> Well, I know Pamela Noon bought one of those
> phones which uses those prepaid cards. She
> had to wait around 6 hours to get connected.
> I'm not sure about the type of phones the
> other two got.

> As for charging a phone, I don't think it
> takes long to charge up a phone nowadays....
> I'm not sure exactly how long mine takes to
> charge up, but it's not very long....

Ah... okay. I was imagining they walked in, bought and walked out with a fully charged phone. Total time... a few minutes. But what you said clears it up.

> Also, if they knew who they were going to
> call, it would be pretty easy to find the
> phone numbers through directory assistance.
> Even if they didn't know, I assume you might
> be able to get an operator to give you a
> random name from the right section in the
> Yellow Pages.

Yeah. The Yellow Pages Directory Assistance in Australia is different to the white pages one.

> I don't know if that's necessarily true....
> Remember, she hired a production company,
> and they could check with the production
> company to see if it was legit.

Ah yeah, but how does the production company know it's legit? See next point below...

> Also, I don't think the rules prohibited her
> from saying who she was, just that she was
> not allowed to have had them as clients
> before.

I have a sneaky feeling those who agreed to sponser their products already knew her. They may even have been suppliers to her business. Now, that would make sense. And then it wouldn't matter who called them - her or the production company - one mention of her name and that's all the cred needed.

> It's possible that there was some
> "cheating" here but I don't think
> that's easy to check!

Hmmm... I wonder what constitutes a client as far as a real estate agent goes. Is it the person who's commissioned the agent to sell the house or the person who buys the house?

> I would say the approach of Pamela Noon and
> Cameron Fisher were the most reproducible.
> Certainly for his business luncheon, it's
> clear that Cameron used no business contacts
> at all, since he hired telemarketers to
> cold-call business people to sell tickets
> for the luncheon.

Yep. As Donald Trump says... Don't think you can do everything yourself. Get and use help when you need it.

It's interesting to note he also says... stay close to home. What got you to the top is what keeps you there and it saves on travelling time.

Another way to put it would also be to say to stick with what you know, and where you know.

And all three did just that...

The auctioneer held an auction. The TV presenter produced a show. The promoter promoted. And they did it on familiar ground - home ground advantage.

> I personally really liked "Crazy
> Ron." His enthusiasm was infectious!

The way you talk about him is infectious and makes me want to see him in action. :o)

> Do you mean the pens reminded you of that?

I'm not going to say what part of the agent's story reminded me of "Badges". You'll have to think about that one yourself. :o)

> Here's what I think the *smart* approach is
> now.... It's to duplicate Cameron Fisher.

Agreed!

> Be the one organizing things. Then hire
> others to do the work. Plan things out well
> (he was the only one who seemed to plan
> things out on paper first), to ensure you
> make a profit.

> Then, you have others doing the work, yet
> you reap the benefits of a successful
> plan.... :)

> In the show, the only thing Cameron Fisher
> did (that I saw), apart from organizing
> things, was to call people to try to get 25
> people to come to his dinner (he did that
> himself), and he also conducted the actual
> auction.

> Everything else he outsourced -- caterers
> for the dinner, telemarketers to sell
> tickets to the luncheon, celebrity speakers,
> and I think he even managed to get someone
> else to organize the items for auction!

> If you're looking to make, say, $25,000,
> paying a small team of people $20 per hour
> each to do a lot of the work for you isn't
> very much....

> To me, that was one of the most important
> lessons.... But I think to make sure you
> make a profit, you have to plan things well
> beforehand.... :)

As I've not seen the show I can't comment on the planing part per se. However, I bet he didn't write a plan as much as create a checklist of things. A checklist which covered the downside so the upside would take care of itself.

Was his note pad one of those small ones that can fit in your shirt pocket?

Hmmm... maybe I should call the guy I know who organizes the Brisbane Rock Estedford every year... :o)

Michael Ross.


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