Alright, got another throwback picture for you today…
Take a look at the pic below…
That’s me on the left (back when I had hair and couldn’t grow a beard)…
To the right of me is the infamous internet marketer, Shoemoney.
He was one of my first mentors in the online marketing space.
If you’ve never heard of him, he was a legend back in the day making millions off of “ringtone” offers (remember those?).
I used to read his blog religiously.
And then one day he mentioned that he was putting on an exclusive conference for 30 people.
It was called Elite Retreat.
The cost?
5000 bucks.
At the time, I think I had about $10,000 to my name…
So dropping $5k on one event felt insane.
But I needed help.
I was still living in Ohio at the time, and I didn’t have anyone around me who knew anything about online marketing.
Most of my friends had normal jobs.
And the whole online marketing community wasn’t what it is today.
There wasn’t Facebook groups talking about funnels and copy.
You basically had the Warrior Forum and that was it.
So when Shoemoney announced he was putting on an event, I knew I had to go.
However… the price was a LOT for me to bear.
If I didn’t learn anything, I’d be down to about $3000 in my bank account after paying for the conference, flight and hotel.
I remember at the time asking my girlfriend if I should do it.
She usually was the first to tell me “no” when it came to this stuff…
But luckily for me, this was one of the few times that she supported my entrepreneurial dreams.
“I think you should. You can probably learn a lot from him” she said.
I remember stirring over the decision for days.
I had never spent this much money on anything.
And if it went bad, I’d be nearly broke.
So after a few days of deliberaiton, I finally said “f-it, I’m gonna do it”
I called them and handed over my card.
However, as soon as the payment went through, I remember feeling a big sense of regret.
“What if I don’t learn anything”
“What if this is all stuff I already know”
All that shit was going through my head.
I thought I had made a bad decision.
But once I got to the event…
And started meeting people…
I quickly realized I made the right choice.
In fact, by the end of the event, it turned out to be one of the best decisions I had ever made.
Because at that event, Shoemoney walked me through the actual process he was using to generate leads for local businesses (something I was doing at the time).
He showed me the exact targeting he was using on Facebook.
And the landing pages that were working for him.
Within 20 minutes of his talk, I had already gotten my money’s worth because I knew exactly what I was doing wrong with my Facebook ads.
So I was able to go home, tweak my ads, and make a whole lot more money than I was making previously.
So for me, the event paid for itself within a month.
And not only that, but I got to connect with a group of people that I still talk to today.
Guys like Alex Goldstein, David Klein, Jon Correll, Dave Dellanave, Allen Baler, Warren Jolly and more…
And all of that came from me taking a risk, and going to that first event.
Point being…
There’s a LOT of power in being in the right room with the right people.
What I learned at that event I couldn’t learn in a course.
Cause I was already doing 80% of the stuff right.
I just needed the last 20% from guys like Shoemoney who had perfected it.
And that’s exactly what I got.
That event changed my life in more ways than one.
And it’s one of the reasons I love putting on live events today.
I’ve put on 6 live events since 2019.
And in those six events, I’ve seen hundreds of lives changed.
Like Dave Sinick who added $1.6 million to his bottom line from one upsell strategy he learned at our Vegas event…
Or Areeba Ahmed who saw her copywriting income go from $35k to over $155k…
Or Jerrod Harlan who went from a fairly green copywriter having $5k months to an email master having $30k months.
This is what I see at every event.
People growing their business…
Or their freelancing career quicker than they ever thought possible.
And a lot of that comes from being in the RIGHT room with the RIGHT people..
So if that appeals to you…
And you want to be a part of the “right room” with me at our next event on Feb 28th…
I suggest you apply for one of the seats at the event.
You can attend live in Tampa, or virtually from your home.
But if you want in, I suggest you apply for a seat today while we still have some.
All the details and the info about the event can be found on the event page right here.
Hope to see ya there…
– Justin
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