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SOBCon starts this Friday! It is sure to be an exciting time, with over 100 attendees and some fantastic presenters. Our most excellent sponsors are providing some really cool items for all of the folks that will be there, as well as some virtual goodies that they would also like to share with the entire SOBCon community.

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Kris had a problem with Xerox recently:Accountability – The Tale of the Xerox Free Color Printers Program | Fresh Focus……

Let me tell you a story about accountability, regarding the Xerox corporation. I am a member of the Xerox Free Color Printers program. This program provides a free printer to anyone, as long as you reach an agreed-upon monthly quota, report your usage every month, and buy all your supplies from them. I knew all that when I signed my contract and knew I would have no problems maintaining the requirements.If you did not maintain your usage requirement, you got fined $100. If you failed to report, you got fined $125. I knew that going in.

Too bad that Xerox didn’t learn from this [link].

Kris, you should DM Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine!

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My friend Leo from ZenHabits has put together something new and exciting, an e-book resource called Web Warrior Tools . This new project is a partnership with blogger Glen Stansberry from LifeDev.

Billed as a set of ‘ridiculously useful e-book guides to everything’, Leo and Glen begin with these 4 titles:

1. The Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting - a “how-to” book for learning about podcasting. I am especially interested in this one!

2. Email Zen- e-mail management with a twist.

3. The Get Rich Slowly Guide to Roth IRAs - a basic financial planning resource, it’s never to early to think about retirement!

4. Secrets to a Healthy Life - Tips and advice for people that want to jump-start a healthy lifestyle.

This is just the beginning of what is going to be an extensive library of e-books. The e-books are inexpensive ($9 or less), they’ve been well-designed and are written by experienced bloggers. There is even a preview of them right on the site to get a feel for them before you buy them.

Leo and Glen are on the cutting edge of Web 2.0 with Web Warrior Tools. I believe that joining together to create this resource is going to be the first in a series of new business ideas that hit the internet this year. You can even get involved as a Web Warrior Tools affiliate.

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If it’s 10:00 on Friday, I am at this Zen Temple.

Watch for some fun pics and perhaps a video of Phil, Stephen, Susan and me.

I can’t promise any more posts until Monday. Please come back and check out the SOBCon after-action report.

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