Monday, May 26, 2008

Battle Cry 79 (David Sarnoff)

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May 26, 2008

 
BATTLE CRY 79 (David Sarnoff) by Monroe Mann
 
Battle Cry: "Don't be misled into believing that somehow the world owes you a living.  The boy who believes that his parents, or the government, or anyone else owes him a livelihood and that he can collect it without labor will wake up one day and find himself working for another boy who did not have that belief, and therefore earned the right to have others work for him." --David Sarnoff
 
Fightin' Words: Once a victim, always a victim--but only if you allow yourself to believe that you are actually a victim.  Here's the key: refuse to ever believe yourself a victim to begin with.  No one owes you anything, and this quote makes it crystal clear what will happen to you if you continue to believe that.  Those who let unfortunate, unpredicted, fluke events cripple them into believing that they somehow deserve pity, special treatment, and unearned reparations bring misery upon themselves.  Change your outlook.  Change your attitude.  Who are you to hold such a sense of entitlement?  No one owes you anything--anything--ANYTHING!  Make your own damn living.  Make your own damn breaks.  Make your own damn opportunities.  Make your own damn dreams come true.  Make your own damn future.  If you're waiting for or expecting someone or something else to 'take care of you'--WAKE UP!  Get over yourself.  You're living in a dream world.  No one owes you anything, Okay?  So just go out there and make it happen on your own. -- Monroe Mann
 
Excerpted from Monroe Mann's inspirational book, "Battle Cries for the Underdog" that G. Gordon Liddy says 'is filled with some of the finest insights to be found in history.'  And coming Fall 2008, "Battle Cries for the HOLLYWOOD Underdog" co-written with Monroe's Hollywood friend Lou Bortone!
 
Call 914-481-1641 or reply to this email to set up your free 20-minute career, marketing, and financial phone consultation with Unstoppable Artists' founder Monroe Mann.  Who is he?  He's the guy to call when you're finally ready to take control of your circumstances.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

My College Alumni Magazine Update

Monroe Mann ('99) is proud to report that he is one of the producers and host of a new
internet celebrity talk-show called, "Before the Big Break".  They are well into production,
and the latest interview was with Gary W. Goldstein, producer of Pretty Woman, Under
Siege, and the Mothman Prophecies with Richard Gere.  Look for the site to launch
in early Fall.  Monroe also just received his Masters of Entrepreneurship, is now a 3rd year
JD/MBA student at Pace Law School (in a four year program) and will be soon starting his
PhD (so that one day he'll be able to teach as a summer professor at Franklin College!) 
Please check out his latest books, "Guerrilla Networking" with Jay Conrad Levinson, and
most recently, "Start Your Own Coaching Business" with Entrepreneur Press.  He sends
a shout out to all of his good friends from Franklin, and hopes one day to meet up with them
all again.  To Professor Mottale: thank you for keeping in touch with me and supporting
my dream of one day teaching at Franklin.  To Professor RoccaSalvo: hope you're having
an awesome time at Franklin this summer!   To Roberto Piras:  it was great meeting up
with you in New York City.  To all Franklin people: telefoni mi l
a prossima volta siete a
New York, or sign up to my email list at www.UnstoppableArtists.com. 
Grazie per il supporto!!

Romp On! Hooah!
Meet You at the Top!
NO RULES. NO EXCUSES. NO REGRETS.(tm)

-Monroe Mann
646-764-1764
UnstoppableArtists.com
WhatIsMonroeDoingThisWeek.com

Read my latest books, "Guerrilla Networking" with Jay Conrad Levinson, and "Start Your Own Coaching Business" with Entrepreneur Press!

The coolest marketing tool I have EVER seen...

May 22, 2008
  
THE COOLEST MARKETING TOOL I HAVE EVER SEEN by Monroe Mann
 
Folks, I've done a lot over the years in the field of marketing and know my stuff.  I've written a book with the author of Guerrilla Marketing; I'm a certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach; and I even hold a masters of Entrepreneurship.  If anyone knows marketing and publicity, it is me. 
 
So I hope you will visit this link and sign up for the completely FREE TRIAL that requires no credit card information at all (because I am paying for your free trial): Monroe Mann's Awesome Marketing Tool
 
Not convinced yet?  Okay, no problem.  So what is it?  It's called Send Out Cards, and my friend Dan Duckworth turned me on to it.  If you want to improve your marketing, increase your sales, and make ten times more money this year, just keep reading.
 
Imagine this.  Imagine there were a very inexpensive and yet reliable tool that allowed you to increase your marketing coverage, and effectiveness, and at the same time, saved you hours of time.  This tool exists.  And it's just a mouse click away
 
This is what it does:
* it allows you to create custom postcards, greeting cards, and three-panel brochures completely online... 
* it allows you to actually 'type' cards in your own handwriting.
* it allows you to put your photo as the front of the card (for actors and models) or even your logo (for businesses)---forget about doing huge printings of cards that are going to be out of date in a month!
* and THEN (yeah, there's more), all you do is click send (just like with email), and voila, the card is sent... but not via email.  It is sent via the regular mail.  Yes!  The system actually prints the card, stamps it, addresses it, and puts it in a mailbox.  Sounds unbelievable, I know.  And yet... there's more.
 
Ready for your free test drive?  Sign up here: Monroe Mann's Awesome Marketing Tool
 
* If you don't want to make your own cards, you can choose from over 8,000 different ready-made cards, all proven for their marketing effectiveness
* How about this: the system also reminds you one week before your friends' and clients' birthdays, anniversaries, and important dates, so you will never forget again. 
* In fact, you can even program the system to send out the birthday and anniversary cards automatically one week before the date, so you don't even have to think about it: the system does it for you.
* How about the holidays?  Wouldn't it be great to send out a personalize Christmas card to everyone you know... in your own handwriting... with the simple touch of a button?  Now you can.  It's easy!
* Need more incentive?  How about this: You can actually insert gift cards, automatically!  For Barnes & Noble!  For Blockbuster!  Even a pre-paid American Express card.  Isn't that so cool? So the card arrives with a pre-paid gift card for your friend, client, family member, or prospect.  Awesome, I know.
 
Ready for your free test drive?  Sign up here: Monroe Mann's Awesome Marketing Tool 
 
* Oh, do you ever do mass mailings via the post office to large groups of people?  Wouldn't you like to cut the time down from an entire weekend to, say, 5 minutes?  Now you can.  And it's easy.  You simply import the contacts into a group (let's say 'Talent Agents'); you create a card; you select the group; you click send.  Simple.  In less than 5 minutes, you have sent out career and business updates to everyone in that group, from 50 to 50,000 people--it's all the same.
* And there's more.  You can even set up the system so it sends a series of messages, automatically, to one person, or even to a group.  You set up the cards in the series, set the date each one should be sent, and then you go golfing!  Every week, month, or whatever time period you choose, a new card will be sent out via the regular mail.  And your profitability soars.
* Want even more incentive?  You can actually make money with the system.  For every person you get to sign up, you yourself will make at minimum $120.  And then, you make a 3 - 7% commission on every card that that person sends.  The more people you get to sign up, the more money you can make.  If you're looking for a great part-time business, this is it.  You're actually selling something that people can use!  What a concept. :)
 
Ready for your FREE TEST DRIVE?  Sign up here: Monroe Mann's Awesome Marketing Tool
 
My dear fans, supporters, fellow actors, writers, entrepreneurs, and friends: as you may know, I very rarely put my stamp of approval on other companies' products and services.  But for the first time in a really long time, I have found something that I absolutely had to share with you.  Send Out Cards is quite possibly the most amazing marketing tool ever invented.  It combines the ease and efficiency of email with the tangibility and sincerity of the regular mail. 
 
There really is nothing like receiving something in the mail, but it's such a pain in the butt to send something in the mail to everyone, right?  Well, the pain is now gone.  Now you can send snail mail, automatically, inexpensively, and--the most important word in marketing... CONSISTENTLY-- thanks to Send Out Cards.
 
If you haven't yet, I sincerely urge you to sign up for a free trial by clicking here.  Or you can type in this link directly: www.SendOutCards.com/unstoppable  ;
 
When you get there, click for the free trial, and once you fill out the forms, your account will get stocked up with a bunch of postage, and 6 points--all compliments of yours truly.  And with that, you can send out a few cards and see how the system works.  Be sure to include your phone number, and I'll give you a call personally to help you set up the system and send out some cards. 
 
Truly, once you realize what an amazing system this is, you are going to be blown away, just like I was. The reason I am so passionate about this is because I actually use it.  Everyday.  Sending out postcards about my new talk-show to casting directors and agents.  Sending out greeting cards to my clients.  Sending off press release cards about my clients to the media.  Sending off postcard advertisements about my classes and services.  Heck, I send off about 50 cards a day.  It's simply amazing.  And addicting!  I have become addicted to sending these damn cards and now everyone I know is calling me up asking me how the heck I have the time send them so many personalized cards!
 
Are you still reading?  Have I really not convinced you yet?  If you don't use this system, you are going to lose out to your competition who is.  So sign up for your FREE TEST DRIVE today: Monroe Mann's Awesome Marketing Tool  or just type in www.SendOutCards.com/Unstoppable
 
TO THE TOP!
-Monroe Mann

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

3 Steps to Finding Investors

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May 19, 2008

  
3 STEPS TO FINDING INVESTORS by Monroe Mann
 
# 1. CREATE A PROJECT.  It seems obvious that in order to find investors, you first need a project, but a lot of people don't seem to realize that.  They think that they need the investors first, and THEN they'll figure out where to invest the money.  WRONG.  Just as with personal finance, you need to figure out where you're gonna spend the money long before you actually make the money.  It's called: Forward Thinking.  So start your forward thinking now and create some projects already!
 
# 2. GAIN TRUST.  People do not invest in projects, though.  They invest in projects with potential.  In other words, they invest in projects they TRUST are going to bring them back a return on investment.  It amazes me how many people seek money for projects that have NOTHING GOING FOR THEM.  For instance, a script with no name attachments.  A band with no fan base.  An actor with no credits.  Folks, very rarely to investors invest in talent alone.  Nope.  You need something more: credibility and trust that you are going to spend and invest that money wisely.
 
 # 3. ASK FOR THE MONEY!  This actually is the most important step.  If you think people are just going to come up to you and offer you their money, you are gravely mistaken.  It may happen, but probably not.  You have to ask for the sale!  This is sales baby!  Ask them, "Would you like to invest?"  And the more specific, the better: "Would you like to invest $10,000?"  Even better: "Would you like to purchase 10 shares at $1,000 each for a total of $10,000 with a 50% stake in all profits and a first in-first out recoupment of your initial investment?"  If that confused you, don't worry.  The most important thing is that you ASK FOR THE STINKIN' MONEY ALREADY!

Call 914-481-1641 or reply to this email to set up your free 20-minute career, marketing, and financial phone consultation with Unstoppable Artists' founder Monroe Mann.  Who is he?  He's the guy to call when you're finally ready to take control of your circumstances.

ROMP ON! Meet you at the TOP!
No Rules. No Excuses. No Regrets.
-Monroe Mann
CEO & Senior Publicist
Unstoppable Artists, LLC
www.UnstoppableArtists.com
914-481-1641 (office) 
646-764-1764 (cell)

Friday, May 16, 2008

Monroe Mann's Awesome Pre-Summer Update


Monroe Mann's Awesome Pre-Summer Update
 
To The RoMann Legion,
 
Are you ready for the latest on the rise of the RoMann Empire?  Prepare to be inspired. :)  I've got some awesome updates on my band, my movies, my new talk show!, my books, my businesses, and all this crazy education I've been getting.  Remember, I'm not bragging; I'm just sharing the vibe!  I hope you'll go out there and kick it yourself with similarly awesome things in your own life!
 
A) First, if you're free this Saturday, and in Westchester, my band, Running for Famous, is playing this Saturday at Panera Bread Company's outdoor cafe at Port Chester's Waterfront, from 12PM - 2PM.  It's an acoustic rendition of the band, with me on classical guitar/lead vocals, and Amy Stein on Flute/harmony vocals.  We're playing a fun medley of spanish, latin, and classical instrumentals, as well as both original and cover pop songs.  Come down to Port Chester's Waterfront and eat a yummy sandwich and soup while you relax to our groovy tunes.  If all goes well, this will be a regular gig every Saturday.  Yippee!  (And yes, we're playing Crosstown Bus, Hollywood Girls, and Look Around)!!!
 
B) Second, I'm super stoked to report that I just received my Masters of Entrepreneurship from Western Carolina University (and am now one of only 135 people in the world to have this prestigious degree.)  Woohoo!  Not only that... but my professors just opened a new fully accredited college, and they agreed to partner up with me on  a subsidiary school called the Mann School of Entertainment, where in about five years, you'll be able to get a BA in Entertainment Entrepreneurship, and a Masters in Entertainment Entrepreneuship.  Guess who is going to be the Dean? :)  Ha!
 
C) I am also SO pleased (relieved is the more appropriate term) that I have just finished my first year of law school, and well, I know quite a bit more now about contracts, personal injury, criminal law, and civil procedure.  In fact, if you're looking for a good entertainment law firm, look no further than Mann & Mann, LLP.  When you combine my dad's over 50 years experience as an attorney, my mom's 15 years experience as an attorney and opera singer, and my Masters of Entrepreneuship and first year of law school (not to mention my eclectic background in entertainment), you won't find a better bunch of people to help you with your showbiz, music, and publishing legal matters.  Call me if you want more info; my number is down below.
 
D) As some of you know, Loco Dawn Films has been very busy this summer.  On one hand, we're signing and negotiating a bunch of contracts about this big film with a bunch of A-list stars.  We're involved as Executive Producers because Loco Dawn Films put the budget together, and then introduced the project to the investors, and we're now trying to broker the deal between all parties as I write this email.  The negotiations are a big ol' pain in the butt that's been dragging on for months, but we're close to making it happen, and if it does, there will be smiles all around.  On another hand, Loco Dawn Films has been busy shooting a talk-show!  In the show, I interview stars and celebrities about their lives and struggles... "Before the Big Break".  We just completed our third interview with none other than Gary Goldstein, one of the coolest guys in Hollywood.  You might have heard of some of the movies he's produced: Pretty Woman, Under Siege, The Mothman Prophecies, Cannes Man...  Other interviews include the great Joe Franklin (who had the longest-running talk-show in American history) and Sammy Petrillo (who starred in the 1953 hit cult film, 'Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla'--a film that Christopher Guest says is the only one he would want to take with him onto a desert island.)  So we're stoked and busy and making things happen, and meeting a ton of really cool people, and summer hasn't even kicked off!  You are gonna LOVE these interviews.
 
E) My company, Unstoppable Artists, continues to expand.  We've now moved into new and bigger offices at 316 Westchester Avenue, in Port Chester.  I welcomed Marissa Higgins onto the team this past January, and am stoked that she's still with me, 'cause she's a Godsend and has helped me and the business in ways I can't even enumerate.  Katrin Luthy, a publicity manager from Sony BMG music in Zurich, Switzerland, will be joining the team in August, to assist with our publicity clients.  And if you check out our new and updated website at www.UnstoppableArtists.com, you can read all the details.  If you or a friend needs career guidance, financial advice, marketing coaching, publicity services, or legal advice (through Mann & Mann), look no further than Unstoppable Artists.  We are the coolest damn company in showbusiness!  And I mean that as impartially as possible, of course.
 
F) Next, check out my new book at Amazon!  It's called, "Start Your Own Coaching Business" and will be available this summer from Entrepreneur Press.  The Amazon blurb says, "This unique guide teaches experts to turn their knowledge into a lucrative motivational coaching business. Readers will learn the ins and outs of mastering the two separate disciplines of a successful coaching business: the art of motivating clients and science of running a successful business. As a motivational coach himself, Mann brings his lively coaching style to the page, teaching by example. His straightforward advice will help readers find and motivate clients, develop income strategies and grow their new businesses."  So... if you want to do what I do, and help others by motivating clients to run their businesses more efficiently, and reach for the top... check out this book!  Truthfully, I explain how to make ANY business more profitable, so if you're looking for general business help, you might also find this book helpful and useful.  What's wild is that this is the first book I have written where someone other than me wrote the bio.  And gosh, what nice things the publishers have to say: "Monroe Mann is a successful motivational coach and certified guerrilla marketer. He developed his motivational skills as an entrepreneur, military veteran, Hollywood director and producer, and co-author of Guerrilla Networking with guru Jay Conrad Levinson."  Wow, when I read that, I thought: whoah, I've done a heck of a lot!
 
Okay, back to the law books.  My last final exam is tomorrow (friday night), and then a two week break before I start summer clases: Evidence and Surrogate Practice.  Yee haw!  If I stay on schedule, I'll be done with this joint JD/MBA program in two years, and take the NY state bar exam in July 2010, and the California bar six months later.  Seriously, am I crazy or what?  What have I got myself into!? haha  But don't worry, in August, rest easy: I'm taking a nice two week vacation up in Maine.  Ahhh...
 
Before I sign off, I want to thank you all again, from the bottom of my heart (what the heck does that mean anyway?) for reading this, and for supporting me, and for being a fan, especially those who have been there from the beginning, and for those who stuck by my side while I was in Iraq with the Army.  So many people abandoned me when that happened, and I thank those of you who didn't lose faith; those of you who--like me--are big thinkers enough to realize that we as humans are capable of doing far more than we are given credit for.  I can't stand people telling me to 'focus' when the truth of the matter is that by diversifying my pursuits, I AM focused... and on one thing only: SUCCESS.  Why, if you are good at ten different things, must you choose only one?  Screw that!  Do it all baby!  And well, not only am I trying, but I seem to be succeeding as well.  And let me tell you, it has nothing to do with "focusing on just one thing".  Bleck--the thought of giving up some of these things I am doing is anathama and disgusting.  Just because most people are incapable of understanding how you are able to do so many things shouldn't mean that YOU have to limit yourself.  So don't limit yourself based on others' ineptitude and jealousy, ok?  Live out loud; live up to your potential; and GO OUT THERE AND KICK IT!
 
Oh, before I forget, my friend and producing partner Christian Barnes wanted me to tell all of you to check out his film, "National Lampoon's Cattle Call" which was released worldwide on DVD thru Lions Gate Films yesterday.  It is super funny.  You can click the link below to order your copy, or pop it on your netflix queue.  Christian's next film is Shinobi, going into production this fall with Universal Pictures, written and directed by Max Makowski for a 2009 release.  Christian is, if you've been keeping up to date, one of the producers of my upcoming wakeboarding film, "In the Wake".  Hey Christian: CONGRATULATIONS ON CATTLE CALL!  Now let's get this silly wakeboarding film made already!  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT CATTLE CALL:  http://www.lionsgateshop.com/product.asp?Id=11133&TitleParentId=4993 
 
Later dudes! 
 
Meet you at the top!
-Monroe Mann
Publicity Manager, The RoMann Empire
 
Call 914-481-1641 or reply to this email to set up your free 20-minute career, marketing, and financial phone consultation with Unstoppable Artists' founder Monroe Mann.  Who is he?  He's the guy to call when you're finally ready to take control of your circumstances.

ROMP ON! Meet you at the TOP!
No Rules. No Excuses. No Regrets.
-Monroe Mann
CEO & Senior Publicist
Unstoppable Artists, LLC
www.UnstoppableArtists.com
914-481-1641 (office) 
646-764-1764 (cell)

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Business Tip From: (The 48 Laws of Power)


BUSINESS TIP FROM: (The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene)
 
Robert Greene wrote this amazing book called, "The 48 Laws of Power".  If you haven't read it yet... do so immediately.  I mean IMMEDIATELY.  Of the thousands of magnificently profound strategies in the book, one jumps out at me. 
 
He writes, "Patience will protect you from making moronic blunders.  Like mastering your emotions, patience is a skill--it does not come naturally.  But nothing about power is natural; power is more godlike than anything in the natural world.  And patience is the supreme virtue of the gods, who have nothing but time.  Everything good will happen--the grass will grow again, if you give it time and see several steps into the future.  Impatience, on the other hand, only makes you look weak.  It is a principal impediment to power."
 
Well said, would you not agree?  You absolutely MUST have a long-term time perspective if you hope to succeed at any major endeavor.  Stop thinking about tomorrow.  As the Bible says, "Tomorrow will take care of itself."  What you need to be thinking about is TEN YEARS from tomorrow!  Don't make your decisions based on the impact they will have tomorrow; make your decisions based on the impact they will have ten years from now.  This strategy will prevent you from making rash decisions.
 
On that note, I know it's gonna take you a while to read the 48 Laws of Power, but big deal, right?  You're thinking long-term now baby!  On that note, be sure to also read The Theatrical Juggernaut by Monroe Mann!  And call me up! 
 
Call 914-481-1641 or reply to this email to set up your free 20-minute career, marketing, and financial phone consultation with Unstoppable Artists' founder Monroe Mann.  Who is he?  He's the guy to call when you're finally ready to take control of your circumstances.

ROMP ON! Meet you at the TOP!
No Rules. No Excuses. No Regrets.
-Monroe Mann
CEO & Senior Publicist
Unstoppable Artists, LLC
www.UnstoppableArtists.com
914-481-1641 (office) 
646-764-1764 (cell)

PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL!  I KNOW YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS INSPIRATION AND BUSINESS KNOW-HOW!