Why Dave Decided to talk about Events: Dave goes to a lot of events. Learn what value events can have for you and your business Tips and Tricks for You and Your Business: (2:10) When you go to events, go ALL IN (4:48) Jump at the opportunities for learning (6:48) The contacts you can make at events are “off the charts wild” (9:00) Give effort and value when you’re at an event (11:00) There’s an essential component to pushing yourself out of your original comfort zone when you go to events (13:10) Getting to events any way you can (15:28) There is nothing that has changed Dave’s life than events, so what are you waiting for? Get to one and let it change you Quotable Moments: (1:40) “What I want to talk to you about is the importance of getting out to events even when you think you can’t afford it. This is one of the things that changed my entire business, it changed my entire life (4:24) “I remember I walked into that room and I literally felt different. All of a sudden I got filled with hope, I was like “You know what? If these guys could do it, maybe I could to” (6:30) “If you do it right and you’re providing value to these people, my gosh they’re more than willing to help. It is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.” (10:10) “You’ve gotta make sure that when you’re actually at these events that you literally get so far out of your comfort zone. Not by being obnoxious, but by giving value to as many people as you possibly can.” (15:40) I understand, I know what it’s like when your entire world is falling apart and you’re like, ‘I’m so excited at this event but I’ve got to call home and deal with the stuff that’s there.’ I know. I’ve been there and I know what it’s like” Other Tidbits: When Dave was starting out, he would volunteer at events simply to just be in the same room as some of people who were far more successful in his field. Dave unknowingly met Russell for the first time at Dave’s first Affiliate Marketing event he went to. How did you first meet Russell Brunson? Dave pushed people out of his way just so he could pick his brain at a lunch DO NOT do business cards at events Going to events can honestly make you become a better person, as much as David hates saying corny lines he is still a firm believer in it Dave understands being broke and scraping pennies to get to an event Important Links: FunnelHackerRadio.com FunnelHackerRadio.com/freetrial FunnelHackerRadio.com/dreamcar ---Transcript--- Speaker 1:     00:00       Welcome to funnel hacker radio podcast, where we go behind the scenes and uncover the tactics and strategies top entrepreneurs are using to make more sales, dominate their markets, and how you can get those same results. Here is your host, Dave Woodward. Speaker 2:     00:17       Wow. There's so much craziness going on right now. I don't even know where to start. So first of all, welcome back to funnel hacker radio. I'm super, super excited to talk about this topic. It's one of the things I'm I'm extremely passionate about only because literally has changed my life. So I want to dive right into this. Kind of tell you if you first, if you haven't seen episode 100, three of funnel hacker TV, you've got to go to youtube. You got checked that one out because that's all about dreamforce at our event there and Russell has some amazing takeaways. I want to talk to you guys right now about this crazy, crazy concept of events and what works, what doesn't work, why they are so successful and the importance of you getting out to them on a regular basis. So I'll just. I'm looking at my calendar last week. Speaker 2:     00:58       Basically, I used two weeks ago, we're in dream force and was most mind blowing thing. I'll talk about that in just a second. Uh, this weekend I'm actually here, but miles and the team just flew down to be with Russell at, uh, uh, as Russell's got a brand new presentation he's presenting at that flip, hacking live, following that done next weekend, 20, 26. We actually do have traffi