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Just a short post before I go to sleep.

I knew Jeremy (Shoemoney) was in town today.

I also knew he was busy with Frank Kern’s List Control seminar.

I had tried to get in, but was unable even to buy a ticket, the demand was so high.

I am a huge fan of Frank Kern, and one of his partners Andy Jenkins, the Video Boss guy.

I had never heard of them before a few months ago.

I get downtown to the hardrock to meet Jeremy, and before I find anyone, I run into Frank.

Running an event like that is very hard work, so I just made a quick introduction by the elevator, shook his hand, and mentioned my office was in Bird Rock. Frank said he peices of the bird rock reef (from surfing) in his X$%#.
I left him at that, so as not to impose.

I then hooked up with Jeremy.

We caught up, discussed the fact that I had registered so many of the Elite Retreat guys for thinktank, and how much I appreciated him, and how much we loved each other. Even with good friends, if you just communicate online, and with blogs, it isn’t until you are in person that you can get all the details straight and make sure each other are cool with everything each other did. Jeremy wanted to make sure I was o.k. with him talking about how SEO sucked and me in the same blog post, and I made sure he was o.k. that I had used him and his image so much to promote my stuff without asking. Of course neither of us cared, and both give very generously to the other whenever needed without question and without asking.

Then down in the lobby later I meet Franks staff. Wonderful, wonderful people. After talking I get invited to the event tomorrow, of which I am so grateful, touched, flabbergasted, and overjoyed that I can not even believe it. I told them I would pay whatever they wanted, and all I can say is that they are incredibly gracious and generous people. Tomorrow I am going to do everything I can to help.

Then as I was going to leave, I run into Andy Jenkins at the front desk. Never met the guy before in my life. I walk up, and before I can say Hi Andy, he reaches out and hugs me. He hugs like I do. Very close, very loving, to the point that if you were not as touchy feely as we are it would seem like we were gay. I love this guy. He immediately felt like my best friend. Why he is so successful is obvious.

I am famous for loving everyone, hugging everyone, and truly deeply caring about the people I meet. This guy makes me seem like a jerk. I was so impressed watching him deal with me and the others around me that it blew my mind. He immediately invited me to the VIP area upstairs by the pool bar later.

I shoot home to get shoes instead of the sandals I have on. I call and tell my staff. Immediately Jenny, Cait and Jenny’s sister visiting from Boston doll themselves up and off we go.

Andy greeted them like long lost friends.

Even after I begged Andy covered the tab for all of us, and about 12 others.

We danced, (I gave a few Salsa lessons) ate, some drank, and in honor of the occasion I even had a sip of champagne.

We discussed the importance of people, chiropractic, changing the world for the better, and how lucky we all were.
It was probably 73 degrees outside at night with a lovely fire going and music playing.

I met his friends and was made welcome into their little group.

I know this was one of the more important nights of my life.

I am so grateful to the generosity of all involved, and of course to Shoemoney who continually opens door after door for me.

Now to try to grab some sleep so I can pay attention tomorrow!

Much Love,
dk

Many of the thinktank coupon codes have sold out. If you have gotten a pre-invite, and are trying to register and your coupon code does not work, let me know.

2008 was the first year of thinktank.
If you were there, you were part of a special group that will remember what happened for the rest of your life.
If you were not one of the lucky few, then here are a few glimpses of what happened.

It was fistastic!

More about thinktank here.

Zac Johnson is the internet marketers internet marketer. Zac is swimming in some of the toughest waters, marketing to marketers.

I know what this is like, because I do the same thing.

Zac has a new e-book to help you become a 6 figure blogger.

I can already tell you why this is going to be a success.

Here is why.

He picked a 1oo K as a target, not a million bucks.

I believe Shoemoney said he is making somewhere like a million bucks a year from his blog.

I bet John Chow is somewhere in that range as well.

My blog and I bet most of the other famous bloggers you read make at most in the hundreds of thousands per year from their blog,and the closely related activities around it.

Zac obviously knows this subject, as he has done this for years.

Zac is Leveraging his Friendships

Zac is a very well liked guy. I have never heard or seen a single word written badly about him.

This is not easy to pull off when 100′s of thousands of people know who you are.

Zac sent out an e-mail earlier letting me, John Chow, and I am guessing Shoemoney and others know about his affiliate program for the launch. Since there is no income coming directly from the book, he is doing a contest instead on how many people he gets to sign up.

Although he did not say it, I am assuming he is building a quality e-mail list of those interested in building a profitable blog, and he can monetize that list later.

There is Broad Appeal to Zac’s Product

This has the potential to get him hundreds of thousands of contacts in a very short time. How many people want to make money blogging? I had recently seen a huge spike in traffic to Jonathan Volks website, and asked him what happened. He said it was nothing more complicated than his writing an e-book and making it widely known. Almost everyone in America and Europe knows what blogging is. Almost everyone in the U.S. and Europe knows that people make lots of money on the internet. The potential number of people who could read this book are limitless.

Zac made it easy to get in.

No money down. No commitment. There isn’t even a hint as to what is in it for him. In fact, once you download the book, there is nothing to keep you from forwarding it to your friends.

Money and Recognition in it for Those Who Help

I can already guess that Shoemoney is going to win the contest even though he hasn’t blogged on it yet, and John Chow will probably get second.

My traffic is usually about 1/10th the traffic they get, so I predict I will win one of the $100 prizes. Now $100 isn’t really enough money to make it worth my time to write this blog. But on the other hand Zac is my friend, and I want to help him. Also, if Zac posts me as a winner, it get’s me more traffic, followers, links, notoriety etc.

A casebook study, and executed perfectly.

By the way the e-book rocks. I have allready learned a ton from it. Plus there is a chapter by me.

Go here to get the book for free on becoming a 6 figure blogger.

Go here to be an affiliate for the e-book.

Why You Should Be an Affiliate for the 6 Figure Blogger book.

Zac is a big shot, successful and busy.

If you want to get his attention, and start the road to friendship with him, be an affiliate.

This e-book is a big deal to Zac. You can tell by the work he put into making it so dam good.

I promise you he will be studying where every sign up came from.

Even if you only get 10 signups, Zac is going to notice.

If you want to come to thinktank this year, on your mark, get set……..

There has been an overwhelming response to the survey.

The general consensus has been, don’t change much, get easy light charcoal for the BBQ on the beach, have more intellectual thinktank type  small groups. Also, more structured networking like our “speed dating” early on in the event, so you can make friends earlier in the event.

Oddly enough no one suggested removing the open bar.

For the surfers in the group I am planning on getting a thinktank Stand Up Paddle Board we can all use.

Expect more of the best stuff, less of the lousy stuff, and always a few surprises.

I apologize this year for those who don’t get in.

The pricing my surprise you, but I still expect it to sell out fast.

thinktank Sep. 17, 18, 19.

In the survey I just sent out about this years thinktank, I tried made a comment that has gotten me a quite a few responses.

Facebook is the new Google, Twitter is the new facebook, and Google is trying to become twitter.

For my core readers, I am sure the self evidence of this is obvious without explanation.

Facebook’s annual revenue as far as I know is not public, but it is way up there. I have buddies who are trying to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a day, who still have trouble getting facebooks attention. I know I spend a small fortune on facebook each week, and the impressions just keep flying across the screen.

Here is my math, not based on any inside facebook data, but simply using a little known info and logic.

Lets assume facebook has 400 million users.

Let’s assume each user sees 4 screens per day on average. (Think it actually is much higher, but some people never go on at all)

That is 1.6 billion impressions.

If we assume that it costs about .0002 dollars per impression, my estimation, which is 2/100 of a penny per impression.

Then we have about $320,000 per day in income.

If you multiply that by 365 days per year, you end up with over 100 million in revenue per year.

(Double check my math above and I will correct it if I am off)

I actually think my estimates above are way on the conservative side, and bet it is much closer to a billion.

I’ve known half a dozen billionaires over my lifetime, so that is not unbelievable, but the fact that that is generating that

in cash every year, is enough to get even googles ears pricking up, even if they are making 20X more.

Facebook is now going off of the blue and white page, and into a website near you. If you look at the top of Shoemoney’s posts,

you will see the new like button. This can only end up to some type of cumulative suggestion to you of what sites you will be interested in, in each industry or search category, eventually making facebook a true human search engine. I expect we will see that in two or three years, or maybe next month?

Since facebook confiscated the moving stream of twitter, twitter is adding more and more social interactivity between users. You can now easily retweet with a button, and if you hold your cursor over someones user name on twitter, you get a little box of social information about that person. I have a feeling that little box is going to grow and grow, and eventually contain the obvious thing we all want to know. Do they follow me?

Google on the other hand, watching these young upstarts moving in on their turf, is picking up some of their tips. The most obvious of which is googles desire to be fresh. Shoemoney recently poked fun of my not so fresh looking chiropractic page, and how it still ranks number one. Google is at an interesting crossroads where it is trying to give us the most relevant info, yet at the same time, their site is coming to life with change. I consider myself a pretty early adopter of new technology, and I find myself messing with the options on the left side of the screen in google, modifying how they show my results, twitter like, or google like.

In a few years I expect the three of them, along with a whole new slew of competitors, many of which will be running on the same engines, but just with different branding, will all do basically the same thing. They will keep us in touch with each other and the world, and help us find what we want.

I love the fact that is so dam complicated with so many different options and strategies, that it is now impossible to figure out THE right way do make money with it. It reminds me of surfing. One of the reasons I love it so much is that not only are you busting the moves you want on the playing field, but the playing field is constantly changing under your feet.

Welcome to real internet surfing. Not only are you making and implementing strategies, but at the same time, the very fabric that you are working with, is changing under your very hands. There is going to be great reward for those of us with flexible minds.