What’s Wrong With Network Marketing / MLM?

What’s The Big Deal With Network Marketing and MLM?

Let me start by being very clear about something before we get started on the controversial subject matter of Network Marketing.

There is no such thing as a “Network Marketing Company”. Network Marketing, or Multi-Level Marketing is not an industry or business in and of itself.

Network Marketing is really a distribution method being used by many companies in a variety of industries.

There are companies that offer services such as Web Hosting, Telecommuncations, Nutritional Products, Beverages, etc… and they use a network marketing or multi-level distribution method to gather new customers.

Network Marketing as a means of income generation has been endorsed by celebrities such as Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Allen, Mark Victor Hanson, T Harv Ecker, James Ray, and more. Read the rest of What’s Wrong With Network Marketing / MLM? »

How To Get Targeted MLM Leads

Win the MLM Game

Win the MLM Game

Anyone who has been involved with MLM Opportunities for any length of time quickly realizes that one of the most critical elements of success is having people to talk to about your business opportunity, product, or service.

The “Friends and Family” routine quickly shows you that there is no faster way to join the NFL (No Friends Left) club! Before you know it, friends aren’t taking your calls, family stops visiting (which may be a good thing) and relationships become strained.

But just like you were able to recognize a powerful opportunity when you joined your MLM business, there are other people out there just like you that are looking for a way to escape the 9 to 5 and build an alternate source of income. So how do you find them? Read the rest of How To Get Targeted MLM Leads »

After almost 8 years in arms, US Combat Troops Leave Iraq

Combat Vehicles leave Iraq crossing into Kuwait's border.

Combat Vehicles leave Iraq crossing into Kuwait's border.

The last U.S. combat troops crossed the border into Kuwait on Thursday morning, bringing to a close the active combat phase of a 7½-year war that overthrew the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein, forever defined the presidency of George W. Bush and left more than 4,400 American service members and tens of thousands of Iraqis dead.

The final convoy of the Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Lewis, Wash., began entering Kuwait about 1:30 a.m. (6:30 p.m. Wednesday ET), carrying the last of the 14,000 U.S. combat forces in Iraq, said NBC’s Richard Engel, who has been traveling with the brigade as it moved out this week.

NBC News video showed the last Stryker vehicles rolling up to the gate. A guard pulled it back, and the vehicles drove through. The gate closed behind them.

The departure marks the official end of Operation Iraqi Freedom, P.J. Crowley, a spokesman for the State Department, told msnbc TV. But while it is “an historic moment,” he said, it is not the end of the U.S. mission in Iraq.

“We are ending the war … but we are not ending our work in Iraq,” he said. “We have a long-term commitment to Iraq.” Read the rest of After almost 8 years in arms, US Combat Troops Leave Iraq »

Remarks by the President at Iftar Dinner Regarding the “Ground Zero Mosque”

President Obama Addresses the "Ground Zero Mosque" Controversy

President Obama Addresses the "Ground Zero Mosque" Controversy

Weighing his words carefully on a fiery political issue, President Barack Obama said Saturday that Muslims have the right to build a mosque near New York’s ground zero, but he did not say whether he believes it is a good idea to do so.

Obama commented during a trip to Florida, where he expanded on a Friday night White House speech asserting that Muslims have the same right to freedom of religion as everyone else in America.

The president’s statements thrust him squarely into a debate that he had skirted for weeks and could put Democrats on the spot three months before midterm elections where they already were nervous about holding control of the House and maybe even the Senate. Until Friday, the White House had asserted that it did not want to get involved in local decision-making.

Obama told CNN’s Ed Henry Saturday that he supported the developers’ right to build:

My intention was to simply let people know what I thought. Which was that in this country, we treat everybody equally in accordance with the law. Regardless of race. Regardless of religion. I was not commenting on and will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right that people have that dates back to our founding. That’s what our country’s about and I think it’s very important that as difficult as some of these issues are, we stay focused on who we are as a people and what our values are all about. Read the rest of Remarks by the President at Iftar Dinner Regarding the “Ground Zero Mosque” »

Pakistan Floods Are Worst Disaster I’ve Ever Seen

“Pakistan Floods Are Worst Disaster I’ve Ever Seen” – Ban Ki-Moon, UN Chief

Pakistan Flooding

Pakistan Flooding

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday he has never seen anything like the flood disaster in Pakistan after surveying the devastation and urged foreign donors to speed up assistance to the 20 million people affected.

Ban’s comments reflect the concern of the international community about the unfolding disaster in Pakistan, which is battling al-Qaida and Taliban militants, has a weak and unpopular government, and an anemic economy propped up by international assistance.

“This has been a heart-wrenching day for me,” Ban said after flying over the hard-hit areas with President Asif Ali Zardari. “I will never forget the destruction and suffering I have witnessed today. In the past I have witnessed many natural disasters around the world, but nothing like this.”

Ban visited Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country in May 2008, killing an estimated 138,000 people. He also flew to China’s Sichuan province just days after an earthquake killed nearly 90,000 people in March 2008. Read the rest of Pakistan Floods Are Worst Disaster I’ve Ever Seen »

You’re Already Involved In Network Marketing, You just don’t get paid for it … yet

You're already a network marketer

You're already a network marketer

Have you ever …

… told a friend about a movie you liked?
… advised someone on where to have dinner?
… recommended a good book?
… sent a web site link to a friend?

We all have. Every single one of us has recommended some sort of offer to friends of ours. We do it every single day.

At the office, you might say something like:

Let’s have lunch at this great burger place today.
You have got to see this amazing movie!
Did you buy that new xBox game, yet? It ROCKS!
I’m reading this awesome book. You should check it out.

Businesses refer to this as “word of mouth marketing” and they know that it can be one of the best ways to create “buzz” about their product or service.

They HOPE you will tell your network of friends and associates about your great experience and then recommend it so that your friends will buy, too.

And when you do refer those friends and those friends spend money, these same companies won’t even send you a thank-you card, much less a piece of the revenue generated by your referral.

You are participating in “word of mouth marketing” by sharing your opinions and recommendations with your “network” of friends and associates.

Like it or not: You are involved in Network Marketing … for free! Read the rest of You’re Already Involved In Network Marketing, You just don’t get paid for it … yet »

Woman Publicly Outs Boss for Playing “FarmVille” at Work, Quits her job on a series Dry Erase Board, Emails office

Woman Publicly Outs Boss for Playing “FarmVille” at Work, Quits her job on a series Dry Erase Board, Emails officeWoman Publicly Outs Boss for Playing “FarmVille” at Work, Quits her job on a series Dry Erase Board, Emails office

Yesterday morning, a woman named Jenny announced that she was quitting her job through a series of messages written on dry erase boards, which she photographed and e-mailed out to her entire office of roughly 20 employees. Those photos — and a wildly amusing supposed backstory — have since found their way to the Internet.

The boards reveal that Jenny overheard a phone conversation in which her boss called her a “HOPA” (Hot Piece of Ass), effectively inspiring her to leave — and to take revenge via the dry erase board messages. But Jenny decided to take things a step further by disclosing not only her boss’s misconduct, but also how he spends his time online, since he both monitors his employees’ online activity and gave her access to the monitoring software.

The boards reveal exactly how much time Jenny’s boss spent trading stocks, reading tech news and, yes, playing FarmVille. It looks like Bulgarian city councilman Dimitar Kerin won’t be the last employee to get canned because of his FarmVille addiction.

We’ve reached out to confirm the authenticity of the backstory (which, could just be a well-orchestrated but nonetheless funny prank), which originally appeared on theCHIVE, but you can enjoy the full comedy in the gallery below: Read the rest of Woman Publicly Outs Boss for Playing “FarmVille” at Work, Quits her job on a series Dry Erase Board, Emails office »

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