I couldn’t talk about this when I first learned about it, but now that it’s public I wanted to pass the info along.

You may or may not know Julie Perry.

She’s a very dear friend of mine, a well-known Internet marketer, and an entrepreneur. We constantly see each other at seminars and always have a great time. She’s always laughing, fun to be with, and a great person.

If you can’t picture her, to help you here’s a photo of the both of us — you might have seen her at Internet marketing seminars, yourself:

She’s known for her love of boats. She’s written a book on yachting, and she’s also the host of TheBoaters.tv, a website for yachters and boat lovers.

Now, the sad news…

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The New Year is here. And in keeping with that famed New Year tradition, people are making their predictions for 2007: Web 2.0, online trends, Internet flops, business successes, new technologies, ad nauseum.

It’s been a week since I posted, and there’s a very good reason. (You’ll see why in a moment.)

For the first time ever, I’ve decided to make some predictions of my own. I’m no futurist by any stretch. But I wanted to particularly share with you something I’m not only really passionate about, but also something I’m seeing happening, right now, mostly behind the scenes that’s going to affect online copywriting in significant ways.

(It’s going to blow some minds, turn some heads, cause some yawns, provoke some fits or waste some bandwidth.)

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New York was just fantastic! Rhonda and I were at a party with a friend of mine in the penthouse — with a patio! — of a tall hotel complex in the middle of Manhattan! We could see everything that was going on.

On one side, we saw the ball drop in Times Square, and on the other we saw the fireworks at Central Park at midnight. It was absolutely breathtaking! Here are some pictures we took.

(Click the thumbnails below to enlarge.)

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