I was inspired by a recent blog post by my friend Srinivas Rao @SkoolofLife how he actually created a marketing plan for his blog.  @Under30CEO we always say treat your blog like a business–be serious about it.  This takes it to the next level.

This past week I spoke at University of South Dakota at their E-Evening. I had an absolute blast, the people were amazing and I’d like to thank everyone who attended, sent me mail afterwards and heard about Under30CEO for the first time. We are really trying to make it THE resource for young entrepreneurs.

You can read the whole story here and get more information on our college speaking tour, but I wanted to show off a few highlights and of course some great testimonials I was able to grab.  There are some big things coming with this blog and I stated a goal on Twitter:

(Check out how sexy my new Twitter Background is.  Created by @KevinGotBounce)

A truly amazing event with lots of smart, young, innovative, passionate people!!!

Lastly, I’m truly proud to announce that the University of South Dakota’s finest John Kreklow has been hired to coordinate all my speaking engagements! Really exciting stuff on the way.

Hello everyone, today we have a short guest post from my business partner @JaredOToole about the contest we are running giving away huge prize money for one lucky entrepreneur and some mentorship from some major multi-millionaire entrepreneurs.

A special thanks to Marshall Haas for putting together the contest and iPhone app.  Tune in as Jared explains the rest and check out our post on Under30CEO.com the resource for young entrepreneurs!

Full details can be found on BizBreakApp.com

Too many people are playing the end game, waiting for success and their trip to Tahiti and their Four Hour Work Week to be happy. Start enjoying what you are doing now!

Today I read: The Meaning of Life by Esquire Magazine. A compilation of interviews, people from Economists to actors to Snoop Dogg that talk about their thoughts on life and how it should be lived. Lots of great stories, not super deep and philosophical but some good humor and pictures. What I got out of it, the reaffirmation of:

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Every day you have the choice, either make yourself happy or make yourself sad. In America we have the rights that allow us to chase happiness. A lot of entrepreneurs play with the end goal in mind—retirement, to make a million bucks, or maybe even to donate those dollars to charity. That’s all fine and dandy but what about the journey? If you are working solely for the end game, it’s going to be a long journey.

As Brett Leve from the Summit Series said “Practice self amusement every day”.

Every day we should be looking to make ourselves happy not 5 years 5 months or 1 week down the road. Hard work comes with a price—don’t forget your work should be one of the things that creates happiness, not the idea of retirement or monetary returns.

Some fantastic quotes from the book

“We all have more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is you don’t have to break your neck to find out about them.” –Christopher Reeve, who stated in 10 years he expects to be walking.

“To really become free it takes courage or disaster. I recommend courage.”—Christopher Reeve

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. That’s my religion.” –Abe Lincoln

“Never tell your wife she’s lousy in bed. She’ll go out and get a second opinion.”—Rodney Dangerfield

“Pain is a state of mind”—Conrad Dobler

“Multitasking is a great way to miss life. The gifts come only when you give 100% to a moment.”—Ariana Huffington

“All you need is a kickstart from someone to stamp your shit.”—Snoop Dogg

“I don’t understand bordem. All you have to do is walk around the house as if you were blind. How could you be bored?—Dustin Hoffman

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I’m headed to Summit Series.  Check out my plan for prenetworking like John Exley. My points include: prenetwork, how to tag team with a partner, getting photos with big wigs, and forming relationships when networking.

Learn how to do this online with our free eBooks and Videos at http://RockStarBusinessSeries.com

People have been asking me non stop lately “What should I wrote about?!” My answer: write about what you care about.

I had an extremely gratifying response to my most recent article on Under30CEO. It was a response to BusinessWeek’s GenY hating cover story called “The Lost Generation”.

I responded with a letter to our disheveled looking cover boy Dan, telling him to step up his game and become a leader!

Not only did a I get an incredible buzz going on Twitter and some amazingly thought out responses, but BusinessWeek put my face/quote on their homepage and put me in their “In Your Face” section.

After all of this they’ve asked me to craft a counterpoint article to be published in BusinessWeek! Awesome!  A lot of people have asked me about this stuff and we are going to teach it in our next Rock Star Business Series.  Sign up to get my Free eReport on the Biggest Brand Killing Time Wasters.

This past weekend I attended my 6th Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization National Conference.  Under30CEO rocked the place, throwing a huge party; I did a keynote on pursuing your passion, we gave to breakout sessions “Growing Your Credibility and Looking Experienced as a Young Entrepreneur” and “Building Your Rock Star Online Presence” and capped it off sitting on the lunch keynote panel.

It was an awesome weekend, went out to dinner with some prominant Bryant Alum and met a ton of people I’d been talking to on Twitter for months!  A big success celebrating Under30CEOs 1 year anniversary.

With that I’d like to offer you my free eReport on The BIGGEST Time Wasting Brand Killers as a thank you for your support over these past 12 months. Get it here at http://RockStarBusinessSeries.com

To a certain degree its all about who you know, but at some point you’ll meet so many people you’ll never remember them all.  The best solution to remembering everyone? DON’T.  Get them to remember you.  You need to give them something to remember.  You need a way to stay in contact with lots of people–precisely why blogging and social networking are vital in growing your network to a large scale.

Get ready for Rock Star Business Series 2.0 get the free stuff here.

Today I Tweeted the following question: “NEED ADVICE: I’m thinking of creating 2 blog post titles, 1 that is social media friendly for the day of the post and then re-title it something more SEO Friendly.”

Our friend @FamilyBusinessU asked for further clarification, so here it goes…

Drop a comment and let me know what you think?

Also–we cover SEO in our Rock Star Business Series–(I’m obviously not the SEO guy)

Get ready for a ton of free stuff coming at you, sign up to get it at http://RockStarBusinessSeries.com