I also pointed you to a video that showed that blog,
and explained exactly what made it worth so much.

If you haven’t watched the video yet, please do so
now: http://timic.org/MiracleBlog/

You don’t need to opt-in or jump through any kind of
hoops. You just visit the page, and click on the
play button.

I watched that video, and copied exactly what they
were doing, and you WILL be amazed at my personal
results.

First though, let me share with you how my life has
actually been a stream of steady miracles lately.

About a year ago, I watched a video created by my
friend Larry Benet. He was hanging out with some
SERIOUS players, in a 38,000 square foot,
10-bedroom mansion in Tampa, Florida.

As Larry walked through the mansion, he stopped from
time to time to interview some of the people hanging
out in the mansion for a mastermind session.

Each of the people that Larry chatted with shared one
of their success secrets.

I’ve actually watched that video a dozen times, and
had my wife and daughter watch it too.

I said to my wife, “You know, I need to start
masterminding with those guys, and hanging out there
at the mansion.”

My wife felt my forehead and smiled, implying that
I was being delusional.

Yes, I consider myself very successful, but when I
looked at the millionaires, and even billionaires
who visit that mansion, I had to admit that they
certainly seemed in a totally different league.

Yet, the thought of someday joining those guys,
masterminding with them, picking their minds, and
even sharing my thoughts… persisted.

This past weekend, I visited that mansion for the
second time, and I became a full-fledged, official
member of that mastermind group.

You’ll find pictures of my most recent visits to
the mansion on my Facebook profile at:
http://timic.org/Mansion

NOW, while my being welcomed into that group itself
seems slightly miraculous to me… what’s even
more powerful is that during the groups next meeting,
I will be one of the groups facilitators/instructors.

I’ll be teaching these movers and shakers, some
people that I have idolized for decades, sharing things
that I actually understand better than they do.

Why would they listen to me anyway?

Because before joining the group, when I first watched
that video of their meeting, I didn’t focus on how
I could use them… instead, I asked myself how I
could be of service to them.

That one little shift in focus totally opened the door,
and I have no doubt that I’ll be working on numerous
multi-million-dollar joint ventures with them.

In fact, I’ll spend five full days with most of the
group members in December as we go on a mastermind
cruise.

I’ll go on a cruise in December with my mastermind
group, then just a few weeks later, I’ll go on a
second cruise in January… The Marketers Cruise.

That’s how I’ll end 2011 and start 2012! That’s only
part of the high-energy activities that I have planned.

Many people will look at my life-style, and then look at
my upbringing on a tobacco farm, and they can’t help
by call it miraculous.

By the way, you ARE invited to join that January
cruise if you’d like. I think that there are still
four cabins available. They will probably fill up
today, so take a look at that now:
http://timic.org/Cruise2012

In case you’re wondering, telling you that the cruise is
almost full is NOT a scarcity play.

I no longer live in a world of scarcity.

In fact, if the cruise does fill up, you should still
let me know if you are interested. For the last several
cruises that I’ve been on, a few people with confirmed
reservations have had to drop out for various reasons.

When that happens, I am one of the people who is usually
notified, and so I let friends who have told me that
they definitely want to go… know… usually before
anyone else can.

It helps to have those connections.

Do check out the cruise: http://timic.org/Cruise2012

Willie

This January, we’ll be cruising to Cozumel, Mexico, Limon,
Costa Rica, and Colon, Panama.

It IS very affordable, and while many of your friends are
battling Winter storms (if it’s anything like last year),
you can be out networking with 400+ of your online friends
and enjoying some beautiful tropical beaches… and eating
24/7 if you choose to

The last several years have been an absolute BLAST and
many of us locked in reservations before we even left the ship.

Reserve your spot before they are all gone:
==>> http://WillieCrawford.com/Cruise2012/

Willie

And if you’re an entreprenuer, marketer or internet
marketer, the industy’s biggest bash of the year is of
course an 8-day mastermind and networking vacation that
brings together hundreds of the brightest minds on the
planet!

http://WillieCrawford.com/PleaseJoinMeOnTheCruise/

World class thought-leaders like Robert Allen, Willie
Crawford, Rich Scheferen, Matt Bacak, Brian Ridgeway, Kevin
Wilke, Howie Schwartz, Brad Fallon and many other top names
have joined Mike Filsaime for this adventure of a lifetime
that happens every January.

This is YOUR invitation to join an elite VIP Guest List for
our upcoming cruise that is already 70% booked with close to
300 amazing guests nearly 7 months in advance.

http://WillieCrawford.com/PleaseJoinMeOnTheCruise/

This is NOT a seminar. It’s a non-selling event, a true
VACATION for the whole family. That means bring your
friends, spouse, kids, all are welcome.

We have our optional mastermind sessions on the mornings of
the days at sea. (when we’re not exploring Panama and Costa
Rica or having a beach party in Cozumel, Mexico).

Hey, you take a vacation anyway, you DESERVE a vacation,
right? Why not come and party with the people who most
understand you instead of bunch of strangers you have nothing
in common with?

http://WillieCrawford.com/PleaseJoinMeOnTheCruise/

With rates for the entire 8-day Mastermind Vacation starting
at $998 per person, it might cost you more just to stay
home!

But hurry, you need to get your small $300 deposit in before
the early bird rates go up, deposit amounts go up, and the
3-pay plan disappears (on July 7th).

We can’t wait to welcome you aboard the Marketers
Cruise for a week of fun and profits.

Please RSVP:

http://WillieCrawford.com/PleaseJoinMeOnTheCruise/

Many thanks,

Willie Crawford and Mike Filsaime

On January 6th – 14th, 2011, I was on the annual Marketers
Cruise, traveling to exotic ports such as Aruba and Grand Turk
with a group of approximately 420 internet marketers and
friends.

Recently, I tuned in to a follow-up networking webinar for
people who were on that cruise. Every single night that we
were at sea, we met around midnight near the ship’s pizza
parlor for what we called our “Pizza And Profits.” At these
meetings we networked and openly discussed things that were
working in our businesses.

Those midnight sessions were easily worth 10 times the price
of the cruise to me. Those sessions often lasted for hours,
with the unlimited free pizza, and great ideas naturally
flowing!

Now that we are off the ship, we have decided to continue
these – adding even more value to the cruise. They are only
open to attendees of past cruises and those already booked
on the January 14th – 22nd, 2012 Marketers Cruise.

At the most recent Pizza And Profits call, we were asked
our biggest take-aways AND what we were doing since the
cruise. I, to an extent, dominated the discussion at one
point as I shared the fact that I was making sure that I was
THE ONE to actually follow-up with people that I met on the
cruise. I also shared the how and why.

While not terribly expensive, I still need to justify taking
8 days away from my business, in the crucial first month of
the year, to go out cruising the Caribbean. I did that by making
sure that I got some business actually accomplished DURING the
cruise. The contacts and deep friendships that I formed on
the cruise WERE “doing” real business for me.

I actually got to know dozens of people that I will be doing
lots of business with for a long time. I can confidently say
that… because I take my business VERY seriously, and I’ve
learned that it’s worthwhile to actually get to know a little
about potential business partners before you get too involved
with them.

To do otherwise is foolish, and will come back to bite you
at some point.

I’ve already shared with you my having spent a lot of time
getting to know Rob Canyon and his wife Camini. That’s
because I knew that he was someone that I could learn a lot
from, and I instantly senses that they were very genuine.

At the Pizza And Profits, I shared that what I am doing now
is actually following up with the people I met on the cruise
that I committed to following-up with.

I pointed out that 95% of the people that you meet on cruises,
at conferences, or even at local networking meetings will never
follow-up with you.

They will collect your contact information, and have every
intention of following up with you, BUT they will never get
around to it!

By being the one to actually follow up, you set yourself apart
as an action-taker, and give yourself a distinct advantage
over other in the marketplace who either don’t follow up…
or they wait too long to follow up.

You see, I follow-up immediately!

I follow-up systematically, automatically, and largely
effortlessly!

I even make the follow-up fun.

Here’s how I do all that, and how I teach those that I mentor
to do it.

While at a networking event (like a cruise), I take lots of
digital photos with the people that I meet and want to get to
know better. I’m no different than most other people there.

What I do NEXT is what sets me apart! I go back to my hotel
room, or ship’s cabin, download those pictures to my trusty
laptop, and send follow-up GREETING CARDS to people in those
photos.

To do that, I use a system called Send Out Cards, which is
also a company that I am a distributor for, so I even get
PAID for networking. You see, Send Out Cards, or SOC as we
like to call it, teaches us that the way to sell others on
using the system is simply to use the system ourselves…
and that works!

When I send people those greeting cards, they often ask how I
did that and I show them my resale site that both explains how
they can use it to send cards (building relationships) AND
explains how they can earn commissions by showing it to others.

You owe it to yourself to check out the system that I use at:
http://TheCardThingy.com

That url is a marketing lesson in itself that I’ll get into
in another article. You WILL notice that it’s easy to remember
though

SOC lets you compose and send a card right over the internet.
It has a built-in feature called “Picture Plus” that is akin
to PhotoShop. It lets you do about anything imaginable with
images and text, so you can create collages, add captions,
etc. You can add your photos both inside and outside the
cards.

The system allows you to schedule WHEN a card will be printed
and mailed to your recipients. That’s how I get ahead of the
game. While I was on the ship, I actually scheduled some
cards to be delivered weeks, even months, in advance. So, I
wrote the cards while they were fresh on my mind, and I
remembered what I wanted to follow-up with the person on. At
the same time, I pre-scheduled a few birthday cards, etc.

The system even has a built-in feature akin to an autoresponder,
that lets you send the SAME sequence of cards to more that one
person… inserting placeholders in the text where you want
each card personalized. I use that more when I’m working on
a client’s product launch, and I want to send a series of cards
to a list of prospective JV partners. I can follow-up
automatically with dozens (even hundreds) of potential partners,
with each card going out as scheduled, and being very
personalized.

I am a very “high-touch” networker, but what better way to
reach out to someone that you meet on a cruise than with a
greeting card that has a photo of the two of you together
(or a group photo) on the cover and/or inside.

People throw away business cards or stick them in the back
of desk drawers – they don’t usually throw away photos of
themselves having fun. They stick those in places where
they will notice them from time to time… such as times
when they might need a pick-me-up.

My system is very powerful, and it makes sure that you are
going to follow up by making it easy.

It’s also fairly inexpensive when you consider the potential
value of even just one good joint venture. It’s also a great
way just to stay in touch with your new friends.

I did say that it can even be fun. That’s where that
“Picture Plus” feature comes in. As I said, you can do almost
anything imaginable with those cards. So, I sometimes get
very creative with the captions, and cutting and pasting
things into the cards.

My wife has the same habit. She spent many HOURS having fun
designing Christmas cards which often had pictures of her
friends, or our grandchildren. She did this using MY
account, so it didn’t cost her anything. I didn’t mind because
a custom 3-panel (tri-fold) greeting card, with an unlimited
number of pictures inside and out, cost me less that $1.40
each… to send via first class postage anywhere in the U.S.

They cost me 91 cents (plus actual postage) to send anywhere
in the world. I have a wholesale account.

So there you have my big “secret weapon” for running circles
around my competitors, and for helping my clients put together
six and seven-figure product launches.

As they say, “the money is in the follow-up.”

Most people don’t follow up because it’s too hard and they
simply don’t have the discipline. I just showed you that it
doesn’t have to be hard or require a lot of discipline. It DOES
require developing one new habit… of being the one to always
follow-up immediately.

Make it a habit, a part of your “system” and you’ll magically
find yourself more successful.

You too will be able to easily enjoy “The Internet Lifestyle”
because you will secretly know that you can actually be
working while it looks to everyone like you’re just goofing off.

Actually, you will be having fun too. If you don’t have fun
while you’re working, then you’re in the wrong line of work!

————
Willie Crawford has been operating an online business since
1996. Now, semi-retired, he now spends much of his time
teaching aspiring online marketers proven tactics for building
their own businesses. Discover Willie’s best affiliate marketing
insider techniques in his 52-lesson, step-by-step how-to
instructions at: http://InsiderAffiliateTraining.com/lessons/

————-

I’m already scheduled to be on the next Marketer Cruise,
14 – 22 January 2012. You can read all about it, and
reserve a cabin at the early-bird rates here:
http://timic.org/Cruise2012

If you’d like to get a feel for what the past 2 cruises were
like, you’ll find tens of thousands of pictures on FaceBook.
Here are a couple hundred of mine:

Marketers Cruise 2010 – http://timic.org/2010CruisePhotos

Marketers Cruise 2011 – http://timic.org/2011CruisePhotos

While on this year’s cruise I got to pick the minds of many
of the over 400 people in our group. On a ship of 2000
passengers, 1 out of every 5 smiling faces was one of us

I saw a lot of the projects that people are working on and I
got to brainstorm a lot of my projects (and those of my
clients) with some of the VERY savvy marketers.

I got to discuss a lot of impending changes in the world
of online marketing, and to see some of the new technologies.

I got to see what tactics and techniques are working for
many top marketers, and we discussed what things are no
longer working… and why.

Perhaps the biggest thing that I see coming down the pike is
an increased use of video this year. We will continue to
move away from long-form sales letters in many niches… to
the video sales letter which convert VERY well for some
marketers.

We will also see a lot more marketers using webinars to make
sales. That makes sense since webinars have a more personal
feel to them. Few things are as powerful as actually seeing
the other person’s face, hearing their voice, reading their
body language, and even getting to ask clarifying questions
… right on the webinar.

I did an interview with Skype back in December where we
discussed some of this. The interview was a video interview
recorded right over Skype

Skype clearly sees where things are headed.

One of the people that I cruised with who is a master at both
the video sales letter, and at doing webinars is my friend
Rob Canyon.

I first met Rob in person when he attended a seminar that I
hosted 2 years ago. I was very impressed with his
knowledge and breadth of business experience back then!

We’ve stayed in touch, and gradually became friends.

Over the past year, I’ve learned a LOT from Rob, and will be
using many techniques that I learned from him in running my
business this year.

Rob has a free webinar coming up soon where he’s going to
share some of his eye-opening tactics with you!

Take a minute now to register for this free webinar at:
http://timic.org/RobCanyon

You’ll also see Rob and his lovely wife Camini in many of the
cruise photos from this year. My wife Nancy and I just
naturally bonded with them. They are so genuine that when
we though of going to a meal, a ship-board comedy show, or
even a shore excursion, our first thought was to see if they
wanted to join us

The internet can be so impersonal and phony. A cruise lets
you actually get to know and meet nice, brilliant marketers
like Rob. Being a marketer, I do go on these cruises largely
to meet new people and to do a LOT of networking and joint
venturing. What better place to combine work and play, and
to do it with people that you actually like?

Cruises and live events are where I actually get to look
people in the eye, and get a feel for what they are really
like. Even though I’m in business online, I like to
actually know who I’m setting up business deals with. I
encourage you to do the same.

Go ahead and check out the cruise pictures. They will lift
your spirit… especially if you are in some place with
dreary weather.

Now is actually a good time to make reservations for
next years cruise. Over 260 of the spaces on the
January 14th – 22nd, 2012 cruise are already gone.

I look forward to seeing you on next year’s cruise
http://timic.org/Cruise2012

… and go ahead and register for Rob’s free webinar
http://timic.org/RobCanyon

Willie

Hopefully, you are among those privileged 400 VIPS joining
us for our biggest and best 8 day bash in the Caribbean
EVER!

http://timic.org/WillieSentMe

FIVE cabins have just become available and our group has 48
hours to fill them before they go to people on Carnival’s
own waiting list.

TWO of these are larger OCEAN SUITES with whirlpool tub,
separate sitting areas, larger terraces overlooking the
ocean, etc. Available to the first who grab them for $1998
per person (based on double occupancy).

If you’ve already reserved a balcony oceanview and want to
upgrade to one of these SUITES, just email
support@marketerscruise.com (the difference in price is $600
per person based on double).

The other 3 cabins are deluxe OCEANVIEWS w/ BALCONY @ $1398
per person. Again, first come, first served at:

http://timic.org/WillieSentMe

Remember, we’ve got just 48 hours on this, and since it is
past all…

deadlines, payment is due in full. So, if you want to join
the World’s TOP Marketers on the million-dollar mastermind
and networking vacation of a lifetime, it really is NOW
time to take action.

Counting down to the cruise,

Cruising Willie Crawford

Now, I look at The Marketers Cruise which is scheduled for
9-16 January 2010, and can only begin to imagine how
amazing the networking will be. There should be close to
500 internet marketers, family members and friends on board.

I can look at the major (successful) product launches that
have happened since the last Marketers Cruise and say
unequivocally that many of the joint ventures that made those
launches so successful WERE set up on that cruise.

There’s nothing like sitting in the jacuzzi, laying back
in a lounge chair, sitting at a cozy bar, or hanging out
at a beautiful waterfall, that bonds and lets you feel that
you really know your fellow travelers…. and want to do
business with them.

That’s why I am already booked for the January cruise.

The bad news is that the cruise coordinator, Captain Lou,
just told me that it is VERY close to being sold out.

He told me that, when that happens, they will continue to
take deposits for the few inevitable cancellations… but
that’s no guarantee that you’ll get onboard.

So, if you are a serious online marketers, there’s only
one thing that you need to do. Read all about the cruise
at: http://budurl.com/CruiseWithWillie

Then get registered.

I’ll see you in the jacuzzi!

Willie

Fast-forward two years and the recession, and tons of
layoffs, pushed many people to stop procrastinating and
do that product launch that they had been contemplating
- NOW!

Many new product owners soon realized that they didn’t
know how to effectively recruit affiliates, and soon
thereafter discovered that JV Brokers could more effectively
recruit tons of affiliates for them.

I’ve been a JV broker for about five years

I’d estimate that over 100 people have approached me about
brokering their product launch in the past year alone.
I had to say no to 95% of them even though many of them
had excellent products

I told them that I simply was already committed to all of
the product launches that I could orchestrate. Many of
them came back to me asking when COULD I fit them in,
and sadly, the answer was usually not within the next six
months.

JV Brokers typically charge 10% – 20% commission, and
sometimes an up-front fee, on the sales affiliates/JV partners
that they recruit generate. I usually charge an up-front fee for
example. I also often negotiate an exclusive contract where
I am the ONLY one allowed to recruit affiliates, meaning I
have a blank check in approaching super-affiliates… with
no competition from others trying to recruit them.

JV brokering is EXTREMELY lucrative though. On a one
million dollar launch, that 10-20% equates to $100,000 –
$200,000

I have a business partner, Sohail Khan, who earned over
$2 million from one joint venture that he orchestrate
recently, and it took him only about three months and VERY
little work to do that.

My team and I have roughly 250 joint ventures waiting in
the wings (that we can’t handle directly) and that we’d
like to pass off to properly trained individual.

Our compensation for setting you up is negotiable, and may
even be nothing

Contact me if interested via my helpdesk at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/helpdesk/
Use the category, “Personal For Willie”
and the subject line, “Interested In Brokering JV”

By the way, one of the things that makes a JV broker so
effective is that they are master networkers. I will
spend seven days this coming January on a cruise with
close to 500 top marketers and their friends. I’ll spend
that week getting to know, and getting known by ideal JV
partners in many niches.

Here’s the key…

When it comes to getting more people to say YES to your JV
proposal, it really is often “who knows you” more than
“who you know.”

That’s why I’ll take a TON of photos on this cruise, and
shoot a lot of short videos too. This will make the connections
deeper!

The cruise isn’t until January 2010 but it’s already almost
sold out… fewer than 40 spaces remained when I talked to
Captain Lou Edwards, the cruise organizer, last night.

If even slightly interested, go ahead and register now.
You’ll have to put down a small deposit, but you can cancel
any time up until October 9th, so you’re basically just
ensuring a space if you do decide that you really want to
go between now and then.

Get complete details on the cruise, including seeing a list
of some of the very desirable JV partners who are already on
the VIP guest list at: http://budurl.com/CruiseWithWillie

Yes, my name is right there and I look forward to meeting
and networking with you.

Getting back to my having more joint ventures brokering
jobs that I could EVER handle, let me know if you are
interested in brokering some of them. Let me know your
qualifications/experience, etc.

Finally, if you’d like to get into being a JV Broker, but
you’ve never done it before, my team can even train you,
and THEN hand you a few of the JV Brokering jobs for
excellent products that we’ll otherwise have to turn down.

Who says the internet is not still a place of incredible
opportunity?

Let me hear from you.

Willie

Get your Marketers Cruise questions answered before
this once a year event sells out again!

EVENT: Willie Crawford Marketers Cruise Preview
DATE & TIME: Monday, August 24th at 8:00pm Eastern
FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast — it’s your choice)
TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW…
http://WillieCrawford.MarketersCruisePreview.com

This IS where many of the large JV’s are orchestrated.

Willie

This year will be the first year that I will
be going. I’ve already booked my cabin.

If you watch the internet marketing world,
and all of the product launches, very closely,
you can’t help but notice that many of the
people promoting the most successful launches
were all on the last cruise.

A LOT of joint ventures were set up during
those 7 days, which is why I wouldn’t dare
miss the next one.

It will depart from Orlando, Florida on
January 9th, and return on the morning of
January 16th.

This is also a great opportunity for those
living in colder climates to do a mid-winter
escape to warmer weather.

You can see the full itinerary here:
http://budurl.com/CruiseWithWillie

If you can make it, I’d also like to do a
mastermind meeting during our days at sea.
It would just be a facilitated discussion
where we would discuss some of the
challenges you face in your business and
solutions offered by the group.

There were only about 40 cabins left when
I talked to Captain Lou, who actually
orchestrates the cruise with Carnival
Cruise Line, so don’t procrastinate.

I’ll see you on the ship.

That url again is:
http://budurl.com/CruiseWithWillie

Willie