What It Was Like Meeting John Carlton
April 28, 2009 by fladlien
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Hello,
Just got back from the Mass Control event in San Diego. It was pretty good. Got to meet some of my long time clients and friends like Dale Maxwell and Lance Tamashiro.
The night before the event, I got a special invite to hang out for two hours with John Carlton, who is probably one of the top five living copywriters of all time.
I got this invite because I bought through his affiliate link. 40 other people did. Only 4 people actually showed up and
I was one of them. John has been like a mentor to me. I stalked his ads. Memorized parts of them word for word. I use his examples all the time in my coaching classes. So it was great to be able to meet a “legend” in person.
John is so respected that even other big name guys wanted to see him. So when I came up to the room, Bob Serling was already there (he spoke at Kern’s event) and Harlan Kilstein hung out for an hour (Kilstein also spoke at the event). Rich Schefren’s right hand man and business partner, Brian Johnson was there as well, as where a few other big names.
And then there was little old me.
I got to talk with John personally for about 30 minutes. He found me pretty intriguing, especially when I told him I had written over 50 sales letters in a year and pretty much all of them were good.
He wanted me to promote his stuff as an affiliate right away, ha!
Anyways, there is a point to all this. The point is that two years ago I was some nerd who knew all about John Carlton, but didn’t even belong in the city as him, much less the same hotel room. Two years ago I did not have ONE sales letter to show for my efforts. And the idea of dropping 2k to get into the conference, 1k on the ticket, and 1k on the hotel room would’ve probably made me throw up, considering that would have been the equivalent of 3 months of pay back then.
My have the times changed. I did it by mastering 3things. First, I mastered persuasive writing. Then product creation. Then focus – so I can do both of those things constantly, day in an day out, and at an unbelievable speed.
In this business, sometimes it’s not about the money, but to be able to transform yourself from worshiping an ideal to earning their respect. That means a lot. And it should be a motivator for you to press on, and to take it to the next level.
It’s worth it. I can now speak from experience.
Thanks,
Jason “one legged golfer” Fladlien
Jason,
Good stuff… I was there in San Diego last year.
It is really about the networking.
And of course, San Diego is a beautiful city.
My wife and I absolutely love to visit there!
John is a cool dude…
Shot the sh/t with Frank and Eben, and my buddy Filsaime.
Set Tellman straight on some bad health advice he got
from another “guru”… he was very thankful…
For those of us in the know, it is “what recession”…
What a time for tremendou$$$ opportunity!
I have about 10 products from you and Robert Plank.
Can’t resist…
Jason, I wish you the best with your recent loss
of your young brother…
Been through the depths myself…
Keep on kickin’ a$$…
Your friend in Texas,
Doctor Michael Quadlander
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That is a wonderfully exciting story -it must have been an honor!
Jason, you’re the real deal and it’s awesome to see the success you’ve created for yourself. Keep on rockin!
Very inspiring that it only took you two years to go from idolizer to idol!
Well done, Jason. I really enjoy your webinars.
All the best,
Theresa
KWA
Oops. Sorry for the duplicate. I didn’t see that the first one had already posted. Could you delete the duplicate please?
Thanks.
How cool! And how inspiring! Thanks for sharing that with us.
Hopefully, next year, I’ll be able to make it to a couple of those “big” conferences myself.
How cool! And how inspiring! Thanks for sharing that with us.
Hopefully, next year, I’ll be able to make it to a couple of those “big” conferences myself!
About that “one big idea” rule… I see your point, and I think I will need to do more with capturing that big idea when it appears and at least write down enough of it so it won’t evaporate when additional big ideas may hit. Still, why not go for another one or two big ideas. Though maybe I’m just greedy…
I do agree that the biggest benefit of going to conferences etc. is the opportunity to meet people face to face and make personal connections.
Jason:
You, my friend, are one in a million. Why does it not surprise me that only 4 people
showed up to spend time learning from someone as great as John “stay frosty” Carlton?
You persevere, you aim to ‘just do it’, and I believe from reviewing your products and the unique way you present things that you are touched with the brilliance gene.
That said, what I admire the most about you is that you is that you ‘get to work’ and have a thirst to not only LEARNING but finding that one gem that will help others learn better, faster, and easier.
I’m keeping my eyes on you – and will do as you do, my friend.
Thanks for the insight Jason.
I had John’s simple writing system order page in front of me but just could not bite the bullet and order. Luckily, came across your 3hourad and snapped it up 3 days back and have been busy studying it ever since.
@Clint
At seminars I have the “one big idea” rule. Meaning I only like to watch the presentations until I get one big idea that I can implement in my business. Then, I’m usually done, unless it’s to watch someone I have absolutely been dying to see.
So I got that one big idea within the first 90 minutes. So I was good. I didn’t really attend any other presentation after that. Actually, most of the benefit of the event came from hanging out with my business partner Robert Plank, because we refined some ideas, mapped out some classes and came up with some new concepts for our businesses.
-Jason
Great insights Jason. Can you share with us some of your takeways from the Mass Control seminar? I did buy Mass Control but could not leave London to attend the event. Thanks.
That is a very inspirational!
It is amazing what someone can do when they make up their mind, and believe it is possible.
One of the Great Quotes in Think and Grow Rich “What the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve” and before him at the turn of the 20th Century another man of metal science, Thomas Troward said simply “Creation is all Mental.”
Doug
How cool is that?!? Was he “staying frosty”?
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year — and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade. ~Tony Robbins
That’s SO true… although you seem to be testing even the first part of that, Jason. There’s certainly no reason why you have to be like “most people,” eh?
Aloha to Mary Jo!
Glad to hear you had a good time Jason.
Welcome Mary Jo!
Tim
Nice job, of course. You have a great way with words. And are an inspiration to “Get It Done” Thanks.
Thanks so much for sharing this. I found it very interesting. It gives hope to all the new websites of the world – of which there are not a few.
Deb
Thank you for sharing what you have learned. You are a great example and an inspiration. I look forward to ‘earning your respect’
So Jason, are you going to promote his stuff as an affiliate or are you going to try and get him to promote yours?
Great testimonial…thanks for the inspiration!
Congrats Jason, I love your stuff, glad you were able to meet John and also Bob Serling…I view your stuff as the poor man’s Simple Writing System.
It’s somehow not surprising that only 10% of the people showed up…even though they paid.
Great inspiration…hope to see you face to face one of these days.