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[unpinkpanther]

Originally Posted by unpinkpanther

Thank you!

If I ask for more answers than these, I'll
just be over-thinking this...

What type of refreshments served, if any?

Originally Posted by unpinkpanther

What type of refreshments served, if any?

I received your PM and attempted to answer. Hope you received it. If not, here is my answer:

None. The people could bring tea, water, coffee, soda if they desired. To me, it was a waste of time and an interruption. On the other hand, when we were going after 5K, 10K or more, we had coffee and water. Hope that helps.

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by unpinkpanther

1. Any ideas on the format of the classes?

Like "Opening Remarks/anecdotes, main idea,
Q & A, etc"

2. Apart from Craigslist, what other traffic
sources do you recommend?

3. Do you record the classes so you can still
sell the transcripts?

4. And yes, how do you handle stage fright?

5. OK... that should be enough for now!

Sandalwood gave you some good answers. Here are more:

1) Remind the why they are there. "Today you will have these 3 topics and followed by a Q and A. You are going to be glad at the end of this session because __________.

2) Where ever there are people. Right now, I's stick with craigslist unless you get on a location's event list, like the Community Center Fall/Winter schedule.

3) Yes, at least the audio, not always with video.

4) No stage. Usually 8 to 10 people sit around one big or two or three tables. If you must stand up, you are automatically in control, eliminate any stage fright with preparation. You aren't running for President, just be the person with the info they want.

5) Feel free to ask away. The best action to take, is run an ad on craigslist, you can always cancel the class, but write something interesting, get on the phone and get feedback.

What sort of class or lesson are you thinking of doing?

GordonJ

[unpinkpanther]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Sandalwood gave you some good answers. Here are more:

1) Remind the why they are there. "Today you will have these 3 topics and followed by a Q and A. You are going to be glad at the end of this session because __________.

2) Where ever there are people. Right now, I's stick with craigslist unless you get on a location's event list, like the Community Center Fall/Winter schedule.

3) Yes, at least the audio, not always with video.

4) No stage. Usually 8 to 10 people sit around one big or two or three tables. If you must stand up, you are automatically in control, eliminate any stage fright with preparation. You aren't running for President, just be the person with the info they want.

5) Feel free to ask away. The best action to take, is run an ad on craigslist, you can always cancel the class, but write something interesting, get on the phone and get feedback.

What sort of class or lesson are you thinking of doing?

GordonJ

Thank you so much!

I've scouted around and I've gotten a venue.

The lessons I'm planning are on Internet
marketing; I want to skew them along the
lines of how you could build multiple income
streams on the Net. (Yeah, I know that sounds
vague but I can always tweak it along the
way)

Craigslist is not very active in my part of
the world; that's why I'm grateful for
sandalwood's suggestions on traffic.

In my typical optimism, I can totally see
this working out.

I hope it does, so I can celebrate by picking
up a certain Gordon J report I've been eyeing
for months now!

Thank you, my dear family!

[Dien Rice]

Hi Gordon,

This is a great topic... and a great idea, too...!

I have another question...

How long do you think you should advertise for in order to get your students? Is 2 weeks enough? A month?

(I'm sure it's probably something you'd experiment with to get it right for your area and your specific class...!)

Best wishes,

Dien

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Hi Gordon,

This is a great topic... and a great idea, too...!

I have another question...

How long do you think you should advertise for in order to get your students? Is 2 weeks enough? A month?

(I'm sure it's probably something you'd experiment with to get it right for your area and your specific class...!)

Best wishes,

Dien

When we get past the 15th-20th, then we change Nov, to DEC.

OK, say you want to take a class in MS Word, and you search for a class and in my area, you'd see the U of Akron offers this, on such and such a date...but, if you need to take it NOW, you have to use the more expensive option of hiring a tutor.

IF I run ads in a newspaper, I'll do it by the season, Classes now forming for Winter, or Spring. That sort of thing. Since, for me, today...it is all about guerrilla and on the cheap or free, and craigslist and community bulletin boards (Facebook groups) work just fine.

Gordon

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Hi Gordon,

This is a great topic... and a great idea, too...!

I have another question...

How long do you think you should advertise for in order to get your students? Is 2 weeks enough? A month?

(I'm sure it's probably something you'd experiment with to get it right for your area and your specific class...!)

Best wishes,

Dien

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Originally Posted by GordonJ

Now, who wants to take my half day class in MENTAL FASCINATION, which I've written about here for many years.

*raises hand*

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by MVc5hws

*raises hand*

In 1969, in Virginia Beach, there was a bookstore full of esoteric, arcane and all sorts of New Age mumbo jumbo. I read them all (or darn near).

MENTAL FASCINATION is a work from William Walker Atkinson and Frank Rudolph Young was one of the first to combine health/fitness with Mind Stuff, and he was a prolific writer.

Fascination occurs in Nature when animals stare their prey down. Although I don't agree with all these techniques (cause there are better ones)...

this comes pretty close to the RESULTS you get when you master it:

https://youtu.be/kbiUbSPxmXc

Lots of guys out there "teaching" this, but I don't see much more than stage shows and street shows. I have always been results oriented, and I've kept pretty good records over the years.

Whether Fascination is a version of Cold Reading, Hypnosis, Ericksonian Technique does'nt matter to me, can I make it work...

and it does for me, BUT, I combine the best of all those.

I first experienced putting people into a TRANCE which I've written and talked about in the Spiders, Snakes and Mice (Oh My) video.

Despite some charlatans selling courses, you can't fascinate by Remote means, it only takes place eyeball to eyeball, quite literally.

In Young's work, his secret is FDB-Feel Divinely Blissful THEN project the image into the other person's eye, add touch and sound for maximum results.

Gordon Jay Alexander

AHA! I used to hypnotize chickens like that growing up on my dad's farm. And sometimes cats and dogs... cats were always more difficult than dogs. It felt like I would look through their eyes into their soul/self/being/whatever and I could feel the moment when we'd "connect" and in that moment I could command them to "be calm" or "lay down" and the animal would respond.

I somewhat understand the concept of FDB... I think it is a feeling of centered energy? Need to learn more about it. And practice.

More homework! This is awesome. I found your spiders video, and just located several of Atkinson's and Young's books, including "Mental Fascination"

Many thanks Gordon.