My first mentor that helped me to finally have success online was Mark Joyner. This is a four part series where I had a chance to be interviewed by Mark about how I’ve grown a company since I met him all those years ago. Here are a couple of the questions Mark asked Russell on this episode: What are the 3 biggest blunders you made along the way? What are the 3 most strategic and pivotal decisions since founding ClickFunnels? So listen in to find out what Russell had to say! ---Transcript--- What's up everybody? This is Russell Brunson, I want to welcome you back to the Marketing Secrets Podcast. And we've got something really fun in store for you over the next four episodes. So, when I first started this game back in the day, I struggled throughout almost two years trying to figure out how to play, and what to do, and how to get traffic, and how to sell stuff. And the person... I think everyone who figures out this game, there's a mentor you bump into. And I am so honored and grateful that so many people have... that I was the person for them. They read the book, or whatever, and the light bulbs clicked for them. But I'm also very aware that I'm not everyone's guru. I'm not the person... And I'm so grateful for all the other teachers out there who are teaching things who give other people the ah-ha’s. I always tell people our goal at ClickFunnels is not to get people to use ClickFunnels. Our goal at ClickFunnels is to help entrepreneurs to grow their companies. And so, I don't care if it's me that clicks with, or if you click with somebody else. I don't care as long as you get that aha moment. And so, for me, for whatever reason, the person that gave me aha moment was my first real mentor, and his name is Mark Joyner. And kind of putting this into a timeline, back when I got started in this business, he was just ending. He had built a huge internet marketing company, and he got tired of being in the market, so he sold off all his assets, and he did this thing called the Farewell Launch where he sold this Farewell Package for a thousand bucks, and it was the first course I'd ever bought, and I went through it like the most intense, crazy student of all the time. And I learned it, I mastered it, and I implemented it, and that was... man, 15, 16 years ago now. And he was the one that gave me the shifts that helped me understand... helped all the things light up and make sense so I could be successful. And so, I'm grateful for Mark. He's been a mentor; he's been a friend, and someone I have a ton of respect for. And it's funny, because in the middle of all the chaos over the last couple months, he messaged me, he was like, "Hey, I'm launching this new podcast called the Mark Joyner Show, do you want to come on and be one of my guests?" And I, honestly, didn't have the time because there was so many things happening, but I was like, "You know what, for Mark... For you, Mark, I would do anything." And so, we set up a time, it was late at night, we jumped on, and because it was after hours and my kids were already in bed, we were able just to go and talk, and we talked for a couple of hours, and it was really, really cool. And so, if you follow Mark, you probably saw that interview. And if not, I asked for his permission to allow me to play it here on the podcast over the next couple episodes. And so, I'm excited for you guys to hear it. I think you will get a lot of value out of it. We talked a lot about different topics and different things. Talked about things I learned from him, things that I discovered since then. Anyway, hopefully, you guys enjoy this conversation. We broke it up over four episodes. So, this is the first of four episodes. So, I hope you enjoy it. We'll play the theme song, and when we come back, we will jump right into the interview with Mark Joyner. Mark Joyner: All right, everybody. We are live. This is Mark Joyner. Welcome to episode number two of the Mark Joyner Show. And man, I am so happy to have this g