When I attended an internet marketing seminar in Dallas, Texas, a few months ago, a large group of us went out to dinner at a steakhouse. One of the marketers made a statement that instantly alienated him from the rest of the group. It showed me that he was a buyer instead of a seller.

That statement was that a well-known internet marketing mentor we all knew, took his $20,000 per year mastermind group out to dinner, and did not buy them dinner. This person seemed to be convinced...