Welcome to the Jam!
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Aren’t you tired as hell of business talk being so boring?
Wouldn’t it be nice if instead, you could learn how to improve your business and make more money by sitting in a comfortable chair at a coffee house and just chatting with people who understand what it’s like to run and grow a business?
Well, then you’re going to dig this. Allow us to introduce ourselves — as some cool folks who would like you to just sit down with them and jam.
(And if you’ll just keep reading, we also have two free recordings to show you exactly what the jam sessions are all about.)
Johnny B. Truant, who began his online life as a humorist, started his first for-profit online venture by making $3000 in the first month through the magic of ethical sales and win-win-win business thinking. Within nine months, that business had grown to five figures monthly and had become his sole source of income. In addition to running his blog at JohnnyBTruant.com, Johnny is a frequent contributor to the ridiculously popular small business marketing blog IttyBiz, as well as to mega-blogs Copyblogger and Problogger. In his spare time, Johnny enjoys inverting animals, spilling liquids, and writing his own biography in the third person.
Charlie Gilkey is a specialist in the “art of meaningful action,” which is his philosopher’s way of saying that he’s very good at finding the dumb things you do and getting you to stop doing them — and at finding the cool things you should be doing, and getting you to start doing them. Charlie knows that you’re not able to press pause on your life while you figure all of this stuff out, so he teaches folks “how to learn to fix the plane while it’s flying.”
BOTH of us were named to Problogger’s list of the top 30 bloggers to watch in 2010, and we only had to hold one person hostage to make it happen.
Now, admit it… don’t you want to hang out with us? Like maybe for a few hours a week, in a smooth jazz atmosphere filled with in-the-trenches lessons instead of whiteboards and paradigms?
Heard enough and want to join the Jam Sessions already? Go ahead and jump to the bottom, listen to the sessions, and subscribe, then.
Still a bit curious, and wondering who the jam sessions are for?
You.
You, who are starting to get how online commerce works.
You, with the established business that you’d like to improve.
You, who still gets has trouble with your email, but who has a drive to learn.
You may be seasoned. You may have a backlog of ebooks, books, teleclasses, and videos showing you all the tips, techniques, and best practices for taking your business from zero to success. You may know how to start a blog and how to put a Paypal button on it. You may even already have people using that Paypal button… but you may have some lingering questions, like:
- Do I have what it takes to build a thriving business online?
- How do I build better customer loyalty?
- How much does it cost — and what does it take — to get started right?
- What are the people with successful online businesses like, and what can I learn from them?
- How should I “act” online to build a customer base and audience?
- Am I the only one that feels like a complete idiot, and are other people as scared as I am? And by the way, when does this stuff get fun?
We get it. Because we’re two regular guys, both of whom figured this out as we went along. Neither of whom had to take out a huge loan to do it, and neither of whom had to sell his soul to the devil. Well, except for Johnny.
If you’re already established, we think we can teach you some new tricks.
And if all of this is new to you, we’ve been there. Not long ago, we were in your shoes, totally overwhelmed and having never earned an Internet dime.
So we’re going to sit down with you and we’re all going to jam together. And we’re bringing friends! (BYOB)
Twice a month, we’ll jump on a call and press record. On one of those calls, it’ll just be us, hanging out and discussing business and the questions that members send us or that are on our minds. On the other call, it’ll be Charlie, Johnny, and at least one guest expert, who’ll bring in their own unique flair, perspective, and expertise.
There’s no agenda, no script, and no list of topics that have to be covered. We honestly don’t know what we’ll say, and many of the times we won’t know how the other one (or more) will respond. These are truly jam sessions – without the instruments, although Charlie is trying to teach Johnny how to play the kazoo. (In case you’re wondering, there is a fine art to kazooing.)
You can sit at home or in your car and hang out with us, without having to put clothes on or worry about whether you’ve got food in your teeth. Although if you are planning to neglect the clothes, we don’t want to know about it. You can just sit back, listen, learn, and keep that to yourself.
In case you’re wondering, we’re not going to be giving out homework or worksheets, and you don’t have to show up and join an online community – you’ve got enough of that already. You can just sit back, grab a drink, and hang out with us.
Now to the fun stuff. Which is also the free stuff.
We’ve given you two preview calls below, so that you experience what the Jam Sessions are all about. And here we go:
Preview Session #1:
In this Jam Session, we discuss how easy it is to get started in online business if you’re willing to just have at it and get started, and how “waiting until things are perfect” will actually bite you in the ass. We go on to talk a bit about the importance of growing as your business evolves, and being willing to invest as your budget allows.
Preview Session #2:
This Jam Session has your two latent philosopher hosts going back and forth about the ethics of business and sales. We talk about how we believe that truthfully, everyone is not meant to be an online success and what you may need to be one of the ones who can knock it out of the park. Also: Charlie is kinder than Johnny when it comes to customers actually using what you’ve sold them.
If you dug those, then scroll down to the bottom, click that big yellow button, and join us for the rest of the jam sessions. You’ll be able to listen to all of the calls as they occur (starting in late October or early November) in whatever way is easiest for you. You can download the audio to listen in your car or while on a walk, or you can listen to it online as streaming audio. And after you’ve listened, we hope you’ll leave us a comment or drop us a line to discuss whatever you’d like to know more about. Each time a new Jam Session is ready, you’ll get an email letting you know.
You get two hours of infotainment a month, as well as the ability to ask questions in the member area and suggest topics.
All for the low-low price of $25 per month. Instead of going to a dinner and a movie, you can come and jam with us. (And at today’s prices, that $25 is only getting you dinner and a movie by yourself. You’ll be the weirdo who goes out alone. Do you really want to be that weirdo? Note: if we weren’t both already married, we’d be that weirdo.)
Here are some of the people who’ve already agreed to jam with us:
- Tim Brownson, kick ass life coach
- Naomi Dunford, micro-business marketing pioneer but NOT the head of a cult no matter what anyone says
- Pace & Kyeli, refreshingly awesome nonconformists who are redefining how and by whom the world will be changed
- Dave Navarro, launch coach extraordinaire who can help you sell your stuff without it driving you crazy or making you feel dirty
- Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, who is awesome at helping people to “live their truth” by transforming their passions and hobbies into real businesses
- Michael Martine, search engine Samurai capable of making Google come to your door on bended knees
- Colleen Wainwright, ex-commercial writer, actor, and TV-show writer who now uses her crazy powers for the good of creative people. You might also know her as the Communicatrix.
But that’s just a teaser. You’ll have to join to find out the rest. So pull up a chair, click below, and come on in.
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