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- Sep 25 2006
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I'm tired, my head hurts, and I think I gained 7 pounds this past week, but what I have to tell you is extremely important so here I am writing.
I don't want to be here in front of my computer writing this blog post. I want to be back in Paris, hanging out with the all the division heads of Agora, brainstorming more clever schemes to easily increase profits.
Writing sucks. I hate to write (although I do love to have written things). Anyone that claims they love to write is either a compulsive liar or a social misfit. I mean, what sort of perverted soul would rather sit and exert the tremendous effort it takes to fill a blank screen alone when he could be sipping vintage wine, smoking Cuban cigars, eating chocolate croissants, and brainstorming with the most successful information marketers on the planet.
If you are wondering why am I negative today? The answer is simple: I just got back from my short worldwide tour and I am just now getting over the final lingering of Jet lag.
Last week, I left beautiful Boca Raton and spent 2 days in Baltimore (Mike Filsaimevs seminar), 1 day in Las Vegas (the World Internet Summit) and 1 day in San Diego (Frank Kern's Underachiever Weekend Conference), then I went directly to France and spent the rest of the week at the Agora Castle with Bill Bonner, Michael Masterson, Porter Stansberry, MaryEllen Tribby, and many other marketing veterans who contribute to the staggering $270 million in annual sales that Agora clears.
You've got to hand it to that bunch over at Agora. Think about it - $270 million selling nothing but ideas - newsletters, special reports, e-zines, and so on.
Not bad money for emailing out a bunch of electrons, is it?
Thats why I am so excited about the upcoming projects I have lined up with them. It's rare to get the opportunity to learn from a group as successful as Agora is, and I plan on seizing every opportunity to work with and learn from this ultra successful company. This leads me to why I am writing to you right now (as opposed to sitting outside and watching the ocean).
A few weeks ago Agora invited me to speak at their big fall Internet marketing conference here in south Florida.
My initial reaction was "You've got to be kidding!"
As you know, I've been crazy busy lately and the last thing on my mind was ANOTHER commitment. But the more I thought about it, the more it intrigued me - mainly because of the USP for their event.
In a nutshell, it's this: Come to the conference with an idea for the kind of products or services you'd be interested in selling online. They'll run it through their team of marketing experts and hand you a "customized" plan for building a profitable Internet business. Don't have an idea? They'll give you one, by helping you determine your strengths and refining your passions.
Yes, I'm sure a lot of this "marketing plan" you get will be boilerplate. But here's the interesting thing...
When I look at what makes Agora's model work so well, it turns out that "boilerplate" is exactly how they've been so successful:
* Step 1: Develop a multi-million dollar repeatable formula for selling nearly free information at 1,000%+ markups.
* Step 2: Find new niches to apply the formula to.
* Step 3: Repeat as needed (in their case to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a year).
They've already perfected step 1 so basically you just have to show up, absorb it, and then go off and apply steps 2 and 3 to your situation.This is just what they do within their company. It's a very unique outfit built from dozens of 'mini-companies' within itself that knock each other off. But the information market just keeps growing and growing and growing...
So after some thought, I realized it would be kind of fun to take them up on their offer... and in the process show off some new ideas I've been working on myself in the past few weeks. As a result, I've decided to join them at their "Early to Rise Info-Marketing Bootcamp".
The way I figure it, if I am willing to hop on a plane and fly to France on a moments notice, or to basically put the growth of my own company on hold to partner with them so I can learn more... then I need to tell you about what may be your only opportunity to learn from the very same people that I do.
In fact, now that I've agreed to be a presenter, they've gone and practically made me the host of the thing. I'll be talking at two or three sessions for each of the three days of the conference, handing out very practical advice on starting and growing your online business.
And that reminds me... the other idea I like about this Bootcamp is that it's not theoretical.
When you spend time at Agora you'll hear them throw around this archaic German word a lot: erfahrung. It means "knowledge based on actual experience" (the opposite word is "wissen" meaning "knowledge learned from a book".)
Translation: what they are talking about is providing the real stuff versus handing out a bunch of rehashed B.S. that you can get anywhere.
If you'd like to come and hear what I have to say, and what a bunch of very smart guys from Agora have to say, about building a real Internet business, then you should check out this event (and I haven't even mentioned the other presenters, but you can find out all about this incredible event by following the url below).
http://www.strategicprofits.com/agora
These are some VERY sharp and VERY gracious guys. You will learn a TON as they walk you, step by step, through building a real Internet business.
But here's the problem. I'm sending you this letter WAY late in the game.
They've got room for exactly 200 entrepreneurs like you who are serious about building your business. The bad news is that as of today something like 188 of the seats are already sold, and there's no more room at the hotel. So when the next 12 are gone, that's it.
If you come to this conference, youvll get your own personal marketing plan for creating an online income stream that could make between $100 thousand and $100 million a year, based on Agora's proven model. You'll also get a sneak preview of my latest ideas on making that business faster and easier to build than you could ever imagine.
Do this. Take a look right now at your current job and abilities, and ask yourself,
"Where do I want to be in three to five years?"
"What kind of work do I want to be doing?"
"What kind of money do I want to be earning?"
"What part of the country do I want to be living in?"
If your answers involve complete financial freedom, working in a new career you love, having the time to travel and enjoy your family life ... then come to this event in October.
My friends at Agora and Early to Rise have taken the art of making money on the Internet and turned it into a science. An easy-to-understand and easy-to-copy science. You would be well advised to come and listen to what they have to say.
Please read the details here.
http://www.strategicprofits.com/agora
Regards,
Rich SchefrenPS: I'll be speaking at this Bootcamp every day for over 2 hours. Please come on up and say hello. I look forward to shaking your hand.
Read the conference details here.
http://www.strategicprofits.com/agora
And as always, post a comment and share your thoughts...
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- Sep 08 2006
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I intended to write this blog post about a week ago.
The reason I am writing this post now is that so many things have been happening and, changing for the better. I kept getting more and more info I wanted to share with you. But, I can't wait any longer. Sometimes, you can have too many good developments in your life and business that, even one more piece of good news is not welcome because you simply have too much on your plate already.
Bottom line - too much is simply too much no matter what. Often, having too many great options leaves you frozen instead of giving you momentum, because just when you start thinking the option you've chosen is really the best choice, the other killer idea on that yellow pad laying on your desk may be even better, so you reevaluate, and reevaluate and you end up making absolutely the worst decision of them all... NO DECISION!
It's a scary thought isn't it? It absolutely sucks, so I'm just going to start writing.
First, I've noticed most struggling internet marketers are nothing more than hardcore information junkies. They just want to learn, absorb... absorb... absorb and they simply don't have the power to turn off this constant craving for more.
But you have to be able to turn it off. Because it's one of the single biggest obstacles to achieving lasting success online or offline.
Stated more simply- as long as you're inputting, you're not outputting.
Yet, getting everything you want out of your life hinges on your output.
So if you're an info junkie, you must go on an information diet. Now I don't know about you, but I know that when the double stuff Oreos are sitting on the top shelf in the kitchen it's a whole lot harder resisting the temptation. What I mean is this: you've got to get all that extra info out of sight so you don't even feel the temptation.
Make your office a rehab, no information is allowed to come in whatsoever for the next week. The only information you can have is the information you create. Stop studying, stop analyzing and start creating. Develop urgency in everything you do for the next week and you'll be blown away at your level of output.
Sadly though it's not enough.
Because if you really want to grow your business you are going to have to answer a single question that almost no struggling entrepreneur ever asks themselves. You want to know what it is? Of course you do, so let's press on...
Now listen, don't let the simplicity of the question fool you because it'll be easy to dismiss it, but I promise you that if you do, you'll never even achieve a fraction of what you are capable of. Ok, so here it is:
What Work Are You Willing To Leave Undone?
The sooner you realize that you can't read everything, nor can you cross off every item on your to do list the better. Because at that very moment you are forced to realize that you absolutely must prioritize no matter what.
You see, realizing you can't do everything helps you determine what you really must be doing, and realizing you can't read everything forces you to decide which information you must read.
Now if you are wondering how you make these difficult decisions, have no fear because I have your answer. And it's simple... You have to know what you want and what you must do to get it. Once you know then you can make effective decisions about what you should be doing, who you should be talking to, and what you should be studying.
So quickly, do you know what your top three objectives are right now in your business? Are they quantifiable, concisely stated, at your fingertips, so you always know precisely what you should be working on?
If your answer is yes - congratulations you are on your way towards business success. But, if you can't rattle them off in rapid fire then it's time to get serious and figure out what you really want, what you are willing to do to get it, and what steps you must take to achieve it.
Like I said in the beginning of this post, I've got a lot more to tell you - but it will have to wait until tomorrow -- because I need to get some sleep. But before you run off, tell me what you think by posting your comments.
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