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How does a Cab Driver become Famous?
How does a cab driver become famous? Simple: he starts and runs a match making service - right from the front seat of his cab!Ahmed Ibrahim, the 50-year-old Egyptian immigrant sets up blind dates for his single passengers through a free, impromptu matchmaking service he runs out of his yellow cab. He said he finds mates, or at least dates, for about eight people a week. "New York is a very tough city for dating," Ibrahim mused while driving through the West Village recently. "I have heard a lot of crying in this cab, a lot of fighting and a lot of broken hearts."Read the entire article: Taxi! Find me a date - and step on it
(Ahmed Ibrahim has got extensive publicity on Fox news channel, NBC's Today show and even in the Wall Street Journal. )
(via Dane Carlson who got it via Chuck Huckaby)
Action Summary:
Do something unusual. Something weird. Out of the ordinary. And you will get free media publicity.
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