Forum: Off Topic Forum 
31st July 2013, 01:39 AM
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Views: 1,162  Re: Inflation is dead..
The "Creature from Jekyll Island" is one of the best books I've ever read.
Did you know that 1/4 of the worlds wealth was represented by the 6 men that met at Jekyll Island, Ga in 1910 to create...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th April 2013, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd December 2012, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 108
Views: 3,259 Re: College or Internet Marketing
It depends on your degree, but I don't think they teach much of anything in college (I have a 4 year degree in business from a california state school).
1st. They don't teach you how to be a...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th November 2012, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,285 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
28th November 2012, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,285 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
27th November 2012, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,285 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
23rd October 2012, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,908 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
15th October 2012, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 97
Views: 2,267 Re: Formal Education?
There are a few reasons why I'm leery of college education.
A. The price has gone up significantly in the last 30 years. I think this is a fact. At the rate of inflation, or much higher.
B....
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th October 2012, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 97
Views: 2,267 Re: Formal Education?
I don't think they are necessarily the exceptions. Look at the Forbes 400 list. Year after year, there are a significant number of people with little formal education.
I.e. there's the classic...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
12th October 2012, 01:54 AM
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Replies: 97
Views: 2,267 Re: Formal Education?
I think formal education can put you in a box.
-Look at the number of guys in marketing, business, finance who never went to college or never even got a masters (which some might think of as a...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
10th October 2012, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,913 |
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Forum: Mind Warriors
12th January 2012, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,913 |
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Forum: Mind Warriors
31st December 2011, 03:58 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,913 |
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Forum: Mind Warriors
27th December 2011, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,913 |
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Forum: Mind Warriors
27th December 2011, 12:24 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,913 Re: How did Jay Abraham get his Start? / Biography
He has a set of videos titled, "My life in marketing". I think they're 2 hours a piece, 4 tapes, about 8 hours. He goes over his whole life story, ups and downs.
He worked for a bunch of different...
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Forum: Copywriting
23rd December 2011, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 833 Re: I want suggestions to improve my pitch page
Honestly, I would change a lot.
-I think you have to focus on content over graphics or display.
-Why are you selling it for $17? Have you tested other prices?
What's really the result of...
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Forum: Copywriting
11th December 2011, 05:49 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,765 Re: Copywriting books and information overload
I think people are waiting for a "perfect" pitch. They want all the stars and planets to line up. Everything perfect. Then.....they'll make a million dollars.
-What can you do now? I think thats...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th December 2011, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,837 Re: Best Internet Marketing Books You Have Read
I'm a big fan of Jay Abraham.
-His book Stealth Marketing is awesome. Very translatable to the internet, in terms of how to run and think about a business (how to maximize it). The principles in...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th December 2011, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 14,199 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th December 2011, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 14,199 |
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
7th May 2011, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,425 Re: Any of you read books?
Am I the only one that likes to read old books? Say, before 1970 or 60..
A. There's less fluff, buzzwords, soundbites, etc. Less flash, much more substance. The authors back then (in the pre...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
7th May 2011, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,824 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
18th April 2011, 03:08 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 888 Re: Any Marketing Majors?
I majored in finance ('04). What they teach is a lot of theory.
In finance, there's the "efficient market hypothesis". And people are "rational". And all these suppositions. It all blew up in the...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
2nd March 2011, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,425 Re: Any of you read books?
I've probably read parts of, or all of 100-140 books on different subjects.
-Take notes! Read a book cover to cover and see what jumps out at you.
-Look for themes! There's a lot of...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
18th December 2010, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,139 Re: Jay Abraham: What Ever Happended To Him?
I think he taught so much in the 90's, he got frustrated people didn't do more with it.
If you listen to his seminars, I think he expected people to do everything he shared. I think thats why he's...
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Forum: Copywriting
24th November 2010, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,279 Re: How Claude Hopkins Lived To 144 Years
That's what he said. There are several quotes about college in "My life in advertising". Marketing is very different than engineering, being a doctor, being an accountant, etc.
Here's his specific...
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Forum: Copywriting
22nd November 2010, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,279 Re: How Claude Hopkins Lived To 144 Years
For advanced students of Hopkins,
-Go through "My life in advertising" and highlight his successes. He worked with a meat packing company, pepsodent toothpaste. Have you ever heard of film on...
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Forum: Copywriting
22nd November 2010, 02:39 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,279 Re: How Claude Hopkins Lived To 144 Years
Funny, I was reading My Life in Advertising tonight.
I think there is so much wisdom packed into this book, and the nuances of marketing success are so small (esp to newbies), the book and Hopkins...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd November 2010, 02:20 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,699 Re: Good books on marketing?
I'm a big Jay Abraham fan, I've learned a lot from him.
I would recommend one of his seminars on audio tape. Different experience than a book, IMO. With books, its easy to pick and choose a method...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
11th November 2010, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 846 Re: You Don't Have to Be a Guru
I got back from a trip to the east coast last week....philadelphia, ny state, and vermont.
What struck me about that area is there's a million small pop and mom businesses....and everyone is doing...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th November 2010, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,010 Re: Double Your Cashflow in 12 Months Or Less...
Jay Abraham's stuff is gold.
He's sold so many things in his career, it is mind boggling. He sold $15,000 and 20,000 protege mentor training programs back in 1990. Which would be probably $35 or...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th October 2010, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 28
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Forum: Mind Warriors
14th October 2010, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,860 Re: Influential Books; What are YOU reading?
This isn't marketing related, but Charlie Mungers, "Poor Charlie's Almanack" is excellent. Munger is Warren Buffett's parter.
He took the idea from "Poor richards almanac" by Ben Franklin. It's a...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th October 2010, 04:50 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,872 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th October 2010, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,562 Re: Best Physical Book to Help Your Offline Biz?
I'd recommend one of Jay's seminars in the 90's on audio tape. His mastermind marketing seminars were outstanding.
They seem antiquated by now, but that's where the power lies. Because no one uses...
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Forum: Copywriting
29th September 2010, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,528 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th August 2010, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 3,302 Re: Have you ever bought a $1,000+ IM product?
This year, I've spent about $380 on marketing information.
-In the form of 3 seminars from Jay Abraham ($50 a piece).
-A fourth seminar ($150).
-Another seminar that use to cost a fortune, when...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th August 2010, 01:03 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,050 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
7th August 2010, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,220 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th August 2010, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,313 Re: You better be a part of the 'big guys' list
Has anyone gotten Jay Abraham's latest letter about the products he's selling at a discount? "Only" $2,000, lol. And the retail value was $36,000 or something.
I think its a fascinating strategy....
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th August 2010, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,220 Re: Jay Abraham and Icy Hot
I would try to get Jay's "Protege Mentor Training course" from 1990. In it, he explains his past, all of his business dealings, he goes over a lot of word for word transcripts that he used. That...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st July 2010, 02:39 AM
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Replies: 62
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
28th May 2010, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,510 Re: What Book Are You Reading Now?
Poor Charlie's Almanack is awesome. I'd rate it 10 stars.
There's also a great list of books in the back that he recommends....wealth and poverty of nations, guns, germs and steel, cialdini's...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
28th May 2010, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 621 Re: Help me put my son to work...
Read some books early, and he'll probably make 10x more than he would have normally, by age 22 or 24.
As mentioned Dan Kennedy, Jay Abraham, etc. You just have to plant a few seeds, and those...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
17th May 2010, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,849 Re: Jay Abraham's site
I'm a big fan of his work, I've studied his site.
-He still has sales letters on his website. Like (peq). A seminar he did with chet holmes back in 2002. type "Jay abraham" peq into google, and...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
11th May 2010, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 4,941 Re: What books are you reading?
Great quote. Looking for the exotic without the basics is going to be an exercise in frustration.
All the big gurus try to pound the basics in your brain.
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Forum: Copywriting
9th May 2010, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,608 Re: Your Favorite Books on Marketing Psychology
I'll add Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins.
I heard Jay Abraham say on a tape once, the only marketing books he reads are those from the 20's to 40's (or there abouts). Marketers back then...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
8th May 2010, 03:08 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 12,301 |
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Forum: Mind Warriors
8th May 2010, 02:52 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 4,941 Re: What books are you reading?
Lately, it's been more Jay Abraham.
I stay up until 10 or 11 listening to every word of one of his Mastermind seminars in the 90's. The biggest problem people have online (or off) trying to make...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
3rd May 2010, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,946 Re: What Are Your Three Life Changing Books
I've studied Jay abraham's stuff the most out of any marketer or internet marketer. 3 life changing books?
-His Mr X book. Probably the most comprehensive business and marketing reference book...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th April 2010, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Mind Warriors
24th March 2010, 12:11 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 4,941 Re: What books are you reading?
Most books on success, personal development, business, marketing, etc I read from 2000-2005. Tony Robbins, Donald Trump, Richard Branson (Losing Mr Virginity, great biography). And similar books.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd March 2010, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 548 Re: Is |Action| Everything As They Say It IS?
I think action is very difficult (esp if you live in a big congested city).
-If you're doing this after work, you come home at 5 or 6, and what do you face? American Idol blaring, a million and...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
23rd March 2010, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 862 Re: "Out Of The Box"... What It Means.
I was listening to a Jay Abraham seminar where he was talking about a box. I think he had a box on stage, 2 feet by 3 feet or something and said (metaphorically), "this is what you've been living...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
19th March 2010, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 168
Views: 77,925 Re: Top 10 Personal Development Books of ALL TIME
He's not really a personal development author, but Jim Rogers (financial author, commentor) is excellent.
-He explains things in clear, simple language. He has two main books, investment biker and...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
19th March 2010, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,191 Re: Potential CraigsList Goldmine
Even better in this economy. Carpenters, plumbers etc probably aren't getting all the business they can handle. So what does it cost them? Its business they wouldnt have had otherwise.
Basically,...
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