Six degrees of separation is the theory that anyone
on the planet can be connected to any other person on
the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no
more than five intermediaries.
The theory was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian
writer Frigyes Karinthy in a short story called “Chains.”
As I look at my day to day experiences and some of the
amazing people that I have met, I believe that there
is a lot of validity to the theory.
One of my goals is one days meet/chat with Oprah
Winfrey. I have a lot of reasons for wanting to do
that, not the least of which is that I’m working on
several projects that she could offer a major boost
too.
One of my business partners is Dave Franks. Dave
was Alex Haley’s cook and farm manager. If you don’t
remember Alex, he wrote the book Roots, among other
noteworthy accomplishments.
While working for Alex, Dave got to meet notables
like Oprah (whom he once sat in a porch swing with
discussing “the old days”), Governor Lamar Alexander,
Lou Gossett Jr., and countless others.
Alex pushed Dave to write a cookbook, which he has.
It’s called Foods Of The Southland. It’s an
execellent cookbook, and I’m getting ready to help
Dave roll it out.
Dave has been on one of my lists for many years,
and liked my model for selling cookbooks. He
turned to me for help with marketing. As soon as
the website is revised by one of my Inner Circle
members, it will roll out big-time, and should do
very well.
As I helped Dave plan the rollout, one of my first
suggestions to him was to get a testimonial from
Oprah. We’re working on that now. Dave know
people with enough access to Oprah to just walk in
and hand her a copy of the book. We’ll see how that
works out.
By the way, Dave’s unfinished site is at:
http://FoodsOfTheSouthland.com
We expect it to be “live” in a week or two!
Partnering with Dave made great sense to me since
I already sell 5 other cookbooks. Cookbook
collectors will buy numerous cookbooks from you
if you offer them in the right way. It’s a
niche most internet marketers (who choose to
enter that niche) don’t do that well in though.
There are secret tactics/techniques that I may
someday share with you… maybe in a private
conversation at a seminar.
Willie