Educate Yourself into Riches
by Robert Kiyosaki

This article was originally published on Yahoo! Finance on Tuesday December 27, 2005. It reiterates the need for education when handling your money in any way. Whether it be investing or starting a home based business - education, training and support is the key.

Many of Wall Street's elite firms were being required to pay tens of millions of dollars in fines to investors, according to media reports. The penalties are for alleged bad investment advice, courtesy of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

This brings me to one of my favorite quotes from famed investor Warren Buffett goes: "Wall Street is the only place that people ride to work in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

I have been highly critical of the standard financial planning advice -- "work hard, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify" -- for a long time. Such guidance is often more a financial advisor's (subway rider's) sales pitch than a solid investment guide.

But while I think it's courageous that Spitzer slaps millions in fines on a few Wall Street firms for their bad investment guidance, I believe the investors who accepted that unsound advice have some responsibility, too. Isn't knowing the difference between good and bad advice part of knowing what you're doing?

The Difference Between Investing and Shopping

The problem is, most investors don't know how bad the standard investment advice is. This mantra of "work hard, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify" is followed by millions of investors -- who lost $7 trillion to $9 trillion between 2000 and 2004. Many are still following this bad advice today.

Not only did millions of investors lose trillions of dollars, many also missed the boom in real estate, oil, gas, and previous metals. Furthermore, despite investors' huge losses, Wall Street paid out some of its biggest bonuses in history.

However, investors should realize it's "buyer beware." Investing is different from shopping. If I go to Sears and don't like the tool or shirt I purchased, I can generally get my money back. When we go shopping, we expect value for our money. But when we invest, we do so in the hopes of making more money -- and knowing that we risk making losses. What would happen to the financial industry if brokers were sued every time a client lost money? The wheels of world commerce would grind to a halt.

My point is: The world is filled with honest people handing out bad advice. An example of honest bad investment advice is the standard one of "work hard, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify".

The world is also filled with biased advice, which is why people say, "Never ask an insurance broker if you need insurance, or a mutual-fund sales person if they recommend mutual funds." Furthermore, there are many crooks and con artists as well, who intentionally promote dishonest ventures.

Spotting the Difference

So while it's imperative that we have the Securities and Exchange Commission and a brave Attorney General such as Spitzer to enforce the rules, we, as individual investors, still need to be vigilant and personally responsible for the advice we receive and what we do with our money.
In my opinion, that means each of us needs to be responsible for our own financial education so we can tell the difference between good advice, biased advice, and crooked advice. If you can educate yourself to know the differences between those three types of advice, getting rich is easy.

Or, if you take investing advice from a subway rider, don't be surprised if you wind up on the subway.

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It is esential, as Robert says, that you be educated when dealing with finances. Afetr all it is your money and your business. Why do you think that McDonalds has all of its franchisees attend McDonald's University before they take control of the restuarant. Failure is not an option!

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To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi

Oh No! My Prospect Called My Opportunity A SCAM!!!

by Joseph Demasi

So you finally settled in on your opportunity. You checked it out, you spoke to the President of the company. You flew to the corporate office and met with the 3 top earners, each making over $1 mil. per year. You left the meeting with dreams of boats, planes and a tropic hideaway in Fiji. You were set. Those guys haven'e seen anything yet. $ 1 mil a year- that's chickenfeed!

You were on your way- UNTIL!, You were talking to your friends- (BIG MISTAKE!), they were shocked that someone as smart as you would be taken in by that SCAM!!! How do you feel? Getting second thoughts? Are you sure you looked everything over? Maybe you missed something.

They tell you that they heard all about this on Jerry Springer and you should not get involved in that at all. Keep your job at the meat plant and forget about your dreams, because this is the best there is. You suddenly sink into a deep depression. You have just made the first major mistake - talking to people 'close' to you. They are in just as bad shape as you are - maybe worse- and they do not feel comfortable enough to get out of the rut and they sure as heck don't want you to climb out and leave them there.

This is the biggest challenge a new person will face. As a matter of note I tell every body that starts in my business NOT to tell their family and friends. Do not make a list, just follow my simple guide and you will succeed - guaranteed! Do they listen? Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. The good thing is I prepare them for the avalanche of negativity and they are more prepared to live through the assault.

Trust yourself! Know that you have looked at this - it is an established company with great products and they are poised for future growth. unless your friend is a multi millionaire and is familiar with this industry - their opinion is not a valid one. You need to get around like minded people, that want the same things you want and are willing to help you get there - not discourage you. Positive support is esential to your sucess. you will not survive without it.

When someone calls your opportunity a SCAM!, after you have looked it over, unless they have copies of court documents and written opinions by the experts in the industry, You need to get mad. You need to defend you dreams. You want something and they are trying to take it away, how does that make you feel.

Don't so anything rash! But feel that and make that work for you. Get with your sponsor and come up with action items of what you will be doing to get to your goal. make a decision to get through it and make it happen no matter what. For info regarding what to look for in a primary business visit:

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To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

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Make Money Online For Free?

by Joseph Demasi


At first look it sounds terrific. All those Guru's online touting starting your own internet home based business for free. No money out of pocket. Great News. Right? Well, it depends on how you look at it. If you have ever taken someone up on that offer, you soon found out that there is no quick and easy free way to riches on the net. In fact, there is no quick and easy way period!

This may burst your bubble and dash your hopes of making a fortune by the end of the month, but reality is sometimes a sobering thing. You have to ask yourself a question when faced with one of these offers: if it is free and as easy as they claim, how come everyone is not doing it?

Good question. The fact is that any home based business, online business opportunity, network marketing program is going to take work and time and money to run if you want to be successful. There is no free ride in the world and the internet is no different.

Things you can do to give you the best opportunity for success:

1. Do your research. Many times the programs that people are offering are just new versions of the old stuff that has been rehashed over and over again.

2. As with anything, expect that you will be asked to put up some money to join affiliate programs. After all, if all the programs are free- how will anyone make any money.

3. Make sure that there is free lifetime training and support. You don't want to get into a situation where they are willing to work with you but only if you sign up for a training package that could cost you up to $100 a month.

4. Make sure your sponsor is responsive, are they available for your questions by email? You may not be able to reach them by phone - after all they are busy building their business as well.

5. Beware of so called FREE programs that ask you to purchase e-books and training material right off the bat with the offer of reselling it and making commissions.

6. Realize that you will have to make a decision and take the first step and start. It does you no good to continue to research for years at a time withut doing anything. If you do that you will be branded a tire kicker and will never do anything. You are a victim of analysis paralysis.

I realize that it is difficult to know if you are in the best opportunity. realize that there is no best opportunity, for the most part they are all good and you can make money with them. You must put in the effort to see the results. If you are looking for that one program that will give you instant riches without work - keep playing the lottery and get off the web!

If you are serious about your financial future and willing to put that into action and real effort, then you can succeed.

A good program to check out if you want to make money online, but don't know where to start:
3 Steps To Success

They give a great overview and take you through the steps to make money online and all the training and support is free.

To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

Great Opportunity in Disguise! Can You Recognize It?

Imagine this. Your boss comes to you one day and tells you that they are going to be laying you off. They need to cut expenses and just cannot afford to keep you on. What are you feeling at that moment? I know, I have been there. You feel as though you have had the wind knocked out of you. You can't believe it. You have given this company over 10 years of your life. How can they do this?Just then your boss comes back and tells you that if you are willing to work 1 hour a day of overtime without pay, you will be able to keep you job. What would you do? Say yes, of course, you have saved your job and all you have to do is work 1 extra hour a day.

Then he tells you that this would be temporary and that if they saw you working really hard for that extra hour, they would reward you the following month with a small bonus, around $100.

You just went from sad to yipee! There is more: he now tells you that if you would be willing to do this for 18 months and continue to work hard then you would be able to retire with a full salary at the end of that 18 months. Would you turn him down? Of course not.

Fast forward to 3 months later. Your close friend is over for dinner and tells you that you are crazy to put in that extra time for no pay and maybe a measley $100 bonus at the end of the month. You should quit and find something else - they say. You are just a sucker. You try to explain that you are going to retire with full pay at the end of 18 months. They just don't get it.

6 months down and you are not spending enough time with your spouse and they are not happy. Why are you working so much? You need to be here more often. I don't know why you are wasting time at work. You feel like screaming: I AM GOING TO RETIRE IN 12 MORE MONTHS!!!

This may seem farfetched, but if you are trying to build any kind of home based business you have been in the same situation many times. People just don't understand. The time and effort you put in now will pay big dividends down the line. You are willing to sacrifice now to live the life you want later. this is far from the exchanging time for money mentality that most people have.

You must know that there is no legitimate way to fast and easy online riches. No one is going to send you money for doing nothing. It will take work and time and you realize that. in the end though, it is well worth the time and hard work when you are going on vacations 3 - 4 times a year, not punching a clock or minding the store.

What we are talking about is true financial freedom. The ability to build a business one time and reap the benefits for years to come and have your income always increasing.

What would you do with your time if money was no problem? What would a constant stream of income do for you, for your family? Think about it, because it is possible. For all the information you need to build an income online with free lifetime training and support go here:

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To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

I found this Article in one of the eziines I subscribe to and it is a good one so I thought I would pass it on. In this Business it is all about the traffic. To find out about promoting your business and marketing on the net go here for great marketing info:
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Traffic Building: Top 10 Myths About Traffic Building
By Sean Mize

Traffic building is an area that even the masters don’t always understand. They are constantly trying to come up with a new ‘angle’ to use to get traffic, or so they can sell their new ‘method’ to someone else—particularly the ‘newbies’ online.
So what are the top 10 myths about traffic building?

10) Guaranteed traffic works. The only thing that guaranteed traffic is guaranteed to do is make the person selling it money.

9) The more traffic you get, the more money you make. The truth is, only buyers make you money, raw visitors do not make you money. If you cannot make money with 100 visitors a day, it is unlikely that you will make money with 1,000 or 10,000 a day – you will just have to pay for more bandwidth from your web host.

8) PPC traffic is good traffic. It depends on what you think of as good traffic. If you need traffic to test with, great, use PPC. But if you really want to make money off the clicks, you will have to do a lot of testing to make it profitable. If you have been online for less than one year and are unwilling to spend more than $500 per month on PPC, PPC is probably not for you. PPC costs money to test and if you are just getting started, that is the wrong place to put your money.

7) It is worth your time to use tricks to monetize traffic exchange or safelist traffic. Sure, you can monetize it, but why? All the time spent would be better spent writing articles or cruising online forums.

6) The more article directories you submit to, the more traffic you will get. That may be true in the long run, but before you do it, research it good – don’t just take some gurus’ word for it. Do what works in the short term and build on that. If you cannot see measurable results today, it is unlikely you will see measurable results in 3 months. There are some exceptions – so don’t take this as concrete – but be sure and think about it before you spend a lot of time on it.

5) Get to number one in the search engines and you will get tons of traffic. I have several web pages that made it to number one and I got some traffic. I get far more article marketing. The problem with search engine optimization is that I can easily teach you to get to number one in a long-tailed niche market that has very little traffic, but getting to number one in a short tailed market with lots of traffic is much harder. Sure, you can do it, but when the PPC monsters change your ranking from #1 to #3000 overnight with one small scripting change, you are starting over. I do not believe you should chase the mythical natural search engine market. Do things right, and if you get close, push to get to the front page – but other than that, I think your time is a waste.

4) JV giveaways are good for you. Hmmm – I fell for that one. Sent a lot of traffic (good quality traffic, I might add) to some JV giveaways. Then they stopped spending as much with me, or at least that’s how I saw it. Think about this – if you are one of 5 people emailing your list daily, you have a chance of getting some sales, right? But if you send your subscribers to a giveaway that captures your subscribers’ email every time they download a free gift, and they download 30, for example, now they are on 30 lists instead of 5. What is that going to do to your response rate?

3) Ezine advertising is the best. Hmmm – this one is hit or miss. You must be willing to test, and test a lot. If you cannot afford to buy at least 10 different sources or ezine advertising so you can compare (some ezines might not even mail your offer at all), you might as well not do it. Better to do emailing swaps with list builders on your list.

2) You should buy lists – someone else has already done the work. This is one of the greatest lies – the important thing about a list is the relationship with you. If you buy a list, is there any relationship? No, or course not.

And for #1, the number one myth:1) Article marketing is only good for backlinks. That is crazy. I get as many as 30-40 new subscribers per day when I am actively writing and submitting articles like this one. That translates to around 100 very high quality visitors from writing articles just like this one. Article marketing is probably the highest form of traffic you can generate on the web.

Do you want to learn more about how I use articles to generate huge traffic in my own business? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, ‘Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide‘Download it free here: Secrets of Article PromotionDo you want to learn how to build a massive list fast? Click here: Email List Building
Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has created over 350 articles in print and 8 published ebooks.Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Sean_Mize

To Great success,

Joseph Demasi
www.GreatMarketingSystem.com

MLM/Network Marketing : Scam or True Opportunity?
By Joseph Demasi

You have heard it all before. That MLM thing is nothing but a scam, a pyramid scheme where the only way to make money is to get in fast and early and get out before the whole thing collapses. On the other hand, there are true legitamate opportunities that fall under the so called MLM banner. There are many factors to consider in determning the true value of an opportunity

Let us delve into some of the history of the free market system as relating to MLM or Network Marketing. Several manufacturers of products in the early 50's tried to sell their wares the traditional way, by going to stores and trying to get on the shelves and found that this was a tough task because the stores would rather spotlight their own brand products over something new and relatively unknown. If a company does not have a big ad budget and they want to keep tight control of the product and not sell the rights out for pennies on the dollar, it is almost impossible for them to make any kind of headway into the public domain.

There needed to be a better and cheaper way to get these products out there without spending millions on a Madison Avenue ad campaign. It goes without saying that I am referring to producs that were of the highest integrity and worth every bit as much as the so called national brands at that time. We are not talking about inferior products. Anyone that has used one of these products can attest to that.

MLM is born:

In 1954, a young man came up with a marketing system that would bypass the great advertising machine and take the product to the streets in the hands of entrepreneurs from all walks of life that believed in the product and the chance to make some money by recommending the products to friends and family. They were rewarded by the company through volume bonuses, so instead of the company paying big money for advertising - the money would go back into the pockets of the individual distributors. Basically payng the people that recommended the product for their word of mouth advertising. So in many cases, these products that were just as good as the national brands, would actually cost less to use because the company would save so much on advertising.

It is tue that there have been some MLM companies that have been considered a pyramid scheme andhave been shut down quickly by the FTC. MLM has gotten a bad rap because of Uncle Joe trying to sell Grandma Betty on the great business venture where you only have to get 4 friends to do the business and retire in a year. This get rich quick mentalty of some distributors that only care about recruiting new people as not helped the industry. When you have an army of distributors out there, the company can only do so much. Every reputable company has a code of ethics and expects their distributors to follow suit, but sometimes it is hard to enforce.

Anytime there is money to be made and big money involved there are the scam artists that will try to take advantage and give the industry a bad name. With the recent shutdown of PAS ( prosperity automated systems) we know the Government is always on the lookout for pyramid type schemes that only benefit the first people in. Don't rely on the government to always help out, even with PAS, it is estimated that over 5000 people lost the $4k investment they made and probably will never see it again. With PAS, the writing was on the wall. If someone tells you that you will make thousands of dollars a month with no work on your part at all- that should raise a red flag. No company of integrity is going to sell you that pie in the sky BS.

With the right company and compensation plan MLM/Network Marketing can be a true opportunity. Do not expect to become rich overnight. Like anything of value it will take work and some sacrifice, but with the right sponsor and system in place to teach you and give you step by step guidance, it can be a vey rewarding journey. It has been a way to business ownership for millions of people worldwide who otherwise would not have had the opportunity because of the usual high start up costs of traditional businesses.

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GO HERE.

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi

What to Think About Guaranteed Sign-Ups

by Joseph Demasi

There are 2 schools of thought out there. The first is - "Great- Now I don't have to do any work!, I'll just buy my downline!" My home business is rockin now! The other is - "This is a people business and you cannot cultivate a relationshp with a purchased downline."

The answer seems to lie somewhere in the middle. While it is true that guaranteed sign-ups for your network marketing opporunity are a hit and miss proposition, when they hit it is usually a home run, but more often then not they go the way of guaranteed traffic. Which is nowhere. Unless...

You must be willing to treat them as prospects or leads. Technically they are just that, they have not purchased anything, they haven't even given you a credit card. There is no commitment on their part. For all you know they were paid to join, with either credits or cash. You just don't know.

Psychologically it is wonderful to say that you just started in the business and already you have 100 "sign-ups". But that could turn sour if they do nothing. That is where you will have to put the rubber to the road and build that relationship with them so that you can bridge the gap between sign up and active dowline.

When you buy sign ups, since you have not generated it yourself you do not know the motivation level. That means extra work contacting them to determine motivation. Of course you can say the same for a self generated sign up, but at least you know where they came from, or you SHOULD KNOW. Hopefully you are using a good tracking system fo your ads.

In my opinion, leave the guaranteed sign ups alone and learn how to generate them yourself, it may take longer, but this business is a marathon not a sprint. You really want quality targeted traffic to your sight so the sign ups will be worthwhile. I would rather have a motivated downline of 100 rather than a wishy washy downline of 1000.

For more info regarding generating your own traffic and sign ups - this is by far the best system on the internet. The training, support and guides are top notch. Best of all there is no cost and they will help build your business the right way. CLICK HERE

To Great Success
Joseph Demasi

Your MLM/Network Marketing Business - Opportunity or Problem?

This a fundemental questionthat you must answer if you are to be successful in your home business. Unless you can plug your downline into a duplicatable, simple system that will solve their # 1 issue , MONEY, you will find that you will need to constantly replace those members that are frustrated and inactive. Most people, me included, came to this industry because they needed money. If you cannot offer them a system that will be able to give them a quick income, you have given them a problem not an opportunity.

The reason people are not successful in this business is that they join, spend mney on product and some advertising, run out of money and can't stay in the business because itis cost prohibitive. If you were able to earn an income while you built your business, even if no one joined your primary business, how likely would you be to stay in the business and continue to build it. That is what the best systems can do. It is called a Funded Proposal and the best one can also build a residual income

There are many funded proposals out there and most of them offer an e -book or some kind of product to sell and earn money. You have seen them all over the net. The best one I have found is HERE , go and check it out. This is your goal, to make money even if no one joins your primary business. This will keep you in the game and primed to be very successful. If you do not have some kind of system to plug into - besides just showing your company's web site - the chances for success will be greatly reduced.

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To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

Duplication Is The Real Key To Success In Network Marketing & MLM
PART I

You have heard it before, thousands of times It is the key to the MLM riches vault. It is what will take your home based business from barely breaking even to income beyond your wildest dreams. All the sucessful people know it and they say it. But are they really teaching you what you need to know?

I have been in the industry long enough to have heard it all. "Just go get three people that want to change their life" - "Make a list of 100, 200, 300 people - Don't prejudge, I will help you contact them!" "Every no gets us closer to a yes" etc. etc. etc!

You get the gist of this. They are employing the old school mentality to MLM and Network marketing. Let me say this loud and clear - I DON"T WANT TO SELL MY FAMILY ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

That's how you feel, right? That is how 99.9% of the people in the industry feel. The problem is, once you go through your 'warm market' and get 1 maybe 2 that will talk to you - the opportunity that you were so excited about, suddenly loses its magic. That is what happens to 97% of the people in the Home based business , network marketing, MLM industry. You get 3 out of 100 that are superstars and can work the phones and sell ice to an eskimo. The major problem is THAT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED!

In order to understand duplication you must be aware that most people are like you. They want the path of least resistance. They want to be shielded from direct rejection. Most people do not want to try and sell Uncle Joe and Aunt Mae on the new opportunity that will make their retirement look like the lifestyles of the rich and famous. It may be the best thing since sliced bread, but people will be resistant to doing what is uncomfortable. That is the way it is. That doesn't mean everything has to be easy, not at all. In fact, owning your own business is hard work and it will take hard work to succeed. That is the dirty little secret that no-one is talking about!

If you are to succeed in this business youhave to create a duplicatable system that a teenager can run with ease. Impossible you say! Ever hear of Mac Donalds? How hard is it to say "Want fries with that?" Why are franchises so successful, because they are duplicatable - everything is the same. In fact, representatives of MacDonald's Corp. sends people out to evaluate the various restaurants to make sure they all look the same and have the "corporate approved"
menu and signs. It is a no brainer - the system is the key, and the system is duplication - all across the world - China, US, France, Italy - it doesn't matter. You always know when you are in a MacDonalds.

Remember, duplicate success and you will be succesful. You set the tone for your group - they will expect to do what you do. If you recruited them by making cold calls, then they will expect to do the same. If they received a non threatening e-mail that directed them to a web site, then that is what they'll expect to do. If you keep it simple, it will be something for the masses!

Next - Are you promoting an opportunity or a problem?

Avoiding Home Business Scams
by Joseph Demasi

How many times have you heard about a great home business opportunity? Probably more than you care to remember. But to go along with this how many of these home business opportunities ended up being a scam? Again, probably quite a few. Hopefully, you were never the victim of any of these scams. But unfortunately there are others who probably fell for these “opportunities.” The fact of the matter is that these scammers would not be wasting their time if they were not making any money. And as long as people continue to get mixed up in this business, these scammers are going to stick around to trick more and more people.

The best way to avoid a home business scam is to thoroughly research each opportunity before you move forward with it. This means doing much more than simply reading a bit about it online. You may get lucky and end up with a good home business opportunity, but chances are that you will not. Not only will you want to read what is available on the site itself, but you will also want to search for other information as well. Check with third party review sites and on message boards and forums. You may find out soon enough that a certain company has been reported as being nothing more than a scam.

You may also want to check with the Better Business Bureau if you are thinking about getting involved with a home business opportunity that you are not sure of. They will be able to tell you if they have any complaints on file. If they do, you will want to avoid the opportunity at all costs. But if it appears that a company is doing business the right way, you can continue your research.

Before you decide to do anything, attempt to get in touch with the company that you are interested in. Can you get them on the phone? Do they respond to your emails? If you cannot even talk to a company before you start, there is not chance that they will be around when you need them. This is one test that you can run early on in order to ensure that you are dealing with a reputable company. If you do happen to get an employee on the phone ask them questions in order to get some feedback on the company. Anything that will give you better insight into the home business opportunity is a good question.

Overall, home business scams are all over the place. Do your part in putting them out on the street by not falling prey. The best way to do this is through extensive research and questioning. If you do not feel comfortable about something – trust your instincts and pass. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Check out the resources on this blog and do some checking yourself.

To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

Can You Really Succeed in Network Marketing/MLM?

So you decided to start a home based business or maybe you are
just looking into it. There is a daunting statistic that is staring you
in the face: 9 out of 10 of you out there will never make more than
$100 a month. That’s a far cry from $5k, isn’t it? That is some stat,
and yet thousands of people daily make the decision to dive into
starting their own home based business. Is it your path to financial
security? What is the real difference between the haves and the
don’t haves? The difference between making $0 and $10k
monthly? This gap is no more apparent than in Network
Marketing/MLM. What is the secret to succeeding in your own
home based business? Better yet, do you want to be successful?
That question may seem odd, and you may say “of course I do,
doesn’t everyone?” The answer to that question may surprise you.

20/20 did a story some time ago where they interviewed several
People that were part of Amway. Most of the time we heard from
the complainers. They complained about not being able to succeed
and the garage full of soap they couldn’t sell. Pretty damning
evidence that it just doesn’t work. At the very end of the story they
gave about 2 minutes and interviewed Bill Bright. He was sitting
in front of his palatial home and was asked how he succeeded
where so many others failed. What was his secret? The answer was
simple and not very surprising at all. He showed ‘the plan’ or
business to 1200 people, and this was before the internet made it
possible to contact thousands a month. He had face to face contact
with 1200 people!

Of course not everyone joined him. 300 people signed up. 215 did
not build a business. 85 were serious, 30 actually built a business. 11
made him a millionaire! That was his secret, work. Let me say that
again- WORK! He did the work. What would you do in the face of
900 no’s? Would you quit after 10, 20, 100, 500? Most people do.
The good thing now is that there are systems in place to help people
succeed and it is less daunting than speaking to someone face to face
and getting rejected. Who wants that?! However, you still must do
the work and get your business out there. Thomas Edison tried over
10,000 times to invent the light bulb. The point is, he didn’t fail, he
just found 10,000 ways that did not work.

People have choices, you have a choice. People don’t really fail in this
business - people quit! They quit on their dreams, they quit on
themselves. They get comfortable where they are in life. They start
to dream smaller, and expect less. Very successful people realize
that they won’t hit a home run every time up. Babe Ruth, that
famous Yankee slugger, got a hit only 3 out of 10 times at bat. What
you have to realize is that it will take work and sacrifice to succeed
in anything you do! Where are your priorities? Where do you spend
your time?

If someone is saying that they want success, but are not doing what it
takes to succeed, do they really want success? It’s ok if they don’t.
Not everyone is cut out for this life, although everyone can achieve it,
if they want it.

Network Marketing is the best business to be in because there are
successes like Bill Bright to study. Where else can you start a business
that has the potential to set you free for less than $500. There have
been people before you that have done it! Don’t try to re-invent the
wheel. Learn from the success of others. In this business the only
way you can succeed is by helping others succeed. Isn’t that they
way it should be, we can all be successful together. You just need
to make a decision. Make a decision to succeed, a decision for your
future. That is the reason you are here, isn’t it?

To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi

10 Awesome Ways To Attract More Orders

1. Create a free ebook directory on a specific topic
at your web site. People will visit your web site to
read the free ebooks and may see your product ad.


2. Turn part of your web site into a members only
web site. Instead of charging for access, use it as
a free bonus for one of your products.


3. Add a free classified ad section to your web site.
You could then trade banner ads with other web
sites that have free classified ad sections.


4. Create two versions of your e-zine so people
can choose if they want ads included with it or not.
This'll attract the people who hate ads to subscribe.


5. Publish your e-zine only on your web site. Have
people subscribe to a "new issue" e-mail reminder.
This could really increase your traffic and sales.


6. Sell advertising space in your product package.
You could sell inserts, flyers, brochures, booklets,
and digital ads for electronic products.


7. Offer daily or weekly visitor bonuses. This will
increase your repeat traffic and sales because your
visitors will visit regularly to get the visitor bonuses.


8. Allow people to download software or e-books
from your web site at no cost. Just ask your visitors
in return if they'll refer their friends to your web site.


9. Build up the number of people that join your free
affiliate program quickly by temporally offering your
product for free to the people that sign up.


10. Negotiate with e-zine publishers to get free or
discounted ads by letting them join your affiliate
program and earn commissions on the ad you run.

What To Look For In A Primary Business

It is not just a matter of getting into something because of the product or the pay plan or your upline. It is a compliation of factors that will determine your success.

Did you realize that if your primary business doesn't meet these 7 key criteria that your chances of success are greatly diminished and you could be wasting time?

In fact the opportunity to make serious money is almost impossible without understanding these critical elements!

Would you like to find out what those 7 Critical Elements are and how you can benefit from having this knowledge for your business?

Visit my website below to get all the answers. Once you've had the chance to review and listen to the information provided feel free to call me to find out how you can take full advantage of these important facts so you can secure your future.

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To Great Success,
Joseph Demasi
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

Cheap Ways To Drive Traffic to Your Home Business Site

Getting your self a website and home business set-up is an exciting time. You are finally going to be free. You will be master of your own destiny. You are ready to Fire the Boss. If you can only get traffic to your site. Anybody can get traffic to their site, that's not the trick. Getting targeted traffic is what it is all about!

There are a ton of companies out there that will guarantee you visitors or hits to your home business site. I have seen the ads and so have you, 100,000 hits only 10.95! On the surface that may seem like a good deal, but what kind of traffic are we talking about? I have heard too many stories about people paying for traffic and getting no sales out of it. The reason being is that it is not targeted traffic. It is just visits and maybe not even that. If you are selling an item or opportunity on the web, you don't need some 13 year old that just surfing around to see your website. In my opinion - save your money.

The first thing you should do is join the traffic exchanges. This mis where you will view other people's websites so that you can have others view yours. For a list of the best performing on a weekly basis check out TrafficHoopla . It is a free service that ranks them weekly. Definitely join TrafficSwarm , it is the biggest and probably the best exchange overall. Traffic exchanges are free to join - you can upgrade to pro and pay monthly for good benefits. Keep in mind that other people on those exchanges are doing what you are doing - they are surfing to get credits so others can view their site.

Safelists are another cheap way to get you home business out there. A safelist allows you to send e-mail messages to other members in exchange for you receiving messages from them. Again Traffic Hoopla has a list of the top safelists to view. As a free member of a safelist you can mail usually every 48 hrs to once a week depending on the safelist.

Forums are a great way to meet other internet marketers, exchange ideas and promote your business through your signature. I would not suggest blatantly promoting yourself or your business. a forum is a place to exchange ideas. Your signature will be promotion enough. you must give of yourself, through worthwhile postings before you will see a benefit. Forum members expect that you have something worthwhile to say and will ignore you if you do nothing but promote.

These are a few of the tried and tested methods that people are using to promote their home businesses. If you are short on funds, this is a great way to start. Don't expect the flood gates to open, it does take a while to build, but if you are consistent and motivated it will pay off.

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi

What Drives You to Succeed in Your Home Based Business

It doesn't matter how long you have had a home based business or whether you are working it part time or full time. What does matter is that you are successful. Success is relative. Some people would be happy with an extra $500 per month, others $5000 and still others $50,000. You should have a clear definition of success for yourself. Your home based business is the vehicle through which you can achieve your goals.

The most improtant thing for you to succeed is not what you think. It isn't a tool or a killer product or fantastic website or sales copy. It is to know WHY you are doing what you are doing. You have read it and heard it before. What is your WHY? What is that specific reason you are working your business at home. If you don't know it, find it...fast! Without knowing or defining your specific reason, your WHY, it will be that much easier for you to quit. Don't be so unoriginal as to say "it's money", everyone starts off with that one. It's easy to fall back on, and it doesn't take much work to come up with it. Money is NEVER the real deep down reason.

Money will give you something you want or need. think about the following: if you had an extra $2000 a month what would you do with it?....and after you paid off the bills, what would you do? If you had an extra 20 hours a week what would you do with that time? If you didn't have to go to your J O B everyday, what would your days be like? this excercise will help you define your specific WHY.

This is vital because your WHY is the reason you will stay focused and succeed in your home based business, while others quit. Make a decision that your WHY is more important than any obstacle you will encounter. If you focus on that and make an effort everyday to move forward, you will succeed.

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi

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10 Things You MUST Do to Succeed In Your Home Based Business

Many people dream about working at home in their own home based business. Let's face it, it is a dream come true. To be your own boss, work your own hours and be the master of your own destiny. There are many home based business opportunities available online, including affiliate programs, network marketing and direct sales. All allow you to work at home. As many of us realized early on in our home business careers, there are some ground rules you must follow in order to be successful with your home based business.

1. Be consistent: If you are running an email campaign and you are dedicated to submit to safelists everyday, then do it everyday- not once a week. You must be consistent if you want to be taken seriously.

2. Treat your business like a business - not a hobby: I have seen so many people fail in their business because they don't treat it like a business, they treat it like a hobby. How much does a hobby pay? NOTHING, ZERO, ZILCH - nuff saiid.

3. Make a schedule and stick to it: what would happen if you went to work whenever you wanted to? You just showed up when you felt like working? How long would you have a job?

4. Advertise: Yes, advertise. It is amazing to me that people get into a home based internet business and are shocked when they find out they need to put money into advertising. How are people going to know about your business if you don't let them know.

5. KEEP POSITIVE: There will be challenges. Are you suprised? You shouldn't be, you are going through challenges everyday in your personal life. They may be big or small. It is how you react to them that will determine your success. Do not let negativity steal your dreams. Get around positive people, this helps me everyday.

6. Keep Learning: You should make a point to read at least 1 book a week. I don't mean the lastest Grisham novel, I am talking about books that will drive your business and personal development to the next level. Books on personal development, marketing, sales, et.al.

7. Budget your expenses: You need to know how much you have to promote your business with and how much money it will take monthly to achieve the success you want. Know what you can afford and stick to it. In the begining the money will be slow to come in, realize that and plan ahead.

8. Write down your goals: It has been said many times - 'if you fail to plan, you plan to fail' - there is a reason you hear that all the time. It's true. How can you draw a map if you don't know where you are going?

9. Stay focused: Do not lose sight of your goals. You must focus on your business everyday. Do not let little things get in the way. You will not be successful if you are chasing the latest and greatest opportunity. Do not become distracted, maintain that solo focus you need to succeed.

10. Work space: You must have a space that you can call your own while you are working. Lock the door, don't let the kids in. This is your time and you need it for your business. You need to spend this time without interuption. Having four children of my own - this was a tough one.

If you can master these 10 things you will be that much closer to success. Welcome to the ranks of the online entrepreneur.

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi


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Autoresponders: Do you really need them?

An Autoresponder will send emails automatically to your prospects/customers so you do not have to do it manually.

When one enters the online arena you are bombarded with so many offers from biz opps to squeeze pages to autoresponders, to a million other things you may or may not need. They all sound great on the page that's selling them, of course. But, do we really need all those things?

That all depends on how you want to make money online. For the sake of being as brief as possible I am going to speak about autoresponders. There is a reason for my subject today and I will get to it later. An online business opportunity comes with 2 requirements. 1. You have to be able to get online. 2. You have to communicate online with your prospects/customers - mainly through email. Email is a great tool, your prospect/customer can be reached at any hour of the day. They can be reading your email at 3 am while you are asleep.

Best of all - email is free, well for the time being. I am sure once the Governments find a way to charge for each email you send, they will do it. For now it's free. If you want to make money online and delve into the world of an online business you must be able to meet those 2 requirements.

This takes us back to the original question. Do you really need an autoresponder to make money online? You may ask, as I did, "why can't I use my Yahoo email?" The fact is you can, but not if you want to send to more than 25 people an hour. The reason for this is that email providers are terrified of spam accusations and the federal regulations that govern them. They have protections built in for that - and that is why they limit what you send.

Imagine you go through the trouble of using Yahoo, or msn or hotmail to do your mailing. The first thing you notice is that it is not automated, you must do everything by hand. But, you work through it and build a list of over 500 contacts - you are really happy. You are good about it too, and remove everyone that asks. One day you log in, or try to, and it keeps telling you - the username or password is incorrect. You soon find out that your account has been deactivated or closed. No warning, no second chance and no appeal. Good-bye email and most improtant - good-bye contact list.

"What - they can't do that!" - They can and they did - to me! So, as you can see I speak from experience. Using an autoresponder will save you time and money. If you want to make money online and turn it into a good living you need one. No if's and's or but's. It is one of your tools. It will take a little bit of time to set up, but it will be well worth it to have your email follow up system fully automated- saving you several hours a week.

There are a lot of autoresponders out there the cost is pretty cheap compared to the time savings, usually around $20 a month. I have several that I use, GetResponse , Response Magic and ISO. There are others out there, I think that they are all pretty comparable anddo the same things for you. Go ahead and check some out. Make sure that you get one that is full service, where you can easily create campaigns and add contacts and email messages.

So get going, put your sales on autopilot and enjoy your life!

To Great Success!

Joseph Demasi
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com


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Better to Give Than Receive

This is the ongoing theme in my life as it rounds 40. I did not always believe that to be so. It is no coincidence that a home based business especially one that is involved with network marketing and making money online needs to be well aware of this principle. Value is king online. You must provide value to everyone you come in contact with. Whether it is through your products or even with your words. everyone is looking for the same thing in life and that is success. Personal success is what I am talking about.

People need to feel good about themselves and that is a driving force in their lives. It is no wonder that diet products are a multi billion dollar a year industry as is self help books and also work out programs. they all have one thing in common, to get people feeling better about themselves. You have a great deal to do with how someone is feeling today. A very successful person once told me that the secret to his success is that he always treated everyone as if they were the most improtant person. He gave them his undivided attention in conversation. He certainly knew how to give.

Do you give everyone your undivided attention? Do you notice everyone in your office building or are you too busy trying to get to your office that you have blinders on. You have opportunities evryday to make a huge difference in people's lives and all it will take is a metter of seconds. Just saying hello is a start - how suprised are you when a complete stranger says hello? Is this how it should be? Do something radical - say hello to 5 strangers today and see if you can make a difference. Remember like to movie says Pay It Forward.

Have a great day!

Joseph Demasi
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com
www.greatmarketingsystem.com

Be A Pumper Not A Jumper!

Sound like a strange title for a post here? It isn't. This just came to me after viewing several posts in one of the forums I contribute to. It's always the same - the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Sometimes that is the case - but the reason it is greener is because it gets watered! Are you watering your business daily? Are you giving it the attention it needs and deserves? They say plants thrive when you talk to them. I don't know what causes that, but if you love your plants - talk away!

Do you expect a tree to grow from an acorn within a week? Of course not. You may see a little stub within a week and then that acorn, with proper food and water, will grow into a mighty oak, but that takes a few years. Your home based business is the same - it needs to time to mature and grow. If you really want to make money online - you need to come to the reality that there is no quick fix - no matter what line of BS someone is shoveling your way.

It is no secret that if you are involved in a network marketing business you will have a 5-10% chance of success. Yet, you are still here looking for soemthing that you do not have - money, time, freedom. For everyone it is different. i can tell you, as sure as I know the sun will rise tomorrow, that this industry IS the best on the planet. Not because people get rich, but because in order to get rich - you must take people with you. The more successful you help other people to become the more successful you will become.

If you understand that concept, you understand the network marketing industry. You will succeed and be able to make money online with your very own home based business. Do not be afraid of the struggle - it will make you a better person. Success University has a great program for self improvement and motivation. Check it out! It is priceless.

So get your business pumped up with enough food and water to last a lifetime. Stop jumping to the so called latest and greatest. If it is meant to be it is up to YOU.

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To Great Success and God Bless,

Joseph Demasi
joseph@mlmprofitsonline.com

ps. "Successful people are willing to do today what others are not in order to live tomorrow the way others won't"

Maintaining Focus Is Essential For Success

This is the most important factor in your success or (heaven forbid!) your failure. I have spoken to numerous people from all walks of life. The one thing sticks out besides attitude, which is a given, is that FOCUS is mandatory for success! You must be focused on the goal!

You see it on the sports field all the time. Baseball, basketball, hockey - whatever. If you are not focused - you will not win!

In internet marketing this is especially hard since we are mainly working for home in front of our computer. This is good and bad. We are constantly bombarded with the lastest and the greatest. The automatic millionaire program that allows us to plug in and turn on and cash those checks while slappin' back a cold one in the ol' lazy boy! How many times have you gotten info on one of those.

If you take your eye off the ball to chase the latest and greatest, you will find after much frustration that you are in the same spot you started from but a little older and much broker.

I spoke to a woman on my team the other day and she was doing this and doing that, signed up for this program and that reseller program with every imaginable affiliate. She wants so much to succeed and make extra money, but she is not focused. She is spending her time chasing every so called opportunity that she is frustrated and can't seem to do anything. I told her she needs to pick one thing and focus on it.

Wether she will or she won't - that is up to her. I can take her so far and she needs to make the decision to go the rest of the way.

No matter what you are involved in - you can succeed and get the life you want. 95% of the opportunities are good viable businesses that you can succeed with. Yes, there are scams on the internet, but that is the exception rather than the rule. Do yourdue diligence and focus on the goal and go get 'em.

Keep your eye on the ball and win!

To Great Success,

Joseph Demasi
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