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Safelists Make A Good Impression -

2010-10-25T13:37:00.000-07:00

One of the most impressive marketing techniques that is readily available is the use of the Safelist. Basically, this is a list that is comprised of email marketers using the same list to "share" information with others on the listing.

This sharing of information or passing out business cards, if you will, is the basis for what is considered a very efficient design geared specifically toward those who prefer to use this less direct marketing method as one of the venues for their marketing strategy. The idea of handing out "business cards" to several thousand people every day is pretty impressive to say the least since the hardest part of the work is the design and copy of the campaign.

Now the credit based lists are those that give you points credit when it comes to sending out your marketing email. Very little effort is required to get someone to open the email since all they need to do is click on the credit link which gives them credit for the mailing. With this type of safelist, content and a good capture page is more important than the subject line as it is with non credit based lists.

The non credit based list is generally more effective in its read rate since the ad copy has to be a bit more professional and the subject line MUST be attractive enough to entice the reader. Since they are not receiving any personal benefit from opening your email, the attraction must be more impressive than just 25 points for the click. I tend to find that the quality of the list is better overall with a non credit base since the reasons for being on that list is more specifically to generate sales as compared to the credit list which seems to be more traffic oriented.

The overall downfall of the credit based list is that better than 60% of the readers are just clicking for the credits and not even allowing the page to fully open which never gives your ad a chance to do its job. The issue being that everyone is trying to impress their readers by adding excessive graphics, time consuming background scripts and just general overkill in the way of unnecessary bells and whistles that slow the download time down to a snails pace. For the most part, your average reader is not interested in the copy anyway, but slow download time makes the situation even worse by not even giving the reader a chance to see what you are offering.

Safelist advertising works, you just have to remember to use a little common sense when it comes to which type of list you are working with. Personally speaking, non credit lists will give you a few less hits, but, a better quality clientele over a credit based list.

To see a few of our suggestions for credit and non credit lists, click on SAFELISTS in the navigation page to the right.

THE PTR/PTC THAT YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT PAGE Update 030310

2010-03-03T14:56:00.000-08:00

I have been working with a few of the high income PTR PTC sites and have found that they have proven to be a little suspect to say the least.

The following is the list of the programs that I personally tried and am attempting to receive a payment from. I need to let you know, that I did meet all the initial requirements that the programs stipulated and have followed the payout procedures as directed.

This is what has transpired to date:

AT-Mails - at-mails.com: Remaining a FREE member I reached the minimum required payout limit in 4 months. ($2000.00 dollars) I have not received any response from AT-Mails other than they have moved my earnings balance to CASH DEBITS. Payout request was sent on 2/13/2010 so I will wait for a few more days to meet the 30 day wait requirement. (Some of the other PTR/PTC sites require that you wait the 30 day period before they pay your earnings.

Some Businesses are Better Than Others, or are they?

2010-02-23T09:34:00.000-08:00

Some of the words of advice you get from way too many of the programs that are being marketed to you right now are unfortunately, not always on the up and up.

So, lets change gears for a moment and think about something that has a bad name:

MLM Multi Level Marketing -

Now here are three little letter that wreak havoc on the average consumer. When we analyze the effectiveness of this type of program, what are we actually describing here:

McDonalds
Walmart
Amway
Avon
Mary Kay
Pizza Hut
Verizon

Just about any successful chain has its business structure designed in a MLM format.

Lets look at that format and what it really entails...

I am a salesman, a pretty successful one at that. I believe that my selling experience has given me some insight on how the process works and how it should continue to prosper for me.

I thought.

Several years ago, I was approached by a gentleman who looked very well to do and had a certain "air" about him. That look of success is very distinctive with some people, I am sure you have noticed a few around you too.

He wasn't overly friendly but his demeanor seemed to draw your attention his way. I think he instinctively knew from my presence that I too had a salesman's look as well.

After a short conversation and a little elbow rubbing, he asked if I would be interested in listening to a marketing campaign that he was developing and that it was something that I may want to consider when it was complete. I took him up on his offer and he said he would call in the next few days and we would get together.

The next day, I received the call from this gentleman and he said that he was having a little get together at his home on Friday and would I be interested in joining in at a brain storming meeting?

Well, of course I jumped at the chance of seeing what this was all about so, I headed up to the address that he gave me and was very impressed with what I saw as his residence.

A very nice home indeed, with high end cars and trucks lining the driveway, I was almost overwhelmed with the thought that I was to become a part of this obviously lucrative enterprise that must include some of the wealthiest in this area.

As I walked in, I was greeted by our host and introduced around to some of the other participants in this gathering of who I thought were some super financial wizards! One of the participants was a gentleman named Zig Ziglar, a name I knew very well since I had attended one of his motivational programs in the past. I knew this was my ticket to the big time!

As all the hobnobbing was done, the socializing was coming to an end, it was time for our host to go to work...

I was presented with the program...
I was astonished....
I almost fell over in my chair...

Here I am, sitting with some of the most influential members of this community, and I am being sold on a "SOAP" business! After the program was complete, I just wanted to find the nearest exit and get out of Dodge, so to speak!

A few days went by and our host called me to do the follow up. I was again invited to his home for what he called a one on one, no meeting this time. I tried to give some lame excuse about why I couldn't make it, but his persistence and my curiosity got the best of me and I gave in.

What I was told was the most impressive presentation I had ever heard. The basics of what he said was:

"We are not in the business of selling soap, we are in the people business. With any MLM program, there are two kinds of people, leaders and followers. The followers do the marketing by buying and selling the products, the leaders develop their followers and give them the products to sell, the soap."

Find a need and fill that need with something people want. Then, do your best to help others do the same for you allowing you some benefit from their efforts.

Build a downline: your followers - Give them a reason to sell your wares: your product which should have either some financial reward or personal benefits -

Develop your Leadership: find those who are willing to take on the responsibility of building their own downlines -

Reinforce your downline's commitment - (followup)

Now what I learned from this business was that I was doing things incorrectly. I was out there day after day selling my wares and not developing a real base. I was the tool of the company that I was selling products for. They were the up line, with several salesman working just as I was, day in and day out pushing the wares of the company.

Look at it this way:

When you were sold your cell phone:
The salesman received 10% of the selling profit -
The sales manager received 5% of the selling profit -
The branch office received 2% of the selling profit -
The corporate office received 1% of the selling profit -
The distributor received his cost -

Getting to look like a pyramid to me!

Yep, the structure of any "selling" business is just that. Up the corporate line there are people receiving a part of the payment from the original sale. Everyone gets a little bit of the action.

Now, look at some of the programs that you have signed up for and made a payment to. What did you get for your money? Then, look at your referrer, how much did they get? And their referrer, how much do they get?

See the pattern?

The realization here is that someone has to pay for you to get paid. A business can only prosper if the amount of money paid out is less than or equal to the amount of money taken in.

I pay a dollar to sign up for your business. You promised me that I would receive one dollar and fifty cents when I did. Explain, where did the fifty cents come from?

The other oxymoron is the sign up for free and make 200%!

Now 200% of nothing is what?

The sure bet here is that if a business promises that you can make money and you don't have to invest anything, there is no money to be made (for you anyway). The real business here is that the owner is using a trickle down effect where his mass marketing is developing a following that will advertise his wares by again mass marketing to another following and so on...

His initial promotion to about ten thousand multiplies rapidly into hundreds of thousands to which he has calculated about 1 in one thousand will buy into his program. Notice I said "Calculated". Nothing is done by chance. There is always an absolute calculated procedure for what is being done.

When you calculate for success, you are going to be successful. There is no room for failure or for a fall back procedure to cushion the blow of an unsuccessful attempt.

If you feel that your procedure has a higher percentage of failure than it does success, DON'T DO IT! Plan another procedure that you can be assured that the rate of success is better than 66%.

Plan for it.

If the product that you are promoting is hard to believe in, DON'T USE IT! There is nothing worse than a product that you won't stand behind. Nor will I promote a product that my sponsor won't stand behind either. If they don't have confidence in it, why should I. Also, I would like my sponsor to be honest with me when it comes to earnings potential. I don't expect actual numbers, but, I would like to know that it is working for somebody anyway.

Is Being A Free Member Worth Having To Pay To Get Paid?

2010-02-15T09:33:00.000-08:00

Are we all standing on the edge of stupidity when we believe all that all advertisers are true and honest?

I don't know how they operate in Asia, but here in the US we have laws against those who willingly deceive to make a profit. Even in the online world, there are certain business practices and laws that we have to adhere to which gives us at least a tidbit of credibility.

One of the biggest problems that people are subjected to here on the internet is the money scam. The basic business design is simple:

PROMISES OF WEALTH -
PROMISES OF INSTANT INCOME -
PROMISES OF YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE MONEY ON THE INTERNET -
PROMISES OF PAYMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO INVEST ANYTHING!

Now, I am not one to point any fingers at anyone, but, one of the greatest offenders of this is the PTR / PTC programs that are springing up all over the place right now that are based primarily in Asia. Here the design is relatively simple. You are paid CASH to read emails or click on websites. The provider records what you do and you are immediately credited with the reward amount. You then reach a pre-determined amount and you are able to cash-out which is then deposited into your online bank account, such as PayPal, AlertPay or some other payment processor that you set up.

Pretty simple...?

Well, here is where it becomes interesting.

The FREE part of the program begins to look a lot like a money scam when you are asked to pay a FEE before they process your payment. This is suppose to be an administration fee that is paid prior to your being able to collect on your earnings. What makes it deceitful, is the fact that you cannot pay this fee with the earnings that you are suppose to receive. It must be paid from one of your personal accounts. Does that send up a red flag?

Now, what part of FREE is missing?

Here is another red flag: They don't collect your tax information for W9's.
When paying to US citizens, you are suppose to report income tax information on monies earned, from any source.

A legitimate business will foresee the need to develop a plan that incorporates a well versed business relationship with his clients to insure that all legal requirements are met before the business takes to the airways. Paying outrageous amounts of money to someone in the US is against federal and state tax codes when this money goes unreported by both parties, payer and payee.

One PTR company claims that they will pay $2000.00 dollars per email read. Now, the payout minimum is 5 million dollars (which you can presumably reach in 90 days), do you really believe that the tax guys are going to let this amount go unreported?

And, if this is true, why isn't everybody reading $2000.00 dollar emails?

I like the idea of slapping a big sign on my head saying "STUPID", don't you?

Be very wary or those programs that want to give you something for nothing. There are several out there right now and they are very actively promising something that they will NEVER deliver.

We are in the process of developing a list of those programs that we are presently testing. As the results are tabulated, we will be posting the site here and on the SCAM ALERT sites that monitor these types of programs as well.

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The Ever Changing PTR/PTC Programs

2010-01-19T22:11:00.000-08:00

When we talk about making a little extra money using the internet as a venue for income, we have directed most of our clients to some sites that are designed to pay for clicks or pay for reading emails. PTR-Paid to Read sites and PTC-Paid to Click sites are fast becoming a staple in the quick get some money programs that are springing up all over the internet right now.

So, here are some facts: PTR-Paid To Read sites offer payment for just reading email ads that are sent to you on a regular basis. These ads are generally worth anywhere from a half a cent to $2000.00 dollars as some of them claim to be.

Now, are they on the up and up?

I am in the process of testing a few of the newer sites that claim that they are legitimate and have or will be paying their clients as they reach the established goals set by the site admin.

My primary tests include one particular PTR that calls itself "BUSINESS-PTR", an oriental company that has been very cooperative with me as I have corresponded with them with some other concerns about their business practices. Now, they have assured me that they are very legitimate and are not like the others who have been taking advantage of everyone, however, there has been a snag in their payment process.

When I first signed up with this company, I noticed a few errors in their script as they promoted the site with some vigor. Issues that I had with them had to do with their advertisers, mostly being that I was seeing the same ads over and over again without much variety.

Being considered a "FREE" subscriber, I had to take into consideration that I was being led down a different path that those who paid to "upgrade" to the higher levels. Taking this into consideration, I continued with my accepted role and clicked on the ads that were dispensed to me. Upon reaching the appropriate payout level, I received the button that read "Pay Out" and promptly clicked on that most welcomed button.

I have to admit, that the response to me request was met with an enthusiastic and immediate response that read "You now have to pay a service fee of $40.00 to receive your payment. This must be paid in cash prior to your redemption and cannot be paid from your earnings".

In other words, I have to pay to upgrade even if the terms and conditions of the providing site stipulates that a free member is paid by reaching the level established herein.

I went to the site and noticed that they had added this little tidbit of information to the "Terms and Conditions" right after I had qualified for the payout.

Coincidence?

I will report on this as the drama develops.

The Reason Businesses Fail

2009-10-30T10:58:00.001-07:00

There are always some really good reasons that a business fails in their first few months of life. Several of those reasons are really simple to understand, but, the most difficult one, and the one that is the leading cause of those failures, is poor financial management.

What can be more simple than putting up a website, collecting $47.00 bucks and depositing it in the bank?!

Its almost impossible to imagine that anyone could every fail at a business when it is so simple to run. A matter of a little creativity and a pay now button.

But what about the reasons for being in business for yourself. Where and how is that money to be spent?

Most people probably thought they knew, but, what is really being done with it is why that business failed. The inability to adequately manage their business finances.

There are plenty of other reasons that a business fails, but the most prevalent is inevitably a financial one.

Manage your finances by planning your business before it makes its way to the real world. Get a financial plan in place so you can insure the success of your business venture and that your business road map is adequately designed to meet your goals.

Why Build A Business

2009-10-12T14:15:00.000-07:00

I was kicking around the idea of really getting down to some serious problem solving when I came across a site that sent shivers down my spine. It was the list of scam websites that you should avoid.

Not too much is advertised here since most of the online marketing practitioners have been on that list or are on those lists right now. What this entails is a compilation of online complaints from the end users (we who buy into the programs) with some of the results of their attempts to either get paid from the program that they are working with, or just get some response from the support personnel that is suppose to be doing the monitoring.

What prompted this entry was the fact that a few of the programs that I have marketed and would like to stand behind are on that list. Now, personally, I have not had many problems with some of the programs that I have supported over the years, but, with any program with this type of intent, there are bound to be problems of some sort.

I would like to get into the intent of the design:

When you build a business, you look at several different avenues of marketing that you would like to use to be the most effective and most profitable for that particular product. When we attempt to sell a money making product, we have to gear all of our efforts toward our target market, which is: "people looking to make money". When we sell self help e-books, we look for the target market that specifically demands this particular niche. A pretty simple formula for the most part.

So what is the problem with what we are doing?

There are very few people out there that are the real "business owners". They have designed their business around the product that they have to offer and have placed their plan of attack into effect to get a certain number of people to buy into their system or invest in their "wares" so to speak. For the most part, they are legitimate business owners with all the legal credentials and they have a legitimate plan for doing what they do. They are licensed in the city in which they operate to maintain a legal business under the name that they have established prior to initiating the marketing aspect of their enterprise. They have also registered with the State that they are residing in to pay their taxes, both income and gross receipts tax. Basically, you have told the State that you are either a sole-proprietor, a limited liability company or a corporation. The tax liability is different with each of these business designs, but, its the fact that you are registered is what's important here and not how you have decided to declare yourself. (Most of the time, you will register as a sole-proprietor since its the most cost effective way to go. (I'll explain that in the book).

A hard reality is that as a legal business, you are required to collect and pay tax on the sale of products and the labor that you have delivered to your end user. When you sign up for a business tax number, you are informed as to how much you are suppose to pay and what products are covered by law as a taxable product. The other part of this, which is becoming a real issue, is that you are suppose to pay tax on sales over the internet, tangible and non-tangible products alike. In the U.S., most States are coming up with a tax law requiring that you pay for your online sales. There is still some debate over this, but, I can assure you that even if your State does not have a law in effect, they will assuredly make one up for you! (Another chapter in the book).

So, where are we going with all this. Well, the fact of the matter is that the 97% of people out there selling a product using the internet as a marketing venue, don't have a business of any kind. They are just out there waving their little internet flag trying to promote someone's pre-designed product or plan. So, where is the business? Simply, the business is getting the 97% to market the 3%'s product line.

Simply stated, Ronald McDonald doesn't personally sell every burger he makes. That is the job of the vice presidents who are the down-line's that develop more down-lines who in turn have their down-lines who actually sell the burgers! MLM in all it's glory! Want another example...GM, FORD, AMWAY, AVON, we can keep on going. The fact of the matter is that MLM is corporate America! It's just developing your niche as to where in the pyramid you plan on being. If you want to be on the top of the heap, you need to build a business where you are the CEO with something to sell and your plan is to develop your vice-presidents (your down-line). Give them the plan to work with and let them develop their down-lines and so forth.

Now, what conclusion can you make of all this. Well, when you look at a business for what it is, can you really say that it is a TRUE and LEGAL business entity. Are you dealing with a REAL honest to goodness business or are you dealing with the down-lines? As a real registered business, I make sure that my name is on every correspondence and that I can be contacted when there is a problem to be solved...and I do everything in my power to solve it! In my business plan, I figured in the appropriate percentage for returns and bad debts, any good legitimate business has to. This is a part of the plan that is always a required entry. Simple bookkeeping practices.

So, here is the reality check...am I really only dealing with the 97%...the down-lines? So, why aren't you dealing with the actual 3%?

OK, yes, there are those out there who have designed their programs not to include refunds, charge-backs or support contact of any kind, the unfortunate part of doing business with the faceless impersonal world of internet marketing. Is it a business? Maybe, maybe not. Yes there are bad businesses as well as the unscrupulous ones as well. But, they are probably designed that way on purpose. These type of businesses are designed as mask or facade businesses that use hit and miss tactics to get into your wallet. Extreme hype and bogus claims to hit the emotional buttons that will trigger a response.

Unfortunately, this is the most prevalent type of business out there right now since the market demands quick easy financial fixes to their personal financial problems. But why would you ever consider sending money to a post office box that has no ID? Because it was designed to get you to send in an insignificant amount to receive exceptionally large and immediate rewards.

Do you ever get the reward? I think you can answer that one yourself.

What happens when you get HIJACKED!

2008-12-09T08:22:00.001-08:00

It is the most devastating of violations that you can ever encounter on the web...being HIJACKED by someone who's only purpose is to deceive, encroach, remove you of, to take away...something that you cherish highly...your online dignity.

It is no longer a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, its just the thought of being violated that irritates me the most! That an insignificant little worm can just take all our hard work and make it his own...is there no justice?

Alright, its not the idea that someone has taken away my credits on a safelist, nor is it the idea that this person is using my ad copy to earn illegal gain...so, why am I so mad?

I have always believed that honesty has always been the best policy when it comes to building any kind of a real business. You do your best to work on a good product and design a viable marketing plan to where you put a substantial amount of effort into making it all work. You promote that product so you can chip away at an overwhelming impersonal wall that is called the world wide web to make a significant impact on that little piece of real estate that you can call your own.

We do quite a lot of work to make our businesses productive and someday, profitable, but we can only succeed with the thought that our campaigns are safe and shielded somewhat from those who would strip us of our right to make the web a part of our businesses arsenal.

The mechanics of how all this happens is somewhat complicated, but, there are those who work in the shadows of your computer screen that can severely damage all your hard work and deflate those hopes and dreams of a better tomorrow.

Ok, off the soap box!

When using a safelist (or any type of blind mailing) it is always a good idea to use either cloaking or adtracking for your url assignment. Reason being is that the cloaked url is redirected to a "relay" site that will generally make your host site a little more difficult to access. The "hijackers" have to work a little harder to get into your source code when all they see is the link information from the cloaking site. But be aware, it's not foolproof! Those who make a living preying on others will get in...eventually, you just want to make it so that its...not worth their while.

Now, here comes the recommendations: Cloak your ads, use TINYURL.COM or some other cloaking service that you have at your disposal. Use your ADTRACKERS to divert your ads to some service that will host your campaign, or, that can conceal your original hosting program so they can, at least, discourage the HIJACKERS!

Using List Building Products Successfully

2008-11-11T10:32:00.001-08:00

I don't try and explain the reason why so many list builders differ, but I do like the idea of using a few of them and find that some even have a very good reputation for being successful. Now, for me, success is always measured by the way the program works and how it can be used to incorporate the list with my other products.

I don't want to say that your list building efforts with an autoresponder is now null and void; on the contrary, it now becomes a very critical part of your overall list building efforts since you still have to continue to distribute your information or products through a central source.

What makes using secondary list builders an effective marketing device is that they provide a fresh outlook of your product from a completely different point of view? So you market 3 or 4 smaller list building programs and incorporate the small list your build to your autoresponder making it grow more quickly. The results will be remarkable as you begin to realize that they usually do just as well as your primary list building efforts and help to accelerate your programs effectiveness.

There are a couple of list builders that I have used and have been relatively successful as my test results show. I have realized a 15% increase in members when I began marketing the List Joe program and an additional 27% increase in members when I began using Mammoth List. Now, List Joe is a relatively new list builder/Safe-list marketing system that is very effective in both areas for those who have tried or are using safe-list marketing. Mammoth List is a more direct approach as it is designed not only as a list builder but also as a very effective primary source of income as well. The key factor here is that you pay a one time fee of $10.00 dollars to get on the list. As you begin to add members, you personally receive payments of $2.00 per each referral. As your program grows and your referrals begin to add referrals to their organization, you receive additional $2.00 dollar payments for each referral up to the maximum depth allowed. So the potential for making a decent income is very real if properly designed into your original marketing plan.

Looking at the diagram, you will see that with only three initial members, the potential for explosive growth is overwhelming! With just 3 immediate members, you can realize potentially over $30,000.00 thousand dollar profit within a very short time. As your direct referrals begin to manage their lists, the outcome is astonishing.

By adding threee members to your list and only one of them adds three to their list, there is a check at the end of the week of $12.00 dollars. Not to say that this amount is earth shattering, but, as the list grows, it becomes more evident that the potential for more payments by down-line referrals is a tangible reality and will continue to grow very quickly. Looking at the diagram, there is obviously a much larger check at the end of THIS week!

The system is simple in its design, but like any other program using online techniques as means to promote it, you can easily fall short of established goals since it does need commitment and a resourceful attitude to make it successful. You will find that any program, no matter what the design, will do well for you if you plan correctly and execute that plan with a certain amout of dedication so that you can reach your programmed goal.

How to build a business with no money down

2008-10-31T15:03:00.000-07:00

Being one of the long term online marketers that really has made some money working with the web, I have come to believe that everyone can do it with the correct information and a realistic plan for success. My view of how to do this is very simple, however, to just jump right into it takes an enormous amount of time and money to properly get it off the ground. So, how can you have a real business without spending money? You can't! Not really. There is no such thing as a business that you don't have to spend any money to run. Surprised? I am sure you're not.

What I do is show people the way to build a business without having to spend it UP FRONT! You will eventually have to make some investments as your business grows. That's what business is all about. Growth, expansion and having something to sell and having a way to sell it.

The term: "You have to spend it to make it..." is unfortunately very true and it is what makes a real business work. So how do you get started building a real business on the web with Nothing Down?

By doing the following:

* Designing a Plan -
A Business model to follow and a realistic Marketing Plan -
* Finding something to sell (get this) SELL -
* Finding a way to Sell it -
* Collecting your Money -
* Delivering your Product -
* Expanding your Market -
* More cost Effective Advertising -
* Move to the next Level -

Simple yet extremely important is the first part of the system. YOU have to plan and record what you are going to do. Why, because keeping good records is the key to any business! I have had a brick and mortar business for over 20 years and have worked with several other businesses in my industry in their start up phases where I designed a plan for them to follow so that they had a chance to succeed. Those who followed my plan (or their own) prospered 70% of the time. Those who failed to follow ANY plan, FAILED...PERIOD! A startling but very true statistic.

Over 95% of all online marketers who join an existing program are not going to make any profits at all. At least 92% of all new online marketers will spend more to others than they will make from the program that they are spending money to join.

Download a copy of: STOP BEING A VICTIM

http://securedopportunities.com/files/pdf/sbav.pdf

This is the first step to making a real impact on your online life!

TE Profits and why it works

2008-10-13T23:47:00.000-07:00

I have been looking at a lot of programs out there, as I write my little book, and the one part of the overall scheme of things is that there really are some good programs out there that do make sense.

Most of us who have been promoting a product so passionately sometimes fail to realize that we have made the most of our efforts and the only way for it to continue is to change it, repackage it or move on to another design. Or, you may have to consider the possibility that we have saturated our personal marketing venues with the same old graphics and splash pages! I don't have a problem with that if it is performing to my expectations and is self sufficient enough to consider it successful. (Successful being defined as reaching our primary goal.)

What really makes sense is that moving on to another product or system that can provide some additional income from another source may give your old program a little lift by adding another stream of income to your original mission.

I know, "multiple streams of income" sends shivers down the spines of quite a few people out there, but the process of building an online business can support these streams when you handle them within the confines of your business plan.

What has given the multiple streams of income a bad reputation is the onslaught of marketing an empty shell program that boasts ease and profitability which is clearly an over statement of their promises. I personally don't condemn this type of marketing since it really is a very profitable design, but the problem that I see is that people cannot spend enough money to make the system profitable for the real amount of time that is involved with the start up.

So what happens when you don't join or upgrade or you fail to maintain your membership? The profit leg shifts to the next higher level...your upline. Since they are the paying or pro member, they get the residual income from new signups that were slated for you, and not being a paid member of that stream, you don't qualify for income. An excellent design...

Now we come to the simpler more personally rewarding type of marketing that many people are swearing over, and that is Traffic Exchanges.

http://securedopportunities.com/te.htm

This is a small page on my site that I use for teaching others how to use TE's for profit. There is a free download on there as well called: [13 Deadly Tradgedy's of TE's!]

If you haven't already, I would suggest you download it from the site.

The Problem with the Legitimate Business

2008-10-13T08:09:00.001-07:00

It's not too hard to find a good legitimate business to promote. Just look for the under hyped, under appreciated website that won't promise you multiple millions while you sleep with the autopilot working like an ATM in overdrive!

In my online travels I occasionally run across websites that seems to make some sense but really stands blandly alone against all the over hyped money makers that pollute the web with their big show of $100.00 dollar bills flowing out of your computer screen! These particular sites, for some reason, don't really make too many unrealistic promises yet still seem to perform very well for the user. So how can they provide long term steady income, and why do they continue to prove themselves time and time again in an environment where "flash" is considered a necessity?

First, you have to understand that with every program that you buy into, or promote, it's the person behind the site that is going to make the difference. Like any business, you have to know, or learn, how and where to market the product, give 100% support for it, then continue to create a positive perception of your product through your marketing content. This will invariably make the buyer decide if they are comfortable making a deal with you and not the other 50,000 sites exactly like yours!

For the most part, business is pretty simple, especially using the internet as a marketing tool since the cost is minimal to begin this particular type of operation. You simply need to find yourself a product to promote.

(I always recommend that you find one that you are comfortable with before you make any decisions to start promoting one. There is nothing worse than someone trying to market a product that they don't even believe in. I don't recommend any one particular product since each individual is different and their "style" is what determines which product they should be working with.)

Then, I highly suggest that you design a marketing plan that fits the criteria that you established for your business model, and finally, utilize the tools that you have designed into that plan to make it all work.

Statistics show that it takes about 2 years for most businesses to begin realizing positive results from their efforts, especially in my offline industry. Online, I have noticed good results from the majority of my promotions in 4 to 7 months. Not to say that others can do it faster or better, but my marketing plan has been designed for the long term and not to fizzle out in 80 or 90 days!

The design of the legitimate online product is built very similarly. Long term gain designed into the program with a minimum of expense emphasizing you and your product's credibility. You are the deciding factor that determines if your product is going to be successful. Your determination, your plan and your execution make all the difference if you are going to survive in the online world. It's just that a good legitimate product will make it all easier if you plan to stay online and are really looking toward a successful and profitable venture.

Why You Should Build Your Business

2008-10-13T07:49:00.000-07:00

It may not seem that important, but 97% of the people who try to make it in the online world just don't have the enough basic information to make a go at it!

You may feel that you are doing well and that your promises of fortune and wealth are just a week away...one more day and it's going to hit the big time!

Sounds just like the gambler who puts down the $20.00 twenty dollar chip and just KNOWS that he is going to hit the big payday! But does he? Does he ever? Not this time, so he puts down another twenty and another...97% of those who gamble like this are never going to do it. Sure, maybe the lucky 3% will hit a little just to keep them coming back, but isn't that what its all about? Keeping you coming back?

When you read about all the people making 10K to 20K a month earning from an online business, don't you just have to get on the bandwagon with them and try and ride the coattails of success? Sign up for the most flashy website you can find promising riches beyond belief and more money you can ever want in a matter of minutes?!?! Words like: Multiple Streams, Online ATM, Pre-Launch's and other hot words like this are a great way to invoke an emotional response. And boy do they! Get out my over extended credit card and lets pay another $47.00 bucks for another program that is going to make you a millionaire over night!

Another gamble?
It sure is.
Did the last forty seven dollar program make you any money?
How about the first one?

You are not going to make any money online, EVER! And you sure are not going to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in the next few weeks...I can guarantee it!

What you will be doing is making someone else money. Why? Because they have a plan and it works. They have designed their businesses to take money away from you and they know how to do it.

I build businesses. I show you how to design and work a REAL proven method that will get you truly on the path to making a REAL living with a REAL business--with a PLAN.

Real legitimate products, an arsenal of tools and a proven documented plan will get you on the the path to success faster and all with:

NO MONEY DOWN!

http://securedopportunities.com

I don't charge for this service. I just hope that what I have to offer can help give you some direction and make your online endeavor more profitable.

Ron Barron / Secured Opportunities
http://securedopportunities.com