Hi Rich

I think it is possible to take an MLM product and with the
correct sales letter and technique, it should be possible to
get people interested.

I have come across one of the best skin care products ever.
Everyone who has tried it, (and there are many
including me), has had tremendous success with it.
I believe every woman should have a chance to try this
product. The 6-piece kit is composed of four main products
for daily use, a facial, and a night cream. The most important
aspect of this makeup is that the ingredients are mostly from
natural source such as aloe vera, chamomile, arginine, squalene,
sundlower seed oil and so much more. It contains all of the
essentials (Vitamins A, D, And E included) so that the product
can work work in complete harmony with nature to cleanse,
condition, nourish, and protect the skin. Those who have used
it marvel at how well their skin has responded and they “look
year younger”. The product is that good that women can acquire
the Natural Look without makeup

I have set up a website of the before and after picture and my story.
I have also set up 7 free tips which I call “Secrets To a Natural Look.”
I think with the right setup, right sales page, right follow up system,
more women would get to know about this fabulous product which
sells for $129 US. Four of the six daily products can last 2 months
and the facial and night cream can last 3 to 4 months or more
depending on how often the person uses the product. It takes
someone who really knows what to do to pull this off, but I am
determined to find the way, the know how. I think it can be done.
The product is 100% guaranteed, so there’s no problem there.
What is needed is to persuade the reader that this product IS THE
BEST, that they can trust what I say..

I think if anyone can pull this off, it’s you. I hope you think
this challenge is worth it. Thank you.
Marcelle

Good evening Mr. Schefren.

I couldn’t resist your offer to tell you why you should help me build my online business the right way! I figure I’ve already got an astonishing grasp of the wrong way, so what do I have to lose by trying, eh? (No, I’m not Canadian, I just like to say, “eh”.)

I’ve been in offline sales and marketing for the majority of my professional career and have made a respectable living at it. I have been told by owners and managers I’ve worked for that I am a natural salesman and possess an innate desire to provide 110% effort to my prospects and customers.

I understood the wisdom contained in your Manifesto, which I printed out and hung over my desk. I found myself nodding my head and saying “uh-huh” all the way through it. I have lately truly learned the lesson about “productive time” by dealing with the fine folks at eBay. Their mission in life appears to be collecting untold amounts of money in listing fees while inviting you to fritter away countless hours reading and answering their seemingly unending autoresponder messages.

I KNOW there’s a better way!! I need to learn the secrets of keywords and meta-tags and sitemaps and link reputation and exchange and affiliate marketing. All the things that I don’t yet fully grasp. I know I will eventually, but a kick in the butt such as you could provide would undoubtedly give me the boost in confidence that I need.

I have fully committed myself to my new online life. I’ve been in business for myself for the past four years, working from home, but I’ve been planning this venture for quite awhile. I’m in it for the long haul, have a clear vision of where I want to be in one, two and five years down the road and am willing to invest up to one year before I see any appreciable income from it.

If you help me, I promise to listen and I guarantee that I will put what you teach me into action. Who knows, I may be able to teach you something as well!!

Sincerely,

Dan Velcofsky

I’ll be real Im 21 years old, I dont believe in alot of things on the these internet marketing websites. I feel like Ive learned alot in my time going to school and reading all these get rich sites. I have two websites that I would love to market on the internet, I get an idea on what to do, but lets be real, it takes time and money, time I have, money I dont. One site is about the internet and web design etc. and the other is top secret. joke, but that one I cant talk public about yet since its a startup company. But, all in all show me wrong cause Im dont buy half of this things, not saying I dont believe in you, I just dont know yet. Thanks

RobertMena697@hotmail.com

I’d love to talk to you for an hour. After 16 months on the internet battle field and trying to do the right things, have got me scrambled!

Brief History: 16 months ago my wife and I were laid off from high tech and I convinced her that we could change our lives and build a solid future for us and the kids on the internet. We took some money we had and bought a web package and some coaching, found a great product we believe in and everything came together nice. (Some minor issues)

So I started and built our site myself and followed the coaching and spent the next 8 months building my website, that’s everything from layout to checkout. Meanwhile doing the linking, submitting, content, writing articles, press releases, built a blog, started an affiliate program and every other task you outlined in the Manifesto. Hoping for some sales and a quick Google index and some growth, haaaa, what was I thinking?

While I was enjoying what I was doing I just wasn’t getting anything out of my efforts. I started to look down the traffic paths and spent too much on traffic schemes and other things like ad blasters and blog blasters etc.. I’ve been down the pay per click road and other cheaper advertising and marketing due to limited funds, but no improvement.

I started working part time days and working the site at night, longer days. I started to build decent link popularity and got indexed and a few more months went by and still slow growth. I kept going and then I got panicky and searched or an SEO solution and after a heavy tag, 5 months later I was only mildly ahead of where I started but I have seen some exposure in Yahoo and MSN, but Google is a problem. Even though they give me a PR5 I certainly don’t see us in the search results.

I’m only receiving between 60-80 hits a day and my conversion rate is fairly low, so I get caught trying to drive traffic and work aimlessly to figure out why no one is the buying mood. After 16 months I find myself wandering if it’s possible to make even a modest income, but I really think I can.
We’re real close to breaking through, we have a great product, and we truly believe in our offerings and care for our customers. We have all the pieces in place, site, security, blog, affiliate program, link manager, seo, we’re so close but I’m having problems focusing my efforts to break through.

Having 60 minutes of your time to not only help our site but help me understand how to arrange my thoughts moving forward. We don’t want a “here today, gone tomorrow” website we want a business for years to come. I’m at the point where I feel like it’s about to break through but I need to recharge and refocus and I’d prefer to do it with your input! I need a plan.

We just want an honest, successful business that provides a quality, affordable product for our customers, while giving us the opportunity to spend more time with the kids, provide for them and maybe be able to afford a vacation. I’ve already done a lot of work and I certainly don’t mind doing more to make this a reality.

I’m sure whoever is picked will benefit greatly from your help but I hope it’s me! We’re so close; I just need a smack for focus and a nudge in the right direction, we ready for success!

Thanks for listening.

Sincerely,

Neil
http://www.cloud9airmattressbeds.com

Hi Mr Schefren
I am writing this in hopes of some help, I have been doing online marketing for about 2 1/2 months now and I am in infomation overload. I presently work for myself, and have been for 13 years now, I know alot of people would think well she doesn’t have aboss looking over her shoulder like others do, or have to punch a clock. Well what I do is take care of severly handicapped people in my home 24/7 365 days a year, it cost me $400.00 to get out of the house for a 3 day weekend. (If I can find someone to come and take care of them that I trust) I have devoted my life to taking care of these people, but I have no life,if they are sick all night then I am up all night. Now I started this business so I could make a difference in someones life, and I have done that, and I love them like they are my own, but I am almost 47 yrs old and physically giving out because of all the lifting,( 2 out of 3 are in a wheelchairs and all are totalcare, bathing feeding, changing diapers etc..) and I just can’t do this anymore, but my problem is there isn’t enough hours in the day to work that could replace what I make for money, I get paid good for what I do, but if you do the figuring for 24 hours a day I only make about $6.00 dollars per hour. So to cover everything I need to make about $10,000.00 per month to cover all taxes etc. So that is why I need help. I’ve given my life to them and now I NEED it back and I’m stuck. If you choose some other deserving person I will understand, I will find another way. Thank you for your time.
Sincerly Kim Weston

Hi Rich,

This is the story of a woman who
three years ago, left a highly stressful job to pursue an online business. She allowed herself several months to learn all she could, since all she knew how to do was send email.

She studied diligently, believe it or not, day and night, very determined to make it work some how, some way.

She purchased internet courses from some of the best “internet gurus”, looking for answers. After all, others were making money on the internet. So she
should be able to as well, right?
That’s what she thought and still does, in spite of the fact that after the past three years of working, working, every night,
every day, she has only made a few sales.

Right now she is “stuck”. She doesn’t know what to do next. She’s done what she’s been told to do by the experts, but she knows something is missing. But What?

She put together lead capture pages with what she thought was good ad copy. Not selling anything, just capturing leads to go into her auto responder where she has a series
of emails set up. The emails are each full of information/content so as to build relationships. They are definitely not “sales pitches”.
She has faithfully done what she was taught to do.

She drove traffic to her site and
built a small list to which she sent emails each week for seven months.

After seven months she thought–The Definition of Insanity is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over and Expecting a Different Result.

So she began to do more research, read more e books, listen to more tele conferences,…………………

Thinking if she kept at it long enough, she would get it all figured out some how.

And then she got your e mail and feels confident that with the right guidance, she can achieve her goals.

I am that woman and I want to thank you for your kind offer of help. My greatest strength, as you read above, is persistence. My business is nutritional products, and I want to help people suffering from arthritis
and people who are experiencing stress. I sincerely believe the my story as written above illustrates why I deserve to have your much needed assistance and expertise. God Bless.

Hi Rich,

First off, your Manisfesto was superb and very eye opening!

I think I would be a good candidate because I am a hard worker, self disciplined, self motivated and dedicated to learning as much as I can to succeed.

I also finally learned enough to create my own product, ezine and have an affiliate program for my product.

But right now, I feel stuck. I just can’t seem to get to the next level.

But with your expertise and my willingness to go to the next level, I’m sure I’ll succeed.

Blessings,
Ruth

It is my destiny to help people like myself to become financially independent.

I have a college funding business that helps parents of high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who will not qualify for much, if any, financial aid determine the best way to leverage their income and assets to pay for college – preferably on a tax-favored basis.

The business’ biggest strength is that there is an annually renewable source of potential prospects (parents) who are highly motivated to act. They generally will work with me for all 4 years their child is in college. And there often are multiple children!

Most of the information on becoming a “success” on the internet is geared toward people selling products. I need help translating a well-received offline service business into a profitable online business. Being selected would allow me to significantly reduce my learning curve and allow me to determine the priorities and what I should focus on and what I should out-source to someone else.

P.S. I read your Manifesto. Through you charts I was able to determine my hourly rate is $408.16. Between being exposed to that concept and your discussion on opportunistic vs. strategic thinking was invaluable.

Thank you for your consideration.

Hi Rich,
The Manifesto really puts things into perspective and also highlights more about “what I don’t know and need to know in order to succeed”.

My partner Katie and I have put together a couple of websites and we’re grateful that we have had the right people and contacts to help us get started.

We’re committed to providing an amazing service to our clients and equally committed to making money on the internet and to giving back what we put in.

In order to make the next ‘leap’ of owning a thriving internet business, one that helps us achieve our goal of being financially free (an income of over $250K per annum), we know we need a mentor.

Presently we’re putting in so much effort for very little return; we’re drowning in a sea of information and are in desperate need of a ‘captain’ to help guide our business and channel our efforts into the right place.

Will you be our captain?

Rich, we’re totally committed to creating a successful business and doing whatever it takes – short of providing a product or services that are worthless.

We’re not looking for handouts, we’re not looking for someone to do the work for us, we’re looking for a Guide and hope that you can be that person.

Thanks for the opportunity to get this to you, we’re grateful for every opportunity that comes our way.

Best regards,
Paul Newland & Katie Holmes

Hi Rick,

Many thanks for your invitation to perform a 60 minute makeover for my Internet business ~ or should I say my would-be Internet income stream. My problem is, frankly, that I’m so full of information that I don’t know where to start!

For example I built a web site to support my ‘off-line business’. I created the whole thing myself in Dreamweaver. The site’s still there and gets some hits, but I stopped my off line business two years ago.

Then there’s a site I built around a popular musical based upon a Victorian sensation novel. I built that one in XSite Pro and imagined that it would make some revenue via Adsense. [It's located at thewomaninwhite.info]. Even if I say so myself it’s a great looking web site but as to ad-words, forget it!

Currently I’m building a web site in Drupal, which is a content management system. It’s about a camera called a Fuji Finepix E900, [e900photography.com] and is the first site I’ve attempted that uses aggregated content. My aim is to produce sufficient content to bring hits, and then open up a discussion forum so that the site’s users begin to write the content for it. Revenue would come from Adsense, and also selling back end products, such as books, ebooks and image editing software. I suspect the niche may just be too small for all the effort involved.

My journal is located at pebblesfromparadise.com ~ I don’t attempt to gain revenue from it, but simply to present a transparent image to the world, a human face if you like. If you read the blog you’ll see that I live practically on a beach on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, not far from the Greek island of Rhodes. You’re probably thinking that my Internet business is failing because I’m spending all my time fishing or swimming. I hate fishing and swimming but right now they seem like far more fun than looking for achievement on the Internet!

Why do I live here? My wife loves the sea, and Amazon this is a fine location with really clean air and water to bring up two year old Amazon.

But for me, I spend far too much time in front of the screen failing to get organized, or even preparing to be organized and grow a successful business. On the other hand I have absolutely no doubt that I am potentially a successful Internet marketer, frankly Internet marketing is the only endeavour that I have ever seriously attempted and remain stuck ~ that can’t go on.

I have three strengths:

1, I am persistent, as Winston Churchill once advised: “never give up”. I only do so when completely defeated, and even then if I get second wind I’ll have another go!

2, I’m pretty versatile, too versatile I suspect having read your manifesto, I like to do everything myself!

3, I won’t compromise. If it doesn’t suit me I won’t eat it, drink it, perform in it, or dance someone else’s tune to it. On the other hand when I’m passionate about something I commit fully.

Also I have three resources:

1. A loving family supports me, when it rains, as well as when the sun shines.

2. Previous successes have placed me in a position where I don’t have to work. For sure I’m not wealthy, and I enjoy success, but if I stopped doing everything today I could survive for a long time, if not indefinitely.

3. The air and scenery here provide the opportunity to take time-out, refresh and regroup.

Coaching me will require you to overcome three challenges:

1. I live on the other side of the world, so little chance for face-to-face contact. I am unlikely to walk into your office, or you into mine?

2. What capital I possess I regard as belonging to my family, especially two year old Amazon. I am very reluctant to part with it unless pretty certain that it will yield at least twice as much revenue, in a short period of time, as I have expended.

3. Always I undervalue my time, and talent. My math isn’t really up to snuff. The pages in your manifesto concerning my ‘Magic Number’ had me blanked out for some time ~ all the stuff on the Internet about up-lines, and down-lines just sends me into a trance. However, I do appreciate that Pharaoh did not build the pyramids on his own, indeed he did very little.

So Rick, give me your 60 minute makeover and I’ll be your friend for life. Put me on your coaching list and my wife and baby Amazon will be your friends for life too. But most of all Rick, no matter if you offer me the makeover or allow me to be coached by you, always be true to yourself. Continue to look after the little guy and I’m sure scores of little guys like me will look after you.

Thank you for your time,

Stephen Bray

Hi Rich,

My name’s Marie Torres and as soon as I saw your post about the 60 minute makeover, I knew that this was meant for me and my husband, Andrew.

I completely believe in the “Law of Attraction” and I know that I called this opportunity into my life because this is exactly what we are needing. I think it’s amazing that when you ask for something, the universe always answers, and this time my answer was Rich Schefren and the 60 minute makeover contest!

Honestly, the chance to sit down with you would be unbelievable. Plus I truly believe that if you decide to work with us it will be a total win/win situation for all of us!

So here’s a little background on us.

Andrew and I are both 29 years old and have both been working full time on the internet since 2002.

I think like many people, we struggled but like they say, you can’t help who, or what you fall in love with, and Andrew and I both fell in love with marketing on the internet.

The idea that we could create a life by design simply by marketing on the internet was something we couldn’t resist. So when we finished university, we decided to pursue internet marketing instead of our respective careers (you can imagine how unhappy our parents were!).

So we went along for years, very dedicated to becoming successful, that even with the little money we had, we spent whatever we could on products just to learn. In our first year alone I know we spent over $10,000 buying products just to learn whatever we could get our hands on.

To understand how focused and dedicated we were about marketing on the internet, and becoming successful, at one point Andrew and I even sold our house in 2003 because we didn’t have enough money to afford our house and keep our internet business afloat.

So our lives went on like this for a couple more years, making some money but not anything close to what we knew we could do. Then in January 2005, we decided to apply our internet marketing knowledge to help us market a direct sales company that we joined …what happened next was AMAZING!

In just 15 months, using our internet marketing knowledge (finding niche markets, using the PPC, lead capture forms, list building, posting in forums, using articles and press releases, viral campaigns etc…) we implemented our own lead generation system and generated over $306,000! What enabled us to do that was everything we learned from those ebooks and other learning tools we bought during our years of struggle.

In fact, it has been so rewarding for us that we have been featured in various ebooks including Mike Dillard’s “Magnetic Sponsoring”

To name our strength, it is definitely creative marketing and persistence. We always have amazing ideas and because we think outside the box, this and persistence has helped us immensely.

Right now, in our direct sales company, Andrew and I have a huge team and it’s very rewarding but we want to get back to the internet marketing because this is what we LOVE. In fact, in the last couple of months we have started to seriously concentrate on building our internet marketing income again and this is one of the many reasons I believe that the makeover is coming at the perfect time!

I think our main issue is that we need direction. Part of it is that we don’t know what to do with the websites that we have. We have so many of them and even our main site right now is a jumble of pages that we built awhile back and it needs a major makeover.

I am in the middle of trying to reorganize and revamp but it can be an overwhelming task. For example, we have many lists and even though we are capturing the lead there is no follow-up or even a OTO. When I think of some of the other things we might be missing, I know that working with you would put things in perspective because you are great at breaking things down and making it easy to understand.

It’s so amazing that in the last couple of weeks we have started to really internalize the importance of having systems and have now begun to outsource various projects (something we never did before).

To us, all of this is synchronistic – things are unfolding for us and this is a pattern that always occurs in our lives. We really feel like we’re on the verge of another great breakthrough and we feel like working with you is a huge part of that breakthrough for us. We see your makeover as another synchronistic event in our lives that proves to us that we are on the right path.

So, to wrap up, I know that if you pick us we will be forever grateful and at the same time dedicated, passionate and willing to learn from you.

This would be such a great opportunity for us and I know that whatever you tell us, we’ll take to heart and apply the knowledge. The success we experience moving forward from here, will be in direct relation to working with you and I am excited about that.

By the way, the reason I know this makeover is destiny for Andrew and I is because July 4th is my birthday. I am turning 30 on the 4th and winning this makeover with you would be the BEST 30th b-day present ever!

Thanks Rich for letting us share our story and I really hope you pick Andrew and I ;)

Marie and Andrew
“The Marketing Couple”

Hi, I have struggled on my own as a one man band long enough. I have a unique product in the pipeline but need some sensible, quality, independent advice on how to make the transition from hobby to career.
Al the Best

Dear Rich,

Thank you so much for your Manifesto. You spoke directly to me. For years I have been looking for the next big thing. The next opportunity to move me forward, the next tactic of the week, month or year. I have been an opportunity seeker for much too long. Thank you for freeing me from the chains of an opportunist who thought he was an entrepreneur.

I remember reading some of the first financial newsletter published by your friends over at Agora when I was a youth. At the tender age of 12 I was reading the direct sales letter for Taipan (Taipan Online now, the financial newsletter). You see, I had a great interest in investing and making money, even then. While other boys and girls were dreaming of becoming a rock star, famous football or baseball player or singer my dream was to become a successful business person. Why, you may ask?

I’m not really sure, but I just wanted to have the freedom and lifestyle that I saw was apparent for the “rich and famous” people. I remember fairly distinctly that this direct mail piece from Agora Publishing discussed a great stock called Silicon Graphics right around the time that Terminator 2 had just come out. It was their recommended stock and I remember that to this day because at the time Silicon Graphics was a little known company that no one had ever heard of. My father did not subscribe to that newsletter, but it left an impression upon me to this day (13 or 14 years later).

The reason that I wanted to become a business person was because I was told stories as a child about my great great grandfather who started an import and export business in hong kong and shipped to and from the United States (a long time ago) and later branched out to real estate. He did well enough that my great grandfather did not work a day in his life and was able to father over 9 children and leave a legacy for his family. Over 4 generations that wealth has not been retained, however I feel that I have the entrepreneurial spirit that lived within my great great grandfather. I would like to create a fortress around my family that nothing can penetrate as Jim Rohn says.

I have been fortunate enough to have had many mentors and teachers throughout my life. Some I have studied and read from afar, others I have worked with closely. You have helped me realize that time is of the essence. I have been playing around and making a “hobby” of this internet marketing thing. But I do see now that there is not much time and I need to create a business. I better get my butt in gear and mark out my spot in the wild wild west before the big boys come and just wipe us all out like a tsunami. The most important thing in our lives is our time and how we choose to spend it. The discussion of leverage and systemization really clarified for me how to gain more time and buy back my life. The process mapping idea simplifies how to create systems. If we cannot figure out what we are doing in a repeatable way with metrics and follow a set procedure we will get different results every time. This is what pilots use, McDonald’s use, and this is what Rich Schefren uses.

One of the other biggies for me was that I really do have all the information that I need right now. I do not need to get more information unless it moves me that one step closer to my goal or target. Becoming laser focused on that one thing to the exclusion of all else. I have tried multiple MLM’s Excel, Quixtar / Amway, OBT and The Federal Chamber of Commerce. I have tried several programs and purchased inordinate amounts of products and courses from the gurus and not so gurus. Yet the success I seek has eluded me. It wasn’t because I had bought the wrong thing, or didn’t have enough information. It was because I had not become who I needed to be in order for that success to come to me.

My biggest strength is that I listen and learn from all places in my life and am teachable. When the student is ready the teacher shall appear. I know that I will be successful because I have the end in mind. My vision is to build a financial fortress around my family that nothing can penetrate. Then when that is done elevate and expose the abundance mentality to all children and youths of this world so that we can build a better place for future generations. I remember a video of Jim Rohn drawing a triangle and telling people that you can pick if you want to be at the top of the triangle and making a lot of money, be in the middle and be making a moderate amount of money, or at the bottom and just getting by. It is all a choice, but not being aware of the possibility that youths and children have a choice is sad.

Thank you so much for the Manifesto and sharing just a sliver of your vast knowledge that has rocked the Internet Marketing and business world. I look forward to working with you. Good luck with your projects with Agora. They keep coming out with so many new and different things (I liked the grouping 5 or 6 newsletters into one package and then having a limited time, lifetime membership) and say hi to Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggins for me. I’ve been reading their DR stuff for about the last 2 years. Always something amusing to read there. Especially when they talk about the “lumps”.

Regards,

Ted

Hello Rich:
About my business. It’s more a vision of the next generation
in single family housing that I beleive will revolutionize the entire industry. In a nutshell, it’s an energy efficient “subterranean green home” for lack of a better term. The final idea
was to produce three homes inside a five acre chunk of land that are
totally energy efficient and self-
sustaining. Bieng “buried” in the
ground leads me back to the days when I was working as part of an electrical re-build crew on a cyanide gold extraction system in the 1980′s. At lunchtime (being as there were mine shafts and drifts within walking distance) we would walk into the drift about 50 meters to eat. Following the “hard-rock” miners into the side of a mountain didn’t make sense at first, until we sat down to a nice
76 degrees . .as it was 108 outside- in and around the mill building! And the idea has been refined from then on. The ideal configuration would be in the shape of an “asterisk” fifteen feet below the surface. Photovoltaic controlled electricity, with hydrogen generated back up systems and low-voltage LED lights in all rooms. So half of the “topside” of the house could have a garden, a flower bed, or whatever. It wouldn’t need to be wired to incoming electric at all, and would be much warmer in the winter.. cooler in summer. .etc.
They would also be tornado and
earthquake immune due to the fact
that the entire framework would be
coated sheet metal.
My single biggest strength is my
ability to think strategically. I am looking at market conditions, ways to utilize the land for more than one purpose, and appealing to
a large scale of homebuyers who might live in the desert, or along the tornado belt, or in the antarctic. Why would I have you help me? In reading your manifesto, I have NEVER been as inspired by the impact of a single
PDF in all my days on the web. You have an incredible prowess for laying out the details of time management and cost strategies I’ve never seen before! One word
sums it up. OMNIPOTENT. I’ve been working on this project now for 11 years and two years ago aquired the land. Also, last year my good friend who owns a large scale printing business gave in to help with the CADD and printing of the plans. Another local architecture
“coach” has also climbed aboard.
Finally, everyone in the last year or so that has seen the details of this project has given
a unanimous “thumbs up.” I beleive
this ideas’ time has come. For the planet, the people, and especially
our kids. They need an inheritance
they can manage for generations to come.

Hello Rich!
I met you in the spring of 2004. You took the red eye to Los Angeles to make a presentation to Jay Abraham’s marketing seminar and I was in the audience.

When I heard you talk about your Internet business, I was in awe. I knew I had just caught a glimpse of the wizard behind the curtain we call a browser. I was envious as hell because you claimed you were a relative newbie at the time. And yet you owned hundreds of websites pulling in massive traffic and you were making a gazillion dollars a day.

As for me, I’m a serial entrepreneur with a law degree. I think my greatest strength may be my ability to see opportunity everywhere, but I’m not an “opportunity seeker” as you described. I don’t buy businesses in boxes. I love the start-up phase of business, but tend not to love the business after about year 3-5.

In 1983 I started the first B&B in Missouri. When I sold the business in 1991, there were almost 200 B&Bs in that state.

In 1992 I started a regional golf magazine in Missouri promoting Lake of the Ozark golf courses (“Myrtle Beach of the Midwest”). Within two years I had expanded it to The International Golfer’s Guide and had commitments from 5 major U.S. railroads to let me put it in commuter rail stations where affluent golfers living in the suburbs would see it every day on the way to work.

I sold my business to go to law school, but then closed my appellate law practice after a few years because it lacked the excitement of the marketplace. I discovered I could make a lot more money flipping real estate than writing winning briefs.

A couple of years ago I met Harv Eker (Secrets of a Millionaire Mind), attended all of his seminars, became a Joint Venture partner with him and got a thousand people to sign up for his seminars (using online and offline methods). I am a member of his Inner Circle.

I am now in the process of branching out. My plan is to promote other businesses or organizations that will pay me to find customers or members for them. Talking with potential clients is generating a lot of excitement. I have purchased cutting-edge lead generation software and am launching this new business as we speak.

Your Manifesto really hit home. I am used to wearing a lot of hats, because I can. Sometimes that’s my downfall. I can do it all, but I really shouldn’t.

Your Process Map made absolute sense. As soon as I saw it, I felt a paradigm shift. The work must be designed, streamlined, and automated, and above all, the work must be outsourced. Brilliant.

Rich, I would love to spend a lightning hour with you so you can deconstruct, dissect, and detail the areas where I am facing the biggest challenges. I invite you to rework them so they become the biggest profit centers of my new business. Let’s get started!

Krista

Hello Rich,

I have had a presence on the Internet for a few years now with moderate success. I firmly believe in the “Laws of Attraction” as well. There have been so many positive things happening to me over the past year. It’s all in the mindset that I have and I expect them to continue. There has been and will continue to be an abundance of blessings showered in my direction.

Yesterday, I received an email directing me to your Manifesto download and without hesitation I proceeded. Again, the “Laws of Attraction” at work.

There were several things within the Manifesto that caught my attention, but the BIGGEST one was the diagram of my organization. Yes, you got it “YOU…YOU….YOU”. You get the picture.

My lifetime vision is simply “TO GIVE”. Give of myself and spread that giving so that others will benefit. It might not be today, nor tomorrow, but sometime in the future they will benefit. That is where your “60-Minute-Makeover” comes in. The more I know, the more I grow, therefore the more my circle grows.

I look forward to the experience of learning from you. Thanks so much for choosing me.

Regards,

Frank

Rich, I suppose my highest skill is the ability to trigger money-making ideas for my clients, either one-on-one or in executive retreat settings. (My niche is doing business in the Asia Pacific.) That seems to be the fun, easy and effortless part of my work. Everything else (writing, developing training programs, reading emails from people you have trained who want to sell me more “activities, tactics and tricks”) slows and weighs me down. As you say, I have not made effective decisions on what activities I should be spending my time on and what activities others should be doing. The result is that I am always preparing to launch and never quite getting there. (One reason your outsourcing advice is so right for me.)

Over the past six months, I have worked to lay a solid foundation for my internet business (physical book, ebook [in process], communication skills training program, CDs, “Asia Mastery Coaching Program,” websites, sales letter, articles, ezine). No delegating and outsourcing systems. No process. Clearly, with your guidance, I would have launched long ago.

Why do I deserve to have you work on my business? Because I am immensely coach-able, highly respectful of mentors, and ready to make the change to your strategic approach. I probably work harder than anyone you know and you can be sure that I will implement all your suggested strategies, as I know better than to argue with success.

Thank you so much for this opportunity. Whether or not you select me for your 60-minute makeover, thank you for your thoughtful and practical Manifesto. In particular, I appreciated your insistence on developing long-term relationships with people who have expertise outside one’s own.

Rich,

I thank you for the kind gift of your manifesto, and this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have you work on my business!

As of this morning, I have read your manifesto four times. Each time I read it another veil is lifted from my eyes. Thanks to you, I can see, and understand why I have been repeatedly running into that “wall” head first.

I have experienced moderate success on the Internet, but it has all been trial and error. Nothing has been easy, and my first path has never been the correct one. If it does nothing else, your manifesto has proven to me that I am not the only one making these stupid mistakes.

The fact is, your manifesto has already done so much more for me. Flow charts, systemization, outsourcing, out-tasking…I will be eternally grateful. I live in Florida, on the water with a boat tied to the dock behind my house. My boat has not left the dock in three years, and my life has been centered around my computer. Thanks for giving me my life back!

tell me about your business

http://www.fastpsoriasisrelief.com is the business I would ask you to work on. We have a product that works, and we receive many testimonials. Here is just one powerful testimonial from a user of Psoriaway.

“ A friend gave me some of your product “Psoriaway.” In 29 years it is the only thing that has helped!” -P.H. – Norwood, CO

Psoriaway was developed by a man that actually has Psoriasis and is the result of someone spending years trying to treat himself. Psoriasis can only be treated…there is no cure. With over 7 million sufferers in the US alone, we have a huge market, and can do much to relieve the pain and suffering associated with Psoriasis.

We also have several back end products for our clients.

your single biggest strength

I take action!

why you deserve to have me work on your business

I do not deserve to have you work on my business… certainly not more than any one else who has taken the time to write to you on this holiday weekend.

But, I would like to repay kindness with kindness. If you choose me, I will donate 10% of the net of this business to those less fortunate than myself. I would like to have the funds spent on providing your stand alone coaching program to those who need this financial help to learn, and achieve their dreams.

I think the program should be performance based, so it is not wasted on the “magic bullet” seekers. But, I would turn full management over to you, and give you full access to all income records of my business.

Best Regards,
Ray Barley.

My business is about true culture which is missing in the industrialized world. No, TV is not a culture in my book; it has to be something you do personally to build up society. Culture is not a vicarious experience like a couch potato watching his favorite TV show. Culture is being constantly equipped as a person to beautify the room you are in simply with your presence. Will anyone miss the couch potato when he is gone?
People are going here and there so fast they don’t really live. Culturejewelry.com is about a simple craft people can do with two pairs of pliers and jump rings. It is called chainmaille jewelry. My customers tell me they can slow down and actually loose track of time with this craft. I get really excited when they tell me that because I am helping facilitate a quiet counter-cultural revolution. Having this pivotal role has helped me feel like I am needed in the general sense by society. It has given me a larger purpose. My customers have won and I have won.
I am a 5th generation jewelry designer, classical guitarist, mechanical designer and I am a multi-media publisher, but more directly I am able to facilitate via my e-book and instructions a stunning customer experience. My customers tell me how happy they are to have a new ability to make their own fine chain jewelry.
This is a culture. A culture consists of people who have more to offer themselves and others today than they did yesterday.
Rich, it is not “deserving” that brings me to submit my story; it is the thought that with your makeover I could spread my kind of culture, true culture, farther a field. I could reach more people, serve them more richly, and as a result, be able to serve my little family at home.

Matthew Woodbury

Dear Mr. Schefren,

Why would you spend 60 minutes re-engineering my business? Because at 60.01 I would start implementing everything you would have suggested.

About my business: I’ve been online for 2 years selling an ebook on how to potty train a puppy. I am a real dog trainer… contrary to lots of people selling dog related products online. I’ve been implementing all the fundamental marketing techniques, testing, tweaking, improving, but it doesn’t change my bottom line. I always make the same $500-$600 profits a month.

My single biggest strength: I’m extremely organized. It might not sound like the “super” strength of the century, but it makes all the difference between wasting two precious hours in a day and making these hours the most productive they can be.

Why do I deserve to have you work on my business: Because I’m a doer not an opportunist. Because I want to give back. Everybody wants more money in their pockets, but the truly rich person is the one who uses it to enrich the life of others.

Thanks for your manifesto,
Nathalie

I do not know if my website will be ready by the time that you or somebody else on your behalf will visit my website, since I am struggling in putting together the sales letter; however you still can visit the website and download a book sample of the products that I already have and I will continue developing and that I will be selling as soon as I finish with the sales letter.

If it is needed for your consideration, I will be more than happy to provide you with copies of the three finished products and three videos to teach how to play the game that I already have, just let me know and I will sent you the download link for them.

What I have been working on for the last six months (considering that I still need to make a living out of the Internet, since so far I have not been successful), is creating a new version of the Sudoku game that instead of using numbers uses something else (I started with colors but I already have other options that are pretty cool), and also you have in front of you all the possible solutions for that particular game that allows you, by the process of elimination and following simple logic rules, to find the only solution to that particular game.

Since the market for this product is already tested, and just visiting a bookstore will confirm that statement, offering something that is a little bit different but better, in the sense that does not uses numbers, since numbers are used only because four, six, nine, twelve, sixteen, etc. different objects are needed, but anything else can be used; and it is more visually attractive than mere numbers particularly for children.

I believe that this is a challenge that you would like to have credit for. Why I said that? Because it is a series of products that will never be repeated and will never end (remember that Sudoku has something in the neighborhood of trillions of possibilities, and that is only for a 9 x 9 board, how many there are for boards of 12 x 12, 16 x 16, or bigger? almost infinite.

Second, this is a product that can be sold anywhere in the world, it just needs to be translated to some key languages (Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, etc.) and those markets are ready for it. Since there are very few words involved, this type of work can be done pretty easily, and by the way, I am almost done with the products and videos in Spanish (since I am a technical translator and I do that for a living).

Third, there are many other possibilities for developing other products around the same concept, like software for computers, a handheld device, a physical board (better than my do-it yourself-board), etc.

I am also considering offering a subscription-based service, in which for a smaller price people will receive the brain workout that they need (meaning as many different games as they choose), this is an idea that I am trying to develop based on the fact that we do something about our bodies, but most people are forgetting doing something for their brains.

This Sudoku-version concept allows creating seasonal products involving events like Halloween and Christmas (I already started working in some ideas regarding that), where instead of using colors, different symbols representing these seasonal events can be used.

The corporate world could be another source of income for this type of product, because instead of using colors (like my first product) I can offer them to use images of their products and/or logos, etc., and then they can offer calendars, or something else as corporate gifts. There are not limits for this.

Even for families this same concept is applicable, since they are going to be able to either design their own boards or replace the colors with pictures of the people they love.

I can go on and on and on, and it will take me a while until I explain all the different ideas that keep popping in my mind around this concept, but I hope that I already offer you a clear picture of it.

Regarding my strength I guess that I am gifted with the skill of long term vision and great imagination, which allows me to develop an idea from a concept to a whole new level that is richer and deeper, however I do not have the skills to bring partners and/or people that can help me marketing and making all these ideas real.

And the reason why I believe I deserve your help, is quite simple, I have been looking for help (mentor) for a long time, and I know that is getting closer because my brain keeps bringing ideas without any rest, and I know that I need somebody else to help me going from the world of ideas into the real world; I just hope that that person is you, and as the saying goes, “when the student is ready the master will appear”.

And last but not least, since we already have a connection because your name ends where mine starts, maybe that is an indication that we should try to work together to see how far we can go, due to the fact that I am not planning in making this potential help from your part only a one-time deal.

Thanks for your consideration to my small presentation, and thanks for giving your time to a bunch of persons that are willing to do something for themselves.

Warm regards,

Efren de Gortari

Rich, ** PLEASE DO NOT PICK ME!!! **

Yes, YOU read that right, Rich!,…but here’s the “fine print”: Please Do NOT Pick ME, as one of the many unlucky, yet desperately hopeful (and perhaps equally deserving), clients who YOU did NOT select to be the “ONE lucky person on my list, so they can experience a
true feeling of independence on July 4th.”

Rich, YOU most definitely do NOT remember ME, but we did meet face-to-face, one-on-one. Where? When? Why? How? For How Long?

I somehow (by ways of Divinity, perhaps, or a mindset attuned for attracting the “right” person & opportunity — at the right time),…..

…met YOU at the great Armand Morin’s “big seminar” in the Fall of 2003 in San Franciso.

Do YOU remember that ONE, Rich?

It was during an intermission, while the genius Stephen Pierce, was speaking about the principles gleaned in his phenomenal “The Whole Truth”.

I was coming out of the mens’ room, and it was almost as if YOU were waiting for ME, right outside the doors to get back into the main forum….

The look on YOUR face was as if you were under a controlled, deep, intense “zone” — a ponderance of a multitude of ideas, and mind-explosions, based on what Stephen was presenting, in the very next room!

The look in your eyes was as if you had something — too many things — or perhaps an epiphany — and had to leave the main forum to assimilate the thoughts in YOUR genius head…and had to share it with SOMEONE, right then & there!!

You walked up to ME (Thank You for selecting ME, Rich!)…and you basically gave me the bottom-line synopsis of Stephen’s SMART Pages system & priciples in a mere 7 minutes!! HOLY SHNIIKEES!!

Our “meeting” was absolutely mind-shattering — at least for ME!!…and obvisouly for YOU!!

…However, somehow, my mind was not quite ready for the transitional, transformational “serum” that you injected into my brain!! I did not know the “WHY” of our brief meeting.

..Rich,…I have been following your footsteps ever since that fateful day…….and…..

* I am NOW ready!….My mind is now ready…..my business is now ready….for YOU! *

So the venerable saying goes,… “When the Student is ready, the Master appears…”

Rich, you appeared to ME once already, however I was not the “right” Student.

I am Now! Please CHOOSE ME,..as the Lucky One! :)

* My Business: A loosely-connected network of ideas, ebooks, websites, blog, affiliates….around my direct sales (network marketing) business, with specific stated & written goals.

* My Strength: I already know YOU, Rich! (and You know Me). I know how YOU operate, and have a strong sense of YOUR business philosophies, and how YOU think.

Let’s re-connect, Rich, and materialize what we were supposed to, starting back on that fateful day (thank you Armand!) in 2003.

* Why I deserve to be selected:
YOU’ve already selected ME, Rich.
You’ve already chosen ME once before,..however, perhaps we were both not ready the first time around. I know where You’re going, I know what YOU want to do. I’m here to help YOU, Rich.

Let’s continue where WE left off, Rich, and finish what WE started. :)

Your Apt Pupil, Your Partner in Prosperity, The ONE,

Alain (Alan) Diza
…the Ex-ENRON guy…
Houston, TX
http://Trusted.Million-Dollar-Secret.com
http://www.YourMangosteenSource.com

Thanks for providing the info in your manifesto and allowing us an opportunity to share our needs with you.

We own a few businesses in niche markets (7yrs) and one in the internet marketing niche (2 yrs). Over the past year we launched our first major product and hosted our own conference. Since one of our strengths is taking action with the courses we buy, these events were a success. Our other strengths include creativity to develop products, ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with customers, and integrity to stand behind our products.

Where we need help is in tying together our products and activities with an overall strategy. Since the last Big Seminar, my husband has been looking for a coach that will give him direction/focus with our daily activities and our business plan. He wants to choose the most profitable direction to move in, as well as capitalize on his own time with the most important daily activities. We both have a hard time letting go of all the activities required of a business, but we know this is necessary to grow.

We also need to leverage our existing products, customers and affiliates so we can move to the next level. Moving to the next level will take guidance from someone who will be brutally honest with us.

Finally, we believe your advice will free up our time as we outsource our needs and perform in our strengths. Then, our children will not have the memory of daily seeing the back of Dad & Mom’s heads as they work continually at the computer. We will have more time to do what is most important – spend time with our family.

Blessings,
Kerry

Pick Me!! Pick Me!!
I’ve been whacking away at this for almost 7 years. After reading your manifesto, I see where I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve spent thousands of dollars…..to the point that my husband says NO MORE!! The thing is, I know I can do this. I’m disabled and no longer able to work a “REAL JOB” yet I want my financial independence more than anything in the world, I just can’t give up!! So far all I’ve managed to do is put myself in debt about $20,000. I’ve bought all the ebooks, and read them. The thing is they all tell you what to do but not HOW! If I just had someone to talk to to help me get going some how!! I’ve done the google adwords (though I’m not sure that I’ve done it right) I’ve tried the classified, autosurf programs, safelist, you name it if they said it worked I’ve tried it!! (and still am!) I get to the point that I finally say maybe I should just give it up…..As does my husband, but I keep getting drawn back in. I just know I can do this!! Other people are…or are they? Perhaps they are just telling us they are so that we’ll keep spending our hard earned money that we don’t have to begin with. Man, I’ve even thought maybe just go on faith! That isn’t working either! I have a website, but I’m not sure that it’s set up properly. I really need some help!! I need some direction. As do most people who have posted here. I’m sure that my story isn’t that much different from any one else’s but the bottom line is, I’m will to do just about anything to prove to my husband that I’m not a flake. I can’t tell you how quilty a guy can make a poor girl feel when she just can’t get it to work!! Choose me and I will promise to use my knowledge to help other’s like me. Take this poor girl from the bottom and give her a hand up!! I’m telling you, I’m at the bottom of the heap, if you could help me of all people succeed at this online stuff…..I’ll bow down and worship you!! Do I sound desperate enough?????

Sincerely,
Susan