You ever get the feeling at the beginning of something that you are really going to enjoy yourself and you don’t want time to slow down?

This is what happened when I started interviewing Stu Mclaren of Wishlist. I knew that he was a bright entrepreneur, but this interview was deeper than I expected.

I really enjoyed how I would ask Stu a question and he would break down exactly what the audience needed to hear. A few times I asked him a question and he broke it down into a 3 step answer. Simply awesome.

We talk and explored for 38 minutes.

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In this interview you’ll learn:

1. How Stu balances his introverted and extroverted sides of his personality.
2. Three main components of a well run website.
3. How Stu encourages forward momentum.

You can also check Stu out at Stu.me, WishListMember.com  and RhinoSupport.com.

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Craig Wolfe is one of those rare entrepreneurs that doesn’t do things the normal way. It’s why I wanted to interview him.

I was surprised by how he picked his different business endeavors to pursue. As he explains his thought process it all comes together.

We talked and explored for 46 min.

In this interview you’ll learn:

1. Why you can learn everything about business from reading about Hershey Chocolate’s Founder.
2. How Craig picked his businesses and why he thinks you should follow this method too.
3. How to pick yourself back up after a mammoth failure.

You can also check out Craig at his site CelebriDucks.com to see all the cool ducks they create.

In this interview we talked about:

• Hershey: Milton S. Hershey’s Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams Amazon affiliate link. Buys me a quarter cup of coffee. 🙂

You can also follow CelebriDucks on Twitter.

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She was looking at her phone, probably checking her email.

She seemed very calm and slightly sweaty from a warm summer room.

No fans and no A/C.

I actually didn’t notice him until the surprise of seeing her hit him.

It’s his face that caught my attention.

His eye opened wide then calmed like he saw the most amazing sunset.

He smiled and walked toward her.

He tapped her on her shoulder.

“Natalie?” he asked.

She looked up, squealed and gave him a hug.

“Danny, I finally get to meet you!”

They went on to have a conversation that I walked away from. It was just so amazing to see two people who’ve never met in person get so excited to see each other.

That’s the beauty of online relationships and going to a conference to see people connect in person. There is no amount of emailing, tweeting, facebooking, pinning, etc. that can replace a good hug.

World Domination Summit created this experience for people again and again. I saw it happen one more time, but there must have been dozens of other first time meetings like this there. Chris Guillebeau and his superteam put on an amazing show and experience. If you have a chance to go next year I highly recommend it.

If this isn’t your kind of conference then look around at people you connect with online and see if they are going to an event that fits your personality, sign-up and go. You won’t regret it.

(This is a photo of Danielle LaPorte giving a wonderful talk about life and taking action.)

The real connections that you seek require touch. Being able to give someone a hug that you know and like plants the seed of trust. Using the online world to make your offline world easier will help your business and feed your soul.

What conference did you think you should attend last year and you didn’t? (Please share in the comment section. I always like to find out about new conferences.)

Neil Patel is a multi-varied web talent. He has helped some of the big players in the online world such as Microsoft, Tech Crunch and NBC.

His website Quick Sprout is one of the must read blogs that I make sure not to miss every time Neil publishes a new article.

A lot of you may have noticed the increase conversation about website conversion rates. A lot of what I learned stems from Neil’s teaching.

In this interview you’ll learn:

1. How A/B testing works and what to focus on for your website.
2. What you can do to build trust in your community.
3. What the secret to Neil’s happiness.

You can also  check out Neil on Twitter at @neilpatel. He is very active.

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