If you're looking to buy into a ready-made business, you could
be lining yourself up for a franchise scam unless you do your
homework.
We explain how franchises -- and scams --
work and what you should do to avoid falling victim to a con
trick.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
10 Tips to Beat the Olive Oil Scam
Americans spend more than $700 million a year on olive oil,
but most of that may be money down the drain because of a
big-time olive oil scam.
As much as two thirds of the high quality olive oil we buy and maybe even more - is not what it says on the bottle.
We're being duped into paying premium prices for a poor quality product that may contain little or no olive oil at all.
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As much as two thirds of the high quality olive oil we buy and maybe even more - is not what it says on the bottle.
We're being duped into paying premium prices for a poor quality product that may contain little or no olive oil at all.
Click here to read the full article.
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A New Milestone For TimTech
By Jon Olson (My Good Friend)
Hit Exchange News
Wow! $3037.03….
I still cannot believe it but this is the first time in my 14 years of being online, I have ever been a part of such a weekly pay day. Sure there has been program launches where the commissions where higher, but this week was just like any other week.
No program launch. No JV invite. Just another Friday, or PayDay, for TimTech and wow, what a huge week it was…
$3037.03…In commissions paid!
I cannot thank you enough, every single person who has ever promoted TimTech, raved about our services and heck yeah, even the haters (cause I know there’s a lot of you out there)….Every single person has had a huge hand in the massive amounts of commissions we are able to pay out to affiliate every week!
Without any new programs….Cool huh? Just the same old, boring programs…Ever green, +1 business models. Nothing new, just fun stuff to help people get advertising to their web sites.
There’s the lesson I think in this blog post…You do not need to come up with new stuff every month for a cash grab, you just need a solid game plan and the ability to stick to it. Long term growth is what we are after and this past week showed me how solid that plan really is.
So once again, thank you for your support and get ready because next week should be another fantastic affiliate commission payout…
P.S. Oh yeah…..Speaking of +1, we are doing out lifetime upgrades at ClickTrackProfit his week…If you wanna learn exactly how we are able to pay out $3000 in commissions by NOT being sexy and by collecting silly badges, be sure to get your upgrade today. It’s awesome sauce!!!!!
Have a great weekend!
Barb :)
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Wow! $3037.03….
I still cannot believe it but this is the first time in my 14 years of being online, I have ever been a part of such a weekly pay day. Sure there has been program launches where the commissions where higher, but this week was just like any other week.
No program launch. No JV invite. Just another Friday, or PayDay, for TimTech and wow, what a huge week it was…
$3037.03…In commissions paid!
I cannot thank you enough, every single person who has ever promoted TimTech, raved about our services and heck yeah, even the haters (cause I know there’s a lot of you out there)….Every single person has had a huge hand in the massive amounts of commissions we are able to pay out to affiliate every week!
Without any new programs….Cool huh? Just the same old, boring programs…Ever green, +1 business models. Nothing new, just fun stuff to help people get advertising to their web sites.
There’s the lesson I think in this blog post…You do not need to come up with new stuff every month for a cash grab, you just need a solid game plan and the ability to stick to it. Long term growth is what we are after and this past week showed me how solid that plan really is.
So once again, thank you for your support and get ready because next week should be another fantastic affiliate commission payout…
P.S. Oh yeah…..Speaking of +1, we are doing out lifetime upgrades at ClickTrackProfit his week…If you wanna learn exactly how we are able to pay out $3000 in commissions by NOT being sexy and by collecting silly badges, be sure to get your upgrade today. It’s awesome sauce!!!!!
Have a great weekend!
Barb :)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Why I Don’t Care About Building Downlines…
by Jon Olson
Hit Exchange News
I read a blog post earlier this week and it made me chuckle. It was going on and on about how important building downlines are and the importance of them and how you cannot survive without them….You know, the same speech we have heard from controlling ‘gurus’ for years and years. So I wanted to share with folks a little story…It’s called my ‘Easy Hits 4 U Downline Story‘…
It’s arguably, the biggest traffic exchange on planet earth. It caters to both a traffic exchange market and of course a Paid To Click market. At any given time of the day, there are thousands of active surfers online in the system. And it’s always rated in the toplists of must join programs and has the most active members on any T.E. online…
Back when it started in 2003, I decided to join and I stuck my referral ID in various blog posts, forum posts, downline builders but NEVER did I promote the direct referral link in a traffic exchange. I promoted me. Jon Olson. The TE Guy. The loud mouth…
9 years after the program was launched, my downline is more than 10% of the entire program.
Yes, you read that right…In a traffic exchange of over 550,000 members, I have a downline of 59424 (at last count, it goes up by dozens a day).
Ha!
So instead of worrying about ‘building downlines’ and how important it was for me to build a downline…I worried about a PERSONAL brand. I worried about building my name in the business and RECOMMENDING EasyHits4U through the back end of my businesses.
Pretty cool numbers huh? So what’s the message I wanted to share….Stop worrying about the ‘numbers’ and the ‘downlines’ and worry about your personal brand. Build you and YOUR business first and believe me, here’s the proof, the numbers will follow. They always do!
Learn how to make your personal brand and succeed here.
Have a great day!
Barb :)
Hit Exchange News
I read a blog post earlier this week and it made me chuckle. It was going on and on about how important building downlines are and the importance of them and how you cannot survive without them….You know, the same speech we have heard from controlling ‘gurus’ for years and years. So I wanted to share with folks a little story…It’s called my ‘Easy Hits 4 U Downline Story‘…
It’s arguably, the biggest traffic exchange on planet earth. It caters to both a traffic exchange market and of course a Paid To Click market. At any given time of the day, there are thousands of active surfers online in the system. And it’s always rated in the toplists of must join programs and has the most active members on any T.E. online…
Back when it started in 2003, I decided to join and I stuck my referral ID in various blog posts, forum posts, downline builders but NEVER did I promote the direct referral link in a traffic exchange. I promoted me. Jon Olson. The TE Guy. The loud mouth…
9 years after the program was launched, my downline is more than 10% of the entire program.
Yes, you read that right…In a traffic exchange of over 550,000 members, I have a downline of 59424 (at last count, it goes up by dozens a day).
Ha!
So instead of worrying about ‘building downlines’ and how important it was for me to build a downline…I worried about a PERSONAL brand. I worried about building my name in the business and RECOMMENDING EasyHits4U through the back end of my businesses.
Pretty cool numbers huh? So what’s the message I wanted to share….Stop worrying about the ‘numbers’ and the ‘downlines’ and worry about your personal brand. Build you and YOUR business first and believe me, here’s the proof, the numbers will follow. They always do!
Learn how to make your personal brand and succeed here.
Have a great day!
Barb :)
Friday, April 13, 2012
Scores Arrested as Police Clamp Down on Olympic Games Scams
With the 2012 Olympic Games in London just a few weeks away,
law enforcement agencies have issued warnings about the risk
of scams.
Memories of the phony ticket and package deal scams that hit the games both in Sydney and Beijing have come flooding back.
In both of those events, thousands of victims were lured into paying for tickets on crooked websites, or paying for packages that either didn't exist or didn't include the implied ticket.
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Memories of the phony ticket and package deal scams that hit the games both in Sydney and Beijing have come flooding back.
In both of those events, thousands of victims were lured into paying for tickets on crooked websites, or paying for packages that either didn't exist or didn't include the implied ticket.
Click Here to read the full article.
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
Electronic Medical Health Records Plan Sparks Data Breach Alarm
We're so used to our personal data being collected and stored
we could be forgiven for shrugging off the impending switch to
electronic medical health records storage.
But last year alone, 18 million of those records were lost, stolen or otherwise put at risk of falling into the wrong hands.
Just like our health care, our health record privacy is in the hands of others and there's only so much we, as individuals, can do to protect it. But we can tell you 7 things you could and should be doing.
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But last year alone, 18 million of those records were lost, stolen or otherwise put at risk of falling into the wrong hands.
Just like our health care, our health record privacy is in the hands of others and there's only so much we, as individuals, can do to protect it. But we can tell you 7 things you could and should be doing.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
IN MARKETING, ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
Imagine
that you went shopping for a new shirt, and the salesperson presented
you with a garment three sizes too big, saying, "This is one of our most
popular colors." Or showed you a shirt in a child's size, telling you,
"This style is new this season." You'd probably think the salesperson
was crazy, right? And you certainly wouldn't trust his or her judgement
about what shirt might be right for you.
Unfortunately, this sort of thing goes on with marketing all the time. Without asking you a single question about your situation, an acquaintance describes the latest marketing idea they heard about, and urges you to try it. Or a workshop leader who knows nothing about your business explains the best way to market your services and recommends you adopt it. Or a consultant advises you to use a specific marketing approach with almost no understanding of your business.
It can be tempting to follow recommendations like these. After all, these folks sound so sure of themselves, and perhaps you feel on shaky ground where marketing is concerned. Maybe you should just take the advice of people who seem to know more. Or maybe not.
Maybe marketing needs to fit you every bit as much as a shirt does. If it's too big or too small, casual when you need something businesslike, or designed for a party when you're planning a workout, it won't do you any good.
Here are four different types of "size" to help you measure the fit of your marketing.
If you truly want your marketing to fit your business, you'd better know your measurements. And, when someone tries to tell you how to market, they'd better know your measurements, too.
Copyright © 2012, C.J. Hayden
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Unfortunately, this sort of thing goes on with marketing all the time. Without asking you a single question about your situation, an acquaintance describes the latest marketing idea they heard about, and urges you to try it. Or a workshop leader who knows nothing about your business explains the best way to market your services and recommends you adopt it. Or a consultant advises you to use a specific marketing approach with almost no understanding of your business.
It can be tempting to follow recommendations like these. After all, these folks sound so sure of themselves, and perhaps you feel on shaky ground where marketing is concerned. Maybe you should just take the advice of people who seem to know more. Or maybe not.
Maybe marketing needs to fit you every bit as much as a shirt does. If it's too big or too small, casual when you need something businesslike, or designed for a party when you're planning a workout, it won't do you any good.
Here are four different types of "size" to help you measure the fit of your marketing.
- Marketing a professional service is not the same as marketing a product.
Products are tangible; you can see them, touch them, maybe even taste
them before you buy. Services are intangible. You can't experience them
until they are demonstrated. Because a service is intangible, until it
is performed for you, you have no idea how it will turn out, whether you
will like it, or whether it will work for your problem, situation, or
opportunity.
Therefore, when clients purchase a service for the first time, they must rely on their judgment about the person delivering it. They must trust you. Trust is built through positive experiences over time, by referrals and recommendations from reliable sources, and credibility-boosters like speaking, writing, or media stories.
Marketing your services with any approach that doesn't build trust (or may even harm it), is a bad fit. Examples are mile-long sales pages that offer multiple bonuses if you buy today, subscribing prospects to an email list without explicit permission, or ads offering low prices, deep discounts, or coupons. These are tactics that sell products; that's why you see them so often. But that doesn't mean you should copy them.
- Small business marketing is different than big business marketing.
Big businesses have marketing departments and sales departments with
different functions. They have full-time staff dedicated to marketing
and sales. They have substantial marketing budgets, and they can afford
to invest in name recognition.
You, however, as a small business owner, must manage both marketing and sales, and that's only part of your job. If you're a solo business, you have to actually perform all the work of sales and marketing, too, except for those portions you might be able to contract out. Your budget doesn't allow for marketing approaches that only result in name recognition; you need your marketing to turn into closed sales.
Bad fits for a small business include promotion and advertising just to "get your name out there," selling strategies that require making dozens of phone calls per day to pay off, and maintaining multiple websites and social networking profiles to increase your online visibility.
To find approaches with a better fit, the key is to be realistic. What can you actually execute well with the time and money you have available? Successful small business owners often rely on low-cost, low-tech strategies like personal networking to build their contacts and referrals, public speaking, or pursuing high-value clients by researching contacts or leads and contacting them directly.
- One-to-one marketing doesn't use the same tactics as one-to-many marketing.
How many clients do you need to have a successful year? Three, or three
hundred? The answer makes a world of difference to the sort of
marketing that fits your business best.
When your business consists of a handful of large, ongoing contracts, one-to-one marketing is a perfect fit. Your marketing plan might include no more than attending or presenting at professional meetings, following up consistently with a small group of prospects, and lunch with colleagues.
But if your business is made up of many small sales to a large number of people, one-to-many marketing is called for. You'll need approaches that allow you to become known to a substantial audience, such as authoring an ezine or blog, public speaking, or active social networking.
- B2B marketing isn't the same as B2C marketing, and SB2SB marketing is its own category.
B2B stands for business to business, B2C means business to consumer,
and SB2SB is small business to small business, a lesser known
classification, but a rapidly growing group.
Depending on which of these three labels fits your target market best, you might focus your social media marketing efforts on LinkedIn (best for B2B) or Facebook (best for B2C or SB2SB). You might include cold calling in your marketing plan (B2B or SB2SB) or leave it alone (B2C). You might do best by giving presentations to corporate audiences (B2B or B2C), or to small business networks (SB2SB).
If you truly want your marketing to fit your business, you'd better know your measurements. And, when someone tries to tell you how to market, they'd better know your measurements, too.
Copyright © 2012, C.J. Hayden
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
ClickTrackProfit Hits A Milestone! by Jon Olson
by Jon Olson
Hit Exchange NewsClick. Track.Profit!
We started this crazy program over a year ago. When it was launched it had most people scratching their heads, some people were super upset with us (and still are of course) but the majority were excited to see something new and refreshing in the industry…
We threw terms around like ‘drip feed marketing’, the splash page multiplex, downline passthru technology, referral maximizer…And again, more heads were being scratched. And then when we released the badges…Oh wow, that really got people talking didn’t it? And then we introduced Nerd Surfing, the Tokens, Batteries, Magic Wands, Game Cards, Trophies…The gamification of ‘internet marketing’ became a reality.
30,000 member later, ClickTrackProfit is as strong as ever and the numbers don’t lie, it’s become a huge success. This is one of those programs that didn’t have a big launch, as it was launched within the TE Live community and to this day gets very little support from certain owners in the business…
Yet, it grows. And the members love it. And the training continues to be unique and effective. Amazing what happens when you put people first. We are so happy about the past year but even more excited about the future. The past week we started the Awesome Sauce Referral Contest with the other guys in Nerd Surf and the numbers have been ‘awesome’ to say the least…And we are just getting started.
Even though we have added so much to the program we still remain committed to keeping things super simple and that’s what makes this program so effective. Click. Track. Profit. 1-2-3. Thank you for all your support and all your trust in our company and the CTP way of doing things. We are honored and so thankful you have shown the industry that you can have fun, learn and make money all at the same time.
Have a great week!
To your success.
Barb :)
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