“25 percent of search results for the world's top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content. 34 percent of bloggers post opinions about products and brands.” WorldResultsOpinionFiveFourProductsPercentTwentiesBrandsPostsThirtyLinksUsersTwenty FiveBloggers Author:Erik Qualman
“I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't believe evil is a thing. I believe it's a by-product of man's fear and desperation.” MenBelieveActionEvilI BelieveDarkOpinionProductsDon't BelieveDestructiveDesperationControversial Author:Victor Salva
“the idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even, in my opinion, lacks any strong appeal. Life is struggle and striving, development and growth - and analysis is one of the means that can help in this process. Certainly its positive accomplishments are important, but also the striving itself is of intrinsic value.” HumansMeanImportantIdeasHelpingLife IsValuesStrongProcessGrowthOpinionStruggleProductsDevelopmentStriveFinishedAppealsAnalysisAccomplishmentPsychiatryPresumptuousIntrinsic ValueLife Is A StruggleDevelopment And Growth Book:Self-Analysis Source: Self-Analysis
“Although it is easier to find information these days, it is easier than ever before to find misinformation, pseudo-facts, unsupported and fringe opinions, and the like. Children should be taught at an early age what constitutes evidence, how to detect biases or distortions in newspaper accounts, and that there exist hierarchies of information sources. In the medical field, for example, a controlled experiment published in a peer-reviewed journal is a better source than a blog by the Ginseng Growers Association, promoting the health benefits of their own product.” ShouldChildrenFactsAgeOpinionInformationExampleFieldsTaughtProductsSourceEasierBenefitsEvidenceAccountsMedicalNewspapersExperimentsThese DaysControlledAssociationPeersJournalHierarchyPromotingFringeBlogsDistortionMisinformationPseudoHealth Benefits Author:Daniel Levitin
“As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen [Muslims] ... it is declared ... that no pretext arising from religious opinion shall ever product an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.... The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation.” TwoCountryStatesCharacterGovernmentChristianLawNationsReligiousUnitedOpinionUnited StatesProductsHarmonyAtheistTranquilityEnmityInterruptionsPretextTwo CountriesChristian Nation Author:John Adams
“The most killer questions in sales: "Mr. Jones, when I say (insert your product, your company, or anything you want an opinion about here) what one word comes to mind?" This is the most powerful question because it not only gives you top of mind awareness (the customer "hot button"), it also tells you their attitude towards it.” WantGivingMindPowerfulAttitudeCompanyOpinionAwarenessProductsHotCustomersMost PowerfulKillersButtonsOne WordInsert Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“So many people took my opinion and some will give it more serious consideration because of who I am. Not because I have a specility in this field that I gave my opinion on, but simply because I am a little bit famous. I find that kind of power to presaude both frightening and exciting. My hope, my most frevent hope, is that I use this louder voice that success has given me, wisely. That I always remember that fame is the by product, not the substance of what I do.” PeopleGivingKindLittlesUseRememberGivenBitsVoiceOpinionFieldsSeriousProductsFameLittle BitExcitingWho I AmSubstanceConsiderationFrightening Author:Laurell K. Hamilton