Author Marketing Summit - October 3-4, 2008

Greetings from beautiful Redondo Beach, CA! Though the purpose of my trip to the West Coast is for business, I have a few minutes to take a break and write this letter. Suffice it to say the weather is gorgeous. I am looking at the Pacific Ocean and catching a few rays of sunshine while I write.

I just returned from a breakfast meeting with one of Advantage’s top authors, Lynne Lambert. While it was great to see Lynne and catch up, the majority of our conversation centered on marketing. More specifically, we discussed specific strategies and tactics as to how Lynne would use her book as a tool to grow her information marketing business.

While selling as many copies as humanly possible is a goal, the “big picture” for Lynne is using her book as the first step in her marketing funnel. Lynne will use this funnel to attract clients into her to 5-figure per month information business.

This is a business that contains e-mail marketing, newsletters, teleseminars, coaching, continuity, speaking, and events. Her book is not the end game, but the means to everything I just mentioned. Mid-way through breakfast Lynne had a “ah-hah” moment. When breakfast was complete, I left Lynne with a blueprint for building her 10K per month information business…a business that she is able to run part-time while keeping her current full-time occupation that she very much enjoys.

Watching Lynne’s eyes light up as we discussed marketing over eggs and pancakes is exactly why I created a special "by invitation only" marketing conference.

Here you'll discover insider secrets, cutting-edge techniques, and marketing strategies that top authors use to make money.

1^st annual Author Marketing Summit
October 3-4, 2008 – Charleston, South Carolina

Thanks to the success I've enjoyed with Advantage Media Group and Author Inner Circle, I have had a unique opportunity to build business relationships and friendships with some of the world's leading authors and marketers.

These are some of the most powerful - and influential – marketers and thought leaders in the world today.

I've persuaded these marketing gurus to attend this renowned event to meet and teach - you!

The reason why I created this event in the first place is simple. Most authors don’t “get it,” and quite frankly, they never will. 98% of authors think the only way to make money is by selling copies of their book. How wrong, naïve, and misguided these folks are.

One of my favorite sayings is “A book is not a book. A book is a foundation in which you can build an entire business.” A business that can generate lucrative passive income streams for the rest of your life!

The purpose of the Author Marketing Summit is simple and singular, to teach you how to unlock the invisible income streams surrounding your book. We will accomplish this with interactive, how-to teaching, showing you exactly what to do.

I'm fortunate to say that there is no other event like this in the world. For those that work with me, they will tell you that I am a “marketing geek.” When I start talking marketing, my eyes light up like a kid in a candy store. It gives me great joy and pleasure to share with you the marketing strategies of the most successful authors and entrepreneurs.

What Business Are You Really In?

Whenever I speak, I always enjoy asking the abovementioned question. What business are you in? Members of the audience will shout out “speaking,” “financial advisory,” “consulting,” “medicine.” I could go on and on with examples.

The truth however is that all of these people are wrong. In fact, for a better part of my life, I was wrong too until finally “I got it!”

We are all in…the marketing business. Always have been, and always will be. Most authors fail (even refuse) to acknowledge this. The refusal is evident in their lack of marketing success and prosperity.

The day that you realize you are a marketer of your thing rather than a doer of your thing, your life will change forever. You will make quantum leaps in your income, prestige, and business growth.

The point of the Author Marketing Summit is NOT to convince you of the virtues of marketing. The point of the Author Marketing Summit is to TEACH strategies and methods to those that already believe.

There's no doubt about it, attending the Author Marketing Summit is like getting an advanced degree in the art of marketing, promoting, and profiting from your books.

Who Should Attend This Event?

Here's how to tell if YOU should attend this year's Author Marketing Summit in Charleston, South Carolina, October 3-4, 2008.

YES Adam, the Author Marketing Summit is definitely the RIGHT
event for ME!

Meet Some of Your Author Marketing Summit Teachers Who’ve Already Created Millions in Revenue
For Authors Just Like You

Each of these amazing faculty members will be delivering specific content that will focus your efforts on the actions that will drive your success. Meet the lineup:

Adam Witty (Conference Host)

Guaranteed Sales! How to Use Your Book to Create a Marketing Funnel and Selling System that will Skyrocket Your Closing Ratio

Adam likes to talk about the entrepreneurial spirit and the American dream. At the age of 19, Adam decided that it was high time to bring those dreams to life and started a business out of his dorm room.

Today, Advantage Media Group is a leading publisher of business, motivation, and self-help authors. With Advantage, authors are able to expand their audience, connect with more customers in meaningful ways, build better relationships and increase revenue per customer. Advantage delivers authors the quality, speed, efficiency, and distribution needed to market their books and media products worldwide.

Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Advantage serves hundreds of clients around the world. In addition to serving as the President of the Faculty of Author Inner Circle, Adam is the founder of the Author Marketing Summit, co-author of Click: The Ultimate Guide to Internet Marketing for Authors, and an in-demand teacher and consultant on marketing and business development techniques for authors.

Tom Antion

How Authors Make Money on the Internet…For REAL!

Tom Antion is an internationally acclaimed expert in Internet Marketing for entrepreneurs. He is a full time professional speaker who has been featured on major news media worldwide including the Canadian Broadcast Network, The Australian Broadcast Network, Associated Press, The Tokyo Today Show and hundreds of radio, television and print outlets across the United States.

Tom has a very simple "Three Prong Attack" on Internet marketing, which is extremely simple and easy to understand. Tom is no "techie". All he cares about is where to click to make money and he teaches his students the exact techniques he uses to pull in $75,000.00 to $220,000.00 in a month from his home office. These consistent high profit / low overhead Internet sales have made Tom an Internet Multi Millionaire in a very short period of time.

Tom has students in his mentor program who are e-millionaires and many are making 5, 10, 15 or $20,000.00 US per month online.

Tom has the largest Internet magazine in his industry with over 130,000 subscribers in 80 countries.

He is also the owner of the only facility of its kind in the world, "The Great Internet Marketing Retreat Center" where you live and work with Tom for 4 days learning the fine points of pulling in big bucks on the Internet."

Wayne Kelly

Media Training 101 for Authors

Wayne Kelly is an award winning Radio Morning Show Host who’s interviewed everyone from Superstar Singers and Movie Stars to World famous Authors and ebook entrepreneurs.

Wayne founded his media company On-Air Publicity in 2004 after realizing most authors had no idea how to talk about their books without sounding like an infomercial. After 18 years of interviewing authors, Wayne knows what works to drive listeners to your website, to build your list, to create sales and most importantly how to create opportunities for free publicity in media outlets throughout North America!

For his live broadcast in October 2001 from Ground Zero in New York, he won a Canadian Association of Broadcasters "Special Citation" for community service. The following year Wayne was voted "Broadcaster of Tomorrow" from the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters. He lives in B.C. Canada with his wife Melanie and children Jessica and Brody.

Wendy Kurtz

The Event Story: Learn How You Can Leverage Your Status as an Author to Create and Host Lucrative Seminars, Bootcamps, and Seminars

Wendy Kurtz is President of Elizabeth Charles & Associates, LLC, an award winning business development firm that helps individuals and organizations mobile and monetize their expertise.

Billed as “the Empress of PR” by Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Wendy’s background includes extensive experience in planning, implementing and promoting special events. She is a skilled negotiator frequently applauded for her ability to devise win-win situations that result in substantial cost savings for her clients - from hotel rates and facility concessions to vendor pricing, speaker’s fees, and more. Her talent for creating strategic partnerships has been recognized by her clients, colleagues and industry peers, many of whom credit Wendy with taking their events and business “to the next level.”

Prior to founding Elizabeth Charles & Associates in 1997, Wendy served as Manager of Special Events for Sprint, a Fortune 100 company. She holds a Masters in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, is a Certified Public Relations Counselor (“CPRC”) and accredited in public relations (“APR”).

Nick Nanton

Celebrity Branding You! How to Leverage Your Book to Build Fame and Fortune

Known as "The Indie Lawyer®” for the work he does with independent record labels and artists across the country, Nick Nanton has been named “Best of the Bar” and referred to as “One of Orlando’s Top 10 Young and Powerful,” but prior to becoming an Entertainment Attorney, Nick spent more than a decade in the entertainment industry as an award winning songwriter and television producer. This background of diverse experience, coupled with a deep understanding of the artistic process, allows Nick to bring a level of expertise to the entertainment industry that few of his peers share.

Co-author of the books Celebrity Branding You and the Dicks & Nanton Business Law Library as well as the educational courses “Making More than Milk Money in the Music Business” and “Blueprint to Millions,” Nick has worked on projects and negotiated deals, from large scale events to reality television shows, involving celebrities from many genres including: President George H.W. Bush, Comedian Bill Cosby, Coach Don Shula and many more. Nick has been featured in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, The Arizona Republic, The Dallas Morning News and many other national publications.

Nick is a Managing Director at the Law Firm of Dicks & Nanton P.A. Prior to founding Dicks & Nanton P.A., Nick served as CEO of Cinemark Music Group LLC a subsidiary of Cinemark USA, Inc., one of the largest motion picture exhibitors in North America with 3,288 screens in 33 States and Internationally, as well as CEO of Loud Entertainment LLC and Director of Business Development and Assistant Corporate Counsel for PremiereTrade LLC.

Nick also developed the first online a-la-carte digital music download store for independent musicians in 2003, which was later sold to one of the largest online independent music retailers in 2005.

Al Fahden

Outrageous, Out-of-the-Box Ideas to Promote

Your Book that are Easy to Implement

Author, corporate trainer, and former stand-up comic Allen Fahden has consulted with countless Fortune 500 companies, as well as celebrity business owners such as Paul McCartney and Bill Murray. Al has been featured by People Magazine, ABC News, BBC TV, and countless television and radio broadcasts, as well as syndicated and local print media across the U.S.

Creator of the HOT Team Profile, Allen has also written chapters for best-selling The One Minute Millionaire by Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author Mark Victor Hansen. Allen's profiles have sold 400,000 copies internationally. Preproduction copies of his upcoming book, Is Half the World Crazy? have received critical acclaim.

Gregg Stebben

How to use Radio to Sell a Million Books... and Make a Million Bucks!

Gregg Stebben is the author of twelve books, including Internet Privacy for Dummies and White House: Confidential, which is now part of XM’s “President of the United States” channel with 24/7 news on the 2008 presidential race.

As a journalist, Gregg has written for magazines ranging from Men’s Health to Esquire to Bon Appetit; and he has interviewed many notable figures ranging from Presidents George H. W. Bush, Clinton and Gorbachev, to fellow journalists like Katie Couric and Tom Brokaw, to many winners of the Nobel Prize.

Gregg is also well known on radio; as the radio-spokesman for Best Buy and Men’s Health magazine he has been interviewed live on-the-air over 7,000 times. He has also been seen on tv on CNN and Entertainment Tonight.

Currently he is the CEO of Stealth Radio Network, a radio news-bureau that works with magazines like Men’s Health and Prevention, book publishers like Penguin and DK, and corporate clients like Best Buy, Quicken and Westin Hotels.

Jim Ziegler

How to Use Your Book to Create a 7 Figure Speaking, Consulting, and Coaching Business

James A. Ziegler, CSP is a professional speaker, consultant, and coach who helps organizations that want to leverage relationships into increased sales and profits.

For the last twenty-five years Jim has researched, trained and studied sales and marketing as surely as if he were studying for a Master’s Degree in any other profession.

President of 3 Corporations…since 1986, with annual revenues of more than four million dollars, Ziegler’s speaking, training and consulting business has an impressive track record for results and revenue growth.

Professional Speaker…Consultant…and Coach, Jim teaches authors to leverage the power of their book to generate lucrative non-book revenue streams. Jim is the author of The Prosperity Equation.

A Word of Caution…

I have dug deep into my rolodex and even called in a few favors to get these speakers in Charleston. So please allow me to be very clear on two very important things.

First, the Author Marketing Summit is NOT for everyone.

In fact, if the Author Marketing Summit was for everyone I would know that I created the wrong event. I have always believed the credo “The Riches are in the Niches.” That credo applies to this event. This event will only attract the top authors that have (and/or are willing) to invest the time, energy, and money into being a savvy marketer.

Only authors committed to taking ACTION will be successful.

I suppose this does not surprise you. But why do so few people actually do anything with the knowledge they are taught? It is not enough to sit in the audience. You must take action with what you learn in order to be successful!

If you are not action-oriented, you shouldn't attend the Author Marketing Summit. But, if you have a bias toward action and implementation, if you believe in getting things done, what you learn at this conference can literally make you a fortune. The good news is that we will be very direct in providing you with “next steps” and “action plans” so you know exactly what to do when you return home.

Network and Develop Joint Venture Relationships with our Expert Speakers and Author Attendees

This is something that you probably already know, but I will say it again. One of the best reasons for attending any high-end event is the networking that occurs between speakers and attendees. The Author Marketing Summit will take that to another level.

Using the contacts in my own "million dollar rolodex", I have lured the best and the brightest in the industry to show up at this event. Furthermore, I can assure you that just about everyone who shows up is of a similar mindset. It's up to you to walk out of the door of the conference room with the deals, the new friendships, and the powerful connections that can dramatically change your life and your business.

On Friday evening, I will be hosting a Southern Pig Pickin Bar-B-Que dinner and party! The point of this event is to not only have fun and experience true southern cuisine, but to literally "break bread" and connect with the other attendees and speakers who will be in Charleston.

This Event is Very Exclusive
- Seats for Only 100 Authors Available!

Undoubtedly, other conferences that you attend have hundreds…if not thousands of attendees. The problem I have always found is that it is nearly impossible to get any one-on-one time with the speakers. It is very easy to get “lost in the crowd.”

The Author Marketing Summit was designed and built from the very start to be quite different. The success of this event is based upon the interactive learning and knowledge transfer from our teachers to you. Let’s be honest, these things don’t happen when you are 1 of 1,000 attendees and can barely see the speck on the stage that is the speaker.

Reach out and touch someone, literally! Not only will this event be limited to 100 authors ONLY, but our speakers will be attending the event from start to finish as well. That means you will have an opportunity to network and talk with them privately throughout the entire 2-day event.

I suppose I don’t REALLY need to say this, but here goes…if this event is right for you, do not delay in reserving your seat. I might recommend that you do it today. Between and my speakers and I, we will be blasting this conference announcement to over 10,000 authors. We only have seats for 100.

There is No Better Place to hold our event than
in Beautiful, Historic, Charleston, South Carolina

The Downtown Charleston Embassy Suites is conveniently located one block from Marion Square, the city center of Historic Downtown Charleston. The hotel is a short 20 minute drive from the Charleston International Airport, which enjoys direct routes from over 25 major cities and service by every major carrier, including AirTran, America, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United, and US Airways. The hotel will be providing a 24-hour courtesy shuttle to and from the airport.

Savor the splendor of The Embassy Suites – Historic Charleston Hotel - a combination of charming ambience with state-of-the-art technology and world-renowned Hilton Hotel service.

Their spacious guest rooms come with a deluxe range of amenities including complimentary hot breakfast every morning as well as complimentary cocktail hour in the evening. Because the weather is perfect in October, rooms at the hotel are up to $399 per night.

But we've negotiated a discounted room rate of just $235 per night and reserved a block of rooms for
Author Marketing Summit attendees.

To get this special price, call the hotel directly at 843-723-6900 and mention “Author Marketing Summit Special Rate” But hurry – this special attendee-only rate is valid only through August 1, 2008 … or until all of our rooms are taken, whichever comes first.

To guarantee you can get into the discounted room block, it makes sense to take a minute right now to call the hotel at 843-723-6900 and reserve your room. Once the room block is sold out, we can't negotiate for any additional rooms at this low price.

To make your reservation online at a dedicated page just for our event,
please click here.

You might even consider tacking on an extra day to Explore Charleston and Experience a Mini-Vacation…

Many of our clients who visit Charleston fall in love with our city. They enjoy their time and here and don’t want to see it end. If you are making the time and investment to attend the Author Marketing Summit, why not spend an extra day or two before or after the event exploring one of America’s most historic cities?

Bring a Family Member, Key Employee, or 1099 to the Author Marketing Summit for Just $197

Being an author can be a lonely job! We realize that many authors actively engage their family and employees in the marketing and promotion of their book and business. Because of this, it only makes sense that they should know and understand the marketing principles that are critical to your success. Rather than attend the Summit and then return home to spend hours teaching them how to do it, why not have them join you?

As a special bonus to Author Marketing Summit attendees, you are invited to bring a family member, key employee, or verified 1099 with you for just $197 extra. Your guest will enjoy all of the benefits and privileges in attending just as you do.

The Difference in Success and Failure
Lies Within You.

You're so excited and your mind is full of ideas and loaded with new information. You get home from the conference and have so many things going on that you don't even know where to start.

I call it "seminar breath" and while what you do to create your own success after leaving the Author Marketing Summit is completely up to you, I am committed to giving you as many tools as possible from my personal arsenal of success strategies.

I've set up a plan that will have you walking out of our event with a step-by-step blueprint and checklist.to get you started with your new (or newly revived) marketing plan for your book and business.

We're going to wrap up the 2008 Author Marketing Summit weekend with one final session guaranteed to motivate you and empower you to get your plan going!

When you attend the Author Marketing Summit, you will get two full days of teaching from top marketing experts, easy-to-use handouts, reference materials, and worksheets as well as priceless networking and joint venture opportunities with our speakers and fellow author attendees.

I am not a mind-reader, but I can almost hear the question you're asking yourself right about now.

How Much Does All This Cost?

It all sounds fantastic, but you wonder if you can afford it. I'm almost certain that you can, but before I tell you the price, I'd like you to think about this.

If you choose not to attend this year's Author Marketing Summit you will miss out on learning from some of the leading marketing and promotion experts in the industry.

Not to mention the great contacts you will make with the people sitting in the seminar room with you!

Sure, you could pay some of the experts for their time directly, but many of them are not available for that kind of one-on-one consulting. And even if they were, it would cost you a small fortune to get that kind of intimate access to them. These experts regularly work on million dollar deals, so you can imagine how much their time is worth!

Consider what it costs to bring all these and experts together in one place for two days. It's easy to see that I could easily ask $2,500 per seat and still sell the event out.

While I could indeed charge $2,500 per seat - and I'm convinced I could fill up the house at that price, it is my mission to bring the best marketing information to Advantage authors and Author Inner Circle members. Because of your prior standing relationship with Advantage and Author Inner Circle, it is our organization’s goal to bring you this event for the lowest possible investment from you.

I truly want this conference to be available to any author who wants to learn how to break though and become a successful and savvy marketer. The success of your book and business will rise and fall on marketing.

The world of marketing is complex; you need a guide (or better yet, guides) who can show you the proven ways to succeed. That's what the Author Marketing Summit is all about.

Raving Fan Guarantee:

Attend and Be Thrilled With
Both Days or Your Money Back

Attend all two days of intense, one-of-a-kind information-packed sessions and networking opportunities.

Take in every single session. Take notes. Network like crazy. And at the END of Day 2, if you can honestly look me in the eye and say you didn’t get your registration’s worth, I will cheerfully refund every penny of the tuition you paid, just let me know.

Plus, you can keep your workbook and all event materials as a bonus.

So you risk nothing - not a single penny. I'll take all the risk.

Why am I willing to let you attend the whole conference, including all the networking events, and even willing to let you keep all your materials - even if you ask for a refund? Why would I be willing to make a 100% money-back guarantee?

Because I know from experience in working with our conference speakers that they will deliver 110% +

Reserve Your Seat - Risk Free! »

Seating Is Extremely Limited!
Only 100 Spaces Are Available for
Author Marketing Summit 2008!

It's important that you know: I've sent this invitation letter to every Advantage author, Author Inner Circle member, and over 10,000+ authors on my and our speaker’s respective mailing lists.

I know many will want to attend the 2008 Author Marketing Summit, October 3-4, 2008 in Charleston, South Carolina. The event will sell out quickly.

Will Hesitation Cost You Your Seat?

How many times have you hesitated on taking an opportunity only to find that it was no longer available when you'd finally made up your mind?

Take a few moments right now and envision what the success of your book and business will look like just 12 months from now?

Will your book be the ultimate customer magnet for your business? Will you be using your book to create web audio and video to build your list? Will you effectively use your book to become a darling of the media, getting you and your business exposure on radio, TV, and print? Will your book have spun off other products/services that put a 5-6 figure income in your pocket every month?

Ensure you have a seat for this one-of-a-kind, game-changing event. Ensure you have the chance to learn these guarded marketing secrets and that you have a chance to learn from the marketing elite.

Right now, while it's fresh in your mind, complete our secure Priority Registration Form (below) - or you can call my Reservation Specialist Alison Morse at 1-866-775-1696, ext. 103 (internationally, call +1-843-414-5600, ext. 103) 9:00am to 5:00pm Eastern Time.

Will You Be Joining Us?

If you seriously want to take your book and business to the next level make sure you attend this event-of-a-lifetime!

Join me in Charleston, South Carolina for my Author Marketing Summit on October 3^rd + 4^th!

P.S. Yes, you'll get to attend all 2 "closed session" days, including our power-networking Pig Pickin Bar-B-Que and Party.

P.P.S. Remember, I am taking 100% of this risk - and YOU risk NOTHING. One year from now, you will surely have "arrived". The question is "where"? If you don't attend the Author Marketing Summit will you achieve your book marketing goals? One thing is certain, you won't achieve them without taking some kind of action.

So enroll in attending right now. Then attend the conference and sit through every session. Soak it up. Write down all the secrets you learn. If, at the end of Day Two, you don't agree that you've gotten every penny of your money's worth, I will arrange to send you a refund check (or credit your charge card) within five days of the event. And you are free to keep your workbook and all the free bonus materials, just for taking a chance on this event.

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AUTHORS INSIDER STRATEGIES TO
PROFIT FROM A BOOK

Now You Can Learn How to
Unlock the Invisible Income
Streams Surrounding Your Book
from the Best Marketing Experts

If you would be so kind to do me a favor…

1^st annual Author Marketing Summit
October 3-4, 2008 – Charleston, South Carolina

What Business Are You Really In?

Who Should Attend This Event?