THe Soldier/Respect by Daniel Wilson

This is the soldier who fought in the heart of war, who inspires people because he is one of the few, the proud – a marine. And when fear arrives he overcomes it because this is the soldier who fought in the heart of war for his country.

Respect by Daniel WilsonIf respect could be a color it would be pure white like a polar bear's soft coat blowing in the wind.If respect could be a taste it would taste just like hot chocolate with whipped cream on top in a freezing snow storm at night.

If respect could be a smell it would be the smell of hot concession food at a sporting event in the late afternoon just as the sun is setting.

If respect could be a sound it would be soft peaceful quiet as if you were the last person on earth.If respect could be a feeling it would be the feeling of accomplishment and pride after a long hard day's work.

If respect could be an animal it would be a panda bear soft, furry, comfortable and fun; becoming scarce throughout the world, but trying to be saved.

Daniel Wilson is in the 6th grade and lives in Southlake, Texas. He is thankful to all the brave and courageous men and women who serve and have served in the Armed Forces to protect liberty and freedom.

"If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they haul you out to a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret." Jim Rohn

By Chris Widener

The topic of leadership has been and continues to be one of the most vital topics in human history. From ancient civilizations to modern day multi-national corporations, men and women of passion, fervor and zeal have sought to discover the secrets of moving others beyond the gray of their mundane reality to the rich array of colors that embody the palate of the extraordinary life.

Every organization or collection of people, from large to small, requires ardent and skilled leaders. It has been said that everything rises and falls on leadership, and it is true. Every group - families, cities, churches, associations and yes, even nations - fulfills its purposes and potential based on the leadership it is shown.

As leaders we are given the charge, responsibility, and the privilege to see grand visions, to dream lofty dreams, to forge new ground, and to challenge and encourage those who would follow our leadership to ascend the heights with us. We beckon them to come. We implore them. All for their own good. This is to lead them toward their possibilities.

Be assured that there will be a leader of every group. There will be those who influence others, even if you don..t. There may even be unscrupulous people who use their abilities to lead others astray. The quote "All it takes for evil to prevail is for the good man to do nothing," remains true today, as it has through the annals of time. This is the compelling motive for you to rise up and lead the way for others. Our families depend on it.Our community groups depend on it.Our nations depend on it.

People will follow you for two reasons: They follow you because of your character, for who you are. They also follow you for your skills, for what you can do. Make it your every effort to impart skillful and honorable leadership for them that would look to you for your wisdom, your guidance and your belief in the promise of the human spirit. Someone will lead. Will it be you? If not you, then who will lead? If you will not lead now, then when?

Today, more than ever, you are needed. Your strong character is needed. Your finely honed skills are needed. I know you will rise to the challenge.Lead boldly. Lead with faith. Lead others to the pinnacle of the human existence. This is the highest calling and the reward is of the utmost kind.You are Made for Success!...Chris Widener

"My father taught me to always do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future." Jim Rohn

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Hi it’s Nathan, "the auto buddy of Tucson." If you are looking for any 08 Ford cars and trucks, we need to get rid of all 08 inventory. Contact me, -Nathan at The Auto Buddy

Who is The Auto Buddy Anyway?

About me:

I'm 22 years old and I have a great love and passion for people, family, health, music, cars, vehicles, and the marvels of nature. As a family we have traveled to some of the most awesome destinations that the Southwest has to offer. Some of these include the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion Canyon in scenic Utah, and a host of other State and National Parks. The highlight of course for me at 16 was when we would stop and hang out at each and every visitor center along the way. When time allows, I would like to one day share more about these excursions with all of you.I am also a strong proponent of the 'Law of Attraction' and would like to attract positive people with whome I would like to share my many gifts and talents. Life has also taught me that it pays to be generous, especially with our time and talent. The renowned ecconomist 'Zig Zigler' has stated: "If you give people what they want, they will help you to get what 'you' want."
Since my early teens, I often got excited about cars, having spent a fair amount of time under the hood. Throughout my younger years, while living in Marblehead, MA and now in Tucson, I have bought and sold just about everything you can imagine from lawn mowers to computers and electronics and more recently: vehicles on ebay and Craigs list. I derive a lot of my energy and enthusiasm from my parents and family who are the greatest and are always encouraging me to get out there and do what I do best.

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River Walk: 'A Musical Tribute'

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This Incredible Smooth Jazz Recording

Featuring Michael Barrett on Keys,

Bob Kirby on Sax & Arie Mendes on Jazz Guitar

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About 3Mi Music

About Michael Barrett: Since the age of six Michael D Barrett has been a student of music. He began with the accordian, moved onto piano and later got into various keyboards. As a sight impaired person since birth, he had to read and memorize all his music. That combined with having an excellent ear, enabled him to take full advantage of studying with the fabulous instructor and jazz musician: Charlie Banacas, who also for a certain period in his teaching career, taught at the Berkley College of Music in Boston. In addition to studying Jazz, he also dabbled in classical organ and became some-what proficient in service playing and directed a few choir's and numerous ensembles. He later got into recording and producing and has had the privilege of working with musician friends like: sax player Bob Kirby, Eddie Saindon-professor of vibes-at the Berkley College of Music in Boston, guitar player Ari Mendes and producer: Hary King, who taught and schooled Michael in the art of recording and producing. As a student of life, Michael feels that he has so much more to learn, but has that much more to be grateful for. He attributes his musical talent and willingness to persevere in all things to his mother, Evelyn Barrett Shields, who has always been an inspiration to him and his five brothers and who is, at one and the same time, a wonderful vocalist who taught Michael his very first song on the piano at the age of six: "When The Saints Come Marching In." More recently, he assisted in producing a project with three of his brothers and their adopted brother-Garrett, who make up the 'Grinnin Barrett Band. Having produced several inspirational CD's, he recently released his latest offering: "River Walk" A Tribute to the Boston Red Sox, which is a compilation of various tunes that would best be described as Light Jazz. The project incorporates some familiar tunes that many a worshipping Christian would identify with based on their experience of singing them for centuries around the world in some of the most esteemed Cathedrals and Churches known throughout Christendom. In addition to these various interpretations of popular hymn tunes, River Walk also offers an array of original compositions arranged and performed by Michael which is further enhanced by Ari Mendes on guitar and Bob Kirby on sax. Like many musical genres of the day, this project dynamically integrates the best of a retro and contemporary feel. Musical downloads for River Walk are available at: 3MiMusic.net

About River Walk

While living in a section of Boston, known as the Fenway, just two blocks from the Champs' Stadium, I was in the habit of taking a walk most every day along the Charles River. One day as I was walking, this melody kept playing over and over in my head. So I went home and began to develop it a bit more in my little home based recording studio: basicly, a corner of my bedroom. A short time later, I shared the idea with my friends Bob Kirby who eventually layed down the Soprano Sax track and guitar player Ari, from Amen Studio, who assisted in the final production of the tune entitled: ' River Walk. Other tracks on the project were created during this same period. One worth noting was created about 3 in the morning, with headphones of course. I rose and began arranging a song based on an old English melody known to most as: 'Scarborough Fair.' Seeing that my first experience in recording music occurred in a little studio on Newbury Street, where many years before, prompted me to call the arrangement: "Ten-Eleven" This was the address of First Take, owned and operated by Bob Kirby, where many graduates from the Berkley College of Music, living in the Boston area, got their start in the mid to late eighties. One name that stands out among the many great musicians who frequented First Take is Dan Cantor of Notable Productions in Watertown MA. The studio was located right next to the Ritz. Not too shabby AYE? The project was completed at 'Amen Studio' in Port Saint Lucie, FL and is now available to download on this page, and is also available at CD Baby http://www.3mimusic.net/), I Tunes and 1host of other sites. Amen Studio is owned and operated by Ari Mendes who is playing guitar and bass. He also assisted me in the final production, mix and mastering Other offerings from 3Mi Music include: "Its About TIme" recorded and produced by the Grinnin Barrett Band.Music downloads from Its About Time are availale at: http://www.grinninbarrettband.com/

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3MiGroup Teams Up with Lighthouse Marketing to Optomize On Line Network Marketing Prospecting

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Finally, after 8 years, the first of its kind: complete online network ‘marketing system’ which automates prospecting and pays for itself with a built in funded proposal is now available to the general public and is totally duplicatable for your success team, distributors, consultants and associates.. This exact unprecedented system is responsible for success stories for MLM and Direct Sales marketers including Mike Ray's millions in network marketing and global teams exceeding 35,000 people. February 25, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The charter launch on February 1st, 2008 Eastern Standard Time, marked the unveiling of the al new Lighthouse Marketing automated prospecting system that will prove to be a valuable tool and the first of its kind in the industry, for online network marketers. Early bird marketers can now get in on the ground floor. The official launch for the Lighthouse Marketing System is set for March 1, 2008, but marketers who take advantage of the charter launch and take action ‘NOW’ will receive a substantial discount on the system.
Mike Ray, Dan Putnam and Dave Sherwin, three veritable pioneers in online network marketing, are the minds behind this automated prospecting system that attracts prospects with little outside help.

This proven money-making-duplicatable-system, developed for network marketers ‘by’ network marketers, has been tried and tested over the last 8 years and is directly responsible for earning a reported "millions" of dollars and building teams of more than 35,000 people exclusively online. The Lighthouse Marketing System is now available to the masses without any company specific propaganda. This is a most valuable tool for the tens of thousands who have become independent business owners or network marketers affiliated with a particular company, who do not yet possess strategic marketing skills that gets massive results in on line marketing and will position them to be among the leaders in the industry as successfully informed entrepreneurs with a leading edge advantage. Users of the system claim that it prospects while they sleep, it is that efficient and self sufficient. Boasting with a one of its kind residual funded proposal lead generation system, network marketers declare building their list and "down-line" twice as fast while making as much, some more than traditional affiliate or network marketers. The affiliate income in the funded proposal system is just as residual as any standard network marketing compensation plan which pays to infinity, positioning the Lighthouse Marketing System miles ahead of its competitors in the online network marketing world and is a much needed, cost effective alternative to purchasing expensive leads, no matter how good their claim, to attract prospects and members of the network marketing community and potential members as you develop your success team.

The Lighthouse Marketing System provides users with all the training that they need to attract new prospects and Mike and Dave have agreed to give trainings on a weekly basis. A syllabus containing videos, audio recordings and PDF documents is available in the back office that teaches online network marketing from the ground up. The pre-launch charter opportunity provides all of the necessary tools, secrets to success and how to training, everything that is needed for optimal success with the system. It is also offered at a deep discount, more than half what the sale price will be at the official launch on March 1, 2008.

Mike Ray states: "I came up with the 'Lighthouse Marketing' principle on vacation." "I looked at the lighthouse, and compared it to the wimpy searchlight, and realized that it was a metaphor for Network Marketing. Most marketers are like search lights, and doing it the hard way. The Lighthouse uses the law of attraction, and is totally reliable and successful in what it does."

The benefits of the Lighthouse Marketing System make it well worth the small investment which is comfortably offset by the residual affiliate income derived from the funded proposal. This is a landmark system for those who aspire to on line success in their respective business. Many network marketing companies do not offer an on line system for prospecting, but that is all changed with this innovative , totally integrated system with autoresponders, landing pages, web sites with back office incentive gift concepts, training and more that makes for a completely duplicatable system that anyone on your team can use and pass on. It is also a great tool if you have more than one business or multiple streams of income, and are looking to attract quality and targeted prospects. I have found that this system is quickly proving to be a groundbreaking online network marketing system that delivers everything that it promises. This is the system to watch as it changes the face of traditional known network marketing to automated prospecting and self sufficient online network marketing.

Michael Barrett, director of the 3Mi Group and online marketer and successful entrepreneur, has had tremendous results in becoming a top recruiter and income earner in his company by implementing the principles and techniques that the Lighthouse Marketing System provides. He is on a mission to enlighten all network marketers who want to break into on line marketing success, which has only been experienced, before now, by a handful of internet marketing gurus, and now has a passion to share the insiders secrets to online success and helps traditional network marketers transition their business online, exclusively with the duplicatable L.M.S. For more information, visit: http://lighthousemarketingsuccess.com/

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How Cruise To Cash Is Growing Faster Than Any Other Business In Their Price Range

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February 12, 2008 - The owners of Cruise To Cash, a home based business company backed by the Global Abundance Program have announced massive growth in the number of people joining and remaining members of Cruise To Cash. "The main reasons for this continued growth are The integrity of the company backing Cruise To Cash, known as the Global Abundance Program, people also like the simplicity of Cruise To Cash - no ebooks or software that most people won’t use, instead we are based around the over 7 trillion dollar travel industry, with much support from the company for members and an opportunity to make almost $1000 per sale" explains Cruise To Cash member. Also, more people are joining Cruise To Cash due to the fact that they are tired of games, and are looking for a substantial long lasting home based business, a business that will help them be more financially secure and provide all the tools that they need to be successful.

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So what are these networks and what can they do for me?

February 10th, 2008

Erika D. Smith

A few weeks ago, one of my semi-tech-savvy colleagues stopped me to ask about the increasingly popular business social network LinkedIn.com. She, like I’ll bet many of you who sit in cubicles or offices day after day, had received an e-mail with the subject line: “Invitation to connect on LinkedIn.” It read, “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn,” and it was signed, most likely, by some barely remembered colleague from another time and another company.What’s this LinkedIn thing, she wanted to know, and why would anybody want to connect to her? And once connected, what exactly was she supposed to do?

All valid questions. Not questions I’d ask, but then again, I’m a social-network fiend. If there’s a new social network out there, I’m probably on it. But not everyone is like that. Lorraine Ball, president of Carmel marketing company Roundpeg and a member of the local social network Smaller Indiana, said it’s a generational thing. “I think that 90 percent of the people who sign up and register have no idea what to do,” she said of LinkedIn and Smaller Indiana. LinkedIn relies on the three-degrees-of- separation rule — that each of our friends or colleagues knows someone whom we would like to know. In the real world, that’s what an after-work drink at McCormick & Schmick’s, an introduction and a handshake are for. In the virtual world, that’s what sending an “invitation to connect on LinkedIn” is for.

Businesspeople connect to one another to create a large network of colleagues they can hit up for references or introductions to others, or for jobs. (Remember, most jobs aren’t advertised.)“What I use LinkedIn for is: Who do I know and who do they know?” Ball said. LinkedIn is nothing like Facebook or MySpace, with virtual sheep-throwing contests and flashy profiles that take forever to load. If Facebook is a frat party, then LinkedIn is a staff meeting that starts at 7 a.m. sharp.LinkedIn was actually one of the first niche social networks on the Web. It was founded in 2003, got off to a slow start, but is now the seventh-largest social network on the Web, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. It grew more than 160 percent from August 2006 to August 2007 — faster even than Facebook.That growth has led the way for several upstart competitors. The most interesting among them, in my opinion anyway, is NotchUp.com. (Yes, I’ve already signed up.)

The concept is this: Searching for a job candidate is an expensive, time-consuming pain in the butt for companies. It’s so aggravating that they would pay to avoid it if they could find the perfect candidate the first time around.

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Erika D. Smith
(317) 444-6424
erika.smith@indystar.com.

Developing Leveraged, Residual Income

READY TO PUT SOME GOLDEN EGGS IN YOUR MONEY BASKET?

Job security - aren’t those the terms are almost mutually exclusive? Gone are the days when a man or woman would have a job for ten, twenty or thirty years. Loyalty between companies and employees has gone the way of the gold watch. Instead we have global competition, decreasing job benefits and a new boss every two or three years. And let’s not talk about the future of Social Security and Medicare! So what can we do to make the future a little more secure for ourselves and our families – at least financially? We have to have golden eggs in our money basket – which means we should diversify and develop leveraged, residual income. We need money that keeps on coming in even after we decide to stop working. What is leveraged, residual income? For example, an author may spend years writing a book at nights and on weekends. During that time he or she may not be making money but when the book is published he or she will receive royalty checks as long as the book keeps selling. Another example would be the royalties musicians receive.

The musicians can even repackage their music in a “Best of…” format and generate new income. But you and I are average men and women, not authors or musicians. What choices do we have for developing leveraged, residual income? One of the top choices is Network or Multilevel Marketing (MLM). Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about Network Marketing. How does Network Marketing work? It is all about leverage. Under this concept you build a network of independent distributors (your organization). In addition to the money you earn selling products yourself, you also earn a small percentage on the products everyone in your personal organization sells. Those who are most successful learn to train and develop leaders.

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Surviving A Recession? Seven Survival Tactics for Independent Marketing Communications Agencies?

What Is A Recession Proof Business?

Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document. The companies and brands making the international headlines may be the giants, but chaotic economic times hit smaller independent advertising and marketing communications agencies just as hard. While there are no magic bullets for weathering a downturn, ICOM network agencies have found that deploying certain tactics can improve an agency's chances of coming out stronger than ever regardless of where in the world they are based. Rollinsville, Colorado (PRWEB) February 4, 2008--Financial services brands under a cloud, real estate in freefall, global stock market volatility. The companies and brands making the international headlines may be the giants, but chaotic economic times hit smaller independent advertising and marketing communications agencies just as hard. In fact, according to some experts, smaller businesses, such as independents, are especially vulnerable.

While there are no magic bullets to weathering a downturn, deploying certain tactics can improve an agency's chances of coming out stronger than ever. Collectively, the more than 70 members of the ICOM network of independent agencies (http://www.icomagencies.com/), which are owned locally and work globally in more than 50 countries, have faced everything from devastating recessions to raging inflation. In the international network's 58 years of existence, they have not only survived but thrived by focusing on what's important. Advises ICOM President Rino Ferrari, also president Rino Publicidade/ICOM, São Paulo, "Always have a Plan B, one for recession and one for growth."

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When The Dust Settles

Chad Bumgarner

If you build your business correctly, follow the simple, duplicatable, system, you can set you and your family up with a serious, residual income for the rest of your life. That's about all that I can remember hearing, almost 4 years ago, when I joined Network Marketing, for the first time! I was so excited! I couldn't wait to get out and tell all my friends about how they could save and make all this money! But, wait a second... I wasn't thinking about following the simple system that my friends used to introduce me to the business! I just had to tell someone about what I had my hands on!

I remember listening to an audio cassette tape by one of my mentors, Robert Fason, and hearing him say, "If you're not doing to your friends, what they can go do to their friends, your business will not grow to where you want it to. It'll still be dependent on you 10 years from now." After listening to that cassette, over and over, and finally understanding what it means now, this "duplication" concept is really hitting home to me. That phrase keeps playing over and over in my mind, and I realize now, that by running out and telling my friends all about what I'd just found, I was ruining their chances at ever being successful. Now, almost 4 years later, after realizing what I did to them, and really getting back to the basics of the business, some of my friends are paying more attention to what I'm doing.

I keep telling myself, "No matter how bad you want to just tell them about everything that's going on, you have got to keep it, fun, simple, magical and duplicatable." It's pretty exciting to hear that people like, Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki, and Warren Buffet, are really promoting this industry right now! Just knowing that has to make you feel really good inside, even when your "best friend or brother-in-law" is out telling everyone, everything they "know", doesn't it?

So, the simple, yet often misunderstood word, Duplication, is all that more important to understand, knowing that big-dogs like those guys, know what we know, right? That's why the title to this article, When the Dust Settles, was chosen. In my opinion, that's one of the main reasons many Network Marketers fail, before they ever really begin in their quest with each of their respective businesses! They run out, tell everyone they know about their new-found opportunity, don't follow the duplicatable system that their Network Marketing business already had established for them, and most of their friends and family shut them down, before they ever get to check out the facts, and see all the details for themselves. Now, I finally understand why and how to keep what we do, duplicatable.

As another of my mentors and good friend, Matt Parr, says, "A leader of one can someday be a leader of many, but if he can't lead one... he probably won't ever lead any." How bad do you want time and financial freedom for you and your family? When you hear things like a 6-figure, residual income for the rest of your life, what does hearing that do inside of you? Hopefully it gets you so jacked up, you can't wait to tell everyone you know about the exciting opportunity you have your hands on, the right way! It still just absolutely blows my mind that how just helping a few "key people" and keeping it duplicatable can create such an awesome lifestyle change for so many people we know! Never before, in my lifetime, have I ever seen or heard of more people that are looking to make a change in their lives! We are so lucky to be in the industry that we are in, because we have what everyone is looking for... they just don't know we have it! So... let's get out there and change as many people's lives as we possibly can!
Dream big and realize that anything you want in your life can be yours! Just be brave enough to stick your head up above the crowd, go against the flow, and get ready to achieve all your Dreams and Goals!

"You're Going to Dream Anyway, So You Might As Well, DREAM BIG!" - Donald Trump

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Chad Bumgarner is a 29 year old from Strang, Nebraska (Population... 32 people). Chad is currently working on their family farm with his father, Tom, but has big plans for his Network Marketing business, along with several other projects that he's working on.

Microsoft bids for Yahoo, takes aim at Google

Updated Fri. Feb. 1 2008 11:23 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff

Microsoft Corp. made a bold move Friday to take over Yahoo! Inc. If the deal goes through, the US$42 billion bid could help the software and technology company gain a major partner in its attempt to take on Google, which it has been trying to topple alone without success. The unsolicited offer was announced Friday in a letter to Yahoo's board of directors from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The offer is comprised of $31-a-share of cash or Microsoft stock, and was 62 per cent higher than Yahoo's Thursday closing price.

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Web 2.0 And Cutting Edge Strategies For Marketing Your New Business On Line?

January 31st, 2008

Michael D Barrett

Learn A Variety Of Tips To Ramp Up On Line Advertising By Taking Advantage Of ‘The First Mover Advantage’ And Web 2.0 Social Site Marketing Strategies?

For new home businesses, especially those situated on the Internet, smart and effective pre-planned strategies could make the difference between success and failure, not to mention the rapidity of said success and/or failure. And we all know that failure is not an option. Although the processes of getting started and becoming known are simple, there are quite a few, and several are time-consuming as far as waiting for results to emerge. You will want to develop a marketing strategy that includes ‘Social Sites.’ The power of building and developing a community on several social sites like My Space, You Tube, Facebook, Stumbleupon, and others will get you out there and in the game faster as you strive for massive results and take full advantage of Web 2.0 Marketing Strategies.

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My name is Ronnie Beasley and myself if anything like you like’s a good,honest home-based business. The two after much research that I joined is Lawn Chair Millionaire.It is a very good program that has a low entry fee of $79.00 one time then it’s $29.00 a month.It was launched on Dec 7,2007 and is growing by leaps and bounds. You get paid the first day you join and also receive 2 more payments in the next 60 days from their moneyline pool.Promote it and make very good money plus research the vault area for more explosive money making resourses. So it is a very low risk,high profit home business program that will in my estimation be around for a long time. The 2nd is the Perfect Wealth Formula created by a master marketer Jason Peaseon. It is a higher ticket program ranging from $697.00 for bronze status and $1697.00 for silver status.Unlike some of the other high ticket programs mentioned in the title above it is not a one up or two up program which means you forego your first or first and second commission to your sponsor before you earn a dime meanwhile you are promoting with money and time to get the program working.Perfect Wealth Formula pays you $400.00 instant cash for your first sale bronze level and $1000.00 for silver level. Both of these programs are gonna be around for a long time and of all I researched seemed to have the highest income potential for the best entry level price. I am providing a links so you can check both out.They are great products and with a little work you can make a sizeable income from either or both.

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MLM Marketing

MLM to Affiliate Marketing
By Shawn Collins
Jan 27, 2008, 15:30

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I was laid off from an MLM company as the General Manager, and I am looking to do something online with my recent skills. Would my thirteen months of experience managing approximately 3,700 MLM people can equate into an affiliate management job? What’s the next step?
I’d say that if you are really interested in getting into affiliate management, the first thing you should do is to strike any reference to MLM from your resume.
MLM has a negative connotation among affiliate marketers, so it won’t do you any favor to include it in your credentials.

Whether fair or not, lots of folks consider MLM to be one in the same with pyramid schemes and fraud. In order to be a good affiliate manager, one thing you need is to be a good communicator. That is not something you’ll necessarily have from a previous job. Either you’re a good communicator or you’re not. Also, one way to get a good view of affiliate marketing is to be an affiliate yourself. Get your hands dirty as an affiliate to better understand what affiliates want and need.

You should also have a good grasp on the issues in the industry, which you can gain from the industry podcasts, forums, and blogs.

Entrepreneurs keen to donate while they can

By Sarah Murray

Published: January 26 2008 02:25 Last updated: January 26 2008 02:25
The often-quoted words of Andrew Carnegie are gaining renewed relevance for today’s wealthy individuals, as lifetime giving becomes more popular. “Surplus wealth is a sacred trust, to be administered during life by its possessor for the best good of his fellow men,” he told the audience assembled at the Carnegie Library in November 1895. The celebrated philanthropist went on to predict the dawn of a day when “the man who dies possessed of available millions which were free and in his hands to distribute, will die disgraced”

EDITOR’S CHOICEFoundations listen for feedback - Jan-26United in philanthropy - Jan-19‘Presidents’ with thin promises - Jan-19Charity no longer a cottage industry - Jan-12Non-profit change on the menu - Jan-05The philanthropists’ maestro - Dec-15Carnegie’s philosophy is being taken to heart by a growing number of donors, as a generation of self-made wealthy individuals seeks to engage in philanthropic activities, rather than simply leaving their money to a charity or to their family in a will. Philanthropy UK, an independent resource for donors, has noticed the trend. One of the key findings of a report the organisation published in September 2007 was that more people are giving during their lifetimes, as opposed to making legacy bequests. “They want to see the impact of their contribution and to experience the joy and rewards of giving,” the report’s authors wrote. Wealth advisers and private banks are also seeing a change in donor attitudes. “Philanthropy remains a vital part of estate planning,” says Lisa Philp, managing director and head of philanthropic services at JPMorgan Private Bank. “But what’s keeping us busy is an increasing number of clients who want to start their giving much earlier, in the peak years of their life.”
Part of the reason behind the increasing desire of donors to distribute their wealth to good causes during their lifetimes is a shift in the source of the wealth itself. Fifteen years ago, 75 per cent of the individuals on the Sunday Times Rich List had inherited their wealth, while 25 per cent were self-made, according to Philanthropy UK. Today, that ratio has been reversed.
“In the past, the money was inherited,” says Heather Maizels, a director at Barclays Wealth. “If wealth was inherited, there was a feeling it wasn’t owned – and legally sometimes it wasn’t – and people were stewards for the next generation.”

Instead, she says, the new philanthropists have largely made their money themselves, through earnings and bonuses or perhaps by selling a business or stock options. And because this gives them a greater sense of ownership, they are keen to become more involved in the charities they decide to fund. As a result, many want to have a hand in designing the programmes they fund, to monitor their progress and to take stock of the results.
In doing so, they can turn to a growing number of advisers and consultants, from private banks to organisations such as the Charities Aid Foundation, which offers a range of services that make donating easier and more tax-efficient and help donors track the effectiveness of their gifts. New Philanthropy Capital in the UK conducts extensive research for donors and recommends specific charities.

Another reason for the increase in lifetime giving is a concern by wealthy individuals not to ruin their children’s lives. Wealth managers and private banks talk of clients whose main concern is ascertaining the appropriate amount of money that they should pass on to their offspring.
“You have a generation of self-created men and women, who have children and don’t want to burden them with massive amounts of wealth,” says Salvatore LaSpada, chief executive of the UK-based Institute for Philanthropy. “They know the adrenalin rush and personal satisfaction of building a business and want their children to have the same.”
Creating a private foundation or a donor-advised fund can bring relatives together on a project or issue of personal significance to the family and help educate children in the management of money and running an organisation. At the same time, donors are becoming more aware – either through the media or through global travel – of social and environmental problems.
“In the modern world, many more people are exposed to different issues,” says Philp. “Multinational business leaders see inequality in the world and want to do something about it with their wealth – and they want to start now.”
Changing demographics are also having an impact. Many people are creating their wealth earlier in their lifetime and retiring at a younger age but wanting to remain active. Lifetime giving provides a focus for their energies.

Wally Olins, a branding expert who is chairman of Saffron Brand Consultants, sees a further reason behind the trend towards lifetime giving: self-expression. Olins says that because of the growing numbers of rich individuals, large houses and flashy cars are no longer a sufficient demonstration of wealth. “It is becoming clear that part of the way you manifest your identity is by your giving,” he says. “Giving is the new buying – and part of how you express who you are is what you donate to.

”Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008

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World’s Largest Internet Consultants Open Office in California
San Diego, CA, January 26, 2008 --(PR.com)-- There’s a new connection in the San Diego Internet Industry. WSI (We Simplify the Internet), worldwide leader and leading edge Internet Consulting and Education company, is proud to announce the launch of a new Internet Consultant office to serve the San Diego area.

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, WSI’s latest office will be run by Frank G. Sanchez who will provide local businesses with specialized Internet business strategies. Frank G. Sanchez’s WSI office, based in San Diego, will supply attractive, fully-functional e-Business solutions at an affordable price to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in San Diego. Not just a website provider, WSI offers a complete partnership with businesses, whereby they also offer post-implementation support and statistical reporting packages in their extensive product catalogue.
Frank has been certified as an Internet Marketing Consultant, search engine marketing and has experience in helping companies grow their business. Over the past 10 years he has help start up two companies to success through strategic planning and sales management. This will allow Frank to use his expertise to help businesses maximize their return on investment and take a company’s Internet strategy to the next level.
Currently rated the #1 Internet Services Business in the world, WSI recognizes that as Internet technologies emerge and continue to influence the way we do business, having a website is simply not enough. Businesses must adapt to and capitalize on this change, with the help of a partner committed to positioning clients at the forefront of the digital revolution; WSI Internet Consultants guarantee clients technologically advanced Internet Solutions that are highly effective from a business standpoint by following three simple, yet crucial principles. These principles are dubbed the ABCs of Internet Success (Affordable Web solutions, Building targeted traffic and Convert more customers).

WSI’s internationally recognized Internet Consultants assess clients’ business needs and opportunities by using the patent pending Lifecycle™ System, an Internet solutions delivery framework. The first step is the Internet Business Analysis (IBA) process, during which Frank G. Sanchez will ask direct questions to identify clients’ competitive advantage, target markets, online/offline marketing initiatives and objectives of an Internet presence. The client’s Internet Solution is then customized - using services such as consultation, design, development, hosting, optimization, site registration and Internet marketing support - to both reduce business overhead and increase profit. A WSI solution is designed to draw qualified traffic to a website leading to more customer conversions online.

About WSI:Through its network of over 1500 offices in 87 countries, WSI delivers thousands of e-Business solutions to small and medium sized businesses annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, WSI provides affordable Internet related services and technologies that deliver maximum return on investment for businesses. As the world leader in providing profitable Internet solutions to SMEs, making information accessible for all via the Internet is an essential component of our offering. WSI is committed to assisting customers to ensure their websites are accessible for people with disabilities by providing education, guidance, tools and techniques that comply with the worldwide W3C standards.

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Affordable Advertising Makes More Cents?

Why A Higher Ad Budget Might Not Bring Better Results When Promoting A Fortune Five Hundred Company Or A Home Based Business?

Michael D Barrett

An advertising budget represents a long term investment in a company’s future. Each dollar that you invest in marketing is a seed planted for the future growth of your company. Affordable advertising budgets, whether it be for your home based business or a fortune five hundred corporation, can be determined by trying to match your competition, by allotment made by someone in the company, a percentage of your sales method or by a preferred outcome method. It is possible that any one or all of these don’t take into consideration geography, the number of sales representatives, dealer relationships and other various factors.

The Internet became a medium for affordable advertising in the 1990s. It has quickly become preferred by consumers for shopping and businessmen for business deals and is now one of the best sources to generate leads and prospects for directs sales for large and small businesses, network marketing opportunities and the home based businesses industry where people are looking to make more money from home as they discover the beauty of recession proof business opportunities. Unlike other types of media, Internet marketing is relatively inexpensive. By clicking their mouse on a money-saving advertising solution shoppers can access information on the company’s website. Businessmen can obtain any service he might need. Companies are satisfied with their clients and the clients are happy doing business from their homes. It also provides a great and cost effective means for training on ongoing education via web meetings and webinars, making it possible to meet with people around the world, while sitting at home or in the company office.

An affordable Internet advertising solution serves as a communication station. It aids with transactions and product distribution. Internet marketing allows people to do business in a very short span of time. In some cases, you can virtually advertise for free. If you enjoy writing, you can launch an article submission program that will get you’re name on the web and any association you have with products and services that people need. Many article directories that cater to your particular clientele, enterprise or niche, will allow you to provide links to your respective web sites in the ‘resource’ or ‘authors’ box at the end of an article. By linking to your product or service web site with incoming links from several places on the web increases your popularity and will rank you higher in search results as your name and related enterprises appears in more and more directories. Not only that, but if people begin to appreciate your contributions and guidance, they will invariably want to copy your articles and place them on their web site or Blog which is permitted so long as they include your name and resource information . It is highly recommend that if you have a business related web site, that you have your own blog which will further enhance your popularity and generate more traffic to your site. Business meetings that are conducted in person use valuable time and money. By using low cost Internet advertising a company is not paying out revenues but is receiving sales profits instead. Consumers also benefit from the comfort of their homes and still are guaranteed satisfaction.

Internet advertising solutions can lead to other advertising mediums. This can happen because these solutions are interactive. A consumer will read and click on a web advertisement. When he or she does this they can immediately ask questions or respond to the business site through e-mail or business reply cards found on the website. This process allows a company to respond to a client in a timely manner. Complaints and comments can be responded to quickly for better customer service. Advertising on the web is deeply enhanced with audio and video presentations that can appear on your landing page and can also be uploaded to social sites like You Tube and My space for global and international exposure.

Affordable Internet advertising provides low cost and effective ways to attract targeted, high quality customers. As we mentioned earlier, link popularity is an effective way to reach target customers. Keywords are used by search engines in finding inquiries on the Internet. By being linked to other sites that are subject related you can generate potential clients. To take full advantage of search engine optimization, the more ‘incoming’ links on your website the more inquiries you will receive.

A major advantage of Internet marketing is that it doesn’t require a great deal of time. It is minimal in resource consuming and is cost efficient with the potential to be fully or partially automated when feasible. A large and targeted audience can be reached in a short period of time via email and a comprehensive and well integrated auto responder campaign. There are features that can help track potential customers and redirect them to related products and services based on their respective buying habits and interests. These features include bounced messages, web bugs, subscriptions, and click throughs. Because customers are reached directly, feedback is easy to collect. Costs are also cut since newsletters don’t have to be printed out.

It is true that conventional advertising via direct mailing campaigns and placing ads in strategic magazines and journals can not be replaced. But with the development in the technology field, online marketing is easier and less expensive than conventional advertising. Whether money is an issue or not, it makes sense to save the company’s profits for you by taking advantage of affordable advertising campaigns. Internet advertising is not only cost effective but efficient for consumers, advertisers, companies and clients. In light of current economic trends, company layoffs, outsourcing and downsizing, it is especially attractive to those looking to make more money from home to realize their financial independence and develop a series of recession proof business enterprises, by utilizing cutting edge technologies to get the word out about their respective business or enterprise. To Your Success!
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In addition to being an accomplished and published musiician, 3MiMusic.net, 3mimusicmyspace.com, and GrinninBarrettBand.net, Michael D Barrett is a certified consultant and has been an entrepreneur for five years. He is the co-founder of the 3MiGroup of certified consultants and is also known as the: SuccessfulCompanion.com For more information log on to: Excellent-Home-Business.com, 3MiGroup.com, 3MiGroupBlog.com or email him at: 3MiGroup@gmail.com.

10 Tips on Avoiding Online Scams Aimed At Entrepreneurs

Learn how to proceed with caution when evaluating opportunities that promise to make you more money from home.

Michael D Barrett

Woe to the work from home would-be entrepreneur looking to make more money from home in search of financial freedom who leaps before checking to make sure there are no sharks circling in the murky waters of online business opportunities! More often than not this hapless individual will be taken advantage of, lose hard earned money, and in some cases will become so dispirited that she or he will never again attempt to become a small home based business entrepreneur!

Yet if you follow these 10 tips on avoiding online scams aimed at entrepreneurs, the odds are good that you will follow your dream for financial freedom while working from the comfort of your home!

1. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. No, you cannot make money while you sleep or rake in a six figure salary working three hours a day in as little as two months. You may have potential prospects opting in while you are sleeping but unless you are selling downloadable digital products such as digital music or e-books, you will need to follow up even if you have a set of messages on your auto responder that are sent out periodically to generate an eventual sale or sign up to your business. Follow up is necessary to achieve massive results and succeed in your business if you want to make more money from home. If someone does place an order online for one or more of your products, more often than not, you will need to place that order if the product is being supplied by a drop shipper. This situation will be different if you are physically shipping the product yourself.

2. Thanks to Google, Yahoo, Zango and other powerful search engines, all the marketing information you need to learn is available online for free if you are willing to take the time and do the work. There is no need to buy an e-book or subscribe to a service that promises to share with you the secret to online success. As a matter of fact, there is no secret to online success except that you need a strategic marketing plan to generate traffic to visit your web site or landing page where you need to convert that visitor to a customer.

3. If the website advertising the scheme looks unprofessional, the person you will be dealing with also will be. Remember that each online entrepreneur with a website is not only selling their product and business but also in a very real sense themselves by way of establishing authority and credibility. If the website you are visiting is plagued with spelling errors, mistaken information, and facts that cannot be checked, then this is the kind of individual with whom you will possibly end up doing business as a down line rep.

4. Any product that is advertised on a website which seems to ramble on endlessly in a variety of differing fonts about how great the opportunity and the product is, may be a scam. This is a case and point where you need to do your research. Watch out for clever ad copy and testimonials. In effective advertising, there is a science and calculated psychology that goes into good copy writing to get you to take action when you have finished reading several pages. Also beware of the up sale, if you decide to purchase the product or service, you may be prompted to take further action because, supposedly, the price of that proposed up sale item or service will go up if you do not take action immediately.

5. Any website that posts images of checks allegedly earned by the marketer who is looking for a down line is probably faked and may represent a scam.

6. Millionaires do not advertise on the ‘Net in broken English looking for entrepreneurs to learn their business and thus pass on their business secrets. This is a scam.

7. Products which are faddish by nature may not be scams, but they may have no future. These kinds of products usually are weight loss related, although sometimes they may also fall into the service sector. However, vitamins and other health and nutrition product lines and opportunities may be worth investigating. It is product lines like these that helped the renowned, Jim Rowan and other leaders, to initially achieve his success in network marketing. In doing your due diligence, you will find legitimate home based business opportunities that will in fact assist you in achieving your dream for financial independence to make more money from home.

8. If you have to invest money prior to being able to explore the business opportunity and research it to your heart’s content, proceed with extreme caution. Although it has been said that some legitimate businesses operate that way, the vast majority will not require such a financial commitment and risk on the part of the entrepreneur to research the opportunity or product line prior to committing. Again be cautious while bearing in mind that there is a legitimate argument for making an investment in a legitimate business if you take the business seriously and if you have done the research and are not going to treat it as a hobby. If you were to secure a major franchise, it would cost you hundreds of thousands just to get started.

9. When signing up for a multi level marketing opportunity you will most likely be required to purchase a starter kit that contains your samples and other materials. Yet you should not be required to keep a certain amount of inventory on hand. In other words, if you are asked to buy $100 or $1,000 in inventory, you may be getting scammed. However, there are cases where by you are encouraged to purchase and use the product, as it will effect the benefits of the companies compensation plan and bonuses when sponsoring in new reps and distributors into your organization.

10. Last but not least, if anything sounds fishy, proceed with extreme care! But be assured that generating, a six-figure-income and making money from home, is a real possibility: even in your first year. In spite of some obstacles to online and off line success, realizing your dream for financial freedom and discovering investment opportunities as you create your financial legacy in creating personal wealth are attainable goals that you and your family deserve. Work smart not hard!

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In addition to being an accomplished and published musician, 3MiMusic.net, 3mimusicmyspace.com, and grinninbarrettband.net, Michael D Barrett is a certified consultant and has been an entrepreneur for five years. He is the co-founder of the 3MiGroup of certified consultants and is also known as the: SuccessfulCompanion.com. For more information log on to: Excellent-Home-Business.com, 3MiGroup.com, or email him at: http://www.3MiGroup@gmail.com/

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In Business ‘For’ Yourself But Not ‘By’ Yourself

Discover Turnkey Home Business Opportunities Complete With Partners, Training And A Strategic Markeing Plan

Michael D Barrett

Did you know that every day that more than one-hundred-and-seventy-thousand people go into business for themselves. There are more home business opportunities each year that may interest you and can help you have the business that you have always dreamed off. Many home businesses are started out of necessity, while others are started out of desire. Whether you are laid off and decide to start your own business or you are tired of having to answer to someone else and would like to be your own boss, you can start your own business and be successful at it. Many of your previous jobs can help you in your new business ventures. Whether you were in marketing, finance, sales, graphic design, manufacturing or public relations, you will find that specific aspects of your old job will help to establish a better business once you have started your own home business opportunity. Or perhaps you might want to consider the power and ease of going into business for yourself, but not by yourself. As a musician, I wanted to record and publish my compositions. To do this efficiently and cost effectively, from the get go, I secured a professional music producer, arranger and song writer who I consider one of my key mentors and trainer in the industry, checked out recording studios, hired a professional graphic artist to design my CD Jackets and promotion materials and canvassed several CD duplicators who would afford me the best prices. I would not have been able to do this all on my own, nor would I choose to. All I needed then, which did not occur to me right away, was a strategic marketing plan and music distribution network. Having a warehouse of thousands of unsold CD’s was not something I cherished to satisfy my own ego. I didn’t have a record deal with a major label. I was it: 3MiMusic.net


Before you begin a business, you may want to consider your skills and the type of job that you would like to perform in the future. Trying something new may be fun and exciting but you may find that it does not last long or is something that you need more training for. In choosing to go into business for yourself and possibly working from home requires a certain discipline and embracing the reality that you need to be your own best friend and personal cheer leader as there is none to tell you what to do and when you need to do it. The reasons for going into business for oneself are many, but most people, especially Americans, still enjoy the thoughts of realizing the good old fashion passion that resides in many of us known as rugged individualism and the thought of being their own boss. You may be driven by a desire to be financially independent and may in fact have residing in you a: Millionaire-Mindset who wants to realize a life long dream of being a successful entrepreneur. If you are still interested in working at a new skill, then you may want to see if there are classes in your area that will help you further your education in that area, or consider speaking with others who have businesses that are closely related to yours. Doing a Google search on the type and kind of business you are interested in may also serve you well. With the power of the internet, we can probably find someone else who is already doing the very thing that we may want to do but are enjoying the benefits of doing it with a developed and supportive success team. There are numerous opportunities ranging from joining an existing company that has already invested millions of dollars in product research and development that you can join as a distributor or marketing associate. Often times, these companies offer training in marketing, personal and financial development that would be hard to come by on your own. They may be modeled or operate as a network marketing company or they might be a direct sales company or may provide you with an exciting opportunity to do a joint venture. Either way, there is an existing infrastructure and potential community of like-minded individuals working together to ensure each others success. Doing research in the area that you are considering working in can help to clear up any misinformation that you may have and help you to learn any laws or rules that are in place to regulate your company. Jumping in to a new business with out proper research can cause you legal problems in the future. Also reviewing articles and ads for other businesses can help you decide which direction you would like to go with your company and give you ideas that you may or may not want to implement in your own business.

Remember once you have started your business not to take on too much at once. Being overwhelmed can cause you to want to give up quickly. You may want to only take on a few customers until you feel confident that you will be able to handle all of the aspects of your business. If you do feel that you are overwhelmed, you may want to consider taking on a business partner or hiring someone temporarily until you can manage things yourself. Finding a partner that is like minded, but has skills in other areas than you can help to make the business run smoothly.

As you start your business or decide to plug into an existing turnkey organized network of like minded individuals, marketers, distributors or engage in a joint venture where you can focus on and exploit your existing skill set, remember that it is a learning process. You may find that you enjoy certain aspects of the job while not others. Consider dropping the aspects that you do not enjoy by possibly outsourcing, if feasible. Enjoying your job is just as important as the making money aspect is. You will find times that you do not want to continue in your business, but do not give up, things will get easier as time progresses. It is often advisable to give yourself at least one year. In doing so, I always suggest that you embrace the adage of working smart not hard bearing in mind that no man or woman is an island. After all, there is power and safety in numbers. IF possible, go into business for yourself but not by yourself.

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In addition to being an accomplished and published musician, 3MiMusic.net, 3MiMusicMySpace.com, and GrinninBarrettBand.com, Michael D Barrett is a certified consultant and has been an entrepreneur for five years. He is the co-founder of the 3MiGroup of certified consultants and is also known as the: successfulcompanion.com. For more information log on to: Excellent-Home-Business.com, 3MiGroup.com, 3MiGroup.net, or email him at: 3MiGroup@gmail.com.

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Leads, Leaders And A Millionaire Mindset

Tips On How To Promote Your MLM And Develop A Successful And Dynamic Marketing Strategy To Generate Leads?

Michael D Barrett

Making a home based MLM business opportunity successful does not have to be tedious labor, but it is nonetheless labor intensive. While the temptation with home based businesses is the ease with which the commitment to the work can slip if nobody is there to supervise and spur on, the fact that MLM business opportunities provide unprecedented money making capabilities and are able, with the right mindset and self discipline to make you a millionaire, have more than offset the risk of a truly dedicated entrepreneur losing out on profits. As I said in previous articles, you have to be your own cheerleader since YOU are the boss. One of the things that you need to take very seriously is the need to generate your own leads by driving traffic to your web site or landing page.

To make your home based MLM business opportunity truly successful, there are some tips you will not want to be without.

* Break out of your box and think global. While in essence the nature of multi level marketing is the personal one on one sales contact, the fact that the Internet is now in play has permitted you to transcend your circle of friends and family and instead market your good or service nationwide. Yet why should you stop there? Think global! Why not take your business to the other side of the world? Find out what will appeal to consumers in other parts of the world and tailor your promotions to their tastes and needs accordingly.

* Make the most of social sites, such as You Tube and My Space or find and locate additional social sites at: SocialMarker.com. Similarly, become active in the bloggosphere. These are the current trends on the ‘Net and the movers and shakers are operating within these circles. Whenever you work in MLM it is vital that you remain on the cutting edge of the Internet and therefore always a step ahead of the competition. There are numerous countries around the world who are hungering for home based business opportunities which includes MLM or multi level marketing. With greater access to the internet, you can build an international organization of like minded entrepreneurs who are also searching for strategic marketing tips and will be looking to you and your leadership to inform them and support them in this exciting endeavor.

Awareness ‘Leads’ To Accomplishment:

Some times it takes someone who comes to the US, the land of opportunity and free enterprise, to gain a better perspective and appreciation for what we have in America. Ellie Drake, motivational speaker and leading consultant and trainer for entrepreneurs and MLM enterprising individuals, came to America with her parents. A short time after she arrived she decided to go into medicine and in fact became an MD. Her husband Charlie Drake, is also a doctor of medicine. In the course of trying to pay off student loans for college and medical school, they discovered Network Marketing and got involved in successfully developing their MLM organizations and became very good at what they did. In fact, Ellie met her husband Charlie at one of her presentations and together, as a couple, they have become a dynamic team and train entrepreneurs from all over the world but certainly have a special love and regard for entrepreneurs in the US. It is instances like this that remind Americans, who may take our free enterprise for granted, that we have such a great gift here in America. In a certain way, Ellie and Charlie Drake have propheticly embodied a vision as a couple and family that reminds Americans and all persons from global community of free enterprise, of who we are and what we can be when adhering to a time and tested model of entrepreneurship and personal enterprise. As we continue to experience job outsourcing in a changing economy, this is the time to recapture the American dream and seek out ways to successfully realize your desire for financial freedom.

If you are currently involved in a home based MLM business opportunity that utilizes an actual good, you might think about shifting over to a service that is sellable via the ‘Net. This way your global appeal with triple while a physical good may be rather limiting to a certain geographical area. Due to the fact that the financial services offered by our alliances were created to serve Americans and Canadians respectively, as a certified consultant for Wealth Masters International, I can not presently enroll individuals from outside the US and Canada: http://www.excellent-home-business.com/. However there are numerous MLM and direct Sales companies who have an international presence because of the nature of their products, services and international trade agreements.

* Of course, the real key to making it in the competitive world of MLM is the ability to remain focused, manage contacts and inquiries, and never tire of exploring new avenues to make others aware of your business. This will most likely require long hours of research, networking, and trolling through forums and other areas where fellow MLM participants will discuss their exploits. Learning from others what works and what does not is a great way to avoid costly mistakes and numerous hours spent chasing customers where they are not to be found.

Generating Leads: An Essential Component:

More often than not your sponsor or director of sales will point you in the right direction to get started in your home based business. One of the things that the best of the best leaders in Marketing tells us, is that we need to ultimately have somewhere between one hundred and two hundred leads coming in every week. That may sound like a lot, but if you do the math, only a small percentage of those leads, if contacted and followed up by you or someone you may outsource the task to, will convert into sales or signing someone up for your respective business opportunity. The company’ whose product or service you are promoting will more often than not, have some working relationship with a lead generation company or co-op, which will initially cost you out of pocket: something that many of us have to do to get started. In some cases that recommended lead company is able to deposit the leads you order directly into your lead contact manager or your back office. As a WMI certified consultant, I utilize a service known as: Co-opForWMI. When you enroll in a co-op service like this, you buy so many shares. Depending on the number of shares you purchase, the co-op will direct a proportionate number of leads to your site or landing page. The co-op takes out ads in relevant magazines and periodicals that are relevant to your industry or place ads on the internet and redirect the leads to you and other members of the co-op. You would be financially hard pressed to be able to afford such ads if you were to go it alone.

However, it is an established fact that the best leads are the ones you personally generate. I would invite you to consult the online back office on your companies replicated web site, which is usually available to you when you sign up, or consult with your sponsor and members of your team who are in the know about lead generation to learn which company or co-op plan they are working with.

When it comes to the end of the day, you will ultimately want to become more proficient at what is known in the Internet Marketing world as “Organic Search Engine Optimization.”(SEO) There are a variety of ways to effectively market and promote your products or services on the internet. If you want to pay for marketing, you can utilize Google, Yahoo or Zango’s ‘Pay-Per-Click’ program. To do this cost effectively, you should consult with someone who is proficient and has the expertise and experience in this market place. Essentially, you place small ads with Google or Yahoo that appear on a Google or Yahoo search page when someone is conducting a search on a certain product or service. For example, if you do a search on Excellent-Home-Business, my site or name may come up in your search results. If someone else is using the same key words: excellent, home or business, or the key word phrase: excellent home business, they may rank higher or lower in the searching ranking which, may be in part, determined by how much research they conducted in preparing their ad campaigns. If I am running an ad campaign with Google, Yahoo or Zango, just to mention three major search engines, then generally over to the right of the page, my ad may come up somewhere in the lineup depending how well I have researched keywords for my product or service or how much I have agreed to pay Google, Yahoo or Zango, for you to click through, which takes you to my web site or landing page. Of course, writing a clever Headline with a keyword rich and relevant copy in the body of the ad also plays into the search ranking. Without proper instruction and guidance, this can be very costly if you do not know what you are doing.

Another resource that is available to you is placing ads or articles on existing E-zines. There are directories available to assist you in locating the e-zines that are relevant to your respective industry: e.g. if you are promoting health and beauty products, you can do a Google search on ‘Health and Beauty” directories or e-zines.
One of the most cost effective ways of promoting ‘you ‘ your product and service, is to take advantage of free article submission programs. If your sponsor or team member is not familiar with these services, then once again: ‘Google’ Free Article Submission. Article submission is more in line with ‘Organic’ SEO or Search Engine Optimization. Writing articles like the one you are reading, takes more time, but will yield longer lasting results as your name is getting out there and links the reader to you web site, located somewhere in the article, will lead interested people to seek you out because you possess the expertise, product or service that they want. I like to think of it as Time-Release-Marketing which is similar to: time release fertilizer. For more information on marketing your business, log on to: http://www.3migroupblog.com/.


In addition to these tips, please remember that home based MLM business opportunity success will not come overnight. Strategic marketing which will in the beginning may include placing small classified ads in local newspapers, on line bulletin boards, purchasing leads or launching a pay-per-click ad campaign, or purchasing shares in a co-op and article submission may all seem a bit overwhelming at first, but it is something we all go through in MLM and Direct Sales Marketing Boot Camp. You may want to target certain groups that are more apt to appreciate your products, services or business opportunity to help you to achieve massive results from your collective marketing efforts. In signing up for any MLM or Direct Sales business, you should be prepared to finance a marketing campaign if you are going to treat your business like a business and not a hobby. In spite of the attractive television infomercials, Internet ads, and webinars that all claim to have made millionaires out of ordinary folks just like you, the notion that such a step could be taken in a short period of time is unrealistic. The odds are good that you will spend the better part of a month getting to know the program and its limitations and then the remainder of the next six months growing your business and at the same time working on recruiting. Within a year, if you have been diligent, you will most likely see a good pay off, but the idea of a six figure income within 12 short months is usually more than just optimistic. If you want to be one of the next one-hundred millionaires, you need to commit to doing the work, and be sure to: “work smart not hard.”

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In addition to being an accomplished and published musician, 3mimusic.net and grinninbarrettband.net/, Michael D Barrett is a certified consultant and has been an entrepreneur for five years. He is the co-founder of the 3MiGroup of certified consultants and is also known as the: successfulcompanion.com/. For more information log on to: excellent-home-business.com/, 3migroup.com, or email him at: 3MiGroup@gmail.com/.

Recipe For Success

Learning How To Do The Math And Marketing Research When Contemplating Home Based Marketing Networks?

Michael D Barrett

It can be difficult to separate the real from the fraud when it comes to home based marketing network jobs with so many advertisements on the internet and in the national magazines that offer people the chance to make millions. However, some companies offer home based business opportunities that generate excellent profits and can steer you to embrace the lifestyle of your dreams while offering an alternative to working for someone else. In choosing the network marketing program that is right for you, a certain amount of marketing research can save you a lot of time and money if you are looking to avoid a recipe for disaster.

There are critics of the multi level marketing system that say the business model for multi level marketing is one that dooms it to failure no matter what product or service is being offered. These same critics may also suffer from a mind set of limiting beliefs in themselves and probably lack a vision of what is truly possible. These marketing systems are designed around offering more money for recruiting distributors with no consideration for how much the market can withstand. More people selling a specific product won’t necessarily increase sales unless the number of people wanted the product is higher. You can Google a ‘keywords’ that are relevant to the product or service that you are considering. Google and Yahoo both offer keyword marketing search tools that are free and can assist you as a discriminating entrepreneur who doesn’t get caught up in the marketing hype of luring ads and clever copy writing techniques.

Many businesses know what the point of market saturation is and they understand the principal of supply and demand. The business will end up getting rid of a product and doing away with several sales people if there is more inventory than what the public wants or there is more sales people than the number required to sell the product to a smaller customer base. With most multi level marketing companies the problem is that no one pays attention to how many people are on the sales staff. You may often hear that NOW is the time to get in because this is the time of the companies’ momentum and if you wait you may discover a friend or family member who has purchased the product or service from someone else that you know. In light of this you want to be discriminating as you take the proper steps to ensure that you make the best choice as you decide which business or service fits your personality. In previous articles, I have often suggested that you choose a business that corresponds with your interest and your skill set. In saying that, I am aware that some leaders in the network marketing industry sometimes suggest that you forget about the skills you have acquired or developed in your previous profession as they may impede your willingness to be trainable in an industry that may be new to you. A key factor in being successful in any venture is to rely on the particular skills and habits that have rendered you success in your life, relationships and in your career. Successful entrepreneurs learn by trial and error what works as they develop good habits and choices to ensure their success. As an owner of a home based business, you are becoming an entrepreneur and you need to adopt a mindset that leads to success bearing in mind that failure is not an option. Successful entrepreneurs like Donald Trump and others have experienced temporary setbacks in the course of their careers: some financial. But because of their millionaire mindset which has yielded them incredible success, they have the skills to get back on their feet never allowing moments of failure to distract them from their target goals.

Another way to consider this, in striving to ensure success in making the right choice in discerning a home based business, is by doing the math on the companies recruiting efforts. For example offering rewards for new distributors such as a hundred for a new group of ten and another fifty when those ten bring in ten more. Just a second wave of distributors will bring the total to a thousand and if each individual brings in ten more then there will be one million people trying to sell a single product as well as people recruiting from a smaller group of distributors. Any company worth their weight will place as much emphasis on the product as it does on their recruiting methods.

The product may be something that people want or need, but not everyone is going to buy from one company. People may not switch suppliers due to customer loyalty or a better price on a nearly identical item. There can be over a dozen reasons why people choose to buy from a different source. Even if the market isn’t saturated, as far as a company is concerned the market of customers can be almost dried out. Therefore, question the motives of building a network if the focus is placed more on recruiting rather than on sales.

Separate the hype from the reality before you buy into any home based multi level marketing campaign. It may be the truth when a recruiter tells you that it is something everyone needs or wants, but whether or not customers will buy it from you will take additional research. See www.3migroupblog.com Consider if the people in your upline, those who started with the program before you and share your profits, are really going to help you gain success or are they only wanting you to sell a lot of products in a saturated market so that they can continue their comfortable lifestyle. Whatever the business or opportunity, your sponsors should also take a serious interest in your personal and financial development.

You have the power to choose the lifestyle you want to embrace. To accomplish and realize your goals and dreams, you must develop a mind set for success and wealth that can lead to a more comfortable life for you and your family, but it will not happen if you do not apply yourself, make the necessary sacrifices and do the work. Take some time to answer these questions and write down on paper your response. Have you achieved the level of success and financial freedom that you and your loved ones desire? A second question that you need to ask yourself is: if you do not take the necessary steps to change what you are currently doing, will you be in the same place and situation a year from now of five years from now? In writing down your targeted goals, be specific, and adhere to some form of a time line. You may come to discover as you write and read your targeted goals and desires, certain blocks that are deeply imbedded in your subconscious. As you identify these blocks or limited beliefs, begin the process of eliminating these negative beliefs and thoughts and replace them with positive affirmations that correspond with your desire to live powerfully and experience the financial freedom and lifestyle that you and our loved ones deserve. TAKE ACTION NOW!

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In addition to being an accomplished and published musician, 3MiMusic.net and GrinninBarrettBand.net, Michael D Barrett is a certified consultant and has been an ntrepreneur for five years. He is the co-founder of the 3MiGroup certified consultants and is also known as the: SuccessfulCompanion.com. For more information log on to: Excellent-Home-Business.com, 3MiGroup.com, or email him at: www.3MiGroup@gmail.com.