Interview: Ricky of BlackySky At PPC Summit in San Francisco

I originally arranged this interview at the end of last November and Ricky sent it right along last December...

I 'lost' his message for awhile, and recently found it buried in all my emails. I've been looking for it for weeks!

I think I'm getting almost 150 emails a day now! Know the feeling? I was looking for something else and I finally found it!

Ricky, thanks for waiting.


Pam: Hi Ricky! How are you?
Ricky: I’m doing good thanks for asking… I’m a little bit tired but it is ok. Now it is really winter time here in Montreal Canada... anyway I’m happy to be back home

Pam: Remind me, which Seminar did you attend I know it was Patrick Schwerdtfeger’s production, what was it called again?
Ricky: No I change my mind I didn’t go to Schwedtfeger.. My friend and I went to the PPC summit in San Francisco... It was a great occasion to go west coast…

Pam: I think you found out about it from my blog, right?
Ricky: Well I knew it but I forget it but the other day I read it on your blog and said to my friend: look the PPC summit is coming soon.. This is what we need just before Christmas. So we went there and maybe it was a really great choice.

Pam: What did you get out of going to the this Seminar?
Ricky: A lot of people ask me why do you spend money on seminar or why do you go there.

My first answer is for the trip.

It gives you an occasion to see a new city and I love new culture.

One of the most important things is even if your method work pretty well, it won’t hurt you learning another point of view that works well too. I learn new trick and tips that really worth the trip. To answer the question I will say connection and meeting new people. I think this is the only and best place to connect to this great people and brand your name.

Pam: What are the main things you might tell someone considering going to an Internet Marketing Seminar to convince them that they should go?
Ricky: You need to know different point of view about the same subject to be better and you need contact to succeed. It is always fun to talk directly to a person about anything. I do think you can learn much that way then stay home and buy one of this e-book…

Pam: Is there ANYTHING ELSE we should know about the Seminar?
Ricky: You have the best in the industry at the same place and you can make new friends. You can see those people everyone was talking about.

Pam: Tell me a little bit about what you are doing online. Be sure to give us the URL as well.
Ricky: I’m doing a lot of thing on internet... ok this is not a complete answer… Most of the time I’m doing PPC, I was doing a lot of eBay auctions (less then before). Now I got this project on http://blackysky.com.

This is a beta project for now and will make it bigger in January.

This website is a unique platform where you can self promote your blog, website, product, talent and much more by leaving an ads or add a video ads … You can also buy sell trade text link, blog review, banner ad space .. Almost anything at the price you want without any intermediate that will take your money like other services out there.

The blog give update of the website but also give blog tips and where is the buzz around the net all this and much more at http://www.blackysky.com/blog

Copyright 2007 Pam Hoffman and Ricky

Pam Hoffman

Idea Incubator

I know Stu from Affiliate Incubator. This will be at that same hotel in Anaheim as well.

Stu is a great motivator and knows his stuff. He works for Armand Morin in the affiliate program for Generator Software.

This will probably be a Seminar worth going to.

Idea Incubator
February 1-3, 2008
Anaheim, CA

Only 110 Tickets Will Be Sold!

"Discover How Real People, Are
Cashing In On Their Ideas Thanks
To The Hands-On Instruction
From Our Top Experts At The
Idea Incubator Seminar!"

Your Host: Stu Mclaren

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

The Week Ahead: January 20th thru 26th, 2008

Looks like the internet marketers out there are back in the swing of things. Start your 2008 with a bang!

Finishing up...

Secret Society of Traffic & Conversion
January 18-20, 2008
Orlando, FL

SGR Club 3-Day Symposium
January 18-20, 2008
Scottsdale, AZ

Starting up...

Domainfest Global
January 21-23, 2008
Hollywood, Ca

Masters Seminar
January 25-27, 2008
Las Vegas, NV

Breakthrough to Success Weekend
January 25-27, 2008
Los Angeles, CA

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow."
--Mary Anne Radmacher

BlogOnExpo Redux!

OK, Here's the scoop...

Go to: http://www.blogonexpo.com/

That is the 'home' page.

Click on "Sessions" and/or "Exhibits" and you will see links/images.

If you click on the links under Sessions, there are interviews and videos from industry leaders. I've been choosing 'Open in New Tab' so I can stay at the site as well.

If you go to Exhibits, there are icons which are probably clickable too. I've been reading interviews so I'll go back and take another look there for you and report here what I learn.

GO NOW, they will only be offering these insights (and they are dynomite!) for a week!

If You Go (GO GO GO!), Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

BlogOnExpo

OMG! I just found out about this and we are in the middle of it!

Let's see...

BlogOnExpo is a collaborative effort that was started by myself, Aditya Mahesh. The goal of this website is to make the experience of attending an industry conference available to all. With prices reaching up to $1000 per ticket plus airfare, hotel bills, and other travel expenses, it is not much of a surprise that many individuals and company’s cannot afford to attend these conferences. Hence, we have attempted to recreate the conference experience online, where it can be accessed at no cost.

Sounds great.

What else?

I'm frantically trying to figure out how you (and i!) can participate in this LIVE event. I say LIVE because you gotta be there when they are.

It IS 'virtual' and you can do it from home.

I'm gonna have to post this now and get back to you when I know more.

Stay Tuned!

Pam Hoffman

Special Announcement: Yanik Silver's Underground Seminar

Special notice - this Seminar isn't happening until March but events surrounding Yanik Silver's Underground Seminar are happening right now...

Sign up Before January 25, 2008 to Get Early-Bird Discounts, Bonuses and Surprises…including your chance to participate in a LIVE spy mission on the streets of LA, VIP Dinner and to meet in-person, a TV Celebrity from the Hit Show “24”

I just HAD to Let You Know!

Yanik Silver's Underground Seminar
March 28-30, 2008
Los Angeles, CA


This is not your run of the mill Seminar either. Yanik has made it fun. You can see how from an exerpt of an email he sent recently...


================================================

-=- Confidential Y.S.S. Agency Communication -=-

(read to the end for special agent 'training' & reward) ================================================

Thursday, December 13, 2007
11:14:00 ET

Agent Pam -

Your mission if you choose to accept it is to infiltrate a
*all-new* gathering of Rogue Underground Internet "Players" to discover their unique (and never before publicized) moneymaking secrets...

You've probably never heard about these 'Under-The-Radar'
successes banking mega bucks online! (And they would have been happy to keep it that way too - until I figured out a shocking and unexpected way to hold them hostage and let you "SPY" on their businesses!)

Find out how I captured this ALL-NEW group of 'UNDERGROUND'
Internet insiders - who have finally agreed to break their 'code of silence' and reveal exactly how they are quietly making their fortunes online...and how YOU can too!

This is definitely NOT the same "Usual Suspects" you see speaking everywhere else...

Truthfully, it was a gargantuan task to locate, uncover, convince and coax these "mystery" men and women to come forward and pull back the curtain.

What's more, I'm taking another extraordinary step to make sure our guest presenters really lay their cards on the table (you've got to see what I have in store for them - even better than truth serum). ;)

Last year we sold out 6 weeks early and from the buzz going around about this event - I have a strong hunch this one will sell-out even quicker.

Don't miss out!

All the best,

Yanik Silver,

P.S. Special extra bonus for Early Birds - there's exclusive discounts and special bonuses not available to others (including a private VIP networking dinner with the rogue Underground agents and an *actual* SPY mission.)

I strongly urge you to check this out immediately because you get a 48-hour head start over our other lists of 100,000+ subscribers.

P.P.S. You'll be amazed by our 2 keynote speakers who together bring in over $840M. (That's right - nearly $1 Billion in sales online!)
============
Proceed by reading the debriefing now
(but make sure you are not being watched by any double-agents)!

As always the agency will disavow any
involvement in your operation.
===========

If You Go, You Wanna' Know!

Pam Hoffman

Internet Marketing & Website Makeover Workshop

A recent find, this was a 'google alert' discovery. If you are interested in tracking anything on the internet, you might consider starting one for yourself. I put in "Internet Marketing Seminar" and they come to me now!

I captured some of their info for you...

This seminar/workshop will focus on enabling business owners and marketing executives to evaluate their current internet marketing strategies and gain insight into techniques that will maximize their companies internet presence. We will educate you about how search engines work and how to effectively market your website. We'll help you turn your website into a lead-generating investment that pays exceptional dividends, instead of just being an expense.

Internet Marketing & Website Makeover Workshop
January 31, 2008
Manhattan Beach, CA

Includes: Free Catered Lunch

Presenter:
Gregg Towsley has over ten years combined experience in internet based software, product development, marketing and internet marketing. He’s a certified internet marketing consultant, certified in search engine optimization (SEMPO), and paid search internet marketing. (Google Adwords Certified). Owner of WSI, located in Manhattan Beach, Gregg will share strategies that will change your business forever.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

How to Pick a Good Wealth Seminar

Han's, at Wealth Seminar Review, asked for tips on how to pick a good Wealth Seminar.

The process is similar to picking a good real estate seminar which I discussed on my Real Estate Seminar List site. However there are many more choices for wealth seminars.

There are a million ways to make a million dollars.

The first thing is to try to figure out what method works for you. Some people might want to create wealth using internet marketing (probably most of the people reading this). Others might want to use real estate, public speaking, stock trading, foreign exchange, note brokering, etc. The list, while not endless, is quite long.

If you have the time, my advice is to look at several methods before choosing.

Go to as many free seminars as you can find and especially look for multi speaker seminar. That way you can explore several concepts over the course of one weekend.

Be aware that at these seminars they will try to sell you something. That's fine. Their job is to get you to sign up for their own seminar. Again, that's fine. The right information is worth paying for.

How can you tell if it is the right information?

That's the hard question. I don't have a definitive answer to that one. However, I can give you some clues to look for. First, ask around and seek people who have attended that seminar before. You aren't looking to find if it worked or didn't for that person, you want to know why it worked or didn't. If you have different skills and resources, you can tell if it would work out the same way for you.

Second, look at their style of presenting. If they freely give out information then you can be pretty sure they will give out a lot of information at their seminar. If, on the other hand, they are vague, making promises about what they will tell you while telling you little to nothing then they will probably be like that in their seminar.

My rule of thumb is that; if they give enough info for free that I could implement their strategy (if I had the time to reinvent the wheel and make the same mistakes they already made) it's worth paying for. In that case, the value of the seminar is the system they built. Expect them to sell computer tools or, less commonly, paper tools that will make their system much easier to implement. Also expect mentorships to be available. These may be worth getting but the important thing here is that you could do it without the tools or mentorship. It just wouldn't be as easy.

If, on the other hand, they get you all worked up with emotionally loaded phrases and keep promising that they'll give a lot of information if you go to the seminar, you will likely get exactly the same promises and hype at the seminar as they try to sell you an "advanced" version that has all the information they promised would be in the current seminar. If you find yourself in one if these, leave (or stick around and network).

Networking

And always, always network at the seminars. If I haven't been inspired by talking to a random person and I haven't inspired someone, it's a wasted trip. There are a lot of good ideas floating around these seminars and people will give them away for free (because, if they can't or don't want to do it, it has no value to them).

Concluding thoughts

Even a bad wealth seminar can give you good ideas (or let you know that you just don't have the mindset for this lifestyle). The best choice you can make when picking a wealth seminar is to go to one. Many people don't even consider going to a wealth seminar and they will never learn how much they don't know. Going to a wealth seminar will introduce you to concepts that may have never occurred to you. If you do decide that this life isn't for you, your time has not been wasted. You will have made an informed decision instead of just following the rest of the sheep.

Jeff Miller

They Have Finally Announced Their Seminars!

" Focus Marketing Seminars will be
holding 9 Almost Free Workshops in 9
Different Cities in 2008!"

Robert Puddy & Pat Lovell have FINALLY announce their Seminars and dates. I've had them in my database for AGES wondering when they would have more details already.

A lot of the East Coast (of the United States) will be getting the action though! I'm a little sad about that as I live in Southern California currently.

Your Cities are...

Indianapolis, IN
Cincinatti, OH
Charlotte, NC
Richmond, VA
Baltimore, MD
Philadelphia, PA
New York, NY
Boston, MA
Pittsburgh, PA

Look for them in May and June of 2008. I'll list them individually, about 2-3 weeks before they are presented.

If you'd like more notice than that, stay tuned for my sign up form - still working with aweber. I think I'm getting it. I need to iron out a few more wrinkles (probably mostly in my own head!!). And, if I can figure it out, you can specify the kind of notices you want to get too!

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

The Week Ahead: January 13th thru 19th

Now THAT'S more like it! 6 Seminars for The Week Ahead. Where will you go? What will you learn???

Start with these...

SES Paris 2008
January 15-16, 2008
Paris, France

Internet Marketing & Website Makeover Workshop
January 16, 2008
Ontario, Canada

Million Dollar Marketing Makeovers
January 17, 2008
???

2 Day Wealth Blitz
January 18-19, 2008
San Jose, CA

Secret Society of Traffic & Conversion
January 18-20, 2008
Orlando, FL

SGR Club 3-Day Symposium
January 18-20, 2008
Scottsdale, AZ

And finish with these^^^

For additional information, just click on the link in the title.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

DigitalFocus

I just love it when I find a whole new batch of Seminars for you. Here is one, sponsored by Pepcom; I kept 'hearing' about CES yet I couldn't nail it down. Then John Chow had a couple of posts and Voila! I had a link.

I found them for you - 12 in all, one I missed (the one JC was describing) and the rest get Listed here for you! Isn't it weird where you find information these days?

DigitalFocus
January 30, 2008
Las Vegas, NV

WHAT IS DIGITALFOCUS?
DigitalFocus is the country’s largest and best-attended media event dedicated to showcasing the very latest innovations in digital imaging, including the latest in digital cameras, digital video, printing, scanning, photo sharing, memory cards, online services, kiosks, and much more. Each year, the industry’s top press and analysts make DigitalFocus the must-see kickoff event to the tradeshow experience. Produced by Pepcom Inc., the proven leader in technology showcases, DigitalFocus always features the world’s biggest digital imaging and consumer electronics companies, as well as the most influential media. And you can be there too!

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Web 2.0 Conference & Expo

This sounds like a good Seminar to attend with all the attention on Web 2.0 and what it has to offer...

The Second Annual WebGuild Web 2.0 Conference & Expo is here. Web 2.0 has changed the rules for doing business on the web and created whole new markets. Learn how you can leverage Web 2.0 technologies to gain competitive advantages, find customers, and discover new business opportunities.

This conference will cover popular Web 2.0 technologies as well as those shaping the future direction of the Web. Learn from industry experts and thought leaders, connect with the companies changing the rules of the game, and those redefining the future.

This conference will feature keynotes, panels, expo, awards, networking sessions, reception, music, and food & drinks.

Web 2.0 Conference & Expo
January 29, 2008
Santa Clara, CA

They even offer reasons for going:

Why Attend
• Expert speakers in the field come together to talk about all things Web 2.0 and beyond.

• Cutting-edge topics and discussions on Web 2.0.

• Web 2.0 startups profile their companies, technologies, and ideas.

• Network, network, network and gain exposure, make contacts, and get customers.

• Exceptional value at a fraction of the cost of other similar conferences. Get keynotes, panels, expo, startup profiles, awards, networking sessions, reception, music, and food & drinks.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Breakthrough to Success Weekend

Chris Howard seems to operate on a very high level. He IS offering a series of Seminars for free and this is the first one...

Breakthrough to Success Weekend
January 25-27, 2008
Los Angeles, CA

What if you could Break Through any obstacles or limitations, and achieve Unlimited Success Today? What could you Have, Do and Be in Your Life right now? Stop Dreaming and Start Living the Rich and Fulfilling Life that is Your Birthright! Starting today, you can take charge of your life and get the results you deserve in any area of your life. Whether you have already achieved significant success or if you have just started on your journey of success, this one weekend will transform your thoughts and actions like never before. In this new 3-Day Breakthrough to Success Weekend, Christopher Howard teaches you everything you never learned in school on how to live a rich and fulfilling life.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

p.s. this is practically in my backyard! i'd better see if i can fit it into my schedule...

SGR Club 3-Day Symposium

Have you seen "The Secret"? Read the book? Then you know about Bob Proctor! He is your host at...

SGR Club 3-Day Symposium
January 18-20, 2008
Scottsdale, AZ

In honor of The SGR Club’s inaugural 3-Day Symposium, Bob Proctor and very special guest speakers, Gerry Robert and Paul Martinelli, will facilitate the first SGR Club Symposium. This is a one-time-only opportunity for Bob Proctor to lead the Symposium LIVE! At The Inaugural SGR Club 3-Day Symposium, you will:

*Discover once and for all how to get rich the Bob Proctor way.
*Identify 3 underutilized assets you have hidden within you.
*Create at least 2 MSIs (Multiple Sources of Income).
*Learn how to release fear in a matter of seconds.
*Find the perfect mate.
*Discover how to write a book in 40 hours.
*Attract wealth and success.

We promise you that you will leave the Symposium feeling recharged and excited about life and your potential. You will be surrounded with like-minded people who will share your commitment to prosperity, wealth and success.

This sounds wonderful!

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

2 Day Wealth Blitz

(January 18-19 in San Jose, CA) Loral introduces you to her entire Millionaire EXPERT team for 2 action oriented days.

*You will build your very OWN customized WEALTH PLAN with Loral and her team.
*Discover how to financially organize and strategize yourself towards millionaire status.
*Meet your new millionaire team of experts to develop wealth building strategies.
*How to supercharge your IRA TAX FREE… and invest IRA dollars to grow rich.
*How to protect, structure and maximize your money with cutting edge entity training.
*How to make the IRS work for you… and keep more money in your pocket using the tax code.
*How to save thousands of dollars in taxes by learning the tax code and filings legally.
*How to protect your family, wealth and legacy with wills and trust.
*Discover the best kept strategies for DIRECT INVESTING and the millionaire investment FORMULA.
*Meet Loral's expert team in small groups for intimate attention.

If you register today, it comes with a bunch of bonuses at no extra charge!

I have to warn you, this one time offer end January 7th, 2008 in order to receive $5,485 worth of wealth building tools and online seminars with myself and my wealth building team.

2 Day Wealth Blitz
January 18-19, 2008
San Jose, CA

Hosted by Loral Langemeier, author of the famous 'Millionaire Maker' Book Series.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

A Couple More Seminars...

A couple more Seminars reached my 'radar' recently and since they will be 'out of order' from the list here, I'll go ahead and List them right away!

Pam Hoffman

Masters Seminar

Ross Goldberg starts:

Every day I talk to people who are struggling to make any money online. In fact, many of them are still stuck working their daytime, dead-end jobs... They are frustrated because they can't do what they really want to earn their living — have their own money earning online business.

It seems like no matter how hard they try, they simply keep failing. If they taste some success with their online business, it doesn't seem to last very long.

Something is missing from their business and they don't know what it is.

It's sad because it doesn't have to be this way. And as I'm talking with these frustrated, struggling internet marketers, it seems like the same 3 questions always come up...

What type of business are they trying to do? Is it affiliate marketing, resell rights, or their own products?

What are some of their personal hobbies and interests?

What have they tried (or not tried) to grow their business?
And then it's only a matter of time.

There's just one question I ask every marker who asks me for my help...

How Often Are You Around Others In Your Niche?
The sad news is, almost every struggling marketer will ask me: Why do I need to meet other people from my industry in person?

It's sad because meeting other marketers in your field can make a huge difference — in any niche!

Spending time with people who work in the same field as you can give you business ideas, new products, and partnerships that would have otherwise been impossible!

I know it's true because I was once a struggling internet marketer too.

And once I attended my first internet marketing seminar...

"My Income Doubled Every Month For 6 Straight Months!"

So you may wish to check out his very nice offer for...

Masters Seminar
January 25-27, 2008
Las Vegas, NV

I THINK that there is also a Workshop on January 24th as well.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

The Week Ahead: January 6th thru 12th

The first full week in January and we are moving very slowly back into the Seminar seasons...

I see something for January 15th and something else for the 16th, and then there's that January 17th thing...

I guess you're going to have to wait and see (unless i can get my aweber sign-up thing on here and you can get bunches of Seminars going for months ahead, if you register for my emails...).

OK, I'll go and work on that now, since I don't have any Seminars for your 'Week Ahead' list...

Stay Tuned!

Pam Hoffman

You Won!

Don't you just LOVE to hear those words when it's you?

Unbelieveable!

I found a site that had that - and my name!

500 Entrecard credits were place in my account earlier today.

Thanks to Clint for the credits. That gave me a serious boost to get my 'ad' redone and it is a beaut.

Pam Hoffman

My Contest Winner Should Be Receiving His Gift Certificate About Now!

I offered up a contest recently. It seems like a lot of bloggers are doing this and there are a lot of good prizes out there!

I only got one entrant and, by default, he was the winner!

Patrice of Wavumi left a comment, in a particular post, and he won.

It was that easy!

I sent off his prize about a week ago and they said that he might be getting it about now.

If there had been other entrants, I would have pulled a name from a 'hat' if you will.

I am setting up another contest. Will you be paying enough attention to win?

Stay Tuned and you could win too!

Pam Hoffman

p.s. the next prize is a book...

Domainfest Global

Because of my blog and the way I've been signing up for things (i think) I started getting some interesting publications in the mail and I found out about THIS Seminar in one of them.

Domainfest Global
January 21-23, 2007
Hollywood, CA

Someone of note will be their first Keynote speaker:

Peter Hillary, adventurer and Mount Everest mountaineer, has completed over 35 mountaineering expeditions, was involved in the development of a new route across Antarctica to the South Pole, and was the first to have traversed the length of the Himalayas. With 25 years of experience in extreme risk environments, Hillary will share his unique insights on risk-taking, the spirit of adventure, and how they are relevant to your business decisions.

And a rare occurance for a Seminar on my list:

SnapNames LIVE Auction
SnapNames LIVE Auction continues with more great domain names. A special group of domains will be auctioned to benefit nonprofit organizations through Grassroots.org.

This Seminar is a little different than some that we have seen so far. This Internet Marketing Seminar will be centered around domain name sales. It works a little like the way Real Estate works. Buyers and Sellers of domain names will be most interested in this Seminar.

I think Real Estate is acually more regulated and has some different rules and is probably a little more complicated. It's like anything though, once you get into it, you learn all sorts of things. I know it's been like that with MY line of work!

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

JV Alert LIVE in Orlando!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT INFO!!

I was reading Ken McArthur's blog and he wrote this at the end of one of his posts...

P.S. Consider coming to jvAlert Live in Orlando, February 8th, 9th and 10. There’s an Early-Bird Special going on right now that ENDS on January 8th and I definitely DON’T want money to be the reason that you aren’t there. I sincerely believe that this event changes lives and I want to make it possible for you to attend. If I can help you get there, please let me know.

Because Ken is offering an Early-Bird Special, here is some information a little early:

JV Alert LIVE in Orlando!
February 8-10, 2007
Orlando, FL

Oh, I'll list it in the regular lineup, I just wanted you to know about the Early-Bird Special!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT INFO!!

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Happy New Year!

Secret Society of Traffic & Conversion

Yikes! I just listed this Seminar and this is what I learned today..

The Secret Society of Traffic Conversion is NOW SOLD OUT!

We want to personally thank everyone for their interest in
The Secret Society Of Traffic Conversion!

If you'd like to be notified in case someone cancels, enter your first
name and email. We will contact those on the waiting list on a first
come, first served basis.

Secret Society of Traffic & Conversion
January 18-20, 2008
Orlando, FL

Your Host (if you get to go) is: Buck Rizvi

Seems it was sold out on December 13th, 2007!!

This is why I need to get you the information sooner!

I added a poll to the right side. Seems I need to let you know about these BEFORE they get to the Sold Out phase as well as in time for you to plan!!

I'm creating a form for you to sign up for emails about the LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminars.

I list them here about 2-3 weeks out generally. That isn't always enough time for everyone.

I want to send you a lot more information about them too!

This is why I need to figure out my aweber thingy and get that code into my blog.

I'll do what I can here. I may need a lot of help for THIS task!

Maybe tonight will be a good night for it. We were invited to a party (it's New Year's Eve after all) and decided, instead, to have our OWN party. Well, looks like only 3 other people will be here and they are my boyfriends gaming buddies.

I think I'll let them do a 'boys night out' kind of thingy and get some work done.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Internet Marketing & Website Makeover Workshop

Here's the 'next' Internet Marketing Seminar on your list...

Internet Marketing & Website Makeover Workshop
January 16, 2008
Ontario, Canada

I learned about it after I had some January Seminars listed here for you. Remember when I talked about the google alert service?

It brought THIS to me! I had no idea this group existed. There's a whole network of these Seminars so Stay Tuned for a WSI Seminar near you!

Pam Hoffman

2008 Success Workshop

Bob Jenkins just finished a series of calls he started in his "Solstice Sale" and finished with 2008 Success Workshop.

63 of us were in attendance at various times.

3 days, 3 calls a day.

A couple of short term forums (20 days!) and folks to network with.

All the makings of a great learning experience.

Bob made audio and video of all the calls and may make the Workshop available to others in the future.

I'll come back, when I've gathered my wits again, and tell you more!

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

The Week Ahead: December 30th thru January 5th

As we transition to a new year, There are no Seminar opportunities for 'The Week Ahead.'

Maybe this is a hint to someone out there.

I've been on the calls with Bob Jenkins, who conducted the last LIVE! Seminar of the year, that I know of, and I learned a lot.

I'll be relating some of that to you as well.

Stay tuned for more Seminars coming in January!

Pam Hoffman

Back To Work!

Well, it's back to work for me and I'll be listing Seminars again and visiting the Entrecard site.

What a trip. Have you seen EC? They built a site for all the cards.

We're throwing a party for New Year's Eve so I may slow down briefly again before the end of 2007.

Here's to the New Year. Make it your best yet!

Pam Hoffman

Happy Holidays!

Season's Greetings. Thank you for all your help and support during the last 8 months.

I've learned so much and met so many wonderful folks, all of whom have enriched my life tremendously.

I hope all your holidays are happy and safe - make it so!

I'll be back soon to let you know about the next Seminar up on your Seminarlist.

Let abundance into your life as we approach a new year and make it rock for yourself!

Until next time,

Pam Hoffman

The EntreCard Results Are In For The johnchow.com Ad!

Ok, my ad is finished running on johnchow.com and I got a total of 60 clicks from there, according to the EC statistics area.

The view from google analytics, if what I'm seeing is in fact the 'source of traffic,' looks kind of weird and the number seems a little different. More like 48-49. Then about 17 from the johnchow.com site itself for that day.

I'm still very pleased because my blog was averaging 5-6 visits a day only a few weeks ago.

On Friday, 12/21 google analytics indicates a jump to 79 visits!

THAT is what they call "The John Chow Effect" as it creates a spike for another site.

I was pleasantly surprised at the 'bounce' rate as well. It was only 77.xx% for that day. My average is much higher some days.

So, did I experience the "John Chow effect" for my blog that day?? Oh Yeah!

I expect I'll go back into Entrecard and watch for my opportunity to run my ad on johnchow.com again.

Since I saw such good numbers early on for that Friday, I decided to set up a bunch more ads for the holidays. I think it has paid off very well.

I still have a few left to run. I got a lot of them from the blogs they list on their 'least wait' list (or whatever they call it). Some went right away, after approval and some will go in the next couple of days.

I have noticed a general trend in holiday traffic. It seems to be very good for my blog.

What about you?

Pam Hoffman

An Amazing Service!

I just learned about 'google alerts' and I have Jeff Gardner to thank for that!

I set it up to help me find you more Internet Marketing Seminars; and I found them!!

In fact, I found a whole FRANCHISE with over 2000 members. Ever heard of WSI?

"We Simplify the Internet" - a service offering, amongst other things, Seminars!

I was up late a couple of nights ago, filled out a 'squeeze' form and the next morning, I got a call from Gregg Towsley!

He told me about the 2000 members (the Seminar i found was his) and I started looking. Oh yeah, there's more coming up too! 2008 is looking good for folks out there looking to get something going online.

If you keep coming back, you'll get to hear about them all. If you know about any, (and they aren't already in my database!) I'll make it a point to write you into my posts with a link to the site of your choice.

Thank you Jeff Gardner, that's an AMAZING service!

Pam Hoffman

Million Dollar Marketing Makeovers

Eben Pagan is doing a follow up to his Altitude Seminar late in 2007. I think this is it. I'm not sure where though, I've been looking around for it and I haven't seen a location yet.

Million Dollar Marketing Makeovers
January 17, 2008

It looks like you got a lot for your USD10K - they've been on a phone call every month and this follow up Seminar is just a few months after the main Seminar last October.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

The Week Ahead: December 23rd thru 29th

Here we are, facing the last full week of 2007. Let's see now, what's on our list still...

Bob Jenkins just annouced his Solstice Sale which is becoming a series of LIVE phone calls where Bob trains us to set up an Internet Marketing business and make it work. I just signed up, I couldn't resist!

Solstice Sale Seminar
December 27-29
online or on the phone

Other than that, we're looking at January for Internet Marketing Seminars.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

The Coveted Entrecard Ad!

I AM THERE!

Internet Marketing Seminar Listing Service by Pam Hoffman landed a spot on the coveted johnchow.com site!

How? you ask?

I watched, ever so closely, the John Chow ad on Entrecard for a few days, back when the site was 'new' (ok, it was about a week and a half ago!). I clicked and clicked and clicked so I would have enough credits and...

I struck, when the time was right - John had an opening and I had the required credits.

This is my first ad thru Entrecard - I have two more running on 12/22 and I realized that I'm getting pretty close to the holidays and that I probably should just bank credits for awhile until the new year comes around.

My buddy Kevin Davis will be one of my hosts on Saturday.

Now, the Friday before Christmas could be a good day to run my ad on johnchow.com or it could be a rotten day to run my ad on johnchow.com.

What do you think?

Will people take the day off, chill at home in front of their computers? or will they go out and mingle, party and generally get ready for the holidays? For me, and my ad on the coveted site, time will tell.

I got a 'screen shot' of my ad on johnchow.com. Does anyone remember them? I'm wondering if I can get it on here for you...

Well, it wasn't working with a 'paste' (aka ctrl+v) so I'll have to go and learn how to do that for you. If there is any way I can get that, I'll add it in here...

And I'll...

Let You Know

... how it goes with visits.

Entrecard has already increased my average daily visits by about 33% according to google analytics. That's pretty darn impressive! I wonder if google will buy them out down the road. That's sheer speculation on my part!

Later today, "The Week Ahead" and the LAST Seminar of the year!

Pam Hoffman

Solstice Sale - You Gotta Hurry!

Bob Jenkins just dropped a bombshell on his 4th and final preview call tonight!

His Special Offer next weekend is a SEMINAR!

Oh happy day.

Solstice Sale
December 27-29, 2007
by phone or webinar

You can learn from Bob Jenkins from home or on the road! Wherever you can get to a phone or a computer.

If you can't make all the calls, you get the recordings of the audio.

I just signed up and you can too.

Need a taste in advanced? You can listen to the first 20-30 minutes of the 4 preview calls he offered us this past week.

You GOTTA hurry though. Things are moving fast over there. The sale will ONLY be for about 48 hours and every day, the price goes up!

Go There Now: http://viralurl.com/pioniwol/solsticesale

If You Go, Let Me Know!!!

Pam Hoffman

All I Want For Christmas!!

"All I Want For Christmas is my..." Affiliate Incubator Recordings!!!

Did you ever pre-order a recording of a Seminar?

I went to Affiliate Incubator in October and when I was ordering, they (very smartly) included a pre-order offer of the recording of the Seminar for an extra $97.

So I ordered!!

I had a couple of reasons for ordering. I wanted to recap anything I missed (i missed Ewan Chan's whole part 1!). It was a better deal for my partner Jeff than actually bringing him, and I wanted to go thru the whole thing over again to remember and act upon. The Seminar was really great!

I've been looking for the recording in the mail ever since.

I even wrote them recently. I'm still waiting for a response.

Perhaps I didn't write to the proper place. I just realized - there IS somewhere ELSE I can request more information! This article is already paying off! Thank You!

Am I just impatient or is 9 1/2 weeks excessive? I really didn't think it would take this long to get my order filled. The product was essentially "ready" by the time the Seminar was over. I've ordered AND RECIEVED Seminar recordings AT THE SEMINAR in the past. That was in 1989. Technology must be better now, don't you think?

Has anyone received their AI recordings? Got any ideas how to find out when they are coming?

I REALLY thought this set of recordings would be here before this - now, it's All I Want For Christmas!!

I hope I get them by then.

I'll let you know what happens, sorry for the 'rant' - it won't happen TOO often! ;)

Pam Hoffman

Holiday Break

"All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy" --Jack Nickelson "The Shining"

Took a break from the action to go see this. I've never seen anything like it!











Metrolink in the Los Angeles, CA area rolled into our local train station, 50,000 lights, a brief show and toy drive sponsored by our local Firefighters.

Lots of kids, Girlscouts with homemade cookies and hot cocoa, all good holiday fare.

It was a wonderful sight and I really loved it.

What are doing for a break this holiday?

Let Me Know,

Pam Hoffman

SES Paris 2008

From my List, this appears to be the first Seminar up for 2008.

SES holds a series of Seminars on various topics. I'll be Listing them all for you here.

SES Paris 2008
January 15-16, 2008
Paris, France

From their site...

Search Engine Strategies returns to Paris with a new focus on the French Marketplace. Our new content line-up includes Key market makers in France along with an educational outline designed to address the issues Search Marketers face each day.

From universal or blended search considerations in natural search or SEO, to the latest tactics for managing sophisticated sponsored listing programs, we have created a social, educational and networking environment for you.

This year's event will have a limited number of attendees and space is limited, so please sign up early if you plan to attend.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

The Week Ahead: December 16th thru 22nd

Ooops, I should have had this in LAST week's summary because it ends on 12/16!

Dare to Grow Rich
December 14-16, 2007
Orlando, FL

Sorry about that!

That's all for this year though. I'll start posting January Seminars next!

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Success Symposium - This Seminar Can't Wait!

Coming in February - This Seminar Can't Wait! They are selling tickets right now and should be sold out LONG before it arrives.

Achievers from all over North America (and the world) are gathering for The Success Symposium

***AND***

The historic launch of the all-new SUCCESS magazine

A little bit of background (in case you care):

You see, SUCCESS magazine was first established in 1891 by Orison Swett Marden as a personal development magazine. Through the years, the publication was led by several renowned personal-development authors and editors, including Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone and Og Mandino.

The all-new SUCCESS magazine will return to its roots as the premier personal development title - what achievers read! It'll be the foremost trusted source for success resources. HISTORIC!

So, this launch will be big! And we've teamed with the publisher of Success Magazine to develop a day-long success-focused event that will have a potentially life-changing effect on you.

And here's why I'm telling you now (since I just heard about it) instead of waiting until February..

We have very limited seating and this may sell out within a few days (plus the bonus VIP upgrade will be gone within hours).

So, If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Novel Holiday Idea

Looking for a holiday gift that will really blow someone away? What about a Seminar?

Start 2008 right for you or someone you love. Sign up for an Internet Marketing Seminar!

Some of them offer you a deal - buy one, get one free! You AND a friend could go to some of these.

Others, like eComXpo, are offered at no charge. Then there are the ones offered at very low cost and move around so you might find them within driving distance. eBay LIVE! works that way.

Just look at the ones listed on the right under "Go To Seminars" - there's something for everyone on your list!

I think January is going to get off to a good start too! There are several things which you might be interested in. Some of these are first time Seminars so you can get the producers fresh.

January brings the first Product Development Lab, some of whom I met at Affiliate Incubator. SES has offerings right off the bat. Eben Pagan may do another Altitude in January.

I've got 10 different Internet Marketing Seminars in my database lined up for January. Some I just found and some I need to verify.

I'll be listing them very soon so that you can prepare for January.

And if you need a really awesome gift for someone this year, visit the listed Seminars.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

I Read Your Blog Too!

WOW!

You'd think that the end of the year would be a good time to slow down the Internet Marketing gig and spend time with family and friends.

Not the IM'ers I've been watching.

Even though the BlogRush widget is everywhere, I'm still getting people signed up thru my blog! I'm seeing some DARN GOOD titles on the widget too!!!

AND I'm reading them! The posts are outstanding. There are a bunch of really great bloggers out there. I'm stunned.

There is one thing I'm wondering - how in the heck do I get back to these blogs again later? If the content is good, I wanna go back!

Oh, yeah, I could 'bookmark' it. That is only good for awhile. For me anyway. I just stop looking at them and I don't actually remember why I went there from that either.

Oh, I could set up a record in my OutLook (which i do quite frequently) yet, there are just some blogs that don't get that kind of attention from me yet.

How about something on BlogRush itself?

Hey John! What about it?

Then, there's this new EntreCard (EC for short) thing. Have you seen it yet? I think you might like it.

It's a bit confusing at first. I finally figured it out and now, it's pretty much my latest addiction. Thanks Patrice for turning me onto it! I really like it and I'm letting other people know about it too.

Yeah, there's good chance I Read Your Blog Too! with all this going on. I keep visiting them. I keep reading them. Some are really funny. Do some digging, I think you'll find something you like too.

Me, I'm gearing up this month too. I spent most of November in Ohio which slowed me down a little. Hey, I was helping my mom!

I'll work in holiday stuff a little later on this month. I'm not as busy as I remember in year's past so Stay Tuned! I'm setting up the next Seminars for you and it's looking better and better!

Best,

Pam Hoffman

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
-Oprah Winfrey

The Week Ahead: December 9th Thru 15th

The Week Ahead...

IS AVAILABLE!

If you are considering producing an Internet Marketing Seminar, this might be a good week to look at.

Time will tell as I find these Seminars and get them more and more organized. That reminds me, I have some other projects to work on for you. This might be a good time to do a little more on them.

I think there is still at least ONE Internet Marketing Seminar on the list for this year.

I'll be starting up the January Seminars soon and I see that there are some interesting things going on out there for 2008...

BTW, I'm ALWAYS open to input. If you know of a LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminar going on anywhere in the world or if you are PRODUCING a LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminar, do let me know.

I'm open to interviews as well.

I'm thinking about something else too. If you are producing an Internet Marketing Seminar somewhere in the world, I'd like to talk with you about that. I'm wondering about your motivation primarily.

I once helped run a whole bunch of Seminars including National Space Society's 14th International Space Development Conference and I gotta tell you, they are a lot of work!

How are Internet Marketing Seminars different? Can you really make a profit? Do the hotels still work the way they did for us?

I can see that being of possible benefit to some of you.

What do you think? Would you like to hear what it's like from THAT side of things? Would it help with your Internet Marketing work online?

Drop by and leave me a note, I'm ready and willing to hear what YOU have to say about all this.

Until next time,

Pam Hoffman

EntreCard: An Ongoing Internet Marketing Seminar?

In my opinion, an 'Internet Marketing Seminar' should be a concentrated, beneficial event in your life that helps you get a step (or 10!) up on your internet marketing work.

I think I've been going to a 'Seminar' the last few days with my EntreCard experience. I mean this in a good way - the BEST way!

I had the most visits to my SeminarList blog EVER yesterday! This is just the beginning, I perceive.

I wrote about EntreCard the first time here: I Read Your Blog Too! since I have read more and more blogs due to EntreCard and BlogRush - especially EntreCard!

And I've seen an incredible amount of sites, the flavor of the authors and the lessons from them I can learn.

And I'll be sure to go back for more!

Not only has EC (EntreCard) been beneficial for the added traffic, the exposure and the sites I can go to, I have a chance to 'meet' people all over the world and establish friendships based on something truly terrific - our shared blogging experience.

Thank You EntreCard!

Pam Hoffman

LIVE! From Your Living Room!!!

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I just recieved word that you can soon enjoy a Seminar from the comfort of your own home.

"We are launching Millionaire in Training January 7th."

Well, it'll be on some DVDs I guess :)

"Millionaire in Training is the DVD set of the $6,000 a seat seminar we did in August."

I think I remember listing that Seminar!

If you'd like to get in on this before it launches, just click on the link
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Be A "Millionaire in Training"
^^^^^Right Here^^^^^
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"A great yogi is anyone who has achieved the permanent state of enlightened bliss. A guru is a great yogi who can actually pass that state on to others. The word guru is composed of two sanskrit syllables. The first means 'Darkness,' the second means 'Light.' Out of the Darkness and into the Light. What passes from the master into the disciple is something called mantravirya: 'The potency of the enlightened conciousness.' You come to your guru, then, not only to receive lessons, as from any teacher, but to actually recieve the guru's state of grace."
-Elizabeth Gilbert from "Eat, Pray, Love"

And We Have A Winner!

Congratulations Patrice of Wavumi!

You are the winner from the recent contest.

I'll be connecting with you soon to get your prize sent to you!

Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving your thought-provoking comment in the Contest post. You are the uncontested winner this time around!

WTG Patrice!

Pam Hoffman

The Week Ahead: December 2nd thru 8th

As the year winds down, so do the Internet Marketing Seminars it seems. We still have a few to choose from...

PPC Classroom LIVE!
December 1-2, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

SES Chicago
December 3-6, 2007
Chicago, IL

PubCon
December 4-7, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

Maybe it's Las Vegas week for Internet Marketing in 'The Week Ahead'! ;)

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Last Call For...

Last Call For...

The prize-winner.

So far, it could be you! I have no entries as of this writing and the post scrolled off the page so now you must go looking for it!

I'll give you a hint - it JUST scrolled off.

Go to the post, follow the instructions and you'll be in the running! Be sure I have a way to let you know if you won. Email me if you like with that info: pamhoffmanatcoxdotnet.

Odds are good you could win!

I'll be pulling a name (assuming there is one) on Saturday, December 1st, 2007 as the closing will be November 30th, 2007 at midnight my time - I'm in Southern California = PDT in the USA. That's GMT -08:00 (i just checked!).

I have the prize in mind - depending on whether it is a US citizen or international.

I'm not sure I can offer the one prize (a gift certificate) overseas. The other is a book about Internet Marketing.

Good Luck and GO FOR IT!

Pam Hoffman

Affiliate Incubator Interview: Pam Hoffman

I recently realized that I never mentioned to you MY experience at Affiliate Incubator.

Find here my own 'interview' from Affiliate Incubator - my very first LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminar.

How did you find out about Affiliate Incubator?

PH: In my research for all LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminars in the world, I run across many interesting Seminars. I kept wanting to go to them. It turns out that there were a couple in the area that particular weekend and I was in a position to go to one. I had to pick only ONE!

I put a lot of thought into which one would serve me better - they were both about the same in $$$ amount (with the earlybird special on the other one). Oh, I expect I would have learned a lot from the other one as well. I had to pick though.

I think I picked Affiliate Incubator since I'm still quite new to all of this. I've heard that most internet marketers start online promoting affiliate programs versus offering their own products. That is certainly true for me. I started working internet marketing in earnest in February 2007. I don't have any products yet. I'm promoting other people's stuff at the moment.

The thing that also appealed to me about AI (Affiliate Incubator) was that they were planning on addressing the affiliate and the affiliate manager. You know at some point, you want to become the one with the product and get the efforts of others to help you sell it.

That is what got me I think.

What did you get out of going to Affiliate Incubator?

PH: I made a large number of contacts, well, large for me anyway. Of all of the Seminars I've been to, this one seemed the most comfortable or the best 'fit' or something. I sure talked a lot more than I'm used to!

I heard a lot of the same things I've been reading about and got a few nuggets of info that were new to me.

When you decide to make online marketing your 'thing' initially, there can be an overwhelming amount of information. One of the first things Russell and Stu did was to organize the first '24 hours' for an affiliate.

This sorting out and organizing were invaluable for me. It gives me a path or a check list for any project. Oh, it may not work out for me personally in the long run. It's sure a good starting point though. When you are asking yourself who to listen to and who to believe, this helps sort things out.

The individual presenters were very informative. I find that, even when I've heard something from someone, hearing it again can be a very different experience. I'm different for one thing. I may have acted upon some of the things - which puts me in a different place to hear their message a little better or something.

It seems like each of these folks have a slightly different way of doing things on the internet. This helps me understand that I need to figure out how things are going to work for me too.

I have a sign on the top of my monitor: "I Gotta' Work it 'til it Works" and that is my idea of utilizing the information I've learned at AI. I don't know that I can do things the same way that these folks have. I sure have a bunch of models to look at. Knowing me, I'll probably synthesize a number of them into something that suits me perfectly.

Time will tell.

And that is what it's all about - spurring on ideas and actions.

I don't plan on doing things like the gurus. I plan on taking their methods and making them mine. I know that I work different than anyone else in the universe and I've got to learn what that is and do that. Little else will work for me I'm betting.

What are the main things you might tell someone considering going to an Internet Marketing Seminar to convince them that they should go?

PH: If you are considering going, of course, I'd like to think I provide a valuable service and I think you should visit my blog. But you knew that, didn't you?

If I were helping someone decide, I'd probably mention that it is pretty hard to lose. Most event planners offer guarantees and if you truely do not make any friends nor learn anything even remotely likely to help your business, ask for your money back!

After that, it's your time you must consider.

I guess, if you can see this being the best use of your time at the moment, by all means, check it out! There is a lot of talent out there and ebooks can only get you so far.

I'm serious about the networking too. Where else are you going to find folks you can learn from and with whom you may form alliances with? It is all up to you.

The speed at which things change, alone, might be the tipping point for you. You can't get some of the stuff they relate to you from products you buy. You might get the information. You might get some questions answered like during a teleseminar. You won't get to compare notes with your neighbor or joke around with other attendees or the presenters. And you need to ask yourself if this information will even be relevant when you finally get that product!

At a Seminar, I think most presenters add value to their presentation by offering you some tidbit they learned just recently a.k.a. the latest and greatest! My feeling is that Stu and Russell did just that for us.

How do you even find that kind of info anywhere else?

You'll never meet the staff behind the 'names' nor their families reading an ebook.

Stu's sister was incredibly helpful during the AI Seminar. I'm always curious to learn, 'how many people' arrived for the Seminar (i've been to a few seminars!). The staff will be the only ones who can tell you stuff like that.

Oodles of things happen in the hallways and the faux-pas can always get deleted!

You know, I think you should Go! If you are at all serious about this internet marketing stuff, you owe it to yourself to take in a Seminar!

Did you learn what you needed from Affiliate Incubator to make it worth your while?

PH: It's possible I'm somewhat unique in that the simple act of going to AI gave me fodder for my blog. Oh, yeah, I sure got a lot out of it personally to help me along in my business.

I feel like this was amplified because of my particluar topic on my blog.

OK, so I got contacts, I got information, I'm getting known in the community and AND I get to write up a bunch of stuff for my blog!

On the downside...

I think I agree with GiGi. I drove home each evening and back the next morning. This makes for a tiring event. If I could have stayed in the hotel, that would have meant more time for networking and less time on the road. I might have rested more like for the lunch breaks. I could have gone to my room for a 'power nap' or whatever. :)

Is there anything else you'd like to say about your experience at Affiliate Incubator?

PH: I think that going to AI solidified my committment to finding all of the LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminars in the world for my visitors.

It locked into me the true value of going to a LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminar in a way that just writing about it can not do.

I can see what I need to do better for my blog and for my work from the experience. I still have much to digest and I'll probably be making references to this for quite awhile yet to come.

Copyright 2007 Pam Hoffman

I thank you for reading and I extend the invitation to you to visit periodically to learn what is happening in the world of LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminars. I'll be logging them for as long as I see the need in the world for people to know where to find these things and how to go.

Pam Hoffman

The Week Ahead: November 25th thru December 1st

We are approaching the end of 2007 and there are still Internet Marketing Seminars to attend to help you change your new year!

Asia Internet Congress
November 28-30, 2007
Singapore

SES Local Search
November 28-30, 2007
Los Angeles, CA

Internet Marketing Conference
November 29-30, 2007
Stockholm, Sweden

PPC Classroom LIVE!
December 1-2, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

Well, now that I'm back home again (and my new tower arrived and is mostly up and running) I can really buckle down and get things organized for you.

There are some new things on the horizon so Stay Tuned!

And..

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Happy Thanksgiving USA!

Wanna' Win a Prize?

I posted a message recently and I mentioned a prize to be picked at random.

Wanna Win a Prize!?!

Currently, there is NO ONE in the running!

It could be all yours. Just find the post and follow the instructions.

Go Get 'Em!

Pam Hoffman

p.s. be sure there is a way for me to contact you if you win. send email telling me you entered: pamhoffmanatcoxdotnet if that helps you.

good luck!

The Week Ahead: November 16th thru 24th

Sorry this is late - I picked up a virus yesterday and just started feeling better this afternoon.

Let's see, what's going on for next week. Ah, I see a big Holiday Weekend in the USA. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the USA!

Finishing Up...

World Internet Summit
November 15-18, 2007
London, England

Internet & Joint Venture Marketing Super Conference
November 16-18, 2007
Orlando, FL

And that's all I have in MY database. If you know of anything, be sure to Let Me Know!

Also, did you see the prize I mentioned in a previous post?

It's wide open so far and the clock is ticking!

Good luck.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

As great as IM is, it’s no substitute for live face-to-face networking. Find an event in your area and join in the fun. John Chow

I Read Your Blog!

I have been reading a bunch of blogs lately and, periodically, I find out that some of these bloggers just went to an Internet Marketing Seminar!

I get to them from my BlogRush widget sometimes and other times, I know about them like johnchow.com and Jeremy Schoemaker's (oh, i knew about Jeremy's tho i never went until i saw a link on BR).

I look around and sometimes I find a way to contact them and ask them for an interview. Other times, I have no idea how to contact them!

I have done interviews in two different ways so far. I spoke with David White on the phone and translated that one into text by hand. Whew! That was really something.

I read a blog post by Andrew Wee right around then about interviewing - he had some terrific ideas. I think I was reading something on johnchow.com (or somewhere) too, about interviewing busy bloggers. Whoever it was said not to bother asking 'may i interview you?' just ask the questions!

Well, I have been doing that ever since. I asked all of the folks I met at Affiliate Incubator a bunch of questions by email and many have already replied. I have most of them up on my blog already (and duh, i never wrote you my thoughts - i'll get right on that later today, i'm writing you an article right now ;).

I'll get the rest of the Affiliate Incubator 'interviews' on the IMSLS (that's short for Internet Marketing Seminar Listing Service) blog as soon as they are ready for you.

I am wondering: How Do I Get Ahold of These Folks To Ask Them About Their Experience?

If you have any ideas, I'm all ears! I sent an email to John Chow a couple of days ago and, yeah, my setup here in Columbus, Ohio ain't the greatest, I know, but I have yet to hear from him!

What's it going to take?

I appreciate any input and, hey I'll pick a commentor and offer a prize. I have something in mind - be sure to add in your email address or email me: pamhoffmanatcoxdotnet so that I can get your address and send it to you!

Prize winner will be picked on December 1st.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pam Hoffman

PPC Classroom LIVE!

Sometimes these things just fall into my email inbox. Like this one, it showed up this morning...

PPC Classroom LIVE!
December 1-2, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

Anik Singal & Jeremy Palmer say...

This is really the FIRST seminar of it's kind where all we are doing is dedicating the entire 2 days to teaching you everything we can on just Pay Per Click Marketing through Google Adwords, Yahoo Search! and Microsoft Ad Center.

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Affiliate Incubator Interview: GiGi Konwin

The Affiliate Incubator Interviews are still coming so I'll keep posting them for you. I spoke at length with GiGi Konwin during the Seminar, (and a little bit since then) who is just a dear.

Here is HER input from Affiliate Incubator last month...

I asked: How did you find out about Affiliate Incubator?

GiGi said: Actually I won a ticket to the Affiliate Incubator. Jim Morris of Nichebot ran a contest where all you had to do was say why you think you should be one of the winners of the contest. I think sounding pathetic helped - there were 3 other winners.

PH: What did you get out of going to Affiliate Incubator?

GK: Quite a bit. I had decided before I went that I was going to write a blog about the experience for those internet marketers that have never had a chance to go to one of these seminars. It made me take really good notes. I discovered that I really had all the tools I needed, just had to figure out a way to put it all together. I think Russell's last talk on being an entrepreneur really wrapped it all up for me.

PH: What are the main things you might tell someone considering going to an Internet Marketing Seminar to convince them that they should go?

GK: There's always something new to learn. It's a great experience just to be able to talk with other people that understand the "lingo" and know what it is you do. Those of us that sit at home all day in front of a computer need to experience our professions from other people's perspective.


PH: Did you learn what you needed from Affiliate Incubator to make it worth your while?

GK: Well, obviously I did, since I didn't pay for it. Plus I was local to the area - I think that was a drawback for me. I think I would have gotten more out of it if I could have stayed later and "networked" more after hours. I would recommend staying in the seminar hotel if you can afford it.


PH: Is there anything else you'd like to say about your experience at Affiliate Incubator?

GK: Just some tips for others - take business cards, even if all they have on them are your name and email address. Make a real effort to say 'hi' to everyone, including the presenters. I'm basically a pretty shy person, so it was a real effort to do that, but you'll have a much better experience if you do.

PH: Tell me a little bit about what you are doing and be sure to include the website of your choice.

GK: Basically, I have health-related websites, but I have done a blog about my seminar experience. Be sure to read about what goes on at an internet marketing seminar here: Affiliate Marketers Dream

Congratulations on winning GiGi and Thank You for your time! I keep visiting your blog to help remind me of events from Affiliate Incubator.

Copyright 2007 Pam Hoffman & GiGi Konwin

Pam Hoffman

Where In The World???

I just found 3 Internet Marketing Seminars in a row for the month of November! I knew there had to be more out there, the question is 'where in the world?' were they?

One started yesterday! :( I'll keep track of that for next year.

Here are the other two...

World Internet Summit
November 15-18, 2007
London England

Asia Internet Congress
November 28-30, 2007
Singapore

They will be in the regular line up for "The Week Ahead," as they happen.

I'll keep digging!

Pam Hoffman

p.s. If You Go, Let Me Know!

The Week Ahead: November 11th thru 17th, 2007

I love this business where I can work from anywhere. Here I am in Columbus, Ohio helping my mom move into her house and I'm STILL able to bring you the Internet Marketing Seminars which are coming to the world next week. Of Note: PostieCon is happening for free tomorrow in Las Vegas. Click on PostieCon for further information.

Well, here is The Week Ahead...

The Ultimate Small Business Bootcamp
November 10-11, 2007
Alabama

Online Marketing Bootcamp
November 12-16, 2007
Burlington, VT

PubCon Lite
November 14, 2007
Hollywood, CA

PPC Summit
November 15-16, 2007
San Francisco, CA

Internet & Joint Venture Marketing Super Conference
November 16-18, 2007
Orlando, FL

Exocet Customer Appreciation Seminar
November 17
Perth, Australia

Internet Wealth-Building Bootcamps
November 17-18, 2007
Toronto, Ontario

Internet Wealth-Building Bootcamps
November 17-18, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

Ok, That's how next week is shaping up. With any luck, I can get back to my regular posts and you will keep getting all LIVE! Internet Marketing Seminars in the World for the next 12 months!

Oh...

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

On The Road Again!

Hey Gang!

I just cleaned up the laptop at my mom's in Columbus, Ohio so that I can use it to do my work from here. Did you miss me? : )

First of all, the machine wanted to update it's calendar - from 2002!

THEN there was a ton of annoying and malicious adware! I could not get past this one site on the internet - not even to get spybot on here and clean things up. My boyfriend Jeff has just been a sweetheart! He's at a Seminar today (a Real Estate Seminar!!) so I can't directly give him kudos. He'll know soon enough!

So, to make a 10 hour story into a 2 minute post. I did finally get spybot going and then the internet was completely disconnected! I must have cleaned up TOO much. Hey, it was my first time!

I did everything I could think of and then I called the ISP. Who ran me thru a lot of those DOS prompt things and THEY discovered that I had a 'winsock' error.

Well, that meant they couldn't help me! They DID give me the number for the computer manufacturer, one hour call later, and I was online again! I even got to talk with a very nice lady in India (i'm sure).

I have accomplished something I usually let my boyfriend handle. I'm feeling kind of proud of myself today.

OK, now it's back to work!!

Pam Hoffman

Your Third Affiliate Incubator Interview

Here's a third 'take' on Affiliate Incubator from another attendee I met there.

Terry Hudson takes a totally relaxed attitude to all of this - it's no wonder being from St. Thomas as he is! :)

Here's what he has to say...

I asked: How did you find out about Affiliate Incubator?

Terry said: That's a great question, Pam. I live in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Coincidentally, I've been feeling a little isolated as I think I'm the only one doing any Internet Marketing here. I've tried to talk to my friends and whenever I explain what I'm doing, I always get this really puzzled look and then they change the subject.

So when Jim Morris of Niche Bot fame announced his contest I wrote in saying pretty much what I explained above... that no one here understood what I was talking about and that I felt isolated and would like a chance to meet some cool people who had the same interest. I was one of the three chosen to receive a ticket courtesy of Jim.

PH: What did you get out of going to Affiliate Incubator?

TH: Pam, the presenters were all awesome and had their own slant on Affiliate Marketing but, there was one common thread. That was... you have to treat this like a real business, and they all echoed one another when they said you "have to be prepared to fail." Another one of my notes from Russell Brunson says... "failing makes it easier to go to the next step" I guess I'm doing something right then because I've had 3 hard disc failures in the last 18 months and have managed to put my websites and business back on track each time. It's the power here; it continually spikes or cuts off when you least expect it. I guess with each setback, you're actually one step closer to making it (even though you may not realize it.)

PH: What are the main things you might tell someone considering going to an Internet Marketing Seminar to convince them that they should go?

TH: Another good question Pam. I've read numerous times that if you don't get anything else out of an Internet Marketing seminar, the one thing you can take home with you are new friends and potential JV partners. After attending the Affiliate Incubator seminar, I can say that meeting people like you, and all the others sitting around our little group, has to be the highlight of this seminar. Don't get me wrong, I filled my workbook with notes from each speaker and have already implemented a few of the "top dawgs" suggestions. But, in the long run, the relationships I've formed are the first thing on my list of things I took home from this seminar.

PH: Did you learn what you needed from Affiliate Incubator to make it worth your while?

TH: Yes I did! I have pages and pages of notes from all the speakers. Everyone was interesting and had some very good content to pass on.

Also, as I've mentioned, I'm kind of isolated. I've sent my share of emails to well known gurus, but have almost never received a reply. There were several important attendees and speakers that I met, that I believe I could at least get some kind of personal response from now that I've put a face with a name, so to speak.

PH: Is there anything else you'd like to say about your experience at Affiliate Incubator?

TH: I would like to encourage anyone who is serious about building an internet businees to invest your time and money to attend at least one seminar. The information and most importantly, the relationships, are worth every dollar I spent attending the Affiliate Incubator Seminar.

PH: Tell me a little bit about what you are doing and be sure to include the website of your choice.

TH: Thanks for the opportunity to explain what my business is about. First of all, I have to admit that I've been doing just the opposite of what the Affiliate Incubator speakers were trying to get across. I've been going 'willy nilly' all over the place. I have clearly defined goals and a vision of what I want to achieve, but I'm coming to the realization that you can't be all things to everyone.

OK. With that said, what I've been trying to do is build a core company with niche websites on many different unrelated topics. Because of my interest in boats and the fact that I have a boat detailing business here in the Virgin Islands, I started http://www.boatdetailing.info/ to retail my product line and services. I do ok with that site and it's been online for about 36 months. Then one day, I read something about "get rich on the internet." Build Google adsense sites and the "money will come like crazy" or some such headline; and so I did. I have about 20 Adsense sites and they all make a dollar or two a day, except www.fivedaytrips.com which does $3.00 to a high of $14.00 a day. Ok, not too bad for a beginner, but where is the money? So the next thing was building sites with the intent of flipping them for $300 or so after holding onto them for a month to three months. I built some of these, but never sold one though. Tried, but I guess I didn't do it right or something(:>) So then, I decided I would get rich by having one site where I would teach newbies how to earn money online, www.terryhudson.net. I had it chocked full of affiliate ebooks, reports, free articles and you name it. Even have 30 to 50 uniques visitors each day but you know what? No money!!!

So that brings me up to date. I attended the Affiliate Incubator and learned this one key thing from Ewen Chia...

'Practice the power of one.' In other words, focus on one thing and one thing only and, when you get really good at it then... add something else. So, my big vision and dream to build a web business that I can flip one of these days is still a reality. The thing I'm concentrating on is taking it one step at a time and building value with each decision I make. Then my friends on St. Thomas will say something like this in five or six years... "you know Terry Hudson? He just sold his Internet businees for 5 mil... what an overnight success he was. Terry is one of the luckiest people I know." Ha Ha Ha... an overnight success! Everyone reading this knows how much work it takes, don't you?

PH: Do you know of any other Internet Marketing Seminars coming up that I should post to my blog?

TH: Pam, I'm counting on you to keep me informed.

Then Stay Tuned Terry! I have over 100 Internet Marketing Seminars the world over spanning the next 12 months and I'm always looking for more.

Copyright 2007 Pam Hoffman & Terry Hudson

If you ever hear of any, drop me a line and I'll be sure to list it - if I don't already have it in my database, I'll be sure to give you credit and a link to a site of your chosing. That goes for anyone who reads my blog!

Thanks so much Terry, sounds like an adventure out there, I'm looking forward to seeing how it all goes for you!

Pam Hoffman

"One of the reasons I attend a bunch of trade shows every year is not just to keep up with the industry. These shows provide a great venue to network with like minded and successful people." John Chow

The Week Ahead: November 4th thru 10th, 2007

Well, that's a little more like it...

Internet Wealth-Building Bootcamps
November 3-4, 2007
London, England

Kick-off Launch Party & LIVE! Training Event
November 3-4, 2007
Dallas, TX

Blog World Expo
November 8-9, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

Joe Polish Seminar
November 8-10, 2007
Phoenix, AZ

Freedom Factor
November 9-11, 2007
Phoenix, AZ

Virtual Seminar Week
November 9-17, 2007
ONLINE!

PostieCon
November 10, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

The Ultimate Small Business Bootcamp
November 10-11, 2007
Alabama

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Exocet Customer Appreciation Seminar

As I mentioned yesterday, another Internet Marketing Seminar fell into the hopper yesterday so if you are in or near Perth, Australia you might want to check this out! The price is certainly reasonable.

Mal Emery is your host at...

Exocet Customer Appreciation Seminar
November 17th, 2007
Perth, Australia

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Online Marketing Bootcamp

A couple of Internet Marketing Seminars fell into the hopper today. Here's the first of the two...

Online Marketing Bootcamp
November 12-16, 2007
Burlington, VT

And the other one is in Perth, Australia! Stay Tuned.

And...

If You Go, Let Me Know!

Pam Hoffman

Another Affiliate Incubator Interview!

They are coming in thick and fast and since we may have a 'lull' in the Internet Marketing Seminar action, I'm just going to hang these up for you!

Let's hear from Jon Yeo who came all the way from Australia to join us at Affiliate Incubator!

PH: How did you find out about Affiliate Incubator?

JY: Its a bit of a co-incidence, although there are no accidents. I decided I wanted to get into Internet & Affiliate Marketing and a couple of opportunities came to me that week. (Way back in March). In September, I had booked a trip to San Diego, the Bob Proctor Cruise and I wanted to take advantage of my time in the US (I am from Australia) by finding an affiliate marketing seminar. Again, later that week, I got an email from Stu and Russell via Rick Raddatz that a seminar would be running in Anaheim in the days after the Cruise. It was a no brainer as my flight back to Australia is out of LA.

PH: What did you get out of going to Affiliate Incubator?

JY: That, to the creative mind, anything is possible. There are so many opportunities out there, it's almost overwhelming. I have a whole bunch of notes from the AI weekend.

PH: What are the main things you might tell someone considering going to an Internet Marketing Seminar to convince them that they should go?

JY: Be open to ideas, be prepared to connect, be prepared to add value (thanks Rick for that one- I mentally "knew" that but Rick taught me the POWER of understanding that concept). Finally, have a goal. What do you want to achieve out of that opportunity?

PH: Did you learn what you needed from Affiliate Incubator to make it worth your while?

JY: Yes and plenty more. We got plenty of ways to manage our affilliate marketing. All fantastic. Its much better than just having one technique and hoping that it works.

PH: Is there anything else you'd like to say about your experience at Affiliate Incubator?

JY: Thanks to Stu, Russel, Rick, Ewan, Germaine & the others for an awesome event.

PH: Tell me a little bit about what you are doing and be sure to include the website of your choice.

JY: I am having huge success with a blog - jointhesecret.blogspot.com, its ugly but it works, I also see amazing results with www.AbundanceByDefault.com. Its a great opportunity. Finally, check out www.crazyegg.com. Did you know moving things around on your site and watching clicks can be monitored with a heatmap? That's what Crazyegg.com does.

PH: Do you know of any other Internet Marketing Seminars coming up that I should post to my blog?

JY: No, but that's why I have you Pam. http://seminarlist.blogspot.com

You are very kind Jon! When you hear about any other Internet Marketing Seminars "Let Me Know!" ;)

Copyright 2007 Pam Hoffman & Jon Yeo

Be sure to come back for the next Affiliate Incubator Interview!

Pam Hoffman