The 5 Things I Learned From Ray Edwards

  1. People want freedom.
  2. Be careful about offering services.
  3. 2008 is all about Web 2.0 and social media.
  4. There’s no such thing as passive income.
  5. Your mindset is crucial. Eliminate dreamstealers.

What is Web 2.0?

  • A design and usability standard.
  • Brighter colors.
  • Light backgrounds.
  • Pictures.
  • Simplicity and elegance.
  • Ray Edwards endorsement: Useit.com by Jacob Neilson, “the guru in the world of web usability.”
  • Interactivity and conversationalism.
    • I bought conversationalism.net. Want to help me build it?
  • Conversation around my blog.
  • Social bookmarks. You’ll develop affinity for certain people and sites.

What’s going to be big in 2008?

  • Personal broadcasting.
    • Ray is a fan of Art Bell and Larry King, but “the golden age of radio is long, long, long in our past.”
    • Replaced by podcasting and videocasting online.
    • Get started today because it’s going to be huge.
    • By creating a podcast, you can have your own radio station.
    • Ray Edwards endorsement: Podcast Secrets Revealed by Jeff Mills, PodcastSecrets.com.
  • Baby boomers seeking second incomes. They want freedom. How do you help them get freedom?
  • The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
  • Continuity income.
    • Subscription income on a monthly basis. Continuitize your income in 2008.
    • Ray is moving everything toward a continuity model.
    • Instead of big $1500 products, continuity.

The Revelation of FLF

SM + K + T + P * C = FL
Starting Market + Knowledge + Traffic + Products * Copywriting = Freedom Lifestyle.

Ray Edwards: Declare Your Freedom In 2008

2 comments ↓

#1 Ray Edwards on 12.08.07 at 6:09 pm

Elliot:

Thanks for the link love… and for the nice outline of the call. That’s cool! One note: it’s STARVING market. As in, it’s easy to sell hamburgers to starving people (props to Gary Halbert for that analogy). Nice blog, keep Tracking Forward!

-Ray

#2 4 Business Posts to Consider at Elliot Lee on 12.10.07 at 12:15 pm

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