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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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Who
Is The Single Woman David Sams Has Gotten
Involved With?
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You
might think
that
National Enquirer like headline was meant
to trick you into clicking through to this
article but it's true - David Sams (one
of the original producers of the Oprah
Winfrey Show and the subject of our September
2011 Cover Story) has entered a new
relationship with a single woman. I
know some of you who know David are thinking,
"Oh no, David couldn't be dumb enough to
split up with the love of his live - the lovely Michelle
Bekeza!" Well, you would be right, he's
not. David's new relationship with Mandy
Hale is strictly business.
Like many other domain investors who have
diversified into new enterprises, Sams has other
irons in the fire. His latest is a new partnership with Ms. Hale, the
author of a hot new book called The
Single Woman's Sassy Survival Guide to Letting
Go & Moving On.
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David
Sams and Michelle Bekeza
Michelle is OK with David's involvement with
Mandy
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Sams
and Hale formed a new company, The
Single Woman, LLC, to launch
a strategic plan for the brand,
of which publishing is just the
first part (David told us many
more books are to follow). If
you read our story about
David,
you know he is a marketing
genius with a long track record
of success. The duo's work promoting
Mandy's book, her website at TheSingleWoman.com
and The
Single Woman brand has helped make
the new
book (that has a
perfect five-star review rating
from buyers at Amazon.com) a breakout
success. This despite the
fact that it was given only
limited pre-release distribution
starting Feb. 1 with full
distribution on all platforms
coming on Valentine's Day,
February 14.
After
just 24 hours in
pre-release mode The Single
Woman's Sassy Survival Guide
had shot up to #3 in the
Kindle Store Women's Health
category, #7 in Women's Books
and #49 in Self |
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Help.
In the week since then it has soared
even higher and it just cracked Amazon's
Top 100 in the massive Non-Fiction
category. It is also #1 on
Amazon's Hot List for Personal
Health, #6 on that list for Self Help
and and #26 on the Hot List for all
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David and
Mandy, who are both based in Nashville,
are giving buyers of the Kindle version
of the book a big incentive to buy
before the big Valentine's Day push on
all platforms. It is currently priced at
just $2.99 for the Kindle
edition (if you don't have a
Kindle you can still download the book
and read it on your laptop or PC.) David
said he and Mandy decided to cut out the
middleman by self publishing so they
could make the book affordable for the
millions of singles who need the
information most.
To tell you
a little more about Mandy, her bio
reveals that in October 2009 she ended a
year and a half long toxic
relationship and was looking for an
inspiring “single lady” role
model to look up to for
encouragement and motivation. Her site
notes "The word "single"
seemed to carry a stigma with it; of
being unwanted, unlovable, and
undesired. Looking around at all the
fabulous, rockin’ single ladies around
her, Mandy knew something must be done.
It was time for a Single Woman
Revolution. Mandy launched a Nashville
Examiner column and shortly
thereafter, her Twitter
page – both of
which became an instant success."
In one year
Mandy has amassed over 427,000
Twitter followers (@TheSingleWoman) from across the
globe. Over the weekend she got
endorsements on Twitter from ABC's
Sherri Shepherd and author Nicholas
Sparks (The Notebook). Mandy, who has drawn a crowd with her
inspirational, witty and often wildly
humorous take on love and life, was
recently voted a 2011 "Woman of |
Author
Mandy Hale |
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Influence" by the Nashville
Business Journal under the
category of Inspiration/Mentor. She has
also been featured on several radio and
TV shows across the country and she is
just getting started. With David in her
corner the sky's the limit and if
you don't believe that, just ask Oprah! |
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(Posted Feb.
8, 2012)
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