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Corey Rudl's Last Interview with Dan Kennedy

Like millions of others, I watched Tammy Faye Messner's last interview Thursday night on Larry King, then woke up Friday to the news she had passed away.

Luckily, Tammy Faye was able to spread her message of hope and bravery in the face fo death to millions of people just hours before cancer took her life.

I started to wonder how many people die every day without having the ability to spread their message to others.

When I started Contact Any Celebrity, Corey Rudl of the Internet Marketing Center was the expert and mentor I turned to for advice.

Corey later invited me to speak on two panels at the last Internet business seminar he gave in California before he was killed in a car-racing accident.

After Corey's death, I had to find a new mentor, so I turned to Dan Kennedy. Not long ago, Dan was almost killed the same way, except this time it was horse racing instead of car racing.

What's my point? That we must learn as much as we can from experts while they're with us, because they could go at any time.

Which is why I'm excited to announce I've just acquired the rights to Corey Rudl's last interview, so I can continue spreading Corey's message even after he's gone.

In this interview, Corey and Dan Kennedy discuss the best ways to start or expand a business both online and offline:

Click the link above to listen in...

P.S. If you're thinking about starting or expanding a business, you MUST listen to this once-in-a-lifetime interview with Corey Rudl & Dan Kennedy:

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Want to Be in My New 'Real' Book?

Here's something exciting...

I'm on tight deadline to finish up my new business book, tentatively titled "Celebrity Leverage: How to Harness the Power of Celebrities To Make Your Business Famous."

And you can be part of it!

If you've got a success story about getting celebrity endorsements or simply using celebrities in your marketing and publicity, I might feature you and your Web site in the book.

(It doesn't have to be because you used Contact Any Celebrity. That would be nice, but I'm looking for all success stories).

I'm really going to promote this book, so you'll be sure to get some good publicity out of it as well!

I'll also award the 5 best stories with my upcoming Celebrity Leverage Toolkit, which will be a $995 value.

Here's an example of what I'm looking for:

"I'm a jewelry designer and I use your service to get my product into the hands of the hottest celebrities. So far I have received personal thank you notes from Courteney Cox Arquette, Angela Bassett and Halle Berry... that was out of 5 gift baskets sent. My work has been included in the SAG Awards gift basket and also in one of the Oscar Awards post show events. Because of this, my jewelry has appeared on some of the hottest celebrities in
Hollywood! I'm always recommending your site to other designers."

- Amy Peters, Amy Peters Studio, Pismo Beach, CA

(By the way, this is a real testimonial from a Contact Any Celebrity Member!)

That's it -- just a simple 1-2 paragraph description of what you did to get celebrity endorsements and how you did it will do the trick.

Just email it to me here.

Please include your name, email address and phone number so I can let you know if I include it in the book.

P.S. If you want to see more testimonials of how businesses and entrepreneurs have used Contact Any Celebrity to get valuable celebrity endorsements and more, visit:

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Celebrity MySpace Friends & the Forbes 100

Did you know the annual Forbes Celebrity 100 list now takes into consideration how many MySpace friends a celebrity has?

Some of the top celebrity MySpacers according to Forbes:

• Dane Cook - 1,938,413 friends
• Diddy - 905,830 friends
• 50 Cent - 862,536 friends
• Justin Timberlake - 760,911 friends
• Hilary Duff - 303,759 friends
• Madonna - 164,385 friends
• U2 - 134,024 friends

To learn how to set up your own MySpace profile if you don't have one yet, check out my free article "How to Contact Celebrities Using MySpace." I'll also reveal how to tell which celebrity MySpace profiles are real... and which ones are fake!

Celebrity Addresses of the Week for July 17, 2007

Here are your Celebrity Addresses of the Week and Celebrity Birthdays for July 17, 2007...

JULY 17

David Hasselhoff, 55
c/o Joel Dean
TalentWorks (LA)
3500 W Olive Ave #1400
Burbank, CA 91505

JULY 18

Vin Diesel, 40
One Race Productions
9100 Wilshire Blvd
East Tower #333
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

JULY 20

Gisele Bundchen, 27
IMG Models
304 Park Ave S Fl 12
New York, NY 10010

JULY 21

Josh Hartnett, 29
c/o Kevin Huvane
Creative Artists Agency LCC (CAA-LA)
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067

JULY 22

David Spade, 43
c/o Marc Gurvitz
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
9150 Wilshire Blvd #350
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

JULY 23

Daniel Radcliffe, 18
Artists Rights Group Talent (ARG)
4 Great Portland St
London W1W 8PA
UNITED KINGDOM

Michelle Williams, 27
c/o Hylda Queally
Creative Artists Agency LCC (CAA-LA)
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Member Spotlight: Mike Esterman Celebrity Booker

Mike Esterman of Esterman Entertainment is a celebrity personal appearance agent who has booked everyone from Cindy Margolis and Mario Lopez to Fergie and Kevin Federline for private parties and events. He's been featured on E! Entertainment Television, CNN's Showbiz Tonight, and The Today Show as a guest expert.

I sat down with Mike Esterman to talk about how small businesses can hire celebrities to help with their marketing and publicity efforts:

Jordan McAuley: What does a celebrity personal appearance agent do exactly?

Mike Esterman: While celebrities may have more than one agent (theatrical, speaking, voice over, etc.), I'm a non-exclusive conduit who gets them booked at private parties, special events, club appearances, store and restaurant openings, etc. The only events I myself do not book celebrities for are fundraisers or charity events.

Jordan: Why should a small business owner go through a personal appearance agent like yourself as opposed to the celebrity's theatrical agent?

Esterman: One reason is because I actually answer the phone and will give you a quick answer. Sometimes you can't get the celebrity's theatrical agent on the phone. And if you do get them on the phone, in order to book the celebrity for an event they want to know all about your personal business: what your books look like, how your business operates, your background, etc. You can actually speak to me with one phone call and I don't ask as many questions.

Read the rest of Mike Esterman's Insider Interview here >>

To learn more, visit How To Hire A Celebrity For Your Event.

Or watch him on The Today Show with Matt Laurer here:

Get Your Product To Celebrity Personal Assistants

A great way to get your product to celebrities is to gift their assistants. Each year, celebrity assistant associations invite companies to present their products and give samples away to assistants who attend the annual (and highly popular) "Unique Gifts" meeting.

Contact the Association of Celebrity Personal Assistants below for more information on when the next gifting meeting will be held:

Association of Celebrity Personal Assistants (LA)
914 Westwood Blvd. #507
Los Angeles, CA 90024

New York Celebrity Assistants Association (NY)
459 Columbus Ave. #216
New York, NY 10024
212-803-5444

Did You Watch Live Earth This Weekend?

Did you watch Live Earth this weekend?

This 24-hour concert held on all continents featured some of the most well known celebrities, and was organized by Al Gore to raise awareness about global warming.

Several radio stations broadcast it live, which was really cool. When I got in my car to go to the gym, I turned on Sirius just in time to hear Madonna's "Hung Up" segment live from London.

While some attendees and viewers may be genuinely interested in the issue of global warming, undoubtedly much of the buzz around Live Earth can be attributed to its celebrity participants including Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, etc.

Which is why if you're a business, author or nonprofit, it's so important to learn from Live Earth and tie in with celebrities to get attention and awareness.

Here are two resources that can help:

• Help From Hollywood: How To Hold A Successful Celebrity Autograph Auction To Raise Tons of Money for Your Nonprofit
• Celebrity Causes Database: Find out which celebrities contribute to your cause!

Guess what? Both of these resources are now included with your Membership to Contact Any Celebrity! Hurry, a 7 day trial is just $1!

Watch Madonna's Live Earth performance here:

Celebrate Your Independence

Happy Fourth of July! To help celebrate your independence, I wanted to let you know about this exercise from Tim Ferriss, author of the instant New York Times bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek...

As soon as Tim's book came out, it skyrocketed to the top of the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. As I write this it's #14 on Amazon.com, and it's been out since April!

Did I mention he's a longtime Member of Contact Any Celebrity, and that he actually recommends us in his book... twice?

So here's the exercise Tim Ferriss recommends to help boost your independence from page 161 of The 4-Hour Workweek:

COMFORT CHALLENGE:

Call at least one potential superstar mentor per day for three days. E-mail only after attempting a phone call. I recommend calling before 8:30 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. to reduce run-ins with secretaries and other gatekeepers. Have a single question in mind, one that you have researched but have been unable to answer yourself. Shoot for "A" players -- CEOs, ultrasuccessful entrepreneurs, famous authors, etc.--and don't aim low to make it less frightening. Use http://www.ContactAnyCelebrity.com if need be, and base your script on the following:

Unknown answerer: This is Acme Inc. [or the office of Mentor X"].

You: Hi, this is Tim Ferriss calling for John Grisham, please.

Answerer: May I ask what this is regarding?

You: Sure. I know this might sound a bit odd, but I'm a first-time author and just read his interview in Time Out New York. I'm a longtime fan and have finally built up the courage to call him for one specific piece of advice. I wouldn't take more than two minutes of his time. Is there any way you can help me get through to him? I really, really appreciate whatever you can do.

Answerer: Hmmm... Just a second. Let me see if he's available. [two minutes later] Here you go. Good luck [rings to another line]

John Grisham: John Grisham here.

You: Hi, Mr. Grisham. My name is Tim Ferriss. I know this might sound a bit odd, but I'm a first-time author and a longtime fan. I just read your interview in Time Out New York and finally built up the courage to call. I have wanted to ask you for a specific piece of advice for a long time, and it shouldn't take more than two minutes of your time. May I?

John Grisham: Uh... Ok. Go ahead. I have to be on a call in a few minutes.

You: (at the very end of the call): Thank you so much for being so generous with your time. If I have the occasional tough question--very occasional--is there any chance I could keep in touch via e-mail?

Timothy includes lot of footnotes with supplemental tips about getting past gatekeepers and contacting celebrities, but to get those you'll have to buy the book :)

He recommends Contact Any Celebrity again on page 203:

CELEBRITY FINDING:

Contact Any Celebrity
It is possible to do it yourself, as I have done many times. This online directory and its helpful staff will help you find any celebrity in the world.

Free CD: How to Get Celebrity Book Endorsements

Want to learn how to get celebrities to endorse your book and give you a quote you can use on your book's cover?

If so, keep reading to find out how you can get a free copy of my new audio CD!

I just finished interviewing my friend Jacqueline Marcell, a self-published author who got over 51 big-name celebrities to endorse her very first book (and she had 0 connections).

In this interview, Jacqueline reveals exactly how she did it, including the step-by-step system she developed and the secrets she learned along the way.

Now you can easily get celebrity endorsements for your own book!

And the best part is, I'm giving away a limited number of these interviews on a real audio CD you can listen to at work, in your car, or put on your iPod.

I can't give you this CD totally free, but since you're an author I'll send you one if you'll just help me out with the low cost of $5.72 to rush it to you.

Click here now to claim your free CD!

Why am I giving these CDs away?

Because I want to share Jacqueline's secrets with authors who are serious about getting celebrity endorsements for their books and making it a success.

To help make up for the shipping fee, I'll also include a free 3 month test-drive of my Contact Any Celebrity Private Membership Web Site and Exclusive Online Database, so you can get the contact information for over 54,565 celebrities worldwide and start contacting them yourself for book endorsements and more.

(We update this online database every day -- it's the best source of verified celebrity contact information anywhere).

But hurry, I only have a limited number of CDs to give away, and they're going fast!

Click here now to claim your free CD!

P.S. With the amount of books coming out every day in the publishing world, it's more important than ever to make your book stand out. Having celebrity book endorsements will do just that.

This free audio interview CD will reveal the steps you need to take, and the free 3 month Contact Any Celebrity Membership will give you all the celebrity contact information you need to get them!