Whew.
This is literally the first chance that I’ve had to breathe since January.
Before I dive, I need to give a huge THANK YOU to Donna for sending me the Ron Paul care package seen in the video above. You are awesome! Any time you’d like a one-hour marketing consultation with me, just say the word.
Also, my sincere appreciation goes to those who sent me emails to see if I’m okay. Everything is great – no worries!
A few weeks back, I sent everybody an email about my time with Brock Felt, the creator of Pipeline Profits. While in Tampa with him, he tore apart my business model and showed me that I give away far too much for free (something that I already knew, but had ignored). His exact words were, “Ryan, you’re sitting on a million dollar a month business.” I also learned a lot about business management, which will be directly applicable to my own business when I graduate here in a few weeks.
Right after Tampa, I was involved in a sketch comedy show on campus. We have it every semester, and it’s a ton of work, but it’s worth every single drop.
Then, it was off to Vegas with Kyle and Carson from Wealthy Affiliate. Travis Sago (from Bum Marketing) was there as well, and it was good to catch up with him – it’s been almost a year since we last hung out. While most of the conference was to talk about how to improve Wealthy Affiliate, we talked about general internet marketing in our downtime. It was then that I picked their brains about how to monetize my free material, hiring employees, and business management.
After flying back, I was at school for about 24 hours before I headed out to Arizona for Spring Break. There, I watched my sweet Cleveland Indians play Spring Training… I am in love… with a baseball team. We hit the Grand Canyon while in the area.
There’s plenty that I could comment about each of these experiences, but each would constitute it’s own blog post. I won’t waste your time expounding on stuff you don’t care about… so…
If you want to know more about a certain part of any of these events, post a comment, and we’ll rap back and forth.
In the meantime, here are some quick points worth mentioning:
- TAG is being redesigned by a pro. It looks completely different. Way better.
- Travis Sago is the trendiest 40-year-old on the planet.
- After much deliberation, it appears that I’ll be moving back to Cleveland once I graduate on April 25th. I considered San Diego, New York, and a host of other places, but I love my Indians too much.
- I have a new friend. She’s pretty cool.
- Brian Owens and I have scored a major, major deal with a heavy hitter in the internet marketing world. I can’t disclose any details, but it’s a big, big deal. He and I are working closer and closer together every day. I highly recommend having a partner that you work with that you can trust.
- I’m moving more into small niches. I’m in the process of hiring three employees who will help me to automate the process.
- Up to this point, I’ve always kept my Facebook profile separate from business. But I consider those who follow me to be my friends. Should I open that up? I dunno…
- Wealthy Affiliate is going to have some changes done to it, and it’s going to be unbelievable. Kyle and Carson are smart dudes.
- My suite mates, Ben and Curt, are the best friends I could ask for.
- Google “19 year old guy” – my picture comes up with a bunch of models!
- I now have a radio show here on campus on Wednesdays from 12 – 3. You can listen at indwes.edu/thefortress
- After speaking with countless successful internet marketers over the last few months, I have come to learn that my accountant is completely incompetent. Apparently, other accountants give sound advice, get things done on time, find ways to help you save on taxes…. mine is a total liability. Tips on finding a new accountant are appreciated!
- BIG NEWS for TAG members: Our friend Elisha has been an immense help in the TAG forum. I cannot thank him enough. Because of his unbelievable contributions and serving attitude, Elisha will now serve as the first official moderator of the TAG forum. Congratulations and THANK YOU to Elisha!
That’s all for now. If you want to rap with me, post a comment below.
