When my wife was a sophomore in college, she lost her mother to a long-fought battle with ovarian cancer.

This was after losing both of her aunts (her mom’s sisters) to breast cancer just a couple years earlier…

Although Emily and I were only dating at the time, I knew we would one day get married and have kids, and I knew when we did that Emily would miss not having her mom around.

When that day came, and our first child was born, it was one of the happiest days in both of our lives. But at the same time, there were also moments of sadness when we reflected on how much we wish Emily’s mom were around to see her grandchild and give Emily “mom advice”.

So why do I tell you that story?

Why would I drop such an emotional bomb on you on a Saturday morning?

Here’s the deal: Painful as this is to recall, I wanted you to know that cancer has affected me and my family in a very real and personal way.

And with the ever-increasing cancer rates in our society, chances are you have any equally (if not more) sad story to tell.

That’s why I’m writing you this email…

Right now another mother is fighting cancer, and she’s not ready to leave her children:

http://www.marilynreahealthfund.blogspot.com/

Normally I don’t mix causes with marketing, but this one struck a chord, and in this fight every little bit helps.

Both Tim and Howie have been friends of mine for years, so I trust them.

And they are willing to trade you some “how to dominate google” videos for your donation…but frankly if that’s the only reason you’re donating I ask that you please reassess your motives.

For what it’s worth, I have made a personal donation well in excess of the “recommended” amount.

Now I’m asking you to do the same.

Please give if you can:

http://www.marketersforacure.com/

Thanks for your time,
Ryan Deiss

The fact is, most business books kinda suck and would be better off as 15 - 20 page reports. Personality Not Included is definitely an exception…

The author, Rohit Bhargava, spends the first half of the book explaining the importance of incorporating personality in business. It’s good information, but without the Part 2 of the book it would be “just another business book”.

But in Part 2 he includes exercices and turnkey techniques you can use to actually put his information into action. It’s the kind of thing you’d expect to see in an expensive home-study course!

My advice: Buy this book, read it, and implement the techniques in your own business.

It’ll probably be the best $15.61 investment you make all year…

Although I wasn’t personally named, anyone can tell that this post is about me and my Continuity Blueprint training program. Normally I don’t respond to these sorts of things, but I take offense when the word “LIES” gets thrown around.

Watch this video and judge for yourself…

NOTE: You can read the original post here:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/23161-lies-about-continuity-membership-income.html

CLICK HERE to get the TRUTH about Continuity Blueprint…

You can get all the details at:

http://www.income.com/blog/2008/10/29/the-death-of-blogrush/

Pardon my crudeness, but it takes balls to risk your own cash and pursue a big project like this.

That being said, it takes MUCH, MUCH bigger balls to make the hard decision to cut your losses and move on.

Only a Grade-A, Status Quo Coward would chastise John or relish in the “failure” of BlogRush, so be on the lookout for “haters” and tell them Ryan Deiss said they’re a “coward”.

Seriously…tell them that.

CLICK HERE to read the “Pansy Report”…

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…NOTHING ticks me off more than marketers who get offended by marketing.

And as someone who’s been accused of “aggressive marketing” in the past (as if that’s a bad thing) I’m glad someone finally had the GUTS to stand up and say what the rest of  us have been thinking:

Check it out:

http://www.PansyReport.com

NOTE: I realize this post will irritate some folks. Just remember…we’re all marketers here and as long as you disclose what you’re doing there’s NOTHING unethical about the methods this report talks about.

MediaTemple is working to restore our main server, and RackSpace is working to restore our billing server.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

We thought we had covered all our bases by splitting resources and maxing out bandwidth, but apparently we were wrong. Please know we’re doing everything we possibly can to restore service.

Thanks for your patience and understanding,
Ryan

http://www.continuityblueprint.com/details.html

I honestly never could have imagined the enthusiasm my little “napkin video” and this training as a whole would generate, but clearly it’s struck a chord with people and I sincerely hope that you’ll be joining me when I open the training opens at 3pm.

To add further fuel to the fire (and some additional value as well) I’ve decided to throw in three (3) additional “Fast-Mover Bonuses” to the first: 100, 250 and 500 members who signup.

Here are the details of each bonus:

FAST-MOVER BONUS #1

- First 100 Coaching Members Only -
20-Minute, On-On-One Continuity Strategy Session With Ryan Deiss

Ok, this is a biggie…

For the first 100 people who join “Continuity Blueprint”, I will schedule a one-on-one strategy session where we can discuss your ideas and how you should proceed.

And if you don’t think we can get much accomplished in 20-minutes, think again!

Prior to our call, you’ll fill out an information sheet where you’ll give me all the details about your business. (NOTE: You’ll find the mere act of filling out this info sheet to be valuable all by itself.) This way I’ll be able to prepare for our call ahead of time and fully maximize the time that we have.

Normally I charge (and get!) $1200 an hour for phone consultations, so this is a real-world, no BS $400 value.

The value to you, however, will obviously be many times greater than that…

FAST-MOVER BONUS #2

- First 250 Coaching Members Only -
Direct Access Call-In Days
(Twice a Month for 3 Months)

Obviously I can’t provide one-on-one support for everyone, but on these direct call-in days (which will be held at least twice a month for the first 3 months of training)…

…the 250 Fast-Movers will be able to join me on a group call and ask me any question you like (within reason, of course). :o)

I don’t normally do call like these because in my experience they can literally go for 2 - 3 hours (depending on the number and complexity of the questions), but this group I’m willing to make an exception.

FAST-MOVER BONUS #3

- First 500 Coaching Members Only -
Members Area “Author” Status

While I wish I could provide direct, one-one email support to ever Continuity Blueprint member, it simply isn’t feasible.

Not only do I have multiple businesses that need my attention, I also have a wife and kids who are understandably selfish of my time. So for that reason I take access to me very seriously and limit it as much as possible.

But, for the first 500 Continuity Blueprint members I’m willing to make an exception…

Currently the Continuity Blueprint Members Area allows for posting of comments and questions…but only if your “member level” is set to “Author”.

It was originally my plan to offer this higher level access as an upsell for $497, but for the first 500 members you’ll have full, unfettered commenting ability inside the members area for FREE.

This means you’ll not only get to ask (and get answers to) all your questions, you’ll also be able to chat with other “Author-Level” members and help one another out.

I don’t currently have a forum or other level of access to me in any of my other membership sites, so outside of buying one-on-one consulting time this is the only place you’ll be able to ask questions and get answers directly from me.

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Obviously there’s no way to know how long these “Fast-Mover Bonuses” will last, but with over 40,000 people on my list and (at last count) 144 affiliates mailing tomorrow, the first two could literally be gone in a matter of seconds.

So, if you want to qualify for one or more of these “Fast-Mover Bonuses”, make sure you’re at the details page when registration goes live at 3pm eastern today:

http://www.continuityblueprint.com/details.html

My original plan was to offer it in November, but the demand is so high right now that I’ve decided to move the launch date up…TO THIS THURSDAY, October 23rd at 3:00pm eastern.

I realize that’s just a couple days away so I’m preparing an information page that will hopefully answer all your questions about the program. It’s not quite ready yet, but in the meantime I’ve posted a video that will give you the basics of what this training is all about.

Just click the “Play” button below to watch the video…

Of course, if I missed something and you still have questions, please feel free to post them below as a “comment” and I’ll do my best to respond to all of them before the program goes live this Thursday.

I’m also gonna be doing a LIVE uStream presentation the day of the launch to tie up any final questions you might have. More information about that will be posted on Wednesday…

Talk soon,
Ryan