<![CDATA[Reviews of Lovedrop (Chris Odom) Dating Advice for Men]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/ <![CDATA[Reviews of Lovedrop (Chris Odom) Dating Advice for Men]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/DSR-White.gif http://www.datingskillsreview.com/ http://www.datingskillsreview.com/revelation-venusian-arts-mystery/ <![CDATA[Revelation]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/revelation-venusian-arts-mystery/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsjamesmatadorstantayiLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikRevelationjames-matador-stan-tayiLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-Markovikvenusian arts revelation ebook, revelation plus,The Mystery Method, erik markovic, mystry, revelations, revalation, reevaluations,M3Mystery Method ]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 290 2009-01-01 8 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/290_revelationvenusianarts_1296337270.jpg 8.1 The manual is a more recent publication that has its origins traced in the original Mystery Method Corporation eBook (The Venusian Arts Handbook), which Mystery Method Corporation formerly published before Mystery left and it changed its company name to Love Systems.]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/the-mystery-method-mysterys-video-archive-5-volumes/ <![CDATA[The Mystery Method: Mystery's Video Archive 5 Volumes]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/the-mystery-method-mysterys-video-archive-5-volumes/ Mystery-Method-CorporationMysteryMethodCorporationLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikTheMysteryMethod:MysterysVideoArchive5VolumesLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-Markovik ]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 105 2009-01-01 8 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/105_themysterymethodmysterysvideoarchive5volumes_1281239885.jpg 7.1 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/the-mystery-method-how-to-get-beautiful-women-into-bed/ <![CDATA[The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/the-mystery-method-how-to-get-beautiful-women-into-bed/ Mystery-Method-CorporationMysteryMethodCorporationLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikTheMysteryMethod:HowtoGetBeautifulWomenIntoBedLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-Markovikerik markovic, mystery methode, mystry, mystery method game ]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 94 2009-01-01 8 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/94_mysterymethod_1240646733.jpg 6.8 The original content was formulated for this book around 2002/ 2003. In 2006 it was refined and sold as an eBook called "The Venusian Arts Handbook" (no longer available).

Finally, the title was changed to "The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed" for publication in book stores as a hardcopy book.]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/the-pickup-artist-the-new-and-improved-art-of-seduction-mystery-venusian-arts/ <![CDATA[The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/the-pickup-artist-the-new-and-improved-art-of-seduction-mystery-venusian-arts/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikThePickupArtist:TheNewandImprovedArtofSeductionLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-Markovik ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:56:00 -0600 965 2009-12-11 8 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/965_41clTrCKXjL.SS500_1260500205.jpg 6.6 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/revelation-the-vault-dvd-set-venusian-arts-mystery/ <![CDATA[Revelation: The Vault DVD Set]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/revelation-the-vault-dvd-set-venusian-arts-mystery/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsjamesmatadorstantayiLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikRevelation:TheVaultDVDSetjames-matador-stan-tayiLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-Markovikmystry, revalation, reevaluations ]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 505 2009-01-01 8 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/505_Untitled_1245255371.jpg 6.5 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts-bootcamp-mystery/ <![CDATA[Venusian Arts Bootcamp]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts-bootcamp-mystery/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsDiscoveryhawaiiKnackVAkosmoLovedropchrisodomMoonlightJeremyCimberMysteryErikvonMarkovikProphetVARizenVAShowcaseVASimeonVAthunderbearjamesmatadorstantayiVenusianArtsBootcampDiscoveryhawaiiKnack-VAkosmoLovedrop-chris-odomMoonlight-Jeremy-CimberMystery-Erik-von-MarkovikProphet-VARizen-VAShowcase-VASimeon-VAthunderbearjames-matador-stan-tayi ]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 492 2009-01-01 9 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/492_logocopy_1245021383.jpg http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts-handbook-mystery-method/ <![CDATA[The Venusian Arts Handbook]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts-handbook-mystery-method/ Mystery-Method-CorporationMysteryMethodCorporationLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikTheVenusianArtsHandbookLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-MarkovikMystery Method, M3, The Mystery Method ]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 804 2009-01-01 9 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/804_venusianartshandbook_1279799059.jpg The content is now available in products that came out at a later date:

  • February 2007: The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women into Bed: A repackaging of the same content that was published as a book by Mystery.
  • January 2008: Magic Bullets: The manual from Love Systems which has the original tech in the Mystery Method embedded within its content.
  • June 2008: Revelation: The latest eBook from Mystery/ Venusian Arts, including and improving on the original Mystery Method tech.
    • ]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/magnum-opus-the-mind-of-mystery-venusian-arts/ <![CDATA[Magnum Opus: The Mind of Mystery]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/magnum-opus-the-mind-of-mystery-venusian-arts/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsjamesmatadorstantayiLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikMagnumOpus:TheMindofMysteryjames-matador-stan-tayiLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-MarkovikMind of Mistery ]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 649 2009-01-01 5 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/649_ErikvonMarkovikmindofmystery_1280656357.jpg http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts-usa-annual-super-conference/ <![CDATA[Venusian Arts' USA Annual Super Conference 2012]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts-usa-annual-super-conference/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsjamesmatadorstantayiLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikVenusianArtsUSAAnnualSuperConference2012james-matador-stan-tayiLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-Markovik ]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:17:00 -0500 1916 2011-07-21 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1916_venusianartsusaannualsuperconference_1318756698.jpg Thursday, 16 February 2012 at 11:00 - Sunday, 19 February 2012 at 20:00 (PT)
    Las Vegas, NV

    Seminar-only (Early bird - $490.00)
    - 11am - 3pm daily, Thu-Sun

    Seminar-only (Standard - $798.00)
    - 11am - 3pm daily, Thu-Sun

    2 Night Infield (with your choice of one of the following coaches: Lovedrop, Discovery, Matador)
    - $2400 ($987 deposit) with Lovedrop/Discovery/Matador + VA Coach in a group with max 3 students either on the Thu & Fri nights or Sat & Sun nights

    2 Night Infield (with Mystery)
    - $3000 ($987 deposit) Mystery + VA Coach in a group with max 3 students either on the Thu & Fri nights or Sat & Sun nights

    Single Breakout Session ($197)
    - Specialist Breakout Sessions in the afternoon after Seminar concludes covering sessions such as Matador Mayhem, Attraction Magic, Troubleshooting your Game, Stealth Stack Creation etc.

    ALL Breakout Sessions (10+)
    - $1500 ($987 deposit)
    Specialist Breakout Sessions in the afternoon after Seminar concludes Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun covering sessions such as Matador Mayhem, Attraction Magic, Troubleshooting your Game, Stealth Stack Creation etc.

    VIP Master Pack - $3900 ($987 deposit)
    - 4 Nights Accommodation in Vegas
    - Full Seminar
    - all Breakout Sessions (10+ over the 4 days)
    - 2 nights Live Infield Training with a Master PUA
    - Skype Follow Up Coaching for 1 month post event $3900 ($987 deposit) Mystery + VA Coach in a group with max 3 students either on the Thu & Fri nights or Sat & Sun nights ]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/zen-of-cool-the-venusian-arts-lovedrop-chris-odom/ <![CDATA[Zen of Cool]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/zen-of-cool-the-venusian-arts-lovedrop-chris-odom/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsLovedropchrisodomZenofCoolLovedrop-chris-odom ]]> Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:19:00 -0500 1486 2010-10-13 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1486_zenofcoolthevenusianartsinclovedrop_1286947189.jpg http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts-bootcamp-2010-los-angeles-mystery-erik-von-markovik-lovedrop-chris-odom-matador-stan/ <![CDATA[Venusian Arts Bootcamp 2010 (Los Angeles)]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts-bootcamp-2010-los-angeles-mystery-erik-von-markovik-lovedrop-chris-odom-matador-stan/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsDiscoveryjamesmatadorstantayiLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikVenusianArtsBootcamp2010(LosAngeles)Discoveryjames-matador-stan-tayiLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-Markovik ]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:39:00 -0500 1473 2010-10-12 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1473_venusianarts_1286858343.jpg http://www.datingskillsreview.com/the-ultimate-revelation-companion-set-venusian-arts-mystery-erik-von-markovik-lovedrop-chris-odom/ <![CDATA[The Ultimate Revelation Companion Set]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/the-ultimate-revelation-companion-set-venusian-arts-mystery-erik-von-markovik-lovedrop-chris-odom/ Venusian-ArtsVenusianArtsLovedropchrisodomMysteryErikvonMarkovikTheUltimateRevelationCompanionSetLovedrop-chris-odomMystery-Erik-von-Markovik ]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:41:00 -0500 1472 2010-10-12 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1472_theultimaterevelationcompanionsetvenusianartsmysteryerikvonmarkoviklovedropchrisodom_1286855289.jpg http://www.datingskillsreview.com/lovedrop-chris-odom/ <![CDATA[Lovedrop (Chris Odom)]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/lovedrop-chris-odom/ Venusian-Arts VenusianArts Lovedropchrisodom Lovedrop(ChrisOdom) Lovedrop-chris-odom love drop, lovedrop pua, love drop pua, chris odom lovedrop, lovedrop revelation ]]> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:48:00 -0500 1413 2010-08-28 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1413_chrisodomlovedrop4_1282956522.jpg http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1413_lovedropchrisodompickupartist_1311034855.jpg http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1413_lovedropchrisodompua_1311034855.jpg He quickly became friends with Mystery and supported some of his early projects with his IT skills - this included setting up and maintaining the original Mystery's Lounge private forums that Mystery and other esteemed Pick Up Artists used.

    His involvement with the dating industry became commercial when he began helping Mystery to write up his methods and techniques. Mystery, whilst being very adept at presenting his techniques, had been procrastinating and unable to write them up into a formal book that students could use. Lovedrop bridged this gap, by taking on the role of writer.

    Their first collaboration was "The Venusian Arts Handbook", Mystery's first publication capturing his method and techniques at the time.

    It was a success, and since this moment Chris has written all of Mystery's published works, and in more recent publications he has begun adding his own content making "Revelation", the latest work, a collaboration of Mystery's and Lovedrop's additions to the Mystery Method.

    When Mystery Method Corporation was formed Lovedrop began coaching alongside Mystery and Matador in bootcamps. Then when Mystery left Mystery Method Corporation, Lovedrop went with him and became a co-founder of his new company, Venusian Arts.

    At Venusian Arts Lovedrop has taken on a more visible role as a lead instructor and appears in a significant part of the latest DVD educational program, Revelation DVD.]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/mystery-method-corporation/ <![CDATA[Mystery Method Corporation]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/mystery-method-corporation/ Mystery-Method-Corporation MysteryMethodCorporation biskit Braddock Cajun Dahunter Daxx Fader Future hawaii jeremysoul Lovedropchrisodom masters MatadorStanTayi moxie MysteryErikvonMarkovik Prestige Rokker SavoyNickSavoy Sheriff sinnjonathanlee Tenmagnet Vision MysteryMethodCorporation biskit Braddock Cajun Dahunter Daxx Fader Future hawaii jeremy-soul Lovedrop-chris-odom masters Matador-Stan-Tayi moxie Mystery-Erik-von-Markovik Prestige Rokker Savoy-Nick-Savoy Sheriff sinn-jonathan-lee Tenmagnet Vision the mystery method ]]> Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:43:00 -0500 1383 2010-08-06 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1383_tn105mysterymethod1281052461_1281152638.jpg Mystery (Erik von Markovik) and Nick Savoy became business partners in August 2004 to seriously bring to market products and services around Mystery (Erik von Markovik)'s pick up artist method named Mystery Method.

    The company was incorporated and was owned by Nick Savoy since October 2004.

    Mystery (Erik von Markovik) and Nick Savoy later split at the end of 2006. Nick Savoy took full control of Mystery Method Corporation, and rebranded to Love Systems in 2008. Mystery co-founded a new company Venusian Arts with Lovedrop (Chris Odom) and Matador (Stan Tayi).]]>

  • The Mystery Method (M3): M3 was one of the later versions of Mystery (Erik von Markovik)'s method for picking up women.

    M3 stood for the 3 phases that Mystery labelled Attraction, Comfort and Seduction. Mystery's method was first introduced in earlier formats by him in the late 1990s. M3 was the first to get formalized and the only one to be taught by the Mystery Method Corporation.

]]> The Early Informal Days Between 2001 and 2004 the "Mystery Method" was the name used to market bootcamps with Mystery (Erik von Markovik) and a range of his collaborators including Style (Neil Strauss) and the founders of Real Social Dynamics, before they started their business.

The first bootcamp took place in Los Angeles in 2001 on the sunset strip. However, the majority of the bootcamps and seminars that took place during this time would be linked to Project Hollywood where the collaborators lived from November 2003 (covered in "The Game").

The business was run informally at this time.

Commercial Founding in 2004

Mystery (Erik von Markovik) and Nick Savoy became business partners in August 2004 to seriously bring to market the products and services around Mystery (Erik von Markovik)'s pick up artist method named the Mystery Method.

In October 2004 Nick Savoy incorporated the business as Mystery Method Corp. retaining full ownership.

Nick Savoy, a Wharton MBA (A top 5 ranked global Business School), approached Mystery with the idea to build a dating company that could take the Mystery Method and Mystery's reputation and market it to the masses.

Nick Savoy, an experienced pick up artist himself, had started his own business, but saw the much greater opportunity that Mystery's material and personal brand had.

Mystery would primarily bring the content (his Mystery Method) and his existing reputation and brand, and Savoy would be responsible for the business management side of the company. Savoy would also be deeply involved in the advice side of the business coaching on bootcamps from the beginning and writing the company's dating advice newsletter.

Rise of the Mystery Method Brand

Mystery was one of the main characters in The Game published in early 2005 which quickly became a bestseller and built his brand name. On the back of this, primarily Mystery (Erik von Markovik), but also Nick Savoy in some cases, appeared on a selection of high profile TV shows in the early days of Mystery Method Corp. which helped to give the company strong brand recognition. (Indeed searches for Mystery Method today are still significant on Internet search enginees).

The shows included Jimmy Kimmel, ABC Primetime and Dr. Phil (see here for full list).

Mystery was also approached by VH-1 to create a reality TV show in 2005 named "The Pickup Artist" and began work on it. Nick Savoy worked in a consultant role for the design and development of the show at the beginning until the split (see below). The show didn't launch until August 2007.

Rapid Expansion in Headcount

Mystery Method Corp. started with a small base of instructors including Mystery, Savoy, James Matador (Stan Tayi), Lovedrop (Chris Odom), Sinn and Tenmagnet. These were original members of the pick up artist community that had already worked with or were friends with Mystery or Savoy.

The company expanded rapidly in instructor headcount from 2005 to 2007 mostly by identifying clients on their training bootcamps that had potential and training them up to become instructors themselves. Some of these early instructor recruits included Sheriff, Mr. M and London Playboy in the UK, and , Future and Dahunter in the U.S.

Mystery Method Corporation's Partners Part Ways

However, the two partners disagreed in the 'vision' for the company, with Mystery (Erik von Markovik) not appearing personally on Mystery Method bootcamps from mid-2005. Mystery became less and less present in the business.

In December 2006 Mystery and Nick Savoy chose to split. This was a contentious split involving legal battles over the original brand name "Mystery Method" and Mysterymethod.com.

In August 2006 Mystery co-founded a new company, Venusian Arts, with James Matador (Stan Tayi) and Lovedrop (Chris Odom).

In October 2008 Savoy rebranded the company to "Love Systems".

The dispute over the rights to the Mystery Method trademark and MysteryMethod.com was ended outside of court on good terms in August 2007. The agreement was that neither Love Systems nor Venusian Arts would make use of the Mystery Method name.

The end result has been that neither Love Systems or Venusian Arts can make use of the trademark "Mystery Method" and that they both hold the copyright for the published materials from the Mystery Method Corporation. Namely The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women into Bed.

Mystery Method Corp without Mystery (Mid 2006 to end 2008)

Nick Savoy continued to run and develop Mystery Method Corporation throughout this period. At first primarily through marketing of bootcamps run by Nick Savoy himself and Sinn.

From 2006 onwards Savoy and some of the instructors produced products such as the Magic Bullets Handbook, The Routines Manuals, The Relationship Management curriculum and the interview series.

The product range developed by Nick Savoy and the instructors during this time became the bedrock of Love Systems' dating system. For information on these products see the Love Systems profile.

Further Information

Today both Love Systems and Venusian Arts continue to market their own dating systems that have substantially evolved since the early Mystery Method days. You can learn more about their current activities on those links.]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts/ <![CDATA[Venusian Arts]]> http://www.datingskillsreview.com/venusian-arts/ Venusian-Arts VenusianArts colgate Discovery jamesmatadorstantayi Lovedropchrisodom MysteryErikvonMarkovik ProphetVA rickydutch thunderbear topcat VenusianArts colgate Discovery james-matador-stan-tayi Lovedrop-chris-odom Mystery-Erik-von-Markovik Prophet-VA ricky-dutch thunderbear topcat ]]> Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:09:00 -0500 1367 2010-08-03 http://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/1367_venusianartslogo_1280843985.jpg Dating System: Mystery Method (also known as M3) is the foundational system that Venusian Arts teaches. It was invented by Mystery and most recently has had parts incorporated and improved upon by Lovedrop (Chris Odom). The vast majority of the method remains Mystery's work.]]> Mystery left Mystery Method Corporation with Lovedrop (Chris Odom) and James Matador (Stan Tayi) to form Venusian Arts.

Two members of Venusian Arts, Mystery (Erik von Markovik) and Matador (Stan Tayi) had roles on the VH-1 reality TV show "The Pickup Artist" which was written for Mystery.

The show has ran for two seasons and helped Venusian Arts to quickly become a strong brand in the dating advice coaching market.

In 2007 Venusian Arts partnered with Mike Long (an Internet marketer) to bring to market the "Magnus Opus: Mind of Mystery" DVD program. Shortly afterwards Venusian Arts parted from the partnership with Mike Long.

In 2010 Discovery became a fourth partner in the Venusian Arts company. Discovery manages the bootcamp training side of the business and is based in Europe.]]>