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- Feb 19 2008
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- The Maven Matrix Manifesto
One question Jay and I have been constantly getting since our call is:
"Okay, I can see how important it is to become a Maven...so how do I do it exactly?"
Great question. And one that definitely needs addressed.
Because if you go about it the right way, you'll achieve Maven status faster and easier than you can imagine.
But if you go about it the wrong way...yeesh.
So Jay and I put our heads together (again) and cranked out this Special Report titled "The Maven Matrix Manifesto"
Get your copy here:
Get The Maven Matrix Manifesto
You wanted a roadmap? You got a roadmap--and then some.
This is a step by step blueprint to rising above the fray and conquering your niche as a true blue Maven.
We've literally pulled out all the stops, giving you time-tested and proven strategies to put you on the Maven map--once and for all.
If you thought the call was good, wait'll you see what we have for you now.
Get The Maven Matrix Manifesto
Gotta run... there's still lots to do before our Strategic Profits Live! conference starts Saturday in Orlando
Just checked with Brian and there's still a few seats left...but we're in single digits.
So if you're on the fence, push yourself off and click on the link below now.
http://www.strategicprofits.com/live1
To higher profits
Rich Schefren
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159 Comments to “The Roadmap To Mavenhood Revealed”
Rich & Jay,
As usual, you are amazing in your insight and simplicity of purpose and design. I so appreciate all your guidence over the years. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Stage Hypnotist Simone, King of Sway, Inc. Las Vegas
Rich & Jay,
Read the whole awesome report lastnight with highlighter in hand. By far the best roadmap you’ve laid down so far. Can’t wait to get started on mapping out my own journey with its’ guidance. Thanks a ton!
Kathy
Hello from beautiful Montana:
Isn’t it exciting to share and learn from one another? It truly is a small, small world.
Thank you. You do an important work.
Judy H. Wright aka Auntie Artichoke,the storytelling trainer.
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Receiving an access denied error when trying to download the PDF.
Hi. I’m having the same difficulty downloading the Manifesto.
My comment is the same as Mark’s, can’t access the pdf.
Same problem as Mark
The download link is not working . . .
Thanks
Same deal here. I guess I have to stick with the blue pill I just cant get the red one to come out of the bottle. .
Sorry Rich Just having a little fun at your expense.
Im really looking foward to this.
I thnk The Matrix is so appropriate.
Michael Blaes
Disappointed in you, thought you had it ALL together!!! Hurry and fix the problem, I’m just dying to read the manifesto. Hurry!
we just added another server… sorry to those of you who had difficulties….
rich
Its a big file, might take time. I just got my download. Thanks, Rich.
Ok Rich, are you having fun yet? just having a bit of fun.
I don’t see any link to any document. How do I get the manifesto? The m3 page your link goes to is the squeeze page. This is an endless loop.
Hi Loyd, The way it works is you fill out the form and then check your email. the link in the email will take you to the download page.
Hope this helps
Michael Blaes
Lloyd,
Check your email.
Rich,
Thanks for the “Maven Matrix” it is the “7 Habits” for the new entrepreneur. Brilliant insights. A true roadmap to help achieve bottom line results.
Chris Swain
Opting out… thanks, anyway.
Am only using wireless broadband, maybe that’s the reason why it’s taking me to a series of pointing pages…and not the content you mentioned several pages ago.
I was really looking forward to getting the manifesto. Bummer drag man. Do I have to send 5 of my friends to you first when I don’t yet know the value of what you are giving?
I have a lot of faith but not that much faith! Besides, I have a policy that I try out what I refer others to first to ensure quality, appropriateness, and ethical standards.
If you can live with that, please send me a copy on my email.
A fan of the past (and perhaps the future)
B
barbara,
there was a link right underneath that gave you the option of not referring anyone…
Dear Rich!
U R like totally ‘UNPREDICTABLE’ CHESS PLAYER OF MARKETING….
Your each step is going somthing somewhere makes us to think more and more….
Let’s keep going and Growing Together!
Hi Rich and Jay,
Managed to download my copy of “The Maven Matrix Manifesto” - I have roughly glanced through the whole report and man! It’s really GREAT stuff you’ve got in the report! And I really can’t believe you’re giving to us free! Gosh…
I’m going to glue my butt right in now and read and and every page of your 88-page report.
Kudos to you guys!
Cheers!
Jun Yuan Lim
Rich & Jay-Love it! I am only a part of the way through it and my eyes were going faster than I could handle. Had to take a break and thank you guys. I have learned a lot from your material and it has made a huge difference in my marketing. Thank you so much! I look forward to writing another comment that includes the impact this PDF has had on my business.
Blessings,
~JoyMarino~
WAHM of 5!
Rich & Jay,
This is fantastic! Each iteration of this material is better, clearer, and more motivating. I’ve already had a ton of “A-ha’s” and I’m only halfway through…
Great job, and I am SO excited to be on my way to becoming a ROCKIN’ maven!
Thank you!!
Liz
Greetings,
I am already a maven in my Nich & accepted as such. After 50 years as a Top Craftsman/Industrial Trainer/Lecturer/City & Guilds Assessor. I Made Leathergoods for Royalty & the rich & famous, starting with the late Duke of Windsor. (yes I really am that old). “I write Leather Instruction Manuals” which sell World Wide. My “Membership Categories” lists (all free) rival DMOS. for most Leather key search words on Google my site “The Leather Connection.com” is always listed on their first or second page. But I am not making a fortune just suplementing my pension. You should justify your statement that the nich needs to be something that the bulk of the general public go for like Health & Fitness.
Regards Francis Burdett-Mills (Chartered) MCIPD
hi everyone….
i’m glad you like it
just an fyi… i made some changes to the document - they’ll actually be more in a day or two, cause when i get inspired, i just keep going!
anyway, since my multi-media pros are all home sleeping, the file is rather large now 11mb. but i promise the sweet graphics and the extra content makes it all worth it. PROMISE!
to higher profits,
rich
Rich,
It won’t download for me either and I don’t get an error or any indication that a download is in process.
are you right clicking, and choosing save as?
fluffy,
i just tried again and it worked fine…
Rich
Remember me? It’s Ed in New Zealand one of your elite coaching students.
Your coaching program 2 years ago was definitely a life changer for me and I’ve been waiting for a suitable “upsell” since.
My profile doesn’t fit in with one of your usual clients in terms of internet marketing/ info product etc, in fact I don’t have an actual product - I publish travel info. So I’ve sat here and watched at least a couple of your launches come and go, frutstrated that they probably weren’t any use to me.
This is different, and I’ve only skim-read so far. This is beautiful, without a shadow of a doubt the best freebie you’ve put out since the internet manifesto.
If I’m straight up, I’m in a bit of a tight spot, debts and liabilities huge, house having to be sold, not getting as much sleep as I could be - but over-riding all of that has been a 100% belief that the business I’ve built is going to work out just fine one way or another.
This document couldn’t possibly have come along at a better time. I just hope you realise what you two have done here and just how much you’re going to have to deliver to live up to the suggestion and promise you’re making ( and I know you will)
I’m going to find a bit of space somewhere on a credit card somewhere and get signed up to this. One thing your trainings have taught me is to know at any given time, precisely what your business needs, and when you see it, to grab it. If someone wants a dollar off of you for something useless then make them prise it out of your cold dead hands. If someone wants big money for something that you know will help your business then find it, whatever it takes!
This is exeptional - Count me in!
Ed
Hey Rich and All,
The Red Pill Rocks and we have only digested half of it. And you are adding more?
Too Cool! Keep Up the Great Work!
Michael Blaes
PS. If the Freebee hounds arent happy with this, then nothing will ever satisfy them. I only hope that they take the time to digest and apply it.
Hey Rich!
Another good one! I was happy to recommend it on my blog. OK…maybe happy is an understatement. Thrilled! is a better word as I’m in the process of Maven-ifying, and recommending your outstanding ebooks, courses and conferences is just part of my ploy/plan to follow the course of action you outline so clearly!
Thanks again!
Stevie Knight
another WAHM of 5!
I was excited to see what Rich and Jay had to say about this topic - especially in light of the upcoming event they’re holding.
I was disappointed to see a 17 page sales letter at the END of the manifesto pitching that event and the home study course.
I thought the whole point was that Mavens don’t need to pitch like “normal” people do.
And all of the “cred” establishment at the beginning of the manifesto isn’t necessary for Jay and Rich. Seriously. That’s another 28 pages right there.
So over half this document is geared to trigger our RAS, but not inform our brain of anything concrete.
I will definitely be reviewing this piece in an upcoming article. It’s a good lesson to learn about a launch. I’m almost shocked that you felt it necessary to water down the value of this report with all the fluff.
Might I suggest an executive summary next time? Yeesh.
I entirely agree with Lisa. 45 pages of self-promotion and sales letter are totally unnecessary, especially for a self-declared maven The intervening content is very exciting and relevant, although I was disappointed with the half finished appearance of the document. The ADHD is what keeps you so energetic, but the narcissism is just annoying. You have great ideas and great content, let it speak for itself.
I have benefitted immensely from the MAtrix. It has transformed my life beyond my wildest expectations infusing positivity and happiness,deepest love and peace.
Sid333
Brayam_salome@yahoo.com brahim ben ketib. Owner of compaña marketing, services to companies in marketing in the world. Barcelona, Spain . …
Hi Rich!
Your reports all are awesome, but the last one disappointed me,reas Lenz because you made so big promises to tell all exactly how one should do it, and then, you tell only the big principles and if one wants the real details how to do it, then one have to buy from you. Nothing wrong with that, the report was awesome anyway, but you should live up to your promises. I hope this one will be better…
Thanks very much,
Andy
Hi, Sounds like I may be having another problem. Clicking the link to download is not working for me. I can only get the link to the blog/comments. Any other suggestions as to how I might access this document?
Hey Rich and All,
After being up till all hours of the night and absorbing about half of the document I can say this. This is one of the best reports that Rich has done and that is saying something. I realize that this was somewhat of a rough draft, but I think that Rich and Jay wanted people to get ahold of this information as soon as possible. To me this document was a reiteration of the Recorded Maven Call that so many people did not have the opportunity to hear. Also Rich stated in one of the posts that he was going to be adding more. So my question to the nay sayers is; what are you complaining about? I mean Rich could have charged several hundred dollars for the material, but he chose not to. He provided the central process to becoming a maven and made that available. He is in the Maven-Making Business after all, so would it make sense to give everything away when he is charging $2000 dollars for the intensive. I think not.
As for the credibility pages at the front of the report, if this was someones first exposure to Rich’s and Jay’s Material, then they need to know what they have been able to accomplish.
Concerning the sales letter at the end, They are in the business of making money. Of course they would include a sales letter. It only makes sense to.
Learn the lesson that you are being taught. If you pay attention to what is going on, you would realize that they are teaching you more about marketing and mavenship then could possibly be included in the report.
Thank You Rich and Jay for this insightful report. Its unfortunate that people do not recognize the value of what you are providing.
I for one do…..
Michael Blaes
PS. When are you going to announce the results of the two contests?
thanks mikeb,
it’s people like you who make all the hard work worthwhile
I have yet to even download the file (I have all the others, thanks Rich) but what I will say is this… how ungrateful some people are! The hours of work that go into something like this, the fact that it is free and then the cynicism, and lack of gratitude that comes back… just mindblowing.
Kudos for ignoring it I say! (However hard it may be)
I for one am eternally grateful for Rich being a fantastic marketing role model/ teacher besides anything else. Rich, even though your style and mine are very different, you have inspired me like perhaps no other internet marketer over recent months. Thank you : )
I am only half way through the document, but it has been valuable enough that I think it should be the marvelous Maven Matrix Manifesto. I’d be done by now, but I keep stopping to think how this relates to me and how I can act on this now.
Thanks, Rich!
i wuz walkin’ - now I’m running - great against the grain stuff
Hi all
I have no problem with the download processing
even I live in Indonesia with dial up connection.
But I was dazzled with that 4 steps.
Reading now…
Thank Rich and Jay
Sudarmaji
Rich,
Thanks for another great document! The direction both you and Jay give are bang on!
Cheers,
John
Rich,
Thanks for the great book. I got about 11 pages in when I realized the smart move was to print it out, grab a cup of espresso and find an comfortable chair.
Thanks,
Tom
Hi Rich, I am here because I have not yet received the Maven Matrix Manifesto having waited overnight. This is my second attempt to access it and since I have been prompted to check this page out, I thought I might as well let you know that something is not quite working.
Ok, but let me not miss this opportunity to say thank you for what you do! Lucy
This is a great report and I look forward to finishing it tonight.
this is pure fiction
No e-mail has been sent to me to download THE MAVEN MATRIX MANIFESTO - can I be sent one please ? Thanks
Thanks - great marketing lessons learned here w/your process, sales copy hooks and video teasers. Nicely done.
-k
Hi Rich, I’m about 1/4 way through the Manifesto. Great Stuff! Can’t wait to finish the whole thing.
Anyway, I just want you to know that you left out something on page 22… the part where it reads “Put Quotes in from Frank and Andy”. You may want to revise that.
Cheers,
SJ
http://RichGrad.com
Personal Development for the Book Smart
I’m about half-way through it and it really helps drill down what you covered in the call. This is some amazing stuff. The only negative I found were all the typos — I’ve been an editor for more than 15 years, they just jump out at me (unless, of course I wrote it, then they mysteriously hide from my eyes).
I totally agree people calling Rich Schefren guru of the gurus well just dropping by to express my gratitude to Rich Schefren
for the great insights and information you had provided to the peoples. thanks!
Hi Rich
Can’t wait to receive this report! These links are not working correctly to the various pages….will check tommorrow for download. … no problemooooo
Cheers
Berry
I didn’t download it — and I’m not going to. Why? Because of your lengthy “terms” [of service] page. I’m not a lawyer. Do you really expect me to wade through — and agree to — a legal contract just so I can read a sales letter masquerading as a report? I’ll pass…
thanks Rich let me see what I get from this this time.
Franck.
It amazes me that no matter how much you give, people are either just never satisfied or continuing finding fault in what you are giving. Well, to each their own . . .
You have given so much with this information, information that I have spent thousands on in the past. This just takes what was taught by Jay to the present moment and that’s all we have; here and now. I see the light as it were and although I have done some to achieve expertise, I haven’t done near enough to attain the mavenship status. But now I know and now I will.
This is by far the best manifesto, well I don’t know about the best because they were all so good, but this is a concise step-by-step that Jay and Rich have charged KK’s — and I’ve paid!
Thank you Jay and Rich-one who I have followed and read for many years and the other who I have in the past couple of years. You both rock!
I’ll meet you at the top my friends, as I will those here that take this and make something of it like Ed of New Zealand and many others.
To the rest of the whiners, good luck, but I do understand the mentality. I just hope you find your way out of your wasteland and become mavens of your industry too.
well, I expect the report to be good..but never got it…..and I was referred from Stompernet? hmmmm I think if you dont give all your friends emails you dont get jack…s**** nice.
I never saw so many negative comments on a giveaway….now I am one I guess.
Just be professional.
Yep thats the trick….I put the emails….got the report.
Very useful…step-by-step instructions…Jay and Rich always deliver…Having this type of information is like x-ray, you know what and why it’s happening…even if the doer is doing it consiously or unconciously….Thanks!!!
I downloaded and read ‘The Maven Matrix Manifesto’ and read it yesterday. I have been thinking about it a lot.
I value the report and the steps I am asked to take directly impacts my way of working.
If I can get so much for free, how much will I get from a paid program is unbelievable…
When something is given for free, the amount of information provided reflects the confidence of the authors in their ability to give hundred times more to paid customers.
And the sincerity and concern with which I am pushed to take action, the task sheets I am asked to complete and the steps I am persuaded to take have increased my respect for Rich Schefren and Jay Abraham.
Whether I join their program or not I am given so much that can get me started and I may eventually be ready to take up their offer.
As a teacher I always have had great respect for people who want others to learn in spite of the returns. No effort goes waste in this world and you will always get results whether you are an internet marketer or not, but the selfless thought and action do count. There are many out there ready to give us trash after taking our money and here we get a treasure without paying anything.
Thanks Rich and Jay for the wonderful document. It changed my perception forever.
Hi Rich,
I would love to make a comment, but unfortunately I can’t. I haven’t received the link yet to be able to download your M3 document.
I have applied for the link twice, going through the “process” and haven’t gotten the email. I am guessing that maybe your servers are overloaded or there is a glitch in the email responder, either way I am eagarily awaiting the link.
Looking forward to it,
Thanks,
Doug
Hi Rich,
I would love to make a comment, but unfortunately I can’t. I haven’t received the link yet to be able to download your M3 document.
I have applied for the link twice, going through the “process” and haven’t gotten the email. I am guessing that maybe your servers are overloaded or there is a glitch in the email responder, either way I am eagerly awaiting the link.
Looking forward to it,
Thanks,
Doug
Hi Rich
Just downloaded the report so easy , i didnt get through it yet but am sure it will be one of the best like everything else you did for us
Thanks Rich, Thanks Jay
This is really changing the face of marketing as we know it. Am looking forward to a more detailed read at a quiet time. Doug
Hi Rich,
Listen. After reading The Maven Matrix Manifesto I got an eerie feeling that you’ve been snooping around in my office and peeking at what I’m doing. I actually checked the back of my hard drive to see if there were any extra devices coming out of it:) No seriously.
I thoroughly enjoyed that read. I felt like you were speaking to me. As a matter of fact, I felt like you had spoke it to me in the past (Perhaps, I it’s telepathy).
The action steps were of great importance to me. Funny thing is while I was a student of yours in strategicprofits, I actually mentioned to you that I was having a difficult time finding my passions and deciding on a niche. Your advice was “it will come to me in time.” Well, back then I was chunking out a big piece of change for your services and thinking to myself “Is this man for real? I need him to help me find my passion NOW!”
Ultimately, I left the program because I had spent several months getting, what I thought was, nowhere close to finding my niche and thought I was wasting my time and money. Consequently, I found myself a personal mentor, who just happened to be one of your students, that I work with on a very VIP level and began my new adventure.
Fast forward six months later and I read your latest manifesto and BAM! Just like that. It hits me like a pillowcase full of ice, my newest adventure is exactly what my passion is.
The Maven Manifesto helped me to identify a part of me that I didn’t even know existed. The Maven Manifesto helped me to clarify and define why I am doing what I am doing. It helped me to answer questions that will lead me on the road to REALLY helping my market get what they need. It helped me to realize that I wasn’t wasting my money last year.
I am flustered. You told me before that I will realize my passion when it’s time to realize what my passion is and it took six months, thousands of dollars worth of one-one coaching, and a darn free manifesto for it to really manifest.
That, my friend, is priceless. I don’t know about anybody else, but I can assure you that this report has helped me tremendously.
Thank you and thank you again.
P.S. I really wish I could be a part of the Orlando Magic. Unfortunately, mom was just diagnosed with cancer and I can’t leave her right now. We will meet soon so I can give you a big hug and thank you in person
Have a wonderful time.
Hi Rich,
Just downloaded and looking forward to reading your report as always.
Thanks
John
Hi Rich
You and Jay have raised the bar again when it comes to “moving the freeline” by providing entrepreneurs with a diagnostic and marketing roadmap that puts the majority of other “free” marketing information to shame.
The Maven Matrix Manifesto is an awesome contribution that breaks through the traditional marketing models to reveal a clear way forward to storm up the ranks of “maven” status.
As I expand my coaching business online, I’ll be referring to this document many times over and acting on the steps that you and Jay have laid out.
Thanks a Million
Simon Allard
Hi Rich
you really forced me to read M3 from beginning to the end, to make an abstract, to develop an action plan. And more … I went back to your AAD and IBM documents and collected some more valuabes that I had not found before.
i am not in the internet business but this is absolutely irrelevant for the value and relevance of your advice.
yes I recommended reading M3 to others and am spreading the news of the MavenSchefern.
thanks,
Cas
If you look at the comments above, you can see that the polarizing commentary is EXACTLY what Rich is talking about in his manifesto. In order to be a Maven, you have to have positive and negative feedback - people either love you or hate you. This blog is a GREAT example of that. You all should be taking notes.
I don’t disagree that a sales page is a requisite for a report like this - heck, I know Rich is in business to make money.
What unsettles me is that Rich and Jay have already established themselves as Mavens in their markets, and if we are to learn from them as they have positioned themselves, then in their own words, they don’t NEED to spend 28 pages pumping themselves or their program. They certainly don’t need an additional 17 pages to pitch their program.
Seriously, the juicy content that Rich and Jay have provided really DOES speak for itself. Anyone who doesn’t see the value in it is mental. It’s the extra stuff that I just can’t get with.
The article I wrote about it is already in heavy rotation - That’s how much people want to know about what’s going on. And that’s how good the content is.
You just have to skip ahead a few pages to get the the meat of it.
I too would like to see this report, but even after waiting a few hours, and resubmitting my details it hasn’t been delivered here.
BRAY
Rich:
I really enjoyed the lessons. I am not quite through the “manifesto” yet but I wanted to reply. I am one of those that is generally skeptical of the e-mailers that reach out to me. Yet somehow you have managed to stay in my inbox. (I often coach my clients to get rid of all the incoming e-mailers to improve productivity). For the last 6 months or so, I have slowly been learning a lot form you, without even paying attention. I have been especially been trying to figure out how you have been able to stay in my inbox despite my efforts to get rid of distractions.
The manifesto explained it all to me, and apparently it has been working. I read through the first 62 pages and I realize that, not only am I doing most of this stuff, it is the same thing I try to coach my clients to do.
Even still, the exercise have allowed me to add clarity and focus to my work.
If people are actually taking time out of their life to come to this site and complain, they just haven’t consider that what you do is working on them also. After all - You must, at least “have their attention.”
Thank You.
Mike
I opened the manifest and was welcomed with a typical sales letter. I scrolled down the 15mb document, and I could not find any concrete and helpful information. Please remove me from the mailing list.
There is your honest review.
Hi Jay and Rich,
This information is simply invaluable. I look forward to reading your next manifesto!
-Jake
Hey Rich and Jay,
Typical of most well written, well thought out pieces of art, whether it’s a picture, a song or a book, at first glance it’s just easy on the eyes, ears or mind. You’re kind of just looking with no real expectations and then “BAM†something strikes a nerve and gets your attention causing you to take that second glance. It’s that second time around, that second glance when you start to see what the artist wrote, what he felt, what he wanted you to see. His creation,â€THERE’S NO ESCAPE!â€
If you don’t understand or see what was intended by the artist, don’t complain; change your point of observation. This small difference may create a life changing event for you, who knows?
Not everyone likes Van Gogh or Dali yet their art sells for millions of dollars. Not everyone will agree with this Manifesto yet it may create many Millionaires.
Rich, I’m enjoying your art, you’re a Master!
As usual, I thoroughly enjoyed your report. I am so sad that I cannot attend your courses, but unfortunately your prices are way beyond my means. However, there is enough solid information provided for me to start building on and build I will.
BTW your proof reader is slipping.
Sandy
83 pages to say “in you are good in your niche and stand out, you’ll make a ton of money”. okay ….
lots of theory and general ideas that make newbies go “WOW”, yet zero input on how actual successful online businesses are built from scratch
for a guy who makes millions, $100 to get a decent PDF design is a no-brainer.
no solution for people with limited or no budget, who are the MAJORITY of those trying to make an living online at this moment.
1.43 BILLION web users cannot be mavens. there is not enough room for all.
those who can spare $5000 for a “guru” seminar, can hire a team of expert programmers/designers in Russia, built a great website and move on with their lives. a ton of people do this every day.
what the PDF talks about is business 101 fundamentals. if people raving here think that this is advanced stuff, they’re must be living under a rock for the last 100 years.
you have the wrong idea of how internet works as a structure, and seem to know virtually nothing about its culture. web users have a very specific behavior pattern and webmasters know that since the 90s. that’s why they make a ton of money without any theories, but only through systematic observation and always under the radar.
when it comes to online business it is all about scale and duplication. expert value comes 2nd at best. you are one click away from the next competitor and most online users seek stuff in a different way. there is no one-size-fits-all “strategy” when it comes to online business. that’s a FACT. different niches require a different approach.
bottom line: geeks still rule. marketing comes 2nd.
web 2.0 is the proof of that. (youtube, myspace,facebook, etc)
they did NOTHING new. just old school methods with lots of hype and re-packaging
people should decide what they want to do online, see what others do on their niche already, get the best competitor methods, solutions, products, services, and aggregate them into their business plan. then, do what they haven’t done yet and offer what they offer too, plus what they don’t. its not rocket science. offer a good service, treat your customers like gold, and they will come back with friends and more money to spend. it is simple as that.
some people think that online business is different than “real” business, which is not. it is the same people buying online too. the difference is that the medium has a very distinct structure that allows someone with enough experience to track people in this ecosystem and how they behave to determine who’s experienced web user and who’s not, and thus re-adjust their strategy accordingly
don’t try to rediscover the wheel. there is nothing new about business. maybe a few new tricks for online business, but it is all about packaging and junk food companies are the living proof of that
one suggestion: if you cannot define your target audience, do not talk about millions & billions to a list that has people barely making 3 figures a month. (and I know a lot of them)
these theories / methods do not apply to all people / niches.
However, the video on Google is very good so I gave it 5 / 5
How much exactly did you pay for Rick’s FREE report??
If you could take away anything that increased your income by $10 a week, that would be an extra $520 he gave you year in and year out.
But your criticism is that you knew it all already. Therefore Rick did a bad thing because you’re smarter than everyone else.
My question is, what you you going to do with the extra $520 you earn from Ricks FREE report!
Rich,
You’ve affirmed what I’ve suspected all along but were not quite able to articulate the way that you and Jay have. Thanks for the time and effort you took to write such a very useful guide. I plan on putting it to use immediately.
Hi Rich,
A big thanks from me here in South africa. Your work certainly is a huge cut above the available hype on the net. Thank you.
I sincerely regret for not buying your products before but boyo the gurrus milked me dry in believing them. They have away with words convincing you to part with your dollars, until you came along wit a real art of writing sensibly and informaly and awsome viewpoints. Thanks
Niel
I don’t know why, but when I try to download, it brings me through the 4 steps again (and again and again). Can you tell me how to get past that and get to the actual download?
Thanks,
Krissi
Rick, can I make a confession? Up until yesterday, you never got an even break from me. You see, in your photo you were too “Hollywood” good looking…too slick…in my prejudiced mind.
So, I never paid any attention to any of your stuff.
I took a look this time only because another maven sent me an email recommending your stuff - Andy Jenkins. (It was a pure demonstration that Mavenhood kicks butt!)
But then, you laid out all the juicy bits. Yes, you did!
Let me tell ya, I am the author of The Doctor Who Cures Cancer and a guy who slept on a friend’s sleep sofa for two years to get the book researched and written.
Not only will you and your M3 allow me to promote my passion full time, but you’ll be partially credited for helping to bring this wonderful, true story front and center!
In other words, your magnificent generosity in providing your Maven Matrix Manifesto will help prevent more tears from being shed when the doctor says, “You’ve got cancer.”
Oh, and your contribution will save many lives and prevent a lot of disfigurement and pain as well.
I could go on and on, but let me just say, “You done good! Real good!”
Kelley Eidem, author of The Doctor Who Cures Cancer
Rich,
Another fine piece of work from you and your team, that fits nicely into the puzzle. Not that it remains a puzzle for those who are willing to take the time to read, learn, and implement the steps necessary to make their online business plans work.
That’s correct, it takes effort and work. There are too many I see that want the easy way out, and want it all done for them. Times may change, but human nature is such that many want to sit back, let someone else work their backsides off, and then these sideliners expect to be handed the rewards of someone else’s labor.
Your analogies in the report kept bringing to mind another “picture” that I recall from grocery shopping with my mother when I was young. I’d always beg her to buy me the Pepperidge Farms Goldfish crackers. Perhaps you remember them. What always struck me was the ONE fish going against the flow of the school, and doing his own thing.
I believe it has to be the same way for any of us wanting to succeed. Sure, learn from those who have gone before us, but don’t be so quick to jump on the same wagon as all the others who copycat the same methods and tone. If everyone was jumping off a bridge into a very deep gorge, would you follow?
As for the comments about the opening and closing sections of the report, for some of us that have followed you for some time, it may be areas that do not need repeating, but, there are always newcomers that will benefit from learning about you and Jay. A lot will be learned from Mr. Abraham!
Keep up the wonderful work.
Best wishes,
Paul
(The one going against the flow of the rest of the fish!)
One more thing.Two more things.I said you “laid out all the juicy bits.” Well that’s not quite adequate. It’s more like you gave a us a bath in bubbly champagne.
And now we’re drunk with riches.
Secondly, this is the type of info that doesn’t expire. There’s no techie upgrade that makes it obsolete, or turns it into yesterday’s buggy whip.
These methods worked last year, they’ll work this year and they’ll continue to work the next.
Only you’ll want to do it first before someone else grabs the Maven crown in your niche before you.
Kelley Eidem, author of The Doctor Who Cures Cancer
Rich,
All I can say is if the people who are spending their energy carping and cavilling over your latest great FREE report would invest 1/10th of that energy applying your 11-step Maven program to their business, they’d be way ahead.
As a BGS coaching student I can attest that your stuff works and this latest Manifesto serves as a wake-up call to me to apply your guidance to my business once again.
By the way, as a result of what I learned in the BGS program, I completely switched businesses for one that works and feeds my real estate passion.
Thanks for everything.
Pam
” You can please some of the people some of the time,
you can please all of the people some of the time,
but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.” WC.
I have unfortunately lost my 15 yr bricks and mortar business following an unrelated accident, having had to say goodby to my employees aswell and plummeted to a low lonely place in life as a result, a case of having all my eggs in one basket.
Confidence shattered I searched through the exasperating field of business opportunities online only to find a flock of gannets in a technical feeding frenzy seldom offering little more than a outdated bar of candy flossed with almost unethical sweeteners like grasping at straws to line tiny pockets, and crushing many folks aspirations, many legitimate proofs virtually lost in the madding crowd.
True entreprenureal values are a rare comodity and when found they shine out like a beacon in the mist, when all is dusted off Rich and Jays Maven Matrix Manifesto along with the likes of Smarts and Mass control will inaugurate a change online back to true business social marketing values that count and have stood the test of time.
I for one ‘forgiving the slight grammatical imperfections as you do’ have found inspiration to start again in this excellent piece of free enterprise and now armed with a thinking persons blueprint to forge forward with and recarve my place with pride.
It may take several iterations before I find my way but having such a roadmap is an invaluable tool, and it is free too.
This is the defacto future of online entrepreneurship, ignore it at your peril, and an excellent labour of love from such revered business gentlemen, thank you.
Keep me definitely on your list.
Allan.
This might be worth trying out, Alan, if you’re dealing with any nerve pain from your injures.
I discovered this quite by accident. I started taking daily 400 mg of CoQ10, a supplement, and my nerve pain went down about 80-90% the very first day!
I shared this with a friend who was also suffering 24/7. It worked for her, too.
The price on CoQ10 has dropped dramatically in the last couple of months. What used to cost $80 can now be bought for $15 due to a new facility opening in the US.
I hope this helps you.
Kelley Eidem, author The Doctor Who Cures Cancer
I was reading some of the comments, and land sakes Rich, if you have ADHD then maybe that is why I’m getting something out of this. This is exactly the stuff that I always believed in but never applied. I’m nowhere near famous or successfull, but I have a dream, and this did it for me. Now I know where I’m going.
Thank you
Jac
The Manifesto Matrix is excellent. Rich and Jay, you have done a hell of a job.
The ideas and subject matter is very in depth and practical. I think Jay and Rich have gone deep into what really works, and enable you to put this FREE information to work right away.
I don’t have the funds to come to Orlando for the live training (which would be a dream come true), but I will put this free information to work in my new start-up. I am planning to use my magnetic personality, and 16 years of experience to change my life forever.
I’ll send you the success story once it happens. Thank you for the motivation and information.
As a person with limited funds, can you recommend any free or low cost vehicles for putting an opt-in form into a web page and makes it easy to email your list?
I’ve already finished the steps in the Matrix to get my business started fast. The “character” types I’m most congruent with are:
1. The Well-placed Intelligent Resource
2. The Advocate
3. The Iconoclast
4. The Futurist
I think these will most likely help my customers and give them the most value.
Thanks, and look for my success story!
Rich and Jay,
This is fantastic stuff. Your Manifesto both (a) presents pure marketing/branding gold, and (b) demonstrates its use in action. These people that are pitching a fit about the fact that it was also a sales letter are TOTALLY missing the point. The value IS there; it’s our job to put it into action!
You got our attention — and frankly — you got it enough to get several people to come on your blog and throw a fit about it. I wish I had people throwing tantrums at me on my own blog (but they sure will be within the next 6-12 months)!
Keep it up, Rich. I already know Jay is a stud, and I’m just learning about you. I plan to look to both of you for business leadership long into the future. Perhaps we’ll share the stage together at a seminar in a few years…
Best regards,
Joshua D. White
Hi Rich,
thanks again for these fantastic reports.
I think it’s even better than the “Attention-Edition”.
Your offer is really a no-brainer. Unfortunately it’s to short-term for me. Hope you’ll repeat it sometime in the future.
To your success in Orlando.
Roland
Hi Rich, hi everybody!
) whether do not know how to get the most of it, or just… well, don’t like saying this but it is true, well, we are too happy that we sold, actually to think “out of the boxâ€. Jay sais: Have you figured out what is the cost of advertising? How many direct cash-in it produces? And here is the bomb: How much IN BACK-SALES? Yeap… Back-sales! The case study at the seminar, was one of the students. A MD. He ran ads, but thought $ 1,500 was pretty expensive. It took Jay about 60 seconds to prove him he was deadly wrong. His campaign worth $ 1,500 monrhly. This brought him in direct sales of medical (cosmetics) services about 20 clients at $ 250 each. The complete procedure, consisted of a cycle at about 5 sessions, which meant $1,250 per client per month.
I posted this comment on a page on my site too.
http://www.serbans.com/maven-matrix-manifesto.html
I think it worths doing this!!
Jay Abraham was a revelation to me! Thanks to Rich Schefren’s series of 5 videos from an IM seminar, I had the chance to watch Jay explaining a few things. Many people belive that Internet success is something that has to do with fortune, or heavy computer knowledge. Finally, when you hear Jay speaking, you realize that so many good-common sense principles and ideas escape our attention. The funny thing is that most of us think even about our own business in terms of scarcity. Jay simply demonstrated one piece of simple truth: How do we advertise? How much do we invest? Do we really analyze THE FACTS? Each promotional campaign brings in customers. But that’s too much an obvious truth to discuss. What is not so obvious, especially in digital products (oooppss! ), is the other side of the promotion: We get INFORMATION. Are we prepared to benefit from this information? Do we know HOW TO do it? Do we process this information? Most of us (including me…
Now, simple maths, say this campaign worths 20 x 1,250 = $ 25,000!! Which means relative to the campaign, an amount of advertising expenses of 6%!! It is obvious what we ignore, yet, we still do it… Jay concluded that if an investment of $ 6 brings in a gross profit of $ 96, (which itself means 1600% profits!!!) Why wouldn’t he spend say at least 20 % of the gross income? Good question!
Why did I tell you this? It’s simple maths and basic advertising knowledge. We almost all know it, but… DO WE USE IT? I mean, do we put it into ACTION? Facts prove that about 5% of us do this….
The second reason I told you this, was to let you know who Jay Abraham is.
So now, knowing whom you are dealing with, maybe you will rush to download this FREE PDF SEMINAR of Rich Schefren & Jay Abraham! Do it, while still free! They might change their mind and sell it! You might find in this 83 page BOOK highly valuable ideas for your business!! You might call it “report†if that’s what you want, but let me tell you: IT IS A BOOK!!
Go get it, while still available for free! Well,… unless you really want to be sorry later…
Serban Stanescu
Media Factory SRL, Romania
Hi Rich, hi everybody!
) whether do not know how to get the most of it, or just… well, don’t like saying this but it is true, well, we are too happy that we sold, actually to think “out of the boxâ€. Jay sais: Have you figured out what is the cost of advertising? How many direct cash-in it produces? And here is the bomb: How much IN BACK-SALES? Yeap… Back-sales! The case study at the seminar, was one of the students. A MD. He ran ads, but thought $ 1,500 was pretty expensive. It took Jay about 60 seconds to prove him he was deadly wrong. His campaign worth $ 1,500 monrhly. This brought him in direct sales of medical (cosmetics) services about 20 clients at $ 250 each. The complete procedure, consisted of a cycle at about 5 sessions, which meant $1,250 per client per month.
I posted this comment on a page on my site too.
http://www.serbans.com/maven-matrix-manifesto.html
I think it worths doing this!!
Jay Abraham was a revelation to me! Thanks to Rich Schefren’s series of 5 videos from an IM seminar, I had the chance to watch Jay explaining a few things. Many people belive that Internet success is something that has to do with fortune, or heavy computer knowledge. Finally, when you hear Jay speaking, you realize that so many good-common sense principles and ideas escape our attention. The funny thing is that most of us think even about our own business in terms of scarcity. Jay simply demonstrated one piece of simple truth: How do we advertise? How much do we invest? Do we really analyze THE FACTS? Each promotional campaign brings in customers. But that’s too much an obvious truth to discuss. What is not so obvious, especially in digital products (oooppss! ), is the other side of the promotion: We get INFORMATION. Are we prepared to benefit from this information? Do we know HOW TO do it? Do we process this information? Most of us (including me…
Now, simple maths, say this campaign worths 20 x 1,250 = $ 25,000!! Which means relative to the campaign, an amount of advertising expenses of 6%!! It is obvious what we ignore, yet, we still do it… Jay concluded that if an investment of $ 6 brings in a gross profit of $ 96, (which itself means 1600% profits!!!) Why wouldn’t he spend say at least 20 % of the gross income? Good question!
Why did I tell you this? It’s simple maths and basic advertising knowledge. We almost all know it, but… DO WE USE IT? I mean, do we put it into ACTION? Facts prove that about 5% of us do this….
The second reason I told you this, was to let you know who Jay Abraham is.
So now, knowing whom you are dealing with, maybe you will rush to download this FREE PDF SEMINAR of Rich Schefren & Jay Abraham! Do it, while still free! They might change their mind and sell it! You might find in this 83 page BOOK highly valuable ideas for your business!! You might call it “report†if that’s what you want, but let me tell you: IT IS A BOOK!!
Go get it, while still available for free! Well,… unless you really want to be sorry later…
Serban Stanescu
http://www.mediafctory.com