I just found out a few moments ago that Jessica Jackley, co-founder of KIVA.org, is the 2nd keynoter for the Underground 6 Seminar.

If you’ve never heard of Kiva before, it’s the world’s first peer-to-peer online micro-lendingwebsite. Kiva.org allows individuals to lend as little as $25 to entrepreneurs in the developing world, providing affordable capital to start or expand a small business. In just a little more than 4
years Kiva has helped loan out over $100M and connected thousands
of people across 120+ countries.

Jessica brings a fresh perspective on “Conscious capitalism” and how you can apply it to your own personal life and business.

Catch Jessica’s presentation at Underground 6 to learn how you can apply a “Conscious capitalism” perspective to both your personal life and business… i.e. it’s time to go beyond the bottom line… wasn’t it ALWAYS?

Learn more about Underground 6.

Just announce by Yanik Silver today, the first keynote speaker for the upcoming Underground 6 event is none other than Gary Vaynerchuk.

If you don’t know who Gary Vaynerchuk is – he made a name for himself growing WineLibraryTV.com into 90,000+ viewers tuning into his daily wine rants. But more than that he’s become a hallmark for personal branding and using Web 2.0 to really connect to your audience in a big way. The guy is pretty incredible!

His passion and hustle lead to TV appearances, a 7-figure book deals, a new media company and lots more. And guess what? Gary thinks you can do the same thing. You’ll be blown away and totally excited about what he shares at Underground 6.

Not only that, but you’ll be able to get up close and personal with one of the leading web 2.0 personalities and visionaries in the world.

And that’s just one of the reasons why there are NO seminars like the Underground event.

It’s not often that I blog about a single speaker that I’ve seen at an event, but I did that back in February after attending the Undergound Seminar and hearing Tony Hsieh (sounds like ‘‘Shea’ or ‘Shay’) of Zappos speak.

I’m not kidding when I say that listening to him talk about how he built his business on a customer-centric model and about the resultant incredible customer feedback that Zappos has received brought a tear to my eye and a seriously big lump in my throat.

Tony is all heart and that’s how he runs his business.

By result, Tony’s business went from ZERO in 1999 to a phenomenal $1B in sales just nine years later… and it’s recently been purchased by Amazon.

Although that may seem somewhat out of our league, it’s a business model we would all do well to learn about and emulate.

and now YOU can hear Tony speak… for FREE

Although attendees at the always sold-out Underground Online Seminar paid up to $3,495.00 to hear Tony’s hour+ long presentation, you can watch the entire thing for FREE!

To get access, all you need to do is supply your email addy.

You’ll also get more uncensored footage from the Underground® seminar… my favorite of Internet marketing seminars to attend. (BTW, I was talking to Yanik this morning and there WILL be an underground 6.. yeah!)

I promise you — Tony’s presentation is well worth a watch this weekend. Grab a coffee and make your morning internet marketing research  truly worthwhile.

Have a great one!!

Cheers,
Ros

P.S.  I’ll be off-grid again this weekend so please be patient with comment moderation.

P.P.S. BTW, if you sign up to watch Tony’s presentation, the entire series of Underground 5 footage will be made available to you.

If you do decide to partake — i.e. buy the package (and I suggest you DO), I’ll throw in a 2-hour consultation with yours truly as a Purchase Bonus. I was there, and would love to talk with you about it … or anything else that you need to know about Internet marketing. Just drop me a line with your receipt # and we’ll schedule a time to chat.

Just wanted to let you know that I will be attending Yanik Silver’s Underground Seminar 5, being held in Washington D.C. February 20th – 22nd, 2009.

Will YOU be there?

You’ve got until February 10th to take advantage of the BIG early bonuses and $500 discount, but I wouldn’t wait considering this event always sells out weeks early.

Too, the hotel rooms are selling out fast. As a matter of fact, there aren’t any available at the Seminar Block discount for the Sunday, but here are 2 options – the hotel has another discount option available on their site OR you can book through Expedia and it still works out better than if you pay full price for the Sunday night.

Please leave a comment if you plan to attend. If we get enough folks together, I’ll arrange a breakfast or other meetup for the NPT folks.

Hope to see you at the Underground!

Just a quick note to let you know that the Early-Bird signup for Yanik Silver’s Underground Seminar ends tomorrow (January 20th, 2009) at midnight Eastern — and the Underground is THE Internet Marketing conference to attend if you’ve been mulling over your Internet marketing seminar options.

As always, Yanik has managed to attract a ground of “under-the-radar” folks who are making huge bucks online, yet who do NOT speak at seminars.

This year there are 2 keynote speakers. Yanik managed to get both Bob Parsons (CEO of Go Daddy) and Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos.com) to speak at the Underground.

Early-Bird bonuses include:

• A private, closed-door VIP dinner with the speakers
• Casino Royale night
• A seat at the Social Media Pre-day (social media marketing)

What I’ve mentioned is just the tip of the iceberg. To get all the details, grab a coffee and then read about the impressive group of marketers that Yanik has convinced to speak at Underground Seminar.

P.S. I’m trying to clear my plate to go to this event and will post when/if I confirm my attendance. Rumor has it that this may in fact be the last Underground, so it’s one that I don’t want to miss.

Note: The picture shown above was taken during a lunch that I enjoyed with Yanik and Marlon Sanders at the 2006 Underground. First time I’d ever had a glass of wine from a bottle worth $1000. That was the last time too.

I was pretty disappointed when I had to cancel my trip to the Underground seminar this year, but as it turns out, we can tune in to what’s happening.

Yanik’s Y.S.S. Agency has allowed a mole to tap into the video feed and broadcast the closed-circuit footage… LIVE …twice a day! Each day they’ll be sending out 24 minutes of footage of actual content from the presenters.

Tune in LIVE at the following times:

• Friday – 9 AM, PT (12:00 PM, ET) & 4:02 PM, PT (7:02 PM, ET)
• Saturday – 1:52 PM, PT (4:52 PM, ET) & 3:33 PM, PT (6:33 PM, ET)
• Sunday – 11:02 PM, PT (2:02 PM, ET) & 2:52 PM, PT (5:52, PM ET)

Check out Underground LIVE here, where in addition to the live feed, you’ll be able to pre-sign up for Underground® 5 in 2009… which is already on my agenda!

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As you might know, Yanik Silver’s first “real” published book, “Moonlighting on the Internet: 5 World-Class Experts Reveal Proven Ways to Make an Extra Paycheck Online Each Month” is now available in bookstores and online at places like amazon.com and bn.com

And I was honored to be chosen as one of Yanik’s expert co-authors on this project.

As Yanik tells it, “…the book has been selling well and has taken on a life of its own without any real promotion on my part” and he suspects that has happened because “I intentionally made the message behind it the opposite of hype. It’s all about an additional $500 to $5,000/mo in your spare time. (A distinct difference from a lot of the schemes you see in your inbox!)”

The central idea of the book is how to use the Internet in your spare time to get an extra paycheck to pay off your bills, make a car payment, save for kids college account or even just a special vacation.

Of course, if you want to make a lot MORE than an extra paycheck by moonlighting, you should go to one of Yanik’s Underground Seminars instead!

Yes, Yanik has done it again. He’s holding the 4th Undergound Online Seminar and I’m definitely going to what is my FAVORITE IM event. In fact many big-name successful Internet marketers will be there — but we WON’T be speaking.

What makes this seminar special is that Yanik gathers a completely new group of Internet “Players” who have their successful online money-making techniques a secret.

These “underground” successes then spill the beans about how they collectively earn millions of dollars every year online at the Underground Seminar being held from March 28 – 30th, 2008.

Rogue agents include…

• Agent ‘Get Smart’… ($20M virtual info empire)
• Agent ‘Doctor Zhiva-dough’…($15M health site)
• Agent ‘Bad Mama Jama CPA MoFo’…
• Agent ‘Fine Wine Millions’…
• Agent ‘Podcasting Princess’…
• Agent ‘Tycoon Tyke’…
• Agent ‘Mr. X #1 and Mr. X #2′…($4M with their simple membership site – techniques are so under-the-radar that this session will NOT be videotaped)

Plus, there are TWO featured keynote speakers including the CEO of Zappos.com, an $800 Million business!

The Underground typically sells out early (last year it sold out 6 weeks early) and as it gets ever more popular, it will likely sell out even more quickly this time.

There are discounts and special bonuses for Early Birds not available to others
(including a private VIP networking dinner with the rogue Underground agents and an *actualSPY mission.)

Hope to see you at the 4th Undergound Online Seminar!

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I’m just back from PPC Classroom LIVE seminar held in Las Vegas this past weekend and have uploaded pictures from the event to my Flickr account.

Shown on the upper-left is a picture of Brad Haslam (our Chief NPT Moderator extraordinaire) and myself.

BTW, that wasn’t me dancing at the Voodoo Lounge! REALLY it wasn’t.

If you find those pics on someone else’s blog, please let me know ASAP.

Actually, there are pictures from a variety of conferences there, including:

• Double Birthday Bash 2005
• Underground Seminar 2005
• Performics Client Summit 2005
• Ungerground Seminar 2006
• Affiliate Summit West 2007
• Affiliate Summit East 2007
• AdTech New York 2007
• PPC Classroom Live 2007
• Other Conference Pics

BTW, if you have photos from this weekend’s conference that you’d like to share, or of any other conference listed on my Flickr account, and would like to add them to my Flickr collection, please drop me a line through the Support Desk and I’ll give you an email addy to which you can send them.

Thanks in advance!

Ros

In case you’ve haven’t registered Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar III – time is running out for what is the BEST internet marketing seminar you will ever attend!

You’ve got until December 31st when the clock strikes midnight to grab all your Early-Bird discounts and freebies reserved for you.

And I especially need to warn you that your seat at the “VIP” Networking Dinner on the first night of the Underground Online Seminar is going to go to someone else.

Even though this event is months away – you need to move on this fast because last year Yanik sold out 6 1/2 weeks early while other seminars are still trying to sell tickets up until the very day of their event.

Now in case you’re not really sure about this event, here are Yanik’s 21 reasons you need to attend the Underground Seminar…

• Reason #1: Not the same “usual suspects” who speak at almost every seminar. I’ve brought together an elusive group of real-world “doers” to present what they’re doing online.

• Reason #2: No one making the bulk of their income from the “Internet World” or selling “How to Make Money”. (That means they can’t be a ‘shovel seller’.)

• Reason #3: The speakers combined bring in over $30M+ online selling everything from eBooks, real physical products, information products, advertising, membership sites & more.

• Reason #4: Networking opportunity not to be missed -guests, attendees, speakers and Internet “celebrity” experts will all be there to do business together.

• Reason #5: The speakers will all be giving up their juiciest secrets and best info because they are competing for the title of “Top Underground Marketer” and a $10,000 prize for their favorite charity.
  (They sure don’t need the money.)

• Reason #6: Take a tax-deductible vacation to Washington, DC (talk to your tax professional first).

• Reason #7: Spend a couple extra days and bring the family to Washington, DC. The Nation’s capital is a must-see destination for anyone. From the sprawling monuments, to the famous sites to the historical landmarks to the trendy streets of Georgetown – you will find more than enough to keep you occupied.

• Reason #8: New information straight from the trenches on AdSense, membership sites, content sites, niche marketing, information marketing, search engine optimization, eBay, blogging, joint ventures, selling real products & services, list building, MySpace, PR and more…

• Reason #9: Easy 4-pay payment plan makes your investment easy on the wallet.

Heard enough? Check it out

• Reason #10: New information from me that I’ve never, ever shared before, including my newest Underground affiliate tactics & secrets. (Remember, I’ve grown my affiliate network to 44,524 from scratch in only a few year. But 2007 is different and the old game plan doesn’t work as well.) Definitely not the same stuff you’ve heard.

  Plus, I’m going to cover my Instant profit boost any website or business can use the minute you walk out of the event. I’m talking about the most overlooked ways to immediately increase your website sales. Stuff that’s so simple (yet extremely profitable) you’ll be slapping your forehead wondering why you never did this before.

• Reason #11: $500 off ‘Early-Bird’ ticket price. After December 31, 2006 (or after the final 8 seats are sold) this will raise. This is the lowest price going!

• Reason #12: Confidential information to be shared.

  Several of the presenters have already warned me that they will need to turn off the cameras and the microphones so they can reveal ‘off-the-record’ information they don’t want to be recorded. Yes that does mean I will be taping this event but I definitely do NOT have plans on releasing it to the general public in its entirety.

  So if you plan on waiting for the tapes – realize I may make parts of it heavily edited and censored tapes available later on. That means the only way to get full disclosure is to get here in person! Also, a strict Non- disclosure policy will be in effect.

• Reason #13: ** Only for Early-Bird Sign-ups**

  You’ll be joining my guest presenters, experts and Internet buddies for a “VIP” networking dinner.

  When you sign up before the early-bird deadline you’ll receive a special red VIP ticket and confidential password. You must have both in order to gain admittance into a private, closed-door dinner and stand-up SPY comedy show. I’m holding on the first night of the Underground seminar.

  You’ll be joining my guest presenters, experts and Internet buddies for this exclusive gathering. Plus, nationally- recognized stand-up comic, Bob Marley.

  Bob has appeared on Letterman, Leno, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central, VH-1, headlined Harrah’s in Las Vegas and much more! His career spans 15 years of making people laugh all over the world. This guy is a total riot he’ll be performing his sold-out stand up act LIVE this first night.

  I’m remaining tight-lipped about it – but I guarantee it’ll be the most FUN (and profitable) night you’ve had in a long, long, long time.

  This is THE ideal time and place to cut JV deals, build relationships, and get to do high-level networking most people never have access to.

  Here’s what one attendee from last year reported back about just this dinner:

  “One connection I made during the murder mystery dinner at Underground II has resulted in over $1.3 million of sales so far this year” – Eric Holmlund, Ft. Collins, CO

• Reason #14: ** Only for Early-Bird Sign-ups**

  Set of Two Confidential Recordings

  Recording Set #1: You Get the ‘Instant Traffic Stampede’ Audios

  Recording Set #2: Dan Kennedy Platinum Closed Door Meeting Audios

• Reason #15: ** Only for Early-Bird Sign-ups**

  After the event is over you won’t be alone or left wondering what to do next!

  You see, I’m going to get on the phone with you for a series of 4 follow-up teleconference calls. On each call we’re going to take the most exciting and profitable “Underground” ideas and strategies discussed at the event and expand on them. We’ll brainstorm together and come up with even more moneymaking ways for you to use and implement the breakthrough information you’re privy to. Plus, I will get several of the presenters and guest experts on the phones to be available for further questions and insights for you.

• Reason #16: ** Only for Early-Bird Sign-ups**

  “CORE” Fundamental Day on DVD Last year, we had many more dedicated Internet beginners attend than I expected (probably about 15% of the audience). That’s why I held a special 1-day “CORE” Internet Marketing day, covering the core principles of effective online marketing.

  This CORE day covering all the fundamental A-to-Z systems of generating traffic and converting traffic. We filmed the entire day and put it on 5 DVDs. You’ll see me and my top- notch colleagues like Perry Marshall, Bill Glazer, Jim Edwards and several others covering key topics like Google AdWords, Online Copywriting, Using Multi-Media, Email marketing, Testing and Tracking online and more.

  Now ‘newbies’ and beginners can quickly catch up to speed and be better adjusted for the breakthrough ideas they’ll hear during Underground III.

  But this information isn’t just for newbies and beginners – there are many intermediate and even advanced Internet marketers who would benefit from this “check-up” on their foundations. Previous attendees paid an additional $397 for this CORE day but it’s yours as another bonus.

• Reason #17: Networking opportunity not to be missed

  My buddies (who also happen to be world-class Internet and direct marketing experts) have been clamoring to attend.

  I don’t know who will show up this year but previous high- profile attendees were Dan Kennedy, Jonathan Mizel, Jim Edwards, Marlon Sanders, “The Rich Jerk”, Jeff Johnson, Jeff Walker, Stephen Pierce, Bill Glazer, Perry Marshall, Rosalind Gardner, Joel Comm, Willie Crawford, Mike Filsaime, Russell Brunson, Michel Fortin, Michael Holland, Phil Wiley, Kevin Wilke, Mike Long, Andrew Fox, and many others who came to learn and not to B.S. in the hallways.

  In addition to that, there’s the previous “Rogue Agents”. Many of these guys and gals have told me in no uncertain terms they absolutely want back in to learn from the new presenters, network and be part of the action. (Who knows – I may even ambush them and put some of them work or give them the microphone and put them on the spot.)

• Reason #18: Come meet celebrity guest, Peter Graves, from the “Mission Impossible” TV show.

  Peter will continue to be known as the unflappable, Jim Phelps, head of the “Mission Impossible” force for six of the seven years the original series ran on CBS. When you sign up immediately you’ll get the chance to have a one-on- one photo with you and Mr. Graves.

  Only the early sign-ups are guaranteed a private one-one- one photo. This is just one more reason to make sure you get in before the final seats are gone in a poof of smoke like the tape on each episode of “Mission Impossible”!

• Reason #19: Real Results

  The success stories from last years attendees continue to pour in…

  “…Your conference is one of the first I’ve been too and I was a bit hesitant when I signed up. Well, I’m glad I did because in less than 2 weeks after getting back from it, I tripled my investment solely thanks to your Underground seminar (about $7,000 in profits)!” – Anik Signal, Gaithersburg, MD

  …Six ideas, in particular, that we got from the speakers fit into our business model perfectly and will allow us to reach our $1M goal in 2006.” – Dave and Heidi Perry, Pleasant Grove, UT

  “…$7500 in 30 hours on the Net using just one of the ideas from the seminar. I am by no means a big time Internet marketer. You don’t have to be to use what Yanik teaches. Just do what he says and you will make money…by the way I also started a forced continuity program that has 381 members at $30 a month. [adds up to an extra $137,160.00 per year.]” – Paul Reddick, New Providence, NJ

  “…I outlined a way for my client to pick up an extra $5,000 minimum this month, based on what I heard at your seminar (and, that’s a minimum.)” – Barbara Keddy, Great Falls, VA

  “…Actually I’ll be disappointed if I “only” [bring in] $150,000. I expect to make much more. And if I don’t, it will be my fault, not yours. I came away with 3 pages of BIG IDEAS. Even if you sent me home on 2 pm on Day 1, I would have still felt like I got many times my money’s worth.” – Paul Partridge, Westfield, NJ

  “…The Underground event was hands-down THE best event I have ever invested in. The information was so fresh and valuable I know it will grow my business at least 5 times over the next year. My goal is to be averaging $50,000 a month with my little niche market energy healing products and membership site and live events by next years event.” – Carol Tuttle, Sandy, UT

  “…I personally brought in over $200k (in just under two weeks) from only two joint ventures that I made at your seminar for my new software product. Awesome! And I know I’ve got over a $500k worth of ideas in my notes from listening to your ‘underground’ speakers… I’ll achieve my goal this year of over $1 million in combined online sales this year for the first time – Looking forward to your next seminar.” – Brett Fogle, Boca Raton, FL

  “When I attended your seminar I did not know anything about Internet marketing…After I attended your seminar and when you presented your stuff on selling high priced products I had a very strong feeling that I could do something similar in my site…Just to let you know I grossed 70k in the last 45 days…Once again thanks Yanik, and if there is anything I can do for you let me know. I owe you a lot simply because your seminar gave me the option to exercise freedom.” – A. “Vish” Vishwanath, Mumbai, India

  These results are from every level of Internet experience from total newbies to experienced veterans.

• Reason #20: Big, bold brassy guarantee…

  At the end of the first day if you don’t believe what you’ve discovered is pure moneymaking gold or you decide not to stay for the whole event or you are disappointed in anyway, for whatever reason, just discretely turn in your Secret Agent gadgets and your materials to one of our staff members. Say the code word “Au Revoir” and you can exit with a full refund of your tuition. Plus I’ll give you $250 for your first night’s hotel and expenses.

• Reason #21: It’ll be FUN! As you can tell from the site – this isn’t the typical seminar. There will be lots of fun, surprises and cool stuff going on.

There you have it. Trust me, it would be a huge mistake to miss out on this one-time event.

Don’t wait to sign-up for this event because nearly all the “Early-Bird” seats are already gone. They may even have to close the early-bird discount prior to December 31, 2006 because there is a limit to the number of people Yanik can fit in the room for the VIP Networking dinner.

Don’t miss your chance to hear from the most elusive and secretive group of ‘Underground’ Internet achievers (and also mingle and network with them).

I suggest you get over to the site right away. Don’t dally or all the seats will be gone and you’ll be left sitting on the sidelines.

Cheers,

P.S. Listen, if you’re serious about your Internet business – there’s no excuse for missing these 3 jam-packed days. Do it now and secure your place for the maximum discounts and the exclusive Early-Bird Bonuses!