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Published July 5th, 2011
Yes, drum roll please. Well, after one month, including two weeks of submitting videos and two weeks of voting, we finally have the winners of The Go-Giver Thank YOU Contest ready to announce. And, the winners are… Grand Prize $1,000 – Sabrina Risley Five Runners Up #1 – Norbeth DeJesus #2 – Laura Newman #3 [...]
Published June 20th, 2011
This was tough! I mean, really, really difficult! The panel of mysterious, secretive, clandestine, ninja-like, un-named judges, whose names and votes are forever sealed in figurative hermetically-sealed jars, struggled through a weekend of watching countless video entries into “The Go-Giver Thank YOU” Contest. NO NO, wait…we didn’t struggle because the videos weren’t fun to watch. [...]
Published June 4th, 2011
We have become aware that Apple does not allow their iPads® to be used in third party promotions or contests (Guidelines for Third Party Promotions). Yesterday, several friends emailed us an article stating that giving away a free iPad 2 as a prize is contrary to Apple’s policy. Regardless of whether we agree or disagree [...]
Published May 25th, 2011
True, we really can’t thank you enough. We’d like to try though. So, to say “Thank YOU” for all your help in The Go-Giver soaring past the 200,000 mark in sales, John David Mann and I have put together a contest with some really cool prizes. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a brand new [...]
Published May 3rd, 2011
Our awesome publisher (Penguin/Portfolio) emailed John and me yesterday with some great news: sales of The Go-Giver, including both domestic and international, has passed the 200,000 mark (actually, 222,473 but who’s counting?) and heading toward the big Quarter-Mill. THANK YOU … YOU ROCK!!!!! We wish to extend our absolute gratitude to every one of you [...]
Published February 19th, 2011
A young man named Greg wrote us last year to say he had begun a non-profit organization in his small community
Published December 5th, 2010
.entry img { padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; border: none; } .entry a img { border: 1px solid #ccc; } .entry a:hover img { border: 1px solid #666; } It’s difficult to think of a much greater compliment than to know that someone so values the message of our book that they choose [...]
Published November 2nd, 2010
It simply doesn’t get any better than this: receiving a letter beginning with “Dear Mr. Burg & Mr. Mann” from an adorable little 10 year-old girl describing the difference in her life our book has made.
Published October 16th, 2010
John and I always love hearing from people who find creative and value-based ways to apply “The Go-Giver Award” in order to honor those who live by the principles and laws in the book and positively affect the lives of others in a significant way.
Published September 16th, 2010
Last week I had the pleasure of being a guest on the syndicated television show, Daytime to discuss John’s and my book, The Go-Giver. Lindsay MacDonald did the interview. I felt kind of bad for her as she got thrown this at the last minute and didn’t have time to read the book (you can [...]
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