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The association between adiposity in early adulthood and subsequent development of specific malignancies is unclear. Further, the potential for mediation by adiposity in middle age has not been well examined. In a rare study, we investigated the association of body mass index (BMI) in early adulthood with mortality from several site-specific cancers.
In the Harvard Alumni Health Study cohort, 19 593 males had a physical examination at the university between 1914 and 1952 (mean age: 18.4 years) and returned a questionnaire in 1962 or 1966 (mean age = 45.1 years). BMI was computed using weight (kg)/height2 (m2) at both time points. Vital status follow up continued for a maximum of 82 years.
Positive early adulthood cancer mortality gradients by BMI were found for all malignancies combined (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.05–1.17 for a one standard deviation increase in early adulthood BMI), and for lung (HR = 1.24; 95% CI = 1.10–1.40) and skin (HR = 1.29; 95% CI = 0.96–1.75) cancers. There were also apparent associations for cancers of the oesophagus and urogenital sites. Mediation by BMI in middle age was found to be minimal.
Higher BMI in early adulthood appears to be a direct risk factor for selected malignancies several decades later.
A series of studies have examined the link between adiposity, measured in middle- and older-aged adults, and subsequent cancer development [1, 2]. Positive associations between body mass index (BMI), the most commonly used index of adiposity, and some site-specific malignancies—including colon, rectum, kidney, melanoma and pancreas—have been shown [2]. Physiological mechanisms including metabolic disturbance have been posited as plausible explanations for these observed associations [3]. However, despite the growing prevalence of obesity earlier in life, the long-term health consequences of obesity in early adulthood have not been well examined. This is due to a paucity of cohorts of young persons with BMI measurement who are then followed for several decades for the occurrence of cancer.
In the few studies relating body weight during early adulthood with future cancer risk, the number of events is low and statistical power is therefore sub-optimal [1, 4–6]. Other methodological constraints exist. Some studies [1, 5] suffer from an absence of covariate data to assess the effect of confounding [7], while in others, the potentially mediating role of adiposity in middle age has not been explored [8]. This latter issue is particularly important since overweight young adults tend to remain overweight into middle age [9], such that the influence of excess weight during early adulthood on future cancer risk could simply be a result of perpetuated middle-aged adiposity.
The Harvard Alumni Health Study is a large prospective cohort with data collected across the entire adult life course. It therefore represents a rare opportunity to examine the associations of BMI during both early and middle adulthood with the risk of total and site-specific cancer mortality.
The Harvard Alumni Health Study is an ongoing cohort study of chronic disease risk factors in male undergraduates at the Harvard University, Boston, USA who matriculated between 1916 and 1950. A total of 33 415 men took part in a standardised, routine medical examination at ~18 years of age ('early adulthood') [10, 11]. Measurements of height and weight were made and students responded to enquiries regarding smoking habits (never, past or current) [10, 12]. Details on physical activity (<2, 2 to <5, ≥5 h/week or varsity athletics) were ascertained from athletic records documented during their undergraduate years [11].
Health questionnaires have been mailed to surviving alumni on a periodic basis since either 1962 or 1966 (hereafter referred to as 1962/1966), when they were aged, on average, 46 years ('middle age'). These questionnaires included questions about height and weight; it has been previously shown that these self-reported data have a high level of agreement with direct measurement of height and weight [12]. A total of 21 582 men (68% of surviving alumni) responded to the 1962/1966 questionnaire [13].
We used documentation maintained by the Harvard University Alumni office to periodically identify decedents during follow-up and obtained copies of official death certificates from the state health departments through the end of 1998 to determine cause of death. Records are over 99% complete for vital status in this cohort [14]. Cancer deaths were coded according to the Seventh Revision of the International Classification of Disease (ICD 420) [15]. Deaths from any cancer were identified by ICD-7 codes 140-239. The cancer sites selected were those with at least 50 deaths for the purposes of model stability. We therefore considered the following individual cancer sites: trachea, bronchus and lung (ICD-7: 162-163; referred to as 'lung cancer'); colon (153); colorectal (153-154); stomach (151); liver (155-156); pancreas (157); prostate (177); kidney (180); bladder (181); oesophageal (150); brain (193); skin (190-191); lymphoma (200-202); multiple myeloma (203) and leukaemia (204). Additionally, cancers of the kidney, bladder, prostate and testis were considered in a group (177-181; referred to as 'urogenital'), as were neoplasms from lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues (200-205).
BMI was calculated (weight [kg]/height2 [m2]) for early adulthood and middle age, and we categorised values into quartiles. We also utilised current World Health Organisation (WHO) classifications for underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5 to <25 kg/m2; referent), overweight (25 to <30 kg/m2) and obesity (≥30 kg/m2) [16].
Of the 33 415 men who were medically examined in early adulthood, 2663 (8%) died before 1962 and 10 902 were not traced or did not respond to the questionnaire mailing. This resulted in a total of 19 850 men who had both records of a physical examination at college entry and returned a mailed questionnaire in 1962/1966 (Figure 1). Data on participants were discarded on the basis of data errors with recorded dates for university entry and death (n = 29), and missing information on height and weight at the medical examination (n = 228), leaving 19 593 men in the present study. In further analyses, we limited the sample to men with complete data on height and weight from the 1962/1966 questionnaire and potentially confounding variables (n = 15 781). The subjects excluded from the analysis had similar distribution of BMI at college entry to the analytical sample (mean = 21.7 kg/m2, standard deviation [SD] = 2.6 kg/m2 and mean = 21.7 kg/m2, SD = 2.5 kg/m2, respectively).
Having determined that the proportional hazards assumption had not been violated, hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed using Cox regression models [17] to summarise the relationship of BMI in early and middle adulthood with subsequent total and site-specific cancer mortality; deaths from any other cause (including alternative cancers) were censored. In these analyses, we explored the association of BMI expressed as both a categorical variable and a 1 SD increase in relation to the site-specific cancers. In model 1, we adjusted for age only; we then adjusted for BMI at middle age in model 2, and finally, in model 3, we also controlled for cigarette smoking status and physical activity during early adulthood. We also obtained estimates from joint models to establish the direct effects of BMI in early adulthood. To guard against the possibility of middle-age BMI findings being affected by reverse causality—whereby potential bias would arise from possible weight loss caused by occult disease impacting on BMI—we carried out sensitivity analyses excluding 161 deaths occurring within 3 years following questionnaire return [18]. Also, all analyses were reconducted accounting for parental history of cancer (present for 308 men). To account for missing data—affecting at least one variable for 4040 men—survival analyses were also carried out on 21 multiply imputed datasets (corresponding to the percentage with missing data [19]). This was based on the chained equations procedure [20] and included all 19 821 men with valid dates and records for physical examination at university entry and 1962/1966 questionnaire. Finally, we produced effect estimates based on a subset of men with no missing data on BMI and potential confounders (n = 15 781).
The overall mean BMI increased by 2.7 kg/m2 from 21.7 kg/m2 in early adulthood (mean age = 18.4, SD = 1.8) to 24.4 kg/m2 in middle adulthood (mean age = 46.1, SD = 9.4), and the two measures were significantly correlated (r = 0.49, P < 0.001). In Table 1, we show the relationships between early adulthood BMI and the study members' characteristics.
The men were followed for cause-specific mortality for a mean of 56.5 years from university entry. In total, 2395 men died of a malignancy of some kind (mortality rate of 217 per 100 000 person years): 469 (42) of the lung, 228 (21) of the colon, 270 (24) of colorectal, 145 (13) of pancreas, 417 (38) of prostate, 535 (48) of urogenital, 66 (6) of skin, 82 (7) of oesophageal, 67 (7) of stomach, 69 (21) of liver, 55 (6) of kidney, 60 (5) of bladder, 85 (8) of brain, 149 (13) of lymphoma, 58 (52) of multiple myeloma, 119 (11) of leukaemia and 328 (30) of lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues. These results broadly accord with cancer mortality statistics for the general USA white male population (222 cancers compared with 217 in our cohort), although for some individual sites, e.g. lung cancer, deaths are fewer due to the relatively low-smoking prevalence in the cohort [21].
Table 2 gives the relative risk estimates for the associations between BMI at both early and middle adulthood and mortality from any malignancy. For BMI at early adulthood, the age-adjusted BMI at university entry was associated with death from all malignancies combined, with an 8% (95% CI 4% to 13%) increased risk for every 1 SD BMI increase. Elevation in risk was stepwise across quartiles of BMI (Ptrend < 0.001) such that men in the highest quartile, with a BMI >23 kg/m2, had a 27% (13% to 43%) increased risk compared with those with a BMI <20 kg/m2. Adjusting for BMI in middle age (Model 2) did not change the magnitude of the relation between early BMI and later cancer risk. Further adjustment for smoking and physical activity at university entry (Model 3) also did not impact these results. In comparison to early BMI, associations were weaker for middle-age BMI in relation to any malignancy risk (Table 2).
A 1 SD increase in early adulthood BMI resulted in a 11% (2%–20%) increased risk of lung cancer mortality (Table 3). Results for quartiles of early adulthood BMI are shown for all malignancies in supplemental Table S1 (available at Annals of Oncology online). Men in the third and fourth quartiles had an ~50% elevated risk of lung cancer mortality compared with those in the first quartile of BMI (Ptrend = 0.001). HRs strengthened after adjustment for middle-age BMI, early adulthood smoking and physical activity. Results for quartiles of middle-age BMI are shown in supplemental Table S2 (available at Annals of Oncology online). Higher middle-age BMI was inversely but nonsignificantly associated with a decreased risk of lung cancer mortality across quartiles (Ptrend = 0.070) (Table 4).
Results in Table 3 and supplemental Table S1 (available at Annals of Oncology online) indicate that BMI during early adulthood was not associated with the risk of colorectal cancer mortality, although a 1 SD increase in middle-age BMI was associated with a 12% increase in risk (Table 4). Results for colon cancer mortality were similar to those found for colorectal cancer mortality.
There were associations between higher BMI in early adulthood and kidney cancer mortality with a 23% increased risk for every 1 SD BMI increase (Table 3). Those in the fourth quartile experienced more than double the risk compared with the lowest quartile (Ptrend = 0.025). Adjusting for middle-age BMI and early adulthood smoking and physical activity attenuated the results. Each 1 SD increase in BMI during middle adulthood was associated with a 46% increase in kidney cancer mortality. Associations for all urogenital cancers were similar to those of kidney. Oesophageal cancer mortality exhibited an association across quartiles of BMI in early adulthood, which remained upon adjustment for middle-age BMI, smoking and physical activity (P = 0.030); there were no associations of middle-age BMI with this malignancy (Table 4 and supplemental Table S2, available at Annals of Oncology online). There was a suggestion of association of higher BMI in early adulthood with skin cancer.
There was no apparent relation of either early- or later-life BMI with any of the remaining malignancies: stomach, pancreas, liver, brain, prostate, bladder, lymphatic and haematopoietic tissue malignancies (lymphoma, multiple myeloma and leukaemia) (Tables 3 and and44 and supplemental Tables S1 and S2, available at Annals of Oncology online).
When we recategorised the BMI data into standard WHO groupings, our results were essentially unchanged. Weight gain between early and later adulthood was associated with an increased risk of total cancer mortality, as well as cancers of the lung and oesophagus; weight loss also preceded development of lung cancer and malignancies of the lymphatic and haematopoietic tissue. Our results persisted in analyses excluding deaths within 3 years of the 1962/1966 questionnaire return and accounting for parental history of cancer. Joint model estimation also yielded similar results. In re-analyses of all models based on imputed data and confined to the subset of participants with completely observed data, results remained consistent with those presented here.
The main aim of the present analyses was to examine the relation of BMI in early adulthood with death from cancers. We found evidence of an association between increasing early adulthood BMI and cancer for all malignancies combined, and those of the lung, oesophagus, skin and urogenital sites. Conversely, BMI during middle-age BMI was inversely associated with lung cancer death.
The few cohorts with sufficient length of follow-up (~20–40 years) to investigate the role of early adulthood BMI on the subsequent development of cancer [1, 4–6] have yielded conflicting results. In one study, null findings for cancer mortality were apparent in a small cohort of UK University students [4]. In other cohorts, a positive association with risk of prostate cancer (20%–22% excess risk in the overweight/obese) was found [5], and there was a doubling of risk of colon cancer together with null findings for larynx, lung and lymphatic system among an adolescent population [1].
Previously, studies have examined the associations of BMI with site-specific cancers in the Harvard Alumni Health Study [6, 18, 22, 23], with elevated BMI associated with an increased risk of breast cancer (in a subsample that included women) [6], kidney and bladder cancers [6, 23], and colon cancer [18], but null findings for other cancers including lung [6], prostate and testis [23], and pancreatic [22] malignancies). In these studies, follow-up extended until 1978 or 1988 with fewer cancer end points. For this paper, an extra 10–20 years of follow-up enabled us to re-examine these associations while accounting for the effect of BMI during middle-age.
Greater caloric intake alone or in combination with reduced physical activity has been implicated in the development of obesity [24]. Some credible mechanisms have been proposed to account for the relation between obesity and the increased risk of developing cancer [24]. Endogenous hormones such as sex steroids, insulin, and insulin-like growth factor-1 increase with the accumulation of body fat and are involved in the control of growth, differentiation and metabolism of cells, potentially linking energy-dense processed carbohydrate and animal fat consumption and cancer development. Alternative explanations include increases in the number of adipocytes along with associated obesity-related inflammatory markers (e.g. adipokines/cytokines), the nuclear factor kappa beta system and DNA-damaging oxidative stresses [25]. Additionally, given that birth weight is associated with weight in adult life, links between birth weight and cancer [26] point to the possible influence of the intrauterine environment. The ways in which such mechanisms may act in some, but not all, cancer subtypes are not currently clear. Alternatively, since elevated BMI corresponds (in the same way that taller stature does) to larger body size, there are simply more cells that may potentially undergo malignant transformation [27].
With the combined advantages of a large number of subjects with measured height and weight, covariate data during early and middle adulthood, and long-term subsequent follow-up, this study overcomes any lack of power and unaccounted confounding and mediation affecting previous studies. However, our study does have some shortcomings. While we had measured height and weight at university entry that eliminated recall bias, the determination of BMI in middle age relies on self-reported height and weight, whereby the precision of self-reported values is lower than directly measured ones. Despite this limitation, contemporary self-reported measures are likely to be more accurate than recalled estimates. We still cannot rule out probable residual confounding as we lacked contemporaneous information on diet, alcohol and other covariates. Since the cancer outcomes were based on mortality, they reflect a combination of incidence and survival rather than disease aetiology per se. Additionally, death certificates may not accurately reflect the cancer site (e.g. colon versus rectal cancer). Our results persisted even after the exclusion of alumni dying within 3 years following the questionnaire return, indicating that this may not be explained by reverse causality.
In conclusion, BMI during early adulthood among Harvard undergraduates was associated with elevated rates of total cancer plus cancer of the lung, oesophagus, skin and urogenital sites. Unchecked, the increasing prevalence of obesity seen in Europe, North America and emerging economic areas will be likely to lead to an increase in the incidence of some cancers. Effective measures to tackle the persisting obesity epidemic are necessary to alleviate the burden of cancer and also other chronic diseases.
GDB is funded by a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship that also supported LG (2007–2010). I-ML and HDS are supported by the US National Institutes of Health [DK081141 and CA130068]. The Medical Research Council/Chief Scientist Office Social and Public Health Sciences Unit receive funding from the UK Medical Research Council and the Chief Scientist Office at the Scottish Government Health Directorates [WBS U.1300.00.006.00012.01].
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Thanks to Geoff Der for assistance with the fitting of the joint models. This is report No. XCI in a series on chronic disease in former college students.
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Dealing With Our Own Irrelevance
Posted by Mitch Mitchell on Jan 20, 2013
Last year around this time, I was asking people on all 5 of my blogs to vote for me in blogging in the Shorty Awards online competition. This year I've decided totally against anything like that for my own sanity, pride, and peace of mind.
What's the deal? Last year at this time I was feeling as though I was actually something sort of special. I had a highly ranked blog, was writing lots of posts everywhere, starting my Black Web Friday series because I just knew that I had the juice to get things done, to change some minds, to actually make a difference.
You know what; none of it made a difference. I got 26 votes in the Shorty category after working it hard for almost an entire month. Not only did the Black Web Friday series mean nothing to almost anyone but it didn't mean much to the people and websites I profiled either; they didn't care. And even though my blog was ranked nicely then, around 78,000 on Alexa (don't give me any grief about Alexa; I don't want to hear it), the rank is now sitting around 160,000, even with consistent posting, and feels like it's falling fast (although traffic has been up since the beginning of January & Alexa works on a 3-month model so within a couple of weeks it should start moving up again).
Some of you know that I've written a number of posts on the topic of influence, and why having influence can help you not only make a better income, but get things done in ways that being more anonymous, or irrelevant, can do for you. Well, while that's still true, it seems that irrelevance is destined to follow all of us around for a long time, which is basically our entire lives.
That almost sounds depressing doesn't it? Well, I'm not going to let it go quite that far, but I do need to explore this topic a little further. How many of you folks who read this blog know the name Chris Brogan? What about Scott Stratten, or Gary Vanderchuk or Marcus Sheridan or Ileane Smith? In blogging and social media, these are pretty big names. Take them out of blogging and put them on the street, and maybe one day in six months someone will walk up to one of them and say "Hey, aren't you…" So much for influence or relevance.
Want more examples? How many people think of Tony Orlando these days? What about Brittany Morgan? Ric Ocasek? Michael Anthony Hall? Robert Townsend? All of these were super huge names at some point, all had influence in multiple ways, and all have, or seem to have, disappeared; I bet most of you have no idea who any of those folks are.
You want more? The nominations for the Academy Awards just came out last week. I knew almost none of the movies and almost none of the actors and actresses who are up for those awards. Last year's Grammys, I asked myself why I would even think of watching it when the only name I knew that I'd heard of previously was Taylor Swift; that will be the same thing for this year's ceremony, another one I won't be watching.
See, we're not alone. And truth be told, the guy who got the most votes for blogging last year was totally unknown in the United States, so even though he got an award, what did it get him in the long run? Maybe in his country he was elected Pope (I know, I know…).
What does all of this mean? Do we stop trying for significance? Do we stop participating in social media, in blogging, in our local activities and such? Do we crawl into bed, watch TV and eat chips and give up the rest of our lives to this reality?
Ain't no way! Here's another truth; we're not as irrelevant as we think we are. For all the lack of relevance I'm talking about here, there are nearly 375 people who are subscribed to the feed for this blog. There's lots of people higher but I'm happy with that figure. There's nearly 300 subscribed to my main business blog. And I have a nice number of people subscribed to my business newsletter, though I couldn't tell you if people are reading it or not.
The videos I do with my Hot Blog Tips Hangout crew have reached close to 8,000 views; that's not bad for just over a year of videos; at least I think we've been doing it that long. My own video channels are quite paltry by comparison, yet I have had some views so I'm not complaining.
In other words, irrelevance doesn't mean obsolete; it doesn't mean hidden, and it doesn't mean useless. Each of us, through our blogs, our outside actions, what we do at work, etc, are relevant to someone. That's important to note because sometimes we feel as though no one notices what we do. We want more comments on our blogs; we want to make more money across the board; we want people to call us up and tell us how much they want us, need us, can't live without us.
Tough to be us isn't it? Well, here's the thing. We are what we are. We can decide to try to be more, we can decide to try to be better, or we can try to be ourselves. Frankly, being ourselves might or might not put us over, but what more comfortable spot is there when all is said and done? Strive to be the best you can be, strive for bigger and better things if that's what you want. But when you start thinking about insignificance, think about someone else. You are special; we all are.
Do Other People Know Who You Are On Social Media?
Posted by Mitch Mitchell on Oct 12, 2012
This might seem like a strange question, but it's an important one; do people know who you are in all the social media circles you're in? If you think it's a strange question I'll explain why it's not.
Back in March 2011 I wrote a post here titled Why I'm Now Mitch Mitchell. In that post, I basically talked about changing my name in this blog from just Mitch to my full name. Sure, I still compete with the guy who was the drummer for Jimi Hendrix and a particular reporter in Dallas – Fort Worth, but I'm being found. It also worked out well for me, as you saw in my post about Google Authorship.
On every site I go to, that's the name I use. I link back to my site, as many as possible in as many places as possible. I usually have some kind of bio filled in so people can see what it is I do in all these different circles. My intention, as I've stated often, is to grow my influence, as I believe that's one way to increase income possibilities since I provide services more than products. I'm all over the place online; people might not always remember my name but I know I'm being seen. I can say that because it seems I'm #19 on the list of leaders talking about leadership. Not bad, eh? 🙂
What's got me talking about this subject then? A few days ago I came across someone I'm connected with on Twitter who I talked to once on a Twitter chat. I decided to see if I could find out more about her. The only link she had on her Twitter page was to one of those About.me sites.
I'm not necessarily a fan of those sites, although I can see the possibilities. It actually gives people a chance to list all the places where they can be found on social media as well as having a bio page where people can learn something about them. It saves on the cost of having to have a website, and if used properly it could work wonders.
However, most people aren't using it all that well. Some have only an email address on there; how helpful is that? Some might have only a few words here and there; once again, not all that helpful.
In her case she actually has a lot of words on the page. And they tell a lot about her. Only none of it means anything. For instance, favorite colors, favorite flavors of ice cream, what makes you smile… okay, in the context of a blog post that might be interesting, but on an About.me page what is that telling anyone? She does mention where she works; that's something. But you'd be hard pressed to find her on the website that she links to; once again, tells us nothing.
She has multiple social media pages also; now we're getting somewhere. Uhhh, nope. Has a blog but no blog posts. Has a Pinterest page but no words and nothing about her at all. Had an Instagram page but, once again, no words and all the Instagram pictures have been moved to her About.me page; pretty young lady but no information. Has accounts in at least 6 other social media sites, but no information on any of them.
You might remember when I took a position on my post regarding whether to follow people as a social media strategy and having no other purpose was worth anyone's time. I ask the same question here; what's the point of being on social media sites if you're not going to participate on any of them? It's even hard to say you're wasting your time because you're not doing anything with them; it's more that you're wasting everyone else's time because you link to these things but none of them mean anything.
She's not alone by the way. I had the same lament in looking at many of the accounts on Empire Avenue, where people link to blogs they haven't written in 3 years and other sites that are empty and vacuous because there's nothing there.
What is the purpose of this type of thing? Any of you doing this, and if so what's your strategic purpose? What do you think of this type of thing in general?
What Will You Do For More Followers?
Posted by Mitch Mitchell on Jul 30, 2012
Once again it's video time. The premise is simple, but I'll lay it out in words, then let the video take over from there.
Those of you who read this blog know that I've talked often about the concept of influence. In my mind, influence brings you so much more than when people have no idea who you are. Influence is money; influence can be power, or at least having enough pull to get things done positively or negatively. When people trust you and see you as an authority, there's nothing that can stop you, not even those people who inevitably won't like you just because of who you are.
With that in mind, I ask the question and talk about this concept of just what will you do for more followers. This ponies off a conversation I was having with someone who'd canceled another meeting with me, which led me to ask the question about priorities and people, and a response she gave me that I countered later on. That part's not in the video, but something else is.
So enjoy the video, think about some things I say, then let me and everyone else know what your opinion is. Go ahead; don't be shy. 🙂
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Time To Start Talking About Marketing – Real Marketing
Posted by Mitch Mitchell on Mar 13, 2012
I've written around 1,250 posts on this blog since 2007. It's been a wild ride, and I've had a lot of fun. I've touched upon some topics often, and one of those topics is marketing. It turns out I've written 115 posts on marketing, and my very first post on the subject came in October 2008 when I first started marketing my ebook Using Your Website As A Marketing Tool.
However, that was internet marketing, and as I took a look back through the archives I realized that most of the time I've talked about marketing as it relates to making money online. I'm not even including the posts where I've talked about affiliate programs; we'd have to add another 43 posts into the mix.
I did write an article on the reality of making money by blogging, and it turned out to be quite a popular post, at least by readers, even though it didn't get a lot of comments. And yet, even in that post, where I got real in telling people how one really makes money blogging, I realized that I missed something, something that many people probably both think about and don't think about at the same time.
That "something" is marketing, plain and simple. What's funny is that I actually wrote a post back in November, around the same time as the post about making money by blogging, titled Social Media Marketing Is Just Marketing, and even in that post I didn't talk about marketing, or the reason why marketing is important. I almost feel ashamed; almost that is. I tend to believe that all of us get to a point where we suddenly begin focusing on something, and when that happens it's time to take steps forward, time to do something about it, time to talk about it. And as I went through a period last year when I was talking a lot about influence, I'm going to be obsessive for a short period about marketing.
Here's the reality. Many people probably aren't going to be interested in this series of posts coming up, which is why I'm writing this preamble on the topic. Let's talk about who these posts probably aren't for. If you have a job and you're happy with that job, these posts won't be for you. If you're not running a business, consulting, small, medium sized, these posts probably won't for you. If all you want to do is affiliate marketing and nothing else, these posts won't be for you.
But if you want to work on your overall business, no matter what it is, and you want to read about the trials and tribulations and ideas and, hopefully, successes of marketing, and I do mean marketing, not sales, since marketing leads to sales if you're lucky, and I mean sales of all kinds, then stick around with me on my journey, which can become your journey. I have big dreams to fulfill, things I want to do, need to do, and I can't do any of them if I don't step up my marketing, my real marketing, marketing mainly for my offline businesses, some of which can be done online, some of which can be done offline.
It won't be all I write or talk about; after all, this is I'm Just Sharing, right? But it's going to become the next focus, and quickly. Are you with me?
How Important Are You On Social Media?
Posted by Mitch Mitchell on Feb 18, 2012
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around."
Over this past week I decided to try a little experiment; y'all know how I like to try experiments from time to time. Going into this one, I was betting I knew how it would turn out, but still had some hopes that maybe I was wrong. In the end, there are some interesting lessons to learn.
What I did was fairly simple. I decided that for the week I was not going to initiate any conversations or share any information on Twitter besides the automatic posting of my blogs once they go live. This means the only caveat I had was that if someone wrote me first I would reply. But if nobody wrote me, I wasn't going to post a single link, or do a retweet, or reach out to comment on something anyone said, including just saying hello. In essence, I wanted to see if anyone would miss me.
This might have seemed like a narcissistic endeavor, but I had an interesting premise and intention. I have written about the aspects of social media marketing and how it gets to be difficult because once you start examining the process you realize that you just might have to inundate the market with messages, depending on which social media platform you're using, to try to get the word out and to try to reach as many people as possible. Since I have passed 50,000 tweets on the site, and figured I had a significant number of people following me that actually knew who I was, including some friends, that someone might wonder where I've been.
What happened is exactly what I was expecting unfortunately. For the entire week I got three messages, all of which I responded to. One was through private message, which means and public that for the week people would have only seen me respond to two people. That is, if anyone was paying attention. I did have some people retweet some of my posts, and I was included in a bunch of those Follow Friday type posts, but overall nothing.
What lessons did I learn, and what lessons can all of us basically learn from this little experiment? Let's take a look:
1. Very few of us are important enough online to be missed by anyone. I think there would probably be less than 20 people who would be missed if they stopped doing anything on social media for more than three days without telling people they were taking time off. So it's not that I'm supposed to be anyone special, it's just that there's so much going on that it's easy to miss when someone suddenly is around.
2. Staying in the minds of people you're trying to reach through social media means you have to be ready to dedicate either a lot of time or a lot of effort or a lot of technology to get the job done right. Strangely enough, although I'm not going to do it, I'm starting to get a better sense of why some people either use plug-ins that promote their stuff all day long, sometimes seeming like once a minute every single day, or have periods throughout the day where they're going crazy posting all sorts of stuff on all the social media platforms. Some of us might get irritated by it, but my bet is that the overwhelming public doesn't notice it the same way that someone like me does.
3. Even though social media marketing is one of the easiest things to do when compared to traditional marketing, and definitely more cost effective, it's harder to establish a loyal and recurring market unless you can figure out what capture someone's attention enough for them to miss you, share what you have to say, comment on what you have to say, and then pay for whatever you're hoping to get people to pay for, even if it's only to pay attention to.
4. If you want loyalty, get a dog. 🙂 Okay, let me expand on that one. Dogs are the only creatures alive that we'll miss you from the day they come into your world until the day they leave this world. No other pet does that, and no person does that, no matter how much in love they tell you they're in with you. This doesn't mean that people don't like you, it doesn't mean they won't miss you, and it doesn't mean that some of them might not love you. What it means is that it takes work and consistency to get the world to listen to your message, to create your message, and to share your message with regularity. However, if you can figure out why there's such a strong connection between people and dogs, and apply it to your life and your business, social media or not, you will never want for anything.
I will say this. During the experiment I did get more things completed than I normally might because I wasn't checking Twitter all that often. I did post a few links on Google+, because it was totally hard to go cold turkey, and even though it helped supplant most of my Twitter cravings, it just wasn't the same. I also put more links on Facebook than usual, and that wasn't the same either. At least now I have a better idea of what needs to be done towards my quest to become more influential, while also given the something to think about as far as whether I'm ready to put in that much effort for the goal.
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Vladimir Guerrero's monster contract with the Angels has run out, and it's time for him to hit the open market.
In 2009, Guerrero hit .295 with 15 dingers and 50 RBI in 100 games with the Angels. Vlad's time was limited due to injury, spending 39 days on the DL with a pectoral strain and another 27 DL days with a calf strain. Vlad's previously high OBP and OPS league value dropped drastically, as his OPS went below .800 for the first time in his career.
To make matters worse, Vlad only played 2 games in right field for the Angels, losing his OF eligibility in 2010. For a UTIL spot, you are going to need better production from Vlad if he is to warrant a starting spot in your lineup.
To judge whether or not Vlad will improve next year, we need to know if he's healthy. Assuming he would be healthy in 2009, all the major projection services had him hitting over .300 with 20+ homers. At the lower end of the 2009 projections, Marcel thought he would hit .302/.369/.508 with 23 bombs. Goes to show you, that Vlad can still put up some numbers if he can stay on the field.
If Vlad moves on from the Angels and signs elsewhere this offseason, his teammates probably won't mind. Kendry Morales would likely slide into the cleanup role, with Juan Rivera moving up from seventh to fifth in the batting order, allowing both of them to improve thier RBI opportunities next year.
For Vlad's new team, his production will be based solely what kind of a lineup he's in. Because he may no longer be a home run threat, fantasy owners can only hope for a good number of RBI chances in his new lineup. Vlad will need to stay in the AL, as he cannot withstand the pounding of playing in the field everyday (if at all). Some may think that leaving Angel Stadium could also hurt Vlad's home runs, as the ballpark ranked second in home runs this year with a 1.22 factor. However, from 2005 – 2008, the stadium was considered bad for homeruns by park factors, and I'm inclined to go with the larger sample size.
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The Last Resort (A Few Words About Liquidity And Small Investors) 0 commentsJun 26, 2012 5:24 PM
In any trade one side is right and another side is wrong. Let me repeat: in one trade a buyer is a winner and a seller is a loser while in another trade a seller is a winner and a buyer is a loser.
Institutional investors conduct about 80% of trades on stock market. Institutional investors have usually better access to information and it analyses as well as better equipped and have lower fees than individual small investors. Therefore in 80% of trades small investors are scapegoats of Wall Street that play loser game.
An urban myth tells that institutional investors underperform market. The truth is that institutional investors in average perform in average as market and underperform market only after all "expenses" that include their 7 digits salaries, payments for extensive research of industries and companies (that a small investor cannot afford) and sophisticated trade software (which is more productive that anything small investor can access). Some individual investors think that they can compete with Wall Street. If you think that you can outperform market read excellent book "Quantitative Equity Investing: Techniques and Strategies" by Frank J. Fabozzi, Sergio M. Focardi, Petter N. Kolm and compare your resources with Wall Street.
But there is a place for even game - stocks that are out of Wall Street interest. One group of such stocks are equities of companies with small trading volume.
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I downloaded data from FinViz.com, removed Closed-End and Exchange traded Funds and got 4934 companies. Using closing price on May 23, 2012 and average volume I calculated amount of money traded daily for each company (CDT). I presume that investor is NOT affect stock price if his/her investment (NYSE:IM) is less than 1% of CDT. The table 1 shows how many companies investor can approach without stock price influence for different IM:
Here and below CCC=1 indicates companies listed in David Fish's CCC list issued on 1 May 2012. It seems that about 40% of all companies and less than half of companies with long history of dividends growth (included in CCC list) are available for institutional investors.
Assuming normal distributions for stocks characteristics I got the statistics for market capitalization of companies for different IM. It is shown in the table 2:
Mean and median for market capitalization of CCC companies is large than market capitalization of all companies with the same CDT.
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2. Keep it clean. That includes blowing off dry chaff, leaves and other material frequently. Also, look for possible leaking fuel, oil hoses, fittings or metal lines. Don't put off repairing any discovered leaks.
3. Eliminate risky heat sources. Bowling points to exhaust system surfaces that contain flammable material in particular. Check that the manifold, muffler and turbocharger are in good condition and leak-free. Again, make repairs immediately upon discovery.
4. Check for signs of wiring damage every day. Frequently blowing fuses and intermittent circuit disruptions are two signs there could be a short or loose connection in the system. Also check for worn bearings, belts and chains frequently.
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Sept. 11 - I got this emailed to me...I have an Allis Chalmers Model 66 All-Crop Harvester. We have used it the last 6 years or so to harvest our small grain crops of a few acres. This machine works and runs well. We are moving out of the country and cannot take this with us. I need to sell this machine and it would be a travesty if some scrap iron guy purchased this as scrap. I am hoping that I can find a good home for this. I would consider any reasonable offer.
If you are able to spread the word to find a good buyer and home, it would be greatly appreciated. Anyone interested can email or call me at home (leave message). I am located near Glenwood MN.
Thank you.
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August 29 - I hope life slows down some. I am going to post pictures eventually....BUT here are some winners from the Quilt Show:
Thank you to everyone that spent their talents on the quilts and to our Quilt Committee. Thank you to Nancy Shipansky, Dottie May and to Ruth Peterson!
August 15 - We have had calls and emails regarding the show dates for 2017. We always will have the show on the fourth full weekend of July.......that makes the 2017 show dates as July 21 - 23, 2017. Plan to make the trip and see the largest all Allis-Chalmers show!
August 15 - Please accept my apologies as that I have not been here updating as I should have, but family issues have had me distracted.
2016 / 25th Anniversary Orange Spectacular compared to 2015 Show Results:
2016 Attendance for the show was: 2015 Attendance Comparison
Friday - 2337 2091
Saturday - 5619 7156
Sunday - 1795 1873
Totals 9715 11, 120
Tractors 193 (includes 9 - D21's) 218
Lawn and Garden 67 125
Industrials 8 10
Other 3 (includes crawlers) 18
Military 1 9
For everyone who came to the show, helped with set-up and tear down, worked the show, brought in tractors, garden tractors, machinery, field demo prep and demos on Friday and later harvesting, patronized our vendors (food, toy and craft, and swap meet), participants in the quilt show....you know if you helped make the show a success.....We wish to express our THANKS and what to say "Thank you to each and everyone of you!"
July 27 - Winners of the tractor raffle are -
1st Prize Allis Chalmers D-12 Tim Orr Houston MN.
2nd Prize $1500.00 Tom Collin Stockbridge MI
3rd prize $1000.00 Austin Dahl Richmond MN
Thank you to each and everyone of you who supported the Orange Spectacular and the Upper Midwest A-C Club!
July 23 - We got wet, today!!!!! Rain started at 10:05 today and dropped about 2 1/2 inches. All of us went to the buildings (Toy and Craft & and the Indoor Tractor Display Building) and waited out the storm.....the show, in a sense, did not stop. Our Swap Meet was halted but the seminars, toy and craft and food vendors continued. The next rain storm hit at 1:55 and dumped another 3 inches on Hutchinson.
Baxter Communication was on the grounds today videoing and interviewing many people and tractors today. Here, Brian Baxter and videographers assist in the interview of Darrell Grams, Sr., his family and their tractor collection.
The sales tables were bustling with business while the downpours happened.
During the rain....seminars and conversation continued...and the rain continued to fall
After the rain...as soon as the rain stopped (or to a sprinkle) our guests were out looking at the tractor displays! The children could care less at that point....
The Blue Ribbon Winner of the First Annual Quilt Contest is Betty Broitzman of Ashville, N.C.
Father and Son, accepted the winning ribbon.
Bruce Franzen and Matt Wosmek are retrieving a guest's trailer from "Lake Allis-Chalmers ".
Tomorrow, Sunday....we will have to evaluate the grounds to see if we can move across the lawn for a parade. We will have to see if the field demo guys have any plans to do anything in the field. Mother Nature took over.....we are trying to show our guests what the Orange Spectacular has to offer. Lots of swap meet deals left, many toys and crafts from vendors are looking for new homes, and club merchandise are waiting to be sold. Please, plan to come for the day....not over a dozen tractors have left. So the grounds are full of tractors, yet! The weather sounds favorable for a great last day of the show. Tractor raffle, Quilt raffle and Children raffle will still go on as planned. We hope to see you then! "Thank you for everyone's cooperation and patience today during the rain storms!"
July 23 - We had our Scholarship Fund auction this evening and the Bumble Bee 12 goes to Chesaning, Michigan. The proud new owner and winner of the auction was Paulette Mallory!
Paulette was generous enough to pay $1850.00 to the Upper Midwest A-C Club's Scholarship Fund. "Thank you, Paulette for your generous donation!!!"
July 22 - WOW!!! We had a heck of a day! So many tractors have come in today...2337 attendance. That compares to last year to 2091. It was hot today, but there was a breeze...it helped but it was not a very comfortable day.
Thank goodness for the shade and air-conditioned rooms at the showgrounds, you can get out of the heat!
Lee Sackett holds a seminar on applying decals to a One-Ninety. we had about four (4) different seminars with many attendees.
Here is a unique tractor
Beef Brisket and bar-b-cued ribs...outstanding meal!
Baked beans, potato salad, watermelon, lemonade, water and cake.
Charlie Widlund and family enjoys the BBQ celebration meal
Chuck and Sherri, representing the Allis Connection, enjoys our 25th Celebration BBQ.
There was 320 guests at our 25th celebration BBQ. Thank you for your support in the past 25th years.
As of tonight, 178 tractors JUST on the "island". The "ISLAND" would be the center part of the show grounds....north and south of the pavilion. Thank you to all our guests and tractor collectors for their presence!


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 You know the classic fable of Hansel and Gretel. How their wicked mother convinced their father to get rid of them because they didn't have enough food and for their mother's wicked gain. How they found their way home using stones. How they were unable to get stones before their father led them out into the forest a second time. How they came across the gingerbread house and their encounter with the witch. But there is much to the fable you may not know...

 "Come inside, and l will give you food to eat and a warm bed to sleep in tonight." Hansel and Gretel were too hungry to think, however, and it is well known they fall right into the witch's evil trap.

 Stench-filled. That was the first word that came into the siblings' minds when they stepped into the sweet-looking cottage. It was a strange reak, one they didn't recognize. They didn't know it was the stench of death, an unusual smell of rotted bodies. But the witch liked it this way.

 After Hansel and Gretel were fed and tucked into bed, the woman pulled out a book and sat at the table with it. She opened it, many names next to check marks flying as she flipped to an empty page. There she wrote two names. In red. Hansel and Gretel.

 She hobbled to a little door and pulled a key from her pocket. Hidden behind it were a set of stairs. Down those stairs the woman went and she grinned as she did every time she was down in that basement. A large showcase with a glass front held her weapon collection. Small daggers. Long swords. Deadly-looking granades with the pins in them. Guns of all shapes, styles, and sizes. Miniscule vials of poison. She smiled her toothless grin and gave a low cackle. Ah, the fun she would have with these two children. Maybe she'd finish them off quickly by poisoning their food. Maybe she'd locked them in a cage far away and set a bomb just out of their reach, where they'd blow up to smithereens. Or perhaps she would impale them with a rifle and send a bullet into their bodies. She could spend a long time daydreaming on how to finish off her "guests". But she had all the time in the world to decide, because Hansel and Gretel weren't going anywhere. Even if they tried, she was excellent at hunting down her victims. Her many victims. For she had a goal, as sick and twisted as it may be. She would attempt to murder one hundred innocent souls. One hundred unsuspecting women and children. She was on the fast track to succeeding, too. And these two innocent children's demise would help bring her closer to her goal.

 The old witch hobbled back up the stairs and locked the door behind her, slipping the key back into her apron pocket. She kissed Gretel and Hansel on the forehead and whispered, "Sweet dreams." With a low cackle, she went to her own bed and laid herself in it. She gave another cackle, this one higher pitched than the last and sounding similar to a wail. Yes, what fun she would have with these two children.


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