It's day 3 of the World Internet Summit, and I've gotta to say that I've mixed feelings about the whole event.
Why mixed feelings? Isn't this supposed to be biggest and most impactful Internet business event of the year? Yes, without a doubt - it is!
Thousands of participants attended. The atmosphere was great. The condition and set up of the hall were done to create a somewhat conducive environment for the speakers to make a powerful connection with the audience.
Moving on to the speakers, some of them are truly world class. David Cavenagh, Armand Morin and in particular, Brett McFall stand out. They were polished in their delivery. Cool, calm and collected, if you will. They definitely do know how to work and engage the crowd. For that, they get two massive thumbs up from me.
Okay I mentioned mixed right? Meaning that there were some negatives. Yes, unfortunately, I felt that way.
Why?
To be honest, I came to the event expecting some truly powerful concepts and secret techniques, but those were few and far between. At least to me.
There were some golden nuggets of information from Mark Joyner, Jay Abraham (what a great mind and strategist!), Armand Morin and Brett McFall, but the rest of the speakers, while good, didn't give stuff that were exactly cutting-edge.
This event was clearly geared towards those who are new to Internet Marketing (no wonder the event is priced at only $97).
I knew there will be bound to be some sales pitching, but I didn't expect to receive more than a fair bit of it.
Well I guess, different folks different strokes. I'm sure there were many in the audience that have benefited from the various presentations, especially those who are very new to Internet Marketing.
Ironically the things I truly learnt from were on how they make the sales pitches. I can recognize many of the methods they utilize to sell.
Techniques like using proof of earnings as a credentializer, bringing in live testimonials, playing with the audience's emotions like greed were used. I've to add they were quite effective at it. The speakers played up the imagination for the audience to let them fill in the blanks for themselves in a picture that looked absolutely wonderful. Frankly it's compelling. It is serious power copywriting techniques, displayed LIVE in motion!
My personal view is that the true value of the Mega summit lies not in the presentations but the actual networking that takes place outside the hall. While I didn't really go around socializing much, I did manage to speak to some Internet Marketers whom I previously got to know on the Net, for the very first time. It was pretty nice and pleasant. It was a pity I didn't get to meet a marketer whom I particularly respect.
Another highlight for me was that I had some really good marketing conversations and idea exchanges with a friend I went with for the event. We were there sitting down, scrutinizing the speakers' words, actions, marketing techniques and salesmanship. It was fun and educational at the same time! Gotta say that we really think alike in many ways. Very refreshing and very engaging.
It have been a hectic few days at the World Internet Mega Summit. Gonna take a short break.
Will be back. Watch this space!
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Alright the time is high for an update. It's been 11 whooping days since I last updated my blog. The longest break interval ever since I started this blog.
Not that I've been lazy, just that I've been too busy with the setting up of a online marketing consultancy business with my partner. So many administrative issues to be settled.
The good thing is that the office and phone lines have been settled. Everything have gone without a hitch.
Met some clients who are proposing partnerships. Gotta see how it goes.
Now the difficult bit - getting content on the site. Doing up the forum and the blog. Lotsa stuffs to be done!
For sure, the direction of this blog will have to change. Most of my Internet Marketing articles will now go towards our new company's corporate blog.
You can expect more and better informative articles. It is a good thing that my partner is pretty experienced in web development and marketing. He has handled government projects before and certainly, his contributions to the content will certainly gonna be vitally useful.
The direction of this blog will now be mainly towards business and finance in general. Mostly, investment - my first love! One which has unfortunately have to take a backseat when Internet Marketing came into the picture.
I will still write articles on Internet Marketing though, but it will be more of a preview teaser which will lead back to my company's blog.
Exciting and yet very challenging times ahead. There will be opportunities of joint ventures and tie ups. I expect that the journey will not be smooth sailing, but it will sure be a heck of a ride.
Before I go, I just like to thank all the folks who have been dropping by my site even though I've not been updating regularly.
Actually I do feel kind of bad that you guys took the time to come down, and yet have nothing new to read. Have also been getting some comments during this period on my blog which are nice to see and read. Thanks all! You know who you are!
This period of blog inactivity makes me realized that how just how important the frequency of content update is to traffic generation. For sure, the more you blog, the more likely you will get much higher visitor hits.
Feels a bit shitty to see my visitor statistics dropping because of the lack of updates. My Alexa ranking has taken a direct hit too. Initially, it was rising rapidly but went down due to my blog URL's change and now it has taken another blow.
I guess it can't be helped. As much as I love to blog, I gotta prioritize. Work pays the bills. Blogging does too, but not as much.
Ok I need to catch up on some beauty sleep after a long day. Just a reminder - the blog is still alive. I will still update, so do come back from time to time, yea?
Love ya!
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It's day 3 of the World Internet Summit, and I've gotta to say that I've mixed feelings about the whole event.
Why mixed feelings? Isn't this supposed to be biggest and most impactful Internet business event of the year? Yes, without a doubt - it is!
Thousands of participants attended. The atmosphere was great. The condition and set up of the hall were done to create a somewhat conducive environment for the speakers to make a powerful connection with the audience.
Moving on to the speakers, some of them are truly world class. David Cavenagh, Armand Morin and in particular, Brett McFall stand out. They were polished in their delivery. Cool, calm and collected, if you will. They definitely do know how to work and engage the crowd. For that, they get two massive thumbs up from me.
Okay I mentioned mixed right? Meaning that there were some negatives. Yes, unfortunately, I felt that way.
Why?
To be honest, I came to the event expecting some truly powerful concepts and secret techniques, but those were few and far between. At least to me.
There were some golden nuggets of information from Mark Joyner, Jay Abraham (what a great mind and strategist!), Armand Morin and Brett McFall, but the rest of the speakers, while good, didn't give stuff that were exactly cutting-edge.
This event was clearly geared towards those who are new to Internet Marketing (no wonder the event is priced at only $97).
I knew there will be bound to be some sales pitching, but I didn't expect to receive more than a fair bit of it.
Well I guess, different folks different strokes. I'm sure there were many in the audience that have benefited from the various presentations, especially those who are very new to Internet Marketing.
Ironically the things I truly learnt from were on how they make the sales pitches. I can recognize many of the methods they utilize to sell.
Techniques like using proof of earnings as a credentializer, bringing in live testimonials, playing with the audience's emotions like greed were used. I've to add they were quite effective at it. The speakers played up the imagination for the audience to let them fill in the blanks for themselves in a picture that looked absolutely wonderful. Frankly it's compelling. It is serious power copywriting techniques, displayed LIVE in motion!
My personal view is that the true value of the Mega summit lies not in the presentations but the actual networking that takes place outside the hall. While I didn't really go around socializing much, I did manage to speak to some Internet Marketers whom I previously got to know on the Net, for the very first time. It was pretty nice and pleasant. It was a pity I didn't get to meet a marketer whom I particularly respect.
Another highlight for me was that I had some really good marketing conversations and idea exchanges with a friend I went with for the event. We were there sitting down, scrutinizing the speakers' words, actions, marketing techniques and salesmanship. It was fun and educational at the same time! Gotta say that we really think alike in many ways. Very refreshing and very engaging.
It have been a hectic few days at the World Internet Mega Summit. Gonna take a short break.
Will be back. Watch this space!
tag:Armand Morin, Brett McFall, David Cavenagh, Internet Marketing, Jay Abraham, Mark Joyner World Internet Mega Summit
