Since I got home from Carl Galletti’s Internet Marketing Superconference one of the most common questions I have been asked is “who did you meet?”.
Now initially I thought people were interested in the other atendees, but then I realised that all they really wanted to know was about the “Gurus” , well the ones on stage in particular.
Rich Schefren (I shook his hand and I think he is a genius) , as soon as I get the DVD’s of the conference I will sit down and watch his talk again with a pad and paper in my hand and I am sure it will revolutionize my business.
Joel Comm – has made the absolute best out of the adsense game, I am sure there were people at the conference who earn more than he does, but he has marketed himself and his products brilliantly. He took the time to chat to everyone who wanted to talk to him and I think that in itself makes him worthy of a mention.
Martin Wales - now this is the man who took time to actually talk to me, and not just about marketing. He heard my accent , apparently the fact that I am from just outside London is quite audiable (sp?) , and was talking to me about England and my family. This made me feel like I am a real person not just a walking dollar.
We talked about places we had been and jobs we had done, and he talked about me..
Most “gurus” seemed to talk about them.. Martin was a bit different in that he asked me what I did , where I was going and what plans I had..
This may not seem like a big thing to you but trust me, it mattered to me.
Mr X - He took the time to not just talk to me, but actually spoke to my long suffering wife and asked how she was enjoying vegas and some other chit chat. That sort of stuff matters in the real world.
He is working on some very interesting ideas for affiliate marketing, and his is another presentation that I will watch again.
Ok so that is a quick sum up of the people that were on stage and who I was lucky enough to talk to..
They were interesting.. But do you know who was more interesting..
The people sitting around me..
I didnt arrive at the conference as early as I had hoped to on the first day, so I just jumped straight into a seat near the back said a quick hi to the guys around me and then started listening.
The guy on my left who seemed vaguely familiar was Frank Sousa – He is now involved with len thurmond on his latest product , but previously he was one of the first to offer a google site map maker.
Frank gave me a copy of his book , from Idea to $32,473 in 24 days .. Sorry if that titles wrong Frank..
He must of thought I was a nut case as I kept giving him funny looks, It was because I kept looking at the name tag and until I read the book last night I never could work out where I knew his name from.
I also met two guys who are starting up their own site builder – Page Daddy – I actually have some pics of me and these guys (will put them up when I get round to it). They are making a site builder (what another one I hear you say)..
The difference is that they want to build community into it, and they are also preparing extensive video back up showing how to use it..
But even more impressive, they have backdated the release of the product because they have got so many new ideas for things to do and ways to make the product even better.
I am impressed that they know they can make it better and want to do just that..
More to follow….