Seventy or so marketers spent all or some of March 26 through March 30, 2009 in Orlando, Florida saying, “Happy Birthday”, to Willie Crawford.

Yep, Willie hit the “Big Five-O”. Like many he could have gone into denial and let the day pass quietly. He didn’t. Instead he and David Preston held a party/seminar.

It’s been my pleasure to know Willie on-line for two or three years. I’ve known of David Preston for several months. At Ken McArthur’s JV Alert Live event in February I was finally able to meet both of them face-to-face. Quickly determined after hand-shakes and once-overs that they were both good guys.

Willie and David were kind enough to ask me to serve as the event photographer. I quickly accepted.

And that brings us to the subject of this post…

Of the over 500 pictures I made I’ve selected, edited and uploaded over two hundred photos representative of the Birthday Bash.

In another paragraph or so I’ll tell you where to find the pictures. But first, a note or three about rights and usage:

1. All photos are ©2009 by Elmer Hurlstone
2. All rights are reserved
3. You may use any photo in which you are a subject on any website you own, provided your website does not violate any laws in force in the Sate of Florida, The United States of America or your  local or national jurisdiction. You may not use the photos on any site which displays, promotes or links to pornographic material, legal or illegal.
4. You may not alter the photo(s) in any way.
5. Attribution is appreciated. Please credit “Elmer Hurlstone” and “ElmerHurlstone.com”

If you use any of the photos on a commercial site and wish to make a donation to help defray expenses here’s a quick and easy button:

Regarding Point 6 no obligation to send money is implied or should be inferred.

The photos are at: Willie Crawford’s 50th Birthday Bash Photos

Thanks for dropping by,

Elmer

What do a retired USAF officer, a former mechanical engineer and a Texan, whose greatest dream come true would be hearing himself announced as the next batter in a World Series game, have in common?

At first glance it doesn’t seem like much.

But despite their varied backgrounds they do share a couple things. Each of these is not only a successful online marketer but a master list builder. Your email customer list is the most important asset you, as a marketer, own! And, building a responsive list is the absolute best skill you can develop.

Willie Crawford, Kevin Riley and Eric Louviere along with James Brown and Mark Hendricks, a couple more master list builders, can and will tell you how to do what they’ve done.

Yes, I said tell you.

All five of them are featured speakers on Warner Carter’s new audio series, “Proven Email Marketing Strategies”. This is a set of five 40 minute audio interviews in which Warner asks specific list building strategy questions and Riley, Crawford, Louviere, Hendricks and Brown answer–in great detail.

Over the past few years I’ve been privileged to participate in conference calls with Willie, Eric and Kevin. Willie and I have discussed collards, grits and marketing; Eric and I  have talked about copy writing (he’s a well respected, results getting, direct response copywriter). Kevin is one of my absolute best pals. We’ve spent way too much time talking about everything from home improvement to politics (someday I’ll get him straightened out ) to marketing– a lot of IM. Hendricks and Brown I know by reputation.

From listening to these interviews I’ve gotten confirmation on some of my thoughts and ideas and extremely worthwhile stuff I didn’t know.

Warner is a quick-on-the-uptake interviewer. While he starts with a set of pre-written questions when he hears something that needs elaboration he asks the specific question to get even better answers for us.

Another very useful benefit he’s added is to provide all of the interviews in convenient downloadable MP3 format. This is in addition to the web based audio. I particularly like MP3′s because I can load them into my MP3 player and listen while driving or any time I’m away from the web. Plus, if the website is down or you’re having local internet problems you still have the content available when you want it.

“Proven Email Marketing Strategies” are five of the best, if not the absolute best, interviews available on building your own profitable lists!

I highly recommend them and suggest you reserve yours now. You’ll be glad you did!

Talk with you later, I’m going back to listening to “Proven Email Marketing Strategies”,

Elmer Hurlstone

PS. To find out more about building effective, high converting, profitable lists simply click any of the “Proven Email Marketing Strategies” links.