Most of us think of Magnetic Sponsoring as a website, but it’s a real company with real offices in Austin, Texas. Recently, I got the chance to spend an entire day there with Mike and an Elite Mastermind group. Yes, we got the tour, saw the “wall” of successful affiliates and students, met some MS staff, and ate some great food. But we spent most of the day letting Mike take the gloves off to evaluate our websites – no holds barred. We also got lots of helpful advice from our fellow Mastermind group members. A true real-life example of Attraction Marketing in action.

As you can see, Mike was hard at work at the keyboard. The process went like this: Mike would go to our primary website (in my case, this blog) and quickly start firing off suggestions of what to change, what to remove, and what to keep – always looking at how we were branding ourselves. He asked probing questions that were focused primarily on what I call Mike’s Three Golden Rules of Internet marketing: 1) build a list; 2) build a relationship with that list; and 3) monetize the list. We then brainstormed with Mike and among the group on innovative ideas to take our businesses to the next level.

One surprise was, we were not all network marketers. We had a “brick and mortar” business training people to get CDLs (commercial drivers licenses), real estate, network marketing (of course), coaching, event speaking, general Internet marketing, etc. What we all had in common was a desire to promote ourselves and our businesses online. If you’ve followed me for long, you know I’m a strong proponent of Mike’s training courses. But spending an entire day with him and watching him in action was worth every penny I paid for this.

At the end of the day, each of us got to spend some one-on-one time with Mike exchanging observations about the day. I recorded my session in video on the Dr. Dick YouTube site. Go take a look. Even after a long day working with only 4 four hours of sleep (but that’s another story), I was still pumped!

But there was more to come. After a whole day of brainstorming, we all needed to go out and party! So we adjourned to Moonshine, a favorite local restaurant in the “6th Street” area of downtown Austin, where we all enjoyed some adult beverages and great food.

And so our day came to a close. Wow – what a fantastic experience. What did I like most? Learning that Mike is a genuine person who just wants to help and add value. Several times, he blew off any promotion of his own Magnetic Sponsoring products. His take was, use them if they add value to what you’re doing. But the most important thing to him was helping us succeed. We all need to “be like Mike” in that regard. Less promoting of our own opportunities and more adding value to those who find us.

Dr. Dick

P.S. I’d really like to hear from you on your own experiences with Mike and Magnetic Sponsoring. Tell me what you’re doing and how MS has helped you do it.