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The Odd Couple® Victory Lap
Marketing & Strategy Seminar for Speakers, Consultants & Coaches


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Friday, Saturday & Sunday
June 1-3, 2012
San Francisco Bay Area

The auspicious year 2012 will be the ULTIMATE episode of Patricia Fripp and Alan Weiss as The Odd Couple®, providing dynamic and exhilarating growth for professional speakers, consultants, and coaches at every level. After what will be 17 years, we're taking one last victory lap!

But we're doing it in style!

Join us on June 1-3, 2012 (2.5 days) at a world-class property for the first-ever Odd Couple streamed live, globally! We're changing the program, extending the time frame, and offering live and recorded feeds to our worldwide followers. San Francisco Bay Area (Venue to be announced.)

We will be discussing and creating, among other topics:

  • The changing nature of the speaking profession... what can you expect?
  • Change a speech into a long-term client relationship... is it possible?
  • Language to use to gain immediate referrals... how to make it second nature.
  • Who are the top prospective buyers... where can I find them?
  • With 20 minutes each day... how can you maximizing Internet marketing?
  • Reference guides and resources... is help close at hand?
  • Speaking globally... even in the USA.
  • Making your presence known... wherever you are.
  • Best passive income... let us count the ways.
  • Building global brand power... yes you can!
  • Dominate the web... a dream or reality? Come learn how.
  • Gain a competitive advantage... simple technology that gives you the edge.
  • Consultants and coaches... showcase your expertise in a speech.
  • Sell by doing... not by telling.

Maximize the effectiveness of third parties... or avoid them altogether? To add to the excitement:

  • The ever popular "hot seats."
  • Live questions from remote world locations.
  • Throughout the program... ongoing Twitter commentary. You may join us live, and have 30-day access to the videos, or join us virtually.

(A videoproduct of the event will be produced at a higher price to those who don't register for the in-person or virtual program.)

Because of our appreciation to our loyal Odd Couple attendees and supporters, for a limited period we're offering a special, early sign up discount for The Odd CoupleŽ Victory Lap. See the special offer below.

Join us in our victory lap, and gain speed for your business.

Investment to attend in person: By 9/30 By 12/31 By 3/31 Post 3/31
General Public $950 $1,150 $1,350 $1,750
Discounted Groups
  • Odd Couple Grads
  • Fripp Coaching Grads
  • Alan's Mentees & SAC Members
$750 $950 $1,150 $1,550
Investment for live feed attendance:        
General Public $750 $950 $1,150 $1,550
Discounted Groups
  • Odd Couple Grads
  • Fripp Coaching Grads
  • Alan's Mentees & SAC Members
$550 $750 $950 $1,350

Note: The live feed investment includes a copy of the video.

Video purchased after June 2012 will be considerably higher than the seminar.

Special for Partners, Discounted Registration & Complimentary Registration

Special for Partners - Save 20%
Sign up together and receive a 20% discount on the total cost of your second registration. A partner is either a spouse or significant other you live with, or a business colleague employed in the same organization.

Discounted Registration Available to:
Fripp Executive Coaching Clients
Alan Weiss Mentees
Society for Advancement of Consulting Members
Odd Couple Seminar Graduates

(One discount only - Registration Discounts cannot be combined with each other or the Partner Special.)

The Dramatic Value of The Odd Couple® Seminar

In these two and one half days of bottom-line, nothing-held-back, tell-it-like-it-really-is information from two giants in the professional speaking and consulting worlds...

You will learn:
- Latest ideas in marketing and strategy
- Who your REAL buyer is
- How to attract and appeal to each economic buyer
- What marketing collateral you need
- How yours compares to the ideal
- Web strategies that lead to unlimited prospects
- How technology can position you ahead of the crowd.

Odd Couple Hot SeatThe Odd Couple Seminar will provide a combination of role-playing, simulated visits, simulated telephone calls, case studies, the opportunity to replicate your toughest marketing challenges, and "hot seat" experiences so that the key first impression will be familiar and comfortable when you're actually with that important prospect. Based extensively on Fripp's coaching work and Alan's simulations with major clients and senior level executives, participants will benefit from having "been there and done that."

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Remember, both Alan Weiss and Patricia Fripp are outrageously successful when most professional speakers and consultants are licking their wounds. They are the Odd Couple because of different personalities and backgrounds. However, they are both deeply committed to making this weekend the best investment in your career this year. If you are not familiar with them, just check their unbeatable credentials. If your goal is to expand your income and expertise, Alan Weiss and Patricia Fripp's advice is exactly what you have been looking for.

This is an incredible learning experience for new and repeat Odd Couple graduates, consultants, coaches, business experts, and professional speakers.

Bullet The Odd Couple SeminarThe Odd Couple Seminar Includes:

  • Thriving, not surviving, in tough times
  • The key growth factor: diversity (we told you so)
  • How to find where the buyers are (you’re not even looking in the right places now)
  • Why you should ignore the advice of most keynote speakers
  • The increasing irrelevancy of speakers bureaus
  • Making a Sharp Right Turn™
  • Creating a continuous flow of products and services on The Accelerant Curve
  • REV: Reciprocating Exponential Value: How Fripp and Alan create
    self-perpetuating communities
  • The new world of unconventional speaking, consulting, and coaching
  • Working globally... is there a market?
  • Social media... what is all the fuss about?
  • Webinars... what is their place in your mix?

PLUS CHAD BARR, DAN JANAL, JIM PROST & BOB CHESNEY:

Chad Barr Dan Janal Jim Prost Odd Couple Seminar Presenter Bob Chesney
Chad Barr, Dan Janal, Jim Prost & Bob Chesney

The mighty Odd Couple is back, better than ever. Patricia Fripp and Alan Weiss have had great years (of course) in spite of the economic turbulence, and they have wonderful new ideas to share: creating dynamic income through the accelerant curve; creating communities of reciprocating value; exploiting social platforms; creating immediate brands; and much more! AND, Alan Weiss shares his firsthand accounts behind his new book Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional's Guide to Building Your Platform.

The Odd Couple 2012: really great, really different, and really fun. Join us in surfing the economic recovery.

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Learn the best marketing techniques, and philosophies, that keep Fripp and Alan solidly booked with overflow business no matter what the economy is doing.

Many of these ideas you can immediately implement.

Websites, Social Media & Technology

How to use technology to your advantage.

Diversifying Your Professional Portfolio

An offering of 15 allied business opportunities to consider for the diversification of your income. We guarantee that at least four or five will make sense for you, and perhaps even most of them.

Creating Passive Income

It's never too early (or too late) to establish avenues of passive income. We'll present a plan for how to establish your "earn while you sleep" annuities, how to keep them fresh with minimal time investment, and how to use them to create equity for the future.

Building Your Brand

Specific work on the three fundamentals of dynamic brand impact: formulation, nurturing, and brand equity. If you have a brand, enlarge, expand, and/or add to it. If you don't, create one while you're with us. (One speaker and coach of unacceptable behavior among senior executives became "The Lion Tamer" and immediately gained radio interviews.)

Publicizing Your Story

Use the stories that define your life and your message, not solely on the platform, but with the media to build recognition, marketing, and celebrity. Treat the media as your primary audience.

If you are a first time attendee, we can cover some of the content from earlier Odd Couple Seminars. If you are a repeat graduate, you know there is always new content or an updated approach to everything that is said.

Click here to find out what Odd Couple Seminar graduates say about Fripp and Alan.

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The advanced Odd Couple Marketing and Strategy Seminar for keynote speakers, professional speakers, consultants, coaches, and seminar leaders of all levels brought to you by Alan Weiss, PhD, CSP, CMC, CPAE and executive speech coach, and award-winning Hall of Fame speaker Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE.

"Thanks to what I learned at The Odd Couple Seminar, I have a $15,000 speaking engagement in South Africa, and I was interviewed live on CNBC. I'm also self-publishing a booklet on healthcare fraud and working on a book proposal. The Odd Couple was worth every penny. Thank you."
Robin Mathias, Mathias Consulting

The Odd Couple Marketing and Strategy Seminar is designed for speakers, consultants, and coaches of all levels, beginning to seasoned pro:

  • Business leaders with expertise who wish to promote through speaking
  • Novice speakers, consultants, and coaches who wish to cut years off their learning curve
  • Intermediate and advanced speakers, coaches, seminar leaders, and consultants who wish to update their negotiation and strategy skills.

This is an exceptionally beneficial event, if your career is ready to be recharged or you have attended before!

Two and one half days of bottom-line, nothing-held-back, tell-it-like-it-is information... from two giants of the business who have a combined 67 years experience of speaking and consulting professionally!

Alan Weiss Patricia Fripp The Odd Couple at OddsHave you ever wanted to know the inside secrets of a speaker/consultant who makes over a million dollars a year?

What about another Hall of Fame speaker and executive speech coach who Meetings and Conventions magazine named "One of the 10 most electrifying speakers in North America"... and who is featured in a book alongside Tony Robbins, Les Brown, and Brian Tracy as one of the 15 biggest Motivational Superstars... and is an in-demand presentation skills coach for authors, celebrities, business executives, and sales teams?

Fripp and Weiss are "at odds" because of their different backgrounds and ways of running their speaking and consulting practices. Both are dynamically successful and help you realize how you can reach your full potential. Take advantage of their over 67 years of combined experience!

"Each time I attend The Odd Couple Seminar I always learn something new, and just one idea pays for the seminar many times over. I had urged my friends to attend, so I'm very happy they were all 100% satisfied..."
—Dr. Joachim de Posada, International Speaker, Author, Consultant, National Speakers Association Board of Directors 2009
Patricia Fripp Executive Speech Coach and Keynote Speaker in Action

Patricia Fripp is an award-winning Hall of Fame speaker, sales presentation trainer, and executive speech coach to executives and celebrity speakers. She was elected the first woman President of The National Speakers Association. She is also the founder of the largest NSA chapter in Northern California.

READ MORE ABOUT PATRICIA FRIPP.

Alan Weiss

Alan Weiss is New York. He's an assertive, contrarian guy who has never memorized a speech, never had a coach, and refuses to read feedback sheets. He keeps his fees high, gladly losing business from cost-conscious buyers in order to deliver the 50 or so speeches a year that are his trademark. Alan Weiss is the author of numerous books and video programs including the McGraw-Hill book Money Talks: How to Make a Million as a Speaker and Million Dollar Consulting.

READ MORE ABOUT ALAN WEISS.

As different as they are... this "at odds" duo DO have a few things in common. Both are fabulously successful. Both work with some of the largest and best organizations on the planet. And both are recognized by their peers, as well as their customers, as class acts. They make a whole lot of money and can entertain, stimulate, and provoke professional speakers, coaches, consultants, seminar leaders, trainers, and financial planners to higher levels of performance in a very brief time.

Alan Weiss and Patricia Fripp The Odd CoupleNow, they team up once a year. After you hear what they say, your career will soar!

Oscar and Felix made you laugh... Fripp and Alan make you money!

"The Odd Couple Seminar is the best money I ever spent in my business. So much that has been positive has happened since."
Michael Harris, Principal, Marketing Turnaround Consulting

"The Odd Couple was worth ten times what I paid."
Craig Valentine, MBA, 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking

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We reserve the right to refuse registrations to The Odd Couple Seminar. We understand that you may not be able to attend all of The Odd Couple Seminar but want to attend at least a portion. We are happy to accommodate you, but the fees remain the same. Single-day pricing is not available.

Registration discounts are available for Weiss' Mentees, Fripp's One-on-One Executive Speech Coaching Clients, and Odd Couple Seminar Graduates; there is also a "Partner Special" - click here for more information.

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