Saturday, December 29, 2007

The Primary Reason Why People Opt Out of Teleseminar Secrets™

Alex Mandossian says that, typically, 5-8% of those who sign up for Teleseminar Secrets opt out of the program and ask for a refund. This is a low refund rate. The main reason why individuals opt out of the program is that they say the course has too much content. I am currently enrolled in this program and so I'd like to share my opinion on this with you and how to deal with a course that is so packed with information.

Yes, Teleseminar Secrets is chock-full of content. As soon as you enrol on the program you have access to a wide range of resources that by themselves are worth the tuition fee. Therefore, the earlier you enrol in the program the better because it will give you time to orient yourself around the members' area and study the material that is presented there.

You will find PDF files of transcripts and books, MP3s of past sessions, bonus sessions, templates for web pages, emails, agreement forms and much more. You can take this material alone and monetize it for Alex actively encourages his students to be "creative imitators" and as much of the material as they want and need to start implementing teleseminars in their own business.

For those who complain about too much content Alex urges them to get out of the program for he has a master plan. Teleseminar Secrets has grown by leaps and bounds ever since its inception. There are more than double the number of students enrolled in the 2008 program than there were in 2007. Once enrolled onto Teleseminar Secrets you have lifetime access to the program. Alex's aim is that students become affiliates and then joint venture partners and or coaches within three years or sooner. One student became a partner within three weeks of completing the program but this is exceptional. Of course, you don't have to take this route but it one option that is open to you and, by following this progression route, you can be sure that you will get a return on your investment.

So how do you cope with the overwhelm factor. Well, imagine going to a buffet. You are geared up for a feast but instead what is offered is sparse and unappetizing. You wouldn't be too pleased. But imagine instead a truly sumptuous buffet beautifully presented with elegantly attired staff on hand to serve your every need. This is what it is like to be part of Telseminar Secrets. You wouldn't say, "There's too much food, can I have a refund?"

When you attend a buffet you don't expect to eat the whole menu at one sitting. It is also likely that there will be several dishes that will not appease your palette. However, because there is such a wide choice it doesn't matter. You help yourself to what you want and leave the rest. You select the food in a logical manner and take your time to chew and savour the food so that you don't get indigestion. You go back for seconds and thirds if you fancy. It is the greedy person who piles up their plate with an odd assortment of dishes as if the food is going to disappear who then suffers from indigestion and who blames the food rather than their handling of the food.

So the key to succeeding with Teleseminar Secrets is simply to take your time and work at your own pace. The live sessions can typically last for 7 hours but everything is recorded and segmented so that you can download the sessions and listen to them in bite-sized chunks at your leisure. There will be individuals doing the program with very diverse backgrounds. You don't have to compete with them although there is a MEGA Challenge for those new to conducting teleseminars and for those with experience. The important thing is simply to participate because your toughest competition will come from you. When that negative voice starts to whisper to you that it is all too much you need to have the inner strength and resolve to ignore and continue with the program.

Some people may be able to devour each module in one sitting; others may need to take things more slowly and deliberately. It doesn't matter as long as you are making progress for as Alex will tell you progress is more important than perfection. If you steadily go through the program and implement the action points that are recommended you will make progress.

There is ample support for those doing Teleseminar Secrets. There is a highly responsive help desk and each module is followed by a Question and Answer session. Even if you don't get your specific question answered you can gain a wealth of knowledge from listening to the answers to the other questions that are asked. Alex gives very detailed responses to questions that are asked. His aim is to tackle each question from several different perspectives. It is a mind-expanding experience.

So yes, this is a content-rich course and from it you will not only learn about teleseminars, you will also learn about Internet Marketing generally and much more besides. For anyone wanting to transform their business, significantly boost their income and who is prepared to do the work I highly recommend this course.

Alex has used teleseminars to turn his annual income into his monthly income - a feat he achieved 16 times in 2006. While I cannot promise you the same results, Alex's achievements through teleseminars and the achievements of many of his alumni demonstrate that it is possible to dramatically increase your business income using the power of teleseminars.

For a test drive check out the Teleseminar Secrets™ Preview Call by clicking the link below. Alex will give you over four hours of content. There is now a standby list for the 2008 Teleseminar Secrets mentoring program and it will be a few months before the doors open for the 2009 program but listen to this special preview call, implement the strategies outlined and you will be well on your way to profiting handsomely from teleseminars.


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Thursday, December 27, 2007

How List Building Expert Made a Quantum Leap in His Income

Tellman Knudson has created a multi-million business teaching others how to build a highly responsive email opt-in list and a key component to his success is teleseminars. However, for a long time, Knudson's main success lie in starting businesses. Over an eight year period he started no less than eight businesses all of which, in his own words, "failed miserably". He did not let this deter him.

One of his handicaps is that he is suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). According to Rich Schefren, this is something that is actually very common among Internet Marketers. In his "Attention Age Doctrine" he reported that 53 out of the 75+ marketing and business gurus he coached had ADD and so Knudson is in good company.

Knudson describes himself as being highly creative and having loads of wacky ideas. At the same time, he finds it difficult to focus on one thing. In the past, he always wanted to do his own thing and this almost led to financial ruin.

He achieved a measure of success with hypnotherapy. He describes himself as a "fantastic hypnotherapist" and built a business that saw him working with 12-14 clients a day, six days a week for one to one and half hours at $75 per hour. However, you can see the problem with this model. He was exchanging his time for money and there are only so many hours in a day. Ironically, even although on one level this business was thriving, he was still struggling to pay his rent and was $100,000 in debt.

Einstein said that it is insanity to keep doing the same things and yet expect different results. Knudson knew he had to make some radical changes to the manner in which he conducted business and turned to Internet Marketing. He also decided to focus on list building because he noticed that this topic was a recurring theme in much of the marketing material that he was receiving.

Bob Proctor says that if your goals do not excite you as well as scare you then you haven't set yourself a goal that is worthy of you. Knudson had no problem with this. He set himself the audacious goal of getting one million subscribers in six months or less. He felt this goal would excite his subscribers as well as get the attention of a few JV (Joint Venture) partners.

"I failed enough times to be really gutsy about what I was going after because I wasn't afraid of failing."

He identified a list of potential JV partners and offered them a proposal. The first prospects were not as established as those he would later approach and they just laughed at him and told him that it couldn't be done. Who could blame them? Knudson wasn't exactly approaching this challenge from a position of strength. Knudson had no product plus he:

~Didn't know how to put up web page,
~Didn't know how to edit audio,
~Didn't know how to write copy,
~Had never done a teleseminar, and
~Didn't understand the concept of a squeeze page.

He admits that hearing repeated rejections started to make him feel down but he persisted.

He was turned down 63 times before he received his first yes. When heavyweights such as Joe Vitale, NitroMarketing and Jay Abraham agreed to come on board others followed suit. His plan was no less audacious and it is ironic that those who agreed to support him were more accomplished Internet Marketers than those who originally rejected him. Perhaps they had more vision than the initial naysayers or perhaps the long string of rejections enabled Knudson to refine his pitch. No matter, he was up and running.

However, it certainly wasn't plain sailing. He persuaded seven other individuals to work with him on a percentage basis and work they did. They were putting in 30-50 hour weeks and bringing in about $10,000 per month of which 70% went to Knudson's partners and the remainder was ploughed back into the business to pay for items such as Instant Audio, Ask™ Database and further education, all of which helped the business to run more smoothly and efficiently.

A major turning point came when Knudson took Alex Mandossian's Teleseminar Secrets mentoring program. Halfway through the program he made $38,000 just by following through on all of the action points.

"I was going through one training program at a time, very, very thoroughly and implementing every single technique, every single tactic, every single thing that you had to implement."

This is a critical success factor. Many people attend training programs but do not follow through. They often blame the program rather than their lack of action for their failure to get results. Within one month Knudson's income made a quantum leap from $10,000 to $100,000. In his first year, after doing Teleseminar Secrets, he made $800,000 in sales and from the same size list. Yet for the first eight months he made next to nothing - a measly $10,000 per month.

An interesting footnote to this case study is that Tellman Knudson still hasn't reached his target of one million subscribers but do you think he cares? He is now a highly respected Internet Marketer known for his expertise in list building. His business turns over seven figures annually something which he attributes to the power of teleseminars.

When it comes to list building, it's not just size that matters; it's also responsiveness and Tellman Knudson has achieved the best of both worlds.