If you’ve ever wanted to see the inside of an internet marketer’s office, here’s your chance…
You’ll get to meet some of the members of my team and also find out why I choose to work in a “real office” as opposed to my home. The reason may surprise you…
(I’m serious about what I said in the video… any name suggestions for our pet scorpion would be greatly appreciated.)
UPDATE: After much discussion, we have decided to name our pet scorpion “Sting”. Generic? Yes. Accurate? Just ask Nathan’s brother… 
March 18th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
So much for the money tree superstition, eh?
Sandy is the coolest.
Nathan dressed up for the occasion huh?
For readers who do’nt know what i’m talking about… go see him kick some MMA ass on video at:
http://warriorcodefitness.com/
Scorpion name: FATSO
March 18th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Nice office! I have a tarantula named BFS (Big Friggen Spider) - maybe an offshoot of that?
March 18th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Hi Ryan, very interesting video thank you.
I am more interested in Forex actually but it was good to see around
Ian
March 18th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
scratch that… scorpion name: Cricket
March 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
How about naming the scorpion “Aggie”? Lol
Sorry, Aggie fan here… but still dig the horns
and happen to live in Austin myself.
BTW, I’ve found a few scorpions around my house
as well… never thought about turning them into
pets. Maybe I’ll name mine “Vince”
Nice office
Eric
March 18th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Ryan,
I think the name “Spot” works for the scorpion since that is how she/he showed up on the video. Maybe Jamtoe, opposite of Toe jam, for the action you don’t want to have happen in your bare feet in the office.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Nice vid guys, Good to see Nathan in the flesh after the calls. Catch you at Yaniks, thx for your help recently.
CHeers
Matt
March 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
A peacock attacked my daughter at a zoo once! I had no idea they would run up and scratch with those claws. She’s still terrified of them.
When I worked at home I couldn’t get anything done at home either when my daughter was home from school, which was the whole summer!
How about Scorpy the Scorpion? Or Bob.
I loved the tour!
March 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Hi Ryan
Nice office! is fun to see all the people again which i got to meet last year. (hope to meet you all again in the future)
You can put your scorpion name maybe “clicker” hehe i don’t know.
Greetings from Spain.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Yep Ryan, you sure look like you could do with a tad tanning as well as the gym…shame on you dude!
I’ve followed your newsletters for a minute; you’re a legend man…hope to meet you finally at one of your upcoming bootcamps.
Thanks for the invite into your office.
As for your scorpion, how about Sparkie? Sound cool to yeh huh? What do I stand to win now?!
Thanks once again.
Feelgood
March 18th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
call it fred
big jason
March 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Hey guys… some name suggestions…
Ed (hey, it worked for the horse)
Sparky (good all around nick name that doesn’t mean anything)
Immelda (in case it’s a girl… Matilda would work, too)
Pip (to help bring Jason luck in the markets)
Vinny (scorpions make good enforcers)
Hurricane (as in ‘Rock you like a hurricane’ by the Scorpions)
Betty (for no real reason, just like the name)
Anastasia (cause I’d like to hear you guys pronounce it after a few beers)
Jack (solid name, can’t go wrong)
Lex (because I looked at my Lexmark printer)
Slash (as in guitarist for Guns and Roses… because they aren’t Scorpions)
Spike (ok, obvious dog name… but you got the stinger metaphor workin too)
Polly (because it would be funny… so not a parrot)
Indy (Indiana Jones, of course… not it doesn’t make sense)
Delilah (just to make the scorpion mad…)
I had a scorpion in a jar once and it was cool to show my friends when they stopped by… until the day when the jar was empty and I couldn’t find how he got out the air holes. I was one scared seventh grader and checked my sheets every night before bed.
Might want to rub some crisco on the glass so whats his name can’t pull a Houdini on you guys.
That’s it… thanks for the brief distraction from the copy I’m writing.
All the best guys, great video.
Craig
March 18th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Hey,
that was cool….
you could name your scorpion skrawn
it’ll grow on ya!!! just say it a few times… hey skrawn (scrawn)..???
scrawn scrawn the scorpion
lol……
Peace,
Jilly
March 18th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Hi Ryan, Office Has Style. Name for scorpion - what do you think about Sting?
March 18th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Ryan…
I really have had to focus on MLM to get some income up sufficient to provide enough capital to become an Internet Marketer. Meantime, even though I have (had?) common sense, and have had some serious successes when younger, in desperation I have purchased more programs that even I could believe when I counted them.
So I have been cancelling monthly payments, and unsubscribing from all manner of things, even things that I paid good money for and did not use. So your email came in (along with prox 170 others) and for some reason I decided to look at the video, for two reasons : 1. Just to see if you were a smug sort and 2. Because I have a friend (and it should be me also) who could NEVER work MLM from home, but no matter how tiny or ? , had to “go somewhere” each day.
So let me say this: I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED your video. You are so refreshingly open and sincere that it would be impossible to hide it. When I get my MLM that I neglected for a year, up to a decent income, I want to make it on the “net”, and have at least 42 paid for programs laying there. But after seeing your video and the “heart” of you that came through, I sure hope to be dealing with you. GOD bless you.
Bob
March 18th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Hey, I’m in Austin, how about a real visit, drop me a note and let me know.
mike
March 18th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
The scorpion name?
Sting of course
March 18th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
There’s only one possible name for the scorpion–STING! Oh darn, I see someone already suggested that.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Thank you for the tour Ryan
Diablo - the scorpion is Diablo.
(My kids have spiders, snakes and
beetles)!
Jennie
March 18th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I say ‘Claws’ (goes great with Jaws theme music).
There’s a great Simpsons line where Homer shows off his tree full of Opossums and says “I call the big one Bitey”
March 18th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
You should name the scorpion “Deiss”. Easy to remember
Or “Dice” as in “slice and dice”….and his name would still sound like yours
March 18th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I have been meaning to do something like this for my folks for a while.
Someone should make a battle of the office vids site. Mine would win most unproductive… rr… best recording/xbox/nerf basketball room. Yours obviously would win the kirklands award.
BTW, the flying saucer thing… Chuck fixed one of those about a year ago here in the office. Not joking, the exact same one, email me if you want what he bought… like a wii controller or something. We flew the thing for a couple more weeks until we (I) shot it full throttle into the ceiling. Then we bought like 4 of those little helicopters. enough rambling.
March 18th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Nice video. Dean told me to check you out (not your bum) and that you were a real down to earth guy. I concur.
For scorpion names I propose Snuffles.
And my girlfriend suggests Tinkerbell.
If you want to manly it up a bit, you could always make it Snuffles OF DOOM!
March 18th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
You gotta love that the post that gets the most feedback is the one about our dang scorpion. :o)
That said, I’m liking the name suggestions. I’ll take submissions through Friday, March 21st, at Midnight eastern. Nathan and I will select a winner over the weekend and the person who suggested the winning name will get a FABULOUS PRIZE!!
[Disclaimer: Prize may not actually be all that fabulous. In fact, it could be something really lame. Hard to tell since I don't even know what it will be.]
March 18th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Yes Ryan,
A real office with real live people. A rare but truly welcome mat for real people in the real world.
It is pretty hard to suggest a name without knowing it’s sex, but I think you might want to call it “Sweet Thing” since it apparently likes you. I like Rubber Ducky, but somehow feel it doesn’t fit. You could feature “Sweet Thing” on your add and play the “Sweet Thing” music.
I have been working hard at getting my membership site up and running.
I took the calculator which saves a great deal of time for plant and smaller electricians and built links to the membership site linking the different parts involved in their BOM
along with catalog numbers and current pricing , which I am sure is also a huge benefit for them. Especially since they can copy any of it to a spread sheet and sent it out for quotation if they don’t want to buy it from the site.
I couldn’t help but put my plug in.
Now you could call him/her “Wild Thing II” and let your son beat on some pots and pans with a stick to set the mood.
I’ll bet your wife would enjoy letting him into your recording studio with the pots and pans for awhile.
Have A Great Easter and Be Sure To Tell Your Family How Much You Love Them.
Bob Murphey
March 18th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
its official the scorpions name is Barry!!! Well not yet but it’s got a nice ring to it!! What do you guys think.
March 18th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hey Ryan…Wow it’s good to see you again. Maybe the next time you do a video, you and Nathan can have a pose down. Hope to see you again soon.
Darryl
March 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
DARRYL! Man, you need to move back to Austin to whip my fat butt into shape.
Darryl, for those who don’t know (which should pretty much be everyone), is was my personal trainer before he decided to move back to Canada. Jerk! Now look what’s happened to me!!! Even Nathan can’t save me!
March 18th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Personally I like SPIKE.
Hmm… or maybe Striker.
Or perhaps… Tail Blazer.
Ooooh… how about Sir Lance a Lot?
Who knew it would be so much fun naming a SCORPION? (;
Thanks for the insiders view of the office.
March 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Seeing a tour of your office makes it all more real for me. In fact, it gives me a big pump in the arm! If you nuts can make money at this stuff then there is hope for a country bum like me living in the back woods.
Thanks for the video.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Ryan,
Its pretty cool to see someone frorm the homefront. Just getting out out the Marine Corps and I’m excited about the prospect of IM. You have given me alot of food for thought.
For some reason the name “Friction” keeps coming to mind. Something about when you said if someone was to walk around and step on the Scorpion.
So I’m thinking Friction the Scorpion.
March 18th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Ryan,
I just got this email today but when I tried to view your video I got the following message, “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available.” Hmmmmm
March 18th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Ivanus it’s the Scorpion (King)….see you in the curse
March 19th, 2008 at 12:19 am
You could call her Charlotte…or…if it’s
a boy, Charlie.
At worst Wilbur will do.
March 19th, 2008 at 3:48 am
Hi Ryan,
I haven’t had much to with scorpions to know what their likes and dislikes are on the name front.
But I was thinking “Writers Block”
A little encouragement for Shane.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:49 am
d000d! How about “Stumpy”.
and yeah you were right.You Really Do need to get back in the Gym.lol.
March 19th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Hey Ryan and Nathan and the Gang,
I’ve been meaning to stop by your place.
I’m from Austin, and live in New Braunfels now.
Most of my extended family all live in Austin.
I went to UT-Austin… twice!
Math major, then Philosophy, finally Pre-Med.
Been a practicing Doctor now for 20 years.
Great Rose Bowl picture on the wall…
loved you pouring the salt on USC’s abraded rear ends!
Ryan, I am a charter member of your TAC membership, and really
look forward to your “quarterly/monthly”(ha,ha) reports!
Seriously, the TAC is top notch material, and very thorough.
Not something you can just throw together every 30 days…
I talked to Jimmy D Brown last week, and one of the things
I asked him to do was to introduce me to you.
You know, that innocent 3rd party intro…
I didn’t want to drop by unannounced, but I see from your video
that you are very friendly and not a pompous prima donna.
I dropped in on one very famous IM guru about 2 years ago,
and he was very indignant and perturbed that I would dare
to stop by to see him without an official invitation.
Oh well, so much for Texas friendly…
Anyway, I look forward to meeting you and your crew in person.
I’ll bring my workout gear, so we can take a run or hit
the weights… or maybe drink a beer on Mt. Bonnell! :-0
And the Scorpion… how ’bout naming it ‘Pinch’…
Take care Ryan,
“And the place I call home,
Is just south of Austin,
In the Hill Country north of San Antone”
Your friend and fellow ‘Horn’,
Dr. Michael Quadlander
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March 19th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Thanks for the tour, Ryan.
Obviously the fabulous prize must be the UFO flyer
!!!
When we moved into our new house here in 2005, my wife was stung by a scorpion while unpacking boxes. We thought it might have been a spider that got her until upon looking on the ground for said spider the scorpion dropped out of her hair…pretty scary! So, I think she’d go with “Sting.”
Craig Perrine mentioned my first idea, Hurricane (as in “Rock you Like a…” by the Scorpions, but upon further review and given their importance in Internet Marketing, I submit “spider.”
That’s pretty cool…your pet scorpion, Spider.
ENJOY!
Michael
btw, did you get to 25 yet? http://www.yourfirst1000.com/
March 19th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Not yet, Michael, it launches tomorrow. Good idea for the prize, though. :o)
March 19th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
How refreshing. I just said to someone in a forum the other day that it is sad that so many people tend to work anonymously on the Internet. We use nicknames in forums, buy ebooks from these people, send them money through paypal and we never see their real faces. And here you are showing us your office and where it all happens. Great office too, that is my goal to work out of my home office (no scorpions) and I would call it Pion…short for Scorpion or no Pe ons…(slang for slackers) Get more plants, they keep your office healthy. I have some that you can not kill. Never buy the BENJI tree which looks like the one that is dead. It hates being moved around (it cries by shedding leaves) but once you find the spot that it likes you leave it alone.
Hope I get in for the first 1000
Waving from snowy Canada
March 19th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I’m visualizing this mean ugly scorpion in my mind’s eye, trying to think of a name, and Craig Dewe suggests “snuffles.”
I can’t stop laughing!
(But his website triggered a “malware” warning by my virus checker. What’s with that?)
March 19th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
C’mon, you’ve got to name the scorpion Traveler as an homage to USC fans everywhere!
March 20th, 2008 at 2:19 am
scorpions name: Romance Taylor
March 20th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Hi Ryan,
Office Looks great!
I miss Austin.
as far as the name of the pet…”Longhorn”
Heather Dueease
March 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Hi Ryan,
Your office is huge, too bad in Singapore such office space is very expensive therefore it is not a good option for us.
As for the name of the pet, “Trapper”
April 17th, 2008 at 5:32 am
Hey Ryan,
The sound ’studio’ is awesome. What kind of video camera were you using for this video? It looked great.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Hey Ryan,
Loved the tour. Especially the baby seat thing. ha ha
When I tell my son we’re stopping by the office, his eyes light up
because he knows he’ll get to hop on one of my computers and play
games. (We don’t have a computer at home…a rule for sanity)
It was great finally meeting you in LA.
I live right down the road from you in Houston…we should hook up.
David
P.S. Thanks for being genuine!
April 24th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Great video. Real person presence; refreshing and understated. Nice office, but your new digs look a tad more nifty.
Dontcha just hate moving though? In general, I mean.
Oh, and a name for the scorpion, Phydeaux. (or Fido, if your preference is American as opposed to French [fries])
As for the tree (or stick, as the case may be), make some paper or pulp-wood.
August 15th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
So did “Sting” win the prize? I like Sting because he’s a favorite singer of mine.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:19 pm
The scorpion wanted to cross the river; he needed a ride since he could not swim. He asked a turtle, the turtle relied no, since the scorpion could sting him if was on his back. The scorpion relied that he would never do that since both would die. The turtle agreed and allowed the scorpion on his back. Halfway in the trip down the river; the scrorpion stung the turtle. The turtle angrily asked why did you do that ; we are both going to die.The scorpion replied it’s my nature!
LUCY is a great name for the scorpion
October 27th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Nice video.
I vote for “Sting”!