Geez, Gordon! How can I respond to that?
 

> his success.

> Before I reveal what his secret is, let me
> tell you my side of the story.

> It is about SYNERGY. When two people meet,
> there is an exchange of ideas. When 3 or
> more meet, there is a different type of
> phenomenon that occurs, perhaps Dr. Rice
> could explain it.

> In fact a similar thing happened when Dien
> came to Cuyahoga Falls and we joined Rick
> Smith for dinner on the banks of the
> Cuyahoga River.

> Synergy, at least that is what I call it,
> happens when you get three or more people
> exchanging ideas. And if they get in synch,
> watch out.

> Getting together with like minded people is
> a POWERFUL tool, actually, an ACCELERATOR
> for success.

> Rick and I came away from our
> "surprise" meeting with Mike with
> IDEAS coming out of our wazoos, and we don't
> even know where our wazoos are located.

> See, this was a "since were in the
> neighborhood, let's drop in on Mike and see
> if he's home"...it wasn't planned.

> We had met Marketing Consultant Bob Beckman
> for a power breakfast, and it was powerful.
> Bob may just have written the book on
> SYNERGY, and we came away from our breakfast
> meeting at Quail Hollow with enough great
> ideas to keep us busy for a year.

> Anyhow, we did just drop in, and that's a
> little unfair, but we just couldn't pass up
> a chance to meet a person whom I believe to
> be one of the best kept secrets on the
> Internet. You OWE it to yourself to visit
> Mikes website

> www.homemadebooklets.com I've been
> receiving Mike's 37 Secret Money Making
> Strategies for some time now, and I learn
> something everytime a new edition arrives.

> So we went looking for the "barrel of
> money"...and I was AMAZED. Sure enough
> Mike has THOUSANDS of dollars worth of
> plants on less than 1/20th of an acre. Plus
> a nice little pond, it is amazing.

> I noticed a little Japanese Maple and Mike
> showed us pics of it in full bloom. He spoke
> with PASSION about growing, and about
> helping other people learn his green thumb
> techniques. Mike was featured on the cover
> of Mother Earth News some time back, and has
> been written up in the Cleveland Plain
> Dealer, the guy knows how to get some FREE
> press...how many other "gurus"
> have landed a front cover of a major
> magazine, one that has a tight niche to it?

> Now I hope he doesn't mind, but I'm going to
> REVEAL HIS SECRET. And some of you are going
> to be disappointed.

> See Mike has a very successful business,
> could easily pick up a quick 500 bucks in a
> day if he wanted to go to his "fall
> back" money maker, landscaping.

> We talked about how he made his videos, and
> discussed some marketing strategy.

> And he is a very knowledgeable man...but it
> isn't what he KNOWS that has made him
> successful.

> It is what he DOES. And what does Mike
> McGroarty do that insures his success? That
> will automatically take him to where he
> wants to go?

> What is the SECRET that you can use to help
> yourself succeed in whatever you choose to
> do with PASSION and PURPOSE?

> Here it is:

> HARD WORK He is just one HARD WORKING guy,
> who loves what he is doing, and as the love
> fades (and it often does) he is working HARD
> to have something else take the place of
> what he's doing today.

> My junior high school football coach was a
> MONSTER, but the one positive lesson that he
> gave to us was this:

> we may get beat on the field, but it wasn't
> going to be because the other team OUTWORKED
> us...

> and that, thankfully, has carried with me
> for most ventures I've done. I'm not going
> to be OUTWORKED. You do 10, I'll do 12. You
> do 18, I'll do 20.

> It is AMAZING how the foundation of success
> is built upon so much blood, sweat and
> tears. More so than upon any "inside
> secrets". More so than upon any
> knowledge.

> Give me someone with a great work attitude,
> and I'll show you a person going any where
> they want to go.

> Rick wrote down several ideas while we were
> just having some "casual"
> conversation, yet on the way home, we came
> up with several VIABLE doable projects based
> on that talk.

> Mike, thank you for being so gracious, and
> allowing us to drop in for a visit. We were
> so impressed with your operation, you
> inspired us to try even harder. We left your
> place with the idea we needed to work even
> HARDER...and we are.

> Friends, get to know Mike McGroarty, and
> you'll find a real guy, selling real
> products, DOING great and being PASSIONATE
> about what he does.

> Want a "model" for Internet and
> OFF-LINE success, Mike is the man!

> Gordon Alexander

Gordon,

When I saw you guys at the door I wasn't quite sure what to think. I didn't know who you were, and because of much of the publicity I've gotten over the years, I've had some really interesting visitors at my front door.

Or course interesting can be a lot of things, and it's not unusual to have someone stop by and ask me to sign my little gardening book.

But when you said you were Gordon Alexander, I didn't know quite what to think. I was Dumbfounded!

You mentioned that you once contacted me and I didn't know who you were. I remember that, and I knew your name was familiar, but I had another fellow by the name of Gordon contact me a couple of times by e-mail about selling a few of my gardening reports, and after exchanging a couple of e-mails, I got the feeling that his intentions were not on the up an up. I think he intended to plagurize my work. That's why I quizzed you that time when you contacted me.

I'd like to thank you for all the really nice things you've said about me here. You make me sould like somebody else.

The product that you and Rick created is great. I love the action steps that are sure to make the information sink in. I believe there is a need for such a product because it will get people moving in the right direction without forcing them to make serious decisions up front. By just following along it will be painless to make the decisions that keep people frozen in indecision.

Gordon, I'd like to buy you dinner sometime. Just let me know when.

Thanks again, you guys made my weekend. Had you not stopped by I would have been glued to the computer all day Saturday. You gave me a good reason to goof off.

Take care Gordon, I really like your product, and would like to do a joint venture with you and Rick one of these days.

-Mike McGroarty


The dirt farmer with the marketing secrets