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I knew when I wrote The Manifesto it would create a stir in the Internet Marketing world, but I never thought it would instantly genereate the tidal wave of responses it brought with it.
The discussions are heated and full of controversy in the popular marketing forums. Blogs I’ve never known about are disecting each and every page and slide. In the first 48 hours alone 12,962 marketers have read and downloaded their own copy of "The Manifesto".
In that same time our Alexa Ranking has skyrocketed to the 492nd most visitied website on the internet.
I’ve received many requests to use portions of the Manifesto on blogs, in articles, on websites, etc…
Here’s what people are saying all over the net:
"Rich Schefren has taken some of the concepts he has shared with the online gurus and put them in a special report called his Internet Business Manifesto.
This report is PURE gold. It is not a sales letter or some self serving puff piece. It will add to your bottom line just by reading it." - Armand Morin
"No one else I know in the Internet marketing world brings to the table the kind of thinking and real business analysis that Rich Schefren does." - Brad Fallon
"I could just cry tears of joy. Finally there’s someone out there to show me what I’ve been doing wrong. I’ve been an opportunity seeker and I didn’t even know it until now. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I wish I could get in on the training. But trust me, the manifesto has changed my life forever. I thank you, my family thanks you and God bless you. " - Cassandra
"I’ve generated over a million dollars this year from just one Internet business I have…so I’m pretty confident in what I’m doing…however…this report gave me a number of ideas I missed this year that could have doubled that and made me over two million." - Jim Fleck
"You are so smart and write so well that I am already hooked reading it, even as I am printing it out. And yes, it is damn good." - Bob Bly
"Like for example, his explanation of Opportunist vs. Entrepreneur is something I have always KNOWN, but could not quite put my finger on. When I read it the way he wrote it, the light bulb clicked on and I felt all the cockroaches in my brain scatter for cover. He simply explained it in such a way that related to me." - Mike Ambrosio
"And, it’s not only what Rich has said, but what Rich has left unsaid. There are many, many things out there that people would call common sense. Rich did not include all of them. Rather, he cut thru to the essential core, demonstrated how they fit together, has proof that his priniciples work in such representatives as Mike Filsaime. Consequently, the information is transformed, much as a diamond is transformed by a diamond cutter: to show it’s brilliance and sparkle." - Judy
Literally every minute copies of the Manifesto are being downloaded.
"More radical than Marx, yet less explosive than the unabomber, your manifesto is a masterpiece, Rich." - Gerald
"You must have been watching my download clicker. That was me, Mr. Opportunistic, looking for the "new deal" that would start bringing in the big $$’s. I’ve wasted time and money and now I clearly see how I have lost both. Starting tonight that will change thanks to you Rich. Tonight I’m cleaning off the desktop and whiteboard to get rid of distractions and make room to write my plan out where I can focus on it each day. Thanks a Million!" - Henry Griner
"A manifest with the meaning of life? have been on the Internet playing now for 3 years and have bought most of the teaching manuals/ courses around and yes by most of the names you mention in you report. This report puts everything in perspective, has cristalised concepts, in-short it’s given me a kick up the rear end and made me realise my online business is no different to my offline business, if after reading this manuscipt your business does not grow then you should call it a day and sell your time to some one!!" - Tony Henderson
"A few years ago I attended a seminar in Detroit where you spoke about the very same principles outlined in your internet manifesto. This was almost 2 and a half years ago, and since then I have taken your advice, implemented everything you said and have seen my business literally shoot to the stars! I travel when I want, go wherever I want when I choose, and have more time to spend on the joys of life than ever before! You blew me away with your speech at that seminar in Detroit and to this day there is MAGIC in your principled coaching. Thank You!" -Anthony Tomei
"Rich, this report pops the bubble on the myth that all the bizop seekers are really in business. No wonder all the next-big-thing-this-week type Internet Marketers don’t like your report. They’ve got to keep the lemmings confused." - Lowell
"No matter if you are new to Internet marketing, or you have been around a while, this report will really open your eyes. It opened mine! This is definitely a must read for anyone who is involved in Internet Marketing." - Dan
"I really appreciated your willingness to share and not waste my time. I have listened to so many teleseminars and read so much fuff, all promising me so much and delivering so little. I’m dying to know more." - John William Johnson
Stay tuned, because there’s a lot more coming….
Rich,
Just wanted to let you know the report was killer. It’s really going to change the way I look at my business. - Mark
Awesome report Rich!
I usually don’t post comments on blogs, but I have to say, your report was an eye-opener for me. I didn’t realize how much work I was doing until I saw that chart with all the stuff going on around me. Thanks for opening my eyes.
Best Wishes,
Paul
Good stuff! I hope you have room in your coaching program for one more!
Dude, this Manifesto is the best thing I’ve seen on the ‘net in years! I’ve been doing it all wrong all along!!!
thanks for the report. i;ve never seen anyone talk about this stuff before.
Rich,
I think there is a lot of good stuff in this report. It has taken me many years in business to learn these concepts on my own. I wish I had read this five years ago.
Thanks,
Andrew
This makes everything else, everybody else is teaching obsolete.
I’ve been waiting for SO long for you to release some sort of product with your information in it because it’s too important.
Your Power Points from the Carl Galletti Superconference were the best power points of everyones, hands down. Plus, they were the first compilation of your thinking I’d ever seen before. I’d only ever got a glimpse of your insights from your working with Jay.
To finally see something released by you is a god send.
The fact that you’re teaching a strategic mindset versus all this tactical bullshit is STELLAR.
This is what people REALLY need to hear. Thank god someone is starting to teach it.
This is so far from all the other gurus ’stuff’, and it’s so on the ball of where the REAL money is made…that it makes all these losers teaching tactical crap look like idiots.
Ya, I said it. But it’s true.
Thank you.
P.S. The report is kick ass.
In one big illuminating stroke, you have highlighted the root cause of entrepreneurial failings for thousands of online opportunity seekers.
Your methodical and powerful approach is simply alien hi-tech to right-brainers.
First, it took me three hours to read the report.
It took about 1/2 hour to read and
2 1/2 hours to think about what I just read.
Thanks for showing me I built my six figure business all wrong.
Well, I didn’t build a business. I built a job and you showed me what I did wrong.
I’ve got to re-read the manifesto again because I know there was some serious stuff I didn’t get the first time round.
I saw myself on just about every page of this report.
You haven’t been spying on me, have you? LOL.
I can’t believe you gave this away.
Harlan K. alerted me to the manifesto, and I’ve tried twice to get it, but I never get the confirmation eMail. Is it possible your A/R is down? It’s definitely not getting spam binned at my end.
Brillant report Rich .
Thank you for sharing this with the marketing community.
The manifesto is killer!
One of the best free stuff I’ve read in a long, long time.
Couldn’t put it down & also couldn’t sleep that night either.
Rich since you said your stuff is gonna be extremely expensive what is your next best recommendation regarding books or software to learn this stuff?
Thank You!
I’ve tried to get your report 3 times using 3 different email addresses. Nothing. Nadda. Zilch. Sure would like to see it.
hi Rich
I ‘ve had 4 gos at asking for the link to your manifesto..
help please..
thanks
jj
I have been trying to download your report. I keep getting this error message:
“There was an error processing a page. Could not find the XObject named %s’” I am keen to read your report. So will check it out again after some time.
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Thank you all for the excellent feedback! I wanted to shock the marketing world with a report so valuable, it could not be ignored.
I read your report. I am an opportunity seeker. This report has changed the way I think about business.
Rich:
Your manifesto has nailed down the very reason why it has felt like, at times, I’ve been “spinning my wheels” on the net during the past three years!
I have been acting like an opportunist, not an entrepreneur.
And I should have known better!
I’m a business school university graduate, with more than 15 years small business experience - the brick n’ mortar type.
I also realize now something else - many of the so-called marketing gurus out there right now - are really opportunists, not entrepreneurs, in the true sense of the word.
Thank you again for sharing such priceless information, and opening my eyes and mind to a new way of thinking about how I approach my Internet business.
I hope I can afford your course. I know that it will be worth far more than you would ever charge.
God bless you and your family.
All the best from one entrepreneur to another!
I have not received the email yet after opting-in for the report. Please help with this problem.
Thanks.
Chesa
Rich, I’m working on client issues right now, and only had time to skim. I’ll definitely read the rest tonight.
Strategic thinking? Yes. Yes. And Yes. Systems thinking? Yes. And yet again, Yes.
I spent years dabbling online, and it’s only in getting to “yes” on those issues that’s allowed me to start creating success.
It’s unfortunate that too many people who really need this information will pass it by. But the brutal truth that their addiction to what I call “shiny object syndrome” is a huge factor in their lack of success. I know. I was there.
Thanks, Rich.
Rich,
Having heard you give the “manifesto” speech in person, I’m still thrilled to have a printed copy to refer to. You’re the only “marketing guru” I know that approaches the business from this perspective. I noticed you make the one of your images available to be used as desktop background. Personally, the image that I’d like to put on my desktop as a reminder is the organization chart where “YOU” is responsible for every part of the business! That’s the image that really burns into my brain!
i have requested the informatin three times and have not received it …
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I am so glad to see you guys really absorbing this knowledge. It really will make a big difference in your business.
Stay tuned, I have some more killer content coming soon. Let us just say, about an hour and fourty minutes worth.
I have opted in for the information four times and still haven’t received the link for the report.
Amazing how simple you have made it, the most concise business plan I think I’ve ever read, you have me down to a tee!! But all that will change with the new “Process Map” I have just written out. Thanks for the information.
Mike
You must have been watching my download clicker. That was me, Mr. Opportunistic, looking for the “new deal” that would start bringing in the big $$’s. I’ve wasted time and money and now I clearly see how I have lost both. Starting tonight that will change thanks to you Rich. Tonight I’m cleaning off the desktop and whiteboard to get rid of distractions and make room to write my plan out where I can focus on it each day. Thanks a Million!
I only have one word to describe it! ”AWESOME”!
You have done a huge favor for a lot of new marketers too be.
Thank You!
Rich,
I have to say that reading the Manifesto was refreshing. Too many people who get on the Internet don’t think of it as actually running a business. “We” forget that the Internet should be just another strategy we use to reach our target market.
When building a business on the Internet, one should think of it and set it up as a real from-the-ground-up, brick-’n-mortar business. A lot of entrepreneurs don’t have the business background (administration or management) and don’t know how to find the resources to help them lay a firm foundation for growth.
Thank you for including Process Mapping! A simple tool, rarely used and when used rarely used effectively. Good process mapping is like the skeleton of your business. Thanks again for sharing a simple, yet very powerful tool. I’m looking forward to what’s coming up next!
Reading the Manifesto has really helped me to focus in on the project I’m working on and not get sidetracked into following “opportunities” that don’t support my vision. Thank you!
I don’t know how you managed to steal that copy of my org chart and use it in the manifesto…that was supposed to be TOP SECRET
Richard,
From the moment I heard you on Mike Filsaime’s Butterfly Marketing bonus CD, I knew you were going to change the way I approached my online business.
I’ve always been captivated by the CashFlow Quadrant presented by Robert Kiosayki and your Internet Business Manifesto really drive home how to create an online business that rests in the most powerful bottom left quadrant - Investor.
Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Jason Dolman
Well I read it, even made it all the way through only to realise at the very end that it’s nothing more than a very hyped (very well hyped I might add) sales pitch for an extremely expensive new teaching course.
Nothing new or really noteworthy in this “manifesto” at all.
Thanks though, I always enjoy a good sales pitch!
As a ‘newbie’ in Internet Marketing, I was posively surprised to experience that the most sensible and successful approach of ‘offline’ marketing is also the most successful style of marketing online. Thank you to bring this to everyones attention which in return will show up in much greater quality outcome with the individual online-marketing enterpreneur.
John
Hey Tex,
Since you downloaded the manifesto, should we all assume you made that mistake on purpose?
Obviously the tuition is not possible for every business at this moment in time. Get over it man.
Well, for me it was more positive. I re-learned a few obvious points made in the manifesto (doh moments) and I have to say thanks to Rich for hammering that home.
More radical than Marx, yet less explosive than the unabomber, your manifesto is a masterpiece, Rich. I’ll continue to refer to this and to the Smart Marketing seminar notes. Thanks.
I wanted to say that this was reminiscent of the few Wharton B-School courses I took as an undergrad engineering major. I’ve been starving for applicable business theory to this medium. Great stuff.
Hi Rich,
The manifesto posed many more questions than it answered. However, it was a… Great Sales Pitch!
What many of us need is a little more meat and less stodgy filler!
Thank you very much for the report. I’m building a new site and it will be online in the next two weeks under the domain philtradenet.com
While I just downloaded the manifesto, I pored over it briefly and I think it really would be big help for us who are just starting now to be Online Entrepreneur. Its a great source and I will use what I will learn from it. Thank you again.
There is one thing I like to share with you though and this is also the concern of many entrepreneurs like me. The problem on Payment Methods. Unless there will be some sort of universal method which will be carried by all the sites, the market will still be limited. Just like in Export/Import, the Universal Method of Payment acceptable to big and small countries is the Letter of Credit. In the Internet, I found out is still very restrictive and limiting. In the end I guess many lose a lot of clients. Like me I could have bought a lot of many good buys, unfortunately only a handful accepted my preferred method of payment - not all buyers agreed to giving their credit card numbers no matter how you make assurance that’s its safe. Paypal and Clickbank on the other hand is very choosy in the countries they cover. Imagine covering Thailand and not covering the Philippines which is even ahead of Thailand in terms of technology and at par in terms of Economic Development. We’re now now the top three in BPO destination country in the World. Their officers should come to the Philippines to see that we even have more Skyscrappers than Singapore and Hongkong combined. We are an 80 Million market and counting, Singapore has 3 Million.
I’m taking this chance to air my disappointment because I see that you are respected and known personality in the Internet Business maybe you may include this fact, the Internet Business is losing millions of dollars and customers because the method of payment acceptable to all is not Universal. Unless this is solve, the market will be limited to the most developed countries like USA, UK etc. Or in our case in the Philippines, we will have to localize our payment methods and that is exactly what is happening here.
Thanks and regards,
Manny
Thanks Schefren. I was able to download the report and read it. What a Report!!! And to get it for free!! I had stopped downloading free reports because of the awful stuff they pass on. When Armand Morin said “This report is PURE gold” I felt I must read it. Wow!! What an eye-opener!! I read it once on the screen. I am going to print it out and read it 20 times more. The part that has the most impact on me is “Do You Know What An Hour Of Your Time Is Worth?” and “Leverage & Scalability”. Thanks for the super content. The idea of giving good content for free to establish a contact has just taken a giant step in evolution.
Less radical than Marx, yet more explosive than the unabomber, this manifesto is “the truth” - a masterpiece. I’ll continue to refer to this and to the Smart Marketing seminar notes. Thanks.
A wonderful report. Useful, eyes-opening and full of constructive information. I’ll definitely recommend it to my colleagues.
Good luck!
I really liked your report and has forwarded the link to many of my friends. But still it does not contain concrete step-by-step information on making money.
I have a website that is not making any money. I have gone broke buying various traffic increasinf programs. It is Workat Hoem site. Can anyone suggest what is wrong with this site and how can I attract more genuine visitors to it.
My thinking has change a lot now by reading the pdf file.
I spend so much time wasteed on surfing and reading emails etc.
Since you said that your course would be a lot to pay. I think you should make a home made course for us with dvds step by step.
My mind is thinking a bit outside the box.. Thank You for the free pdf.
This manifesto is about me. Truth hurts. Am I able to change anything in my life?
But you know, when you hear about all these successful milliondollarhomepages you seek for those opprotunities. Don’t blame us for seeking of simple solutions since they exist.
I think that this is very commendable It’s not very often someone is willing to help another person without a monatary profit in it.I believe the good Lord is smiling at Rich Schefren and saying ataboy Rich 1 one for our side Thank You and May God Bless You and Your Family. L L Royer & Family
Cant wait to see what is going to be REALLY revealled….I learned some valuable tips just from the pre-sell letter so what is going to be contained in the real thing must be good….Looking forward to reading the next step…
Been there, done that and bought all the t-shirts. I wish someone had told me to BUY NOTHING!! STOP THE DREAMSTEALERS NOW! Instead learn everything about the internet for FREE, think strategically and then implement YOUR ideas. I had come to this realisation after 6 wasted months and lots of wasted money. I applaud you for TELLING THE TRUTH. However, Rich, how about taking an internet failure, who has wasted all of her money and making her your next success story!
Totally Awesome Manafesto! Thank You!
Hi,Just wanted to say that as someone new to Internet Marketing, I found the report so very valuable. I’m an easy touch when it comes to seeking the latest ‘fast fix - no effort’ tools and I can now see how I have been on the wrong track. I thought I would just print only the useful pages from your report to save paper, but as I read through it, I needed to print nearly every page! The ‘Productive Time’ and ‘Process Maps’ sections were especially helpful and my view & use of time have now changed drastically! Thank you. Pete http://www.WebHostingMentor.com
Rich,
Thanks for the free report. I learned that some of my thinking was right on, but I also learned things not to do. My website is not online as of yet but will be soon. This is the first website I have built and have so much to learn. Your report will help me immensely. Thanks so much !!!
A manifest with the meaning of life? have been on the Internet playing now for 3 years and have bought most of the teaching manuals/ courses around and yes by most of the names you mention in you report. This report puts everything in perspective, has cristalised concepts, in-short it’s given me a kick up the rear end and made me realise my online business is no different to my offline business, if after reading this manuscipt your business does not grow then you should call it a day and sell your time to some one!! only one more thing to say
Thank you Mike for letting me get this manuscipt, and thank you Pete for publishing such an inspiring ebook/manuscipt
I just read all 33 pages of this manifesto. I thought it would be sound advice or how to’s. Instead, it is like the old seinfeld show. Alot about nothing and very non specific. A great “suck em in” advertising ploy and yet nothing being advertisd y e t, but im sure its coming..
You asked for an opinion and now you’ve got it….
Michael
Rich, I KNEW that I wasn’t JUST foolin’ around working at home on my businesses part-time…The graphic organizers in your Internet Business Manifesto outlined the efforts of the Internet Marketer clearly. The graphics were masterfully detailed and organized!
It’s a abundantly clear to me as well that I really need your coaching!
I look forward to your further insights in The
11 Week Business Building Intensive…my honorary Coach! Thanks for sharing…Let’s make it official come July 10th!
If this is not sound advice then I don’t know what is!
It is also a reality check.
There’s loads of rubbish, free advice knocking about these days, but very rarely quality information like this. I’m quite a successful marketer and this is the best free article I have read in a long time. Not only that, it’s advice you can implement into your business (online or offline) right now.
Thanks Rich.
Peter Tremayne
Rich, your Manifesto says it all. Not only have I been caught in many of the same traps as you outlined in your book, but now I am having to deal with the same mindset in others.
I manage a very large group of satellite affiliates for several retailers and they all get caught up in the “busy work” and end up jumping from one opportunity to the next. It seems that they’re going through the same non-productive work I went through until I got my head screwed on tight and “buckled down” and concentrated on my business.
I was wondering if I could use some of your content, and examples, in my next article to my affiliate group?
Sincerely,
Ernest O’Dell
Blanco, TX
Power Satellite Affiliate
P.S. This is not a “pitch”. I really need to hear back from you and do want to recommend your book to my group. So many of your principles can be applied to satellite TV affiliate marketing and I would like to use some of your ideas in my next article to them. Thanks, Ernest
Never in my life have I wanted to slap the living crap out of anyone before. However your manifesto succeeded in bringing me to that state! Reading the truth about ones self is embarrassing and humiliating at the very least! Thank you for faciliating a change in my life and pulling me from the quagmire of all the B/S products I’ve purchased and done nothing with. A breath of fresh air has engulfed me, now all I have to do is inhale!
I can understand why internet “gurus” that prey on “get rich quick” lemmings, want this document blocked.
In my opinion, the most important sections are “Playing “Simon Says” Is Not A Business Strategy” and “Do You Know What An Hour Of Your Time Is Worth?”. Read them, then read them again! It ALL boils down to those sections!
1. Is your unique proposition/product also PERSISTANT (cannot easily be duplicated)?
2. Manage your business (because that’s what you’ve got) efficiently.
This is the best, no cost, business efficiency document that I have ever read (and I’ve read them all). The content can easily be applied to both bricks ‘n mortar and internet business.
Is Rich Schefren thinking outside the box? No!
Now There IS No Box!
Yer a good man Rich Schefren.
Rich, Thanks for the great information! After coming out of an upper management position in a Fortune 500 company, I should have known better with my own online business. Your process maps brought back memories and it was like a light bulb for me. I realized I have most of the knowledge I already need and just need to plan and strategize. Thanks again!
Hi Rich, you were obviously named that for a reason.
You are rich in desire.
You are rich in knowledge.
You are rich in action.
You are rich in logic.
You are rich in sharing.
You are rich in wealth.
You are rich in friendship.
Would things have been the same had you been called Scrooge? Lol.
Very interesting reading your manifesto, I related to more of your words and I’ve been telling myself these things for along time. “Get off this dream cloud, get focused, design an action plan, get into action and build a business.” — “Wealth will not show up with Information Overload. There’s no point in having every book and programme unless you’re the world’s fastest reader and can work through the night on constructive work or farm it out.”
I’m just climbing unto the first rung of the ladder, a bit closer now, having read your words or wisdom. Thank you.
Having read some other replies above, it amazes me how much variety there is from one reply to another. Some scorn you for using the manifesto as a sales pitch, others say thanks for enlightening them and some want to be on your course. Some you win, some you lose.
Dear Rich,
A few years ago I attended a seminar in Detroit where you spoke about the very same principles outlined in your internet manifesto. This was almost 2 and a half years ago, and since then I have taken your advice, implemented everything you said and have seen my business literally shoot to the stars! I travel when I want, go wherever I want when I choose, and have more time to spend on the joys of life than ever before! You blew me away with your speech at that seminar in Detroit and to this day there is MAGIC in your principled coaching. Thank You!
-Anthony Tomei
Hi Rich,
You have just shown me (and everyone who has read the Manifesto) how to get off the treadmill.
I make a great living online now, but it will now multiply to the level that I really desire if I simply follow your Productive Hours Chart, not to mention the other great concepts you provide.
Thanks,
Rod
Impress by the content. Esp for a free report. Thank you. I am going share this with my my subscribers.
I will definately be changing the way I think about my business. I am a relative newbie to the internet marketing world and it is great to have the opportunity to do it right the first time. Thanks so much for sharing your experience!!
Pam