| Beechworth 2008 - The Week The Game Changed |
| Written by Nez | |
| Sunday, 04 May 2008 | |
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So, it's Sunday morning and I've just spent the week at Beechworth. I don't think I could do justice to the experience by trying to detail it all here. And of course, there's quite a bit I can't detail here anyway, as people paid a handsome sum to attend and that knowledge needs to stay indoors. What I can tell you is what I've taken away from the event on a personal level. When I break it down, it all really fits into 3 areas: Community, Knowledge, and Savvy Community More than any other event, internet marketing or otherwise, I met and became friends with so many people this week it's incredible. And that's taking into consideration the fact that there was only around 30 people in attendance. I won't rattle off a list of names here either, as I would no doubt forget someone and that would not be cool. The reason that meeting so many people this time around is doubly important for me though, is that everyone I met is actually doing things online rather than just talking about it.
Knowledge
There were 2 other presenters at Beechworth, Marc Lindsay, who I unfortunately didn't get to talk to much, and Pete Williams who is just the coolest dude ever. Marc gave us a presentation on his service PLR Pro . Now, I've been a member of a few PLR services in my time, and I ended up quitting my subscription on all of them after a while. They just didn't deliver the goods. Marc's service does. I've signed up already, and I can't believe the quality I'm seeing. The service caters to groups with a maximum of 200 people, and delivers articles, keywords, top affiliate programs, graphics, etc across 11 niches! That's right 11 niches. There's heaps more I could tell you, but go check it out for yourself, PLR Pro
Savvy
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  written by thedonal, May 04, 2008
Great sum up Nez. Amazing content. Coolest group of seriously smart people and good craic (as we Irish say) too. Glad we got to hang out and shoot the breeze some.
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 written by JohnW, May 04, 2008
Beechworth looks like it was absolutely amazing Nez!
I found myself drooling while watching the 2 live streams and all of those Twitters that were coming out of the event. I wish I could have been there to soak up all of the top notch information that was provided and meet the great people that were there as well. That combination makes the cost of the event worth it. Hope to see you at the next one Nez! John report abuse
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 written by Barb (aka harmonicbarbie ;-), May 04, 2008
Thanks for the great sum up, Nez!
I can remember how the Edge Whistler Bootcamp blew my mind, too, so I'm sure the learning and content at Beechworth was out of this world. And the community...well, it seems anything Dan and Ed do attracts great people who are passionate about using IM to create the lives they want. You're a great example of that! Hope we'll have a chance to meet in person one of these days. I think I owe you at least one or two or three beers for all your support of late :-) Cheers, Barb report abuse
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 written by Edmund Pelgen, May 04, 2008
Well I'm sold Nez....I didn't get around this time as I'm holding the fort with a child about to be born....BUT I'm seriously making plans for the next session in the USA in October.
I'm looking forward to having some of the content drip fed into the edge.. Cheers and appreciate the insight. Ed report abuse
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 written by Michelle, May 05, 2008
Thanks for the great round-up Nez..
Making connections is a very important part of any business, unfortunately IM doesn't always lend its self to making personal connections.. (Always stuck in the office - in front of a screen  ) Sounds like Beechworth was a prefect opportunity to fix that !! Now I had better get back to work and keep taking action!! Talk soon Michelle report abuse
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 written by Caro, May 06, 2008
You've hit on two of the key stand-outs for me too.
The calibre of the content The calibre of the people there - both their professional acumen, and for me even more importantly - how cool they are as human beings. It was hard not to have fun. And even though at the end I swear my mind was overflowing literally (queue picture of monkey brains..eek!) it was a happy little (bit) torrent of info - that I am determined to take action on. Caro 
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 written by Ange (aka angesbiz), May 06, 2008
Hey Nez, I was following along on Twitter and saw the first live stream and it sure looked interesting, especially with all the "stuff" Ed was up to on the live stream. You guys must have gotten right into the conference though as your twitters slowed down some after the first day.
I enjoyed reading this article and what you got out it... sounds like there was a great crew there. Cheers report abuse
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You go to these conferences (not that this was like ANY conference I'd been to before), and you do meet people. Genuinely nice people most of the time, but the common denominator most of the time is that none of them are taking action. The 
Of course you know we had Ed and Dan present during the week. They each have their own style and their own brand of presenting. What they did do the same though, was deliver absolute top shelf content. If you were around for the Ustream show on the first day of the conference you got a taste of what Ed was doing. Just brilliant. Dan on the other hand, wowed us in a completely different way. His content was also nothing short of brilliant, but you won't be hearing about it on this site. I'm not deliberately trying to build it up either, it's just a simple case of not being able to share. Just wouldn't be fair to those that attended.
Another huge highlight for me was Rob Somerville's presentation. It was a real gamechanger for me. Rob really did a fantastic job, and has just opened my eyes up to where I'd been going wrong. Well, not wrong exactly, just not as refined as I should have been. So thanks Rob. By the way, if you're an 
And that leaves us with Pete Williams. His presentation was superb, and has given me a huge insight into the process of publicity and general PR. He's a terrific guy too, and someone that I'm really glad I connected with. His technique as a poker player is 'interesting' but I can't deny that it seemed to work for him. He took out Ed on our poker night and I think that surprised everybody. If you want to see a bit of fun using some of the techniques from Beechworth, go to Google and do a search for man hunk. You'll find Pete on the front page of google. Pete runs a terrific blog on marketing too, check it out 
Presenters and attendees alike, it was just fantastic to be around so many sharp people. I'm in this game for the long haul, and spending time with people smarter than me is never a bad idea. Chatting to people, whether at the conference itself, over dinner (Rob Somerville blew my mind at dinner on the first night), or while playing poker and talking trash, there were just so many nuggets that were flying around. I feel like the bar has been raised on the way I literally do everything online, and that can only be a good thing.
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I know you're going to take massive action and make a real difference. I look forward to seeing what the future holds. Things are only going to get better and I'm glad that I've gotten to know you (even if it's only a little via twitter).
I can tell that you're a genuine nice guy and I appreciate everything the help you've given me in the past.
Best of success for 2008... you're going to rock it.
~Shannon