Podcasts about amazing things will happen

This is day three of the Draw the Circle Prayer Challenge with Pastor Christine Desiree. On today's podcast, Pastor Christine is teaching us from pgs. 26-31 of the devotional book "DRAW THE CIRCLE" by Mark Batterson. The scripture passages come from Joshua 3:1-5.  And the focus of this teaching is if you give yourself to God, amazing things will happen for you. Being consecrated means being completely dedicated to God. Christ gave His all for us on the cross, so He expects us to do the same. Lay it all down for him and completely dedicate ourselves to Him. To view the video that goes along with this podcast series and to get access to the prayer requests and activities that go along with this series, send a request to join our Facebook Community group today @ www.facebook.com/groups/purposeandlifeministries/

This episode of the Chats with Chip podcast features CC Chapman, an expert storyteller, passionate explorer, and committed humanitarian. CC currently serves as a Visiting Instructor of Business and Management at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He is a prolific writer and frequent keynote speaker who authored Amazing Things Will Happen and co-authored Content Rules. CC discussed his role...

For the past year, I’ve asked numerous people the simple question of “Why do you write?” on the Why I Write Podcast. The answers usually start with a giggle at the enormity of the question, but the answers all have a similar vibe to them. All around some version of having to do it because the urge/voices/need is there. This certainly fits for me as well. I have to write. It isn’t a choice. The voices in my head scream when I haven’t created in a while. For me, there is a variety of writing I do. My paper journal gets my most honest and open writing. No matter how much I strive to put my true self out to the world, we all censor ourselves. The darkest of dark winds up in my journal. Blogging since 2002, my writing has evolved. I now only write when I have something to say or needing to get out of my head. Sometimes I cross-post to other sites and other times I keep it right here. Amazing Things Will Happen and Content Rules both continue to sell copies and things are in motion to keep that going. Being a published author changed my life. It opened doors, put me on stages and connected me with a vast variety of people around the globe. Writing makes my world better. It allows me to collect my thoughts, tell stories and help others. Earlier this summer we held memorial service for a dear friend and each of us was allowed to choose a stone with various words or phrases painted on them. My father grabbed one for me. It is a simple white rock with black letters that read “Voice for the Voiceless.” I hold that rock in my hand often and wonder if I’m doing enough of that with my words. Lately, there hasn’t been enough of that sort of writing and it is something I’m striving to do more of in the coming months. Recently over dinner, my daughter challenged me that I wasn’t writing enough. She asked, “Whatever happened to your ‘fiction Fridays’ you were trying?” I had nothing to say to her because the truth is I haven’t been writing as much as I should and want to do. Next month that will change. While chatting with Grant Faulkner I realized I have no excuse this year not to take part in National Novel Writing Month. It is something I’ve always wanted to do but never had a problem finding an excuse to keep me from doing it. I  jokingly made up a title, but then the characters and story started to roll around in my brain. Like I said, I write to get the voices out of my head and these are screaming to be let loose. Why do I write? I write because I love it and I respect the power that words hold. I wish more people embraced and respected that power.

C.C. Chapman describes himself as a New England raised storyteller, explorer, and humanitarian. Others have described him as a thought leader in the online marketing space, a grounded futurist and one the nicest guy on the Internet. Over the years of his career, he has worked with a variety of clients including Nike, HBO, American Eagle Outfitters, ONE, Verizon FiOS, and The Coca-Cola Company. He is the co-author of the International bestseller “Content Rules” and is also the author of “Amazing Things Will Happen.” He travels the world speaking in front of audiences to do more in the world and how to understand content marketing better. C.C. has taught classes for Lynda.com, CreativeLive and now as an adjunct professor at Bentley University (where he also graduated from). C.C. is an advocate who speaks about building passionate communities and the strategic values of content-based marketing. He is a Samsung Imagelogger, the original ONE Dad and a UN Foundation Social Good Fellow. As a storyteller for hire, his work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone and The Wall Street Journal. C.C. serves as the Chairman of the Board at Wediko and serves on the board of The Hockey Foundation. He happily lives in the woods outside of Boston with his loving family.   What you’ll learn about in this episode: Social Good: giving your employees an opportunity to make a difference How to pick the right cause for your agency to support Don’t be too humble: why you need to talk about the non-profit work that you do The International bestseller “Content Rules” C.C. co-authored Speak Human: the most violated rule from “Content Rules” Differentiation: what makes your agency different? Creating content that plays to your strengths Why you can’t afford not to have content for yourself (and how to get it produced if you honestly don’t have the time to do it personally) Building trust by giving away at least pieces of what you do How to make your content stand out from all the other content out there Connecting your offline life with your digital presence Doing a regular social media audit to make sure your content is presenting your agency the way you want to be presented Ways to Contact C.C. Chapman: Website: www.cc-chapman.com Twitter: @cc_chapman Book: "Content Rules" We’re proud to announce that Hubspot is now the presenting sponsor of the Build A Better Agency podcast! Many thanks to them for their support!

Today is the National Day on Writing. This day was founded by the National Council of Teachers of English on the premise that writing is critical to literacy but needs greater attention and celebration. To me writing is a core part of who I am. The voices, ideas and worlds in my head have to be let out or else they just keep banging on my skull. As I began to share more of my writing with the masses, I realized the power of words to inspire others. The fact that I still get notes from readers who discover Amazing Things Will Happen at their local library or bookstore and thank me for writing it means that my words are making an impact. Every time a student or executive thanks me for co-writing Content Rules I’m filled with pride. So, to the question of #WhyIWrite my answer is: If you have a moment, please share why you write on your social network(s) of choice and use the hashtag #WhyIWrite. Besides being an inspiration day for the masses, today is extra special for me. Today, I can let you know that I’ve been hired to be the host of the new Why I Write Podcast. We are going to be interviewing a variety of people and talking to them about the how and why they write. My hope is that we get to talk to writers of music, video games, screenplays, poetry, theater and of course books. You can listen to our first episode with author Brad Meltzer now and new episodes will be coming out every two weeks. Subscribe with iTunes or with our RSS feed in your player of choice. This is a dream project for me and already it has sparked me to write more. I hope it has the same effect on people around the world. I’m looking forward to where this partnership with NCTE goes. I have a feeling there are many exciting times ahead.

Turn on your television or look at a news site and you are guaranteed to see something that upsets you. It doesn’t matter which side of the aisle you lean, team you root for or flag you salute. There is a never ending stream of bad news that will bother you. I’ve talked before about how throwing more hate, anger and frustration out into the world helps no one. There has been an endless stream of tweets and status updates I’ve thought about creating. But, whenever I’m slamming the keys in frustration, I try to stop and ask myself this. Will anything good come of me throwing this out into the world? If I can’t answer yes, I try not to do it. Yesterday, I received an email from a woman I shared the stage with on a panel several years ago. She was dropping me a note to thank me for writing Amazing Things Will Happen because after going through some things in her life, she was packing and found the book and reread it. She wanted to let me know that my words had helped her push forward and through something she was working on. I share this story as a reminder that there is good news out there too. You just have to look a little harder for it sometimes. In the midst of someone being on stage and spewing hate, I looked at my phone and found this thank you note. Did it balance everything out in the universe? No way. Did it help remind me to remain optimistic and try to keep my glass half full? You bet! Today as you go about your day, think about what you share and put out for others to see. Take an extra few seconds before hitting the share or post button to wonder if any good will come of it. Seek out things that make you smile and share that rather than what you disagree with. Every bit helps. It may not feel it, but I believe it does. no

CC Chapman is trying to find focus while seeking the next cause, searching for that next big thing. And the journey from where we are to where we know we want to be is challenging… for all of us. Focus is the key to getting you through the “dip”, that challenging valley between. He’s is a New England raised storyteller, explorer and humanitarian. He’s a thought leader in the online marketing space – author of two books, Content Rules and Amazing Things Will Happen. He’s worked with a variety of clients including Nike, HBO, American Eagle Outfitters, ONE, Verizon FiOS and The Coca-Cola Company. On this show, we talk about how to find a cause and getting through the difficult dip along the way. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Driven by fulfillment How “Content Rules” came to fruition The book CC always wanted to write The similarity of growing up in a small town and social media The power of giving back  Cause marketing, working on the One Campaign How humility gets in the way of business development The impact of losing focus “Your work matters”, the power of these three words to each other Transformation comes from who believes in you Why we need others around us to help make success happen How listening and kindness are necessary Experiencing the “Dip” Making sure you facing up the right hill Asking the tough questions to your great ideas and more! Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness CC’s Photo on Instagram Twitter: @cc_chapman www.cc-chapman.com Networking Ebook:  www.angusnelson.com/networking Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining me again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Up In Your Business podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. If you have any questions, please shoot me a note on the “

So if you want a deep lesson on everything content marketing and storytelling - then you're definitely listening to the right episode. That's because we are thrilled to have the one and only C.C. Chapman join us for our tenth episode of Gen X Amplified. C.C. Chapman is a prolific speaker, author, content storyteller, podcaster, and consultant. Over the years he has worked with many corporate clients including Nike, American Eagle Outfitters, Coca-Cola, and HBO. He is the best-selling author of two value-packed books: Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars that Engage Customers and Ignite your Business (which he co-authored with Ann Handley), and also Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness. C.C. is also the creator and host of the "Managing the Grey" podcast. In addition to his content creation projects, C.C. also heads up a consultancy called Never Enough Days - that specializes in social good, cause marketing, and corporate responsibility. On this episode, we chat with C.C. about the virtues of content marketing, and why as an entrepreneur it's important to focus not just on the financial rewards, but also the greater good of life. Key Highlights From This Episode: What is the best way to approach content marketing? Why making sure your 'house is in order' is vital for aspiring business owners. How everyone now has a broadcast studio in their pocket. Why writing a book can be extremely rewarding for your career? What was the main inspiration for writing Amazing Things Will Happen? And so much more! Important Mentions from this Episode (with links): C.C.'s Personal Website Content Rules (book) Amazing Things Will Happen (book) Never Enough Days Lemonade by Eric Proulx "Amazing" by One Eskimo Lynda.com C.C. on Twitter C.C. on Instagram Thank you for listening!

C.C. Chapman is a storyteller, explorer and humanitarian. He's the author of Amazing Things Will Happen: A Real-World Guide on Achieving Success and Happiness and co-author of Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business (New Rules Social Media Series). C.C. hosts the Managing the Gray podcast, and he recently launched a new company, Never Enough Days, a conscience based consultancy. Talking about unplugging, realigning and networking at conferences. NBN 37 Show Notes Join the NBN Club today and meet 100 smart minds who want to help you achieve your professional goals. Listen to episode 37 in iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks to Barbara from Women in Business Networking for her excellent networking tip. Record your own here. Grab a copy of my book, New Business Networking from Amazon today. I'm thankful to all of my wonderful readers. C.C. and I talk about Never Enough Days. We chat about the importance of really following our passions. C.C. is a realistic, "Chase your passions, but you may have to do so on the side for a while." "I wear my heart and passion on my sleeve." Balancing practicality with passion is the scary hard thing. Take those risks earlier. How to have a conversation with yourself. Seth Godin's lizard brain. C.C. goes on walks in nature without devices to distract him from his thoughts. Do you? Each and everyone of us get in our own way sometimes. It's nuts! James Altucher's book, Choose Yourself! We talk about overcoming self-doubt. Don't miss C.C.'s book, Amazing Things Will Happen. C.C. spoke about fear and self-doubt at Misfit Conf. Read his summary post here. Admitting your self-doubt can help others. My interview with Jason SurfrApp. On balancing online and offline relationships. Getting lost in the click-stream. C.C. loves Refresh, but they need an Android version. I hope Bhavin is listening. He uses the LinkedIn Connected app to be alerted of job changes, promotions and birthday from his network. He skips writing birthday posts on friend's Facebook walls, and chats them Facebook Messenger instead. Ask, “who can I introduce you to?” to people in your network. Maybe you can help them. Check out Contactually as a great CRM solution to handle your follow ups. I'm a big fan and partner. You can hear my interview with Zvi Band in NBN28. Export Facebook birthdays and important to your calendar, so you can have an overview of people's birthdays and you can follow up before the big day. C.C. uses his Twitter handle on every slide when he speaks at conferences. He always takes time to reply to each person who interacted during his presentation. Always take someone's business card and follow up the day you return home. Talk to people at conferences. Start a conversation with the person next to you. You are at a conference to be face to face with people. Try to keep your phone in your pocket. You're paying money to connect with the people in the room. You can watch the sessions online later. Ian Cleary doesn't even attend sessions, he only uses his time to meet people. Create private Twitter lists of people you met at a conference. Read more on this here. Ello, “a creative little commune that nobody has quite figured out yet.” C.C. sets aside time each day to try new social sites, services and apps. Pick up a copy of the best-selling book, Content Rules by C.C. and Ann Handley. How content marketing applies to professional networking. Content is what you create to tell your story. If we judged everybody by their LinkedIn profiles it would be pretty boring. Avoid talking about politics too much online. It may get in the way of your networking and clients. Research the content people have created before you meet them. Focus on your website, email subscribers, and Twitter for your networking efforts online. It takes time to build your network. It won't happen overnight. Give people a reason to subscribe to your email newsletter. Subscribe to the Never Enough Days newsletter. C.C. tries to read a physical book for thirty minutes before bed. You should too. App Recommendation:  Instagram. Book Recommendations: Creativity Incorporated by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins. Contact: cc-chapman.com and neverenoughdays.com. Submit your questions and comments by using #nbnradio. You can also record an audio comment at speakpipe.nbnradio.com. Click HERE to subscribe in iTunes Click HERE to subscribe in Stitcher   You can subscribe to the show by RSS, email or in iTunes and Stitcher Radio. You will never miss an episode! Affiliate links used, read the disclosure. Theme music, Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba. Thanks for listening. You rock!  

Want to land the big client? What happens when they ask for a $1 million insurance policy? Welcome to the big league. My next guest is C.C. Chapman author of Content Rules and Amazing Things Will Happen. In this interview we talk about what it’s really like dealing with a big client and how you should be ready for the challenge. C.C. used WordPress for big brand projects and then later sold the agency in 2009. Let’s dive right in and listen to this great story! (more…)

Want to land the big client? What happens when they ask for a $1 million insurance policy? Welcome to the big league. My next guest is C.C. Chapman author of Content Rules and Amazing Things Will Happen. In this interview we talk about what it's really like dealing with a big client and how you should be ready for the challenge. C.C. used WordPress for big brand projects and then later sold the agency in 2009. Let's dive right in and listen to this great story! C.C. Chapman interview: landing the big client and getting ready to scale Watch on YouTube Listen to the audio version Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners Don't get screwed when landing the big client Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window What we're learning in this episode I didn't know where to begin summarizing this episode (because it's so epic), so I'll do a bullet point outline: There's snake oil salesman in every industry – how do we deal with it in WordPress?  Running a big brand creative agency and then selling the business. Build your brand by doing great work and good ol fashion networking. If you're not ready or willing to scale, you could get screwed with a big client. Have a goal you're trying to achieve. Hand shakes and hugs trump likes and shares. (think about it!) His only regret, not self promoting harder Everyone is afraid to sell and it drives me nuts. C.C. knew his first book Content Rules was top notch – but even he admits he didn't push it hard enough. When you know you have something great, tell the world. Why not? What do you have to lose? You don't have to be all, “Pitchy pitchy, selly sell.” about it. (Thanks Chris Brogan) Promote with confidence knowing that your product is better than it's competition. If you have something with very little or poor competition, why wouldn't you want to shout it from the roof tops? You're just a freelancer offering services? Why are you better than the next person? What's the value you bring to a project? Tell us! Amazing Things Will Happen It's the title of C.C's second book and it's the mantra of many entrepreneurs. If you're busting your hump, putting out great work, and letting the world know who you are the path to success will be prosperous. We're not just talking money in the bank, but finding what you want in the life/career balance and forging great relationships along the way. What do you think? Are you on the path to amazing things? Let us know! ★ Support this podcast ★

Alexandra Reid sits down with award-winning marketer and author C.C. Chapman to talk about storytelling and why businesses must learn to think like publishers. Pulling advice from his books, Content Rules and Amazing Things Will Happen, C.C. tells us about today's online environment and the attention economy and emphasis why it's so important for businesses to stop stalling and begin developing their online presence NOW. He also explains why he hates the term “content marketing” and shares stories about who did it well and who failed epically. Most importantly, C.C. offers advice about how to become amazing at your job, and find happiness in the work you do. Start the discussion: connect with Alex and C.C. on Twitter - @Techally and @CC_Chapman.

Today, J.C. chats with longtime friend and social media maven & author C.C. Chapman about C.C.'s new nonfiction book, Amazing Things Will Happen.

Do you follow your passion? Are you wondering if there might be a link between content and living your dreams? In this episode, I interview C.C. Chapman, co-author of Content Rules. He’s also a blogger at Digital Dads, a photographer, a long time podcaster and founder of the Cleon Foundation (an agency focused on causes). His newest book is Amazing Things Will Happen. Show Notes: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/19  

Welcome to episode #323 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. What you need to know about C.C. Chapman: if it weren't for him (and Joseph Jaffe), there would probably not be a Six Pixels of Separation podcast. The co-author (with Ann Handley) of Content Rules is one of the pioneers in podcasting, and he has had a pretty incredible career in new media. He still works on Digital Dads and is about to release a brand new book called, Amazing Things Will Happen. It's an interesting time for C.C. This book is not about new media. It's a book he wrote for his children to read when they get older and start thinking about their own professional careers. Along the way, he realized that others might benefit from his perspectives on success, motivation and doing your best to be the best. There's one other thing you need to know about C.C. Chapman: he is a kind soul and good friend. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #323 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 28:34. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter.  Six Pixels of Separation the book is now available. CTRL ALT DEL is coming in Spring 2013. In conversation with C.C. Chapman. Amazing Things Will Happen. Content Rules. Digital Dads. Follow C.C. on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #323 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising podcast amazing things will happen ann handley blog blogging brand business book cc chapman content marketing world content rules david usher digital dads digital marketing facebook itunes joseph jaffe marketing marketing blogger marketing podcast online social network podcast podcasting social media