From:

North of Jewfish Creek

Dear Friend & Subscriber,

Continued from yesterday...

OK truth seekers. Let's see if I can bring this sucker home.

I've got two more seemingly unrelated stories to tell you (but they really are related) and then I'll lash this all together so the whole thing makes sense to you.

Here's the first story: Some time ago, I received a communication from a young man in Ireland who wanted me to mentor him. I told him my outrageous fee for doing such a thing and promptly forgot his existence. Then one day he e-mailed me and said he was wiring the money and we worked out when he should come to Miami. At this point, I still didn't believe him, but what the hell. It was at least possible he was telling me the truth. To my complete amazement, the money showed up and so did he.

As I began mentoring him and getting to know him, I couldn't help but wonder how such a young man (he's 21-years-old) could have put together all the money he needed to hire me for three weeks of mentoring plus the very considerable expenses of traveling from Ireland to Florida. Plus he had to pay to stay at a hotel near the building where I live.

What I learned was his older brother, John, was financing his younger brother (Caleb's) efforts. Turns out, John  worked personally with Michael Dell for several years.

John and Caleb have another brother who is completely blind. John (the older brother) has children. One of those children is a boy who is already completely blind. The other one is a girl who most certainly will become blind in the near future. You see, they have some sort of genetic predisposition to blindness that affects some, but not all, of their family members.

John came to Florida for a few weeks also and he has plans to come again approximately one week from now. I asked him why in the world he put up so much money to send Caleb to study under me. Well, as it turns out, the O'Dowd brothers have a dream. Their dream is to have a multi-million dollar direct response business... and hire all the members of their family as employees of that business... and bring them here so they can live in the United States.

I also asked John why they chose to study under me. He told me while he was working for Michael Dell, that Michael's main principal for forging ahead in business and life was to find the person who was the very best in their field and then hire that person... no matter the cost. John said after a great deal of research...

He Concluded

I, Gary Halbert,

Was Almost Certainly The

Very Top Expert In The Field

Of Direct Response!

I must admit, I got a great deal of ego-nourishment from that.

I have never met anyone more committed to becoming successful than these two brothers. I told them, without any additional financial consideration, if they wanted to stay here in Miami, I would mentor them until they had achieved the financial success they needed to bring their family to America.

These two guys are extremely intelligent, work like dogs 14-hours a day, follow every one of my directions to the "T", and are as honest as the day is long. So how could any decent person say 'no' to helping a family such as this with such Mount Everest challenges to overcome?

That's the first story. Now I'm going to tell you another: Not too long ago, I was contacted by a man named Vincent James. I got to know this guy. He's from New Jersey, as street smart as they come, and he has the energy of a shitweasel on amphetamines. What he wanted to tell me is he had refused to listen to one piece of my advice on an important business matter and how dearly his failure to pay attention to that had cost him.

What happened is, he was listening to an audio tape I made at some seminar. My advice on that audio tape was, if you ever make a great deal of money in the United States of America, don't buy a home and put that home in your name... don't buy a commercial building in which you have a lot of equity... don't keep the bulk of your money in a checking or savings account or CD's or anything like that. I said if you do, you are exposing yourself to having some slimebag lawyer or some alphabet agency take it all away from you in the blink of an eye.

Vincent said he didn't pay attention to what I said on that audio tape because he felt it would never happen to him. After all, he felt he wasn't doing anything wrong.

Then, one day, without any warning whatsoever, an alphabet agency swooped down on him and took away $48,000,000 of his money. They even confiscated his fiancé's engagement ring.

Before that alphabet agency "stole" his $48,000,000, he had created a business that generated $100,000,000 in 23-short months. Vincent did this with just a pen, a pad, and a simple idea. Oh yeah, Vince said he had one other very crucial asset, which was...

All The Information

I Had Made Available

Through My Newsletters,

Seminars And Teleconferences!

Well, not only did Vincent lose his $48,000,000, he also had to go to jail for four months. But before he went to jail, he spent 17 days creating an information product called "The 12-Month Millionaire."

I believe this is (so far in this new century) the most important marketing product ever put together. In it, he reveals a lot of secrets that even I have never before revealed to anyone (except a few clients and my closest friends). His information product tells the story of how, by following my advice (you know I had to get that part in) he grossed $100,000,000 in just 23-months... and how... by NOT following my advice he lost every cent of profit he had  made ($48,000,000) in a single day.

I could write a killer of an ad for his information product. But I am not going to do that. Instead, I'm just going to publish his "Introduction" to "The 12-Month Millionaire":

I have arranged for the O'Dowd brothers to publish and sell this product. The price is $297.00 plus $18.95 for domestic shipping and handling... or... plus $38.95 for international shipping and handling.

You can order by check or credit card. If you want to order by check, just make it out to "O'Dowd Publishing" and send it to:

O'Dowd Publishing

 Apt. 25E

1756 N. Bayshore Dr.

Miami, FL  33132

If you want to order by credit card, there's two ways you can do that.

The first way is to write or type ALL of the following information and FAX it to us at 1-352-861-1665. That's a dedicated fax line and it's on 24/7. Here's what we need:

(1)   Your name as it appears on your credit card;

(2)   The type of credit card you are using (Visa, MasterCard or American Express);

(3)   The credit card number;

(4)   The credit card expiration date;

(5)   The "security code" on your credit card. If it's a Visa or MasterCard, it's 3-digits on the back of your card at the end of your signature box. If you're using American Express, it's the 4-digits on the front of your card above your credit card number.

(6)   We must have your BILLING address of your credit card. Please don't be confused. We do NOT need to know where you send your payments... we DO need to know what address your credit card company sends their bills to you.

(7)   Final thing, please let us know if you have a different address you would like "The 12-Month Millionaire" shipped to.

(8)   It's not required but it would be helpful if you gave us a telephone number or a fax number where we could contact you in case we run into any problems with your order.

The second option for paying by credit card is, you'll have to make a long distance telephone call. The number to call is 1-305-416-9899. When you call this phone number, you will NOT get a live person. You will get the O'Dowd's voicemail. However, you will be listening to my voice instead of theirs... because... although the O'Dowd's speak English... they speak "Irish-English" which is sometimes a bit more difficult to understand than "English-English".

So when you call that phone number, you'll hear my voice with a message asking you for the same information as if you were sending a fax. Here's the info you need to leave on that voicemail number (and remember, please speak slowly and clearly and spell any unusual names or words):

(1)   Your name as it appears on your credit card;

(2)   The type of credit card you are using (Visa, MasterCard or American Express);

(3)   The credit card number;

(4)   The credit card expiration date;

(5)   The "security code" on your credit card. If it's a Visa or MasterCard, it's 3-digits on the back of your card at the end of your signature box. If you're using American Express, it's the 4-digits on the front of your card above your credit card number.

(6)   Your BILLING address of your credit card. Please don't be confused. We do NOT need to know where you send your payments... we DO need to know what address your credit card company sends their bills to you.

(7)   If you have a different address you would like "The 12-Month Millionaire" shipped to.

(8)    It would be helpful if you gave us a telephone number or a fax number where we could contact you in case we run into any problems with your order.

That's it. Either way you choose to order "The 12-Month Millionaire", it will be shipped to you immediately upon receipt of your order by the O'Dowd brothers.

And now, before I end the story about "The 12-Month Millionaire", I'm going to tell you something that might piss you off (if you are an unethical slimebag). This product, because I have so decided, is NOT being sold with a money-back guarantee. If you dare say the information you get from this product was already known to you or it wasn't worth the money, you are much more than a shitweasel. You are a stone-cold, unethical liar. Believe it or not, much of this information is so electrifying, it was unknown even to me. And I am now using these secrets when I create advertising for myself or for my clients.

Alrighty then, let's go to the next bit of news.

I have become good friends with Mark Joyner. I told him once I knew approximately 15 secrets to make websites more profitable... and... I was willing to wager even with his own extensive experience on the Internet, he didn't have a clue about these secrets. When Mark found out how Internet-illiterate I was, he was doubtful this could be true. So he and I agreed I would tell him just one of my  Internet money-making secrets and then he could decide for himself.

I told him the secret (it took me about 60-seconds) and he was blown away. Mark said, "Oh my God! That is probably the most powerful Internet money-making secret I've ever heard. And I never had a clue to its existence. Once you explained it to me, it's so transparent and so simple, I can't believe I didn't think of it. I've never heard anyone else or any Internet guru  reveal such a powerful secret." He went on to say, "And you know approximately 14 or 15 other secrets as powerful as this?"

"Yes I do," I replied. "But I'm not going to reveal them to you. Nobody else in the world will ever know all these secrets until June of this year." (I have now revealed those secrets to Mark and you'll learn why very soon.)

You know John Reese, don't you? He's about as sharp as a man can be when it comes to making money on the Internet. He's a great friend of mine. As a matter of fact, John just wrote a lengthy rave review about me on his website, which I very much appreciate. But, as much as I like, admire and respect John, I can tell you this...

You Will Never Learn These

Internet Money-Making Secrets

Even From Him!

You won't learn them from Corey Rudl. Marlon Sanders. Ken Evoy. Or any other Internet guru. You can only learn these secrets from me. Except that now you can also learn them from Mark Joyner.

Here's why: Mark and I are teaming up to give a seminar in June. It will be here in Miami. It's not going to a super-expensive seminar because I want as many of my readers as possible to be there. Actually, that's not quite true. I don't want any of my readers who are flat-out losers and living under bridges to come. And I don't want any of my readers who are just curiosity-seekers and won't use the information. And I don't want any of my readers who say they really appreciate my information, but in truth, they only read it because it's free.

The only people I want to be there are dedicated, hard-working, O'Dowd like people... who sincerely want a blueprint to achieving total financial freedom and success in EVERY area of their life.

The price of this seminar is $3,750.00... and... you can bring one guest with you at half-price ($1,875.00). At that seminar, I am going to teach you all of the secrets I just referred to about making websites more profitable. Also, at that seminar, I am going to bring to life all of the information Vince James has included in "The 12-Month Millionaire". And I suspect Mark Joyner might have a little something to add when it comes to Internet marketing. (Especially now that Mark knows my secrets.)

Oh and by the way, if it's humanly possible Vince James will also be at my seminar as my special guest.

But the seminar is NOT only going to be about Internet marketing. No, it's also going to be about the real secrets of making money in marketing... using almost any media.

I'll write to you again soon and give you all the particulars you need to attend this spectacular seminar. I can promise you that dollar-for-dollar, pound-for-pound, you will get more valuable information from my seminar than any other seminar you have ever attended. But...

There Is A Catch!

You cannot attend my seminar... unless... you have first purchased Vincent James' information product, "The 12-Month Millionaire"... AND... you must have already read all the newsletters published on my website. There is a practical reason for these requirements.

This seminar is NOT going to be for people who walk in the door and have no idea whatsoever about marketing. This seminar IS for people who are dead-serious about making money and becoming successful. By reading all the newsletters on my website, and by having devoured all the information in "The 12-Month Millionaire", I will not have to slow down my teaching to a kindergarten level.

Another thing which I'm sorry to have to tell you... but... you cannot get all the information you need by reading books, or watching videos, or listening to audio tapes and CD's. You see, there are certain "magic epiphanies" that only occur when you get the information person-to-person from a LIVE human being.

Anyway, as I said, the seminar is going to be in June and it's going to be in Miami. I'm not absolutely positive, but I believe the seminar will start on Friday, June 24 and end on Sunday, June 26.

By the way, I am offering an incredibly valuable bonus for the first 30 people who sign up and pay for this seminar. Can you guess what the bonus is? It's...

ME!

The first 30 people who buy "The 12-Month Millionaire" and then sign up and pay for my seminar will be entitled... after the seminar... for 6-months worth of consulting with me on any project they are working on. I'll help you with the ideas, the concepts, sourcing the products, and even if necessary, do a little free writing for you.

And now, let me finish with both joy and pain in my heart the rest of this newsletter.

Let me begin by telling you a few things:

First, I did NOT send an e-mail asking if anyone's reading "The Boron Letters" because I am someone who is desperate for attention and feedback.

Secondly, Theresa did NOT send an e-mail to you saying 'Gary needed a little cheering up' because we were setting you up in some Machiavellian way for any type of manipulative sales situation. Theresa did it because she thought I needed a little cheering up. Here's what happened.

My daughter and her family visited me from Germany. Her daughter had some sort of Nazi virus that she transmitted both to her mother and me. It was a really nasty sucker which made it nearly impossible for me to function.

After that, I learned my oldest son, Jeff, was quite possibly a few heartbeats away from death.  He called his father desperately seeking my help. Jeff got the help he needed, he's out of the woods now and he's back working at the construction company he owns. But it was REALLY scary for me.

In addition to all that, the IRS has decided they want to take a close look at my tax returns for the last six years. I've grappled with the IRS ever since I've been an entrepreneur. When my Coat-of-Arms business was running at full-tilt boogie, we had our very own IRS guy with his very own desk in our office. He was there almost as often as our employees. Then one day, I wrote a check for $20 and it bounced. I went to my bank irate and said, "How could you bounce a $20 check. I have more than $20,000 in your bank."

"Not any more", she informed me. "The IRS came and emptied your account."

The IRS did this without filing any kind of case against me or judgment or any kind of due process. I have since learned something like this happens to tens of thousands of people every working day of the year.

Another battle I had with the IRS was when my ex-partner (Dennis Haslinger, now deceased) declared a large portion of the money he paid to buy my share of Halbert's Inc. was not for the purchase of my stock... but rather... payment to me for a covenant not to compete which I should pay tax on as ordinary income. This was not true. But it took me approximately $30,000 (in today's money) and five months to prove it. So, I "won" that case.

The next time the IRS came after me they said I owed $600,000. That case was resolved by me getting a refund check from the IRS.

What's going to happen this time? Who the hell knows?

But even for me, it is scary to deal with these people.

So here I am dealing with a Nazi virus, the IRS, a son who is precariously close to death and a lot of client work all weighing down upon me. Plus, the pressure of having to write a really excellent monthly newsletter. I'm good... but... I'm not God... and the pressure was starting to get to me.

So when I wrote you would be reading the final Gary Halbert Letter, it was not because I wanted to sell you a Vince James product, or because I wanted to set you up for a seminar, or any other financial or commercial reason. But the e-mails started pouring in and many of them were thanking me for publishing my newsletters and the contribution I had made to their lives. Many of them wanted me to answer just a few more questions before I "departed the scene."  You know, just like those guys I wrote about yesterday raising my oxygen tent to ask just one more quick question.

But the bulk of those e-mails, by far, begged me to please not go away. To please not stop writing. To please not stop giving teleconferences. And to please not stop holding seminars.

I have something to say to all of you. And I mean it with all my heart...

Damn All Of You!

Double Damn All Of You!

Damn The Eyes Of All Of You!

And Damn Me!

The truth is, I'm trapped. Not just by all of you. I am trapped by myself. My newsletter is a large part of my identity. It's in my blood. I am doubly damned by the fact that I truly love my readers. So, after a long, thoughtful, and yes, even prayerful consideration...

I Have Decided

To Keep Publishing!

But, like that segment on Bill Maher's' show, there's going to be some new rules.

Rule #1 is, it is no longer going to be a monthly newsletter. It's not going to be a yearly newsletter, quarterly, weekly or daily or anything else. It IS going to be "The Gary Halbert Letter" whenever I feel like writing it. Maybe there will be a month or two where you won't get any newsletter whatsoever. Maybe you'll get five or six letters in a month. Maybe, instead of a newsletter, I'll publish a short piece of information or something humorous or some "slice of life" that will uplift your spirits. The point is, I will publish it when I choose. When I choose between client obligations, the IRS, medical emergencies and stuff like that.

None of this was a manipulation. I swear to God that is true. And I swear it on the souls of all my children. And you can go straight to hell if you don't believe me.

	Sincerely,
	Gary C. Halbert The Undisputed King Of Shitweasels

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