What I Learned From Earl Nightingale, Joel Weldon, Walt Disney and Tony Brigmon

A couple of weeks ago, Cheryl and I moved our home and office to another town. All of our kids are grown and out of the house now, and while they still live somewhat “locally”, for some it’s a 30 minute drive to visit us. So we made the decision to sell our home and move closer to them so we could spend more time with our 22 grandkids.

In the process of moving, I ran across an audio tape that my friend, Tony Brigmon, wrote and recorded for me over 20 years ago, and that I had completely forgotten about. It was based on conversations I had with a couple of friends who were also very important mentors to me. Here’s what he put together. I’ll explain what it’s about below.

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One of my early mentors as I was getting started as a professional speaker was Joel Weldon. Joel is an outstanding speaker and presenter, who at the time focused on the corporate market. The guy was incredible back then, and he’s even better now, some 20 years later. A member of the Speakers Hall of Fame, Joel has earned nearly every award and honor in the speaking industry, including Toastmasters Golden Gavel, and Legend of the Speaking Profession.

Today, Joel – even though he commands very high fees for his corporate talks, seminars, and workshops –  is not only as busy as any other lesser-paid speaker, he spends a considerable amount of his time mentoring and training corporate executives and up and coming speakers on how to make effective presentations. To get more information on Joel and what he does, visit his website at www.SuccessComesInCans.com. To learn about his speaker training, call his office directly at 1-800-852-8572. Okay, so why did I tell you about this Weldon guy, and what does this have to do with you? [Read more]

Thanks, Vince… You’ve Allowed Me To Clarify Some Things

A couple of months ago, one of the people who attended our new consultant’s workshop posted the following comment to one of the blog articles I had written.
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Martin,

I can’t say it enough, I took your course a year ago or more now and up until now, I’ve done nothing as I got caught up in the “other” career that paid the bills. Now I’m jumping headlong into this as my “new” career and every time I read your articles, the more sense it makes! I am going to focus on 3-specific niches and stick with them and get very, very good at them.

Your information is by and large well above that of other products out there, believe you me!

Thanks again,

Steve
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One More Chance?

A special note to the Ray Edwards – Martin Howey webinar:

As you’re no doubt aware, Ray Edwards, one of the top copywriters for some of the biggest names in Internet Marketing, and a guy who’s “been around the block” in the marketing arena, came through the TopLine training workshop a month or so ago.

Ray liked what he saw and the potential for making a VERY substantial income ina very short time… in fact, a REAL income in the REAL world… as opposed to so many of the other programs that are marketed on the Internet through “launches” and affiliate programs that everybody and his brother are hawking so they can make a fast buck.

So Ray cornered Martin and coerced him into doing a webinar for his clients as a way of giving them value for being Ray’s followers and clients. The promise was that there would be nothing for sale on that webinar. And they kept that promise and over-delivered on practical and useable content that anyone could use to create a very successful consulting practice on their own. That webinar lasted for an hour and 40 minutes. [Read more]

They’re All Gone!

The two webinars that Ray Edwards and I did the other day must have really hit some hot buttons, because all the seats for our June 1-4 consultants training workshop filled up almost immediately. This is the fastest we’ve ever had to close the doors on a session, and it literally blew me away. Yes, we’ve sold out for nearly every other program we’ve held, but this one was record-breaking.

If you watched either the live webinars or the recorded versions, you me talk about the condition of the “New Economy”, how the only “job security” has nothing to do with your education, the company you work for, the length of time you’ve been there, or how “important” or “valuable” you think you are to your employer, but is totally dependent on the real and perceived value you  can bring to the marketplace.

I also talked…

about some of the things that businesses are doing that have gotten them in trouble, why they can’t make it in these recessionary times, and what they need to do RIGHT NOW that will help them break loose and literally leapfrog ahead of their competition. [Read more]

Do They Know Who You Are?

What would you do if you were me?

This morning I got the following email…
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Hi Martin,

I saw you on Youtube with Jeff Walker talking about your launch, congratulations on a job well done. I’m a public speaker from the Gold Coast, Australia and I have a public speaking/presentations e-course launching in June. It’s a combination of MP3, Quicktime and PDF’s. [Read more]