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title: How to Blow Up a Webinar!
description: Today my webinar launch blew up. The wheels fell off. It was a trainwreck. Nothing pretty about it. Complete failure. Here's how it happened.
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# How to Blow Up a Webinar!

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## Here's how to mess up your webinars.

Man on man...good thing it's Christmas and everyone is in a good mood (and there is spiked egg nog!)

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/196638900" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I had two excellent slide decks done up.

I was on 20 minutes early.

I even got dressed, cleaned up my office, shaved, did my hair, put the dog out, and bought a new HD webcam from [Logitech](http://amzn.to/2ibXl7W). 

I was ready to rock and roll!

Then, at 15 minutes prior I notice nobody—NOBODY—was on. (Usually one or two login just to make sure they have a seat.)

 

So I check my email and a lady has informed me she tried to get on 30 min early and couldn't. 

I replied that I hadn't logged in myself that early but assured her that I was in now and to try again.

Five more minutes go by and nothing.

Then it hits me.

## WE HAD AN OLD LINK IN TODAY'S REMINDER EMAIL

So I send a blast out with the correct link and think "Hey, it's 10 minutes early. It's all good."

But it wasn't.

Let's just leave it at that.

I explain more in my video.

Please learn from my mistakes.

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