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Disaster At The UK Focus Seminar In London

by Tony Shepherd
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The disaster is I had to go home!

Here's why I'll be going to many more.
This is the first anglo american seminar I've attended although I've been invited to many.

I only flew down from yorkshire for one night and to be honest wasn't too bothered about the seminar, I wanted to meet some of my IM mates for a few beers on saturday night.

I arrived early and watched the presentations on saturday.

Most of them were thoroughly enjoyable and interesting and the ones that weren't my cup of tea were perhaps more interesting because I was able to sit down and figure out why they didn't appeal to me as much as the other guys did.

But the real value in going?

The bar.

I met half a dozen people who knew about my business and wanted to say hello and vice versa.

And I made two contacts and arranged future contact so we can sort out JV's.

I'll make back the cost of the seminar many times over and my initial feeling is that the mates I made will end up being both IM partners and personal friends.

Seminars?
Pitch-fests?

I'm a convert!
Tony
#disaster #focus #lindon #seminar
  • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
    Tony,

    Thanks for the link to your blog, and for the "Blog Your Wage" eBook. I've only read a few pages, but it's written in my kind of language.

    John H.
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Tunnah
      Good stuff Tony. Yes I agree the value in seminars and meet ups is the networking that can be done and to get to know people much better than on a website or via email/phone.

      Rich

      Ps. Didn't know you were a fellow Yorkshireman!
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      • Profile picture of the author Tony Shepherd
        For my sins I was actually born in Lancashire but my family's all Yorkshire and we live here now - kids born here (can play Cricket for Yorkshire officially).

        Feel like I should burst into 'On Ilka Moore Baht 'at' now

        But yes the seminar thing - wonderful.

        Tony
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        • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
          Tony, I turned the TV off at 9pm and started reading your "Blog Your Wage" eBook. The next thing I knew it was 11:45. To date, I've spent some pretty good money at Amazon for eCommerce and Web 2.0 related books, and none of them has given me the education that you just have.

          I'm only half-way through -- I have to go to bed now -- but I've a feeling that tomorrow morning, I'll be spilling corn-flakes on my MacBook keyboard just to finish the rest of the book as soon as possible.

          Tony, I can't believe that you've given away such an arse-spankingly good publication. I've learned so much. I'm so very grateful.

          John H.

          P.S. I'm in Redcar which is either in Cleveland or Yorkshire -- depending on who you ask.
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          • Profile picture of the author lindgren
            Hi Tony

            I really enjoyed meeting you and your great sense of humour at the seminar

            I look forward till next time

            Cheers
            Tina from Denmark
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            Best Wishes
            Tina Lindgren

            http://www.tinalindgren.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Tony Shepherd
    My pleasure John - grab it while it's free!

    Tony
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    How many times have we said it? Get out and meet people!

    I'm missing these events but there's one here in Singapore in a few weeks which I'm hoping to get to as Ross and Anik will be there speaking and I just want to buy them a drink - oh and some other people will be there

    Any
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    nothing to see here.

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