Hello, Hello, Hello!!!
I just got back on Saturday from Mark Thompson’s AWESOME conference in Las Vegas, and it was so worth it!
To start out with, this is one of the best groups of people I have ever had the privilege of meeting.
Everyone was genuine and just very nice.
The proof is in the puking!
This couldn’t have been proved any more cleary then when I got sick on Thursday. I am not sure what I ate, but I am pretty sure whatever hit me was food poisoning!!! I ended up spending the majority of the day upchucking, sleeping, or looking green (and sometimes a combination of the above) as I dragged myself through what parts of the conference I could attend. It was ridiculous! I was SO mad that I couldn’t be at every moment.
But the care and concern that was shown to me by the group was impressive. Not only did people ask how I was, but they also brought 7up and crackers to my room and checked in on me. These are people that had no obligation to do so… but they did it anyway. Thank you so much Sara, and everyone else who helped out, and a big thank you to Mark who took the time on Friday to make sure I was caught up!!!
I’ll get to more of the conference in a bit…
But first I want to tell you about jumping off the tallest building in Las Vegas..
This is what I did (although that is not me)
This is to give you some sense of scale of how BIG the stratosphere is.
Originally I had wanted to go see a show when I was in town, but THEN when I was coming in from the airport I saw billboards advertising the SkyJump, and I decided right then and there that is what I wanted to do.
The SkyJump is a controlled freefall from the top of the Stratosphere to the bottom. You ride a zip line down, and it is a HUGE rush. You actually have to step off the platform at the top, which is …. interesting.
Thankfully by Friday, when I did this jump, whatever was wrong with me on Thursday was all better, otherwise I may have been puking on the way down and that would not have been nice. If you like Adrenaline rushes the SkyJump should be on your list of things to do.
Back to the conference….
Building your business empire:
The subject of the conference was “beyond commission”. Mark was teaching us how to develop our own brand online, complete with products and marketing. It was very successful.
While there I completed a sales page for one brand new product (and bought the domain). This is great, because sales pages have always freaked me out, but Mark has a way of explaining things that makes them very accessible. I would recommend his programs to anyone.
I also completed the outline for my outsourcing guide. Paul invited me to get up and speak about outsourcing, which I did. I am very thankful for the opportunity, because it really helped me hone in on what people’s questions are. So I am confident I will be able to deliver a product that offers great value.
They’re speaking my language…
The very best part about coming to an event like this -at least for me- is the ability to hang out with other people who actually know what you are talking about.
I have been full time in IM for over 2 years now, and have my fair share of people trying very hard to understand what I do, but not quite getting there. It’s OK… what I do is not the easiest thing to understand.
So I can’t even tell you how awesome it was to be around a group of people who know what I am talking about, and who I don’t have to explain things to…
Not only did I get great ideas, but I also got to learn about areas of IM that I had never even considered before.
Vegas was AWESOME!!!
Heather
P.S. Please leave your comments below. I love to hear what you think!
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