WiS Day 2 in Dallas

The first day of the World Internet Summit was geared towards newbies. A lot of the basics of making money on the internet. The content for me this day was a little underwhelming.

Seeing the speakers, on the otherhand, was a real treat. This was my first live event, and listening to Tom Hua, Brett McFall, Stephen Pierce, and Sean Roach was enlightening. These guys are good. I’ve done a lot of public speaking, in front of some decent sized crowds, but I wouldn’t want to be competing with these pros at the moment.

Steven Pierce was a great kickoff to the event. He has a terrific, dynamic presence on stage, and the chops to back up this talk on the basic of Internet money making. He had the crowd going.

Tom Hua got up next and gave us his incredible story, including the 17 months of internet marketing failure before his HUGE success. Mostly a motivation speech, but a lot of fun to listen to, and to get your entrepreneurial juices flowing.

Brett McFall finally gave us a little meat, with his Internet ABC’s lecture. Pretty familiar stuff if you’ve been online long, but great for a room full of newbies. It seemed like 1 in 3 of the people here fit in that category.

Sean Roach introduced us to his big program - the GotAccess platform - a Web 3.0, yes “3″, which is a fascinating platform for membership in particular. It is the basis of the Internet Challenge they hold, where they put together a money generating campaign on the spot, and on the final day the distribute all the money earned to one lucky winner chosen at random. This time, it’s actually two separate campaigns.

Day 2
Day 2 was a different story. Lots of meat from fascinating speakers, right from the beginning. Brett McFall kicked off the day, getting everyone into the mood. Then Tracy came out and presented her program to Start, Grow and Build your Business in 4 weeks. I had spoken to her the day before, and was at the counter picking up her program half-way into the lecture. Once she said she’d be working with us on marketing our programs, with email communications directly to her, I knew it was the contact I was looking for. Someone who’d “Been There, Done That,” who had sat in the same audience just a little over a year earlier - that was exactly what I wanted.

Chatting with her afterwards was terrific. We had a nice group who’d all bought into the program, and we’ll be meeting her for breakfast tomorrow, for a Q&A and some good networking. We’re already talking about a JV, and finding a way to get my 1000+ new visitors each day at my BuncoRules.com website, into my database. My current opt-in campaign via a newsletter is ok, but she’s convinced we can increase my opt-in rate nearly 10 fold by doing it right. That’s just what I’ve needed.

I also found a couple of ‘Ed-Heads’ here from the 30 Day Challenge, and it was nice to talk with them and bounce around our feeling and opinions about the speakers and their programs.

Bill Walsh presented his program on developing Residual Income which is also in my plans. But for now, I’m content to stick with the one program with Tracy, keep my focus laser sharp for now.

Nikhil Parekh talked about his method for making over 3 million dollars through affiliate commissions. He was another successful alumni of the WIS, with Stephen Pierce as his Mentor. Two years, and a multi-million dollar success? Wow. His program also gave a huge amount of access to him, including Skype and unlimited emails. He’s new to the speaker circuit and looking to build success stories of his own students. If I didn’t already have a product and plan in place, I don’t see how I could have resisted his offer.

I was sorry to miss Sean Roach’s follow-up on the Internet Challenge process, but it is Halloween, and I had promised my daughter to take her trick-or-treating. Family first.

A great day though. The show is a 150% success for me. Far more than I hoped for, and the networking with local Netpreneurs was absolutely priceless.