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    • Two Titans of Internet Marketing Have Joined Forces To Take YOUR Online Business To A Level You’ve Never Imagined…

      Watch as Rich Schefren and Brad Fallon reveal:

      • An unprecedented Internet marketing event (sure to raise your bottom line)
      • How they're harnessing Strategic Alliances (and how you can easily do the same)
      • How to leverage the strengths of others (and send your sales through the roof)
      • And grow your business by leaps and bounds (faster than you've ever imagined)

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    • Dec 11 2007
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    • Think about this:

      It’s Monday, February 11, 2008 — just two months from today and you’re getting ready to introduce your new product to the online world.

      But before you can tell people about your product or name your price…

      - 60,552 unique visitors have already visited your blog to learn whatever they can about you and your new product

      - 374 other blogs are buzzing about you

      - More than 43,200 prospects have already watched at least one of nearly 200 videos that your prospects have just made about you posted online

      - And 39,730 highly qualified prospects have opted in to your house list to make sure they’re among the first to know when your new product is released.

      A fantasy? Absolutely not. This is precisely what’s happened since I released The Attention Age Volume Two just 13 short days ago!

      Want to know what all the fuss is about?

      Check this video out and tell me what you think might prevent you from being the maven of your market….

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      Comment by Stephan Miller
      2007-12-11 13:48:26  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
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      Anyone can learn from this product launch. I know I was waiting for it.

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      Comment by Tamika Jordan
      2007-12-12 02:10:58  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Rich I love you man do your thing. I have learned so much from you, just to let you Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Comment by Makingyouricher
      2007-12-12 05:32:57  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Exactly man. This is was the first thing that struck me about this awesome and remarkable launch. I asked myself - “What can I learn from this that will have a positive effect in my own business?”

      I think I’ve gleaned a couple of ideas that will help in my local business.

      Thanks.

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      Comment by Reed
      2007-12-11 14:23:15  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Every time Rich comes out with a new program I take a few ideas and apply them to my business and it grows. I can’t wait for this new program. Copy Doodles TV

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      Comment by Peter - Software Marketing Secrets
      2007-12-11 15:06:19  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Sorry Rich,

      The video is two minutes too long, can’t be accepted into the competition ;-)

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      Comment by Ambar Hamid
      2007-12-11 15:13:58  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      This is going to be a must have in every marketers training library.

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      Comment by Dennis Tays
      2007-12-11 15:27:50  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      You asked what might be preventing me from becoming the maven of my market…in a single word…”you.”

      In today’s world, it’s not just the idea or concept that you have that you want to develop that’s going to bring your success, it’s timing, it’s having a project team comprised of experts in many areas of IM, SEO, web-page creation, offline marketing etc., it’s having name recognition, it’s having the funding and many other aspects that the newbie just doesn’t possess. Buying all of the expensive, fancy-wrapped products in the world isn’t going to make it happen either.

      So to answer your question, there are many things that prevent me from becomming the maven of my market. Do I have a concept that could become the next eBay, Amazon, or Google of it’s kind….yes I do. Will the world ever see this come to fruition and benefit from it….highly unlikely….unless

      The near-sighted gurus forget that they were lucky enough to have entered into the Interent World at a time when it was wide open. They were able to gain a foothold, make a few dollars, and create a name for themselves when it was quite simple to do so. Every day it becomes far more costly and more complex, and next to impossible to do.

      If only there was a truly honest person in one of those fortunate positions who really cared enough to want to get involved in brain-storming sessons that led to partnerships, that led to successful web-based businesses. Someone who offered their name power, their already developed team of highly skilled web designers, and their marketing machine, to assist people who have incredible concepts that can not only make a great deal of money, but would also provide multiple benefits to mankind and the planet….if only.

      But once the existing mavens smell the money, that’s all that seems to matter. It’s just, “what kind of new project can I develop that will make me lots of easy money at the expense of the desperate people seeking the impossible dream?” You know as well as I do that 98% of the people who plunck their money down don’t have a snowballs chance of ever making it, yet you keep pushing the same “Get rich quick schemes” over and over again.

      Do any gurus have a conscious? Don’t any of them ever feel a desire to show their gratitude to a higher power, their family and friends, all of the people who have purchsed their products, or just their own humanity? Why in good God’s name doesn’t just one of you guys step up to the plate and say, “I don’t want to fake it any longer. I really do care about people who are trying to make it. I’m going to develop a real live think tank where people can come together with their ideas and their talents and I’m going to work with them to develop the next generation of Internet Enterprise.”

      And to beat all hell, you don’t charge people to become a part of this. I know that goes against everything that runs through your veins, but that’s my point. Who will have the balls to do this? I mean go totally against your culture. Will it be you….? Most likely not, but whomever it is, will be the top dog of Internet Marketing for the next 30 years or longer.

      Why do I think this is so? Because, just like an author, song writer, or anyone else, you have one or two great ideas, a few good ideas, and that’s it. What happens after that? Why not come together with the people who posses the next really great concepts and offer the gifts that you’ve been blessed with, to create several really meaningful businesses that bring in money for you, and really and truly benefit others?

      If you hold all of your cards close to your vest, pretty soon there’s no one who will play with you.

      Most people have had enough time to begin to see the pattern of what it is they’re being fed. It’s the same, just a different package. The new package fools a few of the fools for a short time, but eventually everyone has been fooled once too often, and no one is buying. The gurus count on the P T Barnum belief that a sucker is born every minute.

      The very medium that you use to sell your wares is the same medium that educates the idiots, and it educates them much quicker every day. So are you just one of them….? Or are you the hundreth monkey? If you don’t break away and really become original, someone else will. Of that you can be sure!

      So instead of offering a pie-in-the-sky, one chance in a million, very expensive, newly wrapped, isn’t going to get you anywhere, programs, offer the real thing, offer yourself. Not a overly-priced, digital, paper, or plastic product but the real ticket to becoming a market mavin…yourself. Impossible you say….I think not.

      I’m offering myself to work with you on making this concept a reality. If you don’t want to do it, someone else will.

      Much Real Success,

      Dennis Tays

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      Comment by Scott Preston
      2007-12-11 15:59:24  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Powerful words Dennis. I’m sure you don’t want to lay your cards out on the table in this forum, but I’m curious as to the niche that you are focusing on or wanting to pursue. It sounds as if you have the fire in your gut for something great.

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      Comment by Roy MacNaughton
      2007-12-11 16:53:45  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Hey Dennis Tays!

      I liked your comments.

      Who says you have to wait for one of the big guys (e.g. gurus) to come along and share?

      Sharing for most is just another “marketing tactic” that’s employed to make the Maven look good, attract attention, and keep the students’ eye off the ball.

      Why not get together with a bunch of us who — each in his own right — “know” most of this stuff. Together (and perhaps with some help from Rich and/or Mr. Abraham etc.) we can make it happen for ALL OF US, and for those who would truly like to “share” the ‘how-to’ of it all, and make the world a better place… that option will still be wide open.

      Dennis, contact me by email, (roymacnaughton ‘at’ gmail.com) and let’s talk of how we can make this happen…even if only one of us is able to get into Rich’s program.

      Roy

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      Comment by Ron Reed, here, making an appearance...
      2007-12-11 17:13:57  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      hey dennis,

      i personally believe your words to be the truth.

      why do these gurus hide behind a wall of money??

      i think rich schefren is a brilliant man and i have much respect for him…

      … but do you think he wrote the e-book and supplies it for free because he wants to help us??

      maybe… but most likely he did it to build a list for future products and services.

      remember when you downloaded the book??… you had to give your name and e-mail address.

      after you downloaded the book you received an e-mail and were uploaded into his “list”.

      if you study his auto-responder messages… his marketing tactics… his follow-up… his blog entries…

      … they are geared to make you feel comfortable… to make you feel a sense of rapport… a sense of understanding… a sense of urgency…

      … they are geared to make you feel as though you NEED the next step– Acceleration Training.

      listen folks… i’m not bad-talking rich or his strategies…

      … instead, i’m opening your eyes to one of the most impressive marketing secrets known in the internet marketing world…

      … it’s called — LEVERAGE!

      the video contest was masked with the potential to win a prize… a grand prize… a super-grand prize…

      … but only 4 people win.

      what do you think happens to the others??

      well, in a nice way… they become free-marketing for rich’s products and services.

      ACTION TO TAKE: study rich’s next few moves carefully

      BENEFIT YOU WILL GET: an understanding of how to create a million dollar marketing campaign

      =RonReed=

      p.s. — … if you think this is hard work… re-read the doctrine and evaluate your own perception of it’s value…

      … record YOUR version on audio and transfer the words to text…

      … organize the text into an e-book and give it away for free.

      build a list… and then upsell the list to your private coaching/mentoring or launch a seminar teaching the principles of Web 2.0 marketing.

      BINGO! you’ll generate a very substanial amount of money.

      (( and if you don’t think people will pay that amount… then you’re mistaken! by hiring a well-known speaker to attend the event and pay them for their time… you will get people in the door. ))

      again, i think rich schefren is a brilliant man and a mentor to millions (including me!)…

      … you can guarantee i will be at one of the Acceleration Trainings.

      why?? not because i want to learn this information…

      … no, no, no… i will be there to network with other like-minded individuals and study the strategies that rich uses “behind-the-scenes” as this product is released to the general public.

      to rich: thank you, my jedi-master! :)

      =RonReed=

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      Comment by Schelli Whitehouse
      2007-12-12 09:17:44  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Right - On Ron!

      If someone out there is going through this launch feeling ’scammed’, then I’m afraid you entered this process with Eyes Wide Shut…

      The strategies employed throughout is shear marketing genius - each step a lesson unto itself and so far, completely FREE.

      Many, relatively unknown marketers have been savvy to enough gain some of their own recognition on the coat-tails of this launch - for FREE.

      And Dennis - due to your post - you have likeminded people wanting to contact you. ~ All Good!

      Can’t afford the product, don’t want it, don’t need it, whatever…. you don’t have to buy it. Man this is a great country!

      I wish the greatest success and satisfaction to all,
      ~Schelli

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      Comment by Paul Toimata
      2007-12-11 17:41:18  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Hi Dennis, awesome stuff me man. Good on you, actually, we need more guys like yourself, me too and many more others.
      At the end of the day, when our time here on earth is due, all our real estate will be reduced to a box known as the “cxffin”, without any exception.
      However, having said that, there is this extreme and unique opportunity of investing our treasures in a mansion where the streets are lined in gold. Plus, it will last forever.
      For meantime though, lets lets receive all the help from guys like Rich, so we could in turn be able to invest in more souls to ensure they also find their blessed destination.
      Yes, we hav much luv and hope to share out to a dying and lost multitudes. Best also, WE could do it with hearts of full of real humility.[An encouragement for all of us.]
      Bro, keep up the good works.
      God Bless. [ Paul ]

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      Comment by rex
      2007-12-11 18:17:45  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      just the comments I was looking for.

      thanks so much

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      Comment by Bill Harris Jr.
      2007-12-11 18:43:22  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Dennis:

      I believe that many marketers start out with the “code” that you are referring too, but get lost in the fame and greed that being a “maven” can bring. You want to filter through the “same maven’s ” to find the right marketer that would be willing to work with you. You’ve got to make a “compelling pitch” to them, so it’s a win-win situation for everyone.

      If you want it bad enough, you’ll stop complaining and make a plan or a goal to make this “grand scheme” possible. You’d be surprised at how many marketers’ would be interested. That would make them “The Grand Master of All Marketer’s”.

      Now that would be hard to walk away from…

      Thanxs for opportunity to express my views.

      BHJ

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      Comment by Don
      2007-12-11 19:07:13  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Dennis your venting for a good reason. As for your preminitions of a dooms day for the type of bull crap internet marketers you’ve so keenfully descibed… you may find that it will come sooner than anticipated. It only takes a single voice to sound the call for change and things will happen. I’m hoping in the not to distant future to blaze a path of free information for all to share.

      I’m not a Guru of the internet but I am someone with 35 years business experience who is gathering the information and tools necessary to truly help those that need it….for free. I respect the accomplishment of every successful entreprenuer unless they earn it on the backs of others and then brag about their success as a form of encouragement. The Wal Marts of the internet are gathering fame today but even “free” beats their price. You don’t need to climb into bed with the lion. Just keep the faith and focus on your goals, they will come.

      Don

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      Comment by Bonnie Dubrow
      2007-12-11 19:47:41  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      I like the idea of like-minded people getting together to form an alliance dedicated to play co-operatively, to freely share our individual knowledge, wisdom and inspiration with each other that we might all accomplish more together than we ever could have on our own. By playing so all win, we model a new way of learning, teaching, and becoming successful together.

      You can count me in. I’m game!

      Bonnie Dubrow

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      Comment by James Lavers
      2007-12-12 12:52:20  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Oh come on Dennis…the “woe is me” attitude is likely to be the very thing that stops you.

      Rich certainly ‘ain’t ‘lucky’…other than to have maybe realised when he was getting lucky….right?

      Am I the only one to remember his JV’s with Stephen Pierce…Carlton etc etc

      Am I the only one to remember what he was up to before the MANIFESTO? surely!

      Here’s another question…do you think Rich had Attention Doctrine planned BEFORE Manifesto??? (now there’s an interesting one).

      I’ve heard pretty much every marketing/business expert say these words:

      “You’ve got to take and use what’s useful and discard the rest…”

      Nobody…NO - BODY can make you feel, think or DO anything…you do that all by yourself.

      Attention is NOT a ‘thing’ it’s a process on an analogue scale…Rich missed that.

      You DO attention…you ‘attend to…’ - you don’t HAVE it or not.

      It’s just a game.

      I’ve played it for a couple of minutes by posting here…now I’m not playing again here for a while…would rather start DOING.

      J.

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      Comment by brian
      2007-12-12 21:45:08  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Dennis,

      I feel for you , unfortunately themajority of people you refer to as idiots dont want to know the truth!!!!! they prefer to be gift wrapped, hence the old saying sell the sizzle not the stake.I run workshops seminars and training on sales, investments, personaldevelopment, bussiness etc and tried the format you are espousing…..unfortunately no one was interested in learning how to do it correctly and to make money they just wanted the quick fix the instant gratification… so that is why all the gurus you candidly refer to dont bother any more they just give you the sizzle and let you figure it out for your self sort of sink or swim… the stuff on this site is very interesting and i have implemented just one idea with minimal cost and fantastic results… so i dont subscribe to your comment that you need buckets of money to get it happening..i started with zip and built a multimillin dollar bussiness with ideas from sites like this one and tom hopkins and others… so can you, and the great thing is its free.. to learn more with greater depth go to there seminars ,worshops ,tutorials etc sure these cost but the investment is well worth it.

      regards

      brian norton

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      Comment by Karen B.
      2007-12-12 22:20:58  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Dennis - I’ve been teaching those new to the net how to do things online to make money since 1999. And even back then very very few people succeeded. We GAVE them everything they needed - free mentoring, free tutorials, free resources, everything was F R E E. We brainstormed in chat sessions, on live broadcasts, at industry events. And STILL 90% of them failed.

      Why? They not only wanted it for free, they wanted it gift wrapped and handed to them on a silver platter! They just wanted to deposit the checks and drive the fancy car and have the gorgeous girl on their arm in six weeks or less. Without working for it or learning the basics and building up to more advanced things. With no effort - just bend over and pick up the cash.

      Even back then making money online was WORK. Hard work, often boring work. And constant learning. WE didn’t outsource, we learned how to do it ourselves. And so did every other successful webmaster of the time.

      There are three things needed for success on the net - the willingness to work - HARD, the ability to learn, and apprenticing yourself to someone who has “made it”. Whether you’re using someone’s list for your product, or buying a successful site’s exit traffic - you need to rub elbows with the folks on top or you’ll never be on top. And if you ignore the pearls of wisdom that drop from their mouths whether you’ve paid for those pearls or obtained them for free, you do so at your own peril.

      Stop making lame excuses, stop whining because you aren’t on top yet, come into the real world of the net and start learning from anyone who is willing to teach you.

      If you have another Google or UTube in your mind - you’re in the wrong place - you need to put together a business plan and talk to the venture capitalists. If you’re trying to build an internet business without learning how to do business on the net - you’re doomed to failure. And it’s your own failure, no one elses. Everything you need to be successful is online somewhere - all you have to do is apply yourself, learn it, then practice it.

      And if you really think all that will come together and you’ll be rolling in cash next week then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d just love to sell you!

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      Comment by MG Page
      2007-12-14 04:38:14  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Absolutely agree. Maybe people just like you and me can get together and I’m sure between us all we will have just as good a chance as the big guys.

      Yes.. they did get in when the going was very good. Yes.. it’s a lot harder now they have a foothold on the market,and email lists to die for.

      But is it impossible to join them?

      I don’t think so. It just requires thinking outside the square, and if that means people who we have never met contributuing their skills for the benefit of the whole, then I say go for it. I’m sure there’s those who are reading this blog right now who have all the skills you need to launch a product and make it really succesful. We all know HOW to do it, it’s just a matter of a lot of us just don’t have the reasources available to us like the bug guns have.

      Impossible No.

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      Comment by MG Page
      2007-12-14 04:38:57  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Absolutely agree. Maybe people just like you and me can get together and I’m sure between us all we will have just as good a chance as the big guys.

      Yes.. they did get in when the going was very good. Yes.. it’s a lot harder now they have a foothold on the market,and email lists to die for.

      But is it impossible to join them?

      I don’t think so. It just requires thinking outside the square, and if that means people who we have never met contributuing their skills for the benefit of the whole, then I say go for it. I’m sure there’s those who are reading this blog right now who have all the skills you need to launch a product and make it really succesful. We all know HOW to do it, it’s just a matter of a lot of us just don’t have the reasources available to us like the big guns have.

      Impossible No.

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      Comment by Viper
      2007-12-16 17:55:06  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Dennis,

      Grow up. You hold yourself back….I’m 27 and have a successful marketing company and real estate brokerage plus I just got accepted to Med school……..

      Don’t blame other people for your inability to create success in your industry! Guru’s provide tools you provide execution…..or in your case “NOT”!

      Viper

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      Comment by CCGAL
      2007-12-16 23:32:45  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      PT Barnum never said “there’s a sucker born every minute” … if you’re going to quote someone, for goodness sake, please quote him or her correctly. (check out what Wikipedia has to say about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There’s_a_sucker_born_every_minute)

      If you had left an url or an e-mail, I think you would have received genuine offers of assistance.

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      Comment by John Clark
      2007-12-17 15:45:26  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Some excellent points, actually.

      And yet, each of us has to play the cards we are dealt.

      No doubt that some people win the lottery the day they are born, whether that is in money, brains, good looks, height, or whatever else amounts to an edge. Others seem to have just gotten to the right place at the right time.

      Taking from the financial world of trading, the challenge is to find YOUR edge. It’s very tempting to say “if I only was on the trading floor”, “if I only had more money in my account”, etc. But name any situation and someone has figured out what they have that the other guy doesn’t, be it the ability to trade low volume issues that the big guys can’t or using systems that take a kind of analysis that the guys in the chaos of the floor don’t have time to do, or . . . .

      If indeed you do have a great idea, then judging from my own knack for setting up roadblocks for myself and then explaining them with reasons that even I, (especially I?) , can’t see through, my guess is that a course in the secrets of getting your head and heart aligned with your purpose and then sticking with it would be better than one on internet marketing.

      If you know of such a course, let me know. I’ll take it too.

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      Comment by Chris Bloor
      2007-12-26 03:41:57  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Wow! you seriously think it was easier years ago? No way!

      I have been full-time online for 8 years this January and I think it is about 1,000 times easier to make it these days than it was 8 years ago.

      What you need to do is take responsibility for your life! “The power of an idea is in it’s implementation!”

      Quit coming up with excuses and focus on ‘doing’ something to market your business every day.

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      Comment by Andrew
      2007-12-11 15:38:35  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Rich-

      Those numbers in your email made me shiver! $2-3Million in your Paypal account??? And you’ve done it four times already in the past 18 months? That’s what I want!
      Thanks for the inspiration!

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      Comment by Jack Weinzierl
      2007-12-11 15:51:58  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Your Business Acceleration video is powerful. I have about 300 folks that have downloaded The Attention Age Doctrine 2 as of today and I can envision a large percentage of them plugging into the Business Acceleration training. This excites me not because of any commission, but because many of these are colleagues that will be able to explode their/our businesses. Serve others and the results will follow. Thanks Rich for your wonderful example and mentoring.

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      Comment by Bud Bilanich
      2007-12-11 16:24:28  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      You got my attention. I’m getting ready to launch a book with a set of corresponding information products in February ‘08. Where can I learn more?
      Bud Bilanich
      The Common Sense Guy

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      Comment by Calvin Close
      2007-12-11 16:39:38  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      I agree that much of Rich’s publicity comes from the fact that it is - after all - Rich Schefren.

      However, we do need to acknowledge that 3 years ago, he wasn’t on the scene like he is now. We have to admit that Rich knew which levers to pull, and he has done it very successfully.

      Calvin Close
      Mining Marketing

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      Comment by Steve Young
      2007-12-11 16:42:31  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Is there a way to become an affiliate of the AAD2 downloads and Business Acceleration programs? Seems like there are a few out there, but I haven’t seen how to be a part of it.

      Thanks.
      Steve

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      Comment by EMB
      2007-12-11 16:59:11  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      You can’t its a secret club where the in-crowd of “Gurus” get to promote each others products while they are really hot. That is how they earn so much, by looking after each other. You can join if you become a guru but not before

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      Comment by dan tenes
      2007-12-11 16:51:46  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      To be an affiliate, go to
      www.strategicprofits.com/makemoney
      if that does not work you ill have to call them.
      Dan

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      Comment by Paul from SEO TRaining Live
      2007-12-11 17:04:49  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Rich,
      What would prevent me? the lack of planning/understanding the process (the strategy rather than the tactic)

      I would like to think, that nothing would stop- if a speed bump came up- would find away around, through or over it. ;)

      Hope to catch up with you and Brian at the event.

      Paul
      http://www.SEOTrainingLive.com/

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      Comment by Coach Mike
      2007-12-11 17:25:05  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      What will prevent me from being the next maven in my marketing niche?

      My own fear of failing. I’ve experienced it over and over again. Now it just sits out there and haunts me.

      Failure to take action would be the next thing preventing me.

      If buying Rich’s next product/service/coaching/whatever would help, then I’d throw in that a lack of financial resources would prevent me. (No, I don’t have credit cards to throw at this thing. No, I don’t have the cash.)

      Of course, those are all the typical excuses. I’m no different than the next guy.

      What I’m doing is what’s been mentioned above…reading, studying, doing all that I can to learn from Rich as he plies his trade on us. Then, I’ll do what I can within the means I have to duplicate it.

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      Comment by Daniel Souza aka PapaDan
      2007-12-11 18:10:39  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Ditto to Coach Mikes post above…

      I won’t go over everything Couch Mike said but having the fear of failure and non implimentation of yet another program after all of my previous product/lessons purchases would really hurt..both financially and emotionally..

      All typical excuses I know…

      Help me break out of this mess..Please!!

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      Comment by Heidi
      2007-12-11 18:33:55  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      I think this is VERY enticing!! But how do you do this without the financial resources. We need to be bringing the money into our business that you talk about being able to make Rich. Especially with the economy the way it is now our business has slowed down significantly. How can we get into this to profit and make our business grow so quickly over a 48 hour period. HELP…….

      Heidi

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      Comment by Mari
      2007-12-11 19:30:00  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Rich:

      Your Acceleration program looks very exciting! Will it be a seminar or program that you have to join? If it is a seminar of some kind will you be bringing it to Phoenix?

      Mari

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      Comment by Jason
      2007-12-11 20:54:05  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Jason Finch

      Mari,
      I have attended a lot of these seminars over the years and one just recently from a over hyped so-called guru.
      What happens when you attend? They have a bunch of different speakers and each speaker gives you a little bit of useful information but not much just a little bit to get you to buy their program. They show you a bit of useful information then they try to sell the Hell out of whatever program they are trying to promote! I have never attended one of the Strategic Profits seminars but from what I have heard it’s all the same.

      Good luck.

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      Comment by Mark A. Bishop
      2007-12-11 22:17:55  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Well Dennis, it’s like this! ‘The Rich just keep getting Richer’
      I couldn’t agree more with you in a lot of the stuff you wrote and the thing is, I am such a newbie, I didn’t even know you were ‘allowed’ to be able to write about your feelings so openly in the first place. I understand where you are coming from intensely.You oughta try living in another country where getting to all these ‘next best Guru seminars’ is just not practical from many aspects, never mind the cost!…and yes of course it’s a ‘marketing ploy’ for creating the Doctrine in the first place but at least Rich gives you something along the way to learn from before the ‘hit’ comes. Now youv’e got Joel Comm doing TV deals for the whole world to get in on his production so if you think it’s tough now…look out! It’s almost like we are too late already to make any real headway with the explosion surge that is coming but there’s always hope right? Me too!..with a great concept that ‘will work’ and God could I do with some help to make it happen. (I can’t even clear my cookies..you know what I saying)…The smartest thing Rich could do is to partner with every ‘real deal’ out there. He’s got the team,talent and the money. He would make more ‘moolah’ overall, be a real live hero to the battlers and hopefuls of this harsh new world and would put a lot of the ‘greedy Guru’s’ back in their box!
      Then again…would he dare!….what’s he really all about anyway? That inner circle must be pretty powerful you know!

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      Comment by Albert Hallado
      2007-12-11 23:15:29  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Hey! Rich,

      I’m excited about this MAN!

      Thanks’
      Albert

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      Comment by Alvin Yudistira
      2007-12-11 23:27:48  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Want to say this is greatest interesting I’ve ever seen.

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      Comment by Rich Schefren
      2007-12-11 23:35:35  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Wow…

      I don’t even know where to start. It seems many of you are either misinformed or misdirected…

      Jason, Strategic Profits has never hosted an event where ANYTHING has been sold from the stage – NOT ONE THING! So you might want to check where you “heard” that, because it’s simply not true and I challenge you to prove me wrong.

      And here are some words of wisdom for you… It’s not what you don’t know that’ll hurt you - it’s what you think you know that you don’t.

      Next, Dennis…

      I am not going to rain on your dreams or your delusions of grandeur. The truth is you’re waiting for charity, or a handout - and here’s a real world wake-up call for you…

      Anyone can be successful if they have a good plan and are willing to work hard. The “Gurus” you speak of got to their current positions the same way.

      Your argument about Gurus getting online when it was “easy” - is your own excuse for your current results (or lack of them). I know that’s harsh – but it’s true.

      If you want to lie to yourself (and rationalize your failure to achieve what you want) go ahead, but please don’t infect others here, on my blog – I SIMPLY REFUSE TO BE YOUR ACCOMPLICE IN SPREADING YOUR MIND-VIRUS!

      Hey listen, according to your logic why stop with gurus? Why not be mad at Amazon for not giving you free books (they were lucky enough to sell books online earlier than others)… or Google for not giving you free advertising (they were lucky to gain critical mass early on)… or your local car dealership for not giving you a car as a stake in your new business (they were lucky to gain the dealership rights before you).

      Think that all sounds crazy? Those examples are no more or less unreasonable than you expecting (actually more like “demanding”) that I give you free help on an endless basis until you achieve success.

      But that’s not my main point - here it is….

      If your success requires someone else to dedicate their resources to get you to the level of success you dream about – it’s not going to happen. Anyone who is successful will tell you the same.

      Of course, you are entitled to your own opinion, as I am mine. So, if I had to answer the question for you - I would say the biggest obstacle to your own success is “YOU” not me, nor anyone else.

      I suggest you pick up the book Atlas Shrugged (by Ayn Rand… you can get it at Amazon, but it’s not free, you actually have to pay for it) and read it.

      I know, you’re probably thinking I should summarize it for you, that I should focus my personal resources (my brain, my sight, my time) and do the reading, thinking, etc… for you. That’s consistent with you expecting a business to allocate its resources for your success. Why shouldn’t I do the same personally, right? There really is no difference.

      If your concept has merit you will eventually meet with success. So I guess time will be the best judge.

      One last thing, I am very proud of the work I do.

      My free reports, free videos, free webinars, free teleseminars have impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands entrepreneurs worldwide. I receive Thank You cards daily - from clients and non-clients alike.

      This broadcast was meant for others from the same mold. People who are willing to invest in their market first, entrepreneurs who see not only the logic in my advice, but also the sense of satisfaction that comes from contributing on a massive level.

      But this example highlights a great point: no matter how much you strive… you will never make everyone in your market happy. Some people expect too much (for nothing). If you’re going to be a Maven, you have to be OK with that. I know I am - I am proud of my contributions.

      So to wrap this up… if you’re more in line with Dennis than how I am categorizing a Maven, you might want to unsubscribe from my list - and look for a charity of some sort.

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      Comment by jose botelho barbosa junior
      2007-12-12 00:49:15  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
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      Hi Mr. Rick,

      I believe your Business Acceleration Program, more one time,
      will go to fill a lack in Internet Business.
      The need unique and high level content indeed demand very effort and time, which constitute problem main your Program
      must to present a solution.
      Succeed,
      Jose

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      Comment by Carl
      2007-12-12 01:15:50  Add karma