Yanik's Underground Online Seminar 7 (2011)

Great, congrats! See you there

What are you going to speak on Brad ?

Hey Brad

Great to hear. Our team at The Internet Time Machine will be there too. CEO Curt Dalton will be presenting. I'm sure he would love to catch up!

Thanks,
Ange

Hubby and I start making plans early so we can squeeze in some DC tours. Love the event and location

Hi,


I haven't been to Affiliate Summit West, but I have been to many other Internet marketing events, ones that's I have reaped a lot from over the years - above and beyond ticket costs. So not a pro, but I'll try to help with a reply.

A lot goes into events - lots of work, funds, scheduling, promotions, behind-the-scenes activities and more. And just dropping in isn't ethical or appreciated by some hosts - not all, but you want to be professional, bottom line. Of course if the host is a client or someone you know, etc., this may be different. (I sure don't want to even try to speak for all event hosts )

Here's what I recommend:

Reach out to the event host. Hosts and their event staff / workers are often more than happy to help you with networking: before, during and after the events. Contact them and mention something as you did here, and see if maybe there are options for 1-day networking and / or other activities. Many of these events do actually have breakfast, lunch and / or dinner networking sessions before and after the event dates (or around them, like after-hours on workshop days) and other types of activities & sessions, too.

Let the host know what plans you would be interested in considering, your budget, who you'd like to meet, etc., and see if they can help get you a plan of action in place.

Of course other Warriors may have other tips, so stay tuned here for more, too!

Hope that helps some

I'm going to put in my 2 cents here for whatever they're worth to you.

As Di said, a lot of folks who run these shindigs don't appreciate people
just popping in. There is a reason they have a price tag attached to
them, again as Di said...lots of planning. People don't realize what goes into
these because they've never done one themselves.

Walk a mile in their shoes and you'll understand.

As to why you should spend the money or how to justify it, nobody can
do that but you.

A lot of the problems Internet marketers have is the 6 inches of real
estate between their ears.

If you don't think you'll get value out of it, guess what? You won't.

Will you meet somebody there who will have a great impact on your
future success? Maybe, maybe not. As I've told people a million times,
there are no absolutes in this business.

But I can tell you this much, and I am speaking from experience. If you
do go to this or any similar event with the attitude of "show me I just
haven't thrown away my money" and the people there will avoid you
like the plague. Trust me, they pick up on the skepticism and have no
time for it.

That's why when people ask me if my coaching is going to help them, I
tell them that if they have to ask, it probably isn't for them.

Attitude is everything in this business.

If I go to this or any of these events, I will go to them expecting to get
great things out of it.

But that's just me.

Bottom line: You have to do what you feel is right.

Nobody, not Di or myself, can answer that question for you.

Probably not the answer you wanted to hear but it's the most honest
one that you're going to get here.

Hi Jeremy,


Hey, add me to your Facebook, Tweets, email, etc, and look me up! Hubby and I (and sometimes others) go there. For tips, here is a short list I wrote about awhile back....