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Silicon Valley Season 6 - Striving for the Ridiculous

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I love HBO's programming. I watch so many shows now off paid TV that the other day I watched commercial television and realized I was totally out of it. Commercials! Who likes those in the middle of your show? I did notice that online shopping has become the biggest promotion (yes, I am that out of it). Speaking of ... let's segue to the topic at hand -- the final season of Silicon Valley . Most shows as they end tend to wind down, and not always in a good way. Season 6 of Silicon Valley has turned into a laugh-worthy, well-timed series. I'm not sure what part of the ridiculousness I admire most. AI Denesh was great as it managed all of Denesh's contacts to his utter delight. Then we had the virtual chess battle between Gilfoyle and his Hooli phone expert. The friend rejection at the end was a let down, but true to Gilfoyles anti-social personality, he didn't accept the friend request. I also thoroughly enjoyed the episode where the evil investor goes after ...

The 3 MOST Important Marketing Tools for Your Book

Whether you're a first-time author ready to publish or an experienced writer whose books sales haven't been the best, you need to find out what may behind it.   If you've been to our meetings then you know I commonly discuss the value of proper marketing. Your first step toward success is to understand three important marketing tools that can make or break your book -- and it has nothing to do with content. While you may hate this idea and say to yourself, "What?! My book's content is fantastic." You're not wrong. In the end once you get past these three things the rest relies on valuable, interesting, intriguing content. What happens though when people don't even get to your content, because these three elements didn't draw them in? They don't read the book. So, this meeting is dedicated to helping you understand the three most important MARKETING tools to get readers interested in your book. These things are the...