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My Review of the No Excuses Summit Day 1
Master Marketer Jim Yaghi and I
For those that don’t know what the No Excuses Summit was, wait, if you don’t know what the No Excuses Summit was you probably don’t have an Internet connection so there is no way you could be reading this blog right now so nevermind. Ok, just kidding, I am sure some of you have been too busy to find out about the largest Internet network marketing summit in MLM history so I will tell you about it.
The No Excuses Summit was put together by Raymond Fong and Ferny Ceballos and they brought together the biggest names in Internet based network marketing. I am talking about big hitters such as Jimmy Davis, Justin Christianson, Chris and Josephine Gross, Jeff Learner, Jairek Robbins, Norbert Orlewicz (co-owner of LSP), Brian Finale (co-owner of My Lead System), Mike Dillard (founder of Magnetic Sponsoring), Tim Erway, Jonathan Budd, Cedrick Harris (my brother from another mother, we look like twins), Mark Hoverson, Todd Falcone, David Schwind & Jim Yaghi (2 of my favorite marketers), Katie Freiling (Genius Social Media Expert behind the Utribe), Joseph O’Day and Adam Holland. Yeah, like I said, an all-star lineup.
Why did I go?
There are a few reasons I decided to attend:
1. To support my team (4 of the speakers are in my primary business)
2. To learn new strategies for myself and more importantly to come back and teach my teammates that could not attend.
3. To meet and make better connections with the speakers and attendees.
Let me expand upon numbers 2 and 3. If you are a leader, or, trying to become one, you have to always be uncovering new ways to help yourself and your team build. Anytime you read a good book, watch a good webinar or attend an event, try to determine if there was anything that people on your team could use. For number 3, I am actually going to make this the theme of this blog. You ready for this?
Connect Online, Bond Offline
A lot of the attendees I had connected with. Some, not many, of the speakers I had connected with prior to the event, However, at this OFFLINE event for Internet marketing, I bonded with several people. This is the reason you want to attend all of your company functions. This is the reason you want to attend events such as the No Excuses Summit. There is nothing like the quality of bonding face to face, but wait, lets take this further. As an Internet network marketer, it is important for you to bond with prospects you are trying to get into your business. We cannot always meet them face to face before they sign up but, never become the NETWORK marketer that does not return calls or meet with their prospects and teammates offline. Notice I said NETWORK marketers. That is what I believe for Network marketers, affiliate marketers can certainly get away with never meeting someone they sold something to, I just don’t think you can build a NETWORK by following that practice.
I digress. Lets get back to my review!
Day 1 of the No Excuses Summit
Jimmy Davis kicked it off with talking about a points based marketing funnel system. Boy, did this make sense. He talked about a lot of great things but I am going to focus on the points based funnel system he went over. He said to convert your traffic you should shoot for as many points as possible in your marketing funnel. A good funnel, Jimmy explained, might look like this:
Landing Page (short video)
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Business Presentation
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Testimony Videos (could be for you or your business, preferably You)
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Have Your Assistant Call the Prospect, Could be Mom, significant other, you with strange accent LOL
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You call them
See, every step of this accrues points in his (and my) opinion. The more points you can amass before you get on the phone with these cold Internet leads, the better the conversation will go. A killer tip out of this is the having the assistant call. That really makes you look like a leader, doesn’t it. That doesn’t mean your assistant is a hard closer, it just means they are answering questions and of course if the person is ready to sign up, they should.
Now, there were a couple other speakers Friday night but I got caught up meeting people outside the room as I was trying to warm up from the frigid temperature of the room. I think the hotel may have sent in Saint Bernards to rescue some of the attendees as it was so cold.
I made some great connections. One that really stands out is Ryan Dunn. Ryan is the founder of MLM Business Builder and he is a great guy. I always like meeting other landmark forum graduates. I was bummed I missed some of the content of Day 1 but definitely made some great connections that might not have been made otherwise.
Team Session
After the summit ended at 8:20pm, we snagged up all of our team and went to a room where me and some of the leaders had a mastermind session. I was blow away that we had so many of our team in the crowd. As we had so many of our team in Vegas we had coordinated and rented a meeting room in the hotel to do a presentation and we had created a marketing audio CD to promote it. The meeting took place on Saturday at 9pm, well after all the other events were finished and our reps were hungry to get our business exposed to some folks.
Party at Luxor
There was a party at the Luxor and it was a lot of great networking. I got to meet Katie Freiling, Mark Hoverson, Ryan Dunn, and a whole lot of other great networkers and marketers. Norbert from mlsp and Jonathan Budd were there and it was a blast. Got home at 3am for some much needed rest. Check Out for my review of Day 2!
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July 11, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Hello Ray, thanks for sharing your trip with us. You always give good information. Wish I could have been there. Will see you in Tampa. Thanks, Andrew Gallop, Yee Old Redneck
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admin Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Tampa is going to rock bro!
Ray
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July 11, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Ray,
Those are some excellent tips. Wish I could of attended. I agree with you that us being Networkers have to have an offline connection with our team also. There is no being a secret agent in this business.
Can’t wait for your Day 2 review.
Thanks,
Scott
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admin Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
You got it!
Ray
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July 11, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Great Ray! Thanks for sharing! Can’t wait for Part 2!!
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admin Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
You will see it either tonight or tomorrow morning!
Ray
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July 11, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Wudd up Ray!
Very cool of you to share some insights to that event! I know there are a ton of people who would have loved to attend (me included) but for whatever reason just didn’t. I have attended enough events to definately create that bond with the people you mentioned, and it’s seriously important for peeps to do!
Acting “as if”,when ur at these events though (keep it real), will completely motivate you to take action but you need to be persistant. But it’s always a good time & the best information is always shared!
Thanks again Ray!
Toki Tover
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Ray Higdon Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Persistence is key
Ray
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July 11, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Thanks for sharing Ray, Your always right our of the chute with information and no holding back.
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July 11, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Hello Ray,
Thank you so much for the update. I was very disappointed that I could not personally attend because of a previous engagement. I know that the content that was covered was absolutely invaluable and I am currently utilizing as much of it as I can to build my Numis Business personally being part of MLMLEADSYSTEM PRO, Mike Dillard’s WWN, Jonathan Bud’s MLM Launch, Katie Freiling’s Unified Tribe, and most especially working closely with my Numis Sponsor Cedrick Harris and the Numis Takeover Dream Team. As always Ray, thanks for all that you do.
Sincerely,
Ed Holz
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Ray Higdon Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
My pleasure Ed!
Ray
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July 11, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Thank you for the update, Ray.
Thank you SOOOOOO much for wanting to pass on the valuable knowledge that you learned to your team members like myself that were not in attendance.
Your continuing desire to help members of your organization become successful as well is a sign of you being a true leader!!
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Ray Higdon Reply:
July 11th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Aw, thanks!
Ray
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July 11, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Hey Ray,
I wanted to go so bad! Sounds like a blast and lots of good info. Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to hear about Day 2!
Staci
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July 11, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Ray,
Sounds like a great time. I was not able to make it this time, but am definitely going to attend future networking events. I agree that we must get to these events and develop relationships offline. Would love to meet you sometime.
Have a great time the rest of your time there!
Karen
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July 11, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Awesome Ray. Having an assistant call first makes perfect sense. That is what I do with my Real Estate. I never thought to do it with my internet marketing. Sometimes the answer is right in front of us and we don’t see it. I have learned a great deal from you in a very short time. Every time you post I get powerful value that not only helps me in business but in LIFE AS WELL. Thank you. You are a mentor that I refer to constantly to others. Have Fun in Vegas
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July 12, 2010 at 2:00 am
Being from Mississippi I guess I will have to practice my “Boston” and the “Bronx” accent to be my assitant calling. Thanks for taking the time to keep the rest of us, that aren’t able to go to these meetings, updated with these tips on improving our bussiness.
Richard
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July 12, 2010 at 3:41 am
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As always seeing your most valuable information is so greatly appreciated and look forward to seeing all at the top.
Blessings,
Mark Pollard
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July 12, 2010 at 4:30 pm
How revealing were the FB vs. Google stats? FB is the place to be.
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July 13, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Great review and I especially liked the paragraph on connecting online and bonding offline. I’ll be seeing you in Tampa, ticket already purchased.
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July 13, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Love the step by step Ray! Will put this into implementation with the group of purchased leads that are weighting down my desk!
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July 14, 2010 at 1:17 am
Aloha Ray, I absolutely loved it and learned just as much as you have noted. Glad we are like minded. Thanks for sharing! Lani
PS…Come by and visit me sometime and leave me a sweet note or tweet. Mahalo
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July 25, 2010 at 6:57 am
Ray, I like the points your make in your post, i know for me I love to soak in different perspectives and share it with the people in my network, I look forward to reading more of your blog.
Chris
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