The new year is around the cor­ner. It’s a time for res­o­lu­tions. A time for change. And some­times, those changes need to be drastic.

On Decem­ber 16, 2009, while we con­duct our reg­u­lar weekly webi­nar for our Suc­cess Chef stu­dents, we will be mak­ing a major announce­ment about rad­i­cal changes we’re mak­ing to our cur­rent busi­ness model…

… Changes that not only affect our stu­dents but also might affect the Inter­net mar­ket­ing train­ing indus­try as a whole.

So we’re open­ing up this live class to the pub­lic for the first time. For this one time, we’re invit­ing every­one who wants to join us on this webi­nar, and not just our pay­ing students.

These changes might sur­prise you. Or shock you. They even might make some peo­ple mad. But they must be made. And together with Sylvie Fortin, author of the con­tro­ver­sial Inter­net Mar­ket­ing Sins, we will be announc­ing those changes on that spe­cial webinar.

The rea­son is sim­ple — but it’s not what you think. We’re not sell­ing any­thing new. This is not a typ­i­cal pro­mo­tional or sales pitch webi­nar. It’s a spe­cial announce­ment, one we’ve been itch­ing to make for a very long time. All I can say is, “It’s about time!”

We recorded this very brief video and wrote this open let­ter to explain.

If you ever won­dered how to out­source your work using new and cre­ative ways that get it done faster, cheaper, bet­ter, and eth­i­cally, too, then you need to watch this video.

Called “crowd­sourc­ing,” this rel­a­tively new out­sourc­ing tech­nique — I say “rel­a­tively,” as the term may be new but the tech­nique is as old as out­sourc­ing itself — enables you to cull spe­cific skills from the pub­lic at large.

Often, for lit­tle to no cost.

Whether you’re out­sourc­ing already, plan­ning on doing so, or just want to save time and money, this is for you. Crowd­sourc­ing also allows you to bypass free­lance bid­ding sites that can turn out to be expen­sive and risky, often with less than desir­able results.

This two-​​hour train­ing video is com­pletely free.

In it, Sylvie exposes some of the best-​​kept secrets to get stuff done. Some of which have never been revealed until now. It was orig­i­nally recorded from a pri­vate online webi­nar to our Suc­cess Chef stu­dents, but we’re mak­ing it avail­able for the first time.

The video might be free, but you must reg­is­ter to watch it, as we high­light Suc­cess Chef Uni­ver­sity in the back­end because that’s where the video comes from. How­ever, you get imme­di­ate access to this video on the next page. You can unsub­scribe eas­ily, anytime.

Click here to watch this amaz­ing video.

I met Jason Fla­dien at a recent seminar.

He sat with Sylvie and me dur­ing lunch one day, where we had a chance to chat. One of the top­ics of con­ver­sa­tion was Sylvie’s breast can­cer. And there’s a rea­son why…

You see, recently Jason lost his brother Ryan to brain can­cer. Now, hav­ing had can­cer at 36, in Sylvie’s case, was atyp­i­cal. It’s rel­a­tively unusual for a woman to be hit with this dis­ease at such a young age.

But Ryan was only 8-​​years old!

It sad­dens me deeply when kids are hit like this.

They cer­tainly don’t deserve it. (No one does.) But while their fam­i­lies must cope with such a tragic loss, Ryan’s fam­ily was struck with another blow…

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In case you couldn’t make it this week’s webi­nar, I wanted to give you an “inside look” at the lat­est new 8-​​DVD sys­tem we’re releas­ing, with my col­league Ken Calhoun.

Espe­cially now, in this tough econ­omy, this sys­tem can be your “life­line to sur­vival.” It shows you exactly how to out­com­pete by cre­at­ing more com­pelling sales mes­sages. (Whether it’s in web­sites, emails, direct mail, ad cre­atives, Inter­net video, PPC ads, and more!)

It’s a full stun­ning 8 DVDs packed with dozens of proven, spe­cific tac­tics that can make a big dif­fer­ence to your busi­ness suc­cess. But just for a few short days, we’re mak­ing a very spe­cial offer!

If you order by our offi­cial launch date (that’s in early Feb­ru­ary), you can grab the entire 8-​​DVD, 10-​​hour sys­tem for about two-​​thirds off. That’s a dis­count of over 60%!

Why are we offer­ing this incred­i­ble sys­tem at such a low price dur­ing these next cou­ple of weeks?

Because the economy’s tight and we want to put this busi­ness life­sav­ing sys­tem into the hands of as many entre­pre­neurs and busi­ness pro­fes­sion­als as pos­si­ble, before the launch.

So head on over to watch the 9 video pre­view clips now.

The long antic­i­pated third and final install­ment of my wife’s shock­ing and highly con­tro­ver­sial exposé, Inter­net Mar­ket­ing Sins cov­er­ing five more sins, is finally out.

It took a bit longer this time, and Sylvie explains why in the report. She also clears up a lot of mis­con­cep­tions about why she wrote this report. And in fact, this time she did it a lit­tle differently.

This time, she did it on video!

There are sev­eral reasons.

For one, she wanted to save time. Her recent surgery forced her to post­pone writ­ing this sec­tion, and peo­ple were clam­or­ing for it.

Sec­ond, it would also give you a chance to hear her pas­sion, and some­times, her anger. Plus, she ends with a heart­felt plea you def­i­nitely don’t want to miss!

Like parts one and two, she uses strong lan­guage and doesn’t hold back! Your dis­cre­tion is advised.

She exposes the final five sins, i.e., Tele­sem­i­nar Idiots, Brain­less Free­bie Seek­ers, Coach­ing Addicts, Time-​​Sucking Vam­pires, and Slave Own­ers. The video is on the same down­load page of the first two parts. If you haven’t signed up, do it now…

Go now and watch part #3 of Inter​net​Mar​ket​ingSins​.com.

It’s my wife Sylvie Fortin’s birth­day today. (Yes, she’s a Hallowe’en child! She’s dress­ing up as Lucy Ricardo tonight.) But appar­ently, she’s the one giv­ing out the gifts — or is that treats?

You see, the other day my wife held a pri­vate, closed-​​door webi­nar that shows you how to both spot and tap hun­gry mar­kets — there are a few million-​​dollar tips in there! For­tu­nately, we recorded it.

And right now, we’re releas­ing it to the pub­lic for free!

I’m proud of my wife, her bril­liance, and the knowl­edge she so will­ingly shares. And when I say her “bril­liance,” I mean it in more ways than one. In fact, it’s golden! Go check out the video below and you’ll see exactly what I mean…

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I feel kinda bad.

Julie Isaac, who com­mented on a pre­vi­ous blog post in which I said I was prepar­ing for my upcom­ing Web 2.0 copy­writ­ing work­shop, was upset with me. And for good rea­son, too. Here’s what she said:

This is the first time, since you announced it in May, that I’ve seen you write about your Web 2.0 Copy­writ­ing work­shop. Are you still plan­ning it for the week­end of Novem­ber 10th? I’ve been hold­ing that week­end open since I heard your plans, but finally gave up, fig­ur­ing you must have post­poned it. Just last week, I signed up for some­thing else that week­end. Please tell me I’m not going to miss your workshop!!!

Sorry to dis­s­a­point you, Julie. But yes, the sem­i­nar is indeed that weekend.

The saleslet­ter is not up yet, but if this sem­i­nar inter­ests you, you can cer­tainly go there now and join the noti­fi­ca­tion list. That way, you will be noti­fied as soon as the web page is up so you can register…

Click here for the Web 2.0 Copy­writ­ing workshop.

(You gotta see what Dan O’Day has in store for you… He shared it with me last night on the phone, and it blew me away! You’re going to love this event. Plus, with Google Audio Ads com­ing out, his stuff is very timely.)