WOW. Last night’s Live Broadcast of Successfool.com’s 1 Year Web Birthday was a HIT. We interviewed some of the most amazing business folks online last night.
You heard me rant, you saw me dance, and you saw the passion last night no doubt.
Thanks so much for a great year and we’re doing it even bigger this year.
Hear interviews from:
Angel McClinton
Ed Dale
Coach Deb
Michelle MacPhearson
Sierra Friend
Lewis Howes
Preston Taylor
Justin Brooke
What was YOUR favorite quote or part of the show? Leave your comments below & Tweet it up using the “Retweet” button up top.
Thanks
It’s vital that people see this video. What a fun and informative night. I was so honored to be a part of it. This was truly the best possible way to celebrate the 1 yr. anniversary of successfool. Hats off to you Alejandro, all the guest speakers and YOU, the audience/friends
ya boy,
Preston
mashin’ out quality content in 09
you rocked it out carnal!
Well said Preston — “vital” to see this video is right. I watched this last night and it was like a huge party packed with information and amazing people. Alejandro, you are WAY cool and as Lewis Howes would say, a “social media mutant”!! Thanks for putting this on, you’re the best.
-Sarah Merion
thanks for hanging sarah – i appreciate ya
Hey Mate,
Congratulations…Your onto a good thing
Take Care,
Michael Silvester
Michael – i really appreciate ya mate.
thanks for your support!
Congrats on the site’s birthday Alejandro! You have been doing great stuff online this past year. It was interesting to see Ed’s opinion about twitter. I think Ed created a band of internet marketing locusts through the thirty day challenge, and he is finally realizing how annoying spammers can be when they start destroying something that you love. I don’t appreciate the fact that he wanted to be everyone’s friend and now he is distancing himself from them, but I understand why he is frustrated.
As far as stopping the spam on twitter, facebook, myspace, youtube, etc… Internet marketers have been trained to use and abuse social networks for marketing purposes, and until the IM leaders start to understand how social marketing works, I think this problem will continue to get worse and worse. I am glad that you have always trained people to focus on networking and adding value to communities. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to your 2nd birthday.
God Bless Brother
Ok Matt
First up, I was wrong on Facebook – I did encourage everyone to become my friend and as is well documented – that was a tragic mistake.
I never did it again.
My views on twitter have been consistent since it first came on the scene. I learn’t my lesson from Facebook!
Now the part of the above that I have a problem with is you describing 30dc’rs as “locusts” – Have a crack at me (i’ll often desrve it) but to describe people who are just trying to find out a way to make a dollar on line and not get scammed while they do it. – i think your being very harsh.
Not to mention we teach social marketing in a totally responsible way.
Ed
Ed
First of all, when describing the 30dc’rs as locusts I was describing their actions and not them as people. I do believe that they are generally great people with good intentions, just trying to make a buck. I understand that my post seemed to be a bit harsh, but I do believe that it is true. I’ll do my best to explain.
I was an early member of immediate edge, and have been part of the 30dc for the last 2 years. I remember how much I enjoyed your marketing tactics and how well they worked. I liked the fact that you didn’t just sell theories, you actually showed examples and gave case studies.
I think the problem happened when you, Dan, and Robert got in over your heads. Your strategies mostly used social communities as parasitic hosts, and although they worked very effectively, they were not meant to be used on such a large scale. Especially not with such green internet marketers.
I remember early when 30dc’rs were abusing Nicolas Messe’s Search Engine Trust blog network. Then we moved over to squidoo shortly before the dreaded squidoo slap… hmm… was that a coincidence? Then we nearly did the same thing with tumblr and facebook. It seemed like where ever we went, we left a trail of desolation to the communities that we targeted. Dont get me wrong, I have done my share of grey/black hat marketing and I admire the strategies that you, Dan and Robert have revealed, but I dont understand why you didn’t see this coming with twitter.
In regards to you personally withdrawing yourself from your followers/members/students. I think many of them, including me, thought you were different then the rest of the marketing guru’s. It seemed as though you didnt view us as a viable market, but rather people that you could help. You seemed reachable, caring, considerate, and friendly. To see you removing friends, and talking about how they are a nuisance seems harsh. I understand that you would rather be real with those that are your close friends, and that you are trying to separate Ed Dale the marketer from your personal life, but by doing that, I think you will lose a part of your image that makes you different from all the other marketing leaders.
Matt
I’ve always seen the distaste from the other side of the Internet marketing fence (the web 2.0/VC chasing dudes) as coming from exactly what Longely describes.
Looks like I need to help Matt create a Locust Anonymous group, and I’m not only the president but a client also.
:::”Hi my name is Justin, and I’m a recovering locust. As of today I have 8 days clean. The support of this group is what keeps me going!”:::
Our brothers across the fence get much more traffic then we even dream about. Combine our monetization skills with their ability to create gargantuan subscriberships and you’ve got the best of both worlds.
Matt
30dc’rs were never exposed to SET.
Fair enough on your views about me – I’m thrilled to reclaim my personal Facebook profile for myself and would never go back.
I have NEVER taught anything other than keep the number of people that follow you small on Twitter. I did see it coming for Twitter and taught appropriately.
I’m making a ruckus now because it could so easily be fixed.
It’s true the Thirty Day Challenge has grown to be a phenom far greater than I could ever have imagined and it’s true our biggest challenge is to make sure that we don’t ‘blow up’ sites
I never described people on Facebook as a nuisance. Not once – not ever. AS i said – I made a mistake about the way I taught people how to use Facebook in 2007.
I have explained in detail why I did it. Admitted the error and received exactly one email in protest.
I still market the way I market – I just try to use the right tools for the job. I’m not above making mistakes (UNDERSTATEMENT!!!) but I’m also not above admitting them.
The results of the Thirty Day Challenge speak for themselves (this very blog for example) we will keep trying, we will make mistakes and we will deal with them and along the way get tens of thousands of people started Internet Marketing and I think that’s a good thing.
I think Ed Dale was very insightful…
he’s also got great fashion!
Great folks on board, great folks in the chat – but I have to say, Sadie’s dancing was the show stealer, by far!
you did stick around to watch that…HAHAHAHA.
that was my fav part too.
usually she’s camera shy.