This really works — I’ve done it before.
1:00 - The two conditions for hacking someone’s mind.
1:28 – Explanation of Delicious.
3:00 - The importance of the ‘Notes’ section.
4:06 - How to get hired through using Delicious.
5:36 – Find smart people and do what I did.
6:00 – How to find smart people.
7:36 – Contact the people who are influential.
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It’s funny I actually found this article through Tucker’s delicious account. Good explanation for new players though.
By: Mark on January 8, 2009
at 3:22 pm
I had no idea the “Network” section of Delicious exists…this is way more efficient than reviewing blogrolls and RSS subscribers to determine who the influencers are.
I wonder if any one has aggregated the Delicious “Network” data, a la Twitter followers/following, to understand who the true influencers are in a given topic.
By: Matt on January 8, 2009
at 11:05 pm
Delicious networks is, by far, the best way I’ve found for finding great stuff without having to waste a lot of time.
By: charhoehn@gmail.com on January 8, 2009
at 11:13 pm
This is so true. It’s funny, I also found this post through Tucker Max’s delicious account.
The notes section is so key. Because of that I was able to see Tucker commenting on your cadence. If I knew anything about being on camera (which I don’t) I would’ve done exactly the same thing you did with Ramit.
Anyway, I definitely agree with what you’re saying. All around solid post.
By: LYF on January 9, 2009
at 7:29 pm
[...] Start using Delicious to bookmark your favorite content. Then go to your bookmarks page and see who else is tagging the site (I shamefully stole this idea from Charlie Hoehn’s video, here). [...]
By: Finding Great Content: Optimizing your RSS, Google Reader on January 11, 2009
at 11:09 pm
Tucker’s movie is going to be sick! I can’t wait! Found you through his blog
keep up the good work chazza…
By: Slammer on January 12, 2009
at 7:06 pm
[...] thing is that he made a great video blog (a vlog?) a couple of days ago about the best ways to use a social bookmarking site called Delicious. He [...]
By: How to get a massive spike in traffic in one easy step : Writersbloc.co.uk on January 13, 2009
at 9:58 am
[...] My logic went something like this (and was partially revised after viewing Charlie Hoehn’s ‘How to Hack Someone’s Mind‘): [...]
By: The relevancy of procrastination, part 1 « The Blog of Glenn McLaurin on February 28, 2009
at 11:46 pm
nice video.. i enjoyed it
By: ayman on May 18, 2009
at 11:20 am
Well done video, informative. I was surprised at the lack of ‘um’ and ‘ah’s throughout, for what looked to be a non-scripted video. Nice job!
By: Jenn on May 18, 2009
at 5:51 pm
How about Google Bookmarks as opposed to delicious?
By: Gina on May 21, 2009
at 3:02 pm
Damn that’s insidious – But, thanks for your detailed post. I’m seriously gonna watch my step in Delicious.
By: Naveed on June 20, 2009
at 2:30 pm
[...] could write about myself from a different perspective. And then I remembered reading an article on How to Hack Someone’s Mind. And I thought, hey, why can’t I hack my own [...]
By: About Me – Blaisco on June 25, 2009
at 7:59 pm
Good video. Kudos!
It is great to hear an original idea with huge potential.
We all know that background research is important, but sometimes it is difficult to know how to go about it.
By: John Bardos on June 29, 2009
at 6:54 am
This is was a fun video. I need to get back on delicious.
By: Grant on August 14, 2009
at 7:52 am
Thanks for taking the effort to enlighten us about the benefits & advantages of Delicious. I really think i wanna subscribe to that now; that was a such a very convincing video ..
Thanks once again.
By: Haya on August 20, 2009
at 6:17 pm
[...] inspires us to engage our own passions. It also makes it easier to Mind Hack. Charlie Hoehn’s vlog describes how to use Delicious to Mind Hack (essentially find out the MO of) the people you want [...]
By: Mind Hacking « Life is Physical on August 28, 2009
at 3:30 pm
[...] moments I would most want to fast-forward to, it was very nice that Charlie Hoehn’s video had notes breaking the 9-minute vlog into chapters. So did Ramit Sethi’s post on 5 myths of personal [...]
By: Breaking long vlogs into chapters. Applause. « Life is Physical on August 28, 2009
at 3:39 pm
Thanks for the tips. You are right about doing your research, it takes time but is well worth it in the end.
By: Phil Dunseath on September 22, 2009
at 4:00 pm
this is great, but you don’t explain how to find a user on delicious and they don’t keep an open directory….how do you do it?
By: Robert on October 7, 2009
at 7:36 pm
Pretty sure I implied how I did this, but okay: I look at who is saving great articles (in my opinion) on delicious, glance through certain users’ bookmarks and networks, then add select users to my network who consistently save good articles. There aren’t really any shortcuts on this — it just takes time and effort!
By: charhoehn@gmail.com on October 26, 2009
at 1:56 am
[...] came across an interesting video post from Charlie Hoehn recently titled How to Hack Someones Mind which covers a simple but effective technique that I have been using for a couple of years now. The [...]
By: Learning From The Best | mhoad.com on October 26, 2009
at 12:14 am
Holy Crap! you’ve discovered what a bibliography is ! That’s Brilliant! You should totally tell someone about this, it could completely revolutionise how we evaluate research.
By: Simon on November 10, 2009
at 7:38 pm
[...] Hoehn talked about how to hack into someone’s mind by using Delicious bookmarks in this video. You might want to check it out while you’re here to get more out of Delicious bookmarks. His [...]
By: Harness the Power of the Internet: Delicious Bookmarks | Think Big Think Money on November 20, 2009
at 10:34 pm
Great post. I have been doing something very similar for years but I prefer StumbleUpon, probably because I use it more and was on it first.
Once you figure out how to get to them I find the keyword specific pages at StumbleUpon the fastest way to find both the most brilliant users for any subject and the top content that has been shared.
This strategy may also work on Reddit.
By: Gail - GrowMap on January 15, 2010
at 4:33 pm
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at 7:03 pm