan to build upon as well.

Thanks for sharing! Chris, I normally don’t like PDFs like this because I always feel schmoozed or manipulated.

I loved your article, though! I sent my Wannabepublished readers your way today because I loved what you said about discipline and hard work. As a traditionally-published writer with six books out there (novels and nonfiction) and three more releasing in the next year, I’ve come to understand the value of marketing as you’ve described, particularly via the internet. And I know how creating books and articles takes a lot of discipline.

So thanks for telling the truth, for inspiring, and for giving me a few more ideas about how to generate income as a writer. Chris, I finished Sat AM. I have ten pages of notes of ideas and inspiration your case study gave me for my business. Thank you for your openness in stats about what you make and the growth rate. You are right on in giving to build your business. Offline businesses often take ten years before they make a profit.

A giving mindset is so important. Steven Covey said, “Business moves at the speed of trust”. Building trust with your readership will be of greatest worth to you in the end.

I love your hard core sales pitch in the wrap-up: •Share the manifesto •Be awesome and change the world You are awesome. Not sure where to begin. Completely overwhelmed by the book and numb fingers and dry throat due to the excitement I feel after reading the eBook whilst go to ever link in the pages and coming back to it. Most compelling point was your honesty and courage, a rarity to find. You talk about looking at what you have achieved as remarkable and maintain this with the element of modesty, I admire this. I look back on some of the things I have achieved in the voluntary and community sector and the lives that I have impacted but very rarely speak about these things or attempt to publicise.

Today I joined the UK Member Of parliament james purnell and other organisations to clean up a local park. Since October probation has been coming to clean up this park every week to make it accessible for local community members since it had been abandoned.

Newspapers and media outlets came to take pictures, I did not have my picture taken and neither did I mingle with the crowd, I just went with my litter picker and bin bags and just cleaned; the point is little did they know that I initiated the whole clean up process with the probation service and went through all the red tape to prevent the park from being sold for commercial properties to be built on. I have conducted community research and written reports with recommendation that have been submitted to the Home Office and filtered down to local government into how local services are shaped and delivered. The most interest point of all is that I never finished school or went to college or University, 3 years ago I was offered to do a Masters Degree in Equal Opportunity and Diversity at the University of Central Lancashire purely on the basis of the inspiration I bought to the 1 hour interview. I am only speaking out since I feel you are telling me to, and that I should use this voice to influence change to others for the better and if speaking out is the way to go about doing it then there is no harm in this; am I right in this understanding? I have changed peoples lives and I want to do more and have so much more to give, I also understand that there are constraints in achieving this and I need the freedom to pursue this; the eBook has given me inspiration to move on. Thanks Azzam. In your manifesto, you help show simple methods to know how to handle the Y’s in the road and the why’s that are asked.

Flipping a coin) The three P’s stand out in your manifesto. – People, Purpose, Profit. – Connect with the People give value and service. – Have clarity of Purpose and focus. – Create a Profit as a symptom of the first two and a plan. I appreciate not only that you have created your measures of success but that you also offer a template for others to fill in their own blanks.

Your talent with wordsmithing is something to admire. Thank you for the reminder of each person’s potential in “279 Days to Overnight Success”. I have already gone back and made adjustments as a result. “He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt.

He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.” ALBERT EINSTEIN PS Some of us “get it” but you have an ability to “say what we get”. Chris, I am 37 years old and share your spirit for “un-conventional” living although some might argue that my life is typical middle class. I am living an extraordinary life and feel very lucky to have that privledge.

I have an amazing wife, 3 kids, and we spend our free time camping, playing sports, or just flaking together. In business I am a Director and work for a large multi-national company. However, I have that “un-conventional” spirit so my mission has been to promote flexible work styles and create a corporate environment where entrepreneurs can flourish. Not everyone can be self-employed and we can fight to make the corporate world more flexible and accomodating to a new generation of worker. A generation that demands better than status quo. Thank-you for you writing.

I will be reading. CHris, Thanks again for writing and producing such a beautiful piece, both artistically and layout-wise, but also in it’s philosophy. I have been trying to balance work for others in my profession, which turns out is fun anyway – snowboard training and teaching – with building income and business for myself. You are an inspiration to me and I’m spreading your influence around my own circles of entrepeneur friends. Thanks again, I read the book in one sitting immediately.

Here’s a question, if you get to it – how do some of your commenters have an avatar, their picture? ARe they signing in through some other system? I would also like to know what you are using for content management on AONC.com – WordPress, Movable Type? Thanks, Chris. I am often reluctant to read anything that declares “world domination” and such, but I gave it a shot and read it all the way through this morning. I’ve been running my own site for 10 years now and it often gets tiring, but it’s been a great place to experiment — especially writing.

I feel like I’m close to thinking of a way to transition it to a new form without killing it (losing all my readers, of which I have few — maybe 200 or so), and your advice seems very helpful. Of course, there’s also the issue of having so many projects running at once that I can’t tell if I’m running full throttle in all directions or if I’m just not doing anything at all! I found your link from Seth Godin’s blog from a few days ago after getting to his site from BoingBoing’s link to “This is broken” after having met Mark Frauenfelder in Rochester, NY when he brought some projects; making me the last Interweb person ever to find BoingBoing. Wow just read the Manifesto (279 Days) and I am so excited. Recently laid off from the JOB that was keeping me exhausted and away from my passion and now I am excited yet a bit scared to make the real -full on commitment to my work and use the blog to reach “my people”.

Big Mahalo for bringing your hard work and experiences to those of us early on the in the journey. May you know huge success and peace.

Aloha~ Gina PS I am going to tweet this post right nowsee me there @starlightlife. Thanks Chris – I agree with the other posters on design/layout and timeliness of the piece.

I’m particularly motivated by the fact that I just need to WALK MY TALK – i.e., if I’m a writer, I write. Sure, every major literary hero of mine has said the same thing — but this time, it’s sunk in. As an entrepreneur I’ve trained myself to spend 50% of my time marketing – while trying to squeeze in writing here and there. I’ve always wanted to make my living with my words, so why am I treating them like afterthoughts. After reading your 279 days I’m recommitted to showing up and putting the words on paper/computer screen each day. I’ll release the inner critic while doing so and see if I can’t fine tune my Awaken Your Soul Manifesto in the process. By the way, I also love the fact that you were willing to defy the “niche” constrictions — you’re a multi-faceted guy with big ambitions and I love that you took the risk and decided to combine your major loves in one place.

It’s truly inspiring for the rest of non-conformists. I’m not talking about combining EVERY single one of my hobbies, ideas or new fads, but I’m talking about being able to combine the essence of ME – which is definitely three-dimensional! Safe travels and keep on inspiring and sharing. Thank you for the PDF 279 Days to Overnight Success.

I’m a published author, but the whole publishing world is turning upside down right now (or perhaps some will consider it rightside up!). You have confirmed something I have felt instinctively. My modest goal for my own website/social marketing is to write a bi-weekly encouraging/inspiring blog with quotes, affirmative prayers, and introduction to a person or resource that can help or inspire my readers. I have tons of material (already being an author who writes far more than can ever be published by the mainstream media) but want to keep my work personal and real. Spiritual power isn’t found in numbers, but in influence and in knowing that hearts are touched. As a fifty-something who is now taking advantage of the Apple One to One program and actively choosing to learn the “new tricks” of the new Internet world, I appreciate the spirit of generosity I’m finding–and I especially appreciate yours!

I found you through word of mouth: my friend Charles Alexander (Nashville songwriter; ) told me about Seth Godin yesterday, I went to his website today and found the link to you. I plan to return to your site for more education and ideas. And will let you know when I write you up on my blog. Since I’m taking my time, and I’m taking your advice, I’ll just keep at my turtle’s pace. But oh, what a delight it is to write what I want with no gatekeepers telling me, “You can’t say that.

You can’t quote that person. You can’t use that word/phrase/idea.” Blessings, Candy Paull. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. What a fantastic Manifesto to come across (found link on Seth’s site). I’ve only scanned it so far, but will give it a detailed read through this evening. I’ve been involved with web related projects for 10 years, but never got into blogging or embraced the social media side as it developed. I have some new projects now as I want a change in direction and more flexible future, and I feel I can learn alot from you experience and expertise.

I will add some more feedback soon when I have digested some of the material. Chris, what a fantastic manifesto! I printed it out as well as your World Domination manifesto, both of which have confirmed to me that I am indeed unconventional and non-conformist! The link to my website is a site I have worked on for almost a year and because of various software glitches and extreme niche market, I haven’t developed the following that is expected in other blogs. I thought on more than one occasion to give up, but thanks to your manifesto, I’m sticking with it. I FINALLY made a sale today on my ebook after about four months of inactivity, and that has renewed my confidence.

With the proceeds I’ve received with my e-book, I plan to purchase one of your products, and I already am kicking around some ideas for a new project. I’d never heard of you until I got your link from Seth Godin’s web post about your generosity and my world has been opened up with more possibility and support for those (like me) who are dissatisfied with the status quo, but don’t really know what to do about it. While my e-book makes petty spending money, I want a solution to make more, doing what I love (making art!). That’s my goal. Thanks again.

I’ll be linking to you in my personal blog. This manifesto has motivated me beyond belief! I read it strictly out of curiosity, due to the fact that my attention span is of a low caliber (and that I never have any extra time), but it was seriously wonderful. Through it I am motivated to start an online community, in the form of a blog, to jump-start my work. I am currently a college student with ambitions to become a writer, maybe a musician even, and you have provided me with substantial information as to how I can make this a possibility through the medium of social media. Thank you very much for taking the time out to write all this information in an easy to read, easily accessible format.

I will continue to subscribe to your website and I hope that much more materials of the sort can be provided to me, and us, in the future. Chris, brilliant work. It came to me by way of Jason Womack, trusted friend and colleague. Loved the ideas you shared about connecting passion with what your readers/visitors want.

My beat is video blogging with some writing thrown in when needed. I started at the opposite end of the development progression and worked hard to find a publisher, author a book and now use the blog to talk about the ideas behind the book. My best to you on your quest toward shelving the book.

Well worth the journey. But you know that.

Chris, Loved the e-book. I’ve been blogging for about 2 years now, and have accidentally applied some of the ideas in your guide. Over the last few months, I’ve decided to start taking blogging very seriously and really step it up a notch or three. Your book was very helpful while I think through the process of making my blog more successful. I think your plan is right on. As a fellow non-conformist who has been self-employed more than I’ve been employed, I appreciate the perspective you have to offer. Thanks for making this available.

Hi Chris I recently found your site and love it. I’m about half way through 279 days, and you definitely hit the mark with it. I read somewhere on your site (maybe it was on another site though, I’m not sure, anyway that’s not the point – congrats on that btw) that you have an incredible amount of downloads for the ebook, which got me wondering if you keep track of the actual download figures, and if so, would this be best recorded from page views on site statistics or is there a better way to keep a record? Strange question maybe, but I’ll give you the reason for my asking. I’m looking at releasing an ebook of photos and best stories etc from my travels and I’d like to know how many people have opened it – be it one, or one hundred. Anyway, I’ve rambled enough, thanks in advance and keep blogging. Cheers Roy Jones.

You have masterfully crafted together the topics you love into a successful business model for yourself and others to follow (like me!). That is a great achievement thank you Chris for putting in all the time, effort, and hard work you deserve to be an “overnight success!” I am inspired and encouraged by your journey, I too have more than one topic that I want to write about but have not yet found the right theme that will tie them all together. I was going to give up on the idea until I clicked on your blog and read The 279 Days report. It encouraged me to continue to search, seek, read, write, think, ponder, mull over, figure out, mediate on, plan – find my voice and be awesome. God bless you Chris, P.S. I downloaded your world domination guide, anxious to read it. The moment I read the title I chuckled because it reminded me of a former popular television cartoon series “Pinky and The Brain”- about a lab experiment mouse who is a genius and his main goal in life is to take over the world!

I came across your site fairly recently and have read this and downloaded (but have yet to read) your “Brief Guide to World Domination”. Seeing as I’m only 16, I’ve got plenty of time to work on myself and my writing if I so choose to take that path, but I found it really inspiring. I’ve had my blogs for about a year and have 23 subscribers and a nice google impact with my online persona with all except for two of 28 results (The Naterhood). After having read this I plan to take some of your advice (or at least what I got out of it) and forget about the numbers and instead just work on writing quality posts and maybe in the future, a book. Thanks for sharing your advice! Hi Chris, My sister-in-law sent me your first manifesto several months ago insisting that I read it.

I tell you what Immediately, I said “Finally! There’s someone else who understands the crazy thoughts running through my head!” Thanks for helping me realize that those thoughts aren’t so crazy after all. They’re simply “unconventional.” If it’s okay with you, I’d love to add your site to my blogroll.

Thanks for taking the time to share with the world your second manifesto. Looking forward to reading it! Best wishes, Emily AKA The Career Pioneer. Hi Chirs, I am totally new to the whole social media thing but was interested in knowing more. However I accidently came upon your site while browsing through other people’s favorites.

And it is exactly what I needed to read. Ive also been working for myself as for ten years and travel alot but it is a roller coaster of financial insecurity. I also get attacks of ‘the shoulds’, the whole ‘should I be doing what my friends are doing?? Your site was exactly both the kick up the backside and the encoraging pat on the back I need in these days. Thanks and best of luck with the goal. I’ve been in a rut since my last trip, and the sensation of coming home to see family and friends fades pretty quickly when the travel bug hits again. I want to do something and be someone I love, and this really gives me the motivation and jump start to doing something I love while making the money to support my dirty travel habits.

Funny how I came upon your site for the first time tonight at 1 in the morning by searching “What do you tell your boss when you want to leave your job and travel?” in the MSN search engine. Well, maybe I won’t have to tell my boss, I can just write myself a 2-weeks notice. Hey Chris, Giving insanely great (and unique) value and building genuine relationships is the most effective way to build something worthwhile. A website, business, whatever. Unique value proposition becomes irresistibly remarkable stuff that people really want.

Marketing becomes recommendations and giving value to others. Link building becomes genuinely helping each other out. It also becomes quality over quantity. You attract less people but more of the right kind. The ones predisposed to your message and willing to spread it – and they possess the power and influence to do it effectively. Thank you so much for sharing your own amazing progress in this attractive and easy to read guide.

You hugely inspired me to start my own website on life maximization for remarkable people, and I’m closely following your blueprint for growing it. Thank you again and here’s to your next year experiencing even more growth. The 10-80-10 Rule, or How Many Vampires Are in the Room? When I read “The Vampire Chronicles,” I was reminded of my variation on the Pareto Principle (often called the 80-20 rule). When I taught high school social studies I decided that the 80-20 rule could be applied to a simple bell curve and modified as a 10-80-10 rule. 80% percent of the people in a group are simply present without adding or reducing value.

10% make a positive contribution to the group. And, 10% are the vampires, draining energy, life, and value. An effective teacher (writer, leader, whatever) needs to mitigate the vampires and energize the positive contributors.

Dear ChrisThanks and I mean it, Thanks! I stumbled upon your site by chance today and I am so glad I did. I work as an artist and painter and have been struggling to get my head around the Internet as a whole, while developing a better website and marketing approach that pushes boundaries. I know that Internets real value is words and this has always seamed just beyond my reach. As a lifelong dyslexic reading and writing present some challenges that I must face day to dayI have recently started to write on hubpages and develop a blog “yourbetterlife” to help me and others find a better way and I know that reading 279 days will have immense value for me in the long run. I read this in my earliest days as a blogger and I decided to go back and read it again after somebody made mention of it on Danielle Laporte’s blog. In the last 6 months I’ve gone through a pretty challenging period post-business school, unable to find a job, finding one I hated and quitting, and working on cashing in on a passion.

Part of why I read your blog is because my dream is to travel the world, surf at various spots around the world, and get paid to write about it. Anyways, I really appreciate the work you put into this. When I realized that it came down to just working your tail off for a year, I figured the payoff would be worth anything I had to go through. Just the title alone got a smile across my face so thank you for that.

The content was exceptional too. Being a good communicator requires honest, hard work, truth, diligence – all of that. I don’t believe in overnight success.

I believe in hitting the books, reading and sharing. If you can do that with a smile all the better. When I started my blog a month ago I started reading all I could and your article has shown up more than once as a great starting point. I think that we can agree that we didn’t get where we are today without the help of a caring friend, mentor, relative or teacher who believed in what we do.

Good luck on your continued success and thanks for the manifest. I’m Flip from the Philippines and I stumbled upon your site while reading some articles about improving blogs. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on this one.

What made it more appealing to me is, you’re also a traveler. I’m a backpacker (used to be a corporate slave) and recently I realize that life is too short to spend it with things that I don’t enjoy doing. I started a blog a couple of months ago to document my travel and at the same time monetize on it in the future.

Good luck on your journey and wishing you continuous success! Chris, this was another great manifesto.

Opened my mind to what I really want to do. And its in the non- conformist mode. I’ve been an artist for decades, but started to show my work online for 2 years. Getting a modest amount of viewers.

I tried a blog last year, again modest viewing. But with your ‘overnight success’ manifesto, I’ll be reading more slowly, changing my approach, trying to get links and believing in myself. After all as you quoted Oscar Wilde ‘Be yourself, because everyone else is already taken”. Chris, this was the balm I needed this morning – I clicked on the link from Simple Pursuits, I believe, that got me to your page. I got up early this morning because I was still fuming about the third paycheck that bounced in three weeks (one was a replacement, so that check bounced twice) that has become an ongoing factor in my job. Free-lanced for a major portion of my adult life in arts outreach and writing but took a job as full time editor of a niche community newspaper as I took over care of my aging mother (and a lot of care for one of my grandchildren). Looking at my bank statement with those returned checks once again – I came to the conclusion YET AGAIN to get the hell out of this job.

But where to start? Yadayadathe economy; yadayadyamy ageand then I downloaded your “Overnight Success” manifesto. I already work like a SOB – always have.

So thank you thank you for some sunshine and hope on this dreary Midwest morning. You rock, dog. Chris, I’m new at blogging. A couple people suggested that I try AdSense. I hesitated because I didn’t like the whole idea, and I felt that it lacked the control that I wanted.

And I like my visitors and I want them to trust me. I think I’ve made $1.67 in one month! I’m blogging for the love of the writing, and the cathartic relief I get from the process. If I make money, that will be sweet, but I have to feel good about how the money is made. I’m firing Google today. I started reading ‘279 ’, grabbed a scrap piece of paper for notes, and ended up with 5 pages. (I still like to do some things the old fashioned way.) I like the way you write, and your philosophies on business and life.

Happy writing and happy traveling. If I had to describe this manifesto in one sentence, this is what it would say: Best 12,000 words of my entire reading life NOT wasted.

I really loved this manifesto probably one of 20 I have actually finished in a couple of hours and that I could not get of my chair for a second. Except to turn up the heat because it was cold. Everything I learned Chris is so applicable, I know you probably did this on purpose. I read others and can’t say how great yours is compare to theirs. I humbly want to thank you for taking time to write out such great content for all of us CRAZY PEOPLE.

You truly have inspired me to write a post on my blog soon and share the 279 days to overnight success with my 2 readers I bet they can use it too. Keep up with your travel Let me know if you need advice when you go to Cali, Colombia you might need some! September I will sure be waiting for the book, hopefully another 10k plus words of wisdom.

I stumbled across and downloaded your ‘279 Days to Overnight Success’ last year, but being the spectacular procrastinator that I am well, it’s been sitting on my desktop, unloved and unread, until today. I am happy to announce that I have finally read it and enjoyed it thoroughly! So before I go any further, let me just say a big ‘thanks’!

I started my first blog in October 09. Called ‘Where to From Here’, it’s a journal-like blog of my travels, food experiences, creative endeavors, etc.

I really do enjoy writing it, but I wish I had an audience & some feedback/comments. I fear that perhaps my blog is too unspecific in terms of focus. I know you’ve said that this hasn’t been an issue for you, but I think perhaps my approach has been less organized than yours or perhaps the problem is that my writing style is simply unappealing or maybe I just need to get off my butt & market myself/connect with others.? I’m glad to see that some people do the things right on the web today.

It’s a good example and in line with a lot of my ideas and life principles. It’s been a long time I’d like to launch a project and I felt uncomfortable with a lot of principles that govern the web now (notably long sales speeches as you demonstrate on page 73, or impertinent and needless contents just to get big traffic and make money with poor ads). I’m a new follower and I’m happy to now know you site. I love to constantly learn and it permits me to do so. A french-speaking follower from Canada.

I am 54 years old and have spent my entire life being what I call a “fringe-dweller”. It’s amazing to me that, in the past few weeks, I’ve finally found “my people”. For the past few years the blog that I initially began as an online journal to tap out my ponderings gradually morphed into something else entirely.

The past few weeks I’ve been serious about getting back to authentic. I don’t believe in coincidence, but absolutely trust serendipity, synchronicity and the Law of Attraction! Because of my change of focus, I’ve been led to blogs like Danielle LaPorte, Carmen Torbus, Susannah Conway and yourself. Thank you for being on the short list of things I’m attracting, and for such a worthwhile manifesto. Although I’m still not definite on exactly what I want my blog to be, at least I now have practical information on how to go about moving forward. Plus, I’ve subscribed to your newsletter and your new book arrives Thursday! Thanks again!

I am so excited to find out that many people are not caving into the “corporate trap” for their career life. I have jumped back and forth across the unconventional fence. I’ve always felt more comfortable on this side, but other influences sometimes won out and made me look at the other side of the fence. I’ve drawn the line in the sand, and I’ve crossed over that age 55 threshold, and I want to live on the nonconventional side for the rest of my life. I know you probably don’t have a lot of people my age in your followers but you will probably find more as the Baby Boomers age and look for ways to fulfill the voids in their lifeespecially with your knowledge of travel.

Great book, great website and great advice. Keep up the great work.

I just finished reading the AONC book and wanted to write you to say thank you! I recently made the switch from being a monkey to a freedom loving self-employed individual.

Although I spent just over a year working towards the switch, so many unexpected ideas, feelings and experiences seemed to pop up just after I made the switch. Your book hit on a lot of ideas that I’ve adapted to over the past few years, although I was beginning to feel like I was the only one. I thank you for introducing me to your army and you unconventional thinking. I’ve signed up for your newsletter and am looking forward to receiving little bits of emailed happiness straight to my inbox. Thank you for sharing so transparently the steps to your success and making it possible for people to take what they can from you and use it in their own lives! I finished the AONC book a few days ago and was surprised to see that I was doing some of the things similar to what you’ve done Chris.

I also just finished 279 and great ideas there too. You’ve also given me some other things to think about which I’m sure will stretch me out rather than stress me out. I have some weird sort of coincidental things going on between life, work and things I’m reading and they’re weird in a good way. The past month I’ve been living out of my comfort zone most of the time and it’s actually not as scary as I thought it might be. Keep up the good work and slanted perspective. Wow, I love the ‘non-conformist’ information packed into this e-book.

So thrilled to have found your site and will commence plowing through it now. You probably won’t ever know how much one reading of only this e-book has already excited me and given me what I believe will be a site-changing idea.

Having just moved my list to my new website which offers free guidance and energy healing I’m now going to take your advice and do something that I wanted to do but was always told would be too difficultI’m sending every subscriber a personal note. Thank you Chris. Hi Chris, I truly enjoyed and got inspired with your overnight success PDF!

I can sense your transparency and your sincerity in making a living by helping others live their passions. I want you to be part of my army of coaches that will help me launch this next level in my life. Right now I am taking a class at the local college called “Introduction to Internet Writing Markets”! You have not only made my class more understandable but made in simple. Thank you so much for your great info.

And for genuine heart. God Bless, Giselle from Miami.

Chris, I just launched my blog this week and I had a pretty amazing sign up in 24 hours. But your product here really helped ground me. I am obsessed with checking stats, and you reminded me that sometimes I just need to close the computer and walk away. Also thanks for showing me that you can be successful without being a crazy marketer and online ads person. I really don’t like crazy websites with ads, that is why I made mine very simple. Thanks for your inspiration, you just gained a new strong follower through this product you put out for free!

I’m investigating this whole process of developing an individual niche online; this book is unique among what I’ve seen so far. Very inspiring and I really took heart that you accomplished your success without a Facebook account. I also very much appreciate everyone who is working to inspire and support creative living outside the box. Thanks again.

I’m quite new at blogging and still learning some very basic skills (*blush* pingback and trackback are still unclear to me!) But I will link to this! Because it supports what I support and should be helpful to my readers. Thanks Chris. I’ve been blogging for a while, but this really hit home some pretty amazing facts to take it to the next level. Currently working on some things to increase the coverage areas and some distribution tactics with IFTTT. All of this hopefully will help me do a lot of what is said here a lot faster, but ultimately, it really hit home what you said about making great content and having a lot of it in reserve.

Hoping to take my writing up a notch and start to connect with others. Thanks, and have a great day!

I’M NOT INSANE! Thanks for the terrific read!

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