{"id":121,"date":"2008-10-08T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blogWORDPRESS\/2008\/10\/08\/embarrassing-moment-879-what-happens-when-you-get-locked-out-of-your-own-teleseminar\/"},"modified":"2008-10-08T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T07:05:00","slug":"embarrassing-moment-879-what-happens-when-you-get-locked-out-of-your-own-teleseminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/embarrassing-moment-879-what-happens-when-you-get-locked-out-of-your-own-teleseminar\/","title":{"rendered":"EMBARRASSING MOMENT #879: What Happens When You Get Locked Out Of Your Own Teleseminar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/SOwmPVcn-AI\/AAAAAAAAAII\/1ub499nt8iU\/s1600-h\/GatekeeperEDITED.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_JygV9WxRKKc\/SOwmPVcn-AI\/AAAAAAAAAII\/1ub499nt8iU\/s400\/GatekeeperEDITED.jpg\" alt=\"get past the gatekeeper, telephone sales, telephone selling, telesales, sales training\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254616910131623938\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Will people pay for a $10,000 sales-oriented seminar if they can get it at a 99% discount? Without having to leave their offices?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to report the answer is&#8230;yes. Yesterday was the first day of registration for <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.danoday.com\/telegate\">HOW TO GET PAST THE GATEKEEPER<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">: Advanced Strategies for Sales Professionals<\/span>, and we&#8217;ve had a bunch of registrations from across the U.S. and Canada. <\/p>\n<p>(I certainly hope we&#8217;ll have registrants from outside North America. Even with time differences, they&#8217;ll still receive the complete recordings afterward.)<\/p>\n<p>Prior to announcing this intensive (and, I must say, very cool) teleseminar I signed up with a different telephone bridge provider \u2014 a very expensive one.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">1. <\/span>Much better sound quality. You won&#8217;t believe the difference.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2. <\/span>More reliability. If you took part in my <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">How To Double Your Sales<\/span> teleseminar with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Chet Holmes<\/span>, here&#8217;s some behind-the-scenes drama you didn&#8217;t know about: In the middle of the call, my phone connection was dropped.<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/p>\n<p> I was dropped from my own teleseminar.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Frantically I redialed \u2014 with the terrible fear that the system wouldn&#8217;t allow me back in, thinking that the &#8220;moderator&#8221; (that&#8217;s me) already was there.<\/p>\n<p> Fortunately, I did get back onto the call \u2014 and Chet was still talking. Nobody missed me at all (which wasn&#8217;t all that good for my ego).<\/p>\n<p>I decided, &#8220;Never again.&#8221; So if you join us next week, expect much better audio quality. And because I&#8217;ll be teaching nonstop, if I get cut off again \u2014 Well, at least I hope someone notices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will people pay for a $10,000 sales-oriented seminar if they can get it at a 99% discount? Without having to leave their offices? I&#8217;m happy to report the answer is&#8230;yes. 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