One of my favorite shows on TV of late is Shark Tank.

The show cen­ters on aspir­ing, brave, and some­times down­right idi­otic inven­tors and entre­pre­neurs who pitch their ideas in front of a group of mer­ci­less, seem­ingly heart­less mul­ti­mil­lion­aires, beg­ging for invest­ment capital.

Some of the advice that come from these “sharks” are pretty obvi­ous and com­mon­sen­si­cal, espe­cially to peo­ple who’s been in busi­ness for as long as I have.

But a lot of it is bril­liant. Bril­liant, but also brazen, unabashed, and bru­tally hon­est. It’s not for the faint of heart. If you don’t like see­ing peo­ple, along with their hopes, dreams, and busi­ness ideas being shred to pieces on TV, then this show is cer­tainly not for you.

The more I watch that show, the more I learn. It’s not just a fas­ci­nat­ing pro­gram, it’s a million-​​dollar edu­ca­tion in just one hour a week. And for free to boot. If you ever get a chance to watch that show, do it. You’re going to learn so much. It’s an amaz­ing show.

If an idea or busi­ness is dumb, dead, or down­right dread­ful, they will say it. Often, in no uncer­tain terms. They have to. After all, their money is on the line.

But then again, so should it be with you.

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Long before I wrote my “Death of the Saleslet­ter” report, my friend Jim Edwards has pio­neered the use of audio and video to sell online.

He is not only the expert in mini-​​sites (salesletter-​​driven web­sites), but also the pub­lisher of Inter­net marketing’s first mul­ti­me­dia newslet­ter using audio and video, enti­tled “I Gotta Tell Ya!”

(And this was before YouTube or Google Video even existed.)

He may be laid-​​back, brash, and opin­ion­ated. But like him or not, his advice has made count­less mil­lion­aires. And now he is giv­ing my mem­bers, sub­scribers and clients an oppor­tu­nity to learn some of his advanced tech­niques using another one of many strengths: the online “webinar.”

And it’s absolutely free!

This is a chance for you to learn from both of us, as we use the Inter­net to show you, live and in real-​​time, some the hottest trends online right now. (And all you need is an Inter­net connection!)

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The Copy Doctor’s Profit Pill™ is my free newslet­ter, which I’ve been pub­lish­ing since 1998.

But notic­ing that there’s a trend towards RSS and blogs, that my time is becom­ing extremely tight, that my blog is grow­ing in pop­u­lar­ity, and that more and more peo­ple are merg­ing the two — or using RSS/​blogs to pub­lish their newslet­ters — I’m seri­ously think­ing of merg­ing the two.

Take Jim Edwards for exam­ple. He con­verted his I Gotta Tell You newslet­ter into a blog.

What do you think? And if so, how should I do it?

For exam­ple, should I keep TheThe​Copy​Doc​tor​.com domain and main page for signups? Or should I replace the front page of my blog with a signup form cur­rently on The Profit Pill’s website?

Or should I just leave it altogether?

The Big Sem­i­nar IV by Armand Morin was a blast! I had a really great time. And it was a prof­itable oppor­tu­nity, too.

You see, most peo­ple don’t real­ize that the real oppor­tu­ni­ties are not always real­ized in the sem­i­nar room. (Granted, many of them are. But most of real oppor­tu­ni­ties are real­ized out­side the room.

In the hall­ways, in the bar, at the restau­rants, in pri­vate meet­ings, etc. I’ve made part­ner­ships, joint ven­tures and friends. We shared test results, brain­stormed new ideas, intro­duced new prod­ucts, revealed a few “secrets,” you name it.

Wanna see some pic­tures? (Click on pic­tures to enlarge.)

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