This is my first post/review on the MC#2 Seminar last weekend down in SD.
I’ve got to say I was pretty blown away,
and am still reeling. Oh my frigging head
Could be bad limes in the coronas inducing LSD like hallucinations, could be what happens after you’ve seen the Spandanko video (http://www.masscontrolsite.com/d1.html, http://www.masscontrolsite.com/d2.html) about 20 zillion times, could be seeing Boy Shakira dressed like Britney spears (which is soo wrong…)
Alright, time for public humiliation..
Warning: Profanity Ahead
*Cock*While I’m used to conferences and even giving presentations. This was my first one in the internet marketing space… it was very different, in some ways it felt like high school graduation rehearsal. I kept expecting the inflatable beach ball and inflatable nude lady to be bouncing around. *Cock* Beers were on stage more than once, at one point there was tiff on who had more to drink, (Frank score: 6). Pranks abounded: Speakers got spanked while presenting, “cock” flashed on the monitors trying to throw off speakers sometimes at the interval I’m using them here… As an attendee you weren’t allowed to ask questions unless you’re wearing a viking helmet, with blond braids.
Many colors, one voice…the godfathers of Internet Marketing
Frank Kern, Eben Pagan, Jeff Walker, Perry Belcher, Ed Dale hanging at the secret crib...yes I was there the fly on the wall.
Since the common thread is marketing, the seminar attracted a diverse range of people. Complete newbies to real estate, stock trading; Those who make $1M per launch easily; and those dissatisfied with 80K months. Almost all of the publicly known gurus of Internet Marketing we there, it was like the coachella of Internet Marketing.
It does strike me how lucky I am to be in LA, near SD, so much happens with the few hour drive, many attendees came from far away. One guy came all the way from London! I met someone at the hostel who didn’t even open the course or attend the sessions, his goal was just to see and meet his 2 favorite speakers (one didn’t even show up!). I almost forgot that such conferences are 90% networking focused— there are lots of successful people who garnered deals from places like this.
You’ll love my nut..notes…
Seriously 3 Days… 300Kb of notes. The original phrase came from a video they ran early on. Over and over and over again. Very funny it’s on youtube.
During these conferences, most people retain just 1-3% of information presented so it was a surprise to see just a few people (that includes me!) taking down notes, even when the speakers were discussing relevant points. I was indeed a newbie— maybe, those who don’t take down notes don’t really need the information. There were a few I talked to who’d been in it for years- a decade or so. They weren’t there for the information, they came to build their network.
Like a summer blockbuster, many presentation were great fun, but most weren’t something I’d want to see again… Especially since rewatching the videos, listening to the audios, they add up to 3days of presentations I’d rather be doing something. Plus who knows when they will be posted, how much they will cost, and even if the info is still relevant given how fast the marketing community moves.
Looking around during the session it was also interesting to see when people were and weren’t taking notes and responding indicating where people have mastered or need. Like on the 3rd day one of the presentation went into modelling business in spreadsheets and how such small changes can make the difference between hobbie (2K mo) and 1.5M business are. Another earlier showed how small15% increases in 5 core areas could double the net profits. I was kinda surprised at the reaction as spreadsheets are my first plan of attack when doing business viability. Given how little the differences are the actual numbers, I wonder if this is why so many are struggling.
I have links to those spreadsheets, in It may take me a few days to get the notes in a point that can be shared…stay tuned.
Upcoming:
Day 1: Notes + Review
Day 2: Notes + Review
Day 3: Notes + Review
Wrap-up
If you want to help me out, post any particular questions you want me to focus on.
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Troy, you went ahead into joining this seminar as a newbie to internet marketing but might end up successful if you know how to utilize the tools and skills that you have for your business online. You are right, there are people attending the seminar who weren’t there for the information and training— so note taking isn’t something that they’ll spend time and effort on. Most people who joined the seminar were there to build their network, to make it bigger thus they were there to meet people who’d be interested to network with them.
I will read the other articles that you will post about what exactly was taught (from your notes) in the seminar.
Sometimes, we think that we have all the things we need to be successful yet when we attend conferences like this we learn more (not only from the speakers but from people we’d meet who are attendees themselves).
There may be things that we also need to unlearn for us to learn.
There are things that we need to let go for something to work.
Whatever these things will still rely on how we uniquely plan to execute knowledge that we earn from these types of seminars.
Introvert you said you are? You need not just learn how to do it but you should apply what you learned by learning how to network yourself and your business.
Knowledge without practical application is useless.
Looking forward to reading more of your learning and earning….