Peter Spann

While of course I can’t check your figures you are certainly on the right track in terms of interpreting my thinking on the matter. You may like to check out http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=16897
for additional comments I have made on this topic there.

When I click on it I go straight there.

It’s very close to the top of “active threads” if you are looking for it

Kay..

have you had a look at Peter’s site http://www.freemanfox.com.au ?

have a browse of some of the success stories at the top left also.

By the way Peter you were well represented by your book at the front of http://www.investoriq.com.au stand at Perth’s Money Show.[thumbsup2]

By the way, 21st Century academy had the ‘best looking’ sales girls ( reminded me of Richard Bransons Virgin Brand)[oneeyed]

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While of course I can’t check your figures you are certainly on the right track in terms of interpreting my thinking on the matter. You may like to check out http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=16897
for additional comments I have made on this topic there.
Thanks Peter,
I have read the whole thread from beginning to end. Very encouraging and rather humorous as well.I am looking forward to the next discusssion with your support staff.
Cheers,
Greg

Hi Yack,

Pages 136-139

Derek
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Property Investment Support Available. Ongoing and never stopping. PM welcome.

Peter
I’m reading your book ATM and its a great read so far.
just one thing i noticed though
page 93 under the heading Security there seems to be a missprint error, it jumps from the topic of security, to somthing about luke rushing out to a fashion parade.
is it just me am i loosing it?
or have i got this one right?

Maybe its just my copy.

Regards
Ablaz

At the start of the Chapter on Renovating for Profit, Peter is meeting with Luke. Probably should have been a spare line spacing and a new paragraph started of Luke rushing off. Tis a little confusing[/quote]

Yes, it is a layout issue.
Oh well, in 67 reprints they will probably fix it.

Firstly, let me say congratulations on your success. That’s fantastic.

Secondly, I try not to buy into the argument about seminars and their “worth” as I obviously have a biased view and it is open season on seminar presenters and I prefer not to open myself up to pot shots. I also don’t feel it necessary to justify what I do, but your question seems genuine so I will attempt to answer as best I can.

Before I answer your question about seminars I must say our two seminars are priced at $498 (Millionaire Magic – our buy and hold seminar on shares and property) and $1,980 (Instant Income – our options trading seminar). Secondly, Freeman Fox is not a seminar company. We are Licensed Financial Advisers – 80% of our turnover comes from Financial Planning, Stockbroking and Finance Broking.

Do our seminars represent value? Well, of course we think so, but it largely depends on how much YOU implement after attending.

The best seminar on the planet priced at $25 is still a waste if you do nothing.

We survey graduates and even 2 years after attending over 20% say their experience was exceptionally valuable, over 40% of the people surveyed say they got value for money by attending, and over 30% say, while they have not done anything they blame themselves, not the seminar. That leaves about 10% who, in hindsight think the seminar was not valuable to them. I’m not sure if that is a good record or a bad record but I imagine just about any company with 91,000 clients would have similar results.

To me its horses for courses. Some people, like me, love seminars. Some people don’t.

The value is completely intangible.

Once I complete my next book on shares and options my entire strategy and probably more content than can be covered in my seminars will be in the books and available for less than $100.

But that can be said for Tony Robbins too – his two books cover so much more than is in his seminars (I’ve been to just about all of them) and his seminars are about $15,000 and yet he is the world’s most successful seminar presenter and thousands of people attend every year. I’ve read his books and I’ve been to his seminars and I think I have got value for money from both even though some people could never fathom paying that much money for a few days of jumping around and doing a spot of Tony worship!

So, you have to judge value for yourself, before you fork out your hard earned dollars by through investigation and research (as best you can) and, at least with our seminars during (because you can ask for a refund if you don’t like them – about 3% of people who attend do). But still, over 60% of people who attend our seminars come from referral so we must be doing something right.

Then you have to commit to yourself to action what you have learnt.

People who love seminars love the motivational environment, mixing with like minded people and hearing the information from the horse’s mouth.

In the end you are not paying for the presenter’s knowledge – there are no secrets (as much as some of us like to market that there are). I freely admit that there is nothing in my seminars you could not learn for free or at least with a minor investment, but you are paying for the person’s time and the infrastructure behind what they do.

We tried having external presenters do our seminars and cut the price significantly (because I get paid more then they do for presenting them) but less and less people turned up. We even tried doing them for free but less people came and even fewer became clients. So we went back to charging for what we do and I present most of our seminars again. Go figure?

If all you need is the knowledge, then books work very well. It you need a bit of a motivational sugar hit to help push you to the next level then seminars, with ethical and knowledgeable presenters can be very useful.

I hope this is an adequate answer.

“Once I complete my next book on shares and options my entire strategy and probably more content than can be covered in my seminars will be in the books and available for less than $100.”

Hi Peter,

Just a quick question….when will this new book be release to the Australian public?

Cheers,

Perry

One who ask a question remain a fool for 5 minutes;One who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

IF I deliver the book on time (running behind) it will be released into book shops about April 2005.