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		<title>Infusionsoft Campaign Builder Reporting &#8211; Coming Soon!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OOPS!!!!  I guess I totally jumped the gun.  I put out this information before I was supposed to.  Totally my bad.  I&#8217;ve taken down the post for now.  I&#8217;ll open it back up again once the features are released.  Just know that I&#8217;m totally jazzed about what&#8217;s coming, and you should be too.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OOPS!!!!  I guess I totally jumped the gun.  I put out this information before I was supposed to.  Totally my bad.  I&#8217;ve taken down the post for now.  I&#8217;ll open it back up again once the features are released.  Just know that I&#8217;m totally jazzed about what&#8217;s coming, and you should be too.</p>
<p><!-- I love that I live close to the Infusionsoft office because I get to go in frequently and see what they're working on.</p>
<p>Trust me, you&#8217;re going to be BLOWN AWAY with what&#8217;s coming.  They&#8217;re doing some really cool stuff.</p>
<p>I was there this week meeting with the Product Management team helping them think through the lead source tracking features they&#8217;re building as well as the functionality of the new campaign builder.  They showed me some top secret screenshots of the reporting that is coming to the campaign builder in a few months.  I&#8217;m so jazzed about what&#8217;s coming I can&#8217;t stand it.</p>
<p>They also leaked some screenshots to me of some basic reporting for the campaign builder that is coming very soon.  Let me walk you through them.</p>
<p>First is a new column in the list of campaigns that will show the number of active contacts in a campaign.</p>
<div class="shadow_img_frame shadow_two_col_large"> <div class="shadow_preload_two_col_large preload"><a href="http://www.tylergarns.com/infusionsoft/infusionsoft-campaign-builder-reporting-coming-soon/attachment/macro1/" class="attachment-fadeIn" title="" target=""><img src="http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/images/_global/img-zoom-link-2.png" style="position:absolute; display: none;" alt="" /><img src="http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/images/_global/img-zoom-2.png" style="position:absolute; display: none;" alt="" /><img src='http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/truethemes_framework/extended/timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/macro1-1024x416.png&amp;h=234&amp;w=437' alt='' /></a></div></div><p>When you click on that number, you get a list of those people. This is great if you want to send a broadcast, stop the campaign, tag them, etc.</p>
<div class="shadow_img_frame shadow_two_col_large"> <div class="shadow_preload_two_col_large preload"><a href="http://www.tylergarns.com/infusionsoft/infusionsoft-campaign-builder-reporting-coming-soon/attachment/macro2/" class="attachment-fadeIn" title="" target=""><img src="http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/images/_global/img-zoom-link-2.png" style="position:absolute; display: none;" alt="" /><img src="http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/images/_global/img-zoom-2.png" style="position:absolute; display: none;" alt="" /><img src='http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/truethemes_framework/extended/timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/macro2-1024x619.png&amp;h=234&amp;w=437' alt='' /></a></div></div><p>You can filter that search down to people who are active/inactive, in a particular sequence within the campaign, and by tags. This is VERY cool.</p>
<p class="size-medium wp-image-842 " title="Filtering of the campaign contact search">
<div class="shadow_img_frame shadow_two_col_large"> <div class="shadow_preload_two_col_large preload"><a href="http://www.tylergarns.com/infusionsoft/infusionsoft-campaign-builder-reporting-coming-soon/attachment/macro3/" class="attachment-fadeIn" title="" target=""><img src="http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/images/_global/img-zoom-link-2.png" style="position:absolute; display: none;" alt="" /><img src="http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/images/_global/img-zoom-2.png" style="position:absolute; display: none;" alt="" /><img src='http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/truethemes_framework/extended/timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/macro3-1024x643.png&amp;h=234&amp;w=437' alt='' /></a></div></div></p>
<p>On the contact record you&#8217;ll be able to see each individual contact&#8217;s activity within a campaign. This view will show you the campaign history (completed campaign steps) as well as upcoming campaign items.</p>
<div class="shadow_img_frame shadow_two_col_large"> <div class="shadow_preload_two_col_large preload"><a href="http://www.tylergarns.com/infusionsoft/infusionsoft-campaign-builder-reporting-coming-soon/attachment/micro1/" class="attachment-fadeIn" title="" target=""><img src="http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/images/_global/img-zoom-link-2.png" style="position:absolute; display: none;" alt="" /><img src="http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/images/_global/img-zoom-2.png" style="position:absolute; display: none;" alt="" /><img src='http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/themes/Karma/truethemes_framework/extended/timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/micro1-1024x971.png&amp;h=234&amp;w=437' alt='' /></a></div></div><p>This is a great step in the right direction. But, it&#8217;s nothing compared to what&#8217;s coming. I&#8217;ve seen the future <img src='http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  and it&#8217;s bright!</p>
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		<title>Infusionsoft Spring 2012 JAILBREAK</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infusionsoft recently released the most important updates to their sales &#38; marketing automation platform EVER!  The visual, drag and drop campaign builder is a game changer for small businesses.<br />
But, the current version of the campaign builder doesn&#8217;t yet have all of the amazing features that Infusionsoft users are used to.  The campaign builder currently cannot:<br />
<br />
Send a double opt-in email<br />
Send an http post<br />
Send voice broadcasts, faxes, or letters<br />
Trigger sequences based on birth dates or any ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Infusionsoft recently released the most important updates to their sales &amp; marketing automation platform EVER!  The visual, drag and drop campaign builder is a game changer for small businesses.</p>
<p>But, the current version of the campaign builder doesn&#8217;t yet have all of the amazing features that Infusionsoft users are used to.  The campaign builder currently cannot:</p>
<ul>
<li>Send a double opt-in email</li>
<li>Send an http post</li>
<li>Send voice broadcasts, faxes, or letters</li>
<li>Trigger sequences based on birth dates or any other custom date</li>
</ul>
<p>But, those things can be done.  I documented all of the details  on how to &#8220;jailbreak&#8221; Infusionsoft&#8217;s campaign builder in my Infusionsoft Spring 2012 Jailbreak Video.  I&#8217;ve also included some tips, tricks, and best practices that will help you get familiar with the campaign builder very quickly.</p>
<p><strong><a title="Infusionsoft Spring 2012 Campaign Builder Jailbreak" href="http://www.tylergarns.com/lp/jailbreak">Check out the Infusionsoft Spring 2012 Jailbreak video here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>P.S. If you&#8217;re already on my list, you can view the video by logging into the members area <a title="Tyler Garns Memers Area" href="https://tylergarns.customerhub.net">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Seriously Hot Stuff at Infusioncon Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, there&#8217;s some really cool stuff going on in the Infusionsoft community (I mean seriously cool stuff).<br />
So, if you&#8217;re not here, I want to give you the goods on what&#8217;s going on at Infusioncon.<br />
And, if you are here, you&#8217;ve probably missed a bunch of this.<br />
At the bottom of this post I&#8217;m revealing my &#8220;Infusioncon ONLY special offer&#8221;, so be sure to get down on it.<br />
Meanwhile, here are some things you just gotta check out:<br />
Two of ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, there&#8217;s some really cool stuff going on in the Infusionsoft community (I mean <em>seriously</em> cool stuff).</p>
<p>So, if you&#8217;re not here, I want to give you the goods on what&#8217;s going on at Infusioncon.</p>
<p>And, if you <em>are</em> here, you&#8217;ve probably missed a bunch of this.</p>
<p>At the bottom of this post I&#8217;m revealing my<strong> &#8220;Infusioncon ONLY special offer&#8221;</strong>, so be sure to get down on it.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, here are some things you just gotta check out:</p>
<p>Two of the hottest things I&#8217;ve seen at Infusioncon are coming from some long time friends at Marketing Mavens (and they&#8217;ve got some sweet Infusioncon price reductions going on right now).</p>
<ul class="list list4">
<li>First, they have a <strong><a href="http://tylergarns.com/mavens"><em>killer </em>reporting tool</a>.</strong> I&#8217;m sure that some day Infusionsoft will build stuff like this in the app. But right now the Mavens are dropping some super insightful reporting (with visual charts) on us and it looks great. <a href="http://tylergarns.com/mavens">Check it</a>.</li>
<li>These guys have been hard at work, they also created a <strong><a href="http://tylergarns.com/mavens">Clickbank integration with Infusionsoft</a>.</strong>  This has been a long needed addition to our market. If you&#8217;re using Clickbank and Infusionsoft, this thing is a must. <a href="http://tylergarns.com/mavens">Check out </a><a href="http://tylergarns.com/mavens">Maven Clickbank (CB)</a>.</li>
<li>Next up we have something that I personally have been <em>begging</em> for &#8211; a <strong><a href="http://tylergarns.com/macmail">Mac Mail plugin</a>.</strong> So, if you&#8217;re a Mac, this thing looks very promising. I haven&#8217;t had a chance to use it yet, but <a href="http://tylergarns.com/macmail">I&#8217;m going to be on it ASAP</a>.</li>
<li>If you handle a lot of customer service requests<strong><a> FuseDesk </a><a href="http://tylergarns.com/fusedesk">is awesome</a></strong>. I&#8217;ve known Jeremy (the creator) for a long time and he&#8217;s a stud. But, more importantly his software is the bomb when it comes to <a href="http://tylergarns.com/fusedesk">killer </a><a href="http://tylergarns.com/fusedesk">customer service integrated with Infusionsoft</a>.</li>
<li>Here&#8217;s a tool that&#8217;ll blow your mind: <a href="http://tylergarns.com/qm">Questionmine</a>.  Nice &#8211; I&#8217;m evening rhyming tonight (it must be really late). Anyway, Questionmine is a sweet new video solution that allows you to <strong><a>&#8220;survey&#8221; your audience</a> </strong><em>during</em> your videos and it brings that data right back into Infusionsoft &#8211; automatically. Now that is amazing!</li>
<li>I&#8217;ve recently become a <a href="http://tylergarns.com/customerhub"><em>big </em>fan of CustomerHub</a>. I&#8217;m using it for my own <strong><a href="http://tylergarns.com/customerhub">membership site</a>.</strong> I&#8217;m blown away with how easy it is and how powerful it can be. If you&#8217;re considering a membership site,<a> CustomerHub is the way to go</a>.</li>
<li>Since I have a waiting list for my services, I decided a few weeks ago that I&#8217;m going to focus on high level lead generation and conversion consulting. That&#8217;s what I can crush for my clients. So, for now, I&#8217;m referring <a href="http://tylergarns.com/sd">implementation </a><a href="http://tylergarns.com/sd">and Infusionsoft set-up</a> to my friends over at Sixth Division. I trust them 100%. If you&#8217;ve got ideas that you just need executed &#8211; <a href="http://tylergarns.com/sd">give </a><a href="http://tylergarns.com/sd"><strong>Sixth Division</strong> a call today</a> (or go by their booth).</li>
</ul>
<p>Last but not least, you&#8217;re probably aware that I&#8217;m doing an exclusive event <em>after</em> Infusioncon. It&#8217;s all booked up.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a $10,000 event &#8211; but it comes with a killer guarantee&#8230;those clients will make more than that or they get their money back <em>plus</em> $1,000 for their time.</p>
<p>You see, in that program, <span style="background-color: #ffff99;">I&#8217;m going to teach <em>exactly</em></span> how to invest $1 in marketing and turn it into $2 in<span style="background-color: #ffff99;"> revenue. The program includes the 3 day event</span> and a 3 month coaching program.</p>
<p>The good news is that <span style="background-color: #ffff99;">I&#8217;m going to turn the program into a home study course that only costs $2497.</span> It will be available on May 1st.<em></em></p>
<p><em>But, </em><span style="background-color: #ffff99;">I&#8217;m running an Infusioncon ONLY special &#8211; you can preorder the home study course for only $1497.</span>  Once Infusioncon is over, you&#8217;ll never see the Entrepreneur&#8217;s Freedom Formula Home Study course at that price ever again.</p>
<p><span style="background-color: #ffff99;"><strong>If you&#8217;re interested, come by my booth or send an email to support at tylergarns dot com.</strong></span></p>
<p>I&#8217;ll post a recap of Day 2 at Infusioncon tomorrow.</p>
<p>Peace.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">P.S. The above links are affiliate links. By clicking on them and buying their stuff you&#8217;ll be getting the right tools for your business and you&#8217;ll be helping fund my boys&#8217; college education. They&#8217;re very grateful. <img src='http://www.tylergarns.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
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		<title>The Con</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s &#8220;The Con&#8221; you might ask?<br />
Well, it has nothing to do with a con-man or deception of any kind.<br />
I&#8217;m referring to InfusionCon. To me, it is &#8220;the&#8221; con. &#8220;The&#8221; conference that every small business owner should be at &#8211; every single year.<br />
InfusionCon is becoming a mecca of the brightest small business marketing minds of the world. This year there will be over 1500 attendees. The event is completely sold out. In fact, it&#8217;s oversold by quite a ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s &#8220;The Con&#8221; you might ask?</p>
<p>Well, it has nothing to do with a con-man or deception of any kind.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m referring to InfusionCon. To me, it is &#8220;the&#8221; con. &#8220;The&#8221; conference that every small business owner should be at &#8211; every single year.</p>
<p>InfusionCon is becoming a mecca of the brightest small business marketing minds of the world. This year there will be over 1500 attendees. The event is completely sold out. In fact, it&#8217;s oversold by quite a bit. We&#8217;re going to be packed in like sardines.</p>
<p>Why has it become &#8220;the con&#8221;?</p>
<p>It has to do with momentum and attraction and how momentum attracts. Entrepreneurs using Infusionsoft have excelled in recent years. Infusionsoft has clearly become a differentiator, allowing them to grow faster than their competitors. Infusionsoft has grown a TON in the last 18 months and is just picking up steam.</p>
<p>There is a LOT of momentum in the Infusionsoft world. And that momentum is attracting the interest of many, many people.</p>
<p>But it wasn&#8217;t always that way. Some may remember that &#8220;the con&#8221; was a somewhat somber event for those of us who worked at Infusionsoft 2 years ago. Just days before the event we laid off 15% of our employees. Infusionsoft (including family members and close friends). It was rough. Really rough.</p>
<p>At the time Infusionsoft was burning $1MM a month. We were in a tough situation. But today Infusionsoft is thriving.</p>
<p>What got us through?</p>
<p>The Core.</p>
<p>Infusionsoft&#8217;s core is solid. The core is made up of core values and a clear purpose. Those things have become trite in the business world. Business graveyards are filled with wood and brass placards engraved with mission statements and values. But Infusionsoft is different. The core actually means something.</p>
<p>Every employee, customer, and partner can identify with it. It rallies the troops when they&#8217;re down. Its the driving force pulling the whole engine forward.</p>
<p>The core is bigger than any one person. And it&#8217;s momentum is now massive. It cannot be stopped.</p>
<p>The lesson to learn here is to focus on the core of your business. In the beginning it&#8217;s hard. People don&#8217;t want to hear it. It seems irrelevant when you&#8217;re just trying to get by.</p>
<p>But if you can push it hard enough, long enough, the core will become a reality. And that is when the magic happens.</p>
<p>So, meet me at &#8220;the con&#8221; to experience the magic. It&#8217;s contagious. It&#8217;s captivating. It&#8217;s motivating. And it&#8217;s dang fun.</p>
<p>See you at &#8220;the con&#8221;.</p>
<p>Tyler</p>
<p>P.S.  I&#8217;m running an Infusioncon special that ends on Wednesday night.  It&#8217;s a pretty crazy offer.  So, if you&#8217;re going to be at The Con, come by my &#8220;lounge&#8221; and find out about it.  If you can&#8217;t make it, comment below or email my team at support at tylergarns dot com and they&#8217;ll send you the info.</p>
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		<title>Do you launch fast enough?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was in San Francisco meeting with a client.  This client knew that I&#8217;ve been able to meet with and become close with many of the top internet marketers out there.  She asked me a question that has tarried in my mind ever since:<br />
What do guys like Frank Kern and Brendon Burchard know that I don&#8217;t know?  What do they do that I don&#8217;t do?<br />
Essentially she was trying to figure out why they are so much ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week I was in San Francisco meeting with a client.  This client knew that I&#8217;ve been able to meet with and become close with many of the top internet marketers out there.  She asked me a question that has tarried in my mind ever since:</p>
<blockquote><p>What do guys like Frank Kern and Brendon Burchard know that I don&#8217;t know?  What do they do that I don&#8217;t do?</p></blockquote>
<p>Essentially she was trying to figure out why they are so much more successful than the average entrepreneur.  My immediate response was, &#8220;They test faster&#8221;.  Although, I know that&#8217;s true, it&#8217;s only part of it.  I&#8217;ve spent some time asking myself what they do different than others.  I came up with few things:</p>
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<ul>
<li><strong>They Test Faster</strong></li>
<ul>
<li>Much of this game is about testing.  Sure, we all want to believe that there are people out there that are just smarter than us (that gives us a valid excuse for not succeeding) and they just happen to &#8220;know&#8221; what works and what doesn&#8217;t work.  The truth is, those that are successful have usually failed many times and they continue to fail.  But that&#8217;s the key &#8211; they&#8217;re not afraid of the failure.  They learn from it.  Knowing that failure <em>is an option</em> they tend to test a lot of things very quickly to find out what works and what doesn&#8217;t work before investing big time.  So, test more.  Test faster.</li>
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<li><strong>They Learn Faster</strong></li>
<ul>
<li>Learning is clearly a result of testing.  But they don&#8217;t just learn from their own testing.  They observe <em>everything</em>.  They watch other people&#8217;s marketing closely.  They learn from other industries (movie launches, car commercials, etc).  They&#8217;re ever observant of the world around them and they&#8217;re continually learning from what they observe.  Most are voracious readers.  They consume books and other content like its candy.</li>
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<li><strong>The Execute Faster</strong></li>
<ul>
<li>The key ingredient I&#8217;ve seen with successful people is that they execute VERY quickly.  How do they do this?  Many of them don&#8217;t wait for a webmaster to code their pages.  They do it themselves.  Many of them don&#8217;t wait for someone else to set up their email sequences.  They do it themselves.  They have very small teams &#8211; lean and mean &#8211; so they can get stuff done<em> fast</em>.  Those that don&#8217;t do their own coding or sequence setup have hired people that get it done now.  They have no tolerance for people who don&#8217;t respond right away.</li>
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<p>In the end, there are many things that make people successful, but I believe the key ingredient is that the faster you launch your idea, the more successful you&#8217;ll be.  I&#8217;ve seen it over and over.  Many people are paralyzed by fear, or overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks they bring on.  But, those that make it, push those feelings aside and launch.</p>
<p>What do you think?  What have you observed to be the keys to success?  Share below.</p>
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		<title>Why I Left Infusionsoft</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 20th, 2012 was my last official day as an Infusionsoft employee.  It was a bitter-sweet day for me.  For the last four and a half years I&#8217;ve dedicated the majority of my life to building Infusionsoft.  I&#8217;ve spent far more time there than with my family who I love dearly.  Surfing has become something I do only occasionally.  I missed many fall &#38; spring breaks with my wife &#38; kids.  I burned the midnight oil on far too many ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>January 20th, 2012 was my last official day as an Infusionsoft employee.  It was a bitter-sweet day for me.  For the last four and a half years I&#8217;ve dedicated the majority of my life to building Infusionsoft.  I&#8217;ve spent far more time there than with my family who I love dearly.  Surfing has become something I do only occasionally.  I missed many fall &amp; spring breaks with my wife &amp; kids.  I burned the midnight oil on far too many occasions &#8211; trying to meet deadlines, trying to get stuff done, trying to make a difference.</p>
<p>Was it all worth it?  Absolutely!  I&#8217;ve always been an entrepreneur at heart.  I&#8217;d just never found the right time, the right opportunity, or had the guts to go out on my own.  Before I started at Infusionsoft Clate told me that if I wanted to own my own business there was no better place to learn how to do that successfully than at Infusionsoft.  He was 100% right.  The things I&#8217;ve learned at Infusionsoft and the experiences I&#8217;ve been blessed to be a part of could not have happened at any other place.</p>
<p>Infusionsoft is special.  The company is special.  The people (both employees and customers) are special.  The product is special.  Does that mean they&#8217;re perfect?  No way.  But there is more passion, integrity, attitude of service, love, and entrepreneurship at Infusionsoft than any other place in the world.  All of that is creating a winning combination.</p>
<p>So, if it was so great, why did I leave?  Many people have been asking me that question.  Many people have been shocked that I left.  Many long-time Infusionsoft customers and employees think synonymously of Infusionsoft and Tyler Garns.  So, my leaving causes strange assumptions and paradoxical thoughts.</p>
<p>I was not forced out.  I was not fired.  I was not unhappy working at Infusionsoft.  I left voluntarily.  I left on good terms with everyone I&#8217;ve ever interacted with (I hope).  I&#8217;ve put my heart and soul into Infusionsoft for the last few years, so the decision was not easy, and I did not make it lightly.   I&#8217;m keenly aware of the sacrifices that Clate, Scott, Eric and others made in the early days to get Infusionsoft to where it is today.  And, I&#8217;ve always felt indebted to them for providing me the opportunity to come experience something so wonderful, to learn so much, to be blessed by so many other people&#8217;s lives, and to be able to bless many lives.  The experience has been unique and I&#8217;ll treasure it my entire life.</p>
<p>Early this year I became aware of that fact that I had learned what I needed to learn to feel confident in going out on my own.  I knew it would be hard and bring its own set of challenges.  But, I was up to the challenge.  My wife, for the first time, also became supportive of me leaving.  She&#8217;s always been my biggest support, but she also likes the idea of security &amp; stability which she associates with a job and a steady paycheck.  She&#8217;s now seeing the stability that we can create for ourselves.</p>
<p>I also became aware of the fact that one of the main reasons I hadn&#8217;t made the jump yet was because I felt obligated to finish projects that I was a part of.  I don&#8217;t enjoy letting people down.  In fact, I do everything in my power to not let people down.  So, since I&#8217;ve always been involved in things at Infusionsoft that I felt were crucial, I didn&#8217;t feel I could leave.  A friend of mine said, &#8220;That sounds like prison&#8221;.  Of course, I&#8217;ve never felt like working at Infusionsoft was prison-like in any way, shape, or form.  But it did cause me to realize that as long as I worked to be valuable to the company, there would never be a time when I wouldn&#8217;t be in the middle of something I felt was important.</p>
<p>It hit me.  It was time.  I have big life goals.  I have big plans for my family.  I have ideas on how to make the world a better place.  It was time to get moving towards those things at a faster rate.</p>
<p>My experience at Infusionsoft has prepared me for this next stage.  I&#8217;ll be forever grateful for that experience.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll still be part of the Infusionsoft community.  In fact, I feel very protective of Infusionsoft customers.  Since I left, many have reached out to me seeking help.  I&#8217;ve heard unsettling stories of Infusionsoft customers being burned by other &#8220;consultants&#8221;, not getting what they need out of the software, and other disturbing stories.  I wish I could personally help every Infusionsoft customer.  Unfortunately I can&#8217;t.  But, I&#8217;ll do everything I can to do good.  To help as many people as I can.  And, in a certain sense, to a be protector of the community I&#8217;ve grown to love so much.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m out on my own.  But I haven&#8217;t left the Infusionsoft community.  I&#8217;ll be more a part of it than ever before.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to many great things to come in the Infusionsoft world.</p>
<p><strong>P.S. <a href="http://www.tylergarns.com/lp/freedom">Important update on my exclusive event after InfusionCon</a>:</strong>  I&#8217;m taking it to a whole new level by offering a way for you to get a $10,000.00 check from me.  <a href="http://www.tylergarns.com/lp/freedom">Check it out</a>.</p>
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		<title>Small Business Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last week I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to write a bit about Small Business Saturday.  Instead of rehashing what I&#8217;ve already written, I&#8217;ll just link to my other articles.<br />
My Small Business Saturday blog post on SmallBizTrends &#8211; In this post I shared an experience I had in Philadelphia last week that made me think a bit more deeply about what it takes to grow a small business.  Often times we get wrapped up in the latest tools &#38; ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During the last week I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to write a bit about <a title="American Express's Small Business Saturday" href="http://smallbusinesssaturday.com/" target="_blank">Small Business Saturday</a>.  Instead of rehashing what I&#8217;ve already written, I&#8217;ll just link to my other articles.</p>
<p>My<a title="Small Business Saturday" href="http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/11/right-hustle-small-business-saturday.html" target="_blank"> Small Business Saturday</a> blog post on SmallBizTrends &#8211; In this post I shared an experience I had in Philadelphia last week that made me think a bit more deeply about what it takes to grow a small business.  Often times we get wrapped up in the latest tools &amp; tactics.  But in reality, it&#8217;s the act of just asking for the business, good ol&#8217; sales fundamentals, that makes the biggest difference.</p>
<p>My <a title="Small Business Saturday" href="http://www.marketingprofs.com/pics/2011/6448/seven-ways-to-make-small-business-saturday-big-for-your-business" target="_blank">Small Business Saturday</a> slideshow &amp; article on MarketingProfs &#8211; In this article I laid out 7 ways to make Small Business Saturday a big success for your business.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 622px"><a href="http://instagr.am/p/UNeOm/"><img title="Small Business Saturday" src="http://distilleryimage10.s3.amazonaws.com/230fea500f2811e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg" alt="Small Business Saturday" width="612" height="612" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Here&#39;s a picture of the restaurant that inspired my SmallBizTrends post.</p>
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		<title>Will vs. Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Green Lantern.  I could hardly stay awake.  I&#8217;m still not sure if it&#8217;s because the movie wasn&#8217;t great or because I chronically fall asleep if I&#8217;m not working on solving a problem.  Either way, there was something that bothered me about the movie.<br />
The Green Lanterns are supposed to not feel fear.  Instead, they exert their will.  Fear is what Parallax (the antagonist in the story) feeds off of.<br />
The problem is, that&#8217;s not the way it really works.  ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Green Lantern.  I could hardly stay awake.  I&#8217;m still not sure if it&#8217;s because the movie wasn&#8217;t great or because I chronically fall asleep if I&#8217;m not working on solving a problem.  Either way, there was something that bothered me about the movie.</p>
<p>The Green Lanterns are supposed to not feel fear.  Instead, they exert their will.  Fear is what Parallax (the antagonist in the story) feeds off of.</p>
<p>The problem is, that&#8217;s not the way it really works.  We all have fear.  Fear is what keeps us from doing stupid things.  Exerting our will has nothing to do with fear.</p>
<p>In fact, I believe courage is the ability to address our fear head-on and still exert our will.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
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		<title>Heaven Is The Face Of My Little Girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 18 months ago I sat bawling in my car as I listened to this song for the first time.<br />
Steven Curtis Chapman inadvertently wrote the words of my heart. I had no idea how badly I would long to have a baby girl until that option was taken away from us with Jill&#8217;s hysterectomy. I was totally happy with three boys. Boys are easy. Girls are whiney, catty, &#38; sassy. Now, all I want is a sassy little baby ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About 18 months ago I sat bawling in my car as I listened to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Mj6iOG1xM&amp;sns=em" target="_blank">this song</a> for the first time.</p>
<p>Steven Curtis Chapman inadvertently wrote the words of my heart. I had no idea how badly I would long to have a baby girl until that option was taken away from us with Jill&#8217;s hysterectomy. I was totally happy with three boys. Boys are easy. Girls are whiney, catty, &amp; sassy. Now, all I want is a sassy little baby girl.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Heaven is the face of a little girl with dark brown eyes that disappear when she smiles.<br />
Heaven is the place where she calls my name and says &#8220;Daddy please, come play with me for a while&#8221;.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>I don&#8217;t have any clue why it was part of God&#8217;s plan to have us find our daughter through adoption, but I have to assume it is His plan. It&#8217;s too painful to think otherwise.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>God, I know it&#8217;s all of this and so much more.<br />
But God, you know, that this is what I&#8217;m aching for.<br />
God, you know I just can&#8217;t see beyond the door. </em></p></blockquote>
<p>To top it off, a couple of months ago we almost brought a foster baby into our home. We spent a lot of time with her and the outlook for adoption was good.  Jill and I wanted to take the next step so badly.  Yet, for some reason, after much prayer, it didn&#8217;t feel right.  What do you do when you want to do something good but doesn&#8217;t feel good.  It&#8217;s a strange situation to be in.  So, it just stings a bit sometimes. What I really want is just to hold her and know she&#8217;s ours; whoever she is.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>So, right now heaven is the sound of her breathing deep, lying on my chest falling fast asleep while I sing.<br />
And heaven is the weight of her in my arms; being there to keep her safe from harm while she dreams.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Please help us on our search for our baby girl. We don&#8217;t know where she is but we&#8217;re searching for her just as any parent would search for a lost child. Please help her come home. Share this link. Tell friends and family. Your help is greatly appreciated.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Heaven is a sweet maple syrup kiss and a thousand other little things I miss with her gone.<br />
And heaven is the place where she takes my hand and leads me to You and we both run into Your arms. </em></p></blockquote>
<p>Heaven is the face of my little girl. I hope I can see her soon.</p>
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<address>Photography by <a href="http://judyphanphotography.com/">Judy Phan Photography</a></address>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t want to die with this ____ in me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I&#8217;ll admit it.  I recently watched the first couple of episodes of X Factor with my wife.  Bless her heart.  She loves that stuff.  Generally, I think TV is a waste of time.  But, I was inspired in unexpected ways by what I saw.  When an exceptional story emerges from the masses of hopefuls, the X Factor crew (just like American Idol), dives a little deeper to tell the back story of an individual artist.<br />
The story of Stacy ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, I&#8217;ll admit it.  I recently watched the first couple of episodes of X Factor with my wife.  Bless her heart.  She loves that stuff.  Generally, I think TV is a waste of time.  But, I was inspired in unexpected ways by what I saw.  When an exceptional story emerges from the masses of hopefuls, the X Factor crew (just like American Idol), dives a little deeper to tell the back story of an individual artist.</p>
<p>The story of Stacy Francis was heart wrenching.  As a 40 year old woman, she&#8217;s been beaten down by the world around her.  No one has believed in her.  An ex-boyfriend told her she wasn&#8217;t good enough and she was too old.  Friends and family members encouraged her to give up her dream and move on.  The time had passed.</p>
<p>But somehow Stacy garnered the courage to put it all on the line.  As she stepped on the stage, Simon asked her &#8220;Why do you think this hasn&#8217;t worked out?&#8221;  She mentioned a bit about her story and then exclaimed: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to die with this music in me&#8221;.</p>
<p>Tears.  Not hers.  Mine.</p>
<p>Her statement was overwhelming to me.  The music inside her was too powerful for her to go to the grave without her getting it out.  She KNEW this was her purpose in life.  To share that beautiful power.</p>
<p>And her voice?  Stunning!  She clearly had music in her that should never die unheard.  It was powerful and moving.  She had faced all her fears, all her doubters, all her anxieties, all of the world.  And she won.  I haven&#8217;t watched any episodes since then. I have no idea how far she has gone or will go with her music.  But, in my mind, she won.  She won at life.  She got out the one thing she had to get out before she dies.  And it touched me in a deep way.  Thank you Stacy!</p>
<p>So, my question to you is: &#8220;What is inside of you that you have to get out before you die?&#8221;</p>
<p>Are you willing to face your deepest fears to get it out?  Are you willing to face all of your doubters?  Are you willing to face hell itself?</p>
<p>If so, post it below.  Let&#8217;s get it out.  Let&#8217;s make it real.</p>
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