Sunday, March 25. 2007
Real Estate Wealth Expo
I just got back from the Real Estate and Wealth Expo in Toronto. I was really looking forward to presentations from Tony Robbins, James Ray and Loral Langemeier and I wasn't disappointed. All of them were amazing. Any one of these speakers would have justified the cost of the weekend - being able to see them all was a real bonus.
I hadn't realized that Bill Bartmann was also speaking there so this was a happy surprise. He talked about getting a loan for your business and I got some very good tips out of this. This is my third time hearing Bill talk and he's always great.
James Smith was a real surprise. I'd never even heard of him before the Expo and was really impressed. He's based in Toronto and was talking about Real Estate here. He puts on a very amusing and informative presentation.
Richard Branson's talk was very interesting although not really useful as I didn't take away anything that I can use in my own business. Still interesting in any case.
A number of the talks I went to were duds. I don't mind the speakers pitching their products but I do expect that they're going to provide the information listed in the abstract before doing that. Some of the speakers chose to spend most of the session pitching their product without covering the material they were supposed to. I wonder if they realize how this makes people less interested in their product.
Overall, it was a great weekend. There were five exceptional talks and one interesting one and they definitely outweigh the duds.
I hadn't realized that Bill Bartmann was also speaking there so this was a happy surprise. He talked about getting a loan for your business and I got some very good tips out of this. This is my third time hearing Bill talk and he's always great.
James Smith was a real surprise. I'd never even heard of him before the Expo and was really impressed. He's based in Toronto and was talking about Real Estate here. He puts on a very amusing and informative presentation.
Richard Branson's talk was very interesting although not really useful as I didn't take away anything that I can use in my own business. Still interesting in any case.
A number of the talks I went to were duds. I don't mind the speakers pitching their products but I do expect that they're going to provide the information listed in the abstract before doing that. Some of the speakers chose to spend most of the session pitching their product without covering the material they were supposed to. I wonder if they realize how this makes people less interested in their product.
Overall, it was a great weekend. There were five exceptional talks and one interesting one and they definitely outweigh the duds.
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This Expo was the biggest fraud I have ever attended. Non-stop infomercials where content was so pathetically thin. There was little to no effort by most speakers to share wealth building info UNLESS! you bought one of their programs which ranged from $997-almost ^ grand! The only wealth building that weekend was made by the shameful Learning Annex
I guess it all depends on your expectations. If I'd been to one great talk, it would have justified the weekend. As it is, I saw five great talks which makes the weekend a definite success.
Did I see too many people pitching rather than teaching? Absolutely, I did.
I also saw some really good teachers, sharing what they know. I choose to focus on the really good sessions and the great things I took away from the show.
Did I see too many people pitching rather than teaching? Absolutely, I did.
I also saw some really good teachers, sharing what they know. I choose to focus on the really good sessions and the great things I took away from the show.
Sure, I agree with looking at things positively but I also believe in honest advertising and not scamming people. If I had wanted to pay to see just some of the key speakers, that would have been fine, however, I expected there to be "72 wealth experts" teaching me things too. I personally have no big interest in seeing Trump or Robbins, though as part of the package, I thought they would be fun. There were only 11 "wealth experts" and all they did was try to rip people off. They hardly gave you information, some not any. They mostly tried to sell you their programs, which usually cost $995. We realized quickly that it was just a scam, but had to listen to a few while waiting for the key note speakers. One of them, Raymond Aaron, was just terrible. He was selling a “mentoring package” and was talking about the “laws of attraction”. He told everyone there, that he never did this but that he was going to give everyone a boat cruise. Uncertain cheers erupted. He then said that we didn’t believe it, and in that case, we were right, we weren’t getting a boat cruise. Luckily for us, there would be one more chance later. So he continued to tell everyone what a wonderful man he was, showing pictures of his daughter etc. and somewhat later on said “this is your chance, I am taking all of you on a boat cruise!” Words were flashing, reading CRUISE SHIP! CRUISE SHIP! and people were jumping up and down chanting and screaming. Then Raymond said “You have done it!! You have all won a boat cruise!!!” Needless to say he was scamming. He casually mentioned later that if you bought his $995 program and completed the 17 month mentoring program and fulfilled two goals, you would then receive a boat cruise. Sure Raymond, I hope you can sleep at night.
All in all, the keynotes were good, but the rest was terrible and misleading and the Wealth Expo should be sued and the keynote speakers should be ashamed to be associated with this.
All in all, the keynotes were good, but the rest was terrible and misleading and the Wealth Expo should be sued and the keynote speakers should be ashamed to be associated with this.
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