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I got a flood of emails after my last minute email last week for the Warrior Weekend I spoke at… so let me follow up on that.

It was everthing I’d hoped and more… Eric Louviere and his team put on a great event and raised good money for the Austism charity.

Very cool.

I took some heat from folks who couldn’t be there and I do apologize for the short notice.

The good news is that I got to meet everyone who could get there and I autographed copies of my new book Inspired Marketing until I ran out… so I’ll have to bring more next time

I could take a whole blog post to tell you about the great people I connected with and the amazing breakthrough I had on a project I’m working on… but I’ll have to save that for another post or this will get too long (that’s how cool the people were that I got to connect with).

One of the takeaways from the event came from Willie Crawford’s talk about joint ventures.

His number one recommendation for establishing solid joint venture relationship is to, well, build a real relationship, especially with the ‘bigger names’ in your industry.

I couldn’t agree more!

I continually get emails from folks that are clearly form templates touting how much money I’ll make if I just pimp their product to my list.

Problem is, I don’t know who they are and it’s clear they don’t know me very well either.

I never promote anything I haven’t personally had success with and while I want to help the well meaning candidates who approach me, there simply isn’t enough time for me to investigate every opportunity so these kind of emails just get deleted.

Unfortunately a lot of the advice in ‘how to joint venture’ products out there seems to encourage this blind shot gun approach.

Internet marketing is a very isolated niche and it’s easy to get lost going down the wrong path like that.

What does work?

Meeting people in person and connecting in the ‘real world’.

Here’s a synchronistic example.

I met Eric Louviere as an attendee a year ago at an event I spoke at.

I was with a couple of the other speakers in the hotel bar on the Friday night of the event (don’t ask me why I remember that) and he was literally the ONLY attendee there.

Begin mini-rant…

Why more attendees don’t make an effort to hang out after hours with speakers and other attendees at the hotel I’ll never understand!

That’s where connections are made!!!

When you are at an event with fellow Internet marketers who have joint venture potential, not to mention hard won knowledge that can seriously speed up your path to profits online… why not make the most of every minute?

You don’t have to have a drink or stay up till all hours… but do stop by and visit next time you are at an event, ok?

I had to get that off my chest…

Anyway, back to Eric’s cool success story.

In the bar that night he was listening in to our conversation and decided to join in… and he had the good sense to buy me a scotch when mine ran out inexplicably

I remember talking with Eric and he said at his event this weekend that it made a big impact on what happened in the months that followed.

Funny thing is, I don’t recall saying anything particurally brilliant… but I do remember part of our conversation was about what I just ranted about.

And I remember telling Eric that he really stood out and impressed me by putting in the time and effort to network and pick the brains of the speakers in the bar.

Turns out… Eric was as impressive as he appeared.

After the event he took action, started a business that is well into the six figures now and had the further sense to leave his cushy carreer to become a full time entrepreneur.

So in February of this year he contacted me and asked me to speak at his event… because I remembered him favorably it was a no brainer to take the time to consider it… after a few minutes I realized it was a good fit.

I know he has relationships with the other speakers at his event… including Marlon Sanders, Dr. Mike Woo Ming and many that weren’t there, like Mike Filsaime.

If you’ve been involved in Internet marketing for more than a month or so you probably recognize all those names… and if you don’t, let me just say they are highly successful great guys, and hard to get a hold of… but within a year from getting started Eric pulled these folks and other greats like Willie Crawford into one place and hit it out of the park with his first event.

Not bad.

If you missed the Warrior Event, I apologize as I did not give you much notice… if the DVD’s come out I’ll be sure to tell you about it.

Now, I’ve been around this industry since 2003 or so actively and in that time I’ve met just about anyone you can name and have built a fun and profitable circle of friends.

Want to know where I met 90% of them?

Big Seminar… which is Armand Morin’s premier event that is now being held for the ELEVENTH time next weekend.

I’m not speaking there but I did a few years ago… in fact, I’ve been to every one except the first one.

Why?

Here’s my top three reasons…

1) If you want to know what is working NOW online (instead of being behind the curve all the time) you’ll hear about it first from the A List speakers Armand attracts.

2) It’s the one place I can count on reconnecting with my friends in this industry because they all go time after time…

3) Each time I have gone, I met a NEW friend and or business partner that has been invaluable. I’ve watched many go from being in the audience to being on stage, like Joel Comm and way to many to list here.

See, I follow my own advice and seek new joint ventures by meeting people in person.

If you’ve been to a Big Seminar already you know all this and no doubt have received emails from Armand about this one.

But if you have never been, let me encourage you in no uncertain terms to attend on the 25th through 27th of April.

(Full details are at: www.maverickmarketer.com/big)

There is a training call tonight if you can attend, go check it out.. and if you can’t make it live on the call, by getting on the list you’ll be notified of the replay times.

Again, if this is your first time attending Big Seminar, go to this link and check out what Armand’s got in store for you this time.

Get your ticket right away and then email me at craig -at- maverickmarketer.com because I’ll arrange to sit down with you there and help you get the most out of the event and some other goodies, too.

I’ll help you determine who of my contacts would be good for you to meet and open any doors I can.

Even if you don’t have a clue what you want to do online I’d suggest you attend if you can because you’ll get a quick 72 hour orientation on what’s working now.

In my experience, over 60% of the audience is new to Internet marketing… and what’s really cool is that many in the audience are as or more successful than the heavy hitters on stage.

I connected with a guy last time who just did a product launch in a niche for over 2 million dollars (which reminds me I need to follow up with him ).

If you are a long time reader of mine you’ll know how strongly I endorse Armand Morin and his products and seminars… and if you are new to all this, just go check out the site because what you will see says it all.

At the Big Seminar 11 website you’ll see the first video salesletter of it’s kind… proof enough that Armand is on the cutting edge of what’s working online today.

After you’ve checked out the page and if you are serious about going for the first time, email me at craig at maverickmarketer.com with any questions you have.

If this is a good fit for you right now I’d like to see you there!

Oh, and if you go there and get on the list, you’ll get notified about tonight’s call details for Armand’s final free training call before the seminar next weekend.

See you there!

- Craig

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