What was last year’s System Seminar like?
With twenty-three top flight faculty members, twenty-five special workshops, and dozens of business owners with six, seven and even eight figure a year businesses, I think it’s fair to say that System 2006 has to rank as one of the most remarkable gatherings of entrepreneurial Internet marketing talent ever assembled one roof.
But you don’t have to take my word for it: Here’s what the people who were there have to say in their words…
79 replies on ““I was at System 2006…””
Just got back to the room and wanted to let you know that I LOVED the seminar. Thanks to you and the great faculty. Thanks again, Ken.
Phil Wilson
Find a Job Fast – Free Executive Job Search eClass – http://www.1-find-a-job.com
Ken,
This was the single most profitable two days in my entire internet marketing career. First there was the powerful information shared by your tremendous faculty. But my largest benefit – one I had not expected – was the chance to meet, chat and associate with a powerful group of like-minded people from around the globe. Thanks to the openness of the faculty and attendees, I received several powerful ideas I can use TODAY! Thanks for putting this all together!
Another fantastic seminar!
Meg Awtrey – Superb session with insight on the methods & mechanics of her real world marketing strategies. Very practical inforamtion. Let’s hear more from Meg.
Sherman Hu – Fabulous high energy and dynamic session with lots of information on blogging with WordPress. He guided two system participants in the live creation of audio and video blog entries on his “Blogging The System Seminar” website. You saw the tools that he uses to create and populate his blogs.
Dave Taylor – Goldmine of information on blogging.
Marc Harty – stellar session on PR strategies.
Great fun! All the best!
Rick
System 2006
My first System Seminar…exceptional value!! An excellent selection of break-out topics and faculty. As an experienced business person new to internet marketing, I am confident that the material presented, combined with exceptional contacts made throughout the duration of the seminar will eliminate much trial & error expense and FAST TRACK desired RESULTS!
Thanks Ken, for such a great compilation of information and talent.
Also thanks for your support in the rebuilding of the Gulfcoast.
Esther Layerle
New Orleans, LA
The Trailer Outlet & 4×4 Specialties
My first System Seminar exceeded all my expectations and hopes for value! Great content and great people to associate with!
This was my first System Seminar — What A Weekend! As one person commented today, I sincerely hope you continue to host these events.
I was amazed by the incredibly useful content and the high caliber of fellow students that I met this weekend. Great people that are truly interested in my success. Invaluable!
You also did a great job of preparing beginners for this course. Your Smart Beginners course is a perfect setup to make this seminar really useful.
Kristie McDonald
West Chicago, IL
kristiem@nitrotoyz.com
http://www.nitrotoyz.com
Ken,
Thank you again for putting on a very professional, effective, and informative seminar. I was at last year’s seminar, and I just don’t know how you keep topping yourself with top-notch industry experts that JAM PACK each session with nuggets tips that I can use every day in business and life.
While all of the content was SUPERB, I also had a good time meeting all of the wonderful people. A couple of the faculty members remembered me from last year and the new ones were just as happy to get to know me. Aside from the faculty, I made a lot of good contacts and friends with the attendees. Unlike last year, I vow that I will keep in touch with the people I met throughout the year. The synergy created is hard to top.
Thanks again for another great seminar. Please do it again next year!
Bryan Zimmerman
St. Louis, MO
buyawebbiz.com
The System 2006 finished up today with another 3 days of outstanding training. The System Seminar continues to be the “standard” against which all other internet marketing seminars are compared with and aspire to become. This was my 5th System event and was definetly the best one so far. Thanks, Ken, Faculty and Staff for another outstanding event.
Someone at the System described it as “an entire MBA program in just three days”. I not only agree, but I would also say that “the System” puts MBA programs to shame. I have so much information swimming in my head but more importantly, I have a direction and a vision of my own future that I would not have had otherwise. I feel I am part of the elite.
Thanks to Ken, Staff and all the faculty members. And a big thank you to my fellow attendees who helped make the experience a remarkable one.
Coming all the way from New Zealand to be at System 2006 added significantly to the cost of attending.
And it was worth it.
I picked up some great new ideas AND the inspiration to implement them. The networking opportunities with faculty staff & other attendees was invaluable.
Cheers,
Mark Sceats
This was a fabulous conference with fantastic, positive presenters. I can hardly wait to receive my CDs of all the presentations. Not only will I be able to relisten to each of the presentations that I attended, but I will also be able to hear all of the other presentations. This is a good thing as it was extremely difficult to choose considering the quality of the faculty.
This was my first System Seminar and my very first educational experience where every presenter held my attention through out his or her presentation.
I have had some coaching from another group and have attended a community college two day seminar. When you offered a gift with my registration, I thought I was ready for the next educational level. I ordered the “Profits From Physical Products”, but am putting them in the on deck circle. After talking with another attendee about The Smart System for beginners, I could tell that I was out of the loop and needed to get the “real basics!”
Ken, you are a global thinker and because of that ability you have put together a conference with real meaning and value. I look forward to NEXT YEAR and in the meantime will enjoy the benefits of membership in The Smart Club. Best wishes.
Ken,
Man, do I feel great!
Just got back from The System training in Chicago. Fantastic.
The reason I feel so great? I’ve been to a bunch of direct marketing seminars lately and the rule seems to be about 90% sales pitch and 10% content, despite the $1,000 – $3,000 price. So I spend the better part of the seminar straining to sift through the salespitch to find the handful of useful information. That’s gets tiring. And then there’s the wear and tear of having to continually say “No!” to the salespitches for low quality stuff, again having to sift and sort for the handful of useful product.
The System Training turned the standard seminar format upside down. 90% content, maybe 10% sales, and what was offered was high quality, useful information. And…you didn’t need to invest in any additional materials to benefit immediately. What a novel concept…provide real value!
Oh, yeah, how about The System faculty? Very knowledgeable, accessible and answered all kinds of questions, from basic to advanced. Again, not the norm.
Thanks, Ken. Nice to wake up today feeling refreshed and ready to apply what I learned.
See you next year.
Dan Curriden, D.C.
Lighthouse Chiropractic
Smyrna, GA
http://www.lighthousechiropractic.org
Ken,
Thank you for all your hard work in organizing this seminar. I hope there are many more Systems in the next few years. The information learned was incedible and the vast amount of it blew me away. As soon as I got home last night I started my own business and with it plan to be one more of your many graduate’s success stories next year when I come back.
Sincerely,
Chris Jabas
http://www.NeverLockedOut.com
Ken,
I just wanted to say thanks again for all of your hard work. I can’t imagine how much time, effort and planning it took to put on an event of this magnitude. This was my first “System” and I’ll never miss another one. I’m still pretty new to internet marketing and I really didn’t have any direction before, but I now have genuine information, from people that are DOING IT themselves, to help me get where I want to be. I can’t thank you,
your staff and this years faculty enough.
See Ya In 2007!
Sincerely,
Joe Stewart
The Sytems Seminar went way beyond my expectations. Each of the faculty members addressed what we must do to keep up with the fast pace changes taking place on the net – a must for internet entrepreneurs. I was empressed with the overall tone of the seminar for it embraced honesty, integrity and professionalism. Thanks for an outstanding weekend.
http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com
My head is still spinning from the enormous amount of useful, current, high-level information that I can put into action right away.
First rate faculty and nice, positive, interesting attendees.
Thanks to the presenters whose sessions I attended, particularly Ken, Marc Harty, Elsom Eldridge, Dan Jamal, Perry Marshall.
And particular for the advice business panel discussion. That was a wow moment – I had to buy the CD as well as attending to make sure I got everything.
Ken,
I can’t imagine how I could have gained the high quality knowledge and networking contacts that I found at The System Seminar anywhere else – at any price.
I’m going to tell every fellow business owner I know about the value I experienced:
– zero fluff and sales pitch nonsense
– 100% proven, actionable info.
– brilliant presenters who made themselves accessible to all attendees for questions and facinating discussions
– an exceptionally open, friendly environment to meet bright like minded marketers
I look forward to seeing you again next year. Thanks again to you and your entire team!
Stephen Lahey
http://www.laheyconsulting.com
This was my second System Seminar, and was better than the first, if that’s even possible.
I’ve been completely immersing myself in Internet marketing courses, teleseminars, books, seminars, you name it, for the past year, and I keep coming back to Ken.
Why? Because he exhibits two characteristics sorely lacking in much of the Internet marketing field: integrity and objectivity. He believes in giving his customers true value, and he doesn’t present any idea as the next best thing to sliced bread without thoroughly researching it.
His philosophy extends to the System presenters and speakers, who are among the best on the planet at what they do, and to the System attendees. Attending a System Seminar is like going to a family reunion (with only your favorite relatives).
Ken,
It was the best business seminar I have ever attended in my 30 years of business. No hype, no fluff and not a pitch fest. The instructors gave us rock solid business plans and ideas, not theory. All of the classes provided tested and proven business principles that are being used now, not 2-5 years ago.
The information was absolutely cutting edge. If you are in business and weren’t there, you are behind. If you’re my competitor, I am glad you missed it.
Sincerely
Dave Jabas
http://www.wholesalelocks.com
The System Seminar exceeded my expectations. Not only did the excellent faculty cover the newest techniques and tools for internet marketing, but the discussions related to running a successful business, internet or otherwise, were very valuable. The informal discussions I had with the other attendees is worth the price of admission alone.
I was a faculty member at the System Seminar, but if truth be told, I went primarily as a student. And I was not disappointed because I have come home with at least a dozen ideas that I can turn into profits in my business. The only question is: which one should I use first?
I was surrounded by high quality presenters and ideas and the students were wonderful – professional, mature, positive and very eager to share their own experiences and wisdom.
It is always such a relief to be among others who are obsessed with the Internet the way I am. No matter what the problem, there was always a ready ear to listen and kick around solutions. Triumphs were mutally gloried in and funny stories flew through the group.
There was only one frustration … that I couldn’t personally attend every session! Ken, you presented a wonderful smorgasbord of fellow teachers, all with specialties that I wanted to master. Until I figure out how to clone myself, though, I can’t attend all of them. I will have to wait (impatiently!) for the CDs so that I can hear the speakers I missed.
Attending a seminar is an expensive proposition. The travel is tiring and the effort is sometimes enormous. Every time I go to such a meeting, when I get home I consider whether the expenditure of resources and energy was worth it. Recently, the answer has always been an emphatic “NO!”. This is why I have mostly stopped attending seminars, either as a student or a teacher. However, trusted friends assured me that Ken McCarthy was different. They were right!
Thanks, Ken, and thanks to all of you who shared your humor and joy of this wonderful business.
Sydney “Dorothy” Johnston
Ken
I’ve been to several internet marketing seminars over the last couple years and I appreciate your “nuts and bolts” approach to presenting the material. There was a great selection of speakers discussing a plethora of topics. My partner and I split up so we could cover as many topics as possible that could immediately impact our business.
We are now in the process implementing some of the strategies learned this past weekend, most notably:
– Video on the web
– Blogging
– PPC
We look forward to hopefully seeing you again next year!
Thanks Ken!
I’ve just arrived back in the UK from Chicago. Some friends have asked me why I travelled so far for a seminar.
Now I know.
This was my first System event and the KEY to it was meeting and making contact with fellow delegates and faculty members who want you to succeed. I know that being part of the ‘System Community’ will propel me towards achieving my objectives.
Thanks Ken!
The System Seminar 06 was excellent. This is no doubt the best seminar for a newcomer like me to find out about marketing on the internet. Ken is awesome and the speakers are the best of the best.
Great job!–Kent Komae, Creative Director, DR Copywriter
I was a newcomer to Internet Marketing – and The System Seminar – three years ago. Each year I’ve been impressed with the calibre of the speakers and information Ken presents.
This year was no exception – solid content, both basic and cutting edge – presented by folks at the forefront of business on the ‘Net.
My biggest realization this year is that I’m not a beginner any more. I can now talk about the Internet with the best of them. And I know how to separate the good info (a la The System) from all the stupid hype out there.
Muchas gracias! Pam
The System 2006 Seminar was more than I could have ever expected. I’ve been to a few seminars in the past, the real usable content of this seminar really sets it apart. I ‘ve got enough ideas to keep me busy for the next year.
The honesty and integrity of Ken and all the speakers was so refreshing. These people know their stuff and have their heart in the right place.
If there is a System 2007, I will be there!
Ken,
I’ve been in the Web consulting business for over seven years and haven’t come across a more useful, no nonsense, Internet marketing seminar than The System Seminar.
The value of the seminar was predicated by the spirit of learning and open exchange that you infused the conference with, from the opening sentences of your kickoff.
I’d write a longer note, but I have too many ideas from this weekend that I need to start implementing.
Thanks again!
Will
CommonMind Web Development
http://www.commonmind.com
Wow! What a great business and internet conference. My notebook is full of cutting edge strategy that will keep me busy for a while. There was an absolute wealth of talent among the faculty and the participants and the relationships developed are priceless.
Thanks!
Hi Ken,
This was my first
System Seminar and I am a Newbie.
You sent an email before the seminar that said this could be a life changing event for some attendees.
Well, I’ve got to tell you that this was life changing for me.
I am so excited by all the information that I learned. I know that I will be successful in creating a business using the concepts that were presented in this seminar. There were so many fantasic ideas as well as information on how to impliment the ideas. You are to be commended by the number and quality of presenters that you were able to assemble in one meeting.
I am proud to be a System Club Member.
Thank you so much and I look forward to next year.
Judy
Ken,
This was my first System Seminar. I was blown away by the generosity and expertise of every faculty member and the dozens of attendees I got a chance to speak with.
My only regret was not being able to talk with everyone!
I have never been to an event like this where everyone was so dedicated to helping each other out. It was contagious–I noticed the more people wanted to help me, the more I wanted to find ways to help them.
Everyone was learning. And in many ways, everyone was teaching.
Midway through the first morning, my investment had already been paid back ten times over.
You and your team did a masterful job. Thank you for everything.
Wow! I’m taking 2 days off just to review all these notes from The System Seminar. Great seminar that was chock full (overflowing) with valuable money making tips and ideas.
Ken:
Just back to California from my first System meeting. I’ve been threatening to attend for a few years and finally succumbed to your autoresponder.
Glad I did. It was great. I’ve been doing this for a few years and am earning a nice income running my business on the media known as the Internet. I say this because I think experienced Internet sales people should know this was the perfect venue for me to get both the information and the motivation to take it to the next level.
The quality of the speakers was top shelf, the quality of the people I met in the lounge in the evening was the same (you know who you are Ray) and all in all it was a great experience.
You have a new System Club member and I’ll be there at the System next year to learn even more.
(I’ll stand longer in the “sit down if you make less then…” exercise thanks to my coming to the System.)
Conrad
Ken,
Having been to a couple of your system seminars as a student and this time as a teacher/student (who wants to quit learning this great stuff?) I have to once again commend you on a superb effort. This years faculty gave me enough ideas to keep me busy until the next System!
Todd Taylor
Thanks Ken and faculty, for a terrific System 2006! A special thank you to faculty member Robert Middleton, for recommending this conference. As a 3+ year fan of Robert’s newswletter (www.actionplan.com), I highly respect his advice, so when he suggested this conference to his subscribers, I was there! Thanks for great cutting edge, no hype speakers and content, and for recording all the sessions and making them available to participants. Thoroughly enjoyed and found priceless value in meeting you, other faculty and attendees. I have a to-do list 2+ pages long, which I look forward to implementing to expand my Internet presence.
Thank you Ken for your stellar production of the 2006 System Seminar. This has been the second one that I have been able to attend and each has been rewarding with explosive content from genuine, sincere, experts with highly useful information.
The faculty not only were inspirational and fun to learn from in their presentations, but were available throughout the event for personable and helpful advice.
Additionally, the System attendees are a terrific resource of tips and information with the varied skills, interests, and experience of everyone attending.
The weekend flew by way too fast…but I learned much from this cornucopia of juicy ideas. I can hardly wait to start sowing these seeds into my business and help it grow.
Thank you Systemaginers!
ken,
again, great job. best conference yet. great value for the serious marketer. long on content, low on hype & pitch. great faculty. your staff was terrific too. see you next year!
all the best,
lanny
I just got back home to Malibu in the wee hours this morning after my first System Seminar experience and I can happily assure anyone reading this that I will do whatever it takes to be back again next year.
If you’re interested in learning the most powerful strategies from the top cutting edge talent in the Internet marketing world, not to mention rubbing elbows for three days with hundreds of other highly skilled online business entrepreneurs, you too should do whatever it takes to be at the next System event.
I am known for not being easily impressed and I can happily say I was indeed duly impressed with the array of presenters I had the pleasure of learning from.
Unlike other similar events I’ve been to, I did not detect any “prima-donna” personas and there was a distinct absence of inflated egos. Each of the presenters I witnessed was down to earth, approachable, likable, heart centered and eager to share everything they knew in the time they had available to brain dump on those who were within range to absorb their gifts of knowledge, wisdom and experience.
I’ve been continuously involved with personal computers since the days of S-100 Buss CP/M Z80 machines going online with 300 baud modems to BBS dialups in 1978 and have built several 7 and 8 figure annual gross revenue businesses in the computing and online worlds. Continuing education has always been a priority for me and I’ve attended a wide variety of events.
I can honestly say I can’t recall a more potent gathering of brain power that’s had such a substantial impact on me. I know that the information I acquired over the last three days will make a profound impact on my upcoming projects, not to mention the business that is going to flow from the auspicious contacts I made during the weekend.
Another huge thank you to everyone who was there for the gifts I was given throughout the event.
Awesome job Ken and Faculty. Another student educated and on his way!
Ken, et al.
A FIRST CLASS learning experience! You promised a lot, and then OVERDELIVERED. The quality of the faculty, the course content, the interaction with other participants all made for one truly enjoyable and productive seminar. Now, I can’t wait to begin to put some of this into action! Thanks to all.
Ken,
I didn’t believe 2006 could surpass 2005. You and your wonderful staff exceed all of our expectations. You gave us VALUE, VALUE, VALUE. What a steal considering what we payed as System Club Members. The caliber of the System faculty couldn’t be exceeded. I am sure we will all be implementing the valuable money making tips and ideas that we learned at the Seminar. The enthusiasm and energy that permeated the conference was contagious. Once again you and your incredible staff for doing an outstanding job.
Having been invited to come to the System ’06 as a faculty member, I have to admit I was a bit leery. 25 years of being in the research / consulting side of things makes me understandably reticent about making money online and about people who have figured out how to make money online. So my vision was that the presenters would be selling like mad and that the actual useful knowledge from the presentations would be minimal. I mean, everyone wants to sell their stuff, right?
I am delighted to say that I was completely wrong and while most everyone — including me! — who presented had additional ways that the participants could continue to work with them to learn more and gain deeper expertise, the presentations themselves were terrific and very informative.
I have a nice long to-do list and a huge stack of cards from people I will follow up with. The quality of the attendees was great, and I know that I’ve gained at least two or three great friends from the weekend too, another fabulous end result.
Finally, I was really pleased at the reception people had to my own presentation on business and business blogging too: when I decided to spend time talking about how to decide you’re earning enough and need to then start balancing your life/work, I figured I’d be branded as the “anti-speaker” 🙂 but quite to the contrary, received rather embarrassingly glowing plaudits from both attendees and other faculty members.
All in all, a highly memorable and splendid event. Ken, thank you again for inviting me and letting me participate in The System 2006.
This was my first system seminar. I came as a guest of my friend and associate, Dave Taylor, who spoke on the topic of business blogging.
I had a great weekend in every way.
The System Seminar surpassed my expectations. A ton of great, action-oriented information. Presenters who really know their stuff.
Best of all: an overall level of honest, hype-free content that allowed me to sit back and absorb without having to ward off a perpetual sales pitch.
The networking was fantastic. I met many great people and forged two strategic partnerships over the weekend. This element alone is worth the price of admission.
Steven Van Yoder
Author, Get Slightly Famous
http://www.getslightlyfamous.com
I need more bandwidth!! to take in all the info presented. Coming from the “traditional” business world, where what you send out must be perfect, business on the Internet is a real shift to “get it out now, and fix it later”. Thanks for the education!
Ken –
The System Seminar ’06 was an outstanding learning and networking experience. Having attended other internet oriented seminars and come away somewhat disappointed, I was a bit skeptical but hoped for the best. Yours was the best! The caliber of the speakers and attendees at the System far exceeded any other event in my experience for gaining useable, implementable ideas. I also have a long to do list and a lot of money to make! Thanks and see you next year.
Bob
Ken, as a first time participant in the System Seminar, I was so impressed by the quality of information available. The faculty was so warm and approachable to discuss my problems getting started. And the other participants were so friendly and highly motivated to learn everything possible in the short time we had together. Thanks again for a great job!
I’m a beginner, both in business and in internet-marketing. In preparation to the seminar I studied the Smart Beginners Course. That alone was packed with valuable information and action steps that were applicable right away. Within the first 20 minutes of the course I got 2 business ideas I could start with right away.
What I got mostly from the seminar (apart from loads of ideas, tips, strategies, tools, and a network of like-minded, supportive people) is to see the possibilities. No, it doesn’t take years to build up a business and make it successful! I don’t even need my own product or service. I can start right now. And that is what I am taking with me: An I-can-do-that attitude feeling encouraged by other people’s examples and concrete action steps starting NOW.
I also liked the general tone and attitude at the seminar. Yes, there is talk about money all day long. But again and again it comes back to: offering real value, integrity, caring about and serving people, loving what you do, sustainability of the business. And that’s what I am in it for.
Ken, once again the System has given me renewed focus, drive and inspiration. Between yourself, Dave Taylor, Declan Dunn, Mitch Axelrod, Rob Goyette, Dave Bullock and the dozens of conversations and brainstorming sessions I had with other attendees and faculty members, I’m clearer than ever about how to reach my goals.
Most important, the theme of this year for me was – being authentic and generous is the easy way to succeed. All the fancy SEO tricks and psychological manipulations can’t substitute in the long run. And, as you and others reminded us, we’re building businesses – which means we’re in it for the long run.
Thanks for everything!
Dear ken,
thanks for putting together an informative,interesting, practical, and inspiring seminar this weekend. Not only was it inspiring but I was inspired to take action, which is the ultimate inspiration. My goal for this year is to build my business with the tools and things I learned from the System and to build a succesful money making business and at the 2007 System seminar, I will be on the podium sharing my success.Also, thank you for extending the already
generous offer for the katrina victims. See u next year.
Richard Nahem
I attended the System Seminar this year for the first time.
I found the opening session immediately changing my way of thinking.
Ken made some key points like “It’s amazing how rich you can get without being perfect”
and “Experiment your way to wealth”. I had just left a company where there motto was “Execute Flawlessly”. I learned that the truth is if you are doing something to profit from on the net, it is better than nothing at all.
What Brad Fallon had to say about multitasking was another wake up call for me. I have many things going on and his presentation on getting “A” done before starting on “B” or “C” is a concept that will help me in my time management.
I am glad I had attended Dave Taylor’s session. Dave’s low stress attitude to making money and using software to automatically update his site while he is on the beach with his family was just as important to me as Brad Fallon’s enterprise approach of building increasing equity from his two buck wedding favors to a multi-million dollar entity. I never imagined having a UPS container truck burping on the loading ramp.
Sherman Hu also had a dynamic presentation that I am glad I attended. I liked his simple approach to making a comfortable living off a blog site and helping others learn to do it. I admire his approach of reducing the complexity so that even his father-in-law would understand how to blog. It was great networking with people around the country that are now on the top 10% of understanding the power of the web. I am thankful that the sesson recordings were made available for review later since there were others I missed attending. I can’t wait to get my CDROM’s so I can here the sessions I missed.
Thank’s Ken for a great System Seminar 2006.
Wishing all of you prosperity in the “Transportation Business”
Rob
RiverImage.com
Ditto, what else is there to say?
Ken’s pre-System program and Smart Beginner’s course prepared me to easily assimilate the weekend’s information and return to my daily business inspired and focused on the real important stuff.
I know what I need to do now, what the next step is and how to get the help I’ll need along the way.
I’m looking forward to the monthly System Club and returning next year with my success stories.
Hope it was worth your lost sleep Ken—in the words of the late great Warren Zevon, “we’ll sleep when we’re dead!”
Lee
Ken,
Thanks for an outstanding seminar! This was my first syetem event (and my first internet marketing seminar). You always over deliver and this event was no exception.
Really appreciated the amount of time built in to network. I got two or three ideas that I can use immediately to increase my off-line consulting (using on-line methods) at least 5x, with no additional time invested!
See you next year (Lord willing)!
Joe Occhino
Sound Financial Concepts, Inc.
e-mail: info@soundfinancialconcepts.net
http://www.soundfinancialconcepts.net
Ken,
I have been to far to many of this type of event. With hesitation I drove up to chicago think I would leave after the first day.
Boy was I wrong. Ken it was one of the best weekends I have had. The staff that you put together was great. After the first alone I had my moneys worth and than some. The folks who attended were great, and I can not say enough about this trip.
If any one is even thinking about attending they should go. I know I will be back next year.
Mark Young
Ken,
What a truly great event.
It really is possible to have a seminar that gives great content with little or no pitching.
I remember my first System Seminar back in Feb of 2005 when I first decided to get into the information marketing business.
Since then I’ve been using a few select tools to grow my business, and grow it fast.
At this event, as always, I was introduced to the latest, cutting edge tools, that I will use to continue to grow my business faster and more profitably.
Thanks for a great event.
Sincerely,
Brian T. Edmondson
http://www.BestBusinessOnEarth.com
I have a very busy schedule because I already have a successful business (nothing to do internet – vehicle wraps) so all the people in my office and even my family tried to talk me out of going to the system right now as we already have alot going on despite every outside influnce imaginable. I knew this is where I needed to be to learn what I needed to know for my businesses future. Your staff was top notch and very willing to help above and beyond the classroom setting. I feel I have become part of a elite club of the best internet marketers. I have a well I can draw apon as I need. I am so glad I pressed on and went to The System 2006! Now to process all the great infomation I overdosed on this weekend. Where to start internet video? SEO? Blogging? Ebay? Info? PR?
Ken,
As I said on the video blog and over at Fallon’s blog, without a doubt, this was THE most rockin event ever!
Rather than repeat much of what I said on Fallon’s blog, here’s the quote:
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Brad,
I’ll have to agree with you
that the System was a most
awesome event.
I’m a firm believer that just
2-3 things I learned over the
weekend will add another zero
onto my already six figure
income.
In fact, I was devirginized
as this was my very FIRST
Internet Marketing Seminar
event and I’m glad I saved
myself for this one. ;o)
(It was my plan all along)
I think anyone that has
something between their ears
and wants to make somer serious
money on the internet should
attend this event — and in
fact, it should be mandatory.
Ken’s just a super guy and
really knows how to build
credibility and keep a
presence that keeps those
interested — locked in for
years. (I’m living proof of
that.)
Personally speaking though, in
the first couple years of my
internet marketing education,
I probably spent more than
$2,495 on info products galore,
from copywriting to info product
creation to web scripts, etc.
And personally, I think my time
would have been cut down
dramatically just going to a
System Seminar from the get-go.
I actually was salivating about
going to the System since 2002
when I first came in contact
with Ken’s site.
I went to work — dug a whole,
became a master at something —
and launched NicheBOT.com and
was stunned when the first year,
the site was mentioned and
brought up at the May 2004
System Seminar. One of NicheBOT’s
loyal fans from only a couple of
months out of the blocks went up
to Ken and said you’ve gotta see
this site.
There is nothing better than
creating true loyalty with your
audience. It’s worth more than
its weight in GOLD.
It was good to meet you while I
was at the Trade Show speaking
to your partner Andy at the trade
show booth.
You kinda gave me this sort of,
“Hmmmmm, where do I know this guy
from?” kinda look.
I used to actually chat a lot
with your producer, Mark Carey.
Anyways — you are definitely a
true inspiration with how you
crush the Big G and the success
you’ve brought with your wife’s
business that started in the
basement. You’ve definitely
extended my own horizons.
Meaning, that if I could just
do a small portion of what you’ve
accomplished, I’d be most
satisfied. 8)
I’d seriously like to one day
overtake Google at its own TOP
position for the single word
“keyword” — as right now,
NicheBOT.com is holding steady
on the first page at the #10
spot right now, but I highly
doubt they’d want me to thwart
that position. 😆
I truly enjoyed Meg Awtrey’s
presentation, Ken Gidden’s daughter,
and having searched even deeper
for Ken’s stuff, and located
McCarthy’s audio from Ken’s
first Internet Marketing
presentation. That should be
a great addition to add to the
collection of all the 23 MP3’s
I’ll be getting from the Seminar.
Shoot man, had I figured out I
would have spent over $5,000 on
other people’s products, I could
have shortcut my time and
frustration by at least half
the time. (No doubt!)
I think you know that you’ve
arrived when UPS starts parking
a semi trailer at your 7,000 sq.
ft. warehouse. Enjoy the glow!
Anyways, I’ve foamed off at the
mouth enough and the emails
are still backed up here.
Later,
Jim Morris – Founder
NicheBOT.com
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I was so excited when I got back to home base, I came back and produced a 21-minute video as a special contribution to Sherman’s WordPressTutorials.com to take your blogging power one step further. For those that attended the seminar, I’d like to share that video here…
http://www.nichebot.com/videos/wordpress-and-keywords.html
Check out the video as it will be taken down soon while NicheBOT migrates into its next phase… Version 2.0. We’ve beefed up architecture and infrastructure and services to an enterprise level.
Peace all!
Best,
Jim Morris – Founder
http://www.nichebot.com
P.S. Please do not mind that PR10 on the NicheBOT’s home page — that is essentially a glitch and we are in contact with the Big “G” to make sure they somehow flush the backlinks that got entangled with our own. But it would be nice to keep that page rank since there are only 152 web pages with a Page Rank of 10 in the entire world. 😀
Ken,
You really outdid yourself. All of the speakers were really fantastic and quite helpful in the information they shared. Jim
The Seminar was amazing. Every other internet marketing seminar out there that I know of only talks about the tactics of how to make money on the internet. The system actually gave you the meat and potatoes needed to build an actual Business using the internet as a way to interact with your customers. This will result in so much more money for me in the long run with less effort.
In the real world, businesses in brick and mortor places can actually be sold when they turn a profit. Using only the tactics most other internet seminars teach to make money on the net cannot be sold as a business. Plus you have to keep updating and changing those tactics to continue making money.
When building a real business like the System taught, it is much easier to keep the money flowing in.
GREAT!
Plus the system also taught all the other great tactics to make money on the net, with your business. Wonderful.
I would encourage everyone to attend a System Training, even if they have been to other internet marketing Seminars.
Jamie Fettig
http://www.BeingHealthyNaturally.com
This seminar was extremely informative – and enjoyable. I’m expecting the information I got at this years seminar to make a major positive financial impact in my business.
Highlights: Brad Fallon and Andy Jenkins, just like last year, presented a barrage of valuable information. I can think of several small pieces of information from their presentations that I believe will pay for the seminar many times over. Declan Dunn and Dave Taylor also were each worth the time and cost of the entire seminar.
Not only did I meet some great people, I learned a lot of valuable things from lectures I didn’t even attend, by being briefed by attendees I had never met before! As has been said in other’s comments, meeting the other attendees was one of the biggest benefits of the seminar.
Someone smart once said something to me that I haven’t forgotten. “The person at the top of any organization will generally determine the entire character of that organization.” Ken McCarthy was in at the start of the Internet when there was a strong community orientation, and it is evident in this seminar that he still subscribes to that set of values. Everything in the System seminar, from the speakers, to the content, to the attendees shows this influence. It is a bunch of great people helping each other build great things.
I’ve been to a different seminar, one that could be reasonably categorized as a “pitchfest”, (something that the System Seminar is NOT) and I enjoyed that too. The person who organized that one was a very bright, likable guy, who delivered a good seminar. But anyone who met this person would immediately recognize that this was a man who could sell snow to eskimos, and *would*. Now that is a impressive feat, but one gets the impression when meeting Ken or hearing him talk that he is quite a different type of person. He might be able to figure out how to sell snow to eskimos, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t something he’d be interested in doing. He’s motivated by making a positive difference in people’s lives – and livelihoods. (The word “people” here refers not just to marketers but all businesses, customers, and Internet users generally.) And that makes the System Seminar valuable in more ways than just financially.
Joe Orr
http://www.nycircuits.com
Ken, Thanks! for completely over delivering with The System Seminar 2006! Your love and care for completely and properly educating your students in Internet Marketing showed through exponentially.
Imagine an internet marketing seminar where 23 of the world’s top professionals give their all in individual breakout sessions to an audience of 300 thoroughly prepared students and then, whenever the instructors are free, they attend one of the ongoing presentations. No one wanted to miss out on anything. It was that good. Yes, The System Seminar is truly the Harvard University of Internet Marketing Seminars.
This was my third System Seminar and there is a reason why I keep returning. Ken’s System originally exposed me to all the possibilities that this medium can offer. Ironically, it was only 2 links that originally brought me to him. Much of what I feel has been expressed in the posts above. The collective minds, energy and insight that are always present at this event is consistently inspiring. The power that we all have when we can connect in this way truly has the possibility to make major changes in the world our children will grow up in. I am glad that Ken’s represents the potential that all of this has to offer. His ability to bring a group together that is both eclectic and highly knowledgeable is uncanny.
In my opinion, these few days were more valuable than a 4 year degree in terms of showing you how to not only make a great living, but how to really own your life.
Ken
The System was superb but the real value apart from the faculty and the other attendees was the Friday System Club Members Meeting.
David Bullock was outstanding and really set the tone for the whole weekend.
I was too impatient to wait for the MP3 so bought the cd roms of Dave Dee,Sydney,Meg and the Advice Panel to listen on the plane back to UK.
I now cannot wait to hear the other 20 odd presentations.
Here’s to System 2007 and meeting up with some good friends
And Conrad – you’re a sick man but I’m still laughing from your filthy jokes!
All the best
Simon Connor
Ken: This was my 4th system event and the best so far! The faculty was outstanding and so many top specialists in their respective fields!It was great to see that you brought back top people from previous years. All of them were so helpful and open to questions and getting to know them better. It all started friday for system club members only where Dave Bullock,Declan Dunn, Rob Goyette and Mitch Axelrod gave the members their money’s worth I felt with their sessions! If I had gone home then it was worth it!Ideas to put into action! Great networking with old and new friends friday night!
The weekend breakout sessions were truly awesome with many ahah moments including Dave Taylor’s Blog session and Dave Dee’s marketing session and Robert Middleton’s group ideas! Not one faculty session disappointed me and in fact exceeded expectations! For example I truly was torn saturday afternoon on where to go with the quality of Brad Fallon,Declan Dunn,Sydney Johnston,Elsom Eldridge and Dan Janal and Meg Awtrey all speaking at the same time. I went to Declan’s outstanding workshop on Podcasting and talked with his partner Jody ahead of time which was as valuable as the session itself! I got to purchase Meg’s session that I listened to in car on way home from the airport at midnight and it was incredibly helpful. Such a tribute to Ken Giddens with her talent and insight! I couldn’t sleep! I sat with Elsom Eldridge on the plane ride home so the system seminar continued on the way to Orlando! Life changing information when put into action!
Can’t wait to hear the sessions I missed as great feedback from those folks that were in those sessions. Too much to cover here other than to say “Thank You” to you and your staff for a quality weekend with old friends and new who have impacted my life online and offline! Well worth the investment and much greater return! I would say to new folks don’t miss the next one if there is one! For those who have attended one in the past, don’t miss the next one as they only get better and better and the information presented was for advanced people as well as the newbie with the different breakout sessions available!
As Ken said when he closed System 2006: Thank God for the Internet! And, I would like to add, Thank God, also, for Ken and for The System!
I am as always totally flattered and honored to be a part of such an esteemed event. I enjoy every one — and I am completely in awe of Ken’s dedication to quality and integrity.
I’ve been online since before there WAS a publicly accessible Web, and have personally generated more than $25 million in sales — still, I always come away from The System loaded up with notes, new ideas, new directions … and new ways to generate even MORE sales in the year ahead.
This was the BEST System seminar yet! Here’s to a bigger, better System 2007!
The Systems Seminar this year was incredible.
To just say “informative” does not begin to articulate what The System experience is all about.
These are real people with real businesses sharing their proven practices that are profitable.
I met people who are doing it and not just talking about it. I have been online since 1993. But most of my sales experience is in the offline marketplace. I can tell when the person talking is not walking his talk and providing real value.
As this was my first time attending this seminar, it is the one meeting that I will make sure to attend again. This gathering has pulled all of the knowledge together so that I can move to action both online and offline.
No theory. Pure facts.
“Look at this site…”
“I use this tool…”
“Oh give me a call about that next week…”
The networking was incredible and everyone was very willing to share.
Meg Awtrey presentation on how to monetize your website was exactly what I needed to see.
Robert Middleton’s presentation about creating action plans created new ways for me to think.
And, I had the chance to meet the real experts like Elsom Eldridge, Jr. (Author – The Obvious Expert) who was sitting next to me at lunch and shared one tip that should net me at least $500,000 in the next 12 months.
All weekend long, I was talking to people who are willing to work with me to create real value in the marketplace.
This by far was one of the most informative and valuable seminars to attend on subject of internet marketing and online business development.
I come away with a workable plan not just stories of success from others but tactics to create even greater success for myself.
Thanks Ken for taking the time to put this event together.
See you next year,
David Bullock
http://www.results-squared.com
Ken,
Where to start? Oh my goodness!
Dave Taylor, Amazing!
Sherman Hu, Fantastic!
Meg Awtrey, Incredible!
Mitch Axelrod, one simple eye opening thing I learned from his presentation has my customers in a feeding frenzy, and all I did was enhance the EXPERIENCE!
After hours networking, Priceless!
Anyone that has never been to The System, or any marketing seminar is really missing out.
The only problem is that there is only one of me and it will take a while to implement each and everything I learned over the jam packed weekend.
Thanks Ken.
Scot Standke
http://www.keywordavalanche.com
The System Seminar organized by Ken McCarthy has the reputation for being content-driven, instead of pitch-focused.
This is the primary reason why I agreed to speak at The System for the first time when Ken invited me to join the faculty this year.
And my experience at The System lives up to its reputation!
Declan and Jody’s stories from teaching blogging and podcasting to business owners in China broadened my vision for my own business operations.
Dave Taylor’s blogging session inspired me to fine tune my business’ unique identity, differentiation and value to the community.
He also encouraged me to look beyond tactics, and focus on the long-term impact of being a thought/opinion leader in my space.
Marc Harty’s 7 Step Formula in his Web PR workshop revealed how good PR can effectively lift a business out of mediocrity to great heights.
Declan/Jody + Dave + Marc has my mind spinning with possibilities for my current and future businesses.
But that’s not all…
The team of volunteers that served during the weekend were incredible.
They gave of themselves wholeheartedly in putting the speakers and attendees’ needs before theirs.
Thanks to John, Janeen, Bettina, Christina, Tatiana, and any others I have not mentioned here. Gracias!
Finally, to the attendees (including my WordPressTutorials.com Backstage Members) that came up to say ‘Hi’ in the hallways, at my trade show booth, and who attended my workshop – U ROCK!
Thanks for making my weekend – your support and encouragement have been invaluable! Keep on P.I.M.Ping!
And finally, thank you Ken, for your warm hospitality, vision for The System and taking such great care of me over the weekend! U ROCK!
ps. American Airlines finally found my luggage on the last day – whew! Yay!
Thanks Ken!
I studied the “Smart Beginners Course” before attending “The System” 2006. The course helped me to keep up and stay focused on the high quality content the faculty was putting out. I left the seminar very inspired and have already started to implement new ideas.
I would highly recommend the “Smart Beginners Course” and “The System” to anybody looking to improve their internet marketing skills.
Thanks again,
Paul Langevin
Ken and Company have again put on a super conference. It all takes a tremendous effort with a lot of worrying about success thrown in. Not to worry now, Ken. The Conference was super, well done, well orchestrated and stuffed full of good and latest information.
One of my concerns was that I wanted to attend every session. That wasn’t possible at the conference, but now I can attend all those sessions via the DVD that includes all the taped sessions. Thanks for making that great opportunity available to us.
This blurb is a bit late because I grew up in the Chicago area and visited with friends and relatives before heading back to California.
This eighty year old is now a bit wiser, better acquainted with Internet Marketing and am raring to go along with the rest of you. My golden retirement years will now be blessed as I help others obtain what they want.
ALL THE BEST ALWAYS…JOE WELZEN
Retired Aeronautical Design Engineer. Former Navy All Weather, Night Fighter Pilot.
P.S. This getting started with a new Internet Marketing Business is exciting. Setting up my URL is high on my “to do” list.
Who needs an airplane when you can fly home on the wings of the System Seminar? The “altitude” of this weekend will keep me flying high for years to come.
This was a game changing event, and a life chaning experience for me. I’ve done 3,000 talks and attended 2,000 seminars as a speaker and student, and few have the integrity, quality, diversity, humility, comraderie and REAL VALUE as the System Seminar.
I love that there were NO Gurus and no big egos.
I learned as much speaking to attendees as listening to the speakers. And WOW, were there speakers. Thank you all for contributing so much, so graciously, so generously.
I love that there were beginners and veterans and you couldn’t know who was who.
I love that Ken created an experience where everyone talked to everyone and nobody felt awkward or left out.
I love that speakers were so visible, open and willing to share anything and everything without holding back. That’s rare in this day and age.
I predicted that Internet marketing will be misperceived in a few years like Network marketing is today.
If there is one group that can elevate the Internet marketing game, it’s the growing System Seminar community.
If there is one man who can lead the NEW Game of Internet Marketing™, I put my faith in Ken McCarthy.
Ken, thank you for an experience of a lifetime. Thank you for giving me the honor to share in it and contribute to it.
Thank you, speakers for expanding my horizons and opening up new doors of opportunity.
Most of all, THANK YOU attendees for making it all possible. YOU are the reason we do what we do.
We’re all players.
We CAN change the game.
Play it forward.
Mitch Axelrod
WOW Ken, what an awesome seminar. You absolutely have vision about where things are going, and it’s no wonder that almost every “guru” out has been to your seminar.
I was impressed by every presentation I attended and loved the ability to pick and choose the topics that were most useful to me.
Equally, if not more impressive, was the caliber of the attendees. I walked away from the seminar with no less than ten people I feel I can now call a great friend.
Ken, with respect to internet marketing, I feel we’re all in this together. And I really appreciate you for hosting these seminars each year. Thank You and keep up the great work!!!
-Rob Goyette
Hi Ken
Thank you so much!
I am so glad I made it over there. You really have taken it to a whole new level. The integrity that you bring to the often murky world of marketing education is refreshing as always, and the constant underlying themes of ‘real value, ‘real content’, and ‘real business’ are ideas that you communicate by your actions as well as by your words.
It was a real challenge to select the tracks to attend – most time-slots, I’d happily have attended all five! Fortunately, I’d given a bit of thought to what I wanted to achieve – getting a handle on blogs, web PR and SE placing, so it was a no-brainer to choose Dave Taylor, Sherman Hu, and Mark Harty. Knockout content each time! But I can’t wait to get the audios of all the presentations I missed.
– Derek.
Ken,
As a new club member and one who is new to internet marketing, I don’t know where to begin to thank you, your staff, the faculty and attendees at the 2006 Systems Seminar.
I can say that I plan to make some changes in my life based on what I learned at the seminar.
And God willing, I will be in attendance next year.
Marvin
After spending 20 hours sitting in a plane from Sydney; suffering jet lag, airline food, and grumpy
flight attendants…
Without hesitation, I’d do it all again tomorrow if I thought I would get as much as I did from the speakers and attendees at the 2006 System Seminar – Fantastic!!
Ken,
To be honest, I wasn’t sure if I made the right decision after initially signing up for the System Seminar, but it was well worth the investment, and many times more! It was without question better than I expected, and that’s coming from someone who had pretty high expectations to begin with.
For anyone looking to be on the cutting edge of internet marketing, THIS IS THE SEMINAR YOU NEED TO ATTEND!!!
I look forward to seeing you and the faculty again in 2007!
Eric Osansky, D.C.
http://www.practicegrowthsecrets.com
System Seminar 2006 far exceeded my already-high expectations. The faculty was great, very open and transparent, with a minimum of hype. The other attendees all enjoyed networking and even advising one another unselfishly.
I won’t miss another one!
Ken,
This was my 3rd System, and it was definitely the best. I admit that initially the thought crossed my mind, “Do I really need to go AGAIN…,” but thank goodness I answered myself in the affirmative.
Here are my personal highlights:
1. The attendees. The lunch meetings alone were priceless. Rubbing shoulders with faculty, rank beginners and people like me in the middle range was an incredible learning experience.
2. Faculty. Top-notch acros the board. My greatest A-Ha! moment came during Andy Jenkins’ Advanced Physical Products talk on Sunday, and Todd Talor and Meg Awtrey, both new this year, were superb. I took away something valuable from everyone I heard.
3. The absence of hard pitching. I don’t mind getting offers from genuine sources, as this year’s faculty was, but I personally hate being forced to sit through a pitch at the end of great talk. It spoils it somehow. Having the faculty and others gather Saturday night at the Trade Show and being able to approach those that I chose was great.
4. The last point touches on the issue of dignity, but I want to say that you, Ken, are what truly gives this event its dignity and preserves its integrity. Thank you,
Scott
Hi Ken!
Thank you, again, for another wonderful seminar. I learned so much and met so many wonderful people . . .the challenge is implementing all the action points I have given myself.
You have impressed me once again with an integrity filled seminar that surpassed my expectations. I expected a ton, too!
I really hope there is one next year and I will (God willing) be there. Best Regards, Kelly Muldoon
Hi everyone:
Seventy-nine is a nice round number, so I’m ending this thread here.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to share their impressions of System 2006.
If you’re reading this and have never been to a System Seminar – and are serious about Internet marketing – take the time to read what the grads of System 2006 have to say about their experience of our unique approach to training.
With almost no advertising (and a sales letter that’s three years old), the System Seminar sells out every year practically on word-of-mouth alone.
We don’t bribe people to attend with chances to win cars, free lunches or other nonsense.
Instead, we do the rarest thing in the Internet marketing world:
We give our students real value for their investment – without big egos, without hard sales pitches, and most of all without BS.
But you don’t have to take my word for it…
Compare our students’ success record with graduates of other programs.
No other Internet marketing education program is even in the same ballpark.
– Ken McCarthy