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I know, I know. I said I'd write from Australia or Asia on the last trip. Now I'm back on the 25th parallel, getting ready to leave for Australia again tonight. The last trip was so packed with activity that there really was no time to write.
It's been wonderful soaking in the sunshine, tropical breezes, and playing softball. And it's nice to be back. But I have to say, I was a little sad to leave Australia. Sydney has always been one of my favorite cities and the last trip was my first chance to stay in my new apartment there. So I'm happy to be heading back.
Is there really anything as cool as outfitting a new place, checking out a new neighborhood, and discovering your new favorite restaurants? Luckily the new place is still walking distance to Bambini Trust Café, so I had my spaghetinni with shrimp about five times last trip! But I also had a chance to explore the boardwalk under my new place and try out some of those restaurants. It's going to be wonderful living there.
Kingsleys Steak & Crabhouse is there and we went for a lunch one day that was simply sublime. I'll drive 30 miles for good au gratin potatoes and they have some of the best you'll ever eat. If you like crab, that's really their specialty. They keep them live in tanks, the way other restaurants do with lobsters. If you get downunder, they also have locations in Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. Check them out at www.kingsleys.com.au.
Now I'm packed and ready to go, but wanted to alert you about a couple things before I left:
Good bud Joe Vitale has a new book out today. I wish he'd stop writing them so fast; he makes me look like a slug! He must pop them in the damned microwave. Anyway, it looks quite intriguing. It's co-authored with Craig Perrine, and it's titled, "Inspired Marketing!: The Astonishing Fun New Way to Create More Profits for Your Business by Following Your Heart." The title says it all.
You'll appreciate that instead of filling their book with theories, Joe and Craig actually interviewed real people with real success stories in all kinds of businesses. Whether you are beginner or advanced, artist or serial entrepreneur, man or woman (or just in touch with your feminine side like my friend Billy Looper), you will find something to relate to in the book. Jump over to amazon.com today and order it.
Since a lot of you are speakers, authors and consultants, there's a couple of events you'll want to know about. For you guys in Florida, critical thinker Ian Percy is coming to town to do the next program for the Florida Speakers Association. Ian has been in the business for more than 30 years, and always has a fresh and insightful perspective on the profession. You definitely should get to his appearance here if you want to discover how to be more relevant to your audiences. Get the details at: http://www.florida-speakers.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Events.Display&EventID=110
Then for those of you looking for a longer program, one focusing on the marketing and business aspects of being an information entrepreneur, you need to get to the special event being conducted by Ford Saeks. Ford is not just some "marketing guy" - he is MY go-to-guy. He is the brains behind my more than 75 websites. He is also the publisher of many of my information products.
Ford knows first-hand all of the profit-producing secrets on how to create, improve, and implement proven strategies and techniques to immediately increase your response rate, boost sales, reduce risk and give you a competitive edge... regardless of your products, services, prices, or industries.
His event is for entrepreneurs, business owners, marketing & sales professionals, speakers, authors and consultants, or anyone who is responsible for increasing sales, marketing materials and customer interaction. It's called the Profit-Rich Marketing Mastery Event, and it's coming up fast in Orlando, Florida on April 25-27.
During this 3-day weekend event, Ford will cover the entire gamut of things you must know to ignite creativity, improve your marketing & sales, grow your customer base, get a competitive edge, and increase your profits. You will learn how to supercharge your results and leverage your marketing efforts through many online mediums like websites, e-zines, blogs, and social media networks like YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Digg and others.
You'll also learn how to market offline, with mediums like direct mail, catalogs, public seminars, display ads, and publicity. I've known Ford and worked with him for many years, and I know first-hand what an event like this will do for your business.
Here's the best part:
You won't leave in a mental coma! Ford is an engaging presenter who breaks down everything into an easy step-by-step process that makes new ideas very easy to implement. And one of the other great benefits of this event - you will actually be working on your own marketing materials while you are there. You will leave with new, creative and innovative ways to build your business, and a clear plan on how to achieve massive results.
This is not some talking-head seminar - this is your chance to work one-on-one with someone who not only understands the challenges of finding, attracting and keeping your customers - but someone who has already conquered the exact challenges you face!
One more thing, because you are a "Randy's Rants" subscriber, you can get an additional $200 off the Early-Bird registration fee by using the link below and entering discount code: randygage I invite you to check it out and get registered today!
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Make it to Orlando; you'll be glad you did. OK, I'm off to OZ.
Talk to you on the other side.
-RG
P.S. Remember to save $200 on Ford's program, go to:
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and enter discount code: randygage
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