Introducing… Daniel Wagner :-)

I’ll be honest, this year I didn’t even bother. The arbitrary date of 31st December didn’t tickle me enough to aim for some life changes I hope will be brought about by osmosis, magic and alcohol. Instead I just clarified my vision, spend some time on looking back (mainly to see what I didn’t want to do again) and then forced myself to enjoy some family time. It worked.

I have worked on some major changes to my business since then, mainly to do with systems, structure, attempts to outsource my life and being able to scale up my efforts this year. Focusing on my core competencies and offering more value to more people.

The year is kicking off well. Speaking at Whitney’s event at the end of Jan and 2 bootcamps in Feb and April. I guess, after 2 and a half years of doing this, the word spreads… I get invited to talk. Cool.

anyway, if you want to catch up with in the next few weeks, check out www.YourInternetMarketingTutor.com it’s a one day training course at £97 (if you use this link). Also check out the cool video Stephen has done for me…

anyway, let’s catch up soon and let me know what you are upto in 2009

Daniel

last Friday saw the launch of an exciting new venture… “YourInternetMarketingTutor.com, internet education for the rest of us…”. You can see what it is all about here: in essence great value education with some nifty ambassador programme that puts half the money back into your pockets…

These vouchers are actually printed and you can give them out, using word of mouth advertising. At the back it says that you have to go to the website to book your place on a training day.  I plan to teach as much as I can on the day and then offer my workshop or other products and services.

so far not new… what is cool though, that everyone referring a sale at £97 (which is £297 -£200 voucher!) will get 50% commission…. and a percentage of the backend sales on the day as well. you can find out more at http://www.YourInternetMarketingTutor.com/ambassador.html

We already sold over 40 tickets, so it looks like it’s working.

Update soon… 

Daniel

When I get introduced as a speaker, it normally includes the ‘and he is committed to life long learning’ phrase…. now I have to say, if ever education and self development was important, it is now! I spent the whole weekend immersed in positive energy, noone mentioned the ‘C’ word (credit crunch that is) and I came away with so many new strategies and implementation ideas I would need a twin to get them all done!

So where was I? At a Coaching Bootcamp. Strictly speaking I am not a coach, but as a trainer and public speaker I thought it was relevant enough. and it was. So let’s get to the meat of it. Speaker line-up:

Dan Bradbury: you got to hand it to the guy, just a bit older than my son, he is running multiple businesses and is a marketing dynamo. He spoke about the 5 biggest changes in the industry. Great title: I will put something together for Internet Marketing and Marketers… here is a nugget: “The economic climate has changed. If you are complaining – then what you are really saying is: I am not flexible!”

Topher Morrison: ( I am never sure if it’s two Rs or to Ss…). Known for his NLP and Hypnosis Courses, he spoke on Branding… very interesting indeed. here is a nugget: “all things being equal, the most visible competitor wins”

Andy Harrington: heard about him before, never seen him. He offered public speaking education. How to sell from the stage. Now I love that stuff! His ‘pitch’ at the end of the presentation was masterful! I really enjoyed it. Nuggets? “If you have a problem, then you don’t have a goal or purpose big enough to make it insignificant.”

Nick James: Copywriting. Now here is an interesting one. Words that sell. He has done some great work for people and he shared a lot of information. I won the headline competition with this headline: “How A Broke Drug Addict From Austria Became Financially Free In Just 35 Days Using The Internet Without A Product Or Skill And How You Can Do The Same”. That was cool. I won a price as well! … Nugget: “Every great headline has 1. a big FAT claim (that you can back up), 2. creates curiosity and 3. includes the word YOU”.

and last but not least….

Jason Vale, the Juice Master. Now here is a guy who really squeezes his niche (I know ). ut instead of trying to sell us on health and juice, he told his business story, which is incredible. He plays the reluctant hero/fool, but this guy is very smart… anyway. loads of nuggets and a photo first. (btw, easiest way to get photos in your blog is using google’s picasa and using the embed link)

Nuggets: “Think smart, there is always an easier way”. “In the Game of Life – there are NO rules”. “Life is too serious to be taken seriously.”

Looking forward to catching up with all of you soon. I am just doing my planning for 2009 and we got some great new events and opportunities lined up as well. Almost launch time, but still secret…

to your success

Daniel

Freelancing can be a tough job. So any help to get your income up is welcome. John has been helping freelancers in all areas boost their income with his income accelerator programme. Watch the 3 minute interview I did with John today as part of the www.DigitalProductCreationSecrets.com weekend where he explains what the programme is all about. You can also go directly to www.TheIncomeAccelerator.com

I was always inpired by Tim Ferris and his life style experiments… (http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/).

In the same spirit I thought ‘why not cleanse myself, don’t eat for 21 days and share the results with you’… Ok, first let me say: don’t do this at home. I had a doctor checking me and the diet is actually something that is established in proven.It is mainly done in Austria and Germany. (http://www.fxmayr.com).

So in essence: I lost 18 pounds! Cool. My eyes are clear again. I saved some money on food and washing up liquid. So all good. Below you see some video evidence…. Btw, before you ask…  

I have MANY green T-shirts.

Day 1:

Day 22:

Watch Will Smith as he gets very excited about the redemptive power of making a choice, a decision… love it.

crazy, sitting on the top of a mountain with a little usb data modem and blogging to the world. It is an illusion – I know – and the ultimate freedom might be lying well beyond the physical realm. But this feels damn close to what I had in mind when I designed my new life…. I think that this is what the internet was made for.

Folks,

in the true spirit of TIm Ferris, I am off again for a few days, enjoying mobility and lifestyle, the currency of the NR (new rich). If you don’t know what I am talking about, check out this blog.

I have spent some time now thinking of the best way to create the mastermind, mentoring, continued education (whatever you want to call it) model. One approach that I really like is the one my good friend (that is true, not just marketing speak) Richard Shepherd. His property education programme has an outline, where, on an ongoing basis, students/delegates/colleagues spend a day together improving their skills. We all know how the best ideas don’t amount to much (or even nothing) if you don’t spend time on them. I have taken a lot of his outline and tweaked it a bit. You can see the outline here.

I will be offering the programme for the first time to my students after the weekend workshop on the 11th and 12th May. I also met up with a great girl today who will help me to make this programme a success. I want to keep that a bit secret at the moment, but I am excited and I am sure you’ll all be pleased.

to your success and never forget what life is about….

Daniel Wagner

So, yesterday’s preview event with Alistair Cooper was a great success. He delivered an outstanding talk on the ’state of the property nation’ and revealed his strategies for 2008. (www.ThePlanningGame.com)

On a Internet Marketing and general marketing note though I wanted to share the significance of a preview event if your main product is a one or two day seminar or workshop.

From my own experience: make them pay to come. Even if it’s £15 or £20. It has many reasons:

1) you actually make money on the night after paying all your cost.
2) you avoid the freebie seekers. And most importantly
3) you get a committment from the attendees, however small. They have now spent money with you and they are in the funnel. You moved them from a prospect to  a customer.

‘Copy’ and ‘Paste’. Don’t reinvent the wheel.

 To your success

Daniel

Just a quick update regarding test, test, test…. I am organising an event for Alistair Cooper, which is a £15 prebooked event/training where he will offer/sell his workshop. I have sent some people who already know Alistair and who have received his free strategies (www.ThePlanningGame.com).

I wanted to know if showing the same banner before the compelling headline improves conversion or not…

Here are the results after the first day.

so here is the site with the banner:

and this is the one without:

so the result is clear, almost double the conversion with banner…. Splittesting with www.TotalBusinessCart.info is great. I have now disabled the ‘no banner site’, as I have seen enough!

 To your success

Daniel