{"id":7885,"date":"2011-06-14T14:13:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T19:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/?p=7885"},"modified":"2011-06-14T14:13:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T19:13:54","slug":"gary-halberts-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/blog\/gary-halberts-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Halbert’s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, June 12 at 11:17 AM<\/p>\n

Dear Friend,<\/p>\n

Quick tip\/lesson today.<\/p>\n

Today is Gary Halbert’s birthday.<\/p>\n

I know because a loooong time ago when I was a subscriber to his paid paper & ink newsletter he revealed his birthday in a June issue. I made note of it on my calendar and sent him a birthday card.<\/p>\n

Yeah, a REAL card. The kind you send via the good old fashioned U.S. Postal Service… not those cheap, after thought, free online cards.<\/p>\n

And I repeated this every June 12th for a good 4 to 5 years… long before I ever met him in person and was given the opportunity to work with him.<\/p>\n

That was just ONE of\u00a0 the many strategies I used to get myself on Halbert’s radar.<\/p>\n

But I’m pretty sure YEARS of getting a birthday card from Doberman Dan helped “grease the skids” for the other techniques that finally got his attention and gave me the opportunity to mentor with him for almost a year and a half.<\/p>\n

After I got to know him and we were actually roommates (in two different countries) I personally witnessed how many people sent him a birthday card. Bond Halbert, Kevin Halbert… and me. That’s about it.<\/p>\n

My point?<\/p>\n

You’d be surprised how many “big shots” get few to zero birthday cards.<\/p>\n

If you want to get a heavy hitter’s attention, you might want to find out their birthday and make sure you send a card every year.<\/p>\n

It just may make them a lot more amenable to any other offers or other attempts to get their attention.<\/p>\n

Happy birthday, Gary.<\/p>\n

You were an interesting cat. I’ve never met anyone like you before or since… and I doubt I ever will.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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