Friday, April 29, 2005
More seminar stories
In 2001 there were not so many Internet
marketing seminars as now, at least, not put
on by Internet marketing gurus -- there have
been many put on by hucksters presenting it
as a biz opp scam.
But in 2001 Mark Joyner got together with
guerilla marketer Jay Conrad Levinson to put on a
Guerilla Marketing Boot Camp.
The sales letter was written by Maria Veloso,
then working for Mark at Aesop and it was
VERY strong. That was the closest I have come
to pulling out my credit card and signing up
for an Internet Marketing seminar based on
a sales letter.
The Big Promise of the letter was that all
attendees would be taught a system for having
a 5-figure monthly income for the rest of
their life.
Did it deliver that promise?
I don't know for sure -- everyone had to sign
a non-disclosure agreement.
But nobody has ever talked about it -- to my
knowledge -- since the seminar.
That doesn't mean they didn't get their money's
worth. Many are making 5 figures a month --
I just don't hear anybody saying they owe it
all to the system Jay Conrad Levinson taught
them at the Bootcamp.
One of the attendees was Phil Wiley, a reporter
from Australia.
That is, when he went he was still working his
"real" job as a reporter.
This despite his already being a well known and
well respected affiliate marketing guru. I
remember subscribing to his ezine ALL THE
SECRETS back when I was on AOL - so that was
a LONG time ago!
He had a big site and he made money from promoting
products through his ezine, but he still couldn't quit
his day job.
But at the Guerilla Marketing Bootcamp he met
someone who was making $10K a month putting up
minisites.
Phil went home and started putting up minisites.
I can't remember how long after that it was
that he announced he'd quit his day job, but
he has been a full time Internet marketer
since then.
And he's no longer just an "affiliate marketing"
guru -- as the author of MINISITE PROFITS
he's a minisites guru. But he apparently
makes most of his money off his own minisites.
Just yesterday I got an issue of his ezine
that he sent from Washington DC.
Right now, Yanik is putting on a seminar on
"Underground Marketing" and now I wish I was
somehow there.
Phil Wiley is -- he just sent out an ezine about
how much he's learned just partying with the
other attendees before the seminar actually
starts.
One guy pays his top affiliate $250,000 per month.
Wonder what HE makes?
They're too busy making big money to promote
themselves as gurus.
But I have a feeling they could teach almost
all the gurus a thing or three about making
money online.
So it looks like Phil Wiley has already
gotten more than his money's worth from
Yanik's seminar -- even before it
started.
Now I'm wondering -- how many more Internet
marketing seminars can I afford NOT to go to?
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marketing seminars as now, at least, not put
on by Internet marketing gurus -- there have
been many put on by hucksters presenting it
as a biz opp scam.
But in 2001 Mark Joyner got together with
guerilla marketer Jay Conrad Levinson to put on a
Guerilla Marketing Boot Camp.
The sales letter was written by Maria Veloso,
then working for Mark at Aesop and it was
VERY strong. That was the closest I have come
to pulling out my credit card and signing up
for an Internet Marketing seminar based on
a sales letter.
The Big Promise of the letter was that all
attendees would be taught a system for having
a 5-figure monthly income for the rest of
their life.
Did it deliver that promise?
I don't know for sure -- everyone had to sign
a non-disclosure agreement.
But nobody has ever talked about it -- to my
knowledge -- since the seminar.
That doesn't mean they didn't get their money's
worth. Many are making 5 figures a month --
I just don't hear anybody saying they owe it
all to the system Jay Conrad Levinson taught
them at the Bootcamp.
One of the attendees was Phil Wiley, a reporter
from Australia.
That is, when he went he was still working his
"real" job as a reporter.
This despite his already being a well known and
well respected affiliate marketing guru. I
remember subscribing to his ezine ALL THE
SECRETS back when I was on AOL - so that was
a LONG time ago!
He had a big site and he made money from promoting
products through his ezine, but he still couldn't quit
his day job.
But at the Guerilla Marketing Bootcamp he met
someone who was making $10K a month putting up
minisites.
Phil went home and started putting up minisites.
I can't remember how long after that it was
that he announced he'd quit his day job, but
he has been a full time Internet marketer
since then.
And he's no longer just an "affiliate marketing"
guru -- as the author of MINISITE PROFITS
he's a minisites guru. But he apparently
makes most of his money off his own minisites.
Just yesterday I got an issue of his ezine
that he sent from Washington DC.
Right now, Yanik is putting on a seminar on
"Underground Marketing" and now I wish I was
somehow there.
Phil Wiley is -- he just sent out an ezine about
how much he's learned just partying with the
other attendees before the seminar actually
starts.
One guy pays his top affiliate $250,000 per month.
Wonder what HE makes?
They're too busy making big money to promote
themselves as gurus.
But I have a feeling they could teach almost
all the gurus a thing or three about making
money online.
So it looks like Phil Wiley has already
gotten more than his money's worth from
Yanik's seminar -- even before it
started.
Now I'm wondering -- how many more Internet
marketing seminars can I afford NOT to go to?
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