I am shocked... I just heard now about it when I was chatting with my buddy. I met Mikey about a year ago here in Jerusalem and we spoke about affiliate, ppc stuff etc. Also once in a while we chatted through AIM. I know that he was a good friend of you and he talked with you a lot. I am sorry man. I just can't believe it!
WickedFire Loses A Great Friend & Member
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RIP Brother!!
Man, I don’t even know where to begin. I won’t talk about Mikey as a business man, because anyone that did any business with him knew that he produced. Produced, is actually an understatement, and doesn’t do any justice to him at all.
Doreen, Marty, Andrea, Rene, Sid, Danny (the threejuice / optimal crew) my heart goes out to all of you.
This entire incident has put a huge dent in my heart and my soul, and quite frankly, I am not sure it is repairable. I had walked with him at all the trade shows, and to know Mikey, was to love him. Tall, charismatic, fun - and like Venus put it best, if Affiliate Marketing were Hollywood…. we just lost Brad Pitt.
I can’t tell you how many people have reached out to me in the last 2 weeks, to express condolences, so thanks to all of you.
Mikey was a true friend that you can count on for anything at anytime. Although he never liked to mix business and pleasure, Mikey was a great father and husband to his wife and 2 beautiful young children that he left behind that will never know their amazing DAD.
Someone emailed me a poem a couple days ago, and I thought I would share it to all of you, because this poem is the essence of who he was:
Some people are like comets.
They streak through our lives in a flash of excitement, love, and awe.
Then they are gone, never to be seen again, although we think of them often.
Comet like people cannot be held onto or controlled.
They need to keep moving, lighting up yet another sky.
They need to keep moving, lighting up yet another sky.
Sadly, some comet types die too young, and we miss them and grieve deeply in their absence.
But the angels know that each comet person who has left the earth at a young age exits in a burst of light that remains for the good of those behind.
A comet would never want us mourn its disappearance.
So comet people want us to remember the joy they left behind and to allow the love we had for them to continue to grow, blessing others in its path.
Love you Mikey – May you get the best ROI up there!!
Affiliate Summit won’t be the same without you.
Joel Bess
PS – JonF, thanks for the support.
If anyone wants to send his family condolences - please email me at "joelbess at gmail dot com" and i will let you know how.
Man, I don’t even know where to begin. I won’t talk about Mikey as a business man, because anyone that did any business with him knew that he produced. Produced, is actually an understatement, and doesn’t do any justice to him at all.
Doreen, Marty, Andrea, Rene, Sid, Danny (the threejuice / optimal crew) my heart goes out to all of you.
This entire incident has put a huge dent in my heart and my soul, and quite frankly, I am not sure it is repairable. I had walked with him at all the trade shows, and to know Mikey, was to love him. Tall, charismatic, fun - and like Venus put it best, if Affiliate Marketing were Hollywood…. we just lost Brad Pitt.
I can’t tell you how many people have reached out to me in the last 2 weeks, to express condolences, so thanks to all of you.
Mikey was a true friend that you can count on for anything at anytime. Although he never liked to mix business and pleasure, Mikey was a great father and husband to his wife and 2 beautiful young children that he left behind that will never know their amazing DAD.
Someone emailed me a poem a couple days ago, and I thought I would share it to all of you, because this poem is the essence of who he was:
Some people are like comets.
They streak through our lives in a flash of excitement, love, and awe.
Then they are gone, never to be seen again, although we think of them often.
Comet like people cannot be held onto or controlled.
They need to keep moving, lighting up yet another sky.
They need to keep moving, lighting up yet another sky.
Sadly, some comet types die too young, and we miss them and grieve deeply in their absence.
But the angels know that each comet person who has left the earth at a young age exits in a burst of light that remains for the good of those behind.
A comet would never want us mourn its disappearance.
So comet people want us to remember the joy they left behind and to allow the love we had for them to continue to grow, blessing others in its path.
Love you Mikey – May you get the best ROI up there!!
Affiliate Summit won’t be the same without you.
Joel Bess
PS – JonF, thanks for the support.
If anyone wants to send his family condolences - please email me at "joelbess at gmail dot com" and i will let you know how.
Joel - we had a great time at ASW last year with you and Mikey. Was actually looking forward to reconnecting again this year - then see this...sucks!
As I see the Mikey V icon in my Gmail Chat stay grey, it is sad for the industry for one amazing thing about ThreeJuice is Mikey loved to SHARE deals. One of the few guys who would tell you exactly where you can get increased commissions, tell you exactly which products converted, try to make YOU more money...all for nothing in return. He just wanted guys to bank programs. Payment enforcer, big producer, constant helper - his actions benefitted many.
Sad to lose Mikey. Wish everyone the best -
As I see the Mikey V icon in my Gmail Chat stay grey, it is sad for the industry for one amazing thing about ThreeJuice is Mikey loved to SHARE deals. One of the few guys who would tell you exactly where you can get increased commissions, tell you exactly which products converted, try to make YOU more money...all for nothing in return. He just wanted guys to bank programs. Payment enforcer, big producer, constant helper - his actions benefitted many.
Sad to lose Mikey. Wish everyone the best -
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