What Happened During And After Attending My First Internet Marketing Seminar

I was online for SIX YEARS before I attended my first Internet
marketing seminar (in December 2002), yet attending that first
seminar was the catalyst that started my already successful
business growing exponentially.

I probably would not have even attended that first seminar had
I not been invited to speak, so "luck" played a part in my
discovering one of the most-powerful online success secrets.

My circumstances were different than all of my fellow speakers
though in that I still have another year to serve in the U.S.
Air Force at the time. Attending seminars meant scheduling
live events, and indeed building an online business, in a way
where it didn't interfere with my being a full-time soldier.

What happened was that at that seminar I was exposed to some
really amazing people who were doing what I eventually wanted
to do, and doing it at a much higher level than I had
previously allowed myself to even imagine possible.

At that seminar I discovered that some of the best learning
happened after-hours. I discovered this when I was walking
down the hallway with Ramon Williamson (one of the speakers)
and he asked John Reese (one of the attendees) if he had time
for a little "brainstorming."

John said yes, and Ramon suggested we could hang out in his
suite. Ramon orders a few snacks from room service, and from
around 9pm that night until 4am the next morning, Ramon and John
bounced ideas off of each other, and I sat listening in
amazement.


I won't repeat what they said, only that they had income
goals at least 10 times as big as mine... and they clearly
explained HOW it was possible.

That seminar was where I also discovered "the joint venture"
and the back end. Prior to that event I viewed EVERYONE as my
competitor.

At the seminar, I discovered about 20 people who were genuinely
NOT afraid to share with me what was working as long as I was
willing to do the same for them.

They taught me to drop the poverty mentality, and that
together we could make the pie bigger for everyone. Over the
next few years I did projects with most of the speakers and
several of the attendees from that seminar.

After I spoke, they all openly critiqued my business model,
knowing that it would help the other attendees. I basically
had one product that represented 90% of my income and I had
no real backend product to offer after that first sale. They
FIXED that.

I left that seminar so pumped up that I was ready to
explode. I had driven the dozen hours from Eglin AFB, Florida
to Hawk's Cay down in the Florida Keys. All during the
12-hour return drive, I planned my next step.

Within a month of attending my first seminar, I boldly
decided that I was going to host my own seminar, and began
putting it together.

Four months after attending my first ever live event, I
hosted a seminar in Pensacola, Florida (in April 2003). It
wasn't huge but it was a HUGE step for me.. one of many that
I would take in relatively rapid succession.

Speakers at my very first seminar included Dr. Bob Silber,
Ramon Williamson, Fred Gleeck, Armand Morin, Tony Blake,
Stephen Pierce, Gary Knuckles, and myself.

Stephen was the first speaker, and I can still tell you to
this day exactly what he said. In fact, I can tell you to
this day what ALL of my speakers said.

I could go on forever with how attending my first seminar
surrounded me with movers-and-shakers, and totally energized
me. I honestly became close friends with MOST of the
speakers from that first seminar that I spoke at. Jonathan Mizel
even called me the day before I hosted my first seminar to
both wish me luck and to give me a few tips.

My first seminar set in motion a chain of events that made
all of the really BIG things that I've done since then
possible. It enabled me to start developing the relationships
that would have never happened had I not gotten out and
actually attended a live event.

My conception of what IS possible would probably be
relatively constrained had I not been around mentors
who taught me to think bigger.

Six and one-half years after attending my first ever live
event... six years after having the audacity to host my
own live event, I celebrated my 50th birthday with another
live event.

As luck would have it, Stephen Pierce, my keynote speaker
from the first event that I hosted, spoke at my birthday
seminar. He arrived at the venue in a bus, along with an
entourage, and proudly shared on stage that my seminar in
Pensacola, Florida, in 2003 was the first seminar that he
ever spoke it. I sort of started his speaking career. Now,
he spends many months out of the year, traveling around
the world, and speaking in front of crowds that sometimes
exceed 1000 people.

If you have never attended a live Internet marketing event,
you're missing a powerful catalyst that will energize and
guide you. If you do not attend live Internet marketing
events, you're missing a powerful networking opportunity.

I've now attended at least 50 live events, speaking at
many of them. However, I attend many that I am not speaking
at just for the networking. This is where I set up massive
joint ventures, meet future business partners, and learn
the latest industry news.

If you want to be a truly successful Internet marketer,
make attending live events a part of your education and
marketing process. To find out when and where live events
and tele-events are being held consult The Internet
Marketing Seminar Schedule at my directory website:
http://InternetMarketingSeminarSchedule.com