As you know, once a year I hold a very exclusive, one-on-one event called the Elite Retreat.  I’m happy to announce we will be holding our 8th event this year.

When we originally started seven years ago, everyone told us we were crazy and it would never work.

But we saw a real need in the industry for an event where people could come and not just listen to a ‘stump’ speech from an expert in the field, but actually sit down with them, get to know them, and get really solid advice and direction on how to achieve your goals.

As a well-sought after speaker for large events, I can tell you it is simply impossible to actually work one-on-one with attendees and give them any sort of real value specific to their goals.  Just do the math; I’m talking to thousands of people, and I’m given 45 minutes to talk to all of them.

The Elite Retreat solves that problem by having an expert to attendee ratio that is unheard of.

The event is very exclusive, only allowing 30 attendees who have complete access over the two day event to some of the most sought-after experts in the Internet Marketing world.

From the limo pickup at the airport to the best venues in the city, this is a first class, all inclusive event.

In the past we have had experts like:

• Guy Kawasaki – Apple Advocate and Angel investor
• Gary Vaynerchuk – WineLibrary.tv and bestselling author
• Seth Godin – Marketing guru, best selling author and consultant to the stars

Just to name a few.  And this year’s speaker lineup is the best yet.

I don’t want to bombard you with too much information, but we have received so many emails and we have so many people on the waiting list.

The price for this years event will be $7995.

There is nothing like it in the industry and we have a unheard of 80% return rate. I think that says a lot about the event.

The alumni also add a tremendous amount of value to the event.

I personally can attribute 90% of my last 4 years income from contacts I made at the event or ideas/partnerships formed there.

Last years event sold out in a few hours and we expect this one to be the same.

To make sure you are on the list when we accept registrations put your email here.

If you have any questions about the event this year please use the contact us link at the top.

All attendees are screened to ensure that they:

• Can benefit and achieve their goals.
• Will be able to contribute and add to the value of the group as a whole.

We will be announcing the speakers, agenda, and venue in the coming days.

We are finalizing our plans for the Elite Retreat 8 (the ocho).

I am happy to announce we will be having our next event August 10, 11, & 12th. As you know I never have an event unless I feel we can beat the last one and those who attended ER7 I think will all agree that will not be an easy task.

But… we have done it. We are adding a 3rd “MasterMind day” where attendees will be able to share a problem they are having… really any problem, and others are invited to share a similar experience that they had and what they did.

With the experience and quality of attendees this should be an invaluable day.

The other 2 days will be somewhat the same format as the last year.

As always there will only be room for 30 attendees & all attendees will be screened ahead of time to make sure the event will be able to help them and solve whatever problems they have.

Make sure you get on the notification list when tickets go on sale.

I will be announcing more details next week as they are finalized.

See you there!

Last Thursday I had on Brian Norgard to discuss his newest project, Namesake.

Brian is one of the smartest entrepreneurs I know and someone I always consult with about my own ventures.

We got a lot of great feedback from the webinar so I decided to post a replay:

Thanks everyone who attended we got some great questions.

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On this weeks webinar we will have the “peoples entrepreneur”  Brian Norgard. I originally met Brian at the first annual Techcrunch 40 conference in 2007 shortly he after he sold his company – Newroo to FOX interactive media.

We hit it off and later I got more involved with some of his projects like Ad.ly.

Last week I talked about Namesake a bit and instantly got a lot of questions about the service so I asked Brian if he would not mind doing a webinar about the service and take some live questions from folks.

Brian has started several companies from scratch that have gone on to do millions in revenue and some to have sold for tens of millions of dollars.

So join us tomorrow at 4pm CST.  The last 2 webinars we did capped out at 1,000 members so make sure you register fast!

Go here to register now