MLM (Multi-level Marketing) has been the standard for online businesses for quite some years now. People are getting tired of it though. MLM has some seriously disturbing factors about it &ndash regardless of the particular program that you may be involved in. Let’s take a look:

1 All MLM programs are based on the promotion of bogus products. You pay a monthly subscription fee for a product that nobody wants or needs and then you are stuck trying to promote it to others to recoup your investment costs.

2 Unfailingly, the only people that make money in MLM programs are those who have huge downlines. They’ve worked for years to develop these downlines. This makes it very hard for the newcomer to generate any cash at all &ndash let alone something that they could live off of.

3 MLM turns out to be a solo endeavor. Most programs have up-lines that are either uninterested or unable to help the newcomer. That’s one big reason that over 97% of MLM endeavors fail wretchedly within the first year.

Cash gifting programs eliminate all of the nonsense that you will find in the MLM programs. First of all, there is no bogus product to buy or sell. Cash gifting is about like-minded individuals giving and receiving cash. It’s about sowing and reaping. Gifting represents the timeless concept of generosity. You give to those who are less fortunate than you, and in return you recoup your investment many times over.

Cash gifting is all about teamwork. Experienced mentors are in place to help you through every step of the process. These professional coaches have been where you are as a newcomer. They care and want to help you to succeed because your success is their success.

Also &ndash unlike MLM &ndash gifting programs have well established and proven statistical success offline. This is good because when you bring in a newcomer to an online business, there is an extreme learning curve to overcome. Technology confuses many. These people are free to develop their gifting business by offline advertising mediums as well as the online ones. This enhances the individual’s ability to duplicate the proven methods of success.

Cash gifting programs are becoming incredibly popular again. Even if you have been involved in MLM programs, you can offer your downline an opportunity that they can actually profit from. Constantly monitored databases ensure that the playing field is level. No one can possibly be cheated. You make an initial investment. Then it’s your turn to recoup the investment. It’s that simple! Explore the realm of gifting programs today. Eliminate the hype and drivel inherent in MLM programs. It’s all about making money, right?

In the first article we looked at how many first time (and experienced!) sales people can be held back from achieving success because of the fears they may have on getting out there and selling.

In the previous article I highlighted 6 main selling-related fears: failure; image or self belief; rejection; lack of product knowledge; criticism; presentation. Each of theses fears on their own can cause a breakdown in the sales process and prevent you from confidently tackling another prospect.

In this article I will look at how you can address these fears head-on; what you can do to face your fears and banish them for life!

Fear of Failure

Undoubtedly the biggest fear most people in selling, and business have is the fear of failure. There is nothing more demoralising than a continual lack of success! Fear of failure has been ingrained from school &ndash remember all those tests when the results were read out for all the class to hear? If you had a poor result, you never felt like trying again! But, don’t be like Homer Simpson when he tried to consol his son Bart who had failed in his bid to be class president,

“You tried and you failed. The lesson is … never try.”

So, what can you do to conquer your fear of failure? The bottom line is that you need a rock solid positive attitude. You must have an inner voice which is continually pushing you onto the next prospect and saying, “Come on, let’s find the one who’s going to say yes!”

Failure has to be seen as a learning opportunity. In every failure, there is a nugget of information, which next time, can point you in the direction of better success. James Dyson, the inventor of the revolutionary vacuum cleaner, summed up the need for a positive attitude, when he said, “Success is made up of 99% failure. You galvanise yourself and you keep going as a full optimist.”

Image Fear

Not everyone has boundless self-confidence. When you start out in business, there is sometimes a nagging doubt that you may have bitten off more than you can chew. This inner doubt chips away at your self confidence and soon you have a poor self image, which reflects in your sales pitch. To be a successful salesperson you have to have a strong self image.

To improve the image you have of yourself, follow these steps:

Write down the qualities which you believe a successful salesperson should possess. Try and limit the list to 4 or 5 key qualities

Find a quiet spot and relax your body and mind with deep and steady breathing

Once you are totally relaxed recite the strong, self image qualities you identified earlier

Imagine or visualise yourself possessing each of these qualities. See in your minds eye how you look, now that you have these qualities. See how successful you are, how you look, and the car you are driving, where you are living

Repeat to yourself that you are assuming each of these qualities and becoming a better person with each day that passes

Repeat this exercise first thing in the morning and last thing at night and you’ll soon find your self image and confidence levels increasing!

Fear of Rejection

Closely linked with the fear of failure is the fear of rejection. Hearing the response “No” is not a great motivator! The main way to deal with rejection is just to accept that it happens. Try and re-frame any rejection you get by saying to yourself that it’s the customer who loses out, not you. Walk away with a smug smile on your face and remind yourself that you are one step closer to someone who will say “Yes”.

Product Knowledge Fear

A lack of in depth knowledge about your product or service quickly finds its way to making for a poor presentation. There is only one solution … and that’s to get learning! Absorb yourself in the product. Understand all the features and benefits, so that you can confidently talk about all aspects of your offering. Banishing this fear is one of the easy ones to put right.

Criticism

No one likes to be criticised, especially if you have tried your hardest. Unless you are very thick-skinned, harsh criticism can knock you back. If you carry out the exercises on improving your self-image, your ability to take criticism will also improve. Decide to view criticism more as feedback than a direct attack on you. There is usually some element of truth in the majority of critical comments and it’s important that you take the opportunity to learn and change.

Presentation Fears

You may know all the features and benefits of your product but, like an actor, you suffer from stage fright! The presentation fear can be down to a lack of structure around your sales process. Write a basic outline on how you wish a perfect sales pitch to go. Prepare a script for the key parts of the presentation and rehearse, rehearse, rehearse!

Why not ask someone to help you role play a sales presentation? This will give you the opportunity to make all the mistakes you want but in a risk-free environment! You should also visit your local Business Link office and see what courses they are running on sales skills. Look out for books and tapes on effective selling. All of these actions will assist in improving your confidence and result in a more professional sales presentation.

Selling does not have to be a fearful experience! If you have the right attitude, a strong self belief, a full understanding of your product and plenty of practice, then you will have nothing to fear. So, take a look at each of these fears and put a plan in place to tackle them today!

It may be easier to ask how could people not love the reverse funnel system? The reverse funnel system makes people a lot of money, it made me enormous amounts of money in a short period of time. The reverse funnel system is constantly working, and it is working for you! Therefore the reverse funnel system is your friend… people love their friends.

I love the reverse funnel system. It made me almost thirty thousand dollars the first month I became a part of the system. Never before in my life have I been as grateful for an internet marketing system as when I was introduced to the reverse funnel system. It has done things for me that none of my closest friends would… it has given me thousands and thousands of dollars.

Therefore, I have concluded that anyone who loves money and wants financial freedom will love the Reverse Funnel System.

Any one who wants to control their destiny and become part of a successful team that cares about their teammates loves the reverse funnel system.

There are all types of niches too get involved in throughout the internet and I have been around the block quite a few times. I have also had quite a few encounters that have which I will admit have blossomed into strong affections but nothing has treated me as well as the reverse funnel system.

People love the reverse funnel system because it works so well for them. It gives them the financial freedom to carry out their dreams and works for them while they sleep so they have time to give birth to new dreams.

Simply because the Reverse Funnel System does exactly what it’s suppose to do. The Reverse funnel system is an expert system designed by expert internet marketers to automate the building of a highly profitable internet business.

The reverse funnel system allows entrepreneurs and marketers to do nothing other then focus on traffic generation. That way you don’t have to spend countless money, hours, and time developing offers that can prove to convert at a decent rate.

The reverse funnel system has ALL of that created for you. That’s why the reverse funnel system is breaking records throughout the internet marketing community.

There has NEVER been a system designed that converts as high as this system does. The entire system was designed by expert copywriters, for over $25,000 per page. This system has allowed average people to take advantage of systems, copywriting, and a funnel process that they normally never would have access too.

Because of this, many entrepreneurs from all over the world have created more full time income from home using highly converting systems like this then has ever existed before. Any one who is truly interested in marketing, needs to focus their attention on marketing a funnel that CONVERTS the highest based on the traffic you run through that funnel.

This simple equation is the key to getting paid the most for what your effort and energy is worth. If you affiliate marketers and entrepreneurs keep promoting products that have low conversions and low commissions, they will continue to limit the amount they could actually be making for that same marketing effort.

I had reason to ask myself this question some time ago. The more I thought about it, the clearer the answers became.

If you are not making the money you want on the net now, read on and you will find some useful ideas based on my experiences. What I have to say applies equally to small business, home based business and network marketers.

The funny thing is that I knew what I had to do to make money. Nevertheless, I was not doing it! I continued to surf around various sites looking for that magic formula that would automatically put money in my bank account without having to do anything.

Why did I keep on avoiding the very steps or actions that would generate money for my business? Did I want my business to fail? No! Did I want to fail on the net? No! I was so easily distracted by the latest and greatest way to make money on the net that I spent my time reviewing these at the expense of building my own business.

I fooled myself into thinking that just because I had links to various products and services on my web page I would make money. The first fundamental principle of making money on the net is NO TRAFFIC equals NO INCOME. Just having a web page does not mean the world will beat a path to your door.

To solve this, I submitted my pages to the search engines. For a short time, when one of my pages enjoyed a listing within the top ten results for a keyword search, I had some extra traffic. Once I lost that position, the traffic dried up. I then tried resubmitting that page to regain my top 10 position but to no avail.

Now was the time for discouragement to set in. I had tried the obvious ways to get people to my web pages without success. I had submitted a few free classified ads but this was a tedious and time-consuming process. The results were far from spectacular also. There seemed to be no way to win on the net!

How do I make progress and what I have I learnt from this experience? With any success gained in life, there are a few of key factors - discipline, persistence and belief. Discipline is doing what needs to be done everyday to achieve the goal you are aiming for. Persistence is continuing the process but making changes where necessary so that the goal is reached. Belief is the confidence that you can do it.

With this in mind, it was time to go back to the basics of business and marketing and to answer some fundamental questions.

Who are people who will buy my product and/or service?

How can I reach them in the most cost-effective manner?

Once you know who will buy your product and/or service, then you can determine the best ways of contacting them. To know who will buy your product and/or service, ask yourself these questions:

What are the benefits to my potential buyers of my product and/or service?

Let us say that you are marketing a business opportunity. An important benefit of your opportunity is the ability of your prospect to make some extra money. Other benefits could include no longer having to work for a boss, financial independence, realization of dreams such as overseas travel, and the list could go on.

What people would gain from these benefits?

It is tempting to answer this question by saying “everyone”. However, this is simply not true. The best prospects may be those who are looking for an opportunity to increase their income. They could be people who are looking to start their own business but do not have a product or service to market. They could be people who have a small business and are looking for ways to increase their revenues.

Now we need to consider how we get in contact with these people. Where do they gather on the net? Are there others on the net who are already contacting this group of people?

One of the easiest ways to research how to contact the people who will buy our product and/or service is to review all the ezines published. Today, there are many ezines that cater to various interest groups and there is sure to be a number that will reach the people you need to contact.

Do a Google search to find sites where you can research ezines that may reach your target prospects. Examples include the Directory of Ezines and Zineworld. Once you have found the ezines that your prospects are reading, you have two ways of using this to your advantage. Most ezines accept classified ads for a fee and this can be an effective way to bring to your site a stream of qualified traffic.

However, the most cost-effective way is through writing articles that would interest your prospects and submitting them to the ezines for publication. Many ezines are looking for good quality material they can publish for the benefit of their readers. This provides benefits to you and the ezine publisher. You receive valuable free publicity for your site and the ezine editor receives a valuable contribution to their publication.

The targeted approach to contacting those who want to buy your product or service is usually always more cost effective that any other way. I am following my own advice and benefiting. I suggest you try it. Let us all make money on the web!

Genewize life sciences is a new division of a company called GeneLink, which is a 12 year old Nutritional Research and Development company in the area of genetics. For the last 12 years Genelink has been developing processes, and procedures in the area of integrating nutrition and genetic research.

They have truly made some AMAZING break throughs in this time period as well. For instance, as far as I know they are the ONLY company existing right now that is customizing nutrition to people’s actually genetics, and personalizing nutrition to their lifestyle.

Genelink has created a process where they use 98 ingredients in over 177,000 different ways to customize nutrition to each person’s Genetic code. By taking a saliva sample and assessing DNA, genelink can form a profile for each person…and then match nutrition to their particular profile.

This is obviously a HUGE breakthrough in nutrition and genetics, and is perfectly poised to capitalize off the rising wellness trends and demand for personalized nutrition.

Because of this, Genelink formed a network marketing division of their company called GeneWize which is going to be the marketing force that brings their incredible product to market.

Genewize, backed by this much awesome science and research, poised in the market as they are now, is positioned to capitalize tremendously off the trends happening in our economy right now. There will be many people who create tremendous success as GeneWize expands and brings its product to the world.

First off, you will need products to sell. Be very carefull when looking for dropshipping suppliers online there are many unscrupulous people that will take advantage of you. There are a couple of rules to follow when choosing a dropshipper. One, a real dropshipper will never charge you a fee to sell their products. Two, a real dropshipper will want proof that you are a legitamate business. They may ask for any or all of these; Business License, DBA, Federal ID (EIN), and/or Sellers Permit. A very good source of real wholesalers is the WorldWide Brands OneSource Directory. They sell a directory of REAL dropshippers and light bulk wholesalers that they have resarched for you.

Secondly, you will need a venu where you can reach prospective customers. You may want your own website or to sell your products on ebay. For your own website you will need a domain, a webhosting account, and shopping cart software. EZ Dropship Cart is a great cart for dropshippers. Ebay is also a great way to reach perspective customers, the only problem you may run into is that some manufacturers place no auction restrictions on their products.

Thirdly, you will need a way to accept your customers payments. Paypal is a fast easy way to get started, you pay fees only when you have transactions. While credit card processors offer lower per transaction fees, they require setup fees and monthly fees that are geared tword large voulme sales.

Lastly, you will have to get Legal, this is where most people faulter. They think it sounds hard, complicated, and expensive. And actually it isn’t any of those. Just visit your states website to find out what you need to do business. In most cases a DBA can be used in place of a Business License. But either way most states charge around $20.00. Some states, not all, require you to get a Sellers Permit or Resale Certificate. Either way all the resources you need should be available at you states home website, usually under a small business section. While you may not have any employees I highly recommend getting a fedeeral id. It costs $4.99 online and you get it instantly.

We’ve all heard about the importance of offering a product or service that is a good value. The better the value, the more sales you will make and the more money you will earn.

Sometimes good value can be based on a low price, or finding an otherwise hard-to-find product or service. Good value can have more to do with customer service or service after the sale.

But how about this one: the best value comes from a product or service that makes you FEEL good. Think about it for a minute.

McDonalds and Burger King became restaurant giants not so much because they produced food at low prices, but because customers felt good when they ate there. Those companies earned some of the largest fortunes in the world based on the simple principle that millions of people had a good time and really enjoyed themselves when they visited their restaurants.

There are a lot of products or services that provide a good value, but the ones that make us FEEL GOOD are the ones we’ll buy time and time again.

When you search for a new business opportunity or new product or service to sell, consider how the product makes people feel. Does it give them a energetic lift? Does it boost their spirits? Do they feel good after using your product or service?

Answer “yes” to those things, and you’re well on your way to earning nice, consistent profits.

Also make sure your product or service is unique. Yes, there may be other products in the same category, but make sure yours is different from the others in important ways. It can me more potent, more powerful, less expensive, more natural, or a host of other positive factors.

Emotion is probably the most effective factor in marketing. Sell a product or service that affects customers’ health, mood, and general well being and you’ll have a winner.

Infinite… timeless… the reverse funnel system is a system, like a corporation, it is not dependant on one person or one product. Currently the reverse funnel system is linked to GRN, Global Resorts Network, but since it is a system it can be applied to any product and any company.

If GRN disappears the reverse funnel system will still be thriving and ready to link to another source of income that may work better than GRN does now, although GRN was chosen for a specific reason and has been fulfilling the dreams of all those involved in the reverse funnel system the reverse funnel system is in no way dependant on GRN.

In fact all the reverse funnel system is…is an automated sales process that closes people into your business for you automatically. Ty Coughlin and the inner circle hired VERY expensive copy writers, and web conversion experts to design the system. And after a few months of running it the results have spoke for themselves. The Reverse Funnel System is producing 30-40% conversion rates. THAT is amazing.

So if GRN was ever not producing for the reverse funnel system as it should be than the system could simply be transferred to another company that could provide more for those of us who have become a part the reverse funnel system.

That is why the reverse funnel system is so amazing. It has everything to offer and very little to hurt you on. The biggest aspect of the reverse funnel system is that you must be delivering traffic into the system consistently… It has such high conversion rates this is not a problem but if the traffic is not sent to through the system then there will be no conversions and you will not see money.

So have no fear for the future of the reverse funnel system… it is here to stay and here to grow. Those who want to get involved early while the income potential can still reach six figures a month I expect you act fast. Because soon enough there will be many people driving traffic to their own individual funnels.

All the best and lets make some CASH!

Working from home has turn out to be more and more trendy in the past few years. More people are getting weary of having to rouse up early and make a extensive commute to a job they detest and working for a person or a company they don’’t want to work for. One of the best advantages to working from home on your own home business is that you can wake up when you want or need to and the commute is a long as it takes for you to walk to your home office. But it can be easy to get distracted when you are working from home so here are a few guidelines to keep in mind.

It’s critical that you become involved in all characteristics of your home business and become well-versed in the areas that you are unfamiliar with. This includes starting from the very idea on what you want your business to be about, to the formation of the service or the product all the way to the end when the product or service reaches the customer. If you assign things to other people, it can be easy to get induced into doing something that you end up not liking, so knowing what is going on in all aspects of the business is very important.

Exploration is a great thing. I know it can seem a little bit scary, especially if your home business is the lone thing contributing to your earnings. However a business should be about doing new things. The world is moving at a fast pace and people get jaded with seeing the same things over and over again and experimentation of ideas and products could be very useful and give you a step up above your competitors.

The biggest thing you need to be educated about when owning and operating a home business is the Internet. It is the most prevailing tool you can have when working from home. The Internet is the best place to tell people about what your business has to offer and there are several ways to not only inform people but also make money with different types of programs like advertising and affiliation. Having a website is one of the best ways to confront all of these things and you can either make it yourself or hire someone to do it for you. The bottom line is that any business needs to have an online presence.

These are just a few of the many things you need to think about when working from home and owning your own home business. Like I said before, it is crucial to become informed with all characteristics of operating a home business.