17th May 2007
You could be the next internet millionaire!!!
Hey y’all,
I’ve made notice of this several times already in the last couple of weeks, but now I’m going to encourage all of you out there to audition for the reality show that my brother Eric and his team is producing this summer. I think that a lot of people are scared off by it because it’s about internet marketing, and people don’t know anything about internet marketing and so they think to themselves, “What chance do I have of getting on this show, let alone winning?”
Yes, the challenges in the show involve internet marketing skills - but they will be skills that all the competitors learn in a workshop first, and then put to use in the challenge.
And the selection process doesn’t necessarily benefit people who have marketing or internet backgrounds. 50% of the selection score is acquired through online voting, so if you audition and have a ton of friends to vote for you, you stand a decent chance of getting on the show. Any person who reads about this on my site and does audition - and lets me know - I’ll guarantee that you’ll at least get a high score from my vote.
Another concern might be the time it will take to be in the show if you audition. The filming is slated to only take 2 weeks this summer - so if you’re a college student (18 years or older) or a school teacher or have a job that you can skip out for a few weeks, you have no excuse. And even if you do have a job that might be hard to get out of, you might as well audition.
And auditioning isn’t that hard. All you have to do is make a short video clip explaining or showing somehow why you should be on the show, then create an account and upload it at www.youtube.com, and finally send the crew at nextinternetmillionaire.com the URL for your video. Just 3 (three) steps: Create it; post it; link it. That’s all. Provided you have a video camera and a decent internet connection, you could be done with your audition in less than an hour - probably only 30 minutes if you kept it simple.
And if you get on the show, you will be one of 12 competing for a $25000 prize and a chance to work with Eric’s partner in business, internet millionaire Joel Comm.
Additionally, if you get on the show you can hang out with me sometime while you’re out here! That’s a prize, right? But you don’t have to if you don’t want to, I’m just offering. I’m really hoping some cool folks audition and get selected for the show because I think that 1) it has a good chance of being fun for everyone involved; and 2) it has a very good chance of becoming an entertaining ‘net serial (that is, a internet “show” like a tv “show”).
For more info see the Next Internet Millionaire site or check out the auditions posted on youtube - you can do better than these guys!!! Why not give it a try?!!!
(I’ve now used my exclamation point allotment for the year).
(Also, it’s possible to enter the main site without entering your email address - I think that one way to do it is to go up to the address bar in your web browser when you are at the NIM front page and erase the “free.htm” and then hit return, though there are other ways, too - my brother might not appreciate me telling this to people, but I think it is one thing that will scare more people away from his site than he realizes or wants to scare away…).
Added material on a second edit: Even if you have no ambition to audition for the show, take a minute to go to the website and vote for the folks who are auditioning.
If you are auditioning, I think you have until the end of the first week of June to get your video in - so get on it!
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Wes Wyatt says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Daryl -
I’m auditioning for the “Next Internet Millionaire” - and not only would I appreciate your vote - but I appreciate you bringing attention to the whole project!
I think this will go down in history as one of the smartest marketing campaigns ever!
Thank you and I hope to be hanging out with you!
Wes Wyatt
http://nextinternetmillionaire.com/show.php?id=156
Daryl says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Wes, I loved your audition video - and gave you a very good score. Hope to be seeing you in a couple months.
Wes Wyatt says:
May 17th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Daryl -
Thank you for the kind words and the very good score! I appreciate it!
And believe me - I hope to come out West in a couple months as well!
Until then (Fingers and Toes Crossed!) - have a DYNAMITE day and an even better weekend!
Wes Wyatt
Heather Marshall says:
June 20th, 2007 at 7:40 am
Hey Daryl,
I was just reading through Eric’s and your blogs and I saw this post… my husband Jason is auditioning for the show, and is currently in the Top 50. You and your family seem so nice, and I hope Jason gets a chance to meet you all in Colorado next month! If you haven’t done so already, check out his video, and I hope you like it!
Heather Marshall
http://www.nextinternetmillionaire.com/show.php?id=1053