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From John “JJ” Jackson, CarbonCopyPRO Senior Vice President for Leadership:

Less than two weeks ago I found myself bouncing around on the deck of a small boat in the ocean waters off the coast of Canada with some of my favorite people in the world. I was wet and cold (and maybe just a bit seasick) but that morning will likely go down as one of the most memorable events in my life.

You see, a group of us had gathered at the home of Liz & Aaron Parkinson to celebrate with them some significant milestones in their life. It should come as no surprise to those of you who have attended one of our Master Marketing Events, which are creatively envisioned, meticulously planned and perfectly executed by Liz (our own in-house Events Planner), that their hospitality during this celebratory weekend was nothing short of spectacular.

Even so, when we found ourselves on a privately chartered whale-watching excursion none of us really had any idea what to expect. We had been warned – none of the excursions the day before even saw a whale. But an hour and a half out through choppy waters we spotted plumes of spray from a pod of five whales moving through the area. Our boat was joined by a handful of other whale watching companies as we turned off our engines and watched these beautiful animals from afar.

Prohibited by law from approaching any closer than 100 meters, we relished the half hour spent slowly and carefully tracking this pod without infringing upon them. But then, suddenly, the pod turned our direction and as their black and white bodies arced out of the water it quickly became apparent that they were headed straight for our boat.

In what seemed like mere seconds the whales arrived at the stern of our boat, surfaced within a few feet of us, dove under the boat and emerged on the other side with a spray of water out their blowholes.

Standing on the rainy deck of a boat rocking on rough waters it was nearly impossible to comprehend in the moment the significance of what was taking place as these whales literally swam up to us and checked us out.

Looking back, though, there are a couple of things I’ll carry with me forever. First, the reaction of our “naturalists”, two young women well educated on the marine life in the area who served as our guides. As the whales swiftly approached our boat they were giddy with excitement, bouncing on their toes and clapping. In the years of taking tourists out to experience the whales, never had they had such a close encounter. It was the highlight of their career.

And then there’s Liz & Aaron. Our whale encounter was the cherry on top of a perfect weekend they’d spent months dreaming about and planning for. If we’d gone whale watching and not even spotted a fish it would still have been an experience to remember, but for their celebration to culminate with a once-in-a-lifetime face-to-face encounter with whales … well, it was like all of nature joined in the celebration with a big old wet pat on the back.

I’m really struck today with how much joy there is in celebrating other people’s wins. Sure, the whale encounter was cool for my family and me and we will cherish that memory for a lifetime. But sharing equal weight in my memories is the sheer joy of watching our naturalists jump up and down with total child-like enthusiasm and seeing the glowing satisfaction on Liz and Aaron’s face as they realized they had created the perfect celebratory weekend.

Imagine what the world would look like if every time we saw someone succeed we used any feelings of jealousy as a catalyst to redouble our efforts to make our own lives more successful.

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New York, NY; August 2, 2010 – Internet marketing education and resources company CarbonCopyPRO has named Jeff Learner as its new Senior Vice President of Operations.

A member of CarbonCopyPRO since 2008, Mr. Learner will now oversee the company’s day-to-date operations. “Jeff brings to the table his own brand of optimism and an incomparable work ethic,” stated PRO’s CEO Jay Kubassek. “We believe his lightning-bolt success as a marketer coupled with his heartfelt commitment to assisting our members achieve success uniquely qualifies him for this vital role within the company.”

An accomplished jazz pianist, Mr. Learner cut his entrepreneurial teeth as a franchisee for a major restaurant chain before joining CarbonCopyPRO to learn the ins and outs of running an Internet-based business.

“I am living proof of CarbonCopyPRO’s positive impact on entrepreneurs who are committed to learning,” stated Mr. Learner from the company’s New York headquarters. “Knowing firsthand the quality of PRO’s training, customer service and support and the opportunities and doors that can open for our members makes this position more than just an opportunity for me … I consider it a privilege and a joy to serve our members. With our cutting-edge Internet business curriculum, our new brick-and-mortar business division, and a myriad of new products and solutions in development, the sky is truly the limit for PRO and its members. What a fun ride it’s going to be!”

CarbonCopyPRO’s services, available today in 192 countries and 50 languages, are designed to teach anyone anywhere in the world how to market anything to anybody. The company’s mission is to empower entrepreneurs around the world to create real results by challenging the status quo and thinking differently.

Please visit CarbonCopyPRO.com for more information.

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New York, NY; August 2, 2010 – Internet marketing education and resources company CarbonCopyPRO has named Rick Dearr as its new Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Dearr, who has worked with industry notables such as Robert G. Allen, Mark Victor Hansen and Mike Filsaime, will assume the company’s day-to-day management responsibilities while lending his extensive multimedia experience to the expansion of CarbonCopyPRO’s products and services.

“When my partners and I founded CarbonCopyPRO in 2005 we started with a big vision for where we wanted to take the company and how we wanted to serve our customers,” stated CEO Jay Kubassek. “We’ve put in our time and now some significant doors have opened for us. Bringing Rick on board will allow us to focus solely on new resources, products and strategic relationships that will greatly enhance the level of service we provide to our customers.”

A graduate of Brigham Young University, Mr. Dearr and a partner invented the first Apple Joystick, an internal fan and floppy drive OS switching hardware for the Apple II. He went on to serve as Division Director for CMS Enhancements’ Apple Division where he doubled sales to $60 million in just 18 months. Mr. Dearr’s professional experience also includes video game producer where he dealt directly with Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Microsoft and Apple.

“I’m excited to be part of this dynamic group of entrepreneurs,” Mr. Dearr stated from the company’s New York headquarters. “CarbonCopyPRO has demonstrated their ability to create extraordinary results in a very short time and I believe my expertise in systemization and scaling will assist them in taking the company to the next level. We have plans to greatly expand the products and services we’re currently offering to entrepreneurs from around the world and I look forward to being an integral part of CarbonCopyPRO’s ongoing success story!”

CarbonCopyPRO’s services, available today in 192 countries and 50 languages, are designed to teach anyone anywhere in the world, to market anything to anybody. The company’s mission is to empower entrepreneurs around the world to create real results by challenging the status quo and thinking differently.

Please visit CarbonCopyPRO.com for more information.

Aaron Chen (August 2010)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
L1 Leadership Level

First of all I would like to say that I’m humbled and honoured to be the August Spotlight member for CarbonCopyPRO. To be given this edification amongst a very large group of talented marketers from all around the world is a real privilege.

There are so many people I would like to thank that I don’t even know where to start. Thank you to Aaron [Aaron Parkinson] and Jay [Jay Kubassek] for putting together such a top-notch system. Also thank you to JJ [John Jackson] for reaching out to me and getting us pumped on his daily mornings calls. And, of course, thank you to all the trainers inside of PRO for helping me to figure out a lot of stuff!

A bit about me: I’m turning 28 years old this month and originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – yup, the place with the tallest twin towers in the world. I spent a lot of time abroad in the U.S. and Australia but ended up in Shanghai, China for 5 years where I got sucked into the corporate world as a financial planner.

To be honest, life was good. I was making good money and was in quite a senior role but after working 12 hour days, 6 days a week for 5 years, the job started to take its toll on me and that’s when I found CarbonCopyPRO. I dabbled around in other things for a few months before really focusing and leading with the PRO system and when I did my income and results really started to change.

What can I say? The system is one of the best – if not THE BEST – in the marketplace. It’s positioned very well and has everything a person needs to go from “zero” to “hero”. The beauty of the platform is that everything is here. You don’t need to waste money on random products here and there before getting real results. You just need to get plugged in and follow exactly what is being taught to get your business up and running online.

My friends still can’t believe I work from home. The only reason I was able to quit my corporate job, move back to Malaysia and go full time into this business was because of CarbonCopyPRO. The skills I have learned through this system over the last 12 months are tremendous. It’s funny because before I started this business, my brother used to make fun of how useless I was around computers. Look who’s laughing now!

My life didn’t turn out the way I had planned and I couldn’t be happier. Being able to work when you want, from wherever you want, is something you can’t put a price tag on. And for those of you out there who are in search of the same thing, I have some advice for you:

1. Focus on your online marketing education. Without this foundation, your business will crumble more quickly than you can build it. Plus you will make more money with these skills than anything else in this business.

2. Use a solid marketing system like PRO. It’s more affordable and will save you time and will teach you the ins and outs of running a business online. There is no real substitute.

3. Spend time on your business. If you treat your business like a hobby, it will pay you like a hobby. Don’t treat your business like a hobby and remember that execution is everything.

4. Be realistic about your time horizons. At the risk of sounding cliché, this is a marathon NOT a sprint. So remember to pace yourself and set realistic goals so you can achieve them. Trying something for one month and then throwing in the towel does not constitute as “trying”. Success rewards those who stay the course!

I wish everyone in our community all the best. You have everything at your fingertips to get you to where you want to go and more … make sure you use it!

~ Aaron Chen

Vishal Bhatia (July 2010)
Minnesota, United States
L3 Leadership Level

I am extremely excited and humbled at being recognized as this month’s CarbonCopyPRO spotlight member.

I would like to sincerely thank Jay and Aaron as well as the entire leadership at CarbonCopyPRO for their guidance and continued support in making CCPRO one of the strongest and most effective marketing platforms the industry has seen.

I am 31 years old and currently live in Minnesota. I am an engineer by profession, husband to my wonderful wife Shaila, and recent father to my 6-month-old lovely daughter, Shreya. I am an Internet entrepreneur, marketing coach & mentor rolled into one, with business partners around the world.

I am originally from Haridwar in northern India. I moved to Boulder, Colorado where I completed my Masters in Electrical Engineering and worked as a senior engineer in Corporate America for over 5 years.

After starting and working as an Internet marketer with CCPRO I was able to walk away from my high six figure corporate career after just 15 months. I still remember the day I walked out of that “jail” – what a feeling it was! 18 months later I still pinch myself.

I often get the question “What does it really take to become a leader and have a successful home business?” Through my years in the Internet marketing world, I have been inspired to coach, mentor and empower many to step out of their comfort zone and realize their real potential. Here are a few insights I have received along the way and also my secret formula, which I used to accelerate my business from $187k in 2008 to over $334k in 2009, working half the hours:

1. Connect your income goals with your emotional goals. Ask yourself why you want to be successful in your business? What is your biggest emotional reason?

For instance, one of the reasons I want to make money is to own a beach facing home in California. When I dug deep in my heart and closed my eyes, the picture in my mind was of my gorgeous 1-year-old daughter with a cute smile on her face playing with her dolls in her pink bedroom in our beach house. I also saw the joy and happiness on my wife Shaila’s face and I immediately got connected. I realized it’s not the house or money I want, it’s the peace of mind, love and happiness in my family (which comes from financial stability) that I want. My wife and daughter’s smile and pride is what drives me everyday – not the extra $100,000 in my bank account. It’s when you connect your income goals to your emotional goals that you start playing this game like a professional.

2. Calculate the specific income you need to hit to achieve your emotional goal. For instance, $50,000 per month net income will get me the beach house with a pink bedroom for my daughter. To achieve $50,000, I calculated how many product sales and then how many leads I would need to generate that income. In my case, I need 80 leads per day.

3. Become a master at your trade. Even if you master just one paid and one low cost marketing strategy, you will be able to hit your lead goal within 60 – 90 days when you are laser focused.

4. Work ON the business not IN the business. It’s my opinion this is why 90% of the new Internet marketers fail. It may sound too good to be true, but building an online business doesn’t have to be hard but too many people try to do everything themselves. As a business owner, you understand how much work is wrapped up in all the details of running a business and how much time it takes to get all those things done. I remember feeling stuck myself in this vicious cycle a few months back, driving myself in the ground and about ready to give up.

This is when I started employing the power of business automation and virtual employees. Notice, I didn’t hire someone for $15/hour or go to a source like Elance and find an independent contractor or temp – I outsourced with “virtual employees” from the Philippines (my personal preference).

Don’t get me wrong … this is not a magic bullet to have someone else take over your business. The solution is to outsource specific duties in order to live the Internet business lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of. Many of the ways to make money online can easily be outsourced and there’s no reason to take the time to learn every skill if someone can easily do it for you for pennies on the dollar.

So here is my personal formula for massive success with your Carbon Copy PRO business:

• Connect your income goals with your emotional goals
• Calculate specific lead and sales goals you need
• Master at least one marketing strategy in the next 60 – 90 days
• Hire virtual employees and put your business 90% on autopilot

Review your business every 60 days, fine tune the moving parts and spend your time on building relationships on the phone or training your team.

I sincerely hope you take action of the steps I shared and are able to live your dream lifestyle as a successful Internet entrepreneur.

See you at the top!

~ Vishal Bhatia

Bill Tannar (June 2010)
New York, United States
L1 Leadership Level

Prior to getting started with CarbonCopyPRO I’d spent nearly 5 years (3 of them full-time!) trying to “figure out” this Internet game. We finally found the perfect relationship of product and system with PRO and, after only 3 months here, we have totally turned our entire financial situation around. Absolutely amazing!

A little bit about me … I’m the son of a motorcycle mechanic and never had a lot growing up. After barely completing a 2-year business degree in school in San Diego I found myself back in New York selling office equipment – copiers and fax machines – door to door. Within 2 years I was married, had a new daughter and I was making about $125,000 a year in commissions alone selling office equipment. Eventually I wound up with a Konica Minolta dealership and my wife and I built up a pretty big business with the trucks and employees, etc. but the big money I’d made in the past just wasn’t happening.

As that business began to sink I turned to the Internet. While we’d had some big successes in the past and made some big bucks online it seemed every time I turned around the economy would hit my industry of choice hard and the money would just dry up. We were, literally, at the end of our rope when we found PRO and knew it was our last hope … our last chance … of making it online.

And here we are! This is it everyone. This is where you should all want to be. Finally the head of the dragon. My best advice right out of the gates to everyone in the community: “work your tail off … then get back to work!” Trust me, the rewards are so worth it.

I want to personally thank Jay and Aaron for creating this marketing platform and education. To my wife Lisa (who knew I’d drive 22 hours across the country only to marry the girl 2 lockers away from me in high school?) and three babies – Leigh Anne, Luke and Jake – thank you for putting up with all my “basement time” while I’m getting our business up and going. You are my “why”! Thanks, also, to Frank Scott, JJ, and everyone else who made this opportunity, right here and right now, available to me.

We still have a huge mountain in front of us, but guess what? I will never surrender. That mountain will be hard to climb again and again but we know we can do it because it’s been climbed before. That’s the best part of knowing I’m on a winning team – CarbonCopyPRO makes it so simple. Even when it’s “hard”!

CarbonCopyPRO is, without question, the absolute best place to be no matter where you’re at in the Internet marketing game. If you’re brand new you can stop searching right now and focus only on PRO. For all you “big cheeses” out there I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know … we could never get the job done without the support and expertise of this company, community and system behind us.

Go for it guys! Never give up and never surrender!

~ Bill Tannar

Dr. Charlie Smithdeal (May 2010)
Florida, United States
L1 Leadership Level

I don’t know about you, but when a good ole Texas boy about 6’7” tall and weighing in at 250+ lbs. asks me to do something, I generally do my best to accommodate him. You see, I lived in Texas for a while and I understand how things work there. So when I got a message today to call John Jackson I picked up the phone pronto and began pressing numbers.

If you’ve ever met JJ – or heard his inspirational messages on the daily CCPRO “Wakeup Calls” – you already know that he is a kind soul whose heart is far bigger than his considerable physical presence. That enormous heart and soul are, in my humble opinion, why JJ is such a perfect representative for CarbonCopyPRO.

Whenever someone questions me about this “strange new Internet thing” that I’m doing, I often tell them about my first conversation with my sponsor, Jeff Learner. I’d put in my application (bless you, Jay and Aaron for insisting on the application process … pure genius). I’d watched Jay’s video and already decided to purchase my Black Box but wanted a slight assurance that I wasn’t throwing my money down some mysterious Internet black hole as our funds were quite limited at the time and I hadn’t told my wife exactly what I planned to do. So I called Jeff. After a brief conversation, I felt reassured that he and others I had seen on the CCPRO videos were legitimate business people. I recall saying, “If this is a scam, Jeff, it’s the best I’ve ever seen. So I’m going to move forward and invest in it and find out.” Jeff replied, “Dr. Charlie, I intend to remind you in about 6 months of what you just said. And I’ll be eager to hear your own opinion after you meet Jay and Aaron and some of the other folks in our community.”

Well, Jeff, it’s six months later and I’ve met Jay and Aaron. And JJ and Michael and Gregg and Andrew and Charlie and Juan and James and … so many others. So here’s my opinion today: Jay Kubassek and Aaron Parkinson put together the most brilliant educational platform and system for Internet Marketing that the world has ever known. Even more important, because they personally are genuine, caring men of integrity and high moral values, they attracted their own kind. The result is that I am honored and proud to be associated with the people who make up our CarbonCopyPRO community. I have never known or worked with a more honorable, intelligent, creative, supportive, or fun-loving group of entrepreneurs.

I was raised to believe that there are no accidents in life. I also believe that whenever two strangers meet, one or both of them is meant to learn something valuable from the other. I feel very fortunate that my wife and I were forced by a collapsing real-estate market in Florida to discover the CarbonCopyPRO community.

My personal story is that I had a very successful career as a physician and surgeon. Born in a small town in the mountains of East Tennessee, I was blessed with parents who taught me that I could do anything I wanted in life as long as I was willing to put forth the necessary effort. I worked very hard to learn my craft and to practice it as well as I possibly could. I eventually trained in New York City. I practiced quite successfully in Atlanta, GA and then in Los Angeles, CA. I’ve also written four successful novels (medical thrillers – two under my real name, two using a nom-de-plume while still in practice).

My wife and I raised and showed championship miniature horses for several years. We did well enough financially to retire early, so we moved to Florida and invested our savings in real estate. Ten years later, when the market collapsed, we lost nearly everything we’d worked for all those years. While desperately searching the Internet one day for some way to earn an honest and significant income at my tender age of 73 – I was guided to a tiny ad that changed our lives. It was no accident that I found CarbonCopyPRO. We have never looked back.

Following that initial conversation with Jeff I purchased my BIB and dug into and dissected the back office like any good surgeon – or anyone else who is searching for a way to survive financially – would. I watched every video and listened to every archived call at least once. I attended every live training call and webinar that I could find. I bugged Jeff with questions. I did exactly what I currently tell members of my team to do: carbon copy our leaders – the ones who’ve already figured out how to make this system work. I figured that I shouldn’t try to “improve” a system until I had mastered the one that was already working. Or, as a good ole boy from Texas might say, “If it ain’t broke, Doc, don’t fix it.” That philosophy worked well for me when I was a surgeon. It works equally well now that I’m a successful Internet Marketer.

I thank the CarbonCopyPRO community for recognizing my efforts by inviting me to be their Spotlight Member for May 2010. I am deeply honored. I feel blessed to be a part of this marvelous community. Thank each of you for being there for my wife Deb and for me. We intend to give back and to pass forward what we’ve received from you. We met six months ago as strangers – and I have learned more from you than I ever expected. I pray that others in our community will learn something valuable from me as well.

God Bless.

~ Charlie Smithdeal, M.D.

Frank Scott (April 2010)
New Jersey, United States
L2 Leadership Level

So, here’s the setting: I’m in a shuttle on my way to the airport for the MME [Master Marketing Event] in Boca and I get the call from JJ [John Jackson] telling me I’m being featured as the “Spotlight Member” for April! Calm, cool and collected (at least I think I was) I thank him and hang up only to let out a Texas “Yee Haa!” to the shock of the people on the shuttle.

What an honor and privilege to be chosen amongst all of the incredibly dedicated entrepreneurs in this community. I am truly humbled. Being selected as “Spotlight Member” has been on my goal list since joining PRO, and now it’s yet another that I can check off.

Getting here though, was an entirely different story. I was a Detective/SWAT Cop often working 80+ hours a week and looking for something a little out of the box from chasing down bad guys. The beginning was a huge struggle, bouncing from one program, education and system to another – trying to get something to click – and then I found PRO and boy did it click. I immediately immersed myself in the community and training, consuming everything I could. I felt as if I had found a home where I was encouraged to not just get by, but to get to the top and achieve more than I ever imagined I could.

I am incredibly fortunate to have the support of my awesome wife Audrey and my two children, Frankie and Scianna. They are the reason I am here – my big reason why – and without their support I would never have had the opportunity to change.

But rather than give you more on me, I think it’s more important to use this opportunity to encourage those of you who are just getting started and still pursuing that first lead, that first application or that first BiB sale. Working two jobs with a family I just followed the system, plugged in and let it rip. In less than 7 months I made it to L2, attended the “Ten for Ten” and now I’m the “Spotlight Member” of the month. 7 Months!

Just a bit on the “Ten for Ten”, you MUST get there, no matter what it takes. No exceptions. It will change you and your business. That, in my opinion, should be your #1 goal. Get there and the rest will fall into place.

I’m really no different than any of you. Yes, you may have big hurdles, but we all have them. If you just follow the plan, focus on your goals and take massive and consistent action YOU can, and will, be here too.

Jay and Aaron, THANK YOU for putting together an amazing and powerful community where the common man can realize uncommon results. JJ and the MMG, thank you for your tireless training and dedication to the members of this community.

This is just the beginning of an incredible journey. I am eagerly looking forward to the rest of this ride and someday soon joining the ranks of the L4 leaders and MMG.

~ Frank Scott

New York, NY – CarbonCopyPRO recently announced the winner of their first ever “Brick & Mortar Throwdown” contest. The light-hearted competition was designed to encourage traditional business owners to share the impact the company’s marketing training and education has had on their businesses’ bottom line.

“CarbonCopyPRO began as a marketing education and lead management platform for internet marketers,” stated the company’s President, Aaron Parkinson. “What we discovered along the way, however, was a tremendous void in resources available to traditional business owners and that is why we are actively bringing this invaluable education to Main Street. We want to empower the “Mom and Pop” small business owners by providing them with simple, cost efficient marketing strategies they can implement and manage themselves.”

The winner of CarbonCopyPRO’s inaugural contest is Kurt Kytonen, owner of Mills Canvas, a boat cover dealership located in Minnesota. Mr. Kytonen, known by his Twitter moniker “Canvasman”, started his business in 1980 but didn’t develop an Internet presence (www.CoverSmart.biz) until 2007. In early 2010 Kurt began implementing CarbonCopyPRO’s marketing strategies and in just three months drove more traffic to his website than he had in the three previous years combined.

“Business is BOOMING this year thanks to CarbonCopyPRO’s simple step-by-step program,” stated Mr. Kytonen. “One week lead times have turned in to two and three week lead times. I never had any idea I could do so well on the Internet.”

When asked about his advertising budget and what this dramatic increase in traffic to his website has cost him, Mr. Kytonen estimates he’s spent “a couple of hundred dollars”.

CarbonCopyPRO is hosting their 6th “Master Marketing Event” in Las Vegas at the Venetian Resort on November 20, 2010. All business owners and aspiring business owners are invited to this intensive training and business-building event. Tickets can be purchased at CarbonCopyPRO.com.

CarbonCopyPRO, founded nearly five years ago by Jay Kubassek and Aaron Parkinson, is an Internet marketing education and resources company with services available in 188 countries and 50 languages. The company’s mission is to teach anyone anywhere in the world, to market anything to anybody.

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