The book signing in Wimberley last Saturday was a terrific event, though a couple of “freaky” things happened.
I signed books for five hours (!). Everyone was super nice and came from as far away as Houston and Dallas, and even Corpus Christi (a five hour drive).
There were some wonderful highlights, such as —
* The 8-year old boy who is selling something online that everyone has and hates. I’ll interview him one day for my Hypnotic Gold membership program. He said, “Dr. Vitale, I want to be a millionaire like you.” (He’s eight years old and has already made $500 online selling — are you ready? — farts.)*
* The woman who beamed as she looked at me and said, “You are single handedly elevating the consciousness of the planet!” (I am?)
* The man (a reader of this blog) who knows I love Amazon gift certificates but gave me a rarer gift: a genuine Cuban cigar. (Illegal for we Americans to buy so always welcome as a gift).
* The woman who said, “Your energy is softer than I expected.” (Did she expect some sort of pro-wrestler “Mr. Fire!” smackdown loud mouth author?)
* The young man who looked at my signature in his copy of Zero Limits and said, “Your handwriting reminds me of Al G. Manning’s handwriting.”
Now that was freaky.
Al Manning was an author and spiritual teacher of mine when I was a teenager, forty years ago. I was a card-carrying member of his E.S.P. Lab for many years. I haven’t heard his name mentioned by anyone but me in a long time. (Al passed on in 2006.)
It was a terrific day. Pat O’Bryan filmed the entire event. I imagine snippets will end up on YouTube.*
Master photographer Rodney Bursiel took many pictures. And this time he was alert enough to ask someone to take a pic of him and me. (That’s him above.)
I still don’t think book signings are a great way to sell many books, but they are a great way to meet new friends and have a good time.
I ended the evening by playing my Taylor 655ce 12-string guitar for our friends Rick and Mary Barrett — the first time I’ve ever played any guitar in public (for more than myself and a cat, anyway). They applauded and even asked for more, which was a real confidence boost.
All in all, a good day.
Ao Akua,
Joe
www.mrfire.com
PS – The best place to order genuine Cuban cigars (so I hear) is www.cgarsltd.co.uk/ They’d make a great gift for somebody. 🙂
* If you want to see a short video of ‘fart boy’ being interviewed, go see www.patobryan.com/blog.htm Enjoy.
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It’s great that you did this with a hometown Independent Bookstore.
Creating community, events and connections is the best part about the “real bookstores” But it’s hard to beat the selection of amazon.
However, I bet Amazon never brought you a Cubano! Only a loving fan could do that.
I can’t wait to see what your 8-Year Old Mentee comes up with next!
just goes to show you…one persons “curse” is another person’s opportunity!
David
Just read your book “The Attractor Factor” after seeing you on “The Secret”. Thank you for being such a wonderful expression of the Spirit. Your book is very inspiring, but there was one sentence (the very first one) in the last chapter about your 30 day experiment that suddenly struck me like a bolt of lightening! You asked ” Would you like to help me transform the world?” I burst into tears when I read that!! I’m still not sure why, but thank you for the energy you put into those words. I plan on doing the experiment. May your life continue to be blessed and a blast!!
Kristi
It was great to meet you this past weekend, Joe. You have inspired me so much and continue to do so. I just read “There’s a Customer Born Every Minute,” one of the three books I bought at the signing and must say that I know of only two other books which have given me such a business epiphany. The first was four years when I read “Ogilvy on Advertising” by David Ogilvy. The second was “Scientific Advertising” by Claude C. Hopkins. Your book was much more entertaining to read, though.
I can’t wait to get around to “The Attractor Factor” and “Zero Limits.” And yes, I think you might be raising the consciousness of the universe. Wasn’t it me who said that to you at the signing?
Watch the newspapers, because I plan on implementing you and Barnum’s techniques and making a big splash! Thanks!
Here’s a link to the blog I wrote about your signing:
http://www.suitedproductions.com/?p=60
Jon Ray
Suited Productions
Austin, Texas
Congrats again to you Joe!
You inspired me to take action (amongst many other things), and even though I still have to work my way through some challenges I enjoy every second!
I even started a blog!
http://moniquedicarlo.blogspot.com/
Wanted to share the following with you and your readers in the light of Zero…
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/07/30/most-astonishing-health-disaster-of-the-20th-century.aspx
I am sorry…I love you!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Rodney is darn cute! Can I have is phone number? 😆