Micheal Savoie

I purposely left the title ambiguous and seemingly grammatically challenged. Because I refuse to be the crack slipper…

In reading Impact: How To Get Noticed, Motivation Millions and Make A Difference In A Noisy World I found that I saw myself as one of the people who never spoke loud enough to get the attention of the people I really wanted to reach. Seemed like someone was either louder than me or a distraction would interrupt the person who could make a difference for me.

In fact it came to a head in January of this year in Las Vegas. I was at the Masters Seminar and I was helping Ross Goldberg with the operation of the seminar. Among that crowd of intense personalities I pretty much blended into the shrubbery, because my focus was getting stuff done or escaping to get a few notes taken during some of the many amazing speakers.

If you read my previous posts, you probably know that cashflow has been a challenge for me, and that I give my word to people that I am going to be there and then I get there no matter what. I had maxed out most of my credit cards by the time I arrived, so food was challenging, but I would make a sale here or there on my website and then I would have the money, or one of my friends would invite me to come eat with them, and then would buy. They always made it seem like it was part of the plan, but I hated the imposition that I felt I was being.

Dr. Mike Woo Ming was speaking and I managed to get a seat near the front and I took copious notes, because Dr. Mike really delivers some good content. I mean actionable stuff that you can use and make money with. Since I believe in helping the speakers get audience participation, one time when Dr. Mike said “Who thinks $4500 is a good price for this package? Raise your hand if you would buy this product for $4500!”

I raised my hand instantly to get some social proof going for Dr. Mike, and I saw others start to raise their hands, too. But being near the front, I caught Dr. Mike’s attention.

“For taking action, you can have the package for free!”

I was floored, because that coaching program that Dr. Mike was offering was worth the $4500 easily! And the software bonuses were worth easily twice that much! I was fired up! I was going to finally get some coaching from someone who could show me how to make money in quantities that would eliminate the worry about where my next meal would come from.

I made sure I filled out the form with the required information… and I slipped through the cracks.

I don’t know what happened, but the email never arrived…

Slipping through the cracks has happened in numerous situations where I know something funny had to be going on… a blog comment that ends up being approved but on a totally buried post instead of the one I commented on. A phone call I was supposed to be scheduled for with a different mentor never happened, and I feel like a dork for speaking up. In fact I almost quit a coaching program because of it. People who say one thing in front of people about you, but their actions convey the opposite (like they totally forget you exist). In any case, I am not revisiting this as therapy for me, but for prevention for you!

I think you reach an age and a point in humility where you shred the final pieces of pride that you have left and you decide to speak up! You risk appearing negative, but you get your point across, dammit!

Speaking up must be positive. You can’t hurt others, because that is not speaking up. That is spiteful. You tell people how their behavior made you feel. You tell them that you think it was probably an oversight on their part, but that they should have done this.

It is really difficult, though, speaking up. Even as I type this sentence, I am plotting to delete this post before publishing it. I may have to publish before even reading it all the way through, because I don’t want to drag people through the mud…

But if you are reading this, then somehow this post slipped through the cracks…

Have an amazing day!

Micheal Savoie
http://twitter.com/michealsavoie

PS – I am launching a new website. It is powered by Rapid Action Profits… but with a twist. I supply the website, the bandwidth, the script and the affiliates and you pay me with a percentage of the sales and an up front setup fee.

Why would you want to do something like that?

1. You don’t know how to set up a script on your website.
2. You don’t want to spend that much money on the software.
3. You don’t have time to spend with the set up and deployment.
4. You don’t have time to gather new JV partners.
5. You just want to create products.
6. It is worth the smaller up front fee and percentage of commissions to not have to worry about the support and costs of running an ecommerce site.

So if you want to have one of the first products on my new site, send me a direct message on twitter – and let me know how much it is worth to you to have affiliates selling your product for instant commissions while building your list for you…

Prices are going to range from $37 to $127 and percentages will range from 10% to 3% depending on the up front payment. I would like feedback on this to know for sure that I am not being an idiot…lol.

Check out the first product up so far:

Target: Adwords – a step by step video training site that shows you how to set up site targeting campaigns on Adwords.

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1. Ross Goldberg says:

   September 13, 2008 at 2:57 pm

   My dear friend,

   People get busy and forget about what goes on around them. Sometimes something that meant a lot to you won’t mean much to someone else.

   You have to remember the other side of the equation.

   You know me and you can contact me at any time.

   Yet, you don’t.

   It’s a choice brother and when you need help, you have to tuck your pride away and ask for it.

   I love you bro.

   Ross
2. Micheal Savoie says:

   September 16, 2008 at 4:05 am

   Ross,

   Thanks for the comment. I was not passing judgment on whether you or anyone else did anything wrong. I simply stated the events as they unfolded for me and how by my own inaction allowed myself to slip through a few cracks in the past 9 months.

   I don’t feel I was slighted by anyone except myself, because I really could have benefited from just opening up my mouth.

   If I help anyone out there who reads my blog, it is to not allow ones self to simply fall through the cracks that form from life happening at ninety miles an hour.

   Have an amazing day!

   Micheal
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