Part of The Side Hustle Internet Marketing Seminar Attendees
What can I say about the Side Hustle online marketing training? Some things just can’t be expressed in words alone.
We learnt so much stuff and enjoyed ourselves to the full. See photos below.
This training was just top notch. From the speakers to the content, every minute of it was worth it.
Tim is a top-notch internet marketer who was also the keynote speaker on this event.
I was happy to be there both as a guest and a speaker and as usual, would love to share the experience.
What Was the Online Marketing Training All About?
The Side Hustle internet marketing training was a seminar held in Nairobi on 28th July, 2013.
The aim was to help the attendees to learn how to make Sh. 50,000 and above per month online, working part-time, which is what people commonly refer to as a side hustle.
The training was being run by Timothy Maina of the Brandstorm Network. Tim also doubles as an internet marketer and an entrepreneur, both online and offline.
The entrance fee to the event was Sh. 1500 but once we got out, we all agreed that this was way below the value we got from the training, it was worth much more.
You can now get it for only Sh. 800.
Internet Marketing Lessons Learnt
Ever heard of stuff like squeeze pages, autoresponders, OTOs, upsells, downsells, JV, sales pages etc? Do you know of any affiliate platforms that can pay you even 75% commissions?
This wasn’t the generic training that taught the kawaida things about internet marketing. This was totally something unique.
The stuff we were learning includes information that the top affiliates in the world are using – talk about people like Mike Lantz, Jeff Johnson, Mark Ling, Chris Farrell among others. It is what I would call, the real stuff when it comes to internet marketing in Kenya, and even worldwide.
Some of the lessons learnt included:
Different ways of making money online
These included some of the stuff you know e.g. freelancing websites, selling products among others. The good thing is that he introduced us to some other new cool ways of making money online. I can say that he simply just brushed through this part since the main aim was to help people make big bucks online with a side hustle (part time business).
Building a web agency
This was the real deal.
We were there with some of the top Kenyan marketers and we were all silent learning about stuff that had never occurred to us. I remember the hours flying by like seconds since there was a lot of new, awesome material to learn from.
How would you feel if you had your own, big-time, one person agency running like a real professional agency with multiple staff? Yes, that’s the feeling we got from the training.
We learnt some incredible stuff about:
- Branding – This was huge. You can earn 10 times more than what you earn if you just brand yourself right.
- Getting clients – he actually gave us a template that we can use when bidding for jobs or sending proposals
- Charging clients – What we should charge for some services with an international agency. The list of charges made the prices we offer out here seem like peanuts. Imagine getting paid $600 for a job that you outsourced to someone else for $10
- Marketing – Getting joint ventures and affiliates from the right, world class programs
- …and much much more
What I personally loved the most about this part is that we were given all the secrets that all the trusted professionals use. This included some ‘heavy duty’ list of websites where we could get stuff at insanely low amounts and sell them to customers at 10 or even 20 times the price.
Other Speakers
The other speakers apart from Tim were Paula Thayrow of KenyaMoneyOnline and myself.
My good friend Paula talked about autoresponders and how powerful they are in online business.
I talked about how to get paid online, withdrawing money from PayPal, and some tips to selling online.
Notably present in the seminar were Peter Mutiso of My Business Tricks,
Stephen Mwanza of Work Online Legit and my man Wilfred Imbukwa of Online Jobs Advice.
Fantastic Extras
Yes, there are some great extras that came with this package. These include:
- Free web hosting for the first month and thereafter $5 per month (lower than most hosting providers)
- Access to a mastermind group of top Kenyan bloggers and internet marketers where you’ll get professional solutions to your problems
- Access to world class graphics from Maina+Studios you can use to apply for graphic design jobs
- A list of free websites where you can get top notch services from
- A bidding/proposal template that you can use when looking for jobs in sites like Freelancer, oDesk and Elance.
Final Thoughts and Photos
One of my key takeaways was Tim’s integrity. At the end of the training, he said, “If you feel like you’ve learnt nothing from the training, go to Melissa and ask her to give your 1500 shillings back, no questions asked.”
Of course, no one went to get back their cash. Why? The value of the training was much more than what we paid for.
Below are some of the photos of the event.
Tim doing his thing
Tim and Melissa
Group Photo
Funny faces
Tim talking to Paula Thayrow
Watu wa nguvu
Timothy Maina – A hard working man
Tim and Steve Mwanza of Work Online Legit
Walter Akolo listening hard 🙂
All eyes on Tim
Tim from Las Vegas. You should have heard his heavy American accent.
Tim drives a point home
Walter enters the stage
Good News – You Can Download the Training Pack
The good news is that you can get all that we learnt at the same price we paid. Most marketers would have doubled the price but Tim decided to maintain it at Sh. 800. To get at this price, kindly text me at 0720754933 or email me at walter@freelancerkenya.com and I’ll let you know how you can get it.
Note that this is totally risk free due to its 30 day moneyback guarantee. In 30 days if you feel like you’ve learnt nothing, you can email me or Tim (you’ll already have his email ad) and he or I will refund you all your money.
Quite a wonderful piece on online marketing. Facebook has brought opportunities that most people will find useful in utilizing in their small business. It would be great to provide beginner insight is some of the techniques and terminologies used by Facebook to leverage an effective marketing experience.
Thanks Jimmy for your comment and feedback.
awesome stuff Walter, the online marketing environment is surely changing the global and local marketplace.
Only businesses that acknowledge this fact will make any real impact in the future.
Thanks Eliud. Very true.
kindly when is the next seminar.thanks
Hi Pepela. It will be announced. You can subscribe to my mailing list at https://freelancerkenya.com/go/list and you’ll get the announcement soon as we organize.
wau that was great now i have an i dear but i do not have ability to choose, could you choose for me since i need to start online marketing and so which one is most reliable and easy to understanding with a layman
Hi Maurice
Glad you have an idea. I’d say you do some more research on each and see which one works best for you. Unfortunately it has to stem from your passion so hard to choose for you.
Thanks
Hey Walter, the signup form is not working, how can I get the Training resources please
Hi Michael. Sorry about that. This was done a couple of years back. You can contact Tim at his new site’s contact page http://stancebranding.com/#contact. In case you want to buy the materials, you can mpesa 800 to 0720754933 I send them to you then I link you up directly with Tim for guidance. Thanks and feel free to ask more questions.
when you organizing a seminar soon…..would love to attend
Hi Njau,
Please join my mailing list and you’ll be updated whenever anything else is happening.
Thanks
link for download ?
Hi Njau,
You have to pay before you download. Just fill in the form above, send the payment then you’ll be able to download.
Thanks
Hi Walter
Thanks for the info would like to attend the seminar
Hi Margaret,
Sorry, the seminar already passed so this post shares the aftermath.
kindly use the signup box above to sign up and download the training pack.
Thanks
Hi Walter, I like this. Where have I been all along? Been doing some article writing work both on and offline. Glad to have come across this. Let me know when the next seminar is up.
Hi Nicholas,
Thanks for your kind words.
Glad you found this site. Stay tuned for more great stuff!
Hey Walter! I am seriously thinking this must be the best Kenyan blog on IM, hehe! I am glad that many Kenyans are getting on board the internet thing, it’s both fantastic, nice (and painful too sometimes!) Most of those things topics you listed that Kenyans learnt in the seminar are the cornerstones of internet marketing, and it took me months and months of endless reading, watching webinars, browsing WSOs like crazy, all alone, no mentor, frustrated somehow, suffered from information overload till things started to clear up. Thanks for your informative blog. If more of us Kenyans are involved in IM, western countries will start to recognize our credibility and offer us more chances. And….to all the newbies, hang on with Walter. The future shines,
-Sam Kariuki here. Cheers!
Hey Sam,
Thanks a lot for your kind words.
I am just like you, I had to go through the “harsh” climate, make mistakes and even LOSE 6 figures to get to where I am today.
I therefore started this blog to help people not to make the same mistakes I made.
It is true, keep it here, more great stuff coming up!
when is the next meeting/ forum for freelancers? i would love to attend. please keep me posted.
Hi James,
Thanks for your comment. Please join my mailing list to always be in the know when something goes down.
Thanks,
Walter
I cant believe it! After the conference I could not rest till I got a job online. Having been working for a private client who shut his website down early this year, I landed my first job on Odesk this week. Elated? Over the moon. I keep hearing Tim’s voice over and over urging me to go on. Thanks Walter for the valuable contributio.
Hi Milli. That’s incredible news. I am so happy to hear you got your first job on oDesk. Yeah, Tim was amazing. Thanks for the comment and all the best 🙂
What a great seminar it was. Really gathered lots of valuable info about becoming a vendor. This is an online venture I intent to try out in the very near future.
Walter I must say you have put together a very marvelous post. Keep it up and thanks for organizing the seminar. Hope you have more coming up….
Guyz online is the way to go…
Hi Stephen,
Thanks a lot for your comment.
Yes, The Side Hustle was magnificent. I am still implementing stuff I learnt.
True, online is the way to go…
mmmhh content to leave us feeling jealous that we missed the opportunity, but good that he material is available for download. I am definitely going for it. I am looking for every bit of information that will make me even more prosperous with my side hustle
Hi,
Thanks for your comment.
Sure, go ahead and purchase. It is amazing.
proud of you guys and what you are upto.Will get the stuff from Tim.Thanks Walter
You are most welcome Patrick
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. You’ve purposed in your heart to make us jealous. We are buying the book though.
Hi Cosmos,
He he he…I mean every word here, it was really great.
Feel free to buy the training.
Side Hustle Seminar was an awesome event by Tim Maina – godd presentation skills – and the use of video was perfet
Good points from you Walter – online banking is the way to go in Kenya
Paula explained the use of autoresponder excellently
Thanks for mentioning me and it was good to pe part of the Team
Regards
Hi Peter,
Thanks a lot for your comment. Yes, it was a great event.
It was great to see you and before I forget, let me commend you for the awesome work you are doing on your site.
Best,
Walter
Hi Walter, man this thing was quite something.. We really missed loads and loads , however I will get the pack from you soonest.
Hi Duke,
Sorry you missed it.
Sure, let me know when you’re ready.
Cheers 🙂
It seems I missed but will catch up. I will get the training pack very soon you wait and see. I know the importance of training.
Hey Dennis my man. That’s great! It will be real value for your money.
Hi Walter……….. this is great content. I missed the training due to travels i was making but since the opportunity to hear what was said is here again, am gonna go for it. Thank you once again.
Always great to read from you Mercy.
Yeah, go for it. You won’t regret it!
This is really great!
Thanks a lot Benjamin.