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Scam Alerts!

 Cash Gifting as a
Home Based Business


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".



Ponzi scheme targets
Christians, SEC says


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.



Exposing: the Oprah
 Letter Scam
 

ABC NEWS Consumer Correspondent
Jan. 28, 2008
Con Artists Claim 'Oprah' and
20/20 Endorsed Their Pyramid Scheme.





In Pictures: Seven Ways To
Avoid Affinity Fraud

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.


Attorney General Warns of
Marketing, Pyramid Schemes

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.




Better Business Bureau
expels 2 firms
 

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.




Lee's Summit business owners
 indicted for false tax returns
 

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.





UK's Times Online reports
crack down on scams and
"matrix" schemes


"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 significant Network Marketing income.  It doesn’t matter how many skills you have or how great of a communicator you are, if you don’t have anyone to communicate with!  Or, not enough people to communicate with.
 

If you are interested in "self-funded" prospecting programs, the "Free 10-Day Magnetic Sponsoring™ Boot Camp" offered by Mike Dillard teaches the 21st century professional's way to prospect and leads to one of the most incredible eye-opening series of free video lessons that I've ever seen.  His ongoing internet marketing training is top notch also.


How about a way to actually make
money while you are prospecting?



Does the idea of multiple streams of income grab you? Then learn about Ann Sieg's marketing program.  For those dedicated to working online to produce leads, her system not only will teach you how to do that, but will also have you get paid to do it!





Are you in it for the long haul -
not the quick fix?



Here's the most important tip I can give you.  If you want a steady stream of motivated prospects, you simply have to develop you own "farm" of prospects.  That's the term used by real estate professionals anyway.  I call it a database of people who, over time, get to know you, like you, and trust you through your correspondence and conversation with them.  Every time you get a lead or meet a prospect, you need to add them to a professional database management tool.  As your database grows, it will become the most valuable thing you own.  Trust me on this - you need to start building a data base today with an effective database management system.




Most people are working with companies where it is virtually impossible to ever build a “reliable, long-term, leveraged, residual income.”





Don't be seduced by the myths, deception and lies that most of the best of us have fallen for and which has cost many of us precious years, many 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 the power of the web and learn the secrets of great online web site 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.




Web site traffic promotion



 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.


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