Friday, May 02,
2008
As the information age progresses,
individuals and families turn to
home-based businesses . The
information contained in this
announcement is meant to inform
those of you who may not of heard
about "cash gifting".
Investment
News - New York, NY, USA
May 2, 2008
The SEC charged Safe vest LLC of
Mission Viejo, Calif., and its two
principals for allegedly misappropriating investor funds in
the
multilevel marketing.
06.01.07, 4:30
PM ET
Forbes - NY,USA Affinity fraud
uses a simple pitch--we're one of
you--to get around the inherent
skepticism many people
understandably have when asked for
money. Money could be earned by
paying $2000 to $5000 to become
members of a company that sold the
telephone cards through a multilevel
marketing . Feds called it a pyramid
scheme because investors could only
make money if they recruited [more]
investors.
11/22/06 4:15 AM
Charles Counties Attorney General Warns Consumers of Multi-Level Marketing
Schemes, Pyramid Cons Maryland
Attorney General J. Joseph Curran,
Jr., warns Maryland residents to.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
6/30/06 12:57 AM
Which include the plan's parent
company,
American Family Prepaid Legal Corp.
of Irvine, Calif., to immediately
halt their "illegal" conduct
regarding current or future
marketing.
BizJournals.com
6/30/06 3:48 AM
The Aldridge's co-own and operate a
multimillion-dollar multi-level
marketing firm
called , which sells American Silver
Eagle
coins. The company employed about
5,000
sales. Concept Marketing International.
"FINANCIAL
fraudsters prey on the gullible and
the vulnerable. But one scam has
plumbed new depths"
10/19/2005.
The fact is,
most people do
not really understand the
difference
between a pyramid scheme and a legal
MLM or
network marketing business
opportunity.
Even most journalists
writing on the subject
do not
understand the differences.
The reason is that it is not
as
simple as one might first
expect. I
used to think that
if there were
products changing hands, it was
legal. If there
was only money
changing hands,
it was illegal.
While the latter
is certainly
illegal, a product
alone will not necessarily
legitimatize an illegal scheme.
The very first
thing I believe that Everyone needs
to do is make sure their head, their
thinking, their BRAIN is in the
right place. I cannot
emphasize this enough. When you
change your thinking, your habits
will change, then your life will
surely change.
Most people
simply do not have
enough good
people to prospect.
This is the second
biggest obstacle to building a
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many skills you have or how great of
a communicator you are, if you
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-
not the quick fix?
Here's the
most important tip I can give
you.
If you want a steady stream of
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of prospects. That's the term
used by real estate
professionals anyway. I call it
a database of people who,
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you, and trust you through your
correspondence and conversation
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Most people are working
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Don't
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relationships, and many
thousands of dollars.
Web
Site Marketing Tips To
Keep You
Ahead Of The Field
Web site
marketing is the most important part
of your sales strategy on the
Internet. Without skill,
determination, and creativity, your
web site can get lost in the sea of
competing online marketers. Unlock
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marketing. These tips may help you
launch your web site into the cyber
heavens!
The first step in
defining your web site marketing
plan is what do you want your site
to accomplish. Set objectives and
make sure you know how to measure
their success. Your web site has the
opportunity to reach millions but
zero in on the ones that will most
likely purchase products from you.
Setting a target market helps avoid
the broadcast advertisements that
never seem to work. Web site
marketing to a specific group
increases your chances of success.
Decide early
whether your web site marketing will
be centered on web site design or if
content will be the most important.
When people hit on your site, the
overall look and feel will
significantly affect whether they
will stay for a long time. Your web
site needs to be easy to navigate.
The design is a critical part of
your web site’s image to consumers.
Also, the word content on your web
site must make sense. Just achieving
a high SEO content doesn’t mean
customers will buy from your site.
Another important
web site marketing technique is
linking to other sites. Just like
networking when looking for
employment, linking provides
opportunities for customers to find
your web site in the Internet maze.
Everywhere you can link, do link. It
makes sense to do business with like
web sites. Offer to put links on
yours and ask for a reciprocal link
from others. The more sites that
link to yours, the higher you'll
rank in Google.
is
crucial in today’s Internet world.
You must get the word out on your
website, otherwise your sales will
suffer. Many exciting and effective
ways exist for you to generate
traffic for no or little cost. Even
if you do not have a large marketing
budget, you too can operate a
successful web site traffic
promotion.
One effective web
site traffic promotion is network
marketing with other web site.
Owners of other web sites want to
promote their own sites just as you
want to promote yours. Link
exchanges help expose viewers of
both web sites to the offerings of
the other. This is a very effective
traffic-building tactic and many web
sites out there want to trade links.
Good Old Traffic Tips
1.
Write and submit articles to the article
directories.
2. Leave comments on other people’s blogs
with a back link to your site.
3. Answer people’s questions on
www.answers.yahoo.com.
4. Post in forums and have a link
to your site in your signature.
5. Write a press release and
submit it to www.PRWeb.com.
6. Advertise your website in the
appropriate category on www.CraigsList.com.
7. Give an unbiased testimonial on a
product/service that you have used in
exchange for a back link to your site.
8. Start a blog and submit it to
the 100’s of free blog directories.
9. Manually submit your website
to the major search engines.
10. Optimize each page of your website for
a particular keyword or search phrase.
11. Add a link in your email signature to
your website. It’s a free and easy way to get a little more traffic.
12. Make a custom 404 error page for your
website redirecting people to your home
page.
13. Use PPC search engine advertising.
14. Add a “bookmark this site” link to your
WebPages.
15. Have a tell-a-friend form on your site.
16. Send articles to ezine publishers that
includes a link to your website.
17. Hold a crazy content and make it go
viral.
18. Give away a freebie (eBook,
report,
e-course)
to keep people
coming back to your site.
19. Add an RSS feed to your blog.
20. Submit your site to any related
niche directories on the net.
21. Participate in a banner or
link exchange
program.
22. Create a software program and
give it
away for free.
23. Purchase the misspellings or
variations
of your domain name, or
those of your competitors.
24. Buy a domain name related to your
niche
that is
already receiving traffic
and forward it to
your site.
25. Pass out business cards with your
domain on them everywhere you go.
26. Start and affiliate program and let
your affiliates send you visitors.
27. Start a page on social bookmarking
sites such as www.MySpace.com.
28. Submit a viral video to www.YouTube.com
29. Conduct and publish surveys to your
website.
30. Find joint venture partners that
will
send you traffic.
31. Start your own newsletter or ezine.
32. Use a auto responder or email campaign
to keep people coming back to your site.
33. Purchase ads on other sites.
34. Send a free copy of your product to
other site owners in exchange for a product
review.
35. Sell or place classified ads on
www.eBay.com with a link to your site.
36. Post free classified ads on any of the
sites that allow them with a link to your
site.
37. Exchange reciprocal links
with other
related websites.
38. Network with other people at
seminars or
other live events.
39. Purchase advertising in popular
newsletters or ezines.
40. Advertise on other product’s
“thank you”
pages.
41. Create a free eBook and list
in on the
“free eBook” sites.
42. Buy and use a memorable domain name.
43. Do something controversial.
44. Create an Amazon profile and submit
reviews for books and other products that you have read.
45. Start a lens on www.Squidoo.com.
46. Use a traffic exchange (low quality
traffic,
but can sometimes be worthwhile).
47. Get referrals form similar but
non-competing sites.
48. Create and sell a product with resell or
giveaway rights and include a link to your
site in it o others pass it around for you.
49. Email your list. If you don’t
have one,
get one.