A couple of days ago I got some incredible news. I’ll be attending one of the greatest internet marketing seminars in the world, Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar!

The ticket alone is $3,495.00

It’s in Washington, DC March 1st – 3rd.

Check it out here.

This event will have some of the top speakers in the internet marketing world. Past speakers and attendees include guys like Tim Ferriss, Gary Vaynerchuck, Bob Parsons, and other really cool experts.

Instead of having to pay $3,495 or whatever the current price is, I was fortunate enough to get a scholarship for the event. Michael Dunlop (of IncomeDiary.com and RetireAt21.com) was giving away 10 scholarships to entrepreneurs age 13 – 23. I applied – and I was chosen! I am beyond grateful to Yanik, Michael, and the others that have made this possible.

Check out Yanik’s primary goal right now, according to his website:

“Currently his most important mission is impacting 1,000,000 young entrepreneurs (ages 13-23) to start or grow their business by 2020.”

I can’t explain how excited I am to attend this event.

I already believe realistically that PIM will reach five figures in revenue this month… and going to this event next month will just multiply the momentum we have now. I will definitely send an update from the event and give some key takeaways in a blog post afterward.

PS – I am also attending the Leverage Summit in a couple of weeks in Austin, TX. The event is February 17th – 19th but I’ll be there for a week. I’ll make sure to share an update and takeaways from Austin as well.

Happy New Year Everyone! I want to share my goals with you and would love to hear yours…

Some of my main goals for 2012:

• Grow Purpose Inspired Marketing to $200,000 in annual revenue
• Become conversationally fluent in Spanish
• Move to California with my girlfriend Ally by January 2013
• Give a speech in front of a crowd of 1,000+ people
• Get in incredible (need to quantify) physical shape
• Travel to another continent

I just finished watching CFO-In-A-Box, a 13 video series by Mark J. Kohler on the best tax and legal strategies for 2011.

Firstly, I want to say that I was really excited about the course when I first heard about it. This is my first year filing a real tax return with significant income from my business. I’ve operated as a few different entities in 2011, have had expenses, contractors, employees, and multiple streams of income… so I was in the perfect frame of mind to learn this stuff.

In fact, before I watched the course, I was super stressed out about doing my taxes for 2011. I wasn’t sure about how proper book keeping worked, what I could and couldn’t write off, how I should pay myself, etc.

After watching the video series, I am not only excited to do my taxes this year (and keep more money in my pocket!) but am even more excited about my future as a business owner and all of the tax advantages I have.

I just feel like I have a much stronger grasp on the financial and legal elements in my business and the economy overall. I feel excited, educated, and empowered.

Before I go into more detail on the course and how to get your hands on it, I want to make it clear that I was very lucky. I was lucky that I just happened to visit my good friends Cory Shanes and Marcelle Allen in Orange County, CA while they were starting to work with a team of internet marketers to get Mark Kohler’s material into the hands of thousands. I watched the content and got so excited that I found a way to get involved with the project through my web design company Purpose Inspired Marketing, helping to build the membership site and product informational pages.

I think the initial plan was to sell the course for $197… and I have no doubt that it will be sold for that sometime soon. And I have no doubt that a lot of people will buy at that price.

But right now that’s not the case. They are making the course available to a niche community of internet marketers called the Warrior Forum first… for a tiny fraction of the retail price. It’s kind of a special Holiday thing.

It ranges from $27 – $47, depending on when you buy. The sooner you buy, the cheaper the course.

But I’m not here to sell you on it. Just to share my own review: I can say with confidence this material empowered me to save an extra couple thousand dollars this year, and a lot more than that in coming 2012 and beyond. I’m now buying Mark’s published books and look forward to reading them.

The bottom line is that if you currently are or plan on becoming a small business owner (network marketing, blogging, affiliate marketing all included!) then this video series is a must have.

Even if you already have a great CPA doing your tax returns, this course will make you aware of strategies and concepts that can still save you thousands while creating a long term wealth formula for yourself.

The best thing is, this course doesn’t even cost anything. If you apply it, it will pay for itself many times over. Plus the purchase itself is entirely tax deductible.

You can get the course here, only available for the next few days at this price, with the price going up by 10 cents for every ten purchases.

purposeinspiredmarketing.com/cfo

And yes that’s an affiliate link. I am proudly making a commission promoting this awesome offer

On another note, OC is absolutely beautiful this time of year compared to Boston… can’t wait to move here next year!

Had a nice Mustang Rental in OC!

Toastmasters Speech #4 – Life is What You Make It

This is my Toastmasters speech on building your personal brand. I ran out of time and had to cut it short, and the focus on the iPhone was off so it’s blurry. Enjoy anyway!

I asked Gary V why he chose to focus on Vaynermedia

This is a brief update from Coronado Beach in California, and a message that you can create any kind of life you want. I’ll have another update video coming soon after this exciting Youngevity Leadership Retreat.

I am offering two free hours of consulting to the first ten business owners that email me with their story of how they were hurt by hurricane Irene. Email me at info@purposeinspiredmarketing.com or call me directly at (508) 468-8538. Additionally, I will get you in touch with my coach, Garry Carlson, who is offering one month of free strategic business coaching to those in the Vermont area hit by Irene (to the first 25 people who get in touch with him).

http://purposeinspiredmarketing.com/outline