Entrepreneurs-Journey.com Down-To-Earth Advice For Bloggers and Internet Marketers

I’ve become such a conference junky lately. Before this year I had never been to one, now I’ve been to three in the space of two months. To be fair, this isn’t so much a conference, it’s a workshop, although there are 150+ people crammed into the room, so it’s no small workshop!

Andrew and Daryl Grant, the ebook business gurus, opened day one of their four day event focusing on, hmm…the simplest way to put it is, the “millionaire mindset”. I’m beginning to wonder if anyone has copywrited that term yet since I’m hearing it thrown around by a lot of people.

Essentially day one was all about establishing the mental framework necessary to move past any blockages you presently face that will stop your business, in fact your entire life, from becoming a success.

It makes a whole lot of sense to open an event like like focusing on the mind and your own perception of reality because the main reason for not meeting goals has nothing to do with externalities – it’s all about you. Once you get the “you” congruent with your desired outcomes then things tend to fall into place and the whole process is more enjoyable.

Paul Blackburn

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Daryl and Andrew Grant, who you might remember from my podcast interview with Daryl where she explains how they make over $250,000 a year selling ebooks online, which is still one of my most downloaded podcasts, are hosting a seminar this week for their coaching clients.

While I don’t intend to do the ebook business model that Andrew and Daryl use at the moment, I’m heading to the event because I’m always keen to network with fellow Internet marketers and potentially make some new friends and of course learn heaps from Andrew, Daryl and the other presenters. I also have free tickets and the event is in my hometown of Brisbane, so I can’t say no!

As always whenever I get a chance I’ll attempt to blog about the event and what I’m learning, but I expect the Broncos league club (Brisbane Rugby League team) where the event is held won’t have net access, so I will upload my articles when I get home in the evenings.

Rich Schefren Coaching Program

Rich Schefren’s Strategic Profits coaching program has opened doors briefly and once again closed. Thanks to those who joined the program via my link. I heard from a few of you, but not everyone has said hello, so if you did join Rich’s program and you found out about it via this blog please contact me so I know who you are and we can do the networking thing.

Recommended Links

• Do you know Mark Joyner? He was called the godfather of Internet marketing at the World Internet Summit and needless to say, the guy has been online for a long time, although he doesn’t do the Internet market guru career anymore, instead he’s attempting to change the world starting with his Simpleology.

  If you are interested in some deep thinking intellectual discussion, or perhaps cartoons are easier for you to understand, you will like Mark’s blog, which incidentally is the first high profile person I have seen make use of a .name extension. You can find his blog at MarkJoyner.name.

• I’ve intended to send out a link to AlleNation for a while, another young entrepreneur blogger dishing out the goods. Allen Heat talks a lot about blogging and making money from his blogs as he builds his network. I enjoy the tales from guys like Allen doing the hard work each day to get his business up and running, and I suspect you will too.
• The team over at Young Go Getter recently launched a new blog design and I must say, I like it! If you have a chance, go check out this great blog for young entrepreneurs, who have been long time supporters of my blog.
• Andy Beard is a well known search engine expert but I’ve come to admire his blogging style, which you can check out at AndyBeard.eu, more than anything else. He never does anything half way – every post he puts out there demonstrates his commitment to quality, which is something I admire in any blogger, or person for that matter.
• nPost.com now have a section for jobs in start-up companies. Most of the positions are in US based organiZations, so if you come from that part of the world and fancy working for a tech company, check out the nPost jobs page.
• Lastly, here’s a video for you featuring a discussion from some very successful web companies, many of which I suspect you know already. Featured are Sean Suhl of Suicide Girls, Akash Garg of hi5, Max Levchin of Slide, James Hong of HotorNot, Markus Frind of PlentyofFish and Drew Curtis of Fark. The panel was moderated by Guy Kawasaki.

I made it to the end of the World Internet Summit (WIS) and wow, it’s been a GREAT experience.

I probably didn’t have a typical experience since I wasn’t there as a person new to Internet marketing and consequently spent more time talking to the presenters, but I want to explain to you first my take on why YOU would consider attending one of these events if you are new to Internet marketing and then I’ll throw in more tidbits about my experiences.

Opportunities, Education and Networking

My last article Beware The Allure of The Internet Marketing Success Story should serve as a cautionary tip on the mindset you need to have before entering an Internet marketing conference. Once you have that mindset you can attend these events, really enjoy and learn from the experience and leave with clear intentions rather than overloaded senses.

The WIS is four days. It’s a long event. I guarantee by the end if you watch every speaker you have enjoyed a huge variety of presentation styles and learned about many different ways to make money online.

My initial Internet marketing training occured throughout the late nineties and early two thousands where I was managing hobby sites and creating BetterEdit.com. It took a long time to learn the ins and outs of how people made money online and I can honestly say if I attended this conference back then, while I definitely would have felt the urge to buy every program (I feel that even now to a degree), I would have covered about two years worth of hands on training and experience in four days. That’s great if you want to speed up the learning process, but it also tends to overwhelm you.

What you will gain is a nice general awareness of how Internet business is conducted today. Things like capturing an email address, the sales funnel, product creation, viral marketing, copywriting, affiliate marketing, niche marketing, butterfly marketing, ebay selling, etc, are all in-depth topics that are covered in some detail at the event by each speaker. You will take a big step forward bringing the knowledge gap between wanting to make money online and understanding how others currently do it.

The big benefits come after the event when you go home and start implementing. You might begin by following the steps and training in a package you bought from one of the speakers, or by acting on the information you absorbed from the presentations. Whatever happens, if the event is the catalyst for you to start implementing and really learning through experience, then you have easily recouped the money you invested in paying the conference fee.

For the absolute newbies I’d say definitely go, it’s a fantastic experience, but be prepared to be overwhelmed. For the people who already know a thing or two about net marketing, it’s possibly even better. You still learn a lot plus you don’t feel the sense of over-stimulation to quite the same degree since the basics are not new to you and you get the chance to see how the big boys and girls make money by presenting at conferences.

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This is the second and concluding part of the interview with Daryl Grant, who with her husband Andrew (www.andrewanddaryl.com) make over $250,000 USD selling multiple information products on various niche topics through the web.

You can download part one of this interview here – How To Make $250,000 A Year Selling e-Books – Part 1

Part 2 Show Notes

• Daryl and I continue discussing the specific details on how her business works. In particular we cover -
  • How she finds profitable niches.
  • How she gets traffic to sales pages.
  • How the books are written (she doesn’t write them herself).
  • How she gets the copywriting done for the sales pages.
• I ask Daryl whether she uses affiliates to sell her products for her and why she chose ClickBank as the payment processor for her products.
• Daryl offers some advice for people considering following in her footsteps and building a passive income online.