Metro Money Makers

I’m here in California helping one of my martial arts students get ready for his match in The Ultimate Fighting Championships this weekend. I’m starting to get nervous already. LOL So after a grueling training session we leave the gym to go back to the hotel. Once we get to the hotel we are met by a very large crowd of people wanting to take photos with us, so we take photos until everyone is happy, then it’s up to the room to shower and eat.

So a the table we are eating and everyone starts talking about marketing for their businesses. Of course everyone at the table besides my guys just think I’m a martial artist. So I’m sitting their listening to the discussion going on. They are talking about how unhappy they are with their business and marketing efforts. They talk about lots of different things, their websites, their marketing pieces etc.

Now I’m just sitting back eating my food listening with my ninja poker face on and I’m thinking to myself “these guys have businesses that could really be doing well if they just knew how to market properly”. But I don’t say anything because “FREE ADVICE” never does anyone any good. Then one of the guys says, “Hey Lloyd, I hear you do really good with marketing” I looked up with my ninja face and before I could say anything, Brandon Vera said “Yeah he does but he gets paid BIG BUCKS for giving that type of advise”. Then there was a silence over the table, they we’re looking at me, I was looking at them, then I just laughed and continued eating.

Then I made a HUGE MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I took one more bite of my lobster, put my silverware on the table, cleared my throat and said “We’ll I think that you should blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah……..” The guy looked at me and said……………. Get ready for this “Yeah that sounds good but THAT WOULD NEVER WORK FOR MY BUSINESS” My marketing ninja reflexes wanted to jump over the table to free him from his closed mind but I couldn’t be upset because that’s what most business owner think. And that’s why most business owners are struggling.

“Industry Norms Equal Industry Results”

Now granted I get paid extremely well to help people with their marketing and that’s if I decide to do it. Which I often turn people down. I get paid anywhere from $12,000-$20,000 to consult with a business on the things I was getting ready to talk about at the table for free last night. In these situations I usually just sit back and listen, but for some reason I broke my rule and wanted to help this guy. Only to be reminded why I usually stay quiet.

But once a month people in my local area do have a chance to hear me speak about marketing without having to write me a “BIG FAT CHECK”. And that’s by attending my monthly Glazier Kenndey Chapter Meetings. For those that attended my very first on you’ll remember that I had some HUGE banners hanging around the room. Guess what one of them said.

Yeap, you guessed it “But Lloyd, My Business Is Different”.

Now if you think like this let me give you a BIG NINJA CHOP, YOUR BUSINESS IS NOT DIFFERENT!!! Our style of marketing IS working in your industry and over 185 different industries in the country. Our style of marketing IS Different then what most people in your industry are doing. And EVERYONE that is using our style of marketing IS making more money then what is the norm of that industry.

But if you want to continue with the negative attitude and thought that your business is different. By all means continue getting the results that you’re getting.

That reminds me of an email that I got from a young lady who was beggin me to help her market her business, her business was going down hill at lightning speeds and wanted to see if I could save it. Well I invited her to my last Chapter Meeting so I could introduce her to our style of marketing and guess what she told me?

She said she would love to but the meeting was to far for her to come to. Let me point out that she lives 40 minutes from where I was holding the meeting.

I just had my Glazier Kennedy VIP Meeting this past week and one of the guys in my mastermind team is from Australia. It took him over a day to get to America to network with us. At the Info Summit we recently attended we had people from 15 different countries travel to learn how to improve their businesses.

Now to put things in perspective, check out MY RATES on one of my websites, just click on MY RATES.

Now I’m not showing you this to brag about how much money people pay me to teach them marketing. I’m using this as an example of a EXTREMELY important point. People pay me very large sums of money, travel great distances and have to take sometimes days away from their business to meet with me. Just in case you didn’t know, I never visit my clients, they all come to me in Maryland.

Now here’s the point, and you might want to take careful note on this topic. This lady wouldn’t drive 40 minutes to meet with me for free about learning our style of marketing to save her failing business.

Do you see something wrong with this picture? I sure do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway I have to go with Brandon to do a interview on Direct TV for the fights this weekend. Hopefully if you’re reading this, own a business, you’re more opened minded then the nit wits I’ve been dealing with. If you have an open mind, a willingness to learn, I can help you take your business to the next level, no matter how bad or successfull you are right now.

Talk to you soon.

Lloyd Irvin Jr.

The Marketing Renegade

PS. Make sure that you sign up for my next local Chapter Meeting on November 29, 2006. If you’re not already registered please CLICK HERE

Being Around Millionaires This Weekend… I’m just getting back and recovering from the Bill Glazier and Dan Kennedy Information Marketing Summit that was held in Atlanta November 1-4, 2006.

All I can say is “WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

If you’ve been around me enough, you already know how I feel about the “MASTERMIND” Principle. Being around, associating with, networking with, building business relationships with, building new joint venture deals and building powerful alliances with other ultra-successful people is like a dream come true.

Now back to my recent trip: We took a group of about 12 hungry entrepreneurs from the Metro area to the Info Summit this past weekend. This was the first major Marketing event for most of them and they would not be disappointed.

Here is a photo of a few of our group eating lunch

After day one, where Bill Glazier covered the A to Z Blueprint for starting an information marketing business, everyone that came with me realized what I had been trying to tell them for so long now.

They got to see person, after person, after person that had gone from an ordinary start to millionaire success in industry, after industry, after industry. The stories are simply amazing and most of it has to do with these people being members of Mastermind Groups.

***As a side note, I want to let everyone know that I’ve been accepted into Bill Glaziers highest, most elite tier Mastermind Group, “Info Mastermind,” for 2007. I’ve never been so happy to have the privilege to pay someone $20,000 LOL***

I’m pretty sure that this weekend I met someone whom I’m going to be able to work with to create a multi million dollar partnership. Think about this: just last week I didn’t even know who he was, and now, because I invested in going to Atlanta, I’m going to be starting a new business.

Here’s a photo of me talking to some of the attendees

I also got some ideas that I’ve already started implementing in my existing businesses, and they are already showing signs of success.

At my next Chapter meeting, which is being held on November 29, 2006 at 7pm in Clinton, Maryland, we’ll be discussing one of the most valuable assets to any business. This asset is so underused by so most business owners, and it can make an alarming difference in your success.

If you haven’t registered to attend yet, please Click Here.

I want to give a big congrats to Daryl and Cynthia Washington for coming home and being on fire, working tirelessly on their business since returning. I hope that they stay focused or I’ll be taking a NICE VACATION. LOL (Inside Joke)

Can you believe that one of our own members won the all expenses paid consulting trip with Bill Glazier, Dan Kennedy and Yanik Silver? Well it’s true, 2004 Olympian Rhadi Ferguson hit the JACK POT of a life time.

Here’s a photo of Rhadi, Bill, Dan and Myself.

I want to close with an email that Paul Greenhill sent me and allowed me to post. I’ve known Paul for over 10 years now and he’s been nothing but a true friend in every sense. I’m glad he finally got to see what I’ve been talking about all of this time.

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From: Paul Greenhill [mailto:pgreenhill@virtc.com]

Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 10:25 AM

To: ‘Lloyd Irvin’ Subject: RE: Info Summit

Dude, thanks for staying on me and for strongly encouraging me to go to the info-summit last week. I can’t explain what happened, but it felt like my entire life changed during the last two days of the event. I thought about all the things I had done and accomplished (what I call “conservative risks”) and avoided doing in life because they were what I consider “aggressive risks” like the info business. I call it an aggressive risk because it forced me to think outside of everything I’d known up to that point; job, benefits, paycheck, some level of security. I never thought I would live to see the day that I would be dissatisfied with $90K annual salary, but I am. I’ve got a life plan and goals that I need to maintain and achieve right now and I can’t get there with this salary.

Sitting in a room with current and soon-to-be-millionaires can have an effect on you and I watched it happen a little bit each day. The reason it was so noticeable was for the fact that I was STILL skeptical for the Wednesday and Thursday session, but something clicked on Friday morning, can’t put my finger on what happened. I think it was when I realized that I was looking to hear from someone in that room that they had taken a chance on the system and it didn’t work for them and I didn’t find anyone to confirm that fear. What I found were people that took a chance, were pleased with the results, and wanted to do more with it. I also thought about what my boss said to me the Monday before I drove down to Atlanta. He said when it comes to an area where I’m not very comfortable due to lack of knowledge I lack confidence and look for reassurance before I move forward. He said that he’d rather I just move out, F up repeatedly (if necessary) and learn from those mistakes than being hesitant and playing it safe. Those words were kicking me in the azz on Thursday evening and it came together on Friday.

I know I’ve said this before, but I’ve got it this time. No promises or anything like that, the results will speak for themselves.

Just wanted to say thanks. I’ve personally seen you go from walking while living with your mother, to driving a honda prelude while living at Capital Crossing, to you becoming a multi millionaire with autonomy. I wish that I would’ve listened to you earlier but everyone has their time. And my time is now. You’ll see.