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Title: Share Your Best!
Post by: HowardMartell on May 31, 2005, 05:13:10 AM
HELLO GDI MEMBERS

One day said to myself how can reach a totally new market who have money and the need for web presence.

I said simple go to where the prospects hang out and drop cards into popular books, magazines, and in pant and shirt pockets while shopping as normal consumer.

You all may say wow thats sneaky I Think it is way to reach people long term it takes time and dedication each week but enjoy the challenge.

On top of this also drop my cards in cashiers hands, with tips for baggers, phone booths, newspaper racks.

Another simple method been using also is when paying bills always include a card or two with my check or payment.

People these methods our not new and with the way email is sometimes you if you really want to start to explode your business have to get out of the

comfort zone and go out and meet people indentify leaders and have them trained to duplicate some of these simple methods.

While at these stores also have simple sign on the back of my car says Tired living Paycheck to Paycheck want  to earn more! rcd msg 1-877-578-6210

So no matter where i go advertising while driving or at the movies.

We don't need to re invent the wheel keep it simple and show your members You Care about Them!

God Bless





Title: Re: another simple method use to advertise GDI
Post by: WilliamEckard on June 25, 2005, 02:29:46 AM
Hi Howard
Couldn't agree with you more...you've given me inspiration to "go back to basics" and I agree with all the other posts that there is too much emphasis on making money as opposed to a superior product. Once your sign-up understands the value of the product, only then would they get excited about selling it and only then will the money come!

I am also new and thought I would make a killing through google ads...well surprise surprise..so I am also going the route of first selling the product, second prove to your sign-up how valuable the product is, identify, train and assist the ones that are excited and after some long old fashioned hard work, sit back and enjoy the income!!!.....and please I am not knocking the internet gurus coz they know what they're doing but for us newbies....hey one can be extremely creative just with old fashioned basics

Has anybody ever thought about a way we can assist one another from a geographical perspective with off-line marketing? ....we're scattered all over the world ( I'm in South Africa)...I don't know why I am saying this...just thinking aloud!

William


Title: Share Your Best...
Post by: gdi on June 25, 2005, 04:32:28 AM
The GDI World Forum is quickly establishing itself as the *go to* place for information, answers and helpful comments.

Please Post your top marketing tip for all to see and consider making many of these ideas a part of YOUR business building regimen.

Chip


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Gerald Yancey on July 04, 2005, 07:02:56 AM
Great idea, Norma! I'm going to write that down on my GDI marketing plan and place classified ads in college newspapers and place flyers in my local community college.

Gerald


Title: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: KarenB on July 06, 2005, 09:04:44 AM
Is it possible for me to design my own banners? or do I have to get permission/approval from GDI first before I can use them?

ie. It would be nice if I could have a selection of colours and content depending on which (of my own few w/sites) would suit best.

~Karen


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on July 06, 2005, 10:52:08 AM
Hello!

Well, I've designed my own logo for promoting GDI regarding to my username and Chip advised me to contact Support department for approval!

This is (I think so) similar thing so maybe would be best to turn directly to them!!!

By the way, they approved me logo and is seen on www.tatjanap.ws (for now)

Best wishes!

Tatjana


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: KarenB on July 06, 2005, 11:48:35 AM
Hello!

Well, I've designed my own logo for promoting GDI regarding to my username and Chip advised me to contact Support department for approval!

This is (I think so) similar thing so maybe would be best to turn directly to them!!!

By the way, they approved me logo and is seen on www.tatjanap.ws (for now)

Best wishes!

Tatjana

Thanks Tatjana,

For purposes of demonstration, I have examples here:

Using a currently available banner: http://karenbristol.ws/

Using self-designed alternative banner 2: http://karenbristol.ws/Page2/page2.html

Using self-designed alternative banner 3: http://karenbristol.ws/Page3/page3.html

I should email links to support maybe.

~Karen



Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: StacyPerez on July 06, 2005, 12:03:08 PM
Hi Karen,

Those are awesome!!!!

I would think they would approve them.. You pretty much have
the same thing ..just different colors...

I love the purple one!!

Stacy Perez


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: KarenB on July 07, 2005, 02:35:34 AM
Hi Karen,

Those are awesome!!!!

I would think they would approve them.. You pretty much have
the same thing ..just different colors...

I love the purple one!!

Stacy Perez

Thanks

Yes, it was mainly the colours I wanted to change (to go with various site backgrounds), but as I'm always coming up with ideas, I wonder if I'd have to have approved every one of them.

~Karen


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: KarenB on July 07, 2005, 02:35:34 AM
Super and creative!

I like the blue one most!!!

Tatjana

 8) :) :)

Thanks

I knocked up only 2 in a hurry, but I had a few other colours in mind, as well as other ideas for design.

~Karen


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on July 07, 2005, 08:21:25 AM

Thanks

I knocked up only 2 in a hurry, but I had a few other colours in mind, as well as other ideas for design.

~Karen

Well - do one in my colours - you know - as sonce (sun) yellow and orange!!! It would be great! Do you like sun colours??

And go ahead and write to support. Put the ideas on the table and then you'll be able to see if they'll approve them or not. If you won't show them, they won't know that you have any at all!

SO - ACTION!!

Tatjana

 :) :) :)


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: NLove on July 07, 2005, 11:19:18 AM
what program(s) are good to use to make your own banners?
thank you,
Natasha


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Anne Perry on July 08, 2005, 12:47:20 AM
 :) Another great idea, Norma! I may see if I can come up with a neighborhood letter. We have a neighborhood association where I live, and it might be something they might like for posting events in the community, etc.

I've also thought of contacting churches. Many churches don't have websites, especially some of the smaller ones. This might be of great interest to them. And, by offering it to them in a way where they could make extra income with it I think would be a real blessing to them.

I'm not sure if it would be better to call them on the phone or first send them a letter and then follow it up with a phone call. If anyone out there has done this and has any sample letters or scripts in this regard, I'd greatly appreciate any help or suggestions.

Keep thinking of those great ideas, Norma!

Anne Marie


Title: Drip Marketing
Post by: AlanZ on July 08, 2005, 12:47:20 AM
There are a lot of uninformed people out there who think if they promote their affiliate
link a couple times they will be successful. This is not true as there are many people
out there who are doing the same thing and not making any money.

The truth is whatever you are promoting online; you must build your list and put all
prospects on a drip campaign. I am going to share with you how I build my GDI business
using the drip campaign technique.

FREE is the most powerful word in your advertising campaign.  I constantly advertise
the following FREE benefits of visiting my GDI site.

Submit 12 million Ads for FREE!
1000 FREE Leads per day for Life!
Free Sotfware Free ebooks Live seminars.

As you can see, I have something for everyone, whether you are promoting nutritional
products, movie and books clubs, legal and tax help programs. Something for everyone
and I am giving people a compelling reason WHY to visit my site. I am helping everyone
and at the same time building my e-mail list.

Everything on my site captures information.  I then put each verified person on a drip
campaign. I send an e-mail on a Sunday (first drip) encouraging them to see my GDI
Flash presentation.. 2 days later (drip) another e-mail reminding them again about
the GDI Flash presentation and 2 days later (drip) another one. Sunday and Tuesday
could be bad days to look, but Thursday might just be right. This again is called a drip
campaign. People are busy and don’t always have time to look.  After a while however, a
dripping faucet will cause someone to take note and take action.

By the way, all my messages say very little creating mystery and just encouraging them
to see the personalized Flash presentation.  Many people out there are saying way too
much.  Little is better.

If you have any questions about the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Take care,

Alan
Alan Zibluk
Bethany, CT


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: KarenB on July 10, 2005, 04:13:58 AM

Well - do one in my colours - you know - as sonce (sun) yellow and orange!!! It would be great! Do you like sun colours??

And go ahead and write to support. Put the ideas on the table and then you'll be able to see if they'll approve them or not. If you won't show them, they won't know that you have any at all!

SO - ACTION!!

Tatjana

 :) :) :)

Well, see what you think of this one: http://karenbristol.ws/Page2/citrusbanner1.gif

It may take a while to fully download, then you right click on the pic and then click 'save picture as' to your hard-drive....upload this to where-ever you store your files, then you would need to incorporate this into your webpage using the html code:

<a href="http://website.ws/kvmlm2/my.dhtml?sponsor=YOURMEMBERNAME"><img src="http://THEPLACEWHEREYOUUPLOADYOURFILE/citrusbanner1.gif" border=0></a>

Only problem is, so far, is that I emailed support but haven't received a reply yet :(

~Karen


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: KarenB on July 10, 2005, 04:17:29 AM
what program(s) are good to use to make your own banners?
thank you,
Natasha

Hi Natasha,

I still don't know for sure if we can design our own banners as no-one has responded one way or the other yet.

The program I used is Paint Shop Pro, and a trial version is freely available for download (as well as for sale at a greatly reduced price for older versions) at the Paint Shop Pro section of the Jasc Software website. The one I got was PaintShopPro7 which came with Animation Workshop 3.

I first designed the background in PaintShopPro on a canvas size: width 468 X height 60, using the floodfill tool, and changing the foreground colour & stroke style to gradient. (There are many other choices including different colours and textures, and various other tools to design anything you want)

Then, on a new layer, I added the car (which I'd previous changed the colour of by using 'colourize' in the colour drop-down menu)

Then I saved as a .psp file (so I could then use as a master which I could then edit to other colours and styles later)

When I got the colour/style combo I wanted I then saved as a .jpg file (which merges the layers) and then opened this file in Animation Workshop.

I then added the text effects from the 'effects' menu. I used 3 separate text passages so I had to do this 3 times. Here, you have a choice of colours/fonts/size as well as any selection of 'effects'. I used 'highlight' and customized, changing the text appearance, the flare size and colour, the effect length, and the frames per second (fps).

I then saved this as a .gif file (using customized settings for the optimization process...I could have made it a smaller file size with collapsed frames but it may have been of a lower quality and not come out the way I wanted)

And that's all there was to it.

I hope this helps.

~Karen


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on July 10, 2005, 02:07:38 PM
Well, see what you think of this one: http://karenbristol.ws/Page2/citrusbanner1.gif

It may take a while to fully download, then you right click on the pic and then click 'save picture as' to your hard-drive....upload this to where-ever you store your files, then you would need to incorporate this into your webpage using the html code:

<a href="http://website.ws/kvmlm2/my.dhtml?sponsor=YOURMEMBERNAME"><img src="http://THEPLACEWHEREYOUUPLOADYOURFILE/citrusbanner1.gif" border=0></a>

Only problem is, so far, is that I emailed support but haven't received a reply yet :(

~Karen

Great! Thank you Karen! Well done!

Well, about the answer from support: I've got their answer the next day, but I've used the form Request support and not the direct e-mail. Maybe you should do this, too! I don't know, but I've noticed, that "Request support" is better to use.

Tatjana


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: gdi on July 10, 2005, 02:09:14 PM
Very Good Advice, Tatjana, re: "Request Support" link in the Member area!

Chip


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: Robert Lawrence on July 13, 2005, 03:10:09 AM
Do you have some examples of your minimalist approach to emailing. I am tired of all the long winded emails that I get and I am sure that there are people that I am about to send emails to that feel the same way.

Thanks

Robert


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: KarenB on July 13, 2005, 08:07:36 AM

Great! Thank you Karen! Well done!

Well, about the answer from support: I've got their answer the next day, but I've used the form Request support and not the direct e-mail. Maybe you should do this, too! I don't know, but I've noticed, that "Request support" is better to use.

Tatjana

Yes, thats the link I tried. I queried them in regards to something else also, but have not had a reply to either :(

~Karen


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: AlanZ on July 13, 2005, 11:23:06 AM
Hi Robert:

It is not so much what I say but more the frequency of my e-mails which is every two to three days.

Your e-mails should be short and they should create curiosity so your prospects actually see the flash
presentation.

I try to ask questions in my e-mails such as "What would you do with a couple extra hundred dollars a
month?  Would you take a weekend vacation? Then I point to the Flash presentation.

Let the e-mail message be about the prospect and not how great your opportunity is.  That is the
whole point of the Flash presentation, it does the talking for you.

I hope this helps,

Alan


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: JoeKaufman on July 14, 2005, 03:26:03 AM
You have a ton of great ideas, I have also heard of people having success on e-bay.  You can do diff promotions through them

  :o Another thought came to mind. Why not market to the different lodges in the area. I know that there are Moose and Elk lodges and I am sure there are more that I am not aware of. Perhaps they would let us post on their board so all the members could view. Let's face it, the members are people with different careers and etc. It's no telling how far our businesses could expand if even a few signed up. I see it as a way to market to different professions all in one place. What do you think?  :o

All my best,
Norma


Title: Pass out 5,000 flyers (or more) in 1 hour... Here's how.
Post by: Steve_Farber on July 14, 2005, 03:27:00 AM
I just posted this idea to my training newsletter.

by Steve Farber © 2005
 
How would you like to get a flyer about GDI in the hands of 5,000 or more people in about 1 hour? This little technique works and several years ago I tested out myself. Unfortunately I do not have any statistics to share with you but seems like I remember getting dozens of calls from a previous MLM company I was promoting.
 
The first step is to have some flyers http://website.ws/home/flyer printed up at your local print shop. To keep down costs, I would get them printed in black and white on a brightly colored paper like fluorescent yellow or orange. If you have the ability and know-how, I would design your own and create a flyer.
 
Ok you have your flyers here's what you do.  This is so simple your going to say how come I didn't think of this.
 
Go to a place where people are seated "stadium" style like at a football, baseball, basketball, concert, etc.  If you can, grab a friend or two who is hopefully a GDI rep in your downline.  Using your teenagers works well too.   
 
Here its the process step by step:
 
Step 1: Grab a handful of flyers and walk up to a row that is either full or almost full, tap the person on the end on the shoulder and say "Please do me a huge favor... Take one and pass it down".  You will look in amazement as your flyers are distributed by hundreds of complete strangers. 
 
Step 2: Repeat step 1 until all flyers have been handed out.
 
That's it!  People always want to help others out and they will do exactly what you asked them to do.  They typically don't even look at the flyer until they have passed them down. That's why this method works so well.
 
Most of your flyers will end up on the ground but you would be surprised how many people actually call or visit your website.
 
Typically anytime I use a method like this I don't put my personal contact information on there because every once in a while the manager will call and tell me not to do it again.  So to avoid this problem I only list my website.
 
Remember this before you go out. "It's easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission"!
 
You won't get arrested, but you may be asked to leave if the wrong person spots you but I wouldn't worry about it at all.
 
About the author:  Steve Farber is an independent rep. of Global Domains International - ATTN: GDI REPS: Before you republish this article in any way, send me a Private Message so can provide you with the proper "About the author" signature. Click on the (http://talk.ws/Themes/default/images/im_off.gif) icon on the left

Publishing Guidelines: You have permission to publish this article electronically, within ezines, websites or blogs as long as you leave all 'live' hyperlinks in place, do not alter the content and include the "About the author" and copyright information without modification.



Title: Re: another simple method use to advertise GDI
Post by: JeffreyShy on July 14, 2005, 10:05:44 AM
Hi..I am totaly new in this GDI ..marketing..etc. Taking courage the way you guys going about it. Just "wondering" how's is newspaper response by putting an  Advt. with our www.website.ws/.... Is it OK to do it..IF anybody have tried "hows the rating" on this me method..Thanks Jeffrey


Title: Re: Pass out 5,000 flyers (or more) in 1 hour... Here's how.
Post by: Kelly Tolar on July 14, 2005, 10:05:44 AM
Great going!   


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: Kelly Tolar on July 14, 2005, 10:05:44 AM
Karen I love those banners!!!


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: GSmith on July 14, 2005, 03:08:13 PM
Norma, Your July 9th post to this thread suggesting a newspaper ad is a good one.  One step further and of benefit to all of us would be a COMPANY generated press release, made available to all Affiliates to utilize in their local newspapers; one that could easily be edited as to affiliate name (if they wanted that included), contact information, telephone numbers, etc.

A company press release would look professional to the reader, capture the attention of MANY in the IT/computer/domain related world by the announcement of its new registry (dot ws!) and official information on the Company itself. The press release could include benefits of a personal and/or business website, plus our other valued features.

You or I could do basically the same thing on our own, but in most metropolitan area newspapers, the cost for our "ad" would be really high.  However, many (not all but many)  newspapers will run a Company produced press release as news within the paper itself (NOT classified or retail ads) and quite often we can get them published for free.

Gail Smith
Texas



Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Amy Derby on July 15, 2005, 03:15:15 AM
Great thread, guys.  Norma, you've got a ton of ideas going on.  That's awesome!  I'm certainly impressed, and I appreciate that you're posting them here.  As someone who is new to this, and as someone who is the anti-sales type of personality, I appreciate all the help I can get -- particularly as far as having a place to direct the new folks I'm recruiting in.  I am going to send a message to my downline and let them know about this thread.  Particularly since I interact with many stay-at-home moms, I think the children's gift of a web site idea is invaluable.  Thanks again, Norma, and everyone.  ;D

(now let's see if I can get this to actually post..... ???.....)
 


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Luann Irwin on July 15, 2005, 03:15:15 AM
Re:Share your best...
I received an email from a national jobfair coming to my area Las Vegas and you know, I thought that would be a great place to promote with GDI business cards or the promotional flyer to get real people who are looking for work that have (brains) common sense, but out of a job or hated their routine job. That's my idea I came up with


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: NPriestly on July 15, 2005, 06:32:31 AM
Hi Robert:

It is not so much what I say but more the frequency of my e-mails which is every two to three days.

Your e-mails should be short and they should create curiosity so your prospects actually see the flash
presentation.

I try to ask questions in my e-mails such as "What would you do with a couple extra hundred dollars a
month?  Would you take a weekend vacation? Then I point to the Flash presentation.

Let the e-mail message be about the prospect and not how great your opportunity is.  That is the
whole point of the Flash presentation, it does the talking for you.

I hope this helps,

Alan

Thanks Alan... I'm just starting in GDI and your advice is brilliant... it is ALWAYS about finding what the prospect wants and solving their problems.
Nola  :-*


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on July 15, 2005, 11:00:00 AM
Very Good Advice, Tatjana, re: "Request Support" link in the Member area!

Chip

Posted by: KarenB
Quote
Yes, thats the link I tried. I queried them in regards to something else also, but have not had a reply to either

~Karen

My advise didn't work this time as it seems!!!

Well Karen, maybe you should patiently wait a bit longer! The support surelly has a lot work to do.

Tatjana


Title: Re: Pass out 5,000 flyers (or more) in 1 hour... Here's how.
Post by: RodB on July 16, 2005, 08:27:57 AM
What an awesome idea.


Title: Re: Pass out 5,000 flyers (or more) in 1 hour... Here's how.
Post by: StefaniPartin on July 17, 2005, 05:06:52 AM
Thats a great idea.



Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: MartinC on July 20, 2005, 03:19:22 AM
I invested in 36 .com domains a year ago, they all have a steady ammount of traffic and now I have pointed them all tomy GDI website and im really seeing some results.

I am also posting flyers around my local area, and using Google Adwords, using all these advertising methods as well as free advertising im seeing alot of progress.

Hopes this helps a few people.

Thanks


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Jason Smith on July 21, 2005, 10:55:21 PM
I know how hard it can be to advertise. Here are a couple things to try. If some of these ideas are repeats from previous posts I'm sorry I just kinda skimmed through.
  • Drop some flyers off in grocery stores in their free racks where publications like the Greensheet/Pennysaver are.
    Make tear tag flyers and place them on apartment home bulletin boards. (Had a good deal of traffic from that)
    Co-workers are great!
    Flyers on car windshields. (May have to do this on more then one occasion as I haven't really seeen a good response to this kind of advertising for a one time shot)

Just a few things that came to mind.

Good luck to all!  ;D
Jason


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: gdi on July 22, 2005, 07:50:01 AM
Thank you, Norma, for the many tips which will be most helpful to our Members.

Chip


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Marie_F on July 22, 2005, 11:14:30 AM
I cannot believe how many Great Ideas Norma has. She must be such a bundle of energy. I look forward to reading every day what else she has come up with and She is always so encouraging and welcoming to everyone. Thanks Norma!!

                      Regards... marie


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Lynne Phillips on July 22, 2005, 02:26:37 PM
Terrific Suggestions
Thank you all and especially Norma.  I never in my lifetime would have come up with such remarkedly terrific suggestions.  Keep up the good work, your suggestions are an inspiration to me, and to others.  I am certainly going to watch this board more closely.
Regards, Lynne


Title: Re: Designing own Banners?
Post by: KarenB on July 22, 2005, 07:17:36 PM
Very Good Advice, Tatjana, re: "Request Support" link in the Member area!

Chip

Posted by: KarenB
Quote
Yes, thats the link I tried. I queried them in regards to something else also, but have not had a reply to either

~Karen



My advise didn't work this time as it seems!!!

Well Karen, maybe you should patiently wait a bit longer! The support surelly has a lot work to do.

Tatjana

Yes, thats ok, Tatjana - I've still not had time myself to complete my ideas for my website so there's no hurry at this point *lol*

~Karen


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Jason Smith on July 23, 2005, 06:26:08 AM
Wonderful Norma!

Can't wait to see them!


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: MiekaC on July 23, 2005, 07:13:40 AM
GSmith What a wonderful idea!!


Title: Just an Idea
Post by: Thomas Lang on July 24, 2005, 02:00:11 AM
I just wanted to share what I do with a couple of pages on my site. I use the first 2 pages to promote the GDI business and I use 3 of the other pages for my family. I have 8 brothers and sisters :o and they live all around the country. Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Virginia, Utah and California. My family will email me with pictures of their kids, upcoming events, vacation pictures, etc, etc. I take that information and post it on my site. I also have a guest book where we can leave messages for other family members. I have a brother getting married in October and my parents have me posting announcements about the wedding. It has really brought us closer to where we don't seem so far away from each other :'(. I emailed every one of them with the web address to the 4th page of my domain. From there I have links to the other 2 pages for the family. I do not have these family pages published on my regular GDI pages. It has really worked out great and my family loves it.

I guess what I'm getting at here is that if you have someone that doesn't think they could use a domain or website and doesn't need this, then you can tell them about other ways they can use the sites. It doesn't have to be just for promoting a business.


I've rambled enough,
Thomas


Title: Re: Just an Idea
Post by: Kyra Tuey on July 24, 2005, 07:17:19 AM
Great idea Thomas!

~Kyra


Title: Re: Just an Idea
Post by: Lee_I on July 24, 2005, 09:42:57 AM
Thomas,
  I'm very new to this and was in conflict about the web pages or not. I think what you are doing is great! Tell the family hello and good luck with our GDI Independent Affiliates. Maybe you could help me to understand web building some time! BaWaHahaha! Keep up the great attitude and freedom!
                                                                                                                                 Jewels


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: J Jenkins on July 24, 2005, 10:05:21 AM
Hi, I'm new to GDI, but have done some internet marketing with other businesses and I have found that press releases are a great source for gathering leads.  I use general information about GDI and a small paragraph that I am available for consultation.  Since I live in a small community (about 4,00 population) in an out-of-the way part of AZ, this method gets disseminated pretty quickly, since the paper runs once a week but covers a majority of the county where I live.


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: gdi on July 24, 2005, 01:05:36 PM
Thank you for the overview on drip marketing, Alan.

His interview can be heard at the archives of the www.wsinternetshow.ws.

Also, let's hear from others as to their 'drip' campaigns.

Chip


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: PamelaP on July 26, 2005, 04:13:46 PM
This particular thread alone has so many ideas in it..... it's like GDI 101 marketing ideas.

Thanks :) Can't wait to get started.....


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: gdi on July 26, 2005, 04:16:54 PM
Great Observation, Pamela!

WE have only just begun~!

Chip


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: gdi on July 28, 2005, 03:08:27 AM
Yes, Ideas to ACTION and quantify the results.

Chip


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: P_Gringel on July 28, 2005, 07:19:38 AM
Thanks for that Norma
                               that idea is a beauty!  :D
                                           


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: SSmith on July 28, 2005, 07:19:57 AM
Hello,

What a wonderful and potientially profitable idea.  Sign me up.

SSmith


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: mack88 on July 28, 2005, 07:32:14 AM
Norma....

That is an excellent idea!  In additon, waiting till August 1st gives everyone the time to get their plans and thoughts together.  Implementation.....put it all on paper for you to visisbly see each and every day.  One important thing is, you gotta stick with it.  That is so important!  Let's make this the biggest 60 days GDI has seen....

Thanks for the suggeston!

Frank


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Roxanne G on July 28, 2005, 11:31:59 AM
I'm up for a challenge.  I (unfortunately) don't have time before Aug. 1 to make a chart, but if someone hasn't made one by then, I would be happy to make one and share with all. 


 ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Angela M on July 28, 2005, 03:32:06 PM
I really love this idea!  I'm in!  The only catch is, I can't start August 1st.  I'm going away tomorrow and after Sunday the 31st I won't have internet access again until Aug. 12th (there-about).  If someone makes that chart, though, I'd love a copy.  I will begin implementing as many marketing techniques as possible in the location I will be.  (Small audience.... fly in fishing camp.)  Anyway..... I will look forward to catching up on this thread when I get back!

Angela


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Paul Fisher on July 28, 2005, 04:18:35 PM
Promo Tips

Tip:

Leave a business card every place you go! Ask every waitress if they like their job when you go out to eat. Of course they will say "No" or "It's temporary", so hand them a card and tell them your seven-minute movie will make a difference in their life. I also leave them when I am buying groceries at the grocery store. I leave them with my tip on the table. I don't care where I am, I leave a card!

Tip:

One of the most important aspects of this business is follow-up and more follow-up. Contact leads and prospects by phone whenever possible.

Tip:

There is no real secret... Get as many people as you can to view the WebSite and watch the video. The people that understand the lifetime value of this opportunity will jump onboard. It is not a get-rich-quick scheme: It's building a residual income that will keep on growing and growing.

Tip:

Use the business cards. People love business cards. Purchase as many as you can and leave them everywhere you go! Mail them in everything you mail. That is one of the best forms of advertisement out there.

Tip:

 Connect with your growing upline and duplicate them.

Tip:

Use the ability to place people in your downline to your advantage. Tell people if they join now, you will place someone who joined yesterday beneath them. This gives them an instant downline and the incentive to take action and join you right away.

Tip:

Be persistent! For many, the timing may not always be right. Don't give
up: Just try again.  Treat your $10 business like it is worth a million dollars. By working hard every day, it could potentially become just that. Get excited! Enthusiasm rubs off. Be passionate about your business and give it 100% of your attention.
Finally, never forget the success of your business depends on your efforts to help others to become successful.

Tip:

Put a business card or the flyer in every envelope/bill you mail – this is very effective.  Tape your card to ATM’s and parking garage meters and leave a few – also very effective.

Tip:

When I first got started I was sp intrigued with the program that I got off to a really slow start.  To avoid this my advice is to learn your "back office" and harness it's full potential. 

To accomplish this just start with the first link and start clicking and reading.  This way you will become so familiar with all the info that when a new affiliate you sponsor needs to find our info you can direct them to where they can get it.

Second, I would invite you to start building your list (people who you can invite to see and hear about what you are involved in). DO NOT PREJUDGE anyone!  Just keep writing a list of everyone you know that you can send an email invite to through the invite system in the back office.

Equally as important is to meet your upline so that you can take advantage of them when you need help. 

Lastly, always remain teachable, stay positive, work smart and follow directions that will lead you to the success you want to achieve.

Your Partner In Success,
Marvin Drobes

Tip:

It is not so much what I say but more the frequency of my e-mails which is every two to three days.

Your e-mails should be short and they should create curiosity so your prospects actually see the flash presentation.

I try to ask questions in my e-mails such as "What would you do with a couple extra hundred dollars a month?  Would you take a weekend vacation? Then I point to the Flash presentation.

Let the e-mail message be about the prospect and not how great your opportunity is.  That is the whole point of the Flash presentation, it does the talking for you.

I hope this helps,

Alan

Tip:

Run an Ad to sponsor an organization for fundraising.  Example:

WANTED!

Three Local Area Organizations with 100 plus members to test market brand new and powerful fund raiser concept.   Potential for Great Profits paid to your organization monthly, now and for years to come!    No cost to Organization!  Product is personal Domain/Website and 10 email accounts for $10 a month. Contact: Your Name, GDI Fund Raiser Sales Affiliate - email: Your Email Addy.
I would then tell them I will pay for their monthly $10 fee, if they are serious.

Tip:

Be consistent. Whether you are sending out email invitations, advertising, distributing business cards, mailing postcards, or whatever. Keep at it and follow-up with those who express an interest.

Tip:

Use search engines to generate leads you can call and talk with. Also, the leads from GDI are a good deal, but don't forget to follow-up.

Tip:

Sample email ad -
 If you are in business or just want to start making money on
the internet you are in the right place.

As you know, we are entering the information age. Internet
growth and online users increase every day.

Here are some statistics:
•   As of September 2004 there are 801.4 million people who
have access to the internet. 295.4 million English
speakers.
•   Over 50% and 60% of internet users in the USA and Canada
respectively now have broadband access.
•   Internet access has more than doubled in the USA from
2000-2005. It has multiplied by 2.5 times in world
overall.
•   82% of recipients have bought something as result of a
commercial email advertisement.
Note: These statistics come from different sources
including Nielson/Net Ratings and global-reach.biz.

It is inevitable that the internet and therefore internet
transactions will continue to increase until practically
everyone will be on the internet.

There are currently an estimated 114,093 business
opportunity seekers coming online each and every month
looking for business opportunities and increasing.

Let me ask you an important question:

What are you doing right now to capitalize on these
facts?

http://www.my.ws/userid

Sincerely,
Paul J. Fisher

P.S. - We are on the verge of an internet boom. Please don't
wait. Get in on the action now while it's most profitable.

Tip:
 
Find other high traffic sites and contact them to place your ad on those sites.
(A BIG WINNER!!!)

Tip:

Do you know someone who is getting married?  Suggest to them they can share the good news in their own personal website. They can introduce their finance, share pictures, list their plans for the future, list their color choices so others will know what to buy.  Let's face it, getting married is an exciting time for people and they want to share the news in a big way.  Perhaps the parents of the bride would like to purchase a site as a gift for their daughter. 

That leads me to this next idea. Why not market to the bridal shops or printing agencies who could benefit by marketing websites to the future couples? I can see the benefits since it could add to their bottom line. What do you think? (Norma)

Example:  The business can get cards or flyers made up to have on their counter.

Starting a New Life?

Go and Get YOUR OWN Domain and Website
For FREE NOW!

Say your names are Mickey and Minnie or Minnie and Mickey. 
You can go and get your Domain and Website as www.mickeyandminnie.ws  or, www.minnieandmickey.ws

You also get 10 email accounts!!

Share the good news with your own personal website FOR LIFE!  You can show pictures, list your plans for the future, list your color choices so others will know how to buy for you, etc.  It can go on and on.  Keep a Blog to share with others (kind of a diary of your new life).  Be creative.  This is exciting!  Share the news in a BIG WAY!

Try it all for FREE for 7 Days and if you’re happy it’s only $10 a month after that!!

To check for the name of your choice and to sign up for a FREE 7 Day Trial, go to www.my.ws/youruserid   and watch the 7 minute “Ferrari Movie”.

All of us here wish you the very best wedding and future life!

(Your Store Name)


Tip:

REMEMBER THIS: The fastest way to make money is to solve other people's problems.

Don't market GDI.  That's just selling people.  It's marketing AT them.  In his book "Unleashing the Ideavirus", Seth Godin says stop advertising AT people. 

Market a solution!  Fix their problems.

Most people don't really care about how many gigabytes GDI's service has.  They want to know how GDI will solve their "lack-of-money" problems. 

I didn't join GDI because of the hosting, I can find hosting cheaper on the internet, I joined for the opportunity!  Those other hosting companies don't and won't pay me to build a 5 level organization, much less pay me commissions EVERY month.

Tip:

Below are some questions that could be added or revised to put in an ad, flier or letter. It may help some of you to think of reasons others may become excited about this business opportunity. After all, we all have our own individual desires as well as burdens so it takes different buttons of interest to really grab our emotions.

Lead them to take a mental look at where they are now and visualize where they would like to be!


•        Do your loved ones complain about the long hours you spend at work?

•        Does your work leave you too exhausted to spend quality time with your
         family and friends?

•        Does lack of money prevent you from taking vacations?

•        Are you dissatisfied with your job?

•        How many holidays and important family functions have you missed because you 
         couldn’t take off from work?

•        Have you ever been too sick to go to work but were told you had to be there?

•        Are you being rewarded fairly for all your hard work and expertise? 

•        Does your job offer you support and teamwork or a Boot Camp nightmare?

      Then show them the benefits or way out of their situation. Lead them to see the value
        in other words.
 
       Let them know that with their own home based business They are in charge! 

      They set their own hours!!
      They can build their business while working their regular job.
      For only $10.00 per month there is no risk involved.
      They will have all the support they would ever need at their finger tips.
        I just listed some ideas to get you thinking. I am sure you will come up with 
      many, many more.  (Norma)

Tip:

Next time you are in the Library make a point to sit at a table long enough to view a magazine or something. Then, when you get up "accidently" leave a flier or business card on the table. The next person that sits at the table will notice it and may very well check it out.

I have "accidently" dropped business cards in the doctor's office and other places. I guess I must be clumsy. Oh well, I have many more!! lol

Tip:

I invested in 36 .com domains a year ago, they all have a steady ammount of traffic and now I have pointed them all tomy GDI website and im really seeing some results.

I am also posting flyers around my local area, and using Google Adwords, using all these advertising methods as well as free advertising im seeing alot of progress.

Hopes this helps a few people.

Tip:

Another thought came to me. Why not purchase some local newspapers and put one of your fliers inside. Drop them off at a desk in an office or nursing home (nurses do read them) or any other place you wish to market. Since you are buying the papers and offering them as a free gift why not?

As a nurse, I can remember how much I and my fellow staff appreciated getting free newspapers to read on our breaks. We often talked about the different articles and etc. We also shared the coupons!!

Another great place would be to leave the newspapers in waiting rooms at Doctor's offices or hospitals and Clinics.

Also, if you have recently bought magazines that you don't need anymore, you can put your flier inside and donate them to all the areas I mentioned above. What do you think?



Tip:

Drop some flyers off in grocery stores in their free racks where publications like the Greensheet/Pennysaver are.
Make tear tag flyers and place them on apartment home bulletin boards. (Had a good deal of traffic from that)

Tip:

When Halloween comes around why not have small treat bags already put together and place a business card or magnet inside each one. I would prefer the business magnets since they will probably be put up on the refrigerator.  Or you can have some balloons with your website info printed on them and put one in each bag as well. Parents will check out the goodies and find the marketing tools you have put inside.

Tip:

Why not market to families?  Explain to them how great it would be for them to have their own websites so they can share pictures, news, and just stay more connected as a family. What do you think?







Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Nicole Taylor on July 28, 2005, 04:40:16 PM
Paul,

You've brought up some really good tips! I've had excellent results from placing an ad on high traffic Websites. This is definitely cost effective.

Another tip: Make sure you always track your advertising efforts so you know what's working and what isn't. Otherwise, it's like working in the dark.

Nicole


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Paul Fisher on July 28, 2005, 06:12:06 PM
Those tips all came from you guys. I just put them together so you can copy them to read everyday for inspiration. There's a whole lot more.
Paul


Title: Re: Pass out 5,000 flyers (or more) in 1 hour... Here's how.
Post by: P_Gringel on July 28, 2005, 06:52:37 PM
 What a really inventive idea.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: David Verney on July 29, 2005, 08:37:46 AM
I think the best people to market to are webmasters who attract a lot of traffic to their sites.  They wouldn't have to spend much out on promotion and all the people they sponsor would do so through the webmasters main site. 


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Erick Tan on July 29, 2005, 08:46:00 AM
wow! the excitement here is blowing me off! i'm swamped with all the great ideas and i'm reali gonna take one up seriously. i think marketing to bridal shops is a great one. if i may modify that idea a little - send an email to brial shops and tell them they can get their business on the net using the web hosting service and email addresses. then put the idea to them that they can use a free 1st month sponsorship for their client's wedding site as a promotional item to couples, and they can possibly earn from it in the long run. what do you guys think?

i'm excited with this idea. but i'm not very good with composing mails. if someone thinks this is a great idea can you draft a short mail for me (and others who are interested) to use??

also, to do offline marketing, can someone send me a good black/white flyer to use?

cheers.

eRick Tan, Singapore.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Jason Smith on July 30, 2005, 12:08:24 AM
Sounds like the contest is in full swing. I will be rooting for all of you! ;)

I don't think I will be able to participate though unfortunate as it may be. At the momemnt I'm actively running 2 businesses and just had another business proposed to me with no out of pocket cost. So you could say I'm kinda burning the candle at both ends. :o

But I will continue to show my support to you all as well as posting any tips or ideas. Over the last few days I have been hitting different HTML sites hard and gaining a TON of knowledge. So my site is going through a major overhaul. I expect to see many success stories here in the near future though and I'm anticipate that our newbies now will all be master affiliates soon! ;D

Best of luck to you all...
Jason

P.S. Once I get my new site finished I will post it up so you all can see the fruits of my labors.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: P_Gringel on July 30, 2005, 12:08:24 AM
   
    Thanks for that suggestion Martin.I have been thinking along  those lines and wondering if it could work.
        Thanks for sharing your positive results.  And you too Norma ofcourse. Such simple and inexpensive ideas
         that can be done straight away. Though I am still nonplussed  as to why my valiant effort with my card drop failed so miserably. ???. It must be something to do with the Oz mind set.
                     I am still waiting for my cards  to arrive,from GDI. this time. Incidently I managed to salvage two of the "orange" people in our  downline luckily I still had their email addresses. Feeling rather good about that. :D
         
     


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Michael Grant on July 30, 2005, 09:03:54 AM
Hi Chip! Do you guys have a FLYER made up that I can copy & take to the College Bulletin Boards?
 ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Gerald Yancey on July 30, 2005, 09:22:13 AM
Hi Michael,

You can get a flyer from  http://website.ws/home/flyer

Gerald


Title: Internet Marketing Tip
Post by: StacyPerez on July 30, 2005, 10:40:19 AM
Everyone,

This is what I have been doing which has help a ton..

BUILD and CONTINUE to build your own mailing list...
OFFER something so people will want to subcribe to your
list.  My niche market is moms/parents who want to work
from home.. AND I am getting ready to tap into another
one.

SEND at least one email per week .. sharing your progress,
new things happening, etc..  I don't just send ads.. I
sell them by my experience with something.

It has contributed a lot to my rapid growth.. I have been
in GDI about 1.5 months now and marketing it for a
month...

I am getting ready to broadcast an email to ALL my subscribers
with an update of the past month..   I will let you know what
happens..

Best Wishes,
Stacy Perez



Title: Re: Internet Marketing Tip
Post by: Andrew Stark on July 31, 2005, 09:05:13 AM
That's a good niche to target. What's your website, and how are you building your list?


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Gerald Yancey on July 31, 2005, 04:36:48 PM
Do you know someone who is attending college? Have them to pass out some
GDI flyers on your behalf. College students associate themselves with friends and
friends of friends and so on.

Not to mention the student organizations that they maybe apart of.

All The Best
Gerald 8)


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Deborah H on July 31, 2005, 05:35:13 PM
I have a college an hour away-but they are very particular about any strangers wandering around because of all the student murders. So I have not yet tried to hand out or post anything there. It's the University of Florida. Bundy etc. But I want to when the classes resume.
Deborah H 8)


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: Deborah H on July 31, 2005, 05:37:47 PM
I used the flyer mentioned below but I scanned it and made it so that their are two of the flyers on one sheet of paper. Then cut them in half. Saves paper and the flyer is smaller. I slip them into free shoppers that sit next the the paper boxes. I also have someone that delivers papers to machines and he puts some flyers in papers for me. but he has to be carefull as he can get in trouble doing that. But the free shoppers etc are fair game!
I also save ALL the envelopes that are already paid postage. I figure that person that opens the mail "might just be sick of opening envelopes" and I put one of those half page flyers in it or a couple of business cards. Who knows? Doesn't cost much though.
Deborah H  8)


Title: Re: Internet Marketing Tip
Post by: P_Gringel on August 02, 2005, 09:25:19 PM
I just took a look at your website Stacy.( Iclicked the world iron under your picture) cool!
I can see you have exactly what  a lot of my downline lack. A really big reason and motivation for
doing this business.
Congratulations  on your present success and I wish you lots and lots more! :-*


Title: Re: Just an Idea
Post by: P_Gringel on August 02, 2005, 09:25:42 PM
Yes I think that is a great idea too Thomas as I have been thinking along the same lines
I was thinking I could have a power form on my site with a password and user name for the family to use
that accesses the family area only.     Perhaps  that wouldn't go  down well with a commercial site though?I would like some opinions  on this one?
       What a good thing to do rivals the business  if it brings family closer together these days when so many  seem to
spread all over the country. Nice if it works both ways! :)
       To your ongoing success Thomas!I thiink you will do very well in this business!


Title: Talk to people and Let the System Do the Selling
Post by: MichaelR on August 03, 2005, 03:01:35 PM
Hi everyone,

This truly is a great business!  I've been in this business for about two weeks and I have a team of 6 people.  All I've been doing is simply talking to people.  It's more effective then just passing out flyers (which can also work).  Eventhought we are a part of an internet based business, it's still a people business.   

When I speak to people I don't try to talk them into joining the business, my goal is to get them to see the presentation.  I tell them as little as possible but enough to peak their interest.  If they insist on asking me what it's all about I simply tell them, "The internet is growing and everyday a new site is being added.  What if you can get residual income for life from every new site on the internet?  Would that be a good thing or a bad thing?"  They almost always say it's a good thing, then I direct them to the presentation.  I don't answer any more questions until they've viewed the presentation. 

This is an automated business system that works for you.  When I try to explain everything I get nowhere, however when I let the system do the work for me, I get results.


Title: Re: Talk to people and Let the System Do the Selling
Post by: mack88 on August 03, 2005, 03:56:17 PM
Michael!

You are absolutely right!  The best way is to WALK & TALK...Then from there send the people interested to the movie!  The conversion rate should be stunning because they can put a face with the presentation.  Excellent topic!

Frank


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Amy Derby on August 04, 2005, 04:39:21 PM
Thanks to everyone for all the GREAT ideas in this thread! 

And Norma, you're just a never-ending idea-machine, aren't ya?!  :o 

One point of GDI that I've shared with folks I've talked to in person is that in just a month's time, since coming to the GDI forum, I've "met" SO MANY great people internationally that I would never have had the opportunity to associate with otherwise.  (Coming from a background of working in the legal field, I can tell ya, I was pretty much surrounded by angry people who are very cranky under all that false office lighting!  This is a WELCOME CHANGE!)



Title: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Nicole Taylor on August 04, 2005, 09:05:03 PM
One thing you'll learn quickly about having your own home business is that it takes plenty of promotion to succeed.  You'll probably spend at least eighty percent of your time doing some sort of promotion.  This is the key to making money online, and failure to promote can cause your business to seem hopeless.

Promoting Always

Whether you're spending all day every day working on your home business or only a few hours per week, always save some time for promotions.  Keep a log of submissions for link exchanges with other businesses, submitting your articles or website as a resource to other websites, preparing and submitting pages of your website to the major search engines, etc.  Have a steady stream of promotions going on at all times.  Activity produces activity.  You'll be amazed at how steady promotions will help your home business.

Promoting Everywhere

Keep your website address before others as much as possible. Create business cards with your web address printed on them and pass them out to people and to other business owners around town.  When you have an opportunity to speak with or do business with someone online, send them a business card in the mail to get something tangible in their hands.

Add your web address to all of your printed materials and ads.  For example, if you run a local newspaper ad, include your web address for more information.  If you place an ad in a magazine, do the same.  When you have envelopes or letterhead printed for your business, add your web address to every item.  When you mail out materials, keep in mind that the materials will be viewed by others as well (i.e. postal workers and mail carriers). The more exposure you have to your web address, the more visitors you will gain.

Promoting to a Targeted Audience

When marketing your online business, be sure to focus only on your target audience.  Study your market and find out who your target visitors are and where they hang out.  What types of searches do they perform in the search engines?  For example, when placing keywords in your web pages, use keywords that your visitors would use during a search.  You'll be able to reach your target audience if you learn to think like they do.

When you find your target market, try to think of the types of websites they might visit and network with these websites for link exchanges, articles, etc. You'll find that this is more effective than blasting an untargeted ad out to millions in hopes that a few might buy.

Beware of Promotional Gimmicks

When searching for promotional avenues for your web business, you'll be exposed to a neverending stream of "cheap" promotions that promise huge results.  An example of this might be:

"For only $2.99 you can receive 50,000 visitors in a matter of minutes!"

What's wrong with this picture, you might ask?  First of all, where will the 50,000 visitors come from? Are these all absolutely unique visitors?  The reality is that many of these visitors are the same people viewing your website over and over again.  Watch out for these astronomical claims.

This type of promotion sounds wonderful on the surface, however, when you ask yourself the questions above, the smoke begins to clear.

Marketing your home business on a continual basis will lead to visitors and ultimately sales.  Never allow your business to become stagnant.  Visitors to your website will recognize when it's no longer growing. You'll need to keep promoting and keep growing to have a successful home business.

Copyright © Nicole Taylor
I grant permission to publish this article as long as it's copied as is and links remain active. Please send me a courtesy copy. Thank You.


Title: Re: Promoting Your Online Home Business the Right Way
Post by: Dennis F on August 04, 2005, 10:37:13 PM
   I like your bold titles reading down in order it says Promoting, Promoting, Promoting,  Beware of Promotional Gimmicks  lol......

  When I try to accomplish "My One Task a Day"  minimum, this is usually it promotion. Getting seen in different veniews and common ones as well. 

  I am learning this all the long way and one thing I quickly noticed is:   There are alot of promoting veniews out So be sure to write it all down     

  Places submitted to, the dates, which URL's, when you can resubmitt sites,  and after I got used to that, I would take note of where I got traffic from, and make sure to re-submit to those places.

 Thanks Nicole Great section as usual ;)                     I hope these suggestions help others out.  Take Care,    Dennis

 


Title: Re: Promoting Your Online Home Business the Right Way
Post by: Amy Derby on August 05, 2005, 12:26:06 AM
Great article, Nicole.  Thanks for posting this.  :)

Learning to beware the hoaxes out there (as in your last paragraph) are things many of us learn the hard way, especially when people are new to having a business and are very excited about it (and therefore working more off of emotional impulse than thinking things through).  So, I think it's good that you said that.  Hopefully people reading this who haven't made that sort of mistake won't have to now.

I also like this....
Quote
When you mail out materials, keep in mind that the materials will be viewed by others as well (i.e. postal workers and mail carriers). The more exposure you have to your web address, the more visitors you will gain.
...because my mail man (who I've known 14 yrs) told me the other day that he liked my web site.  He'd apparently seen in on one of my postcards, which I thought was cool.  I hadn't really considered that other people would catch that kind of thing.


Title: Re: Promoting Your Online Home Business the Right Way
Post by: Deborah H on August 05, 2005, 08:45:31 AM
Yes Nichole,
That is good information. I had never thought to have my site plastered on envelopes etc. Its on my car, in my bills I pay and submitted to search engines, on cards and flyers but on envelopes is a super idea. And you are so right about being carefull with the too good to be true submits. Not only are they bogus but you will be flooded with spam email from them..I KNOW all about that!
Thank You for the ideas. I want all the GOOD ideas I can get!!! And you dear are always so helpfull. I thank you for it and all you've done to help us in our GDI business promotions.
Deborah H :D


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: HowardMartell on August 05, 2005, 03:11:34 PM
Hello, Team GDI

I agree with everyones different ideas keep it simple where anyone can accomplish this simple tasks.

How about when you go to the major sporting events.

You could place drop cards on cars and in places where people frequent the most.

Another place people could use drop cards your local park and ride areas only few on every other car and place them on the drivers side having the message face towards the prospect.

The idea here is to get as many people interested as possible find out more about the person who got your drop card and finally build a business relationship with them providing tools and guidance.


Title: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: LoganWandell on August 06, 2005, 09:43:03 AM
I know I've come up with a bunch of ads lately, a few are listed elsewhere in the forum. I just though it would be a good idea to have a thred of just ads,banners,logos or whatever kind of ideas we can all come up with to help each other.

Here's a banner I created for the tag line: Got Dot? Why Not? IT PAYS!!!

(http://site-images.ws/cust/90200/gotdot.jpg) 

(http://site-images.ws/cust/90200/GotDot1.jpg)


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Deborah H on August 06, 2005, 09:55:33 AM
On putting flyers on windshields. I have heard and seen this when I worked at the university. People will yank them off and toss them in the parking lot. The whole lot is full of wind blown flyers. They are hot and cranky and the last thing they want is a dang flyer on the windshield especially if they didnt notice it until they got in their car.
A BETTER way to advertise to them is to slide a business card in the door window where the rubber seal is. Just tuck it in a little. It wont blow off and they can pocket it as they get in the car. Doesnt aggrivate them as much and these nice cards we have are keepers. So into the pocket it would go. UNLESS the car looks like a pride and joy super expensive well loved thing. I might just pass on messing with that one.  ;D
Deborah H


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Deborah H on August 06, 2005, 06:29:04 PM
Thank You Norma.  ;) Very welcome.
The poor grounds keepers had a heck of a mess when anyone placed flyers on the windshields. WoW..I know it irritated me. ???
But where there's a will there's a way.
Yeppers there is! ;D
Deborah H


Title: Re: Promoting Your Online Home Business the Right Way
Post by: Matt S on August 06, 2005, 10:59:57 PM
Hi Nicole,

That is SUPER! Well done, I take off my hat to you for giving the advice and guidance to members to succeed in GDI business. I wish everyone will have the opportunity to read it and benefit from your useful and constructive ideas.

Best regards.
MattS  :)



Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: JNapier on August 07, 2005, 01:15:52 AM
I wonder how teachers would feel getting a website with a business opportunity as a Christmas present. When my four children were in school I always purchased gifts for the teachers both at Christmas and at the end of school term. ( No, I didn't give apples!! My kids would have eaten them on the way.)

I would think that word of mouth would go a long way when that teacher shared the unique gift with fellow alumni and family members. What do you think?

All my best,
Norma  :o


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Amy Derby on August 07, 2005, 09:48:14 AM
Absolutely.  Especially, too, as end of the school year gifts, since the classifieds online are PACKED near the beginning of summer with teachers looking for summer jobs.

This is an example where gift certificates would come in handy.  (Hint.)  ;D


Title: Re: Pass out 5,000 flyers (or more) in 1 hour... Here's how.
Post by: N Seecharran on August 07, 2005, 09:50:38 AM
I just posted this idea to my training newsletter.
by Steve Farber © 2005

   Hey Steve,

   Wow!   ;) I really think that this is an amazing piece of advice.  Especially for people that you are  :) intorducing to this extraordinary business opportunity.   :o Imagine showing them how to promote it before they even try it out for free. ::)  That's like throwing a worm to a fish and forgeting to mention the hook, line or sinker.   8) Although that is where this analogy would end of course, because unlike the fried fish, our leads get the chance of a lifetime. :D


N. V. Seecharran


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: Deborah H on August 07, 2005, 09:52:27 AM
Yes is it ever awsome! Are we sharing it????? ;D
Deborah H


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: CJ Barlow on August 07, 2005, 10:08:07 AM
I like that! I would LOVE to see that in a banner-sized ad :) I like the fact that "yourname.ws" is located right in the red circle. That really stood out to me. Keep 'em coming, I like the work you have done Logan.


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Bob Skelton on August 07, 2005, 05:15:12 PM
I have been trying to discover how to configure the URL so that the movie will play.  I want to design a card or label sized ad that I can just drop anywhere or give to someone I meet.  Can anyone supply me with the URL and how to make it work for my userid?


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Deborah H on August 07, 2005, 05:42:55 PM
N,
Anyway to get your training letter??? :-*
Deborah H


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Sonya Dexter on August 07, 2005, 08:20:10 PM
I just thought of this idea over the weekend, 
I have in the past signed up for alot of work at home programs, so my name and address is out there.  It is crazy how much mail I get on making money from home.  Just in the past week I recieved 4 chain letters...you know the one that starts with (Greeting's I am a retired attorney)
There are 10 names and addresses on that letter, and they all want to make money, and have financial freedom.  So why not send them a personal letter telling them about GDI .  :-\
 


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: P_Gringel on August 08, 2005, 09:09:24 AM
 :o  Really happy my GDI cards have arrived.That is good  However I do not intend to do a random drop with them: the only people who will get one of these had better be  really really interested. ( they certainly have been along time coming.)these cards :'(


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Amy Derby on August 08, 2005, 06:44:50 PM
Is stuff like that considered spam?  I mean, if they're spamming Sonya and she writes to them telling them about our opportunity, I think it would be nuts for someone to get upset about that.  But with this spam policy crackdown, I'm scared to try that.  If we're allowed to do that though, I'd love to know, because I get a ton of emails like that, too.  (like the "turn 6$ into 6000$ email, etc)


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: SSmith on August 09, 2005, 12:45:13 AM
I've never tried that, but you know you might have a good idea there. 

If these marketers know us well enough to send us emails, some with  our names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, etc.   And feel they know us well enough to write to us, then they feel they know us.  Sounds like a lukewarm market to me.

Sherri.


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Deborah H on August 09, 2005, 06:00:33 AM
I think it would be OK. You might want to ask the spam guys at GDI though.
I did it a few times myself but I always saved their email in a folder with their info in case it came back on me. I only did it a few times as I wouldnt think theyd be interested if they are market something else. But ask GDI's spam guys and see what they say.
Deborah H  :)


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: Kyra Tuey on August 09, 2005, 08:17:18 AM
I wouldn't think it to be considered as SPAM, only because it came to you first....most likely from someone you didn't know. And their email addresses are listed....meaning they're obviously looking for something!

But then again....I would also go with Deborah's suggestion and verify it with GDI....just to make sure....you don't want to be involved with all of the SPAM regulations going on...and you definitely don't want to lose your membership over it.


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: BryanC on August 09, 2005, 11:50:20 AM
 :)Great ideas Norma, I really enjoy looking at your comments, however when you replied to Anne Marie when she asked if it would be better to send a letter to a person before a pnone you said a letter would be better, could this not be classed as spam if they have not asked for information about the busines first?? Your comments and any others are most welcome.

Best wishes and success to all,

Bryan Cl



Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: GSmith on August 09, 2005, 11:52:52 AM
Here is what I would do in regards to the thoughts of sending an e-mail to the ten or so e-mail addresses that came with a "spam" e-mail received.   LOL!
Real dummie there sending out other people's e-mail addresses in his contact to begin with.   

But, since you now HAVE those addresses, I would take the time to contact each one of them personally and individually.    Something along the lines of the following:


HI JOE,

My name is Gail Smith, I reside in Texas and I, like you, recently received an e-mail from "Retired Attorney John Doe" asking us to take a look at his business opportunity. Did you actually look at it, and if so, would you mind telling me what you thought of it.

NO, I am not plugging or promoting his business!   LOL!  I do like to network market though and I find work-at-home opportunities becoming the current biggest trend, world-wide for employment seekers.  I like to check out what others have to offer, compare programs, etc.  Because you were included in his mailing, I suspect that you like to do the same.  Am I correct?  Are you currently working with a company that is going well for you?  Perhaps I need to take a look at yours!

I have been invovled with a really legitimate network marketing business since April of this year that has already started to generate a stream of income for me.  In fact, in my very first week with this new company I earned several shares of CASH in their weekly  $5,000 CASH GIVE-AWAY promotion, for sponsoring other people and since that time I have continued to earn commission every month. 

So far, in comparison to the many other companies I have looked at, this company definitely has the most exciting program with a VERY timely and very in-expensive product, and it has already attracted thousands of Affiliates in over 180 countries to date.  It's FREE 7-Day Trial Period has really proven to be attractive to the many now taking a look at this program and checking out this company.

I would like to send you my link to a short 7-minute video that is a LOT OF FUN to watch. It will give you a short overview of what this program is about.  If you are interested in more information after watching it, at the end of the movie there are other links you can go to, to read all about our company, its compensation plan, program, product, history, etc.   MAY I SEND THIS TO YOU?  I promise NOT to contact you again after sending it, unless you contact me.   I believe if you take the time to look at it, that you will  definitely be contacting me for more information and I will welcome that contact from you.  But if not, I will not bother you again.

I look forward to hearing from you soon. Please feel free to reply by e-mail or a phone call at your convenience.  Thank you for your time!
Name
1-800 Number


Title: Re: Share Your best...
Post by: SandraC on August 09, 2005, 11:58:09 AM
Hi, if you return a promo email with your own promotion, it is legally considered spam, but the big question here is the reciepient is NOT going to report you when they spammed you in the first place.
To put it in simple terms... you can only send a promo email if the reciepient requested it in the first place, if they did not, you must get a verification message off them asking you to send info.
regards

kevan & Sandra Cowley


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: BarbaraH on August 09, 2005, 12:22:32 PM
On behalf of All Of Us  us who are technologically challenged-  How do You Create Banners, Splash pages, Lead generator Pages

Do You Have to Pay for all these Services



Title: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: gdi on August 09, 2005, 01:08:53 PM
Part 1 has been locked and now all new Posts should be in Part 2.

Chip


Title: Re: Share Your best...Part 1!
Post by: gdi on August 09, 2005, 01:15:22 PM
Part 1 has been locked and now all new Posts should be in Part 2.

Chip
Admin


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Amy Derby on August 09, 2005, 03:36:50 PM
Here's one of my postcard designs.  (Can also be used as a banner, although I'd probably make it smaller...)

(http://site-images.ws/cust/89236/postcard32.jpg)

As far as the postcard question you had in the other thread, Norma, banners like this can easily be used as postcards.  Just print them out on sticker paper and stick to 3x5 or 4x6 blank notecards.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Amy Derby on August 09, 2005, 03:52:58 PM
You can also cusomize the image, and then upload it to stuff.

Like this mug.

(http://site-images.ws/cust/89236/mugfront&back.jpg)

You could put it on a mousepad, tshirt, anything.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Amy Derby on August 09, 2005, 04:18:08 PM
Here's a bib I did.
(http://site-images.ws/cust/89236/bib.jpg)
(I don't want to make the img too big, but it says
"My Mom is a Dot Mom.  Is Yours?"
www.my.ws/_____


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: KLopez on August 10, 2005, 08:18:29 AM
Wow Amy!!! Nice designs! I wish I was creative.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: BryanC on August 10, 2005, 08:24:09 AM
 :) Many thanks for your reply to my question Norma, I understand now the differece between ordinary Mail and Email
I like your'wink' by the way, it is real COOL
Best wishes to you and all at Forum

Bryan C


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: Rangga Primaputera on August 11, 2005, 09:13:56 AM
Wow, that seems cool, Logan! Beside as a GDI marketer, I'm also an Editor-in-Chief in a website. It's about my city where I live, and I planned to put my GDI banner in that web. I will display my banner later! That web is still under construction:)
Good Luck, Logan!


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Amy Derby on August 12, 2005, 03:09:51 PM
Thanks for your kind words, K. :)

And Thanks for posting that survey, Norma.  Interesting and informative. :)

I personally have three domain names at the moment.  I have (at least) five (that I know of) in my first level with two, and two with three.  Also, two of my blue trials this week signed up for two each.  Six are business people, but the rest are active in the opportunity, too.  I do believe in this product.  I also believe that if GDI meant for us to sell the opportunity only, there'd be no need to have a product at all -- there are plenty of MLM's that sell opportunity only.

I have made some more ads but have not had the chance to upload them, as sitebuilder was down yesterday, and today I keep getting kicked out.  But I finally made a bird one as you requested a really long time ago, Norma.   ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Amy Derby on August 12, 2005, 07:54:13 PM
(http://site-images.ws/cust/89236/fornorma.jpg)


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: LoganWandell on August 14, 2005, 12:28:17 AM
Usually when I design a banner or ad, I just need a slogan or tag line and I can usually work off that.

I needed a logo for my voicover site, and every place I checked into...they were doing it for $125-$175 depending on the format you wanted and if you needed a tag line. I do this for a living as well and I offer these at a discount to ALL GDI members for only $10 each, and $85 for nonmembers... it's a good enticement for new enrollies, I just opened the page last night and already have a few orders come in.

I have a few examples on my logos page... but it's easy to customize.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Sonya Dexter on August 14, 2005, 03:28:42 PM
Hello again,
I appologise that I was not clear in my last post.
These letter's I recieve are snail mail, not email.
Sorry for the confusion.
However I don't think that it would be spam if you recieved a email from them first, they are giving you permision to contact them.  You would just have to take the approcch that you want more information on their program,  then you ask them if they would be interested in learning about another opportunity.  If they say yes, that is how you would get there permission to send them an invitation.  It seems a little time consuming but it is not spam they are giving you permission.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: P_Gringel on August 14, 2005, 09:50:42 PM
Thanks for the in put  one and all . e.g. Amy you have an awesome
proactive imagination Norma those statistics will be very helpful as usual
you are an inspiration. Thank you all :-*


Title: Custom Website or GDI's Website?
Post by: DondaTodd on August 16, 2005, 10:51:34 AM
Do you belive it is better to build a home page with the web builder and put a link on it or just use the GDI site?


Title: Re: Custom Website or GDI's Website?
Post by: mack88 on August 16, 2005, 11:27:34 AM
Hi Donda

In my eyes, it not a matter of which is better than the other!  What you have are choices.  For example:  You could use your .WS domain name and forward it to a site of your choosing.  or Being the creative person that you are, create a website showcasing .WS or even another business or project.  The list can go on and on...it is totally your choice!

Just my little spin!  Hope that answers your question....kinda

Frank


Title: Re: Custom Website or GDI's Website?
Post by: RodB on August 16, 2005, 12:12:42 PM
No question - build your own and create a personal identity. This is what GDI is about.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Deborah H on August 19, 2005, 09:24:45 AM
I will be advertising in the college paper but not handing out flyers or cards at the UF. They clearly state no soliciting on campus. I am not in a hurry to sit in jail so I will try to follow their rules. Hard as it is to not go and give out business cards! They are very serious about people who don't belong there staying off the campus after all the student murders and all. We went dumpster diving one night and almost got arrested!! LOL
Deborah H ;D


Title: Re: Custom Website or GDI's Website?
Post by: Nicole Taylor on August 19, 2005, 07:15:24 PM
Hello,

Creating your own Website will allow you to have multiple streams of income coming in. For example: Advertising Networks.

Nicole


Title: Re: Custom Website or GDI's Website?
Post by: Javier Segura on August 19, 2005, 07:19:54 PM
 :) This is a great thread! Im so glad you started it.

For now i only have GDI, So im redirecting to the GDI site for now.  ::)

All my best


Title: Re: Custom Website or GDI's Website?
Post by: Angela M on August 19, 2005, 09:59:31 PM
I think that using a personal site is best.  For prospects who don't know you personally, it makes it more personal.  For those who do know you (and don't) it demonstrates the product that is available.  Some of my prospects have been very impressed and sign on once they see what they can do with GDI's Site Builder. 

Angela


Title: Re: Custom Website or GDI's Website?
Post by: Sean S on August 22, 2005, 08:25:43 AM
on the other hand, i must be exceptionally dumb because i found the site builder etc. to be a bit hard to understand and unweildy.
i hope i still get some hits onto the GDI site.......reading this thread has put me in doubt about that....is the GDI website good enough ?
(it certainly was for me because i signed up after being referrd to it......so i hope it works on others too)

is the GDI website used mainly by....sort of newbies and amateurs ? *shrugs*


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: JNapier on August 24, 2005, 01:17:44 PM
I am going to use this ad during my Valentine's Day campaign. It will do purrrfectly well I think! I believe in Miracles!!
All my best,
Norma :o

(http://site-images.ws/images/cust/87961/MucaSrcek.JPG)


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: gdi on August 24, 2005, 01:33:45 PM
Thank you for your 'personal touch' Posts, Norma.

The pictures of Miracle and the marketing approach add depth to our Forum.

Let's continue to work together and learn many new ways to maximize the
benefits offered by GDI, .WS and our World Forum.

Chip


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on August 24, 2005, 03:37:34 PM
Oh YEEESSSSSS!!!!! You did it!!!!!!!!  

I'm so happy and so excited!!!. Now that you've learned this, you can do everything, you'll see!

Thank you! Producing these two ads for you was great pleasure and honour for me and I hope you all like them. It also was great to teach you! And since you succeeded - I'm even happier!

Oh, it's night here and my dreams tonight will be sweeter than any night before!

And all best to Miracle!!!!

Tatjana


Title: Does anyone have a Hosting Only Banner?
Post by: Rhonda D on August 29, 2005, 12:58:44 PM
All of the banners we have to use are biz op related, so I was wondering if anyone has a 468x60 banner they use that you don't mind sharing that only promotes the hosting option.  I'm not the most creative person, so I would like to be able to use it for my site.  Thanks so much in advance.  And sorry if this is the wrong thread to put this in ... seemed the best fit to me.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: K Nelson on September 02, 2005, 10:35:27 PM
There are many animal lover's out there so I am hoping to capture the attention of some of them with the ad below!  Afterall, we never know what will work until we try, right?
All my best,
Norma  :o

(http://site-images.ws/images/cust/87961/MucaOglas1.JPG)
Hi Norma i really like you ideas and just wish i could get things going in here cas there is alot of great ideas.I just hope i could be like most of you soon. i am just starting out and my webpage is done but not online yet and i sure look forward in the days to come when i can soak up alot of these ideas and learn to put them to work

                        Thanks
                     A Friend  ;)


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on September 03, 2005, 12:44:20 AM
Hello

Rhonda!

It's the right thread, definatelly!

Logan!

Well created, eyecatching but I don't know why we all love black so very much .... ????

Karen!

how's about your banners? I wasn't on your webpage latelly. Did you put them into use. Well I've actually thought about your banners. They don't contain GDI specific logos or pictures so I think you should use them without any aproval from the support. However I had to ask their approval for my logo as I've used their globe logo in the middle of it!

Well, it's only pure logo and not banner, add or something else so it can't be personalized!!! It's related to my username and approved from the GDI suport team.

Usernames we shouldn't put here, but since it's on my webpage and public it makes no difference.

(http://site-images.ws/images/cust/76614/SonceLogo1nt.jpg)

Tatjana


Title: Re: Does anyone have a Hosting Only Banner?
Post by: KarenB on September 03, 2005, 11:55:44 AM
All of the banners we have to use are biz op related, so I was wondering if anyone has a 468x60 banner they use that you don't mind sharing that only promotes the hosting option.  I'm not the most creative person, so I would like to be able to use it for my site.  Thanks so much in advance.  And sorry if this is the wrong thread to put this in ... seemed the best fit to me.

I not long ago created this one:

(http://karenbristol.ws/violet1.gif)

which is smaller, it is 468X30 and I think it looks more elegant. I can do that or similar in any colour.



Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: KarenB on September 03, 2005, 11:55:44 AM


Karen!

how's about your banners? I wasn't on your webpage latelly. Did you put them into use. Well I've actually thought about your banners. They don't contain GDI specific logos or pictures so I think you should use them without any aproval from the support. However I had to ask their approval for my logo as I've used their globe logo in the middle of it!


Tatjana

Yes, I experimented more recently, and came up with another one I thought you'd like:

(http://karenbristol.ws/Page2/lemon1.gif)

(I can't remember if I gave this one to you already or not though....and I was working on a similar one where the car drives into view first...maybe when I get more time I'll finish that one *lol*)


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: KarenB on September 03, 2005, 11:56:44 AM
On behalf of All Of Us  us who are technologically challenged-  How do You Create Banners, Splash pages, Lead generator Pages

Do You Have to Pay for all these Services



I use many different software programs that are very user-friendly (sometimes I find these easier than picking up a pair of scissors and scrap-booking! *lol*), and some have free trials to download. My personal favourites would have to be PaintShop Pro (from   http://www.jasc.com/products/paintshoppro/ ) and AnimationWorkshop. There are also online tutorial groups for these programs if you need any help. The new age of hobby crafts is upon us  ;)


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on September 04, 2005, 03:44:00 PM
Thank you Karen! No, you didn't give me that one, but one a little darker! They're all really good and I like them because the're not so big.

Oh, thank you for the link. I surelly will download that program as I like this new age hobbies very much. I'll almost explode from creativity, and sometimes just don't know what should I use to get the ideas to life!!!

If I'm not mistaken, then I've even got PaintShop Pro in the DigitalCamera magazine (Slovene version of it).

All the best!

Tatjana

 :)


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: JNapier on September 04, 2005, 04:37:19 PM
Karen, I certainly appreciate you sharing your banners with the rest of us. They are all very good and I, for one, will be using them. You did a great job and your creativity is awesome! Please, don't stop now!! You have just wet my taste buds! I want to see more of your work!!

All my best,
Norma  :o


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: KarenB on September 04, 2005, 09:40:04 PM
Karen, I certainly appreciate you sharing your banners with the rest of us. They are all very good and I, for one, will be using them. You did a great job and your creativity is awesome! Please, don't stop now!! You have just wet my taste buds! I want to see more of your work!!

All my best,
Norma  :o

Thanks.

Ok, I knocked up a few more in different colours (but for some reason I couldn't upload to my webspace?  ???  ...so I had to use my webspace elsewhere. I hope it works here...)

(http://www.geocities.com/karenjbristol/blueheaven3.gif)

(http://www.geocities.com/karenjbristol/metal1.gif)

(http://www.geocities.com/karenjbristol/lime2.gif)

*lol* hmm, I'm almost bored with this design already so I might experiment again  ;D

~Karen


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on September 04, 2005, 11:05:47 PM
These are better, because it's darker at the sides and lighter at the middle, so what writs is more visible!!! My eyes are thankful for that!

Tatjana


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: KarenB on September 05, 2005, 12:06:46 PM
These are better, because it's darker at the sides and lighter at the middle, so what writs is more visible!!! My eyes are thankful for that!

Tatjana

*lol* Now all I have to do is maybe round out the ends, or do some 3D button versions ;)

~Karen

p.s. since I never got any official reply as to whether we can use our own designs, I guess this thread could be considered as on OK from TPTB? *lol*



Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on September 06, 2005, 12:46:46 AM
*lol* Now all I have to do is maybe round out the ends, or do some 3D button versions ;)

~Karen

p.s. since I never got any official reply as to whether we can use our own designs, I guess this thread could be considered as on OK from TPTB? *lol*



As I've said before, I think it's OK since you don't use any of the GDI logos or something like that, so give your creativity wings and flyyyyyyyyyyyy hiiiiiiigh!!!

Tatjana


Title: ##Cool Tool##
Post by: JRog on September 06, 2005, 03:13:33 PM
Hi,
I'm a fairly new marketer and I've just finished building my website.
I found something really cool.  Google will pay you to advertise on
your site.  You can't click on the links yourself as your account can
be terminated immediately, but it's awesome to have. 
Here is the link to check it out and to find out more.

https://www.google.com/adsense/

Cheers to Success!
Jen


Title: Marketing 101
Post by: Randy Thomas on September 07, 2005, 03:22:36 AM
I think everyone should understand the power of marketing. We have a GREAT business here with GDI and we should tell the world about it. There are many ways to market GDI. I am going to list a few below.

Marketing with business cards is a great way to get people to your web site. Make a card that just says someting like, "Need More Income?,  Visit...."  and place your web site domain name there. You can buy cards to print on at any office supply store for only about $15 per 1000. The just print that on them using your Word Processor.

Another way to use that business card it a Snap Shot Conversation.  Here is how that goes...

YOU: "That is a really neat watch, I've always wanted one like that, where did you get it?"

PROSPECT: "Thanks, I've had it a long time, my grand dad gave it to me."

YOU: "I'll bet it means a lot to you doesn't it?"

PROSPECT: "Yes, it does."
{pause}

YOU: "So, do you live around here?"

PROSPECT: "Yes, I have lived just across town most of my life."

YOU: "Really? What do you do for a living here?"
{listen carefully for what they say}

PROSPECT: "Well, I've been in car sales for the last 10 years."
{Now, don't ask another question or say anything else. It's now the prospect's turn to ask you what you do for a living, if he doesn't just let it go.}

PROSPECT: "So, what do you do?"

YOU: "Well, do you know how a lot of people are having to work 60 or more hours each week along with nights and weekends just to get their bills paid? Well, what I do is, I teach people how to get control of their life and finances by working at home part time."
{At this point the prospect will either start asking you more questions or they will just let it die. If they don't then they are not looking for what you have to offer.}

PROSPECT: "Really, I've been thinking about starting something at home, what is your business all about?"

YOU: "Do, you have access to the Internet?"

PROSPECT: "Yes"

YOU: "Great, when you get home log onto this website and answer the questions at the start of the movie. That will allow me to know you watched the movie and setup an interview with you."
{Hand them your business card}

YOU: "I'll look forward to hearing from you tonight."

These are just a few of the methods I have used to build my past business to over $15,000 a month. And I use the to build my GDI business also.

NEVER STOP MOVING TOWARDS YOUR DREAMS!


Title: Re: ##Cool Tool##
Post by: KieranHogan on September 08, 2005, 04:09:37 PM
 thanks on your info on google u say your account will get cut off if fou click onto yhe sites is this true and if so what do you mean can you enter your .ws web page


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: MarkT on September 09, 2005, 11:47:34 AM
WOW, these are all great postcards and great ideas.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: StefaniPadilla on September 09, 2005, 12:54:52 PM
I was just wondering, when you market the website aspect (as opposed to the business op) do you use a different like?  I was wondering if there is a link to the place where they can just check to see if their domain name is available.  Thanks!


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: JNapier on September 11, 2005, 01:40:36 PM
I would love to have a logo with the world globe and the words GDI .WS going around it. Can anyone out there make one to share with us here?  It would be great if the words would actually move around the globe. I would love to put that on my website that I am trying to build.   

Wishing you much success!
All my best,
Norma  :o


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on September 11, 2005, 02:20:24 PM
I would love to have a logo with the world globe and the words GDI .WS going around it. Can anyone out there make one to share with us here?  It would be great if the words would actually move around the globe. I would love to put that on my website that I am trying to build.   

Wishing you much success!
All my best,
Norma  :o

I'll see if I can assist. What I actually have to do is upload one program and then I'll play ...

Tatjana  :)


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: JNapier on September 12, 2005, 10:00:33 PM
Tatjana, thank you so much for once again stepping up to the plate to assist me.  I have so many unique (at least to me) ideas just sailing around in my mind that I want to put on my website.  This is also one reason I have not tried to build my website yet. I am still collecting knowledge and skills to make it really my own. Also, I am now learning HTML codes which I find very exciting and not at all over my head like I once assumed.

I do understand that with the sitebuilder I don't really need to know the HTML codes but I have been so inspired by viewing other members websites that I just had to get some of that knowlege for myself.  Who knows, I may even go back to college for computer programming one day.  And, all this inspiration has come from all the members of this forum. 

I just have to say here how special each of you are!! 

All my best,
Norma  :o


Title: Free Tools to promote your Web Site that Really Work!
Post by: Tim De Vinney on October 05, 2005, 09:29:39 AM
Hi All

There is certainly no substitute for one-to-one referrals to GDI, but I began to research how to tap into the Net and reach all of the Millions who are on-line everyday.  Did you know that 67,000 new Internet accounts are opened each day?  That’s amazing!  I wanted to be able to tell all of these people about GDI.

So for some months now I’ve been using a very easy and straightforward method to Market my site to the Internet masses and I’m having fantastic success.

I use Mass Marketing tactics to drive those who are interested to my list, and then use Direct Marketing methods to only the people who want to hear about the product.  Works Wonderfully!   No Selling…I let the Movie do that for me. ;)

Step1) I use Free traffic sites to generate extreme exposure and gain tons of site hits.  I advertise my sites and contact list builders in these free traffic exchanges.  You can get all of this totally FREE. 

Step2) I then use the List Builder links (which are also free to join) and send targeted e-mails to those interested in my offer.  These sites gather targeted prospects that I refer to the GDI movie.  I’m having great results by doing this!!

Step3)  (VERY Important) I also use the Classified Ad Blaster and Tracker to send my Ad messages to about 50 Million Internet users.  I’ve tested and it really does place your ads on tons of web sites and FFA pages Automatically! Awesome way to get out the GDI message!

Step4)  (Most Important) Write killer ads!!  I check my Ad Tracking stats once a week; drop Ads that aren’t producing and add those that Will!  This sends people to me who are interested in hearing what I have to offer.  This is proving VERY successful for me.

It’s like a one-two punch.  People read my ads and want details of my offer.  People join the list builders and want details of my offer.  This is driving Customers to my doorstep like nothing I’ve ever done before!

I’ll going to be adding some free promotional tools (books, software, etc) to my site for all to use and share.  So feel free to check back often. 

If you need any details of this method, just drop me a PM and I will be glad to get back to you.

To me the Best Part is that 95% of the process is Automated and gets Awesome Results.

Best of luck to each of you.

Tim


Title: Marketing Gdi for the Holiday Season
Post by: ChrisAdamson on October 05, 2005, 05:55:12 PM
Hi all, i was thinking with the holiday season coming, what can we do to recuit people to the GDI family. I started this post for people to post flyer, share ideas and brain storm on ways to promot GDI JUST FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON!


Title: Re: Marketing Gdi for the Holiday Season
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on October 06, 2005, 06:33:59 AM
That's good Idea Chris! Just think what possibility to market for holidays you have. Net is huge, we have our great webpages which are also a great marketing tool. Showing the people with the product GDI is offering what you can do is the best. You, dear members, surelly have tons of ideas and I would like to see them.

Tatjana


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: P_Gringel on October 11, 2005, 06:29:53 PM
   Hello Norma thanks  for all your warm input to the Forum you certainly do give it depth as Chip said, sorry you lost little Miracle
   
   but your lovely pictures are a fitting memorial .Love your graphics.

Just a word Jen    about your adsense account not only can you be axed if you click on your own ads.( though I do not see what is wrong with that after all we are potential customers as well and may find something on the ads to interest us.)
 But there are people
who will target your progress by sending illegal clicks to your site ( i believ eit is generated by software)and shoot down your Adsense account, for whatever  agenda Ican only guess .It happened to me and believe me Adsense are quite ruthless there is no court of appeal. you are just gone.


So take my advise check your stats every day and if you see an  over the expected number  of  clicks  generated on one day( especially if they are signifigantly in excess of anything that went before ) block that I.P. address and report it immediatley to Adsense .
Mine were over 1000 clicks and 800 both from similar I.P. addresses  on the one day in Deleware Texas. ???





Title: Catching email signature
Post by: Samuel_Anthonius on October 14, 2005, 02:16:49 PM
I read once in one of article about internet marketing that one of the way you can marketed your business is using your email signature.

Meaning everytime you send email to people, you make sure that you put your company signature in it.

So my question, does anyone here has some email signature that can catch attention of people?

I always put my website under my name, but it seems doesn't work that well.

Regards,
Samuel


Title: Re: Free Tools to promote your Web Site that Really Work!
Post by: Jennifer H on October 20, 2005, 02:27:14 PM
Hi Tim,
I have a couple of questions for you.
I am signed up with alot of the traffic exchanges,and yes they do send me alot of traffic.
But I really don't understand most of this list building stuff!
For example: I am a member of traffic4income, I now have a few people on my list. But they told me I am only supposed to send them email pertaining to the traffic4income. What good is that? Who is really using these email addresses then?
I would like to build a list on my site but I only know how to use the site builder and have no clue how to put a lead capture box in there.
Next question, (I am limited on funds right now) Does the Ad blaster cost anything? Do you have a link for them? Thank you.
Jennifer


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: RCourt on October 25, 2005, 11:06:16 AM
My first time in the Forum. There are some really great Marketing ideas. Thanks.
Do you use your WS website for just GDI or do you use it for other business?????
I am using Safelist but my response is not too good.
Robert



Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on October 26, 2005, 07:47:49 AM
My first time in the Forum. There are some really great Marketing ideas. Thanks.
Do you use your WS website for just GDI or do you use it for other business?????
I am using Safelist but my response is not too good.
Robert



Well Robert, I don't have other businesses except GDI but I surelly develpoed my website with so much pleasure and fun!!! My site is a mixture of business and personal things, charity and soul stuff - all hand in hand. Well if I would advertise more I even might have some success, but lately I don't do much advertising.

As Norma said, you can use your own domain name for so many purposes that you can hardly imagine. Put your imagination to work for you and you'll see what comes out of it ...

Many success and happy GDI-ing!!!

Have fun!

Tatjana
 :D


Title: Autoresponder emails
Post by: MikeMcGhie on October 26, 2005, 09:45:00 PM
Hi,

I'm looking for where I can come up with some autoresponder emails or advice on making my own to put into an email campaign.  I am new to GDI and haven't received all of the test emails coming to me.  I would like to expediate my success and see if someone has the complete set I could borrow like the ones GDI sends out.  I will be using them on MLM Power.

Maybe I'm overstepping my bounds???  But I won't know unless I ask..

Mike McGhie


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: RodB on October 27, 2005, 05:19:01 AM
Love the Christmas ideas Norma ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on October 27, 2005, 07:25:07 AM
Hmmm well, Norma, you've reminded me of that I will do calendar this year too, and I just know how I'll market my business with them. Do you get the idea????

Tatjana


Title: Re: Autoresponder emails
Post by: ChadF on October 27, 2005, 07:40:40 PM
I use ProAutoResponder

I can send you my campaign/follow up e-mails through that program if you are a member. My e-mails are obviously working, I was on top of the starter leaderboards last week.

Chad


Title: Offline Marketing Possibilility -STORE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
Post by: PCramblet on October 29, 2005, 07:00:22 PM
If you see or hear of stores, plants, factories etc. going out of business. These would be excellent opportunities to hand out youd GDI cards to employees!!  ;)

God bless,
Patrick Cramblet


Title: List building
Post by: Jennifer H on October 30, 2005, 05:29:40 AM
 ???

Can anybody tell me if they are having any luck with list building.
I have signed up with Midus '05 and a few others and I am having NO LUCK!
Anyone have any suggestions?

Jennifer


Title: Re: List building
Post by: RodB on October 31, 2005, 08:15:14 PM
Yup list building works but it requires effort. :)


Title: Re: Autoresponder emails
Post by: RodB on October 31, 2005, 08:16:49 PM
Chad I would be most interested to see an example please. Would you please PM me an example?


Title: Re: List building
Post by: Stephen Popp on November 01, 2005, 07:30:26 PM
Good question, Jennifer

I think list building is very good but like you I have no luck on Midas 05. I am trying getrespone autoresponer and I will
see what happens. I am usiing both right now


Title: Personal Contact to family and friends
Post by: JudyKelly on November 02, 2005, 11:30:45 AM
Hi!  ;)

I have just recently gotten started and have had responses from only five of the 20+ people I have entered into the "invite" list. So, I started contacting people personally. The following is the email text that I send. I'll let you know what kind of response I get. In the meantime, please feel free to copy and paste the message into personal email to people you know. Let's see if the response is better!

Here it is: [/b]Have you ever thought about earning some extra money, but didn't want to go to another job in the evening or on the weekend? I have found an exciting way to earn money from the comfort of my own home. When you get a chance, check it out and see if it might be something you too would like to do. You can try it out for FREE for 7 days. Once you see it, I'm sure you're going to love it.  Check it out at: Member URL.
 
Take care!

 
Best wishes to you all!!  ::)

    Judy


Title: Re: Catching email signature
Post by: Kurt Tasche on November 03, 2005, 06:42:45 PM
Just ad a liitle flair to your signature.  Such as

"Watch a Free Movie... www.website.ws/username/show"  Or if you can use html in your signature, put the hyperlink inside the phrase "Watch a Free Movie (or something to that effect.)  I've also found by just writing "click here" people's curiousity takes over and they will almost always click on the link. 

To make things simpler for myself, I set domain forwarding so when people go to my .ws site  I've found that people will click on top level domains (ie, www.domain.ws) more often than subpages (ie, www.domain.ws/page1.html)  If you need help with this, a nice tutorial is available under the Affiliates section in the GDI Back Office)

Good Luck
Kurt


Title: I need a HOT headline for classified ad
Post by: SSong on November 04, 2005, 05:00:10 AM
Can somebody provide some tips for the HOT Headline for classified ads? I meant "hot" as a killer ad that grabs people's tension.


Title: Re: I need a HOT headline for classified ad
Post by: Deborah H on November 04, 2005, 05:45:11 AM
Harness the power...

Read THIS? You get the POX

Do Not Under any circumstances READ THIS!!~!!

 Pass on By-Miss your chance. I dont care.

You think I give a $h#T if you read this!!~!!


Title: Re: I need a HOT headline for classified ad
Post by: ChadF on November 04, 2005, 12:38:07 PM
Earn $2,000+ Per Month

For some reason, headlines with number figures have always attracted the best attention for me when I am advertising.


Title: Google Adwords
Post by: MatthewNg on November 07, 2005, 05:30:53 AM
Hi, just wanted to know whether anyone has tried Google Adwords advertising linked direct to their freedom.ws, movie.ws or website.ws page? Any success anyone?


Title: Letter for Local Businesses in your area
Post by: SComini on November 07, 2005, 11:19:02 AM
Couldn't find one I really liked, so I made my own.  Spacing and tabs are funny here, just have to highlight and copy the text, then put into Word, then it will look right!   ;D

Global Domains International, Inc.
Stephanie Comini
Your City, State, Zip Code
http://www.yourdomain.ws

November 10, 2005

Dear Business Owner,

Before you can start up a business - any business - customers need to be able to find you.

On the Internet, your address is your domain name. With the unparalleled growth of the Internet, dot com domain names continue to sell like hotcakes. Currently, there are more than 20 million dot com domains, and over 34 million total domains registered worldwide. Industry experts forecast that more than 500 million domains will be registered in the next ten years. In fact, reliable sources from companies like Intel are predicting that every personal computer in the future will have its own domain name.

In 1998, the dot com craze was beginning to ramp up to unbelievable proportions. So many Internet companies sprouted up in Silicon Valley, and elsewhere, that companies not swept up in the hysteria were thought to be missing out. But, while most people were focused on things like Content, Banner Ads and Bandwidth, Michael Reed and Alan Ezeir, the CEO and President respectively of Global Domains International, Inc. (GDI), recognized another opportunity that was largely ignored; they wondered, "Besides dot com, are there other extensions that businesses could use as a domain name?"
One of the most recognizable ccTLD's today is .WS with customers in over 180 countries. Global Domains International, the official registry for .WS "Web Site" domains, was just named in Inc. Magazine's "Inc 500 List for 2002": America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. GDI ranked #37 (Thirty-Seven!) out of 500 for the USA nationally, and #5 in the state of California! .WS means Web Site and with over 80% availability your customers will get an easy to remember domain name and you will finally get the name you really want!

What we offer, for an unbelievable $10 a month is (month by month billing, cancel anytime, no long term commitments!):

* Your own .WS "Website" Domain Name

* Professionally Designed Web Templates:
   The Website Builder! 2.0 is the framework for your Website. Professionally designed by
   Graphic artists, these templates give you the foundation for building your Website.
   There is no programming or complicated coding, simply follow the easy-to-use instructions to create a dynamic and     professional Website!

   You can create your site quickly, then make changes if you'd like, or you can spend    several hours creating the perfect site for you. You can view your Website before you    publish it for the world to see. You also have 24/7 access to your Website's control panel    and can make changes at any time and as often as you like! You can also view the    changes before you publish them to the world
 
* Custom Email Addresses - 10 (ten) Included per Domain:
      Check your email on the web OR Forward email to an existing account.
   
* Web Mail:
   Our Web Mail allows you to use your own domain name as your email address and you    can access your email through your account from any Internet connection in the world!

   Instead of using a long and hard to remember email address like    mwalker554878@yahoo.com, you can use Yourname@YourDomain.ws. For example you    could have Support@Joeswidgets.ws and each section in your business can use your    domain name as well such as Billing@joeswidgets.ws etc., up to 10 email addresses, and    they would all be directed to one email account!

* Email Forwarding:
   Web Mail forwarding allows you to use your domain name as your email address and    forward all of your emails to an existing account you already have. This way you can use    your easy-to-remember .WS email account to publicize your business or family site and    still receive all of your emails in your established email account.

* POP/IMAP Access:
   Access your email for any domain using your POP or IMAP compatible email program.
 
 Optional Web Services (No extra charge!)

  * URL forwarding:
     Our URL forwarding option is perfect if you already have a Website created elsewhere,    but are unable to move the existing content. Often times, your current URL is hard to    remember, unprofessional, or just plain ugly. You can use URL forwarding to route your    new .WS domain to your existing Website. When someone visits your .WS domain, they    will be automatically transported to your existing Website instantly!
       
 * Web Hosting:
       For more advanced customers, you can take advantage of our hosting service. This    allows you to build a site from scratch bypassing some of the user-friendly restrictions    built into the previously mentioned Site Builder option. This allows you to build a    custom    Website just as you want it, then upload the files to our servers. Hosting gives    you the    ultimate in flexibility!
 
 
Our services are endless, and extremely affordable, for only $10 a month.  You can try out our services, free for seven days by visiting:   http://www.yourdomain.ws today!  Questions?  Contact me, I would be glad to answer any questions you may have.

Sincerely,



Stephanie Comini
http://yourdomain.ws




Title: Found an Incredible Plan 4 Marketing
Post by: Deborah H on November 10, 2005, 06:25:40 AM
Hi,
I found the best plan for marketing I've ever seen.
We are not allowed to post urls on the forum.
So IF you are interested, email me, and I will send you the url. The best part is that it's FREE!!
GDI Rocks!! 8)
Deborah H


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: KathleenMeehan on November 11, 2005, 11:47:28 AM
 :) Hi Deborah, I would like to have a copy of your plan.  Could you please send it to me at:



             Many thanks,  Kathy


Title: Re: List building
Post by: SteveStinson on November 12, 2005, 08:50:05 PM
I've been using HIT for list building.  It takes effort but am beginning to get some response each day.

We'll see.

Steve


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: DanielKer on November 15, 2005, 01:23:02 PM
hi Deborah send it to me too! I website traffic is very low, I think 1 per day or 1 per 2 day  :'( I need help


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: CWright on November 19, 2005, 03:36:25 AM
Hi Guys,

 My name is Charlotte.  I am 3 weeks into GDI.  I am really having fun with this business and enjoying it.  I have come across a really neat site that is FREE and a great way of getting traffic to ones site.  Wishing everyone the best.

Because of Christ!
Charlotte


Title: Post Cards
Post by: Paul Ward on November 19, 2005, 03:36:25 AM
Anyone use post cards? 

Show us one you have proven effective.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Page T on November 20, 2005, 08:59:22 PM
Hey Norma,
That sounds like a great idea, I'm in college so, I'll keep this forum up to date on how it's working out forme.
Hey,...    ...has anyone tried bumper stickers?


Title: How about two domain names?
Post by: DebraM on November 22, 2005, 04:53:58 AM
I'm new, just out of my trial period.  I don't have my website set up yet, and I thought of a new domain name that I think I like better than my original one.  I'd like your opinions on whether I should change or keep both?  Is there any advantage to having two?

DebraM


Title: Re: How about two domain names?
Post by: Deborah H on November 22, 2005, 11:00:00 AM
That would be up to you if you want 2 websites. Remember it is also 2 payments a month. You can especially since you wont loose any work or downline if you havnt signed anyone up yet, or started your website, just cancell the one you dont want and open a new account with the name you do want.
Deborah H :)


Title: Re: How about two domain names?
Post by: Roxanne G on November 22, 2005, 06:11:09 PM
I have three.  One for our construction company, one for my online store, one for my other online business which also advertises GDI.

It's really up to you and what you want to do.

 ;D



Title: Any Ideas?
Post by: PrestonBender on November 22, 2005, 06:11:38 PM
i was wondering if anyone had any ideas for me to get people to join? ive got ads all over the place, links on my website  sent out emails, got flyers, bus. cards...and i havnt got anyone to join yet??


Title: Re: Any Ideas?
Post by: Jennifer H on November 22, 2005, 08:30:12 PM
Sounds like your doing what you need to be doing...just hang in there.
I don't know how the holidays will do for this business...might be people will need money after christmas and sign up.
Thats what I am thinking anyways...I have been at a stand still lately also.
Don't get discouraged...it won't get you anywhere.

Jennifer


Title: Re: How about two domain names?
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on November 23, 2005, 11:17:55 PM
I'm new, just out of my trial period.  I don't have my website set up yet, and I thought of a new domain name that I think I like better than my original one.  I'd like your opinions on whether I should change or keep both?  Is there any advantage to having two?

DebraM

Why in the name of God do you always think about cancelling the acount (goes to Deborah) for purcheesing another domain. As far as I know you can run (or have as you wish) 5 domain names on one acount, without cancelling it. The monthly fee is 5 x 10 $ of course, but if you need those 5 domains, why not.

Debra so if you need two domains, you just purcheese another you like better in your existing acount, but if you need only one, then make another and delete the first, that's it. (I'm suggesting the order as I've written - first make another and then delete the first). Cancelling your acount because of the domain name would result the new acount and appearantly loosing your downlines (if you already have some) and having two acounts (what I remind you is forbidden) would result working on two sides, but sometimes it's hard to get some people as your downlines even for one acount ...

That's all I have to say here ...

I wish you'll succeede in all you do and however you'll decide!

Tatjana
(sonček)
 :)


Title: Double Opt in e-mail blast
Post by: EConner on November 24, 2005, 08:49:43 AM
I have been a GDI member a few weeks now.  Last night my first campaign began.  I have had over 300 hits since 3am this morning (all my time) ... I haven't had any leads yet, but it is still very early in the campaign.

I am also the owner of a traffic exchange program - I sent an e-mail to my traffic exchange team members with my link and the current campaign info.  I offered them the chance to be on my first level and the campaign enrollees will be placed below the exchange memers ... what a deal!

Thoughts?

And thank you to John for sending me the link to GDI  :D


Title: Re: Marketing Gdi for the Holiday Season
Post by: gdi on November 24, 2005, 01:20:57 PM
I encourage all to Post their Holiday marketing ideas.

Chip


Title: Re: Marketing Gdi for the Holiday Season
Post by: Roxanne G on November 24, 2005, 07:46:30 PM
Give your friends and family a coupon for their own website for 3 months free and offer to help them set it up.  After 3 months they can decide to keep it or cancel.   Most people will keep it once they see what they can do with it. 



Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Anve Legaard on November 25, 2005, 08:57:33 AM
Hello.
I beginn to worked with sportsclubs and showing the possibility for income to a club with membership in GDI!!!

I have just started with this and i am going to have the dvd with me and show the what they can make of 10$ for a domlain+++++, think about this if a club have 1000 members and everybody will support theyer own club, and normal for the (sports)clubs have small money and they always looking fore new ways to get the money.

Sorry about the english ;)

I am from Norway

Anve


Title: Top of the leaderboards...
Post by: ChadF on November 26, 2005, 03:09:54 AM
I'm at the top of the main leaderboards this week and I'm really happy!  ;D  :)  ;D ::)

Honestly, I attribute a lot of my success to the tips that I've found on this forum!

Lovin' GDI,
Chad



Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: ChadGill on November 26, 2005, 03:09:55 AM
Very nice idea about the club! I think thats a fantastic idea! They could even set up a link with paypal or one of the other payment sites to collect dues!! FANTASTIC IDEA!!!

NOW YOUR COOKIN!!!!!


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: ChadGill on November 26, 2005, 12:42:12 PM
Congrats again Chad! Very nicely done.


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: John Head on November 28, 2005, 03:05:40 AM
Selling the opportinity is great for those who are looking for one.  The type of fish you are after determines the bait.
I don't feel you always have to try to sell the opportunity. Several people I know want a website and have no intererst beyond that.   But naturally when friends find something they think is great they pass it on to other friends. Friends, like themselves, that want to post family photos etc, and don't realize they can build the site themselves.
However the income opportunity will surely become obvious to some of them.

 One friend of mine will likely create a site that would get traffic that otherwise would never be looking for any opportunity, (a church newsletter) Those checking out the site for photos of the "bake sale"  will see,(and possibly consider) an opportunity they may never have seen or considered otherwise.  One of those might be the person that will turn it into a six figure income.

Also I hate spam, but just today when I was cleaning folders with spam that had been filtered out, I realized that most of these are people selling something, someone not unlike myself, trying to make some money!  Well from now on they will all get a reply, not an offer to buy but any offer to come on board with GDI. Spam may not be so bad.

The more I think about it the more Ideas I get. Its endless!


Title: What are the big dogs doing?
Post by: MichaelOttman on December 03, 2005, 03:16:33 AM
Hi, I have been a new member for a little over a month now and am just now posting to the forum after about 6 hours worth of reading much of its content.  I have had about 20 signups during this last month and 13 of them paid members.  I do not know what information or advice anybody might want to give but I will include what I THINK that I know. 
1.  Quickly determine who is going to be just a customer and who wants to work the business. 
2.  Give some type of free training or information to help them get started fast.
3.  If you are new yourself, PLEASE refer your new referrals to your upline members.  After all, it is in their best interest to help you out.
4.  Find out who your upline sponsers are and put their names in the search engines.  I have found many great tools that these leaders use to grow their business.  I personally think this information should have come from them, not by my dillegence but it still paid off.
5.  Use lead capture pages to get prospects. Use bulk emailer and buy quality OPT IN LEADS. NO SPAM TOLERATED!
6.  If done right most people who sign up don't even need to see your website.  You can use this to help your downline training or for other personal use.
7.  Personalize your banners to promote the business to niche groups of people.  If you are going to promote the hosting part of the business then send them to the hosting page.
Thats about it for now, please check out my site and let me know if it's up to GDI standards.  I use their car in the logo but it is only for promoting GDI, not other businesses.

Thanks and have a great Christmas!  None of that politically correct "Happy Holidays" stuff.

Michael Ottman


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Anve Legaard on December 03, 2005, 03:16:33 AM
Hello
Now i am on the top of the google, alexa and many more, soon i will get very much traffic to my page.

Nice to be a member in GDI


Anve



Title: Re: Marketing Gdi for the Holiday Season
Post by: Vince Coney on December 04, 2005, 09:07:08 AM
How would you work that out with GDI as far as you paying for a month 3 months etc for someone else ?


Title: Re: Marketing Gdi for the Holiday Season
Post by: MichaelOttman on December 04, 2005, 05:44:59 PM
What about this idea.  Try getting your ads placed on online malls or other high traffic sites that people go to during the holiday season.  I have done this with a few sites and you will definitely get clicks.  Try changing your ads to fit somthing that can be given as a gift.  I hope you all get the success you deserve.

Michael Ottman


Title: Re: Custom Website or GDI's Website?
Post by: EricWu on December 05, 2005, 03:28:02 AM
Hi, I am new here and need help from all of you. I have a question, I don't know how to build a website and don't want to do that either. My purpose is to use the WS website for this GDI business only. What shall I do about that? Please give me advice.
Thanks
Eric


Title: christmas gifts
Post by: Vince Coney on December 06, 2005, 12:59:10 PM
Hi everyone. I had a brainstorm. I wanted to pass out christmas gifts to my friends but i wanted to give them a 30 day free membership to gdi. ($10)  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this. How would i be able to pay in advance for them ?  How could i make up a gift certificate ? etc. etc.


Title: Re: christmas gifts
Post by: JohnPhillips on December 06, 2005, 05:16:04 PM
Hi everyone. I had a brainstorm. I wanted to pass out christmas gifts to my friends but i wanted to give them a 30 day free membership to gdi. ($10)  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this. How would i be able to pay in advance for them ?  How could i make up a gift certificate ? etc. etc.
Along with this idea, I was also hoping to have my GDI DVDS in time for Christmas so that I could hand them out also as small gifts. Does anyone have any idea when we will be receiving our pre-orders?
John Phillips


Title: Re: christmas gifts
Post by: Roxanne G on December 07, 2005, 06:56:49 AM
Hi everyone. I had a brainstorm. I wanted to pass out christmas gifts to my friends but i wanted to give them a 30 day free membership to gdi. ($10)  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this. How would i be able to pay in advance for them ?  How could i make up a gift certificate ? etc. etc.

Just make up gift certificates on your computer.  When they want to use them, they need to come to you and have you help them set it up.  Put that on the certificate.  You give them the $10 to put into their account and they pay with their card for the website. 


Title: Re: Marketing Gdi for the Holiday Season
Post by: Ebiz Resources on December 07, 2005, 01:03:24 PM
Or you could buy prepaid debit cards for them once they redeem your gift certificates.  ;D


Title: I am on a Mission
Post by: Matthew Green on December 08, 2005, 07:09:38 AM
Hi,

I am a man on a mission...

My Mission is to HELP all Internet marketers to achieve more..


I plan to complete my mission by introducing them all to the

H-I-T Marketing System

With the right marketing System you too could become a SUCCESS.


Happy Hunting,
Matthew Green (mg247)
   :)


Title: Re: christmas gifts
Post by: Tatjana Prelog on December 10, 2005, 12:51:59 AM
Hi everyone. I had a brainstorm. I wanted to pass out christmas gifts to my friends but i wanted to give them a 30 day free membership to gdi. ($10)  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this. How would i be able to pay in advance for them ?  How could i make up a gift certificate ? etc. etc.

It's really very simple and we've done this for some of our downline members without the payment method. If you have PayPal acount you can pay their membership for them. All what they need is to contact you and give you their username and password that you'll be able to set up the payment method for them as your PayPal acount. Even if they then change their password you're able to cancel paying them in your PayPal acount.

Well, all thing has a bit catch as you have to trust each other - the prospect has to trust you his username and password and you have trust him that he won't use this payment method for anything else as the monthly fee ... It worked for us so far.

Tatjana
(sonček)
 :)



THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT!!!!! SO EVERYBODY PLEASE READ THIS AND TAKE A NOTE OF IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE UNNECCESSARY PROBLEMS!!!


What I've written above is 100 % true and sure, but you have to be extreamly careful with paying the fee for the other people also:

You are allowed to pay only up to 5 acounts with one PayPal acount or credit card, NOT MORE!!!! If you won't respect this rule your acount will be disabled due to abuse.

Also if we're speaking here about the GDIs invite system and invitations note this:

You only can use GDIs leads for which the invitations will be send automatically or YOU MUST KNOW THE PERSONS YOU ENTER IN PERSONALLY. Also if you don't respect this rule your acount will be disabled due to abuse. 

So that means that all the external leads you are not allowed to put into the GDIs invite system and the best solution is to subscribe to one free (or maybe even pay some monthly fee) autoresponder to send this kind of invitations.  


We expirienced the thing with paying more then 5 acounts with one PayPal acount so we know the best that this is for sure.  

Otherwise I wish to all of you a happy and most all healthy new year and HAPPY GDIing of course!!!

Tatjana
(sonček)
 :)


Title: Re: Marketing Gdi for the Holiday Season
Post by: Daniel Pattridge on December 12, 2005, 03:53:14 PM
 :o

I personally like the debit card idea.  GDI should come out with their own debit cards that we can buy have already loaded to use specifically for GDI and nothing else.

That way the person couldn't use the Debit card for anything else but GDI

What ya'll think.

Dan Pattridge


Title: Ticket to A Movie!
Post by: NelfaSquires on December 15, 2005, 01:38:39 PM
Just thought I would share what I just came up with today... besides fliers, business cards/drop cards, you can actually create a movie pass/ticket and leave it out to the local businesses or hand them out to people maybe in the parking lot for example. Email me for any request of a sample.  I will be happy to share it with you!


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: ChadGill on December 16, 2005, 03:35:09 AM
Great idea! I'd like one of those!


Title: HELP WITH ADVERTISING YOUR WEBSITE.
Post by: NickCriado on December 18, 2005, 08:23:08 PM
I HAVE EMAILED 50 PEOPLE IN 2 DAYS, AND HAD 1 SIGN UP. I HAVE PUT FLYERS OUT ON HOW TO MAKE EASY MONEY BY STAYING AT HOME. AND NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP.  WHAT IS THE SECRET!!!!


  THANKS :(


Title: Re: HELP WITH ADVERTISING YOUR WEBSITE.
Post by: HowardMartell on December 18, 2005, 10:04:03 PM
Nick,

The secret to success is simple Don't quit.

Ask questions from you sponsor or upline?

Network with people who want are business and product.

Remember it takes the average business a few years to be in profit enjoy the tax savings associated while building your GDI  Business.



Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Joseph J on December 19, 2005, 07:49:24 PM
Howard,

You are absolutely right. ;) The key is to not give up because remember we have to work hard right now helping others get what they want so that eventually we can get  what we all are seeking for.
This is not a get rich quick scheme, you have to keep up on sending out your leads, keep posting flyers or passing out your business cards, and staying in contact with your premium leads. If you do this for a solid six months GDI guarantees you will start to reap the benefits of your reward. :o

So keep up the good work Nick and contact HowardMartell if you have any questions because he a pretty good Idea of how GDI should be run. Well that't my opinion. ;D 

Joseph*!


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: ValerieUnderhill on December 30, 2005, 03:33:49 AM
There is no secrets.

What there is, is simply common sense and education.

Most people, whether they admit it or not, are intimidated by the internet/computer.
They allow the intimidation to get the upper hand.  Once you reach an understanding
with your computer and the internet and then implement common sense along with
educating yourself to the unknown, you will find things will go much better for you.

Many may read what I post here, but only few if any will take heed to it.

No matter how much or how often people tell you, you must learn what your
business is 100% about, what it offers, etc,

It has always, at least in many ways, appeared to me, that people want things
handed to them on a silver platter, they want someone else to do it for them,
they want someone to give them an easy solution, point them here or there
to get signups or sales....in online business.

When people say to you, read your website, learn what GDI is all about, learn
the entire websites frontwards and backwards, learn your member area, etc...
DO IT and DO IT WITH COMMON SENSE and a NOTEPAD.

For example can you answer these questions :

-How many template designs does GDI offer their members?
-Does GDI offer hosting?
-How many pages will GDI host if they do offer hosting?
-Must you know HTML in order to have a website through GDI?
-Do you have to pay at sign up?
-What happens during the 7 day free trial?
-What are the options for making payment?
-What are the payout options?
-What are the owners names?
-What country is GDI located in?
-Is GDI an international opportunity?

Your notepaid should almost be a short jotter book that consist of
GDI questions and answers.

You should be able to answer any question and every question that
is presented to you concerning your GDI business...or any business
you are a part of, for that matter.

BUT there is much more to keeping a notepad then meets the
question/answer scenario.

When you take the TIME to create a notepad you are in reality
SAVING TIME in the long run PLUS you are puting on your
COMMON SENSE.

What you have now developed and accomplished is a complete
notepaid of your GDI business that will then and only then :

-You'll see ads in your notepaid
-You'll see ALL your TARGET MARKETS
-You'll see ideas that you never thought about before

When people say to you, learn your website inside and out, it
truly means that is your starting point to success.

The questions and answers that you have in your notepaid will
present not just solutions but various solutions.  These various
solutions are a result of an origination of problems and wants
and perhaps needs.

You will be able to define the problems and present the
solutions.  Example :

-Problem One - Most people do not know html

That is certainly a problem for people....but what people?
Is it a problem for all people?

So here is your FIRST TARGET MARKET - people that have a problem
due to wanting to know how to get a website up without learning
html. 

We then proceed onward thru our notepad reading that GDI offers
people their own dot ws domain name.  Could this be a problem for
people?  Would it be a problem for all people?  Here you have presented
another problem :

-Problem Two - Some people want a domain name but do not know
how to go about getting one.

We can use our COMMON SENSE to add to each problem more problems.

-Problem Two - Some people want a domain name but do not know
how to go about getting one.  Some people want a domain name but
do not know what name to choose.  Some people are not sure if they
want or need a domain name or not.

When we do all we can to create a notepad about our business,
writing down questions and answers, learning our GDI biz inside and
out, writing down PROBLEMS and SOLUTIONS, that is when our
mind EASILY can see WHO and WHERE we can go to get signups.

If you see a newsletter that is based on dot com domain names
and that is all it is related to, would that be a good place to advertise
your GDI business?

Probably not.

Do not try to reinvent the wheel and do not try and convert people.

Instead, seek out those that have the problems that you have defined
within your notebook and then present them the solution that you
have already defined within your notebook.

Example Scenario :

*Online electronic free to subscribe business newsletter

Remember COMMON SENSE.

What sort of online business newsletter is it?
Has anyone placed a GDI ad in that newsletter?
If someone has placed a GDI ad in that newsletter, what was the ad?

It never ceases to amaze me the people that will place just any ole
ad in any ole newsletter online.  I always say, advertise every where
and any where IF you have TIME.  BUT if you don't have time then
you best put your COMMON SENSE into action.

Lets say for our scenario the newsletter is about how to be successful
in online business.

That would probably be a pretty good newsletter to place an ad.
WHY would it be?  You MUST ask yourself these COMMON SENSE
QUESTIONS and then ANSWER IT!

Well I think it would be a pretty good newsletter to place an ad
about GDI because GDI offers SOLUTIONS to people in ONLINE
BUSINESS and people that are wanting to get into ONLINE
BUSINESS and people that want to be SUCCESSFUL in ONLINE
BUSINESS.

So there we have defined what we need to do.  You see we
have not only defined that newsletter would be a good place
to enter an ad but we have also NAME our TARGET MARKET
and we KNOW EXACTLY what kind of ad we need to place in
it...don't we?  Sure we do.  How about this ad for that newsletter :

We have the SOLUTION you have been searching for.
Your online success begins with us.  You need a website. 
You need a domain name. You need an online presence. 
We help you to become successful in online business.
Simply send me an email and I will personally reply to you
with complete details. myemail@....

Take note, I do not even bother to state the GDI name
in the ad.  Take note, my ad states I have THEIR SOLUTION.
Take note, I list some things they need in order to be
successful in online business.  Take note I am saying I
will virtually take them by the hand and reply to them
personally from my own email account.

DON'T FALL for SECRETS because there is truly NONE.
What there is, is people that come to know exactly what  it is they
are promoting, use common sense and ideas they generate from their
own noggin thru the knowledge of understanding the biz they are
attempting to recruit people into.

When people enroll, you then also take them by the hand.  You
present the ideas that have worked for you.  You ask them if they
need help setting up their website.  You ask them if they need
help placing clickable links on their website.  You ask them if they
need help choosing a template design.

There are lots and lots of targeted places out there to advertise
free.  YOUR FIRST solution is to understand your GDI biz, have it all
down on paper on your desk.

DON'T let big so called gurus fool you into thinking there is some
mighty all hidden secrets that only the top doggies know.

There are lots and lots and lots of things you can do to gain
success with your GDI business.  Many of things will come to you
easily once you have compiled a notepad about your GDI biz.

Most importantly, do make sure you use a good email address
and solid contact info.  I had one fellow that recently enrolled
at my GDI site, contact me first.  He told me I was the fourth
person he had contacted about GDI and I was the only one
to respond to his questions.  He was thankful and signed up
readily.  WAS IT YOU HE CONTACTED BEFORE ME?

 
 

 
 
 


Title: Marketing idea!
Post by: ThomasCrenshaw on January 02, 2006, 04:48:38 AM
I've had my .ws website for a couple months and so far, I've done nothing.  I've ordered my business cards and they've came in.  So I'm up late/early thinking.  "I wonder what my success would be to just go to a local University and post business cards on bulliton boards?"  My thought, it's a no brainer.  University students are up on technology.  I'm thinking this would be a slam dunk.

Does anyone have any thoughs on this?

Thanks in advance.

J. Thomas Crenshaw



Title: email leads
Post by: CharlesDickens on January 02, 2006, 08:14:35 PM
Under the invitation area of the members site it saise you have to personally know the prospects you are sending to. It lets you send one hundred a day, so you are not going to know everyone. If I can use the 50 leaeds or more I buy from Global then I should also be able to use qualified leads I buy from other sources on their invite site as well. I just bought 2000 leads( prospects looking for online net working oppor.) Im going to work this angle as well as my warm market and passing out global business cards. I would tend to agree that you still have to build relationships on the web as well.
email people who watched the video and keep in touch with and help your downline. I joined because this things for real and the approac with the video and other sites do all the selling. This company has got it together. I will also use their email leads as well. If it takes ayear to build a 2000 to 10000 a dollar amonth business that will keep growing, whats wrong with that!


Title: The 3 best phrases to use when meeting people
Post by: AhmedQ on January 03, 2006, 03:36:18 AM
Hello all
Happy New year

I came across a book on MLM which is free for distribution.
Anyways there are three phrases that id like to share with you all

Phrase 1:

I would like to show you something

This gives the person you are talking to the impression that you cannot simply describe the thing they have to see it

Phrase 2:

You may or may not be interested

This removes the pressure off their shoulders, people DONT like to be under pressure this knocks it off

Phrase 3:

It will take 7 minutes

This lets them know beforehand the amount of time and gets rid of excuses such as i dont have time
only seven minutes to watch the GDI presentation.

Thats it

Also id like to ask if anyone here has tried this before. (Im planning to soon)

Place an ad in your local newspaper and invite people to a seminar to watch the GDI DVD?

Im just wondering if anyone has tried this before tell me what it was like.

Thanks


Title: Just read your post in this thread Valerie
Post by: Stephanie_Deb on January 04, 2006, 01:51:10 PM
And all I can say is WOW!  If any of you happened to miss Valerie's words of wisdom, scroll up and read EVERY word!

Valerie you have got a great understanding of what it takes to succeed in this or any business.  You must be a terrific sponsor!  ;)

My business partner Stephanie and I have been with GDI for over a year.  It was very slow going for us at the beginning, but this summer, we found our niche and since then our growth has been sure and steady.  What is particularly gratifying for us is that we are now seeing our downline team members enroll new members on a regular basis.  This is definitely not a get rich quick scheme; this is a business that with time, effort, and consistency, will build a steady residual income, month after month!  Take your business seriously and the rewards will come.

Here's to a prosperous 2006!


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: RodB on January 05, 2006, 11:04:25 PM
Yup I agree with Stephanie


Title: Shared Web Pages, A Way to Impact Growing Our GDI Business
Post by: Leon Aldrich on January 06, 2006, 03:23:23 PM
Here are three ways I see GDI being developed by members: 1) Don't make a personalized site.  Just market (purchased leads, etc) and let the curious see the GDI ad.  2) Make a site strictly for GDI/Other and market as normal (#1).

The challenge for many of us is,  we have limited or no website skills.  The sites we do build, lack the "oomph" factor.  Tears of joy fell freely after viewing the kokomo site and moms.  It gave me hope that one day I'd have a site worthy of discussion.  But until that day.... 3) Wouldn't it be helpful, if those with the talent (or even GDI itself) put up some samples?   No, not the templates.  Some example pages that could be cut/pasted/cloned to our sites?

How could this be used? 

Example:  I'm talking to a realtor.  I ask, "Have you ever thought about having your own website?"  They answer, "Yes, all the time."  I point them to my site and tell them, "View my site examples.  You can have a site like this too."

I think "show casing" example/sample sites on our website can't hurt.  It can only help close many more sales.  Imagine site examples for: realtors, poker rooms, anyone who does fundraising:  boyscouts (note: have you looked at the Boy Scouts of America site?), soccer teams, baseball, high school debate teams, cheerleaders, etc.

You can also showcase examples of dubious or poorly designed sites for comparison. 

A picture paints a thousand words.   Let the painting (site examples) do our work for us over verbal and text sparring.  Once anyone sees these examples, they'll be more inclined to participate. 

Last note:  These examples would not have actual links or active buttons.   We don't want folks migrating off to other sites.

An advancing htlmER novice,
Leon Aldrich



Title: maximum exposure
Post by: David Verney on January 08, 2006, 05:14:11 PM
Hi everyone

I hope your new year is starting with great success.  I have now been a user for something like 8 months now and I have been struggling to increase the numbers in my team.  I have got a team and I know that I can make a great success of GDI.  This is why I carry on.  Anyway, back to that headline - maximum exposure.

In order to be successful, you need to show your site and the personalised movie on the site to as many people as possible.  I have just created a new site which advertises jobs and careers, but gives GDI the most exposure as I have my GDI banner as the first thing everyone sees when they enter the site.  I know a lot of professionals in the world of the careers service being a young man in today's society.  People will apply for everything they see that they think they can do.  When they stop at the banner on the first page, they will give it a click and have a look - there's your exposure!  I can post job opportunities for free with various sites and even with the government employment site here in the UK.  As a site which advertises opportunities, I get to advertise nationwide for free.  Good eh??

With all the links on my site, I get paid for them.  I am what is known as a super affiliate by my profession.  No more sitting around the house watching the sun go from east to south to west.  Now I have the possibility of getting that city centre penthouse apartment that I've always wanted. 

All the best for 2006 to one and all!

Regards

Dave


Title: what *subject line* to use????
Post by: DennisTimm on February 03, 2006, 11:25:02 PM
Hello Hello,

I'm a GDI Member from Melbourne, Australia. I have been a GDi member for 1 1/2 mths and have been sending 100 emails per day...and still no sign-ups. I have been reading a lot and realise it will take time and an honest, committed effort to be successful. With so much information and tools available (marketing sites, leads companies etc) it is difficult to identify what will work and what will just be a waste of time and money.  For the time being I am concentrating my efforts on sending out emails and hopefully I can establish some sort of foundation so i can start looking at other ways to market online.  So my question today is if anyone has any good subject lines they would like to share so more people will open my emails. Currently i have been using the subject line:

 "hi >name<! I thought u might be in interested in this..? :)"

Any feedback or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Also any other hints to get me started would be fantastic!!

thanks
Dennis


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: ThomasBrown on February 04, 2006, 10:34:41 AM

Hi Dennis,

Here's one I find works well.....

"Hi, Could you give me your opinion on this?"

Most people like to express their opinions....

Good Luck,

Tom


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: Linda R on February 04, 2006, 06:19:59 PM
Thank's you guys for your great ideas. Us newbies appreciate it. You give me courage! Thanks! Linda R.


Title: Network Marketing Commerical...
Post by: J_Sutton on February 05, 2006, 06:01:05 AM
Hi Members:

It's about 2:50 a.m. PST on Sunday.  I was up doing some reading and watching television when this commerical came on.  It was by Don Lapre (I'm sure you heard of him) but he was promoting a network marketing business with a undeniable networking marketing business model.  If you seen the commerical you know what I'm talking about.

The reason why I'm posting this is because it interesting to see now that networking marketing is making it in to the "mainstream."  I am looking forward to when it is a custom practice, not to say that it isn't now but you know where it is advertised like anything else in the mainstream media.

Well, that's it.  Just thought I'd share that tid bit.

Success to you all,
Jason


Title: Re: Share Your Best...Part 2!
Post by: P_Gringel on February 15, 2006, 12:19:00 AM
Hi Matthew Green
                     nice sentiments and cute effect ::) just try not to get giddy right!


Title: The Power of Two
Post by: Anne W on February 18, 2006, 04:09:57 AM
Hi
Was playing with numbers in Excel since my math can be a bit sus at times. How's yours?
Puzzle me this.   ???

If you recruit two active members per month for a year and they each get two active members per month. What is the amount on your cheque at the end of 12 months?

I'm a newbie and I  have four members in my first month.  Am I being too optomistic or is this realy possible. The geometric progression of numbers can be staggering.  8)

Cheers
Anne


Title: Re: The Power of Two
Post by: mack88 on February 18, 2006, 05:31:25 AM
Hi
Was playing with numbers in Excel since my math can be a bit sus at times. How's yours?
Puzzle me this.   ???

If you recruit two active members per month for a year and they each get two active members per month. What is the amount on your cheque at the end of 12 months?

I'm a newbie and I  have four members in my first month.  Am I being too optomistic or is this realy possible. The geometric progression of numbers can be staggering.  8)

Cheers
Anne

Congratulations on your start.  Yes the numbers  can be staggering.  Continue doing what you are doing and teach your team to do the same.  YOu can find the answer to your question by putting the numbers in the earnings calculator...no sense in re-inventing the wheel...It can be found at http://www.website.ws/kvmlm2/st_calculator.dhtml  I wish you much continued success.

Frank


Title: Re: The Power of Two
Post by: Anne W on February 19, 2006, 05:18:51 AM
Thanks Frank for your encouragement.  Love the calculator.  It is a great tool.

I was trying to illustrate to those who may see it as a bit daunting to get enough people at the start that even if you can only get two serious team members a month...... by the end of a year with your team knowing that if they do the same or better the cheques will get exponentially bigger. I created a graph in excel and it goes thru the roof in the 11th and 12th month.  The message is to be consistent and patient and the payoff comes in time.
Cheers
Anne


Title: Banner issue
Post by: George Serradinho on February 24, 2006, 08:12:33 PM
Hi all,

I wanted to know what piece of the banner code can I change so that it opens a new window. At this stage it opens in the users current window so I loose them.

Is there a way, I'm not to technical on html, I need some guidence please.


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: RodB on February 25, 2006, 10:23:35 AM
I know I've come up with a bunch of ads lately, a few are listed elsewhere in the forum. I just though it would be a good idea to have a thred of just ads,banners,logos or whatever kind of ideas we can all come up with to help each other.

Here's a banner I created for the tag line: Got Dot? Why Not? IT PAYS!!!

(http://site-images.ws/cust/90200/gotdot.jpg) 

(http://site-images.ws/cust/90200/GotDot1.jpg)

Logan I love this banner.
I see one of them is a broken image could you perhaps share that one with this.

The GotDot1 image would be a winner on taffic exchanges.


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: RogerH on February 25, 2006, 07:44:24 PM
The banners al look great im having trouble openning the ones we already have after you copy and paste  i have tried many time with no success adding them to my web   ?? Guess im doing something wrong somewhere  Roger  >:(


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: RodB on February 25, 2006, 10:39:27 PM
Did you copy the banner to your gallery?

also if you are pasting the HTML code you must click the HTML mode tab at the bottom of the editor first.


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: RogerH on February 26, 2006, 02:59:01 AM
Thank.s      ROD  WE WILL  GIVE THAT A TRY  IT MAY BE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG roger


Title: Re: List building
Post by: ScottPrice on March 01, 2006, 06:48:47 PM
I would like a program that can be a add on to GDI that has several splash pages that are conected to a autoresponder with pre-written good letters that promote GDI. I would like a feature to import leads also.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Dan P on June 06, 2006, 03:23:17 PM
;hi,my name is dan and i am just learning  how to use this forum .
yes ,please send me letters .
how do you share letters on the proautoresponer site? 
 :D


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: P_Gringel on June 29, 2006, 12:07:45 AM
Hello Amy
              where are you? I see you are now using a formal website obviously one of GDI's as I have seen it around a lot and I think it is good! Can I get one and use it with my ID? :P
                                       What do you think? Hope you are still working away  with your usual procactive intent!  ::)


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: GregVan on July 08, 2006, 07:15:06 AM
Hi
My name is Greg, from New Zealand and I'm another newbie. I'd like to contribute an idea that may have merit.

Many of the supermarkets around my area have public notice boards where small notices may be posted for free. They are typically stripped out every couple of weeks but can be a great ongoing source of free leads if you post to their boards regularly.If they are where you regularly shop, maintaining them is relatively easy.

Congratulations on a great forum! Good luck with your marketing :D




Title: I have an idea...
Post by: Brandon Davis on October 08, 2006, 10:24:41 PM
I was thinking of an idea that might help promote GDI in your local area. What if you went to your local church and told the pastor that you will donate $5 per person that signs up under the church. The people in the church would either tell the pastor, email, or call you and say they signed up because of the pastor then you would give $5 per person that signs up to the church. If 5 people sign up with that church you would get a $100 bonus and $25 of it would go to the church, so you get $75 profit. PLUS they are in your downline, and you are also "donating" to the church. You could order the business cards from GDI before you do this, then when everyone is leaving the church you or the pastor could hand a business card out to everyone.. The only concerns I could think of is: If you only get 4 people to sign up, you may have to put $20 out of your own pocket to the church.. But hopefully you would get 1 more person from somewhere else. The other concern is the pastor may not want to add your business to the end of the sermon. But hey, it couldnt hurt to ask, right? I hope you get the general idea of this concept. Post and tell me if someone has already tried this, or what they think of the idea. I would love to hear some feedback.

P.S. When I say sign up, I mean they have to go beyond the 7 day trial to be sure you are eligible for the bonus.


Title: Re: I have an idea...
Post by: S_Alcoya on October 09, 2006, 12:59:38 AM
Thats a good idea. Remember the first charge has to go through. You would benefit and the church would too in this case.
You can tell them this a one time deal.

Its a offline idea. There are many business around that dosen't has a website.

You can use this idea in any concept.


Title: Has anyone..
Post by: Brandon Davis on December 10, 2006, 09:24:24 PM
Has anyone tried radio advertising? If so, were you successful?


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Andrew D on December 11, 2006, 08:59:29 PM
In advertising ,I go to those who are actively looking for your business,,,in other words,do you know anyone who reads the newspaper for the ads? or watch television for the commercials?,or listen to the radio for the commercials?
I don't. I find that folks barely have enough time to glance at the headlines. Everybody knows that TV commercials are great
for taking a bathroom break and the radiiio is usually on as background accompaniment,,
I have found a very lucrative way to market any site to a paying audience AND earn a 150% guaranteed return on your
advertising expenses.
PM me and I'll provide the info,

Think In Your Future,

Andrew D


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Brandon Davis on December 13, 2006, 04:00:25 AM
I was messing around with photoshop, and came up with this...

(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4323/moneyxy2.jpg)


Title: Article marketing - Are you missing out!
Post by: AlastairHarris on December 24, 2006, 03:35:01 AM
If you have never used article marketing on the internet you are missing out on one of the greatest ongoing flows of traffic available.

Whilst most articles have an conversation of 1% I have written one that is converting at a much higher rate and its not even on the topic of MLM or Home business or making money - it was a review of the movie click.  With the main story of click being about making the most of your life it only takes a question of what people are doing with their own lifes to then direct them to my GDI site.

Another advantage of writing articles on a variety of topics is that once done they will keep generating traffic year after year.

Most article directories are free.

Article directories are loved by the search engines.

If your site is not index by the search engines then write a few articles, submit them to multiple directoires and they will be indexed very quickly indeed.

As the owner of an article directory I can see mine is spidered every couple of days.  That means your links will be spidered very quickly.
 


Title: Christians Only - Using GDI to Spread the Gospel
Post by: DanHall on December 26, 2006, 09:19:02 PM
This is an email I sent to someone I know a long time ago. He and I were in the same church back then. He is very involved with a Jewish Christian church in NYC and we have recently discussed networking like this. So in this note I'm giving him a little more of the details with the links, so he can go see.

I thought it would be helpful for anyone who wants to spread the Gospel using our wonderful Website.ws business. I've not used any hyperlinks here, but where I did put them in hypertext in the email I sent I've shown them here as: <--- link to site> Otherwise (besides the <--- > stuff) this is what I sent:


Greeting with an holy kiss Jeff.

I found your site while surfing around looking at COBU related postings etc. I feel joy seeing many who were together for a long time there who are out now and getting better teaching it seems. Still it’s hard to know how all are doing. I pray for them all. I have found 94.7 FM here in the NYC area (Family Radio) to keep me close to our Lord Jesus. I do crave fellowship among brethren though.

I’ve also begun working on a networking enterprise which I feel our Lord, as creator of all things, has provided for us to make use of in order to further our work here now in line with our Great Commission.

I’m a novice at web-building and the like, but there is this company that sells domain names in an affiliate fashion, so what I pray my role in service to Him is to unite us all as the day draws near…

For any who are of even the smallest of means… i.e. can spare $10 a month (until they themselves are “in profit”) and have a bank account and the accompanying bank card (for Internet transactions) this is what I propose:

We can initially simply all join a network as Christians who declare they Read The Bible. Declare it by creating a website domain name built like this:

ReadTheBibleNetwork-OurName.ws

Very many and magnificent domain names can come along later… but as an initial united wave we can network with this, so as to build confidence and yea even truly each become zealots.

The way I’ve published my site:

ReadTheBibleNetwork-DanHall.ws

I’ve emphasized using the income that we each earn by growing our own network by inviting Bible reading Christians we know to purchase and give away free (what I call) "Handsome Bibles" to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

When we’re earning, lets say $30 a month, we can purchase and give away one or two nice quality Bibles a month.

When we’re earning, lets say $150 a month, we can purchase and give away five or ten quality Bibles a month.

As the income increases it’s faithful to use some to take care of necessary personal uses, though the emphasis should always remain to purchase and give away as many high quality Bibles as the Lord leads us to.

Now that’s just me. I feel that God is giving the world one last chance to hear His Word (the entire Word – the Bible) before that Great Day when He returns. I know living in NYC this is how I feel comfortable (and yes, still a bit in need of strength and perseverance in the Lord) to approach people and freely hand them such a nice Bible… It is however a wonderful conversation starter.

Whether they take it or refuse it I can preach the Word gently, with love and I can and do pray. This as I said is my way. If they take it and the Lord is kind toward them and He opens their eyes, Praise God. I also feel that by giving very nice whole Bibles away they will not easily simply be thrown away, if given with love. Even if the person doesn’t (God doesn’t work in their heart to draw them to Him) they will likely pass it on to someone they know, or perhaps just anyone (leave it up to God, you know?). Others can do other sorts of witnessing, blessed by the income (all that we have is God's) that we receive.

As a simple common theme however, that’s how a NETWORK grows within this website domain name business… and that’s how INCOMES increase.

Like I said, the total cost is only $10 a month. As 2 become 4, become 10, becomes 38, and becomes 100 however… (as this movie will show: MOVIE <-- linked to ticket#> (just fill out ticket to see the BUSINESS (not Biblically based stuff, just straight BUSINESS, though in the Lord I know and other true believers can know, that it is our LORD who has provided this…) business side of this in what is a 7-Minute FLASH Movie.

The movie features the name entered on the ticket. Phone is optional, but if you do include the phone, the business actually calls you with an automated call reminding you that I’m your sponsor and telling a bit more about the business. That is so cool, all (and much more) for just that one $10 a month payment.

All we really need is the domain name (no site building ourselves or anything, unless we like that stuff, the company provides super sales pages to all it’s affiliates, again, all included in the price of just $10 a month) though I have built a site to explain (as best I can – and will update it as the Lord gives me more time, knowledge and the Spirit to do so) in fewer words what I’m trying to lay out before you here Jeff.

The routine for growing the network could be as simple as once we’ve got our site, then just telling our contacts to go to it, fill out the ticket, watch the movie (for how the network grows), click on SIGN UP NOW FREE, fill out the form…

Now, there are only two things to consider if we’re looking at building an enormous network: 1). UserName 2). DomainName

1). I simply used my name as danhall (I can type DanHall but it really records it all in lowercase, but if I use it in a link I can write it lots of different ways, so it doesn’t really matter all that much. It has to be unique (the only one among all who already have usernames in GDI. If “danhall” was already taken I may have tried “danielhall” or really anything I like. This name is used however in the various pages the company provides us, such as:

freedom.ws/danhall

website.ws/danhall

my.ws/danhall

As well as others. So it’s up to individuals what they want there. If there’s a thousand danhall guys out there eventually who insist to themselves that has to be there somewhere, they can do danhall-1 or danhall-2, ah, but I’m going on when I don’t have to. Sorry. Most people understand this already.

2). ReadTheBibleNetwork-OurName.ws (the .ws is automatically placed as everyone will see as they fill out the form. That’s the only top level domain this company sells. They have certain exclusive rights about it legally. They got it from a country that had it or I should say there’s an agreement between them and the country… (the country loved the idea) because they are marketing personal WebSites .ws fits, you see?

I’m not talking about making mega bucks for filthy lucre’s sake. In my site (where I explain as I mentioned) which is:

www.ReadTheBibleNetwork-DanHall.ws

we know that maintaining Good Works… it’s not just spiritual. I know there are great Bible Studies that can be brought into this, that God uses us in the physical to declare the Good News, and yes, we may have to suffer, no matter what it takes, get the Gospel out… this is here however and we (here physically) can and faithfully should capitalize on it.

The reason I put –OurName at the end of the example domain name of ReadTheBibleNetwork-OurName is because that’s what can grow, and grow and grow among unlimited individuals, yet carry the main emphasis of Read The Bible. It also relays that we’re building a NETWORK (we could say FELLOWSHIP) and we’ll all be connected through this. Millions of us!

There’s a whole “Leaderboard” page in the “back-office” of this business which we all have and there it shows who sold the most WebSite domain names each week, month, and the bonuses they received etc. and to me as I see those in our NETWORK listed up there… it reflects on the power God has given them to spread the Gospel.

2). Still talking about the domain names themselves. As I mentioned the initial thing we do is (abbreviated) RTBN-OurName.ws and then… as our networks are growing, income is growing, we’re doing things as I suggested (Handsome Bibles given freely) or other things, then it’s time to hire webmasters to build sites which show what we’re each doing. Everything is more than paying for itself. Whether we feed the hungry, heal the sick, visit prisoners, clothe the naked, all the while giving away free handsome Bibles, we can display this on our sites with wholesome stories again magnifying God in all we're doing.

The number of “ReadTheBibleNetwork” sites that come up in Google or Yahoo or AOL or MSN or whole bunches of search engines grows and grows as well. I just did one and I’m there and 13 (a very powerful number in the Biblical sense) total sites show me. We can multiply this into the hundreds of thousands and yes, even millions, likely in a year or two if we put some OOMPH behind this.

There will come a time when we can email those who are reluctant with the link to the search that show those numbers increasing more and more and more, day by day. This itself being a great witness as to how God is working among us to spread the Gospel big time, one last time before He comes to judge the world, with the emphasis on reading His glorious Word which is how people are saved, which is what this is all about. Excuse me for getting a bit excited.

Furthermore, there’s no reason not to branch off and create and develop networks around other domain names. Each individual can create a “Theme in Biblical Terms” which magnifies God. Wave after wave can be produced such as:

JesusSaves-OurName.ws

OurName-SavedbyGrace.ws

GodisLove-OurName.ws

OurName-ThankYouJesus.ws

Tons of other God glorifying domain names we can come up with. As each is moved to do so, once they have the gist of all this down because initially we've used:

ReadTheBibleNetwork-OurName.ws

This is how we all start off. It’s a training network. It’s so easy, it can build so fast.., and lots and lots of God glorifying domain names which the saints will build and network around will inundate the WWW.

All this is yet another witness and a warning of His coming as we are commanded to so warn the nations, with love, in the Lord, just prior to His coming.

It builds faster and faster as the few who come in invite others. It’s slow at first. Yet with each of us simply – getting ours first, then simply inviting a few others to go to our site. They do likewise too, simply getting their site and inviting a few others to go to their site. Then they do likewise and so on…

It builds a momentum, and an enormous volume. It gets bigger and faster… and the company is prepared for it. I receive the newsletter which the company puts out. 50% of the revenue IN goes OUT to the affiliates. (Just to make another point).

Remember how AOL had a big problem because it got overloaded with too many customers for their equipment to handle? This company is already prepared to handle explosive growth. They’ve broken records in growth. In just the first two months (just over six years ago, they took in 60,000 customers. They went over 120 thousand a year later. They are nearing 200 thousand now and they are setting their sights on millions, just as any company would. I have to believe it is our LORD who knows this… He has set this all up for His sake. Praise be to God.

Jeff the above with just a little editing is what I’ll be sending out in forums and other places, emails to people I know too. It’s in the slow stage right now. I was elated to make contact with you, one whom I believe was with COBU (I don’t know how long you were there) but I am in hope that you do have some of them as well as other people you can share this with. Use it as an outline and edit it to suit your tastes once you have your site.

Come through my site:

www.ReadTheBibleNetwork-DanHall.ws

Review that (I’m sure I will be improving on it in time) but do go to the 7-Minute FLASH Movie, thinking to do God’s work… rather than the worldly focus the movie has… it’s good to watch in order to get a better understanding of various aspects of how and what it all is…

In the link to the movie on my site I put “Christian” as the first name and “Prosperity” as the last name embedded in the link so it automatically uses that.

The movie features “Christian Prosperity.” You can go HERE <-- linked to ticket#> and fill out the ticket yourself and it will use your name, you can just watch it again there. Believe me it is nice to see Our Name in lights, though in the Lord, which I’ve already mentioned we true believers can know it that way.

Do also create your:

ReadTheBibleNetwork-Jefflkjulkjlkj.ws

domain name. I gather you can use jefferyburnstein as your username, which is nice if you like the idea of being able to tell people to visit

http://www.freedom.ws/jefflkjlkjlkj#ticket

You can see if you click on that it goes to yet another site the company gives us all and your username (because it was in the link there) is put in the “Enter Access Code:” field on the site automatically. You can replace that with danhall to get on track. Once you create an account then (if you use that as your username) you will have gone to the ticket like it does for my same link (with my username. It just proves that particular username is not in use by anyone as yet, otherwise it would have went to that person’s page as the one below goes to mine)

http://www.freedom.ws/danhall#ticket

It’s not rocket science Jeff.

Once you create your domain name, unless you change the default, it automatically sets your domain name to go to, I believe this page (link below, or perhaps it changes randomly among several pages the company provides) but as an example your full domain name will default to something like this www.website.ws/danhall

You don’t have to tell anyone about it for 7 full days. You can check out all the things I’m saying here, and in the back office you’ll have, and however deep you want to go into the inner workings of it, until you’re comfortable with telling anyone about it. You can cancel on day 7 (or before) and your account will be closed and no charge will come to you.

Here’s the cancelling procedure right from the back office FAQ area:

How can I cancel my account in full?
For security purposes, all cancellations must be completed by telephone; no exceptions. Please call us at (1) 760-602-3000 ext. 5804 M-F 8-5 Pacific Time, and we will be happy to assist you. Alternate methods of cancellation will not be accepted.

I know I’ve said a lot.

I know I’m earnestly praying a lot.

That we can unite many former COBU whom I love, to join together like this, with zeal and… as in:

Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

So we (and as many as the Lord call) reunite to the glory of God in this manner, worldwide.

Global Domains International

Dan Hall here…

Your Brother in Christ Jesus (RTBN)<--- linked to my site>
(pic of me in USMC 1982)

PS: You are the only one I’ve reached beside an automated note from what I understand is the current COBU with Olde Good Stuff.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DanHall on December 26, 2006, 09:20:25 PM
I was messing around with photoshop, and came up with this...

(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4323/moneyxy2.jpg)

Man, I should play around with my photo-shop a bunch more.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: H Mason on January 05, 2007, 02:02:58 AM
Sense Im new here I did have an idea that may not have been add then again it might have been

But none the less I remember reading a post of someone here about reaching outside their city or even a country and

I came up with a solution to this that will work for everyone in GDI.

A point to be made here is if your helping your team build their team then you are working in one common goal?

Correct?

Ok to reach other states or cities in your country why not trade business cards with members of your team to help

expand each other.  Im going to put this in action as well and when they pay a bill or go shopping they can drop them

in a shirt pocket on the $3 rack or in a cd case or pants and so on as I picked up from here which is really unique to me

but trading business cards will put a different spin on it and expand everyones downline agreed?

just thought I would help! Hope this Idea works.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: FDavid on January 27, 2007, 07:53:49 AM
Good ideas. Many thanks. Right now I send out a flyer to popular known businesses in my area with 5 to 10 business cards included in each flyer.

Davo


Title: Solution To Recruiting Success Or Lack Thereof!
Post by: BKamanski on January 28, 2007, 07:40:21 AM
If You Are Struggling With Recruiting Please Read!

You Must Employ A System! Use Technology To Become A Recruiting Powerhouse...

I recently employed a SYSTEM which will generate leads for me which are the highest quality. The auto-responder will follow up for at least a year which is good because GDI follows up only 7 times which I believe is not enough time. It is proven most people do not even sign-up for at least six weeks! The SYSTEM also has some of the most beautiful FLASH presentations as well as LANDING PAGES that work on an EMOTIONAL level which by the way is the way most people respond. I can also offer my visitors a FREE NEWSLETTER which gives them great tips for building your GDI business! After all isn't that what we are here for? I do not know about you but I want to make a career out of GDI...

I will keep you posted...See you at the top!

Brad Kamanski    :) ;) :D ;D >:( :( :o


Title: Prepare yourself for unnecessary scepticism
Post by: MuneerA on January 28, 2007, 07:40:21 AM
I just wanted to share one thing i do when i show someone the dvd...In a physical world, many of the people you know or are promoting to will be sceptical about the opportunity confusing it with illegal pyramid schemes.
If you as an individual personally do not face it, maybe one of your team will! What i have done to counteract this scepticism is print out independant articles from the internet that explain network marketing, mlm and the difference between them and pyramid schemes.
I always tell people i understand their scepticism and i was the same which is why i did my research and found X amount of articles that describe it as (while showing the articles) "the franchising revolution of the 21st centuty" etc etc.

One thing i have also done is create a website that can educate my guys about network marketing and help them counteract scepticism.

Obviously this relates more to the physical aspect of network marketing but I have found that this was the biggest drawback with my friends and family who are the people you would want on board the most!
I hope you will find this is a helpful tip and can use it to build a succesful future!
To your financial future,


Title: Re: Prepare yourself for unnecessary scepticism
Post by: Alan Sheffield on January 28, 2007, 08:12:29 AM
I just wanted to share one thing i do when i show someone the dvd...In a physical world, many of the people you know or are promoting to will be sceptical about the opportunity confusing it with illegal pyramid schemes.
If you as an individual personally do not face it, maybe one of your team will! What i have done to counteract this scepticism is print out independant articles from the internet that explain network marketing, mlm and the difference between them and pyramid schemes.
I always tell people i understand their scepticism and i was the same which is why i did my research and found X amount of articles that describe it as (while showing the articles) "the franchising revolution of the 21st centuty" etc etc.

One thing i have also done is create a website that can educate my guys about network marketing and help them counteract scepticism.

Obviously this relates more to the physical aspect of network marketing but I have found that this was the biggest drawback with my friends and family who are the people you would want on board the most!
I hope you will find this is a helpful tip and can use it to build a succesful future!
To your financial future,




This is all fine...   but the best way to handle these people is DO IT and NEVER quit. Become successful yourself.

I would not waste time and energy on trying to CONVINCE people... No matter who they are. Take it away from them and Move on.

Cheers


Title: Recruiting Skeptics...
Post by: Patrick Baptiste on February 01, 2007, 03:45:29 AM
Hi folks,

this is my second day at GDI and already I have come upon what I believe to be an excellent way to recruit people...after reading comments in the forum.

You can, invite folks to your home, log on to GDI, open up the forum section and show them some of the great ideas from other affiliates, on the endless possibities and usagees of GDI.

I think this method would convince many skeptics and help to increase your downline.


Patrick


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DWilson1 on February 13, 2007, 03:26:00 AM
I was reading the GDI made easy page yesterday and email proposals caught my eye and I read
thru all of them and decided to write my own after reviewing those on the GDI made easy site.
Below is what i came up with. Any feed back would be gratefully appreciated.
     (the first line refers to the GDI email address that the recipient will see (your .ws email address))

 :) Take a look up thare at my e-mail address its unique isnt it?
Would you like to have an e-mail address or any other website
with your own specific personal uniqueness? Perhaps Your own
Damain Name? EXample: David@Wilson.__ or http://wilson.__/wilson
 My name is David Wilson Jr. You're  recieving this message
from me personally (1.) because you're Friends or (2.) because
you're family. This buisness that im in is not MLM or Network
marketing. This buisness that im in is not even chain letters.
Although it would seem so. Just Remember it is not. This is
a cleaner mail letter, which means one thing: and that is to
send all my friends and family the invitation first thing.
 That being said we'll move on. I first want to invite you
into an opportunity to earn an income hence:(doing what it
is that im am now doing) While we sleep, play, ride horses,
and/or any other hobby or event that is taking place in our
lives at the spur of the moment. Get it! Earn an income While
we are sleeping!
 Now in my initial invitation letter I send a Cleaner E-mail
Letter. And that means that "this correspondence is not an
auto-responder" Importantly this is the only time that I
will type this message and send it to my Friends and/or
Family PERIOD. And that also means that you wont need to send
any technically difficult "opt-out" e-mail to be opted-out of
a program that you dont want to be in.
 Point Two: If you dont want to be part of this opportunity to
earn a substantial amount of income "For Life" I repeat "For Life"
Then you dont have to do anything but just delete this message
from you email inbox and I'll never contact you again; Execept
for personal matters and Friends and Family get-togethers and
stuff. You know! hill-billy stuff
 My personal feelings about this program is really strong. It is
all I am going to hint to you about the program. But if you feel
a strong need to be involved then I will set you up! I will Hook
You Up, Friend. I'm so Excited that I got involved; it's
contagious. I started in Jan. 2007 and i'm still new to the scene
"its contagious" i'm always learning in a user-friendly invironment.

This program has a great user-friendly dash-board and the back-office

is loaded with secrets from people who are genuinely availible to
help you, As well as a very large library of tools to help you along
the way. Any time you need help,just Instant message them (or Me) and

you'll get a quick and prompt response.
 Lastly, I will be your personal sponsor and mentor, I'm there
in a pinch, and I'm just a phone call away.
 Remember: If you want to be involved Hit your Reply button saying
"Let me in, David before I stay broke all my life" and I'll set you
Up! I will Hook You Up, Friend PERIOD!
 If You Decide to stay broke all your life and not earn an "Income
For Life" then: do nothing and i will not contact you ever again
about this buisness. Although that doesnt cut our ties as Family or
Friendship. Thank you for your time.
                   You can have everything you want
                   in life as long as you help enough
                   other people get what they want ;)


Title: Re: what *subject line* to use????
Post by: DWilson1 on February 15, 2007, 04:14:59 AM
Hello Hello,

I'm a GDI Member from Melbourne, Australia. I have been a GDi member for 1 1/2 mths and have been sending 100 emails per day...and still no sign-ups. I have been reading a lot and realise it will take time and an honest, committed effort to be successful. With so much information and tools available (marketing sites, leads companies etc) it is difficult to identify what will work and what will just be a waste of time and money.  For the time being I am concentrating my efforts on sending out emails and hopefully I can establish some sort of foundation so i can start looking at other ways to market online.  So my question today is if anyone has any good subject lines they would like to share so more people will open my emails. Currently i have been using the subject line:

 "hi >name<! I thought u might be in interested in this..? :)"

Any feedback or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Also any other hints to get me started would be fantastic!!

thanks
Dennis

Hi Dennis.   
Sometimes  I use something like ' David Wilson here can I show you my presentation? '       and leave at that.
I show that tho to friends and family someone who already knows your sense of humor  antics. I have thought of any on a professional / buisness level tho. In fact if  you have any subject tags  of a  professional/buisness level would you be kind enuff to share them with me?


Title: 3 Things that Doesn't Work in Marketing
Post by: NOco on February 15, 2007, 10:05:57 PM
Not Doing Anything to Promote Your Business....

1. Laziness. Expect recruits only when you share it to others. How would others know that you have this excellent opportunity unless you tell them?

2. Excuses. You know what potential this business has but you find other things to do.

3.  Procrastination. If you won't share this today, when? If not here, where? If not you, who?


Your GDI business won't grow unless you grow first as its owner.


Title: How well do you think this will work?
Post by: Brandon Davis on February 19, 2007, 02:32:22 PM
I am planning to open up a booth at this years fair... Along with the stuff I am going to sell, I was wondering if I should dediacte a portion of the space to GDI. If I could somehow get internet at the fair, I could show off the 7-minute video. Do you think this will work? If not please explain why. Other suggestions would be appreciated. P.S. If they buy a glow stick, I can throw in a GDI card.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: PamelaR on February 19, 2007, 08:28:00 PM
Hello Brandon,

I think that is a great idea for the fair.  But instead of getting internet to fair, why not just use one of the cds available?  Good Luck in your venture!!

Pam


Title: Marketing and self education and your opinions
Post by: Julian S on February 26, 2007, 04:18:27 PM
Reading and listening Jim Rohn as well as a variety of other networkers I think first & foremost marketing comes from the self. For things to change we need to change. I read most nights as well as listen to cds in the car, it has been said that a couple of hours a day listening to this sort of information for a year will be enough information as a three year degree course. If I can recommend an extremely good book store regarding our line of work Knowledge is King  and how true is that statement.
Your thoughts and reviews regarding any good reading/listening material would be very greatful. It would be good to hear what helps.



Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: KBraun on February 26, 2007, 05:07:48 PM
I just got done watching the dvd The Secret...and read the book. I think it's a frame of mind as well as knowledge. :)

Kathy


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: CChoate on February 28, 2007, 02:58:26 AM
I also watched the movie the Secret very good movie. I think it is very true mind set along with feeling behind it works very well. ;D ;D ;D
I know people can be very successful at this business
Cheryl


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: PaulR1 on February 28, 2007, 10:58:56 AM
 ::) Hi, yeah just wanted to say I've placed cards in phone booths too, I've also left some at the local library.
Main problem in the UK is that people are quite cynical when it comes promoting anything - My main job takes me travelling around the world, so I leave my GDI business cards at business fuctions and seminars in hotels. I also place them in airport restaurants and I hand them to cabbies.


Title: Traffic and landing pages
Post by: MillerD on March 10, 2007, 05:08:22 AM
hello everyone,
i am looking for help. i have been a member almost a month, i have had over 1000 hits with no sing ups or sales. i understand that there are other landing pages. if that is correct were can i find them? also need advice for sales.do the dvd work who do you give them to,what are the news papers are they online or are they hard copy and if they are what do you do with them. i am getting frustrated and need a pep talk. i just retired from the fire department after 25 years due to medical condition and want to make a living at home.
thanks for the help,
dmiller


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: KBraun on March 10, 2007, 10:39:18 AM
MillerD,    :)

First the PEP talk... :)

Retired from the department after 25 years? I have been jumping from program to program for 28 years... :(  In those 28 years I have learned that #1. (in my case), family and friends walk away, laugh and say "don't waste your money". #2. Patience...there really is no "get rich over night" business. #3. Focus on one business...and "visualize" your future...2, 3, years down the road. If you can't see your future in your mind...I am a believer in putting it on paper...whether writing your goals out and taping them up in places that you will see them everyday, (two places for me are the bathroom mirror...and the refrigerator.  :-[ ) Get rid of all "negative" thoughts starting when you wake up...I have a picture of my granddaughter I see every morning...I start my day off laughing...lol...

I have been with GDI for just over a year. "I" decided to sit back and learn as much as I could, put together my strategy of how I wanted to go about this...being from a town of "nay" sayers and not really wanting to put out a lot of money over the $10.00 per month for my website as I would really like to show people that you really don't need to. Still working on my plan but I am very excited for Spring, Summer and Fall !!! :)

Brandon has a GREAT idea...he has a booth at the Fair. The upcoming months are my favorite activities...rummage sales, Flea markets and Craft Fairs. Either "swap" business cards...or leave a business card on the table. My expense will mostly be on foot or my gas (but I would be going anyway...lol) and my business card that I make myself. I will be leaving flyers at grocery stores, gas stations, internet cafe's...anywhere there is a bulletin board.

Not sure if these are the "landing" pages you want but I will list them anyway...

http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=1
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=2
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=3
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml&sponsor=username&template=4
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml&sponsor+username&template=5

You will need to replace "username" with YOUR ID.

Hang in there !!!...YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE !!! :)

Kathy
 


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Alan Chapman on March 10, 2007, 02:26:18 PM
Hello MillerD ,

wow , you have had over 1000 hits .

can I ask how you generated those hits ?

another newbie like yourself,

Regards

Alan


Title: Need Top Rucruiters advivce needed!
Post by: KEVIN D1 on March 21, 2007, 09:09:03 AM
Can any of the weekly top recruiters please post a detailed description on how they get so many signups. Everyone keeps giving me the same crappy advice while the real movers and shakers are keeping the secrets to themselves. Can someone who has gotten real results please be kind enough to share with me exactly what works.
         
                Thank You, Kevin d1


Title: The POWER OF ONE
Post by: Sheryl H on March 23, 2007, 03:18:07 AM
Hi GDI Colleagues,

Here's an article I like to share with my downline that really simplifies recruiting.
Some get too caught up in thinking about how many people they have to recruit
to make money with $1 a person. This they can relate to. I think it helps to put
things in perspective. I hope you enjoy it.

Sheryl

THE POWER OF ONE

Recruit One Person Per Month


You can be wildly successful by recruiting one person per month into your network organization! Your objective should be to recruit one new member per month. Just one! One that is also ready, willing and able to recruit just one new member each month. This is the power of one!!!

It is very simple, but very powerful. All you have to do is use your ability, attitude, and attendance to be successful. Your ability is whatever is comfortable and works for you. That could be face to face discussions, telephone calls, emails, or direct mail to potential members. Your attitude is all-powerful. It decides whether you will be successful. If your attitude is negative, give yourself a checkup from the neck up. If it isn't positive, you will fail. Don't even try network marketing. Sit back and watch the rest of us succeed. Your attendance is the final factor that will decide whether you succeed or fail. Put in whatever time and effort it takes to achieve your monthly objective of just one new member. Do enough of whatever it takes to succeed. Never give up or give in to failure. Operate by the motto,
"It will be, because it is up to me. I make it happen."
 Empower yourself the right to succeed and it will happen.

This simple method creates a powerful doubling effect. If you could double your results every month, you could become very wealthy in two years or less. The people you recruit would also become very wealthy.

 Pay attention and see how it works. You can do it. You start out by yourself. Then you recruit one person in each month. You share this idea of just recruiting one person per month with them. They see the power of it and they do the same thing....Recruit One Person Per Month.

Here's how it works: "The Awesome Power Of One"

                        You                  They

 Month              Recruit              Recruit              Total
1                      1                      0                      2
2                      1                      1                      4
3                      1                      3                      8
4                      1                      7                      16
5                      1                      15                    32
6                      1                      31                    64
7                      1                      63                    128
8                      1                      127                  256
9                      1                      255                  512
10                    1                      511                  1,024
11                    1                      1,023               2,048
12                    1                      2,047               4,096   

DID YOU GET YOUR ONE NEW MEMBER THIS MONTH


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DPro on March 23, 2007, 11:37:04 AM
Hi Sheryl,

Thanks for sharing that, it's really a great idea.
Just imagine if we could sign up 2 instead of 1 per month, I would reach the 4,096  level in less then 6 months! :D

Melissa


Title: Re: The POWER OF ONE
Post by: Alan Sheffield on March 23, 2007, 11:01:11 PM
Hi GDI Colleagues,

Here's an article I like to share with my downline that really simplifies recruiting.
Some get too caught up in thinking about how many people they have to recruit
to make money with $1 a person. This they can relate to. I think it helps to put
things in perspective. I hope you enjoy it.

Sheryl

THE POWER OF ONE

Recruit One Person Per Month


You can be wildly successful by recruiting one person per month into your network organization! Your objective should be to recruit one new member per month. Just one! One that is also ready, willing and able to recruit just one new member each month. This is the power of one!!!

It is very simple, but very powerful. All you have to do is use your ability, attitude, and attendance to be successful. Your ability is whatever is comfortable and works for you. That could be face to face discussions, telephone calls, emails, or direct mail to potential members. Your attitude is all-powerful. It decides whether you will be successful. If your attitude is negative, give yourself a checkup from the neck up. If it isn't positive, you will fail. Don't even try network marketing. Sit back and watch the rest of us succeed. Your attendance is the final factor that will decide whether you succeed or fail. Put in whatever time and effort it takes to achieve your monthly objective of just one new member. Do enough of whatever it takes to succeed. Never give up or give in to failure. Operate by the motto,
"It will be, because it is up to me. I make it happen."
 Empower yourself the right to succeed and it will happen.

This simple method creates a powerful doubling effect. If you could double your results every month, you could become very wealthy in two years or less. The people you recruit would also become very wealthy.

 Pay attention and see how it works. You can do it. You start out by yourself. Then you recruit one person in each month. You share this idea of just recruiting one person per month with them. They see the power of it and they do the same thing....Recruit One Person Per Month.

Here's how it works: "The Awesome Power Of One"

                        You                  They

 Month              Recruit              Recruit              Total
1                      1                      0                      2
2                      1                      1                      4
3                      1                      3                      8
4                      1                      7                      16
5                      1                      15                    32
6                      1                      31                    64
7                      1                      63                    128
8                      1                      127                  256
9                      1                      255                  512
10                    1                      511                  1,024
11                    1                      1,023               2,048
12                    1                      2,047               4,096   

DID YOU GET YOUR ONE NEW MEMBER THIS MONTH


If you didn't get your one this month... FIRE YOURSELF

But remember to REHIRE yourself - show up early and stay late!


Cheers


Title: URL rotator's
Post by: Kerry Austin on March 24, 2007, 12:55:24 PM
A great way to help your team is to use a url rotator.  This is what I do.  I create a rotator link, then add my active members url into it.  Then I advertise the rotator link.  When someone clicks on the link, one of my team members websites will show up.  I have added my link to the rotator as well.  This way, my team members get some new members as well from my advertising efforts.  Either way, you still make money.  My members stay happy, will stay in the business longer.  It's a win / win situation.  I use the rotator link in 90% of my advertising.  My website links are all in a rotator, all my autoresponder letters have links that are in a rotator as well.  So when someone signs up to one of my lead capture pages and reads my letters from my auto responder, my team gets more chances for sign ups. 

In my autoresponder letters I mention the fact that I do this, and tell the reader that I will add them to my url rotator when they become a GDI member.  I get a better response rate for sign ups this way.

My url rotator service is listed on my training site.  You'll see it in my sig file or profile.  There is a monthly charge for it, $10 per month.  But there are lots of other tools there as well. You can buil a downline with the company as well and profit from promoting their services.

Mark Austin


Title: Re: The POWER OF ONE
Post by: M Khan on March 26, 2007, 02:03:49 PM
Hi GDI Colleagues,

Here's an article I like to share with my downline that really simplifies recruiting.
Some get too caught up in thinking about how many people they have to recruit
to make money with $1 a person. This they can relate to. I think it helps to put
things in perspective. I hope you enjoy it.

Sheryl

THE POWER OF ONE

Recruit One Person Per Month


You can be wildly successful by recruiting one person per month into your network organization! Your objective should be to recruit one new member per month. Just one! One that is also ready, willing and able to recruit just one new member each month. This is the power of one!!!

It is very simple, but very powerful. All you have to do is use your ability, attitude, and attendance to be successful. Your ability is whatever is comfortable and works for you. That could be face to face discussions, telephone calls, emails, or direct mail to potential members. Your attitude is all-powerful. It decides whether you will be successful. If your attitude is negative, give yourself a checkup from the neck up. If it isn't positive, you will fail. Don't even try network marketing. Sit back and watch the rest of us succeed. Your attendance is the final factor that will decide whether you succeed or fail. Put in whatever time and effort it takes to achieve your monthly objective of just one new member. Do enough of whatever it takes to succeed. Never give up or give in to failure. Operate by the motto,
"It will be, because it is up to me. I make it happen."
 Empower yourself the right to succeed and it will happen.

This simple method creates a powerful doubling effect. If you could double your results every month, you could become very wealthy in two years or less. The people you recruit would also become very wealthy.

 Pay attention and see how it works. You can do it. You start out by yourself. Then you recruit one person in each month. You share this idea of just recruiting one person per month with them. They see the power of it and they do the same thing....Recruit One Person Per Month.

Here's how it works: "The Awesome Power Of One"

                        You                  They

 Month              Recruit              Recruit              Total
1                      1                      0                      2
2                      1                      1                      4
3                      1                      3                      8
4                      1                      7                      16
5                      1                      15                    32
6                      1                      31                    64
7                      1                      63                    128
8                      1                      127                  256
9                      1                      255                  512
10                    1                      511                  1,024
11                    1                      1,023               2,048
12                    1                      2,047               4,096   

DID YOU GET YOUR ONE NEW MEMBER THIS MONTH
Hello sheryl,
I appreciate your one per month magic.
If we follow all the same it is not so difficult to get our target.
Regards
Mkhan


Title: e-list
Post by: RathoreR on April 04, 2007, 04:04:19 PM
=> THE E-LIST

Once your prospects have gotten to know you through your
entire series of pre-written (but valuable)
communications...after you`ve built trust in the relationship
and gradually exposed consumers to the benefits of your
product or service...you can "graduate" them into your "real
time" ezine list.

Obviously, you can`t include a time-dependent message in
your pre-written letter series.  People are opting in to
your list 365 days a year and you can`t risk that they`ll
receive a "Season`s Greetings" message in the middle of
June.

BUT, when you`ve exhausted the appeal of your letter series,
the people on your email list can become your ezine list.
Then you can send a Valentine`s message in February, a
"Happy Birthday, America" message in July, etc.

=> TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU

You can influence people when they know you, like you, and
trust you.  Ongoing timely communications means you can
continue to build rapport with the people on your list, and
you can be sure that if they TRUST you, they`ll be open to
BUYING from you.

Okay, I`ll admit that this message wasn`t purely a study
break.  It may be the most valuable lesson you`ve learned
yet!

Sincerely,

RathoreR
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Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: StephenDaniel on April 10, 2007, 03:02:17 AM
I got 1000 GDI flyers very well designed with ideas from fellow affiliates , distributed them in malls, even hired help to give them out, place in shop racks and many more but i have yet gotten any prospect from that. I tried with four hundred first Friends help me know why i did not make any progress. What is the best way to get the flyers out there. I will value your advice and try that with the remaining 600!!!

Steve


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: KBraun on April 10, 2007, 11:17:09 AM
Steve...

Just a partial list...Internet Cafe's, Library (Business section, Ladies section and by the Computers)...College kids, Laundry mats, Grocery/Gas Station Bulletin boards, "Junk" mail...return it in the postage "free" reply envelope, Businesses that are looking for  a low cost website, Day Cares, Doctor/Dentist office...leave inside the magazines, introduce it to local non-profits.

I am sure there are many more once a person gets to thinking. :)

Kathy


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: StephenDaniel on April 12, 2007, 02:24:02 PM
Thanks Cathy for the ideas.

One other thing i have realised is that one language(the message) for the flyers and letters is generally not appealling to all regions. What can be catchy to an american is not as so to a russian, chinese or south african , smell the the air and adapt to that, that was the one reason i failed, i did some adjustments and i have started getting some prospects, 7 in the last 2 days!!! what do you think buddies?!

Stevanov


Title: The bottom line seems to work
Post by: William Brennan on April 12, 2007, 02:35:57 PM
It has been become very simple for me to prospect and it has been working. The bottom line is that if you can sign up 10 people and convince them to sign up 10 people and teach them that they must teach 10 people to sign up 10 people and teach them that they must sign up 10 people and so on.... Everyone could have an earning potential of over 100,000 Dollars per month. I think I will call it my 10 by 10 club. Of course the key is that you must find real go getters and that does take some time. So it's important for me to prospect everyone. Who knows, my mailman or garbageman could end up being a great business partner. I love using internet services like myspace and yahoo 360 to get the message out. But more than that I love to talk to people. Really find out what thier dreams are and how I can help them come true. When I find interesting articles I make sure that I send them to my downline to help them stay motivated. It all seems pretty easy. I just keep going at it an hour or two a day and I don't pay too much attention to the money I am earning....Only my long term goal of reaching 10 by 10. Billy  :)


Title: Quotes
Post by: RMauro on April 22, 2007, 09:23:58 PM
"If I had to do it all over again, rather than build an old style type of business, I would have started building a network marketing business."
Quote by Robert T. Kiyosaki


Title: Google Maps Listing Will Help Your Search Engine Results
Post by: RobinH on April 28, 2007, 01:26:02 AM
Google Maps is quickly becoming the leader in local search. In fact, MILLIONS of people are now using Google Maps daily.

If you've never tried this great resource, head over to http://maps.google.com/ and take it for a spin. Not only can you enter an address anywhere in the world, you can also click the "find a business" tab and find any business based on keyword, in any location worldwide. (Good for joint venture partners and link partners)

Again, millions of people search Google Maps every day. So exactly how do you get your share of customers from this fast-rising trend?

Simple... A free listing on Google Maps makes it easy for these eager customers to find your business. Google Maps even makes it simple for you to offer coupons. Your new customers simply print the coupon and bring to your shop if you have a physical business. Google Maps is easy to use and best of all, it is 100% free.

But what if you are just one person, sitting in your home office and doing business online? Not to worry, you can use your Google Maps listing to point local searchers to your website. To grab your free listing on Google Maps, go to: http://www.google.com/local/add/businessCenter

The benefits to you include a direct link into your site from Google. How much better can that be?


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: G V P on May 05, 2007, 10:04:05 PM
Dear Mr.Brad Kamanski,

While thanking you for sharing the info which is working for you, I have a few questions.
Please do reply me at your convenience.

You have posted about employing a system, which is an autoresponder which follows
up your prospects with prewritten followup letters specifically designed for GDI.

I would like to know about the system and monthly cost for using their services.

I am already using another autoresponder by paying a monthly fees. Please let
me know, is there any way of getting the series of followup letters, ofcourse by paying
a fees,and not joining their services or it is exclusively for their members.

However,if itis exclusively for their members, I am ready to join under you. You
can send the link via PM.

Sorry, I had forgotten to introduce myself. However,better late than  never.

I am Prasanna from India, I am in GDI for six months with no results. However I am
actively leraning things for about a month now.


Friendly yours.

Prasanna
athreyas3006.ws


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DPro on May 06, 2007, 10:22:14 AM
Dear Mr.Brad Kamanski,

While thanking you for sharing the info which is working for you, I have a few questions.
Please do reply me at your convenience.

You have posted about employing a system, which is an autoresponder which follows
up your prospects with prewritten followup letters specifically designed for GDI.

I would like to know about the system and monthly cost for using their services.

I am already using another autoresponder by paying a monthly fees. Please let
me know, is there any way of getting the series of followup letters, ofcourse by paying
a fees,and not joining their services or it is exclusively for their members.

However,if itis exclusively for their members, I am ready to join under you. You
can send the link via PM.

Sorry, I had forgotten to introduce myself. However,better late than  never.

I am Prasanna from India, I am in GDI for six months with no results. However I am
actively leraning things for about a month now.


Friendly yours.

Prasanna


Hi Prasana,

There is a email marketing program dedicated to the promotion of GDI, membership includes automatic followup with your GDI prospects using a series of prewritten emails promoting your GDI site. I have also compiled some followup emails used by other GDI teams as well as for other home businesses.
I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, if so, please send me a private message and I will give you the links.

Cheers  :D


Title: Build Your List
Post by: PeterDobler on May 08, 2007, 07:00:55 PM
"The money is in the list". This statement gets old and worthless if you

a) Don't know what you're doing and list is just a bunch of email addresses you buy for pennies a piece.
b) You don't care who's in the list and you just get a kick of you send out thousands of emails at once. Some may call this SPAM.
c) You send a sales pitch every day
d) You do all of the above

My experience; build your list the old fashion way. Give away something valuable and collect the email address in return. Double or triple optin is standard. I took me a couple of years to build a list of several thousand subscribers, but they really want to hear from me. I do not sell all the time. I inform my subscribers and occasionally I put in a sales pitch.

Let's hear who you build your list. However, the money is in the list, period.

Take care,
Peter


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Michael Dietrich on May 14, 2007, 03:25:19 PM
I've finally learned Google adwords and tweeked my ads to get the best click through ratio.   These get loaded into an auto-responder and the rest is history.  Decent signup rate too.   The only downside is I can barely afford the $5 budget I've set for myself currently.  Google suggests that due to my CTR that I should change my daily budget to $27.  Way too much for me right now, but in the future.......

Best regards,  Michael


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: AdamThompson on May 16, 2007, 01:03:21 PM
 I like the second landing page how come when I try to place the hot mail code into my web page it wont show anything? Can yo give some advice to linking those pages together to the other pages.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: King_Ling on May 27, 2007, 05:17:03 AM
Dear Mr.Brad Kamanski,

While thanking you for sharing the info which is working for you, I have a few questions.
Please do reply me at your convenience.

You have posted about employing a system, which is an autoresponder which follows
up your prospects with prewritten followup letters specifically designed for GDI.

I would like to know about the system and monthly cost for using their services.

I am already using another autoresponder by paying a monthly fees. Please let
me know, is there any way of getting the series of followup letters, ofcourse by paying
a fees,and not joining their services or it is exclusively for their members.

However,if itis exclusively for their members, I am ready to join under you. You
can send the link via PM.

Sorry, I had forgotten to introduce myself. However,better late than  never.

I am Prasanna from India, I am in GDI for six months with no results. However I am
actively leraning things for about a month now.


Friendly yours.

Prasanna


Hi Prasana,

There is a email marketing program dedicated to the promotion of GDI, membership includes automatic followup with your GDI prospects using a series of prewritten emails promoting your GDI site. I have also compiled some followup emails used by other GDI teams as well as for other home businesses.
I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, if so, please send me a private message and I will give you the links.

Cheers  :D
Melissa

Hi melissa,

I appreciate very much if you could share what you have for the promotion of GDI. Thanks

King Ling


Title: Need Help
Post by: BLane on May 29, 2007, 03:10:36 PM
I have been in GDI for around 5 or 6 weeeks now and doing pretty good using 3in7. I want to

use the online videos for some of my advertising , but don't know how to get the correct file

formats to the videos. Can someone tell me how i go about getting the correct file formats for

the GDI online videos so i can use them to advertise?


Title: Re: The POWER OF ONE
Post by: CarlosCastillo on June 01, 2007, 01:26:28 AM


                        You                  They

 Month              Recruit              Recruit              Total
1                      1                      0                      2
2                      1                      1                      4
3                      1                      3                      8
4                      1                      7                      16
5                      1                      15                    32
6                      1                      31                    64
7                      1                      63                    128
8                      1                      127                  256
9                      1                      255                  512
10                    1                      511                  1,024
11                    1                      1,023               2,048
12                    1                      2,047               4,096   

DID YOU GET YOUR ONE NEW MEMBER THIS MONTH

If you think about it that isnt true because its not following the fact the you can only go as far as lvl 5.


Title: Regarding Advertising GDI
Post by: Jalynn A on June 07, 2007, 04:33:24 PM
Hello all.

This is my first post.  Am happy to be a part of the organization.   My question has to do with locating  one of the GDI ad pages.  I saw it in a  traffic

exchange.  Can anyone lead me toward finding the GDI ad that has the balloons on it..?   Also, does anyone know ,  is this 1   quick loading..?

Thanks

Jalynn
 


Title: Re: Regarding Advertising GDI
Post by: SergeB on June 07, 2007, 10:57:13 PM
Hello all.

This is my first post.  Am happy to be a part of the organization.   My question has to do with locating  one of the GDI ad pages.  I saw it in a  traffic

exchange.  Can anyone lead me toward finding the GDI ad that has the balloons on it..?   Also, does anyone know ,  is this 1   quick loading..?

Thanks

Jalynn
 

Hello Jalynn

Here it is

http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=1


Title: Re: another simple method use to advertise GDI
Post by: T Roberts-York on June 08, 2007, 05:57:43 PM
Hi, William

Terrance here.Great to see a fellow South African also on GDI. I to am a newbie to this but and sure we can take SA by storm if we just climb in hard and fast with this.
The best way I think is to advertise in your local papers then expand. I`ve seen it work on my other sites so why not this?

Regards Terrance
.


Title: Ideas for e-mail text, Newbie needs help!!
Post by: James Dean on June 11, 2007, 03:06:06 AM
Hello all,  I am very new to GDI and need some help getting my team off the ground.  Does anyone have an e-mail layout or text that worked particulary well during a campaign?  I am looking for any suggestions and am always willing to learn.

Thanks,

James


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Laura Bohn on June 12, 2007, 12:59:20 PM
SergeB

Thanks for that LINK! I am still new and struggling and I had not seen that one before and I love it! Any more suggestions or other links that we might not have come acroos, if people could post them, that would be helpful to those of us that are new.

Thanks!
Laura


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DonovanBaldwin on June 24, 2007, 04:39:55 AM
Giving something away free is always an attention getter.  Getting a name and email address at least is important.  There are free ebooks you can give away.  Some of these are brandable...you can put a link to your website in them.  You can give away free advertising.  I provide all my downline members with the link to a free advertising program that includes GDI recruiting and followup.

Best of luck.

Don


Title: What is every one doing?
Post by: AlexW on June 28, 2007, 02:43:46 AM
Hi Alex here
I have a question for all the hitters. All the people with 100s of sign ups. I and I'm sure many others are struggling to stay alive in GDI.
I would like to know where you folks are advertising and what you are saying in your ads. What's the big secret to getting the sign ups.
A simple question not too hard to answer. Searches don't seem to tell me anything. Maybe I'm not putting in the right words. So how about a little help.
To your success
Alex


Title: Wonder why pay for click systems usualy don't work?
Post by: JHolt on June 30, 2007, 05:35:02 AM
Yep its true...

Most pay per unique visitor sites do not work for any type of site period.
Doesnt matter if its a referral program or just a general website.
In fact with most of these sites the "Visitor never even sees the site"

Now this does not hold true for all of them, but what I am saying is don't sink all your
money in to one. If anything buy small groups of traffic on many sites and not just one.

So if the "visitor" does not see my site then why does it show up on a unique visitor?
Its actauly a very simple yet invisible script that sends the persons data to your server.
This is why it shows up as unique. They create "free adult sites" Where they put galleries on
High hitting sites like thehun doing this they recieve about 300 000 visits a day to one site. Then they replicate the code for every image that is opened
so if they have 300 000 people visit and 10 images are clicked that 1 person now turns in to 10.
so 10x 300 000 = 3 000 000 a day. They just add the script fires the info to a forwarding script that is hooked up to a counter set to turn off
at what ever your set limit is. Also forwards with out being traced so you can never prove they didnt give you that "visit"

So becareful when paying for clicks!

I hope this has informed some of you of the dangers of these programs.

Cheers

J Holt


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JHolt on June 30, 2007, 12:10:04 PM
Sorry not pay perclick but buy visitor programs


Title: Low tech marketing that works!
Post by: A_Henry III on June 30, 2007, 12:11:03 PM
So far my best low tech marketing has been small ads in free to read news papers. ie: the orlando post. I wish there was a better way to get new sign ups without talking to anyone!

On line marketing is vary effective if you know what your doing. I'm not vary good at it. In the last five months all I ever got from my on line efforts was one new sign up who is now no longer with me. Everybody has the aswer for a price and a long term agreement. Some of those suck just as well. They are as hard as doing it yourself! HELP!!! 


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: AlanZ on July 02, 2007, 08:45:04 AM
May I suggest that you get out of the "without talking to anyone" mode. 

At some point, you have to communicate with people.  If you are not willing to do that, you will not be
successful.

Talking to people is work, but that is why it is called "working from home."


Title: Better Banners
Post by: William Martinek on July 13, 2007, 03:42:22 PM
Does anyone have any higher QUALITY banners that we can use that have been approve? I'm sorry but GDI" selection is very poor quality and are cheap looking. Any one who spends any time surfing the Traffic exchanges knows exactly what I mean. Sorry I really love my website but your advertising banners leave a lot to be desired. ::)


Title: Re: Better Banners
Post by: Paula Nernberg on July 14, 2007, 05:31:08 AM
Hi William,

There are places that you can make your own banners.  I am not sure if they are approved or not but they are free.  However, you will have to adjust some of the html format so that it works with your GDI link or whatever link you choose to use.  I have used the following link to create several banners for different things.  Hope this helps.  Take care.

http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/freebanners/index.php

Paula


Title: Joined GDI Several Months Ago...Now I'm Ready To Go!!
Post by: ZarkoD on July 15, 2007, 04:06:07 AM
Joined awhile back and sat back...Now I am ready. Looks like some things have been added and changed?? I would greatly appreciate ANY and ALL tips, advice, and marketing on building , growing, and maintaining a solid group. Also, what is the best and most efficient way to get completely up to speed on all the benefits and features of GDI?

Prosperity and Abundance!


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: RivetC on July 18, 2007, 12:03:02 AM
I would just like to say that  Building relationships is key to being successful with your GDI business

I'm not the best with words but it's important to get the information to people the best i can..

I am beginning to have alot of success Blogging.. This takes time but thats ok GDI will be around along  long time and so will I  ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: SanjinkaO on July 18, 2007, 05:44:55 AM
Hi Alex,

Here is what I do and its proven to be very effective: I advertise my lead capture pages
where I give people something of value for free. I advertise these pages on free
traffic exchanges and free safe lists. This way I generate leads who receive my
follow up messages until they sign up GDI or opt out.
I have a very responsive list of about 1600 contacts, and I keep
generating leads every day.

Hope this helps,
Sanjinka


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Kip S on July 25, 2007, 09:20:56 PM
Can you please explain that in more detail.  I want to know how you again keep generating leads.

Kip Slater

moneymatters@kipslater.ws


Title: Re: Better Banners
Post by: Paula Nernberg on July 26, 2007, 07:14:28 AM
Hi William,

There are places that you can make your own banners.  I am not sure if they are approved or not but they are free.  However, you will have to adjust some of the html format so that it works with your GDI link or whatever link you choose to use.  I have used the following link to create several banners for different things.  Hope this helps.  Take care.

http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/freebanners/index.php

Paula

Hi William,

Just wanted to update on the link I gave you before.  Since my posting here, the banners I made using this site have failed.  I appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.  I will keep looking.  Take care.

Paula


Title: Think outside the Internet.
Post by: DonovanBaldwin on August 03, 2007, 05:22:20 AM
As I look at posts on this forum and at the websites in use by my downline, I am struck by one obvious fact.  Many people are simply pushing the business opportuniity, trying to get others to sign up for GDI in hopes that THOSE people will, in turn, push the business opportunity to others.

What so many people forget in their quest to "grow their downline" is that they actually have a real, genuine product to sell.  Many of the people they recruit who simply want to make money will fall by the wayside, but the people who actually have use for the GDI domain name they buy will not only probably stay as customers for a while, creating residual income, but, as satisfied customers themselves, will be in an excellent position to possibly make YOU more money later!

After all, what is the best, and cheapest, form of advertising?

Word of mouth, of course.  Better yet, word of mouth from a satisfied customer

And, who often makes the best distributor for a product?  Why, the satisfied customer who realizes that he or she has no problem telling others about how great the product is, how it served his or her business, and how it also presents the opportunity to make a couple of bucks as well.

With this all in mind, I just sent my downline the following email:

SUBJECT:  What do these people have to do with GDI?

Walter, Christina, Anneta, Mike, Pete, Carlton.

Seems like a random list of names to you.  However, to me they are potential GDI clients NOT found on the Internet!

I stopped in a local bakery in a small town the other day.  On the counter were stacks and displays of business cards belonging to local people.  None had an email address or website on it, yet it seemed to me that the businesses (insurance, para-legal, art gallery, motorcycle repair, pool service, car sales) could really use their own website, and, after all, these people were actively trying to promote their businesses.

There were a couple of email addresses on the cards, but they were Yahoo and SBCGlobal...generic. 

Most of these people don't feel they can afford to get a website, yet we know different.  We know that it is simple, and relatively cheap, to get your own domain name and email address that reflects your business, AND build the website yourself, without having to pay a website designer, and then host that website for $10 a month.

I bet Anneta would like to have lampasasartgallery.ws or originalpaintings.ws.  Maybe Mike would like to trade his email address at hotmail.com for mike@mikescycles.ws or something similar.  You know, I think I'll give them a call, send them a letter, or send them a DVD. 

What do you think?

Could you make a few more sales of your product if you think outside the Internet?

Have a great day.

Don Baldwin

P.S.  If you think this idea has merit, why not pass this to YOUR downline.


Title: Re: Think outside the Internet.
Post by: JohnPhillips on August 05, 2007, 12:18:07 PM
As I look at posts on this forum and at the websites in use by my downline, I am struck by one obvious fact.  Many people are simply pushing the business opportuniity, trying to get others to sign up for GDI in hopes that THOSE people will, in turn, push the business opportunity to others.

What so many people forget in their quest to "grow their downline" is that they actually have a real, genuine product to sell.  Many of the people they recruit who simply want to make money will fall by the wayside, but the people who actually have use for the GDI domain name they buy will not only probably stay as customers for a while, creating residual income, but, as satisfied customers themselves, will be in an excellent position to possibly make YOU more money later!

After all, what is the best, and cheapest, form of advertising?

Word of mouth, of course.  Better yet, word of mouth from a satisfied customer

And, who often makes the best distributor for a product?  Why, the satisfied customer who realizes that he or she has no problem telling others about how great the product is, how it served his or her business, and how it also presents the opportunity to make a couple of bucks as well.

With this all in mind, I just sent my downline the following email:

SUBJECT:  What do these people have to do with GDI?

Walter, Christina, Anneta, Mike, Pete, Carlton.

Seems like a random list of names to you.  However, to me they are potential GDI clients NOT found on the Internet!

I stopped in a local bakery in a small town the other day.  On the counter were stacks and displays of business cards belonging to local people.  None had an email address or website on it, yet it seemed to me that the businesses (insurance, para-legal, art gallery, motorcycle repair, pool service, car sales) could really use their own website, and, after all, these people were actively trying to promote their businesses.

There were a couple of email addresses on the cards, but they were Yahoo and SBCGlobal...generic. 

Most of these people don't feel they can afford to get a website, yet we know different.  We know that it is simple, and relatively cheap, to get your own domain name and email address that reflects your business, AND build the website yourself, without having to pay a website designer, and then host that website for $10 a month.

I bet Anneta would like to have lampasasartgallery.ws or originalpaintings.ws.  Maybe Mike would like to trade his email address at hotmail.com for mike@mikescycles.ws or something similar.  You know, I think I'll give them a call, send them a letter, or send them a DVD. 

What do you think?

Could you make a few more sales of your product if you think outside the Internet?

Have a great day.

Don Baldwin

P.S.  If you think this idea has merit, why not pass this to YOUR downline.
============
Don,
I like your idea. i have to agree with you that our product is what we should be selling especially now with the addition of the other domain extensions. If you get enough people who use and like the product, they will tell their friends and associates about it without thinking about making money. Your approach is great. Always be on the lookout for a potential customer. They are a lot easier to sell if they could use the product. I think it's time we redirect our thinking to the millions of potential customers.
Have a Great Day!
John Phillips


Title: Re: Better Banners
Post by: Remi Leclerc on August 07, 2007, 03:33:17 AM
Hi William,

There are places that you can make your own banners.  I am not sure if they are approved or not but they are free.  However, you will have to adjust some of the html format so that it works with your GDI link or whatever link you choose to use.  I have used the following link to create several banners for different things.  Hope this helps.  Take care.

http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/freebanners/index.php

Paula

Hi William,

Just wanted to update on the link I gave you before.  Since my posting here, the banners I made using this site have failed.  I appologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.  I will keep looking.  Take care.

Paula

Hi Paula,

I just tried your site for free banners today and it works great for me  :)
Thank you.

Mario


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Doug Marshall on August 07, 2007, 03:33:17 AM
Is it legal to put business cards in magazines and books at the book store? Isn't that the same as putting un-stamped ads in mailboxes? Great idea, I hope it is legal and want to make sure first!


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JohnPhillips on August 07, 2007, 06:47:42 PM
Is it legal to put business cards in magazines and books at the book store? Isn't that the same as putting un-stamped ads in mailboxes? Great idea, I hope it is legal and want to make sure first!
=========
I don't know if it's legal or not but it works. If you're going to do it, may I suggest taking it easy. You don't want the management getting mad.
Speaking of business cards, I just made up one that I think is adorable. It says on the top:
GOT DOT?? AND UNDERNEATH THAT THERE IS A DRAWING OF A CUTE QUESTIONING DOG SURROUNDED BY THE DIFFERENT DOMAIN EXTENSIONS AVAILABLE. Under that I have my website address. The back of the card has some additional info. I would post it here but I'm not sure if I can do that because of copyrights, etc. The program I used said I could use the images but only for my personal use. If you're interested in seeing it, go to my website and click on my email. In the subject put "picture of card" and I'll email a picture so you can get the idea. Just don't use my dog. Actually, any cute animal should look good.
Have a Great Day.
John Phillips


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Kelvin Andrews on August 09, 2007, 03:39:09 AM
May I suggest that you get out of the "without talking to anyone" mode. 

At some point, you have to communicate with people.  If you are not willing to do that, you will not be
successful.

Talking to people is work, but that is why it is called "working from home."

I myself am not a people person, and really hate direct selling.  However, I just picked up 4 people into my down line yesterday by holding a one on one conversation with one person.  During the conversation, we started talking about ways to start a business and make money on the internet and I mentioned my affiliation with GDI.  He had heard about it but had never looked into it, and at 2:30am the following day I received a call from him wanting to get my code because he had decided to join and wanted to make sure he joined under me.  I checked my down line later that day and he had indeed joined.  Therefore, as everyone should do I emailed him welcoming him to GDI, offered advice to check out the forum and gave some other advice.  The next day I received an email from him (he put me on a broadcast email he was sending out to a list promoting GDI).  I must admit it was a very good email, touting the website registration and hosting opportunity not the income opportunity.  He picked up three signups in less than 24 hours of joining GDI (I picked up 4 down line members by holding a general conversation with a stranger).  So, I say yes direct one on one conversation works.

This incident only boosts my confidence in using that method.

However, there is one thing that completely irks me.  I came directly here  to the forum from searching the web about GDI, and reading through other forums.  Multi-Level-Marketing has taken a bad rap over the years.  GDI out on the net at the moment is getting a bad rap in a lot of forums.  The reason is that most of the members are overstating the income potential, making insane promises about the amount of money and the quickness with which it can be made.  I wish the members would tone it down a bit.

Kelvin


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Dick Lewis on August 09, 2007, 03:41:02 AM
When I am talking with folks, I make MUCH of the Product.  Ii IS what we are about.  Who Needs a Web Site.?  YOU DO!  You have an address for your house.  You have a poastal address.  Your names in the phone book.  THUS, In today's society, you NEED a web presence, and YOUR OWN personal Email Address.  Lock it in, NOW while you can have what YOU want.  Help 12 other folks to find their own web presence, and yours is FREE!!  It just doesn't get better than that.

Dick and Regina Lewis


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Shaiful Affandi Bachtiar on August 09, 2007, 03:55:27 AM
I read along the line someone did mention that "It's easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission"! So, do it discretely, and if caught, you know what to do.  ;)



Title: GDI URL Displayed to Invites
Post by: ThomasAndrade on August 15, 2007, 07:21:53 AM
How do I change to a different GDI url that gets shown to people I invite from the inviite page? The one showing now has not yielded a new paying member for months of steady 100 per day effort-everything else being equal.

I know I have a choice of several different GDI affiliate urls. I have forgotten where to retrieve them. And, as my question above indicates, I'm not sure how to go about making the change so that my invitees see a different more dynamic website.

Your help will be appreciated.

Thanks





Title: Re: GDI URL Displayed to Invites
Post by: RobertCoaster on August 15, 2007, 07:26:46 PM
Thomas here are all the pages you can use to advertise your business. Replace 'username' with your GDI username.

Landing pages
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=your_username&template=1
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=your_username&template=2
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=your_username&template=3
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=your_username&template=4
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=your_username&template=5

Hosting
http://www.website.ws/kvmlm2/hosting.dhtml?sponsor=your_username

Opportunity Pages
http://www.freedom.ws/your_username/show_dvd
http://www.website.ws/your_username
http://movie.ws/your_username/show
http://www.money.ws/your_username
http://my.ws/your_username


Title: Marketing
Post by: J_Rush on August 19, 2007, 09:58:51 AM
Hi my name is Jeremy and I am looking for some ideas and some marketing letters and ads that I can use anyone help please

Regards
JR  ;D


Title: Re: Marketing
Post by: Paula Nernberg on August 19, 2007, 03:37:48 PM
Hi my name is Jeremy and I am looking for some ideas and some marketing letters and ads that I can use anyone help please

Regards
JR  ;D

Hi Jeremy,
Please refer to your other post as I have given you a link to use.  Take care
Paula


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JoeF on August 23, 2007, 05:16:55 PM
How many people here are taking advantage of free social networks like myspace, facebook, youtube, etc?

Stop being in peoples faces about your great opportunity and start being yourself.

The way you network is a big deal in how your marketing is percieved.

I'm teaching my team the new web 2.0 way because its free and it works!

plus

we work together to brainstorm new ideas and strategies to take advantage of these new technologies.

Check out my blog (click on the globe to your left)


Title: German Movie and Promotion Tools?
Post by: DonovanBaldwin on September 06, 2007, 05:01:33 PM
I have a downline member who has several interested contacts in Germany and Austria, but there are no tools, other than the one German page, that I know of.  Anybody got anything they're using?  Does anybody know when/if a German version of the movie will be out?

Thanks

Don


Title: Radio Ad
Post by: MichaelMitchem on September 06, 2007, 05:01:33 PM
Hi Everyone,
I need some help here, I'm thinking of running an ad on the radio. Is there a pre-written transcript anywhere that I could use? Thanks in advance for your help.


Mike Mitchem


Title: How to get traffic
Post by: ScottEvans on September 07, 2007, 10:42:53 AM
I need to know how to get traffic to my website. I have just joined but do not have very many contacts who would be interested in joining. How do i start and what steps do i need to do to get traffic . I need help


Title: Looking for Theme Sites
Post by: Simone M on September 07, 2007, 10:42:56 AM
Hi Gang,

Im looking for some good gdi theme sits to use on my gdi site for examples of sites to refer to people  so they can get some good Ideas as to what they can do with their sites, I believe it can benifit us all. , please colaborate with me If you can.
Simone.




Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Yoo Choi on September 17, 2007, 08:34:30 PM
It a best job for me~^^ so fun and easy work everythinks~
thanks you for GDI  :)


Title: Make a business card
Post by: Alex Chan on September 24, 2007, 02:59:11 AM
If I want to make my own business card but I don't want to put my name and phone number in it. I only want to put a link. Then what else I should say to make it powerful? Any phrase or slogan? Thanks.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MarlonC on September 25, 2007, 03:11:40 AM
I would like to use my own business cards, and came up with two designs.
http://www.articweb.ws/business_cards.html

I would like for others to post their opinions on how they look or how they can be improved.


Title: GDI Web 2.0 Video Marketing
Post by: DennisKoray on September 26, 2007, 04:56:19 PM
Hi everyone,

the one thing you can be sure of in today's fast changing online world is that a handful of key "insiders" grab hold of the latest proven traffic techniques–many of which are being completely overlooked by average marketers – reaping unbelievable rewards of effortless profit windfalls created by surges of quality traffic.

One of the mega-trends taking hold right now is the evolution to what's called Web 2.0. You know… that mysterious buzzword you see popping up all over the 'net.

According to a report released in December 2006 by Mediamark Research, video usage is up 123.7% in one year. Emarketer estimates 123 MILLION Americans will view online video every month in 2007.

That's just the start.

Obviously, the sheer growth of online video hosting services confirms the trend. There are over 147 as of today. Certainly by now, you know that You Tube was purchased by Google for a whopping $1.65 BILLION in October of 2006. But did you know that You Tube was only launched in February 2005?

Clearly, video is the wave of the future. And the beautiful thing is… anyone can ride it.

Who else is doing Web 2.0 marketing? Would love to share ideas!

Cheers

Dennis Koray


Title: I have an idea and need to make sure it's ok to do.
Post by: Richard_Arnold on September 27, 2007, 12:50:50 PM
Hello everyone,

I know this isn't a new idea, but I was thinking about making little slips of paper with my GDI link on them. Then I want to slip them into bills and letters and such that I send out in the mail. This way, when someone opens up the envelope, there is my link. ;D

My question is this: Is this illegal to do? Or is there a better way to advertise and market? ???

I appreciate any feedback on this matter. Thank you in advance.

To all our $uccess :D,

Richard


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: M Khan on September 30, 2007, 09:22:27 AM
Hello,
I do not think that any thing is illegal there.
You can priny even your envelope with your GDI details if you like.
There are many ways to get attention of your prospects for GDI.
M Khan


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Michael Fernald on September 30, 2007, 06:17:56 PM
Hello everyone,

I know this isn't a new idea, but I was thinking about making little slips of paper with my GDI link on them. Then I want to slip them into bills and letters and such that I send out in the mail. This way, when someone opens up the envelope, there is my link. ;D

My question is this: Is this illegal to do? Or is there a better way to advertise and market? ???

I appreciate any feedback on this matter. Thank you in advance.

To all our $uccess :D,

Richard

Hi Richard

Buy GDI Business cards and send them in your out going mail It is Legal.
Paper slips my not be the thing to do :o}


Title: Re: GDI Web 2.0 Video Marketing
Post by: DPro on October 03, 2007, 10:46:16 PM
Web2.0 marketing covers more then video. By just having a video on a webpage doesn't make it web 2.0.
Web2.0 is coined by Tim O Reilly, a completer explanation of the concept is here http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

Simply put, web 2.0 marketing consists of webpages that allow interactions between you and the users as well as with each other.
Therefore some basic tools any web 2.0 marketer should have are:

  • blog (blogger)
  • personal page in social network sites (myspace)
  • video sharing account (eg. youtube)
  • social bookmarks
  • rss reader


Hi everyone,

the one thing you can be sure of in today's fast changing online world is that a handful of key "insiders" grab hold of the latest proven traffic techniques–many of which are being completely overlooked by average marketers – reaping unbelievable rewards of effortless profit windfalls created by surges of quality traffic.

One of the mega-trends taking hold right now is the evolution to what's called Web 2.0. You know… that mysterious buzzword you see popping up all over the 'net.

According to a report released in December 2006 by Mediamark Research, video usage is up 123.7% in one year. Emarketer estimates 123 MILLION Americans will view online video every month in 2007.

That's just the start.

Obviously, the sheer growth of online video hosting services confirms the trend. There are over 147 as of today. Certainly by now, you know that You Tube was purchased by Google for a whopping $1.65 BILLION in October of 2006. But did you know that You Tube was only launched in February 2005?

Clearly, video is the wave of the future. And the beautiful thing is… anyone can ride it.

Who else is doing Web 2.0 marketing? Would love to share ideas!

Cheers

Dennis Koray


Title: Question about Hits2u
Post by: AdamCallahan on October 13, 2007, 06:39:36 PM
I would like to here some ratios people are getting with the GDI signup portion of thier duplication system, I have signed over 30 people in ths past 2 weeks but none have converted completely so no GDI signups from this yet  :( I have been told to be patient and let the autoresponder they have do its work, anyway I would like to hear some input please.


Title: Re: Question about Hits2u
Post by: HowardMartell on October 14, 2007, 07:52:21 AM
Adam,

From my 7 years plus of experience you need to get in contact with these people and ask them qualifying questions.

Keys:

1. Main job is to answer questions or concerns not sell them let the movie do that.

2. Ask for help from the upper leadership

3. Educate your potential business partners

4. Have a autoresponder but have a way to get in contact with these people to build trust and rapore.

5. Followup and follow thru

6. Don't quit

7. Ask questions find out what is working for other successful members in GDI.

Hope this helps

Howie Martell


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: CharlesW1 on October 14, 2007, 10:12:28 AM
Hello  GDI Members
   I have found that leaving 2 cards is better that one you never know who they know?
Leave them on High traffic areas where they will take them.
Dont leave too many as they will be waisted and be thrown away.
2 seams to be the lucky number for me and you can you can always
ome back for refill
this is
Charles


Title: Re: Looking for Theme Sites
Post by: DavidD3 on October 14, 2007, 10:12:29 AM
Hey Simone,

I'm in the same boat as you. Feel free to use my website. Let me know what you think.

Take Care,

David


Hi Gang,

Im looking for some good gdi theme sits to use on my gdi site for examples of sites to refer to people  so they can get some good Ideas as to what they can do with their sites, I believe it can benifit us all. , please colaborate with me If you can.
Simone.





Title: Re: Question about Hits2u
Post by: Dick Lewis on October 14, 2007, 02:51:59 PM
I would like to here some ratios people are getting with the GDI signup portion of thier duplication system, I have signed over 30 people in ths past 2 weeks but none have converted completely so no GDI signups from this yet  :( I have been told to be patient and let the autoresponder they have do its work, anyway I would like to hear some input please.

Adam,

It's like a new baby, and waiting for it to walk.

You take it by the hand and help him/her stand.  You hold two hands, and start the walking
motion.

IE.  DVD, or Invite system, and they watch the movie.  THEN you call them.  Get them on their
computer, help them to understand that they haven't seen anything yet.  Walk them through
the sign up process, for their FREE 7 day trial.

Then get them a domain name with THEIR NAME in it.  JohnDoe.WS or just Doe.WS
Then walk them through the email box process.  IE  John@Doe.WS, or John@JohnDoe.WS

What did you just do?  You gave them a reason to STAY.  RETENTION!!  Important to build
residual income, for YOU and for THEM.  This is duplicable.

Now get them to their Website builder, and help them get ONE page up.  Nothing Fancy! Just
help them understand a bit how to do it. Once you help them get THEIR webpage up, you have
done it again!!  Duplicable.  It helps them to see the VALUE of what they have!  They stay!  People
are very reluctant about giving up THEIR stuff, be it web page or an old pare of jeans.  They get used
to them, they feel good.

Make YOU a good web page.  Simple one!  Not hard, to show your new sign up what they can have!
they will want it too.  Creates Retention.  Without Retention Your business, and anything associated to
it won't last.  Retention is KEY for all of us.

We have a great Value in GDI.  Let's learn how to use it.

Soon your new baby will be walking on his/her own, and helping others too.  That's how a crawl turns to
a walk, and then to a run!!  You just help them take the first few steps until they walk on their own.

Dick and Regina Lewis


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Darren Olander on October 21, 2007, 12:56:06 PM
I would like to use my own business cards, and came up with two designs.
http://www.articweb.ws/business_cards.html

I would like for others to post their opinions on how they look or how they can be improved.

Marlon, I would recommend using the Business Cards from GDI - they are great quality.


Title: Re: another simple method use to advertise GDI
Post by: Valerio_P on October 30, 2007, 03:11:10 AM
Hi Howard
Couldn't agree with you more...you've given me inspiration to "go back to basics" and I agree with all the other posts that there is too much emphasis on making money as opposed to a superior product. Once your sign-up understands the value of the product, only then would they get excited about selling it and only then will the money come!

I am also new and thought I would make a killing through google ads...well surprise surprise..so I am also going the route of first selling the product, second prove to your sign-up how valuable the product is, identify, train and assist the ones that are excited and after some long old fashioned hard work, sit back and enjoy the income!!!.....and please I am not knocking the internet gurus coz they know what they're doing but for us newbies....hey one can be extremely creative just with old fashioned basics

Has anybody ever thought about a way we can assist one another from a geographical perspective with off-line marketing? ....we're scattered all over the world ( I'm in South Africa)...I don't know why I am saying this...just thinking aloud!

William


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: CharlesW1 on October 30, 2007, 03:11:10 AM
Hi Guys,
    Lately i been finding that gregslist is working for me , just make sure you add a picture so you get more responce
i got other things up my sleeve that work if you want to get with me i be happy to share.
see u then ,
Charlie


Title: Promoting your GDI website directly could be a big mistake...
Post by: NAngeli on October 31, 2007, 07:16:07 AM
Hello Network Marketers,

On these times there is an interesting new all around the internet:
promoting directly your affiliate .ws website could be not so effective...
many internet marketers have started promoting in a different way,
through through those particular resources called "generic websites"

the tip is this: give people something free, and something which can help them with their mlm business
then follow up with them again and again with your offer

There are many of these "generic" websites, and many promotes GDI as primary business,
you can easily open a free account on one of these and start promoting your generic website's link instead of your GDI's link.

What about me?
Well, I came through more than ten of these websites, and I finally stop to the one I think is hand off the best
to promote GDI and multple downlines in mailing lists and taffic exchanges at the same time.

Just take a look at my profile if you want to learn more about this particular generic website. ;)

See you at the top,

Nick Angeli


Title: sponsering
Post by: Mingkwan_S on October 31, 2007, 07:16:07 AM
hi...I'm a new member from Thailand . Nice to know everyone. I've just easy questions. Could I sponser friends around the world and Which website lay out is the best for sponser ^_^  I would like to see someone's website that can make a lot of money....sorry for this funny toppic.
Thank
MinkMink


Title: Re: sponsering
Post by: DPro on October 31, 2007, 07:47:03 AM
Hi MinkMink,

For me the lead capture pages are the most effective

http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=1
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=2
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=3
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=4
http://website.ws/kvmlm2/ws.dhtml?sponsor=username&template=5

You can also use your own GDI page and put an autoresponder form in it.

Another way is to sign up for a GDI team builder, there are quite a few out there,
check out my webpage for reference. (see my profile) or send me a private message.

Cheers


Title: Looking for free places to put up free banners
Post by: PaulMccall on November 08, 2007, 01:52:42 PM
Hi my name is Paul just joined this week does anyone know where I can place banners free?


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: Theosis N on November 09, 2007, 05:23:32 PM
There are a lot of uninformed people out there who think if they promote their affiliate
link a couple times they will be successful. This is not true as there are many people
out there who are doing the same thing and not making any money.

The truth is whatever you are promoting online; you must build your list and put all
prospects on a drip campaign. I am going to share with you how I build my GDI business
using the drip campaign technique.

FREE is the most powerful word in your advertising campaign.  I constantly advertise
the following FREE benefits of visiting my GDI site.

Submit 12 million Ads for FREE!
1000 FREE Leads per day for Life!
Free Sotfware Free ebooks Live seminars.

As you can see, I have something for everyone, whether you are promoting nutritional
products, movie and books clubs, legal and tax help programs. Something for everyone
and I am giving people a compelling reason WHY to visit my site. I am helping everyone
and at the same time building my e-mail list.

Everything on my site captures information.  I then put each verified person on a drip
campaign. I send an e-mail on a Sunday (first drip) encouraging them to see my GDI
Flash presentation.. 2 days later (drip) another e-mail reminding them again about
the GDI Flash presentation and 2 days later (drip) another one. Sunday and Tuesday
could be bad days to look, but Thursday might just be right. This again is called a drip
campaign. People are busy and don’t always have time to look.  After a while however, a
dripping faucet will cause someone to take note and take action.

By the way, all my messages say very little creating mystery and just encouraging them
to see the personalized Flash presentation.  Many people out there are saying way too
much.  Little is better.

If you have any questions about the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Take care,

Alan
Alan Zibluk
Bethany, CT

Alan is this an Automated process (ie you use a program to do so) or do you just use diary or calander notes to do so?

Is this method working, for you?

how do you get emails in the first place to drip to? if from your website, how do you get them there in the first place ?

Light

Theosis


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: DPro on November 09, 2007, 07:52:02 PM

Alan is this an Automated process (ie you use a program to do so) or do you just use diary or calander notes to do so?

Is this method working, for you?

how do you get emails in the first place to drip to? if from your website, how do you get them there in the first place ?

Light

Theosis

I hope Alan doesn't mind me answering you. :P

From the post, I believe that the program for lead capture and automatic email sending is an autoresponder.
You can get the autoresponder service from Aweber of GetResponse for monthly fee of $17-$20.
I am currently using one that costs $9.97/month, send me a private message if you are interested.

In order to get email addresses to "drip to", there must be traffic to your website.
So the only way is to advertise.
Personally, I advertise my website using both online and offline methods.
Online methods that I use:
  • Articles
  • Blog
  • Social bookmarking
  • Social networking

Offline methods
  • Showing DVD to friends
  • Posting on local adboards
  • Distribute flyers


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Title: theo's weekly part 2
Post by: Theosis N on November 17, 2007, 06:33:31 AM

Hi Team, just wanted to see how everyone was going on this fine Saturday afternoon.

Today I spent just a few hours aside to go out and pin up flyers around my place.

(email me if you want a copy of flyer for yourself, with your details of course)

I have to say even for me I was just a little hesitant at first... what if what if.

But trepidation aside I set out with perhaps 25 self printer flyers in each with 6 pull tags at the bottom that people can take at will.

I started to put one on the first crosswalk crossing stand, wind blowing my paper every where and making it not so easy.

An elderly man came up to me to see what I was doing, and you know what low and behold he offer to hold the paper down for me.

This was nice actually we had a little chat and I continued on.

Stopping for breakfast at my partners cafe and speaking with her boss he also saw my flyers and asked about them, I had never thought to mention them to him, not sure why it had not occured to me, perhaps I pre judged him. (shame on me) actually he liked the idea, loved the flyers and was saying, what I know to be true, stick at it maketing is a numbers game, you show 10 000 people 100 will join, its simple. For every no you get, odds and statistics are on your side you are getting closer to a yes.

Moving on and down the road a little I put a flyer on one side of the road and crossed to the other, I as I was waiting for my lights to change I again noticed some one noticing my flyers, I kept willing him take one take one.

It was such a bonus for me to see someone else really interesting in my business, really taking a serious look at my work.

I started to play the maths out again in my head (I often do this it gets me really motivated to move and work on my business)

okay 10 people in my front downline.

each with 10 people (ten people that is not so hard, you know 10 people dont you)

okay that is $10 from me and
$100 from my downline, I started to think. Wow I could have an extra day off each month (well almost) and not be short of pay

Okay and if each of those 10 people in there your downline found ten people (again not much, just covers cost of your monthly domain wow that is $1110... mmm that is a week of each month with out any loss of income... and each of these people refer 10 thats $10000
and each of them.
$111 110.  wow that is more than I get per year.

As I say I like to go through this maths in my head, like I know I know it, but it is such fun to think about where this business is growing to.

So anyway I am walking home, my flyers all sticky taped to telegraph polls and crosswalks, and sure enough I come to one and wow, it has already had 4 out of the 6 tags pulled off it.. I am more than a little excited, but you know I contain myself... I walk down the road a little further and sure enough more pull tags are missing. here and there of different flyers I have put up.

This was an hour ago and I sit here now very pleased with my mornings efforts.

I want to say, I wish for your success, I really do. I wish for you to all live financially free, I am so pleased you all have enough courage to get out there and work your business. I see your businesses grow and know how good it feels for each of you to start seeing that commision figure go up and up each month. for those of you that have your second line started. Congradulations, you are well on your way now. I encourage you to encourage your team your downline, help them in anyway that you can.

If you need any help from me at all I am but an email away.

And guys that have not yet had that first success, hang in there, promote your business. Really it is yours to grow, be proactive, if you want to promote online, www.google.com/adwords is great it lets you set your monthly spend (I spend between 30 and 80 per month approx) off line, mail drops, pull flyers, speaking to your friends, facebook, chatting online.  It does take a little work each day, each week, but I promise you, you look after your business now, it will look after you in the future.

Really look at that above figure and think about that each month, everymonth, that is my incentive, what is yours

As I say if anyone would like a copy of the flyer that I am using and having some success with please email me, I am only to happy to share with you. Your success is my success.

If anyone needs help with ideas or stratagies again, email me.

Love light and respect

Theosis


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: HowardMartell on November 17, 2007, 07:11:13 AM
I was impressed with your dedication and the flyer idea can work to a certain extent.

You must consider your target market for GDI.

If you just place flyers in those places lots of time people who will be looking at it will not take it as serious as belly to belly marketing.

People don't buy from companies because of the product or service.

They buy because you have certain leadership skills and resources which can help them be successful at any home business.

Understand your method can work but is it as duplicable as say creating your own leads and educating them at the same time.

Ponder this how many people these days get bombarded daily by offers?

Lots of us do those people who are trying to steal our hard earned money going about it the wrong way.

Any basic business  building steps is about relationships first product or service last.

The reason is a simple most people don't want to hear about the latest widget, they just want someone to listen to them, and figure out a way for them to get out of debt ect...

You see the industry we are in is about providing hope, and way to create finanical freedom.







Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: T Sundup on November 17, 2007, 05:27:56 PM
Dear Theosis

You are marvelous.   You see, I live in New Delhi and currently "India International Trade Fair" is going on in the city. I have prepared a flier explaining the GDI product and income opportunity in detail. I intend distributing the flier during this expo. 

I would certainly like to have a copy of your flier emailed to me.  I'd be grateful for other useful online/offline promotional tips.

Thanks a lot.  Regards

Sundup




Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: M Khan on November 18, 2007, 04:58:35 PM
Dear Theosis

You are marvelous.   You see, I live in New Delhi and currently "India International Trade Fair" is going on in the city. I have prepared a flier explaining the GDI product and income opportunity in detail. I intend distributing the flier during this expo. 

I would certainly like to have a copy of your flier emailed to me.  I'd be grateful for other useful online/offline promotional tips.

Thanks a lot.  Regards

Sundup




Hello Sundup,
This is a good idea and you believe it or not but in India you have too much potentila for GDI.
As you know $1000 means in India Rs 38000 , you can give classified ads in newspaper cheaper rates and leave your visiting cards all places
whener you go , and put your cards just two lines "If need to earn Rs 40000 per month in part time
only need to work one hour daily , then visit......(put your GDI site)"
You will get lot of response.
I am also an Indian working in Saudi arabia.
M Khan


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Theosis N on November 18, 2007, 05:19:20 PM
Dear Theosis

You are marvelous.   You see, I live in New Delhi and currently "India International Trade Fair" is going on in the city. I have prepared a flier explaining the GDI product and income opportunity in detail. I intend distributing the flier during this expo. 

I would certainly like to have a copy of your flier emailed to me.  I'd be grateful for other useful online/offline promotional tips.

Thanks a lot.  Regards

Sundup




no problem at all shoot me through your email addy I will send it there, also if you like give me your account name for GDI as I will modify it for you.

Light

T

Wow I really really want to get some of my downline in India, always thought this would be one of the top markets to get into.

I wish you all the best (PS love india lived there for a while)


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: M Khan on November 18, 2007, 06:07:11 PM
Dear Theosis

You are marvelous.   You see, I live in New Delhi and currently "India International Trade Fair" is going on in the city. I have prepared a flier explaining the GDI product and income opportunity in detail. I intend distributing the flier during this expo. 

I would certainly like to have a copy of your flier emailed to me.  I'd be grateful for other useful online/offline promotional tips.

Thanks a lot.  Regards

Sundup




no problem at all shoot me through your email addy I will send it there, also if you like give me your account name for GDI as I will modify it for you.

Light

T

Wow I really really want to get some of my downline in India, always thought this would be one of the top markets to get into.

I wish you all the best (PS love india lived there for a while)

Hello Theosis,
I welcome your thought to get rfferals from India.
it is very easy just go google and get involved in Indian classified sites your free ads .
i hope you will get success for your efforts.
M Khan


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Kerry Austin on November 19, 2007, 12:11:09 AM
I have decided to use GDI as a fund raising tool for my community.  There are lots of picturs online that I see off people who make money and get fancy cars.  I don't see to many donating anything.  I will be donating 10% of my income from GDI.  

I have set up a webpage just recently so the links arn't  all set up yet.  I am starting a fund raiser in my area to donate to the local food bank.  I spoke with the exectutive director at our local food bank and seems really keen on my idea's.  I will be starting a local group in each city or town that will donate to their local charities.  I also provide a way for all our members to earn money so that we can donate 10% from our earnings.  I am going to keep the community groups to about 20 people per area for now.  I am setting up the first one in Barrie Ontario.  Here's the link for my plan. http://homeforwork.ws/barrienetwork.html - It's not advertised yet.  Needs some editing, spelling mistakes to fix, some links not active yet.

My solution to all my members earning money is simple.  We will have joined GDI in a certain numerical order.  After about 20 members we will explore another online business that suites our downline needs, then join it in the reverse order of GDI.  So the last person in GDI is the first person in the next online business. We all win.   Then we do the same thing again with another business, and so on.  Our team/group stays together, we all donate 10%.  Everybody wins, people are fed.  We feel good about ourselves.

Our downline stays together, we move as an organized team.   We all make money.  I am targeting my local area because it's a community theme.  

Our team will sponsor other communities to get involved and start a website like the one I made.  I'll give it to them with some minor changes. Ok, there will be some rules in place in order for everything to work in an orderll fashion.  It's just a way to organize your downlines, keep them, and make money for all involved.

This plan can work well.  Strange that there are som many people in GDI, but I can't find one person in my area that is.  I am about to change that.

Already GDI earns me enough money to pay my vehicle insurance every month.  The problem is, all the people in my downline are in italy, I don't speak Italian.  So I will be going local and spreading the GDI word and have a team that donates in as many cities and towns as possbile.

I think many fund raisers and charities should use network marketing to help their cause.

Mark Austin


Title: What am I doing wrong?
Post by: RWimmer on December 07, 2007, 03:39:40 AM
I need some help!

I'm here (in GDI) since September and my downline is empty yet.
I think I'm doing something wrong!
I publish some advertising every day as my upline said (10 - 20 advertisings each day).
I talked with my friends and other people offering dvd presentation.
I put a banner in my website.

What else can I do?

Thanks everybody!
Ronaldo Wimmer


Title: Genealogy lists
Post by: DBriere on December 17, 2007, 03:04:19 AM
Hi all!

Just wondering if any of you have had success sending information about GDI to (opt-in, mind you) MLM genealogy lists? I have found a (reputable) provider of these lists, but they are quite expensive. I am wondering if the expense is because the list would contain many good leads?

- DBriere


Title: Marketing 101
Post by: DavidFoster on December 23, 2007, 08:03:39 PM
Hello everyone~

I just wanted to post this about marketing. People make it so much harder than it is more often than not. One thing that people should do to market your business successfully is just tell them what you do. Everyone that I come into contact with, whether just someone that I walk by and they say hello in a grocery store, to someone that I see that I have not talked to in YEARS and I run into them somewhere. If we exchange words, they get a business card.

It is important that we do this. I am not sure if you are familiar with Jim Rohn, but he says that if you talk to enough people, soon a ratio will appear. This has to do with the law of large numbers. Obviously, the more people that you talk to, the more people you will sign up.

Here is what you can do to become more successful in your marketing/recruiting. Set yourself a MDC. That stands for minimum daily contacts. Make a goal to contact a specific amount of people PER DAY! Mine is 3. That is 90 people per month. If you are talking to 90 people per month, I guarantee that you will start signing people up. The cool thing about this method is, the more comfortable that you get in talking to people, the more people you will start signing up. It is not that hard to come up with a 35% to 40% average. You just need to take this very seriously and BE CONFIDENT!

One thing that you have to do right now is believe! Believe that you have the best product and business opportunity online today! If you stumble over your words, and you are not confident in your products and services, your prospects will see right through you. If you are not confident, then I encourage you to go back through your members area and re-evaluate what you have here. Gain confidence in it, believe that what you have is AWESOME and go out and tell people with confidence that they too will love our products, services and opportunity!

This all ties together with the phone as well. If you have people visiting your website, or you are ordering the phone verified leads from the back office, you NEED to pick up that phone. This world has become so impersonal, and we need to make it personal again. Take a personal interest in your prospects. You do not even have to try and "sell" them, you just have to let them know that there is a real person there to help them should they need it. That is all. Act as though you are a tour guide and they are a tourist. Just guide them through the information and ultimately get them back to your website and let this system sell them. That is why we have this system with that $250,000.00 video! Use that sucker! And if you have a prospect that is on the fence, send them a DVD. Get something in their hands that gives you credibility. One thing I always tell people is, that you do not have to be the expert...that is what the website is for. Just be the nice tour guide who just made sure that their questions were answered, and their needs were met, and that they WATCHED THE MOVIE!!!

I suggest that you tell people that they HAVE to watch the movie. 1, the movie is awesome and will wow them, and 2 it shows them that you have a system that is working. That way when they ask all you will say is, well all I do is send people to this movie, call them and see if they have questions and make sure they watched the movie, sign them up and tell them to do the exact same!

If you have an easy to follow "system" you will become duplicatable and that is the KEY to success with network marketing. You will attract people if they think that they "can do this". If you do things that scare you, chances are it will scare them. People only want to do what is easy, and showing people the movie could not be easier. Start making it a requirement before you work with someone. Tell them that movie is making people a fortune, and that you REQUIRE that people you work with watch it and get to know it, because they are going to use it too, to build THEIR businesses.

I hope that this helps! Just get out there and talk to people, and CALL YOUR LEADS!!! Don't be scared because you don't have to try and "sell" them, just visit and direct them BACK to your website and let IT do the selling! Again I say THAT IS WHAT IT IS HERE FOR. Get yourself out of the way...be a "tour guide".

Happy GDIing!


Title: Marketing With A System Will Make You Succeed!
Post by: Brad Kamanski on December 24, 2007, 10:43:19 AM
Hello Fellow GDI'ers!

If you are not using a system to market your GDI business that might be the reason you are struggling to make money. You need to be able to follow up with prospects with an autoresponder that continues to make contact and allows you to broadcast messages to your prospects to maintain interest in GDI or they will hightail it into another program. You have to be able to do this affordably as well so your finances are not drained in the process. Well, I have found just that vehicle and I am starting to see some results already! I will keep you posted and let you know how I am doing...God Bless all of you and Happy Holidays coming up!

Yours In Success!


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DBriere on December 25, 2007, 10:47:35 PM
DavidFoster,

Thank you very much for your post. It contained a lot of good information, and I needed to see something like that to help me build excitement and momentum.


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: Wallace Clifton on December 31, 2007, 03:12:56 AM
There are a lot of uninformed people out there who think if they promote their affiliate
link a couple times they will be successful. This is not true as there are many people
out there who are doing the same thing and not making any money.

The truth is whatever you are promoting online; you must build your list and put all
prospects on a drip campaign. I am going to share with you how I build my GDI business
using the drip campaign technique.

FREE is the most powerful word in your advertising campaign.  I constantly advertise
the following FREE benefits of visiting my GDI site.

Submit 12 million Ads for FREE!
1000 FREE Leads per day for Life!
Free Sotfware Free ebooks Live seminars.

As you can see, I have something for everyone, whether you are promoting nutritional
products, movie and books clubs, legal and tax help programs. Something for everyone
and I am giving people a compelling reason WHY to visit my site. I am helping everyone
and at the same time building my e-mail list.

Everything on my site captures information.  I then put each verified person on a drip
campaign. I send an e-mail on a Sunday (first drip) encouraging them to see my GDI
Flash presentation.. 2 days later (drip) another e-mail reminding them again about
the GDI Flash presentation and 2 days later (drip) another one. Sunday and Tuesday
could be bad days to look, but Thursday might just be right. This again is called a drip
campaign. People are busy and don’t always have time to look.  After a while however, a
dripping faucet will cause someone to take note and take action.

By the way, all my messages say very little creating mystery and just encouraging them
to see the personalized Flash presentation.  Many people out there are saying way too
much.  Little is better.

If you have any questions about the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Take care,

Alan
Alan Zibluk
Bethany, CT
I just ran your small ad thru my ad program and it got a rating of 8.9.(bad).  You have ten (10) key words that will get your ad thrown in the trash bin with out even slowing down. Anybody  that is sending emails should look closely at the wording. If you would like more info contact me.
Wally
Wallace Clifton


Title: Classified Ad-Feedback
Post by: DarrenMoody on January 04, 2008, 02:30:45 PM
Hello all,

I am new to GDI. I am considering doing some classified advertising. I would welcome any feedback on my ad.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INCOME FOR LIFE

FREE DVD explains how you can make money building websites. Call xxx or visit www.my.ws/xxxx for more information.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Darren


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DBriere on January 07, 2008, 03:14:10 AM
Darren,

Personally, I don't think I would take the time to follow through on what i see in your ad. By using the text 'building websites', I think most readers will think that it takes a lot of work, and would require learning a whole new skill (HTML coding) that they do not have a desire to learn.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Roberto Fonseca on January 09, 2008, 03:23:04 AM
I wanted to know who might know and give me their opinion on what they would share the best tip when investing a few hundred dollars into GDI. What would be wise to do with a lump some of money when investing in GDI?

Thanks any help will be appreciated!


Roberto


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: AlexW on January 14, 2008, 07:03:26 AM
I've been at this about a year. I have nothing to show it. I'm not buying any of their DVDs and sending them out to PPL. It's a waste of good money! PPL sign up and when they find out you can't help them get signups they leave. Around here they advise you to advertise and promote but no one will say where they advertise or where they get their signups from. Take out ads in the papers. Ish don't think so. After looking in this forum I found a few pieces of ad copy to use but they have been unsuccessful so far. The only thing that keeps me with GDI is the fact that I have my own domain name for ten dollars a month. As for the money making end of it I don't see how PPL are doing it. When you ask for help all they say is read in the forum and go on the calls which to date have gotten me nowhere.

Alex
Not Dead Yet!!


Title: INTRODUCTION
Post by: Rashmi M on January 14, 2008, 07:10:52 AM
Hello Every one !
I am Rashmi Mattu, from Andhra Province of India, Asia. I had joined GDl last year. But after 6 month also, I could not enroll a single member under me. May be I am only using the traditional methods of recruiting by daily invitations (100 everyday). People see the presntation. I ask them to take a 7 day free trial, but so far no one has responded.

Can anyone guide the best way. Today I have read about printing some visiting cards of mine and distributing them to everone all over the place.

Other than this do you have any ther method to promote GDI even better. Hope this form will make me prudent enough to earn few bucks with the guidance of you all oldies in this business.

Regards
Rashmi M


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DPro on January 14, 2008, 10:00:42 AM
Hi Alex,

You are right, most people are "riders" who hope that they just join and have you put sign ups under them.
It is often said that the Network Marketing industry is a numbers game, you just have to keep looking until you find leaders who are serious to build the business.
It is true to a certain extent.

What I do is to build depth. This keeps the 'free riders" happy and they will stay in the group.
After that I find deserving people in my downlines and help them grow the business.

I actually have a system to do that, if you are interested, please PM me.

To get people to sign up for your business, it is not enough just to directly advertise.
Try building a list with something free to offer (non MLM products or service),
when you build a relationship with them it is easier to tell them about the opportunity.

Hope that helps.

DPro




I've been at this about a year. I have nothing to show it. I'm not buying any of their DVDs and sending them out to PPL. It's a waste of good money! PPL sign up and when they find out you can't help them get signups they leave. Around here they advise you to advertise and promote but no one will say where they advertise or where they get their signups from. Take out ads in the papers. Ish don't think so. After looking in this forum I found a few pieces of ad copy to use but they have been unsuccessful so far. The only thing that keeps me with GDI is the fact that I have my own domain name for ten dollars a month. As for the money making end of it I don't see how PPL are doing it. When you ask for help all they say is read in the forum and go on the calls which to date have gotten me nowhere.

Alex
Not Dead Yet!!


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DBriere on January 15, 2008, 03:24:47 AM
I've been at this about a year. I have nothing to show it. I'm not buying any of their DVDs and sending them out to PPL. It's a waste of good money! PPL sign up and when they find out you can't help them get signups they leave. Around here they advise you to advertise and promote but no one will say where they advertise or where they get their signups from. Take out ads in the papers. Ish don't think so. After looking in this forum I found a few pieces of ad copy to use but they have been unsuccessful so far. The only thing that keeps me with GDI is the fact that I have my own domain name for ten dollars a month. As for the money making end of it I don't see how PPL are doing it. When you ask for help all they say is read in the forum and go on the calls which to date have gotten me nowhere.

Alex
Not Dead Yet!!

Hello Alex,

I would be willing to take you under my wing, and share some of the same training materials I give my own downline, if you'd like?


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: KrisArneson on January 15, 2008, 03:24:49 AM
  ::) GDI concept is amazing, yet I am trying to build my webpage and having no success.
I am new to the computer world and the language is somewhat foreign. 

I know if I build a simple but apealing webpage success is lurking around the corner.

Newbie since Jan 9th, help required..

Kris  ;) 


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: D_Martinez on January 15, 2008, 03:24:49 AM
How can you call members on your down line "riders"?
Have you sent them an email and asked them why they joined?
Maybe it was for the same reason as I did, for the product itself, to have my own website and a place to host it, all included for the same low price.
It's not my fault that I was automatically signed up in someone's down line, that's apparently a given when signing up for the product.

Hi Alex,

You are right, most people are "riders" who hope that they just join and have you put sign ups under them.
It is often said that the Network Marketing industry is a numbers game, you just have to keep looking until you find leaders who are serious to build the business.
It is true to a certain extent.

What I do is to build depth. This keeps the 'free riders" happy and they will stay in the group.
After that I find deserving people in my downlines and help them grow the business.

I actually have a system to do that, if you are interested, please PM me.

To get people to sign up for your business, it is not enough just to directly advertise.
Try building a list with something free to offer (non MLM products or service),
when you build a relationship with them it is easier to tell them about the opportunity.

Hope that helps.

DPro




I've been at this about a year. I have nothing to show it. I'm not buying any of their DVDs and sending them out to PPL. It's a waste of good money! PPL sign up and when they find out you can't help them get signups they leave. Around here they advise you to advertise and promote but no one will say where they advertise or where they get their signups from. Take out ads in the papers. Ish don't think so. After looking in this forum I found a few pieces of ad copy to use but they have been unsuccessful so far. The only thing that keeps me with GDI is the fact that I have my own domain name for ten dollars a month. As for the money making end of it I don't see how PPL are doing it. When you ask for help all they say is read in the forum and go on the calls which to date have gotten me nowhere.

Alex
Not Dead Yet!!


Title: Re : those who are utilizing
Post by: Eugene L on January 15, 2008, 03:24:49 AM
Is anyone out there utilizing the fundraising idea first posted a couple of years ago, if so how's it going?( as I'm interested in pursuing the idea myself ) Many Thanks, Eugene.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DPro on January 16, 2008, 11:36:28 AM
Hi D_Martinez,

I didn't intend to be offensive when I use the word "riders", perhaps I have chosen the wrong term.
I am really sorry if you were offended.

I would love to have people who are users like yourself, signing up just because they like the product.
But it is difficult to find such prospects.

Domain registration from Godaddy is just $8.95 per year
And you can find full hosting packages with 25G storage/300G bandwidth plus full script support for less then $2/month in the internet.

For your info, 100% of my downlines join me for the opportunity, not the product.
However, GDI has the advantage of allowing us to promote other opportunities along side this one on our domain name,
so this business is a stepping stone to multiple income streams.

That's why I love GDI  :D

Dpro


How can you call members on your down line "riders"?
Have you sent them an email and asked them why they joined?
Maybe it was for the same reason as I did, for the product itself, to have my own website and a place to host it, all included for the same low price.
It's not my fault that I was automatically signed up in someone's down line, that's apparently a given when signing up for the product.



Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JoeF on January 18, 2008, 03:16:30 AM
My 2008 strategy will be focused around YouTube!

I don't mean making youtube videos promoting my GDI username and explaining why people should join under me.

What I mean is finding talented youtubers to promote GDI.

I now fully understand how the internet works and developed a system to capatalize on the things we do everyday on the internet to get us GDI'ers some real signups.

Have you ever paid attention to how many views a popular video gets? hundreds and hundreds of thousands in a very short time.

Imagine we all got together and owned all the popular videos on youtube because of our joint effort.

Now imagine we funneled all the traffic from those videos to one site and shared the signups equally (up to 5 signups each).

That would mean $3905/m for everybody helping our cause.

Imagine this system was FREE for all GDI affiliates.

This is a revolutionary idea that will change the way we do GDI.

Give the riders what they want and the people that work will benefit even MORE!

Just check out my blog.

I AM FOR REAL - NO STRINGS ATTACHED - I WILL GET EVERYTHING I WANT IF I HELP YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT

YOU NEED HELP - HERE IT IS - THIS IDEA WONT WORK WITHOUT YOU

THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS - THIS FORUM IS 57,000 MEMBERS STRONG

FOR A MOMENT JUST THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE

NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES


I have done all the work to make this a reality, but now I'm stuck. I dont have enough downline members to make my idea work right now.
I just want to be financially free very soon. I know in my gut my idea will work with all your help.

HELP ME HELP YOU - LETS BE FREE IN 2008

Feel free to visit my blog to learn more and contact me for more info.

Thank you very much for your time!

Joe B. Florendo

(Moderators - I am not selling anything - please post - I am just 'Sharing my Best)








Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DPro on January 19, 2008, 12:03:21 AM
That's a wonderful idea Joe  :)
There is indeed tremendous potential in video marketing, and what if all of us here join hands as Joe suggested?
The results will be exponential!

For people who are thinking about using youtube to promote, there is an excellent post by
Dan Ackerman Greenberg -
"The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos"

This blog post is voted the most read post in TechCrunch in 2007
I learnt some useful tips from Dan and will be using them in my video marketing effort.

Here's the bullet points of the blog:
Secret #1: Not all viral videos are what they seem
2. Content is NOT King
3. Core Strategy: Getting onto the “Most Viewed” page
4. Title Optimization
5. Thumbnail Optimization
6. Commenting: Having a conversation with yourself
7. Releasing all videos simultaneously
8. Strategic Tagging: Leading viewers down the rabbit hole
9. Metrics/Tracking: How we measure effectiveness

To read the full story, go here:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind-many-viral-videos/

Cheers


Title: Traffic - PPC vs SEO
Post by: Aaron Riddell on January 24, 2008, 01:52:22 PM
Hello fellow forum members,

There appears to be two distinct paths you can follow to get more "traffic" to your website.

1. PPC - Pay Per Click advertising, such as Google Adwords.

2. SEO - Search Engine Optimization techniques.

What I would like to know is what success fellow forum members are having with these techniques ?

And if there are any tips you can share with us all so we may all benefit from your knowledge.


Aaron Riddell


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: David_Smith1 on January 30, 2008, 06:16:44 AM
There are a lot of uninformed people out there who think if they promote their affiliate
link a couple times they will be successful. This is not true as there are many people
out there who are doing the same thing and not making any money.

The truth is whatever you are promoting online; you must build your list and put all
prospects on a drip campaign. I am going to share with you how I build my GDI business
using the drip campaign technique.

FREE is the most powerful word in your advertising campaign.  I constantly advertise
the following FREE benefits of visiting my GDI site.

Submit 12 million Ads for FREE!
1000 FREE Leads per day for Life!
Free Sotfware Free ebooks Live seminars.

As you can see, I have something for everyone, whether you are promoting nutritional
products, movie and books clubs, legal and tax help programs. Something for everyone
and I am giving people a compelling reason WHY to visit my site. I am helping everyone
and at the same time building my e-mail list.

Everything on my site captures information.  I then put each verified person on a drip
campaign. I send an e-mail on a Sunday (first drip) encouraging them to see my GDI
Flash presentation.. 2 days later (drip) another e-mail reminding them again about
the GDI Flash presentation and 2 days later (drip) another one. Sunday and Tuesday
could be bad days to look, but Thursday might just be right. This again is called a drip
campaign. People are busy and don’t always have time to look.  After a while however, a
dripping faucet will cause someone to take note and take action.

By the way, all my messages say very little creating mystery and just encouraging them
to see the personalized Flash presentation.  Many people out there are saying way too
much.  Little is better.

If you have any questions about the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Take care,

Alan
Alan Zibluk
Bethany, CT


Hi Alan,

I like your approach and I can see how it would be successful. I do think this is all about being a numbers game, but the willingness to help your downline to become successful is important too. I am curious about what would be an example of your wording for these drip emails. I am new to GDI but recognise its potential and am keen to push it along. I would be very grateful for your wisdom.

Regards,
David


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Jongku Nam on January 31, 2008, 05:12:58 AM
Hi, My name is jongku nam.
I'm from south Korea. 2002. world cup.
I do'nt know Marketing.
help me!


Title: GDI Tips Website for all to Share
Post by: BobbyLeong on February 01, 2008, 04:22:19 AM
Hello Everyone,

One way to build a successful GDI business is to help your downlines.
I have built a website that provide GDI tips to my prospects and downlines.

I am sharing here them here in the forum.
You can view my GDI website at:

http://www.gditips.ws


Title: This free tool will help build your GDI business and your list
Post by: David_Smith1 on February 01, 2008, 04:22:19 AM
Hi everyone.

READ CAREFULLY PLEASE

This is a great way to build your GDI business, build your own list and also build other streams of income all at the same time.

I stumbled across this only recently and it is the only real help I have found online that actually works. It is free! You receive your own replica of a lead capture page which is like gold by itself. You receive a free auto-responder with that lead capture page and it's really easy to setup if you haven't done that type of thing before. If I can do it anyone can! There is even a short movie showing you the steps to help you set it up.

The whole concept is to build your very own list and in the process you can offer the same deal to people who signup in your GDI business as this is provided also. This gives people even more incentive to join. How can you go wrong? I admit I procrastinated before doing this myself, but I'm overly cautious. I am so glad I finally gave it a try. For the first time I have actually started to build a list of subscribers and we all know a percentage of these subscribers will join your business eventually. It is just a number's game.

I hope this helps inspire some of you to take action and give something a go. Nothing will ever change unless you change.

Yours in success,

David


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DeniseW on February 02, 2008, 08:19:05 AM
I've been at this about a year. I have nothing to show it. I'm not buying any of their DVDs and sending them out to PPL. It's a waste of good money! PPL sign up and when they find out you can't help them get signups they leave. Around here they advise you to advertise and promote but no one will say where they advertise or where they get their signups from. Take out ads in the papers. Ish don't think so. After looking in this forum I found a few pieces of ad copy to use but they have been unsuccessful so far. The only thing that keeps me with GDI is the fact that I have my own domain name for ten dollars a month. As for the money making end of it I don't see how PPL are doing it. When you ask for help all they say is read in the forum and go on the calls which to date have gotten me nowhere.

Alex
Not Dead Yet!!

I certainly understand where you're coming from. I'm still trying to get up to 5 in my downline. Wish I had a sponsor who could offer some good information instead of trying to sell his latest marketing system.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Carl I on February 04, 2008, 03:14:55 AM
Focusing on your Up-line will only keep you down :(

Focus, Focus, Focus on why you got into this Business in the first place :)
And that was to build a strong DOWN-LINE to set you up for Financial Freedom!
Some sponsors will not hold you by the hand nor should they. YOU and YOU alone are in charge of your success and failures in life. If you are not willing to spread the word about your business with others by purchasing and giving out DVD’s or thru other forms of advertising such as classifieds etc. Then you will struggle in this and in any other business endeavor that you try, you must be willing to Market YOUR BUSINESS
Until you decide to take responsibility for YOUR BUSINESS and TAKE ACTION by becoming a LEADER YOURSELF then and only then will people follow and sign up under you. Remember, each person you sign up can be worth literally thousands of dollars to you over time. Help them get what THEY want, and YOU will be rewarded exponentially!
What was it that your sponsor said or did that attracted you to join this business?
Was it an email with an encouraging word or an Ad that caused you to take action?
What ever it was it worked on you and it will work on other likeminded individuals too, so if you just do what they did you might be surprised.
Redirecting your focus might help, THINK DOWN-LINE :)

Respectfully,
Carl Iglesias
Entrepreneur, Mentor & Stay At Home Dad
PS: Believe it or not, there is a way you can attract anything you want in life, and you can do it with far less effort than you could possibly imagine.


Title: Leaderboards...How?
Post by: JStewart on February 09, 2008, 08:38:06 AM
Does anyone know how some of these guys in the leaderboards are bring in 24-25 people every week? i am very intrigued at how this is possible. thanks for your input.


Title: Ezine Advertising
Post by: LisaD1 on February 19, 2008, 09:57:06 AM
Hello

I read an article where someone said they used e-zines to successfully promote GDI, has anyone got any information on how to do this?

Many thanks

-Lisa


Title: Help With Online Ads
Post by: Tresela Maynard on February 22, 2008, 04:55:17 AM
Hi ;D

I'm new to GDI and i've been doing alot of reading on everything especially the marketing and i can't seem to find any ads to us for promoting GDI online. I see banners and flyers but no ads to use in classifieds, message boards, forums, etc online. Can anyone help me with some ads to use for promoting my GDI business online so i can get started right away? Thanks in advance. :D


Title: Re: Leaderboards...How?
Post by: BobbyLeong on February 25, 2008, 04:14:27 AM
Does anyone know how some of these guys in the leaderboards are bring in 24-25 people every week? i am very intrigued at how this is possible. thanks for your input.

to qualify for leaderboard, you have to purchase the DVDs
this is only recommended if you have prospects offline that are interested in home business opportunities or MLM experienced customer base. I know some asia countries like Thailand do well here.

There are also Many GDI members enjoying many signups without showing up at the leaderboards as we dont buy the DVD but market GDI online
So it depends on how you want to market GDI.


Title: Reprints, lables, How to....
Post by: Morayo D on February 28, 2008, 01:50:05 PM


 I would like to buy reprints, but I can't find info on lables.
 
 Do they come with my contact info on them?

 If Not, where do I get lables? Does any one care where I buy lables if in fact I need them?

 Where should I place them? laundry mats, schools, ......?

 How should I distibute them???? Is there really a PREFERD Method?


 I'm a stay at home mom and house wife. GDI is my second MLM business. And I'm so looking foward to the income. I just need some pointer.
 Thanx to every one whom responds to this post.


Title: Re: GDI Tips Website for all to Share
Post by: GaynorRosier on March 06, 2008, 03:07:52 AM
Hello Everyone,

One way to build a successful GDI business is to help your downlines.
I have built a website that provide GDI tips to my prospects and downlines.

I am sharing here them here in the forum.
You can view my GDI website at:

http://www.gditips.ws

Hi Bobby

What a great website you have created! I found it most inspiring.

When you say that GDI provide ready made websites - how do I access this function? I was up until 4am yesterday trying to make mine from scratch!
I must have missed something in my rush to get started.

Although the Terms & Conditions sound strict, am I right in thinking that we can do pretty much what we like with our sites as long as there's no direct competition with GDI?

I followed your link to Hypervre and really wanted to download it - especially as it's free - but ended up having to try 3 different email addresses. It kept saying that my email address was already in their system but wouldn't let me download. Any idea what I can do to get it? There wasn't a "Contact" tab.





Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Duane Ford on March 20, 2008, 05:32:56 PM
Thanks for sharing!


Title: What actually works getting GDI affiliates?!(apart from another affiliate schem)
Post by: RTom on March 21, 2008, 04:06:10 PM
What actually works with getting GDI affiliates?! (apart from another network marketing affiliate scheme)


Title: Re: Leaderboards...How?
Post by: Cheryl Deeb on March 23, 2008, 08:35:07 AM
Does anyone know how some of these guys in the leaderboards are bring in 24-25 people every week? i am very intrigued at how this is possible. thanks for your input.

Re-investing proceeds. This is important with any business, thats marketing. This is not always easy for the new or the (often) broke.

I am not new to marketing but am fairly new to GDI, I have yet to establish a DL. There are many things people can use for little or no cost, like the leaky drip technique, after enough exposure people will notice.

Try Safelists try Autoresponders how about Traffic Exchanges ... don't go over board, select a few and try to track what does and does not get you results. Do google searches on these three things for more info as to what they are and how they work in general. If you are wondering if one is better than the other, do google for feedback or end user reports etc. There are many, actually most of these systems offer free plans that you can THEN pay for when/if you get the desired results.

 remember , a rolling stone gathers no moss  -> that is keep moving and you will get things going   ;D  well, thats my plan  :o


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DPro on March 25, 2008, 12:36:31 AM
making friends and join MLM groups in social network sites may also help.
The important thing is don't try to sell immediately before building a rapport.

Some forums are very responsive too, check out the forum threads here:
moneymaker forum (http://www.moneymakergroup.com/Global-Domains-Internatio-t7534.html)
dreamteam money forum (http://www.dreamteammoney.com/index.php?showtopic=35505)
profit seeker forum (http://www.profitseekersnetwork.com/forums/t682.html)

Another tip if you are using traffic exchanges, make sure you are promoting a splash page instead of your normal GDI affiliate link.
I have found out that putting a video on the splash page increases my conversion rate too.


Title: Permission emails
Post by: Melissa Zimmerman on March 25, 2008, 03:51:00 PM
Hi, I'm Melissa Zimmerman. I'm new to GDI and very excited to be a part of this company!  Just wanted to make a suggestion that I haven't found here yet.  I've been using permission emails to get the word out, and you get a pretty good response.  The only drawback is that it's rather time consuming.  If you can afford a lead package, by all means, go that route, hehe.  But if you're like me, just starting out, permission emails is a great way to build a personal list.  So....what is a permission email?  It's very simple really.  First, do a google search for "free online classifieds".  You're not going to be posting an ad, you're going to be responding to the ads!  Most are set up where you don't get the advertiser's email address, but you enter a message, and the classified system sends the person your email.  Mine usually look something like this:

Melissa Zimmerman

Hello.  I'm writing to you because I would like to share a very lucrative business opportunity.  The company is strong, the product is GREAT, and you can try the whole thing for free to see for youself!  I would love the chance to work with you!  Please respond either way you decide.  Thanks, and have a great day!!

That's it.  I even just copy the blurb and paste it into each ad response I send out.  There are literally hundreds of thousands of "home business" ads posted on the online classifieds.  Usually, people go there to promote whatever they are affiliated with, not to look for something else.  This way, you're sending them a message, and you're getting the response of whether or not they are interested in seeing what you have to offer.  This is great because you then enter the names and addresses of people that want more info into the GDI autoresponder.  Now you're done until you get signups!  Well, keep doing the permission emails, of course, but you really shouldn't need to contact the same people, other than answer questions and let them know again that you're excited about the business AND that you're looking foreward to working with them.  Good luck all!


Title: Hello Anggota GDI Dari Indonesia! Ini beberapa tips yang mungkin berguna.
Post by: Rizky Zamzamy on March 27, 2008, 01:20:29 PM
Hallo teman-teman semua, sesama Anggota GDI dari Indonesia!


Sesuai janji saya di seksi perkenalan di forum ini, berikut ini adalah artikel yang pernah saya tulis untuk para Subscribers newsletter saya beberapa waktu yang lalu. Cuma karena khawatir di forum ini berlaku aturan yang demikian ketat, maka saya sengaja menghilangkan link-link yang seharusnya ada di artikel tersebut.

Soalnya, kalo ada link entar dibanned lagi!

Kalo mau baca versi lengkap yang ada link-nya silahkan berkunjung ke Blog yang baru saja saya bikin. Coba aja klik tanda website yang ada di sebelah kiri postingan ini. Di blog saya itu ada banyak artikel tentang Network Marketing yang mudah-mudahan bermanfaat untuk teman-teman semua.

Silakan kasih komentar, pertanyaan, masukan atau kritikan di sana. Mudah-mudahan saya bisa merespons secepatnya supaya bisa lebih membawa manfaat buat Anda.

Oh, iya. Saya memang kadung udah menulisnya dalam bahasa Inggris dan belum sempat saya terjemahkan. Tetapi saya yakin teman-teman bisa mengerti, karena bahasa Inggrisnya nggak rumit. Bahasa populer yang mudah dimengerti.

Ini dia artikelnya:

6 Surefire Ways To Profit From Your Online Network Marketing Program

Making money through quality Network Marketing has become a very
hot topic in today’s Internet Marketing industry.

I know it for sure, because as an Editor of Arigola e-Millionaire Newsletter
which provides FREE Ad to my subscribers, I notice that the numbers of
ads I received which promote Network Marketing programs have increased
significantly for the last 3 years.

If you want to take advantage of this growing trend, the following
suggestions might be very useful for you to build your own nice residual
income through quality Online Network Marketing programs.

1. Join A Quality Network Marketing Program That Has A Good System To
Help You Build Your Own Paid Downlines.


Every experienced Network Marketer knows that in Network Marketing the
money is in the Paid Downlines who stay and grow.

Therefore, it is so important to make sure that the Network Marketing program
you want to join has a good system to help you build and grow your own
Paid Downlines.

You know a Network Marketing Program has that kind of system, if they provide
you with the following:

1a. Professional Website. (Easy to load, easy to navigate, easy to read
and grasp information.)

1b. Powerful sales letter in the website. (The one which is so convincing
that turns visitors into downlines.)

1c. List Building System in the website. (Offer something valuable for
free to capture the visitors’ email addresses, so you can follow-up with your
Autoresponder Series.)

1d. Autoresponder. (The machine that automatically send several
messages in different set dates.)

1e. Powerful Built in Autoresponder Messages. (7, or 15, or 52,
or whatever number of messages that have been pre-written for
you and you can set them to be sent for every 2 days, or 7 days,
or whatever days that suit you. If these messages are very well
written, you will have high conversation rates.)

1f. Certain numbers of leads which will be automatically loaded
to your autoresponder every month you stay in the program.
(This
feature helps you market your network marketing program
automatically. While you do nothing, your autoresponder messages
do the selling for you.)

If you haven’t involved in any Network Marketing program yet, please take
a look at the following sites:

[The links are omitted deliberately to follow the forum rules]

Visit those sites and learn. That’s what I mean by a “Quality Network Marketing
Program”. They have even more than I listed above. They have video and DVD
presentations that do the selling for you. They have great forum with more than
60,000 active members where you can learn from each other how to build your
Network Marketing business. And they have a lot more than that.

I highly recommend you to take their “7 Days Free Trial” offer. And then browse
all they got in your member area to make you understand how a good Network
Marketing Program should do and be.

(Bagian ini baru saja saya tambahkan, sebagai salah satu cara saya memasarkan GDI)


2. Work Closely With Your Upline

The fact that your upline has successfully recruited you as his/her downline means
that his/her method works.

It’s really a simple common sense to ask them for “their success secrets”. If you
succeed from putting their ideas to work, they succeed too.


3. Organize An Advertising Co-Op For Your Organization

Getting quality traffic to your Network Marketing program site can be very
expensive, if you do it on your own. But you can save tons of cash, if you
purchase it in bulk.

Let me explain.

Let’s say you want to buy responsive and quality leads from a reliable leads
provider, but your budget for that purpose is only $150. With this cash, you
can only get $0.30 per lead.

Now, you can ask your downline to do Ad Co-op with you. If you can get 9
downlines who are willing to pay $150 each, your budget becomes $1500.
With this money, you can get leads for $0.22 each. So everyone will get 681
leads instead of 500 for the same $150.

What if you just start and don’t have any downline yet? Easy. Ask your
upline(s) to organize it for you.
 

4. Get As Many Targeted Prospects As Possible To Trigger Your Autoresponder

You want to do this because you need to expose your series of sales
messages to people who are in needs of what you have to offer. The more
targeted prospects who send emails to your autoresponder email address,
the better.

Apart from importing quality leads you purchase into your autoresponder as
explained in point 3, you can also do it by promoting your autoresponder
address through:

4a. Ezine Advertising.
Run Solo Ads or Top Sponsor Ads or Classified ads in Ezines of which the
subscribers match your prospect criteria. Give them something valuable for
FREE to send a blank email to your autoresponder email address. Trust me,
it works. I’ve personally gained hundreds of prospects using this tactic alone.

4b. Google Adwords Advertising
When you use this method, it’s like displaying your classified ad in the entire
network of Google. It can be displayed million times but you only pay when
someone clicks your link. And when they do, they are very targeted. They
are your hot prospects.

Therefore, make sure that the link you put in your ad, is the one that directs
them to a web page that will make them send their email addresses to your
autoresponder address.

If you want to get Google Adwords for FREE, click here:

[The link is omitted deliberately to follow the forum rules]

4c. Smart Use Of Quality Traffic Exchange, Start Page Exchange Or Hit
Exchange programs.

These programs are free to join and this is how they work: When you join,
they will give you a “surfing” URL that contains so many web pages in rotation.
Usually, you get one credit for each page you surf for 30 seconds. For every 2
credits you’ve got, they will display your Target URL to other member once.

Nowadays, there are hundreds of them. But the quality ones are not that many.
When you use this method, don’t put your Network Marketing Program
homepage as the target URL. Your target URL should be a web page that offers
something so valuable for free to motivate your prospects to send their email
addresses to your autoresponder address.

Here are the best ones I know:

[The links are omitted deliberately to follow the forum rules]

4d. Getting Involved In MLM forums
Go to google.com. Research MLM forums. Join the ones that suit you. Don’t
write any ads at all. Introduce yourself. Involve in discussion that interests you.
Provide intelligent answers only in the topic you really know. Invite people to
send blank emails to your autoresponder only in your Signature file.

If your posts make people think that you are an expert, chances are you’ll get
a lot of hot prospects sending blank emails to your autoresponder address.

4e. Quality Article Writing
Once you’ve gained some experiences that people might like to know about
and to learn from, start writing quality articles and submit it to as many article
directories and ezines as possible.

If you can put in quality content that your readers like and find it useful,
you’ve built a good reputation. And usually they don’t mind to visit your
website or subscribe to your mailing list.

And when they do, they are also very targeted and they are also your
hot prospects.

To access Article Directories and Ezine Directories, just Google it. You’ll find
tons of sites where you can submit your articles to.

4f. Learn The Tips, Tricks And Techniques of Web Promotion
In The “Insider Secrets” Course

For other effective methods to promote your sites, I highly recommend you to
take Derek Gehl’s The Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business On The Internet.
Originally, it’s the work of the late Great Internet Marketer, Corey Rudl. It’s
responsible for the making of tons of today’s Internet 6 figures income earners.
It’s responsible for making me an Ezine Publisher with more than 40,000
subscribers. I guarantee that you’ll learn a lot just by taking a closer look at the
site here:

[The link is omitted deliberately to follow the forum rules]

4g. Promote your Network Marketing site using Web 2.0 Marketing.
What does Web 2.0 Marketing mean? It actually takes an entire ebook to explain
it thoroughly. But in short, it’s using the combination of “Bookmarking Sites”,
“Social Networking Sites”, “Blogging Sites”, and “Video Sharing Sites” to promote
your site.

How do you do that?

For complete resources which you can get for free, click here:

[The link is omitted deliberately to follow the forum rules]

Here, you can sign up for free and download ebooks about how to use Web 2.0
Marketing to promote your site.

4h. Use Your Microsoft Excel To Create Your Own Table Of Daily Marketing
Plan For 36 Days. Or More.

Put what you’ve learned so far into action immediately. Don’t procrastinate. Don’t
be afraid to spend some money, when you have to. It’s your investment.

Remember, building your Network Marketing business is no different than building
a brick and mortar one. It takes capital. It takes skills and works.

So, do your Marketing and Promotion Activities Daily. Plan it first using your Microsoft
Excel. List all the activities in one row. Spread it up to 36 days. Or more. Once it’s
done, execute it as planned.

Don’t forget to use Ad Tracking Device for every promotional tactic and ad you
use to know which one gives you the best results.


5. Repeat The Methods That Work Until You Gain Significant Profits

If the methods you receive from your upline work, repeat it. If not, forget it.
The same thing goes for other tactics explained in this article.

If you keep repeating what works, chances are you will gain significant profits in
no time. What I mean by significant is the amount you receive per month from
a particular program is at least 30 times its monthly fee.

Once you reach this stage then…
 

6. Ask Your Friends To Join Under You And Persuade Them To Do What You Have Done

Well, you’ve gained profits already. It means that you have a solid prove and you
don’t come to your friends empty handed. You won’t be laughed at. In fact, you
will trigger their curiosity and motivate them to join under you.

But be picky here. Choose only those who have interest in making money from
home and are familiar with computers and internet.

After they do, explain to them the benefits (read: profits) they will get, if they
follow your examples. Be their faithful coach until they earn their own significant
profits. Once they reach this stage, tell them to ask their contacts to join under
them and follow their steps.

Once you hit success with this technique, CONGRATULATIONS! Your Downline
for a particular program has grown like crazy! Without you even knowing it! By
that time, I guess you’ll earn more than $1,900 per month from any Network
Marketing Program you join!

===End of Article===

Semoga bermanfaat!


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: S Mathews on March 31, 2008, 07:27:41 PM
I don't know who I'm replying to as I couldn't find the reply button on the one I was looking at....but I looked at a site that was done and was wondering where you get the video from to put on the site.  I can't even find where mine is located to make one....but yours looked good...  Not sure I'll know how to do it...I ve got other websites that I do in front page but if this is different then I'm not sure I'll know what to do with it....shirley


Title: Christian Marketing
Post by: Rick Allison on April 03, 2008, 02:39:40 AM
I have an idea, and I would like your opinion on it.

It is to market GDI's opportunity and products to Christians as an inexpensive, systematic way of helping one another through ChristianMom.ws and ChristianDad.ws .  They will be The Christian Moms Team and Christian Dads Team at GDI .

Rick
GreatSite.ws


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: RobW on April 07, 2008, 09:10:09 AM
I am tired of all the long winded emails that I get and I am sure that there are people that I am about to send emails to that feel the same way.
Robert

Oh, I so agree. When I get an email, I want it to be short and I want to know if it is something I can test before I buy. If I can, then I am extremely likely to go check it out. If it is something that is a one-time, low cost product, then I want to know key benefits, not a million testimonials in the email. If the key benefits are interesting or intriguing, than I will click on the link. However, even if a product is a test before you buy or if it is low-cost with interesting key benefits, I am UNLIKELY to click if the email is very long.



Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: M Bryant on April 11, 2008, 05:51:49 PM
I don't know who I'm replying to as I couldn't find the reply button on the one I was looking at....but I looked at a site that was done and was wondering where you get the video from to put on the site.  I can't even find where mine is located to make one....but yours looked good...  Not sure I'll know how to do it...I ve got other websites that I do in front page but if this is different then I'm not sure I'll know what to do with it....shirley

Hi Shirley,

I'm assuming the video that you are asking about is for the GDI presentation, here is the link:

http://www.freedom.ws/show_dvd.dhtml?sponsor=Your-GDI-Username&language=english

Just remember to substitute your username :)


Title: Does anyone uses a blog for his/her GDi business?
Post by: TAmbo on April 18, 2008, 09:08:40 AM
Hi everyone,

This is Tambo, I have been doing quite a research on how a blog can be a great benefit for your GDI business.. and still i really can't figure it our how exactly it works. I know  that the set up of  a blogger will require time and effort, especially as you have to keep post fresh and unique content daily or weekly to your gdi blogger. Does anyone in the forum knows how to do this? I would be grateful for any assistance anyone can offer in regard to a blogger set up and how we can base our blogger on the gdi server.. not so sure if this is a right question.

Ok, hope to hear from anyone in the forum.

Best of luck.

Tambo


Title: Be Here 1 Year From Now
Post by: George Gonzalez on April 19, 2008, 04:08:16 PM
Heres an idea for everyone. It's pretty obvious that you will not get rich quick with GDI. So for those of you that are willing to do a couple simple things you can make some good money with this even at $1 per recruit. If you simply recruited 1 person per month and showed that person how to recruit 1 person your downline will look like this in 1 year.

1.   2
2.   4
3.   8
4.   16
5.   32
6.   64
7.   128
8.   256
9.   512
10.   1,024
11.   2,048
12.   4,096

It's a simple thing to do, recruit 1 person a month and show them how to do the same.  You dont need magical ads or headlines. In my business I recruited over 23 in my first 2 months. I think you can find 1 per month and have patience. That's all it takes.
Remember in network marketing it's not about you doing all the work, its about a bunch of you doing a little bit that adds up to alot. Good luck to you all.


Title: Re: Be Here 1 Year From Now
Post by: KarenE on April 20, 2008, 07:06:38 AM
Heres an idea for everyone. It's pretty obvious that you will not get rich quick with GDI. So for those of you that are willing to do a couple simple things you can make some good money with this even at $1 per recruit. If you simply recruited 1 person per month and showed that person how to recruit 1 person your downline will look like this in 1 year.

1.   2
2.   4
3.   8
4.   16
5.   32
6.   64
7.   128
8.   256
9.   512
10.   1,024
11.   2,048
12.   4,096

It's a simple thing to do, recruit 1 person a month and show them how to do the same.  You dont need magical ads or headlines. In my business I recruited over 23 in my first 2 months. I think you can find 1 per month and have patience. That's all it takes.
Remember in network marketing it's not about you doing all the work, its about a bunch of you doing a little bit that adds up to alot. Good luck to you all.


Thanks for this helpful post!!! ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: George Gonzalez on April 20, 2008, 10:13:14 AM
your welcome, if people will master the little things than the big picture will come. This business is that simple, and you know what out of the 4,096 people on your team you personally recruited 12.  How hard would it be 1 day a month to call those few people and say hey its time to get that 1 recruit this month, call me when you have it. Fortune in any network marketing business is in the follow up.
Keep things duplicatible and as simple as possible so that the people you recruit believe that they can do what you did.

George


Title: Would like to know what are some of the Leader Board members doing ...
Post by: Stephanie_Cunningham on May 05, 2008, 08:48:33 AM
If there are any of the leader board members who frequent the forum, I would love to know some of your techniques that you use to put so many people into your business every week consistently?  You can PM me.  Thanks.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: RitaBooker on May 14, 2008, 07:55:49 AM
I agree with you Stephanie, I'd like to know too. So any leaders out there who read this please pass on your tips to me too.

Regards
Marion


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: TasselDaley on May 17, 2008, 08:47:24 AM
HELLO GDI MEMBERS

One day said to myself how can reach a totally new market who have money and the need for web presence.

I said simple go to where the prospects hang out and drop cards into popular books, magazines, and in pant and shirt pockets while shopping as normal consumer.

You all may say wow thats sneaky I Think it is way to reach people long term it takes time and dedication each week but enjoy the challenge.

On top of this also drop my cards in cashiers hands, with tips for baggers, phone booths, newspaper racks.

Another simple method been using also is when paying bills always include a card or two with my check or payment.

People these methods our not new and with the way email is sometimes you if you really want to start to explode your business have to get out of the

comfort zone and go out and meet people indentify leaders and have them trained to duplicate some of these simple methods.

While at these stores also have simple sign on the back of my car says Tired living Paycheck to Paycheck want  to earn more! rcd msg 1-877-578-6210

So no matter where i go advertising while driving or at the movies.

We don't need to re invent the wheel keep it simple and show your members You Care about Them!

God Bless






Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: KennyJones on May 27, 2008, 04:03:33 PM
I agree with the drip marketing methods.  I hated talking to strangers who wanted nothing to do with a business opportunity.  It was such a waste of time for me.  I was always on the look out for someone to talk to when they couldn't care less about what I had to offer.
If I was a real estate agent I wouldn't tell someone they needed to buy a new house or try to convince them to sell theirs...
I would advertise my services and expertise and then when they were ready to buy or sell I'd be the person they would call.

Talking to business opp seekers has never worked well in my opinion.  Marketing to people that know what residual income is and the basics on how to be successful are the people you should be trying to reach.  Tire kickers are a waste of time and money.

Plus, you need to have a system in place that monetizes the people who say no to you and GDI.
Funded proposals are the way that everyone (even newbies) can generate real income, qualified leads and get the training that we all need to succeed in this business.

Get a lead generation system that captures leads into an auto responder and then when they are in your list you can drip information to them on what you do and the tools and tricks that have made you successful.
When they see your leadership and your value to them they will PAY to join you! 
Become the hunted instead of the hunter!



Title: Leads?
Post by: Scott Brown on June 04, 2008, 02:02:58 PM
What companies or websites do you use to get your leads from? Please leave feedback on which sites you would recommend and which ones you didnt receive a return on investment on.

Thank You


Title: share
Post by: PJamphachai on June 05, 2008, 04:58:05 AM
HELLO GDI MEMBERS

One day said to myself how can reach a totally new market who have money and the need for web presence.

I said simple go to where the prospects hang out and drop cards into popular books, magazines, and in pant and shirt pockets while shopping as normal consumer.

You all may say wow thats sneaky I Think it is way to reach people long term it takes time and dedication each week but enjoy the challenge.

On top of this also drop my cards in cashiers hands, with tips for baggers, phone booths, newspaper racks.

Another simple method been using also is when paying bills always include a card or two with my check or payment.

People these methods our not new and with the way email is sometimes you if you really want to start to explode your business have to get out of the

comfort zone and go out and meet people indentify leaders and have them trained to duplicate some of these simple methods.

While at these stores also have simple sign on the back of my car says Tired living Paycheck to Paycheck want  to earn more!

So no matter where i go advertising while driving or at the movies.

We don't need to re invent the wheel keep it simple and show your members You Care about Them!

God Bless


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: EdwardMcBride on June 11, 2008, 11:51:20 AM
Hi Guys

Could someone please enlighten me on how to get sign-up for the Business.  I have been getting lots of hits and views from my invitations I have only had 3 signs up in about 3 months and one of them dropped out.  I have purchased leads, I have a autoresponder set up, I have a site rotator and I am now signed up with some FREE traffic exchange programs.  So my problem is not getting visitors its the sign up that I am not getting.

Do anyone have any advise


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Guy Gosselin on June 14, 2008, 05:59:26 AM
Hi Edward

Have you talked with your uplines? I realize that one of the key to succeed in GDI is Team Working.
I encourage you to talk about that with your upline.
He or she will help you. That's my advice.

Guy
www.onehotconcept.ws


Title: How many of you are reading books on the industry on how to improve business?
Post by: HowardMartell on June 16, 2008, 05:13:45 AM

Hello GDI Leaders,

What I learned along time ago from my mentor and friend is that you must continue to educate yourself.

This means to have a budget set up for Network Marketing or book on the industry.

You should concentrate on areas which my be weak areas for you and your business.

Understand this is 10.00  a month business but would you just spend the 10.00 dollars to advertise.

I don't think so this includes coming to the free trainings which are given throughout the week.

Set time aside each day to become a better relationship building partner with your serious downline.

Lastly, qualify people for your time and no when to say to a prospect that having a home business is not for everyone.

Take care,

Howie Martell
VA BEACH VA


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: ParrishJ on June 18, 2008, 03:36:46 AM
Hi Guys

Could someone please enlighten me on how to get sign-up for the Business. I have been getting lots of hits and views from my invitations I have only had 3 signs up in about 3 months and one of them dropped out. I have purchased leads, I have a autoresponder set up, I have a site rotator and I am now signed up with some FREE traffic exchange programs. So my problem is not getting visitors its the sign up that I am not getting.

Do anyone have any advise

We all have to start somewhere and yes your upline is a great place to get helpful information and tips on getting started,
 Not to mention this great forum!
If you need some other traffic check out my profile

The best of luck to you and yours


Title: Advertising Strategies
Post by: J_Taylor1 on June 21, 2008, 01:19:17 PM
Hi there I was wondering if anyone had any useful advertising strategies
that they can share with me? If so I would really appreciate that.  :)


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MauriceMajor on June 24, 2008, 01:56:09 PM
Hi all, I am new here and all of these ideas are awesome.  There are a few that I will implement but the one that I will really like to know how to do is post my site on other high traffic website. Any help doing this I do appreciate.  Thanks all.

Vince


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DPro on June 25, 2008, 03:38:17 AM
Hi Vince,

Several ways to "post" your site to high traffic websites:
1)use traffic exchanges (thousands of people are surfing it daily)
2)comment on blogs with high traffic (just search google for related blogs)
3)register at forums and promote your site with your forum signature
4)social bookmarking your site at stumble upon, reddit, digg or delicious
5)submit your site to directories (dmoz etc)



Hi all, I am new here and all of these ideas are awesome.  There are a few that I will implement but the one that I will really like to know how to do is post my site on other high traffic website. Any help doing this I do appreciate.  Thanks all.

Vince


Title: Use the "Service Options" included in your back office.
Post by: K Cook on June 25, 2008, 07:47:57 PM
Don't pass up some of the tools GDI gives you in your own back office.  I'm using the "Advanced Users Nameservers" option.  With this I am able to use my "GDI" recruiting web site and keep the dot ws tag on the end.  This always makes you look more professional than if you an affiliate dot com site with along affiliate ID tagged onto the end.
   
I have found that many of us are looking for a way to promote GDI with a system that can be easily plugged into.  The system I use gives me all the tools, and training I need for free.  There are actually 20 plus step by step videos to follow. 



Title: Re: How many of you are reading books on the industry on how to improve business?
Post by: WatersA on June 26, 2008, 01:19:39 AM
Hi Howard,

very well put togather. I couldn't have done better myself.  8)

                                                                   watersa


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: IVictor on June 27, 2008, 01:54:18 PM
Blogging works !

when you make your posts to your blog  describe what you see in GDI business opportunity, tell them why  you believe in Gdi, for example;  why would you choose to pay an expensive Domaine name while you could get a cheaper one for your website ? this is the most rejection I ever encountered , people need to see the value you see in GDI ,when  they catch your vision,  they will run with it . Thanks, hope it helps .
Victor.
God bless.


Title: Tips on building a successful home business
Post by: H_Martell on July 03, 2008, 01:45:26 AM
The following list is for anyone on your team to share this valuable information:

1.   Establish Goals (Why a person wants to build his or her network)

2.   Commitment (amount of time, resources, and effort is the person willing to devote to developing his or her business) Keys: Be honest with your new enrollee so his or her goal is realistic.

3.   Education: Read books, personal development, and audio’s about the direct sales arena.(Provide prospects with the tools to generate highly qualified leads.)

4.   Develop a prospect list: Downfall most people just starting out has is they look for the first person who is usually the poorest, most down-and out people they can think of. Instead they should be looking for the busiest, most industrious people they know. (More important people is qualities to look for is up beat people and desire the best for themselves and their loved ones.)

5.   Get Busy: Use your experienced team leader so they can help you qualify people for your business and add excitement and supportive network of business builders.

6.   FORM

Form stands for Family, occupation, recreation and message.( This acronym is the building block for establishing solid relationships and qualifying people for  your time.)



7.   System (New members when learning business and building one’s own team is essential to encouraging commitment and ongoing activity. (Live opportunity calls, 3 way calling, opportunity meeting, company literature, and opportunity DVD, and Web-based presentations or webinars.











8.   Other resources: fax on demand, voice of demand, conference calls, and printed material.

Strive to build rapport among team leaders and members in your organization as well as the corporation itself, building both relationships and belief.
One of the most important elements in getting a new enrollee off to a great start is meet his or her expectation. Never force your enrollees into a particular goal or level of achievement. But rather reinforce the validity of the goals.


9.   CELEBRATE Recognition is the key when team members hit a specific goal or accomplishment in their lives. The final and perhaps most important part of a great system is constant communications with new prospects, particularly during the first 90 days.


If you would like to comment on any of these Items please feel free to contact me by email.

See you at the Top,

A Caring GDI Leader


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: H_Martell on July 05, 2008, 09:21:59 AM
Correct,

Any social networking which has a blog you should highly be involved with.

You see people buy from people not systems.

This is why you must provide something of value which will encourage the reader of the blog to go to down and read more include a short signature link in each blog you post.

If you want to know more about what I do with blogging feel free to contact me via email via my profile and gladly assist you.

See you at the top,

A caring GDI Leader


Title: The Art of Persuasion
Post by: H_Martell on July 10, 2008, 12:41:33 PM

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share with you some great information on the Art of Persuasion.

1. Be Positive
2. Prospect
3. Prepare
4. Perform
5. Be perceptive
6. Probe
7. Personalize
8. Please
9. Prove
10. Persist


I am reading some great information their are 8 different types of personalities:

1. The Balkers- Indecisive
2. The talkers- use simple questions with these type people.
3. The clams- Keep drawing them into the conversation
4. The skeptics- use lot of raw data
5. The sarcastic souls- find out why they are sarcastic and listen to their concerns
6. The egotists don't tell them off. Feed egos.
7. the bullies- Be nice, but stand your ground.
8. timid ones- nice and slow approach, don't rush them.

The information is located in a great marketing book The Guide to Ultimate Network Marketing 37 top network marketing. By Dr. Joe Rubino

Take care,


Title: En america latina, en idioma español o castellano
Post by: Jorge octavioA on July 11, 2008, 11:06:48 AM
Que tal, realmente espero tener contacto con personas de habla español e intercambiar todos los principales puntos del negocio, asi como con novatos y networkers especializados, debemos impulsar la cultura de mercadoe en red no solo para nuestro beneficio sino tambien para los nuevos miembros en multinivel (afiliaciones-productos), y distribucion intelectual.

Saludos y Buen día.

For everybody   8)


Title: The Best advise
Post by: Ryan Lee on July 12, 2008, 03:45:28 PM
Hello
Getting started was rather frustrating for me until I found GDI. I had no previous experience or education. I needed to find a way to subsidize my income fast. The best advise I got work hard and figure out a way to make 1 dollar and then do it again and again.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: RivetC on July 15, 2008, 03:39:20 PM
I agree with Blogging.. creating blogs works great also besides in the social networking sites..

The search engines love blogging and articles too.  ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: SBrown1 on July 21, 2008, 04:58:57 AM
i'm trying to market and i want to market to non-profit organizations (ie: churches and so on). since they are non-profit would they have to pay taxes on the money they recieve from GDI


Title: Any Scripts Available?
Post by: VivianP on July 23, 2008, 02:51:59 AM
Hello,

I am new to GDI.  I was wondering if anyone had any scripts they use when they call a prospect.  If so, please share.

Thank you,
Vivian :)


Title: How To Find Home Business Prospects LOCALLY
Post by: H_Martell on July 23, 2008, 04:18:37 AM
Where are all the good network marketing prospects at?

Many networkers seem convinced they don't live anywhere near them!

I say that because they'll spend hundreds of dollars a month on leads or genealogies all the while insisting that there are no decent prospects in their area.
Fact is, there are. (No matter how small of a town or city you live in).

Virtually everywhere there are people who would like to change their lifestyle, but who have no clue how to do that. There are also people in need of your product or service.

So, what's the best way to "tap in" to this goldmine of MLM prospects known as the "local market"?

We'll answer this by approaching it from two directions:

1) People you naturally come in contact with and

2) Services that can put you in contact with even more people who may be candidates for your opportunity (or product/service).

To get started, let's define terms.

"Local Market Prospects" refer to people who live or work in the same general area as you. In other words, people you come in contact with (or COULD come in contact with) on a daily basis.

They are not necessarily people you know (although they can be).

Approach Number One: Think about places you go and the people you cross paths with and practice alert living. Be on the lookout for sharp prospects wherever you go.

Example: You visit a local restaurant. You have a sharp, friendly food server who catches your attention. Right away, you observe this person has great people skills, a strong work ethic and is "on the ball".

Here's how you can EASILY prospect this person. Let's call him "John", and here's what you can say:

John, listen want to thank you for your great service this afternoon, it's some of the best service I've had in a restaurant this year (Now at this, "John" should be all smiles as you've just paid him a well deserved compliment). You then proceed: Listen John, I own a business here in the area and always keep an eye out for sharp people and you definitely caught my attention today. Let me ask you a question: do you keep your work options open? (Now, if John really is a sharp, heads-up person what's he gonna say? Obviously "yes", to which you respond): Good for you, John. I think you'll be glad you do! Tell you what, you're working right now and I'm busy myself, I'm heading off to meet someone, but let's do this.

Let me get your contact information and I'll drop you a line tomorrow (or when he get's off later the same day) and give you some more information on our opportunity and who we're looking for and see if we've got a match". Then you simply write down his information and you've just generated a strong local lead. Now, what makes it so strong is this: you've had a chance to MEET your prospect personally, observe their work ethic, their personality, and their people skills. How much stronger is THAT than simply calling a prospect "cold" on the phone? This is powerful.

And it's not just limited to restaurants (although people in this industry often make excellent networkers). No, you can do this in virtually anywhere.

Approach Number Two: Now, what can you do to come into contact with qualified local prospects in a "leveraged way"?

Join a lead referral network!

These are groups that meet locally and refer prospects to one another.

You simple attend a small meeting in your area and share a little about yourself and your business and you can immediately tap into the leveraged power of business networking.


An alternative organization (which is limited to the USA only at this time) is called: LeTip. For more info, visit letip.com

Be sure to look in your local area and you may find additional organizations like these to expand your reach even further.

That's it's for today...

Take care


Title: Re: How To Find Home Business Prospects LOCALLY
Post by: MarvinD on July 23, 2008, 08:24:20 AM
Howard,

I just loved the advice in your post.  And yes you have Hit the Nail On the Head!  People always think that such and such works for everyone else and not for them because... Just fill in the blanks -> I live in a rural area and there aren't many people for me to talk to, I don't know alot of people, I already shared an opportunity with my friends and family that didn't work so no one believes me about my offer.

These are all just EXCUSES!

Our business is SIMPLE!  We just need to find people who are like minded and for whom the product and the opportunity are right for.  When we find those types of individuals we have a winning combination that will sporn "Duplication".

Keep up your great work and sharing, I know that even the teacher can learn from his students as I have from you.

Sharing the Top with you and others who strive to be here,
The "EarningCoach" - Marvin Drobes


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MarvinD on July 23, 2008, 08:32:36 AM
Vivian,

Feel free to go to my GDI website at www.wealth411.ws (http://www.wealth411.ws).

You will find sample scripts to help you with your prospecting.  i would also check www.gdi-made-easy.ws

These should be a good starting point.  If you want any additional help feel free to cnnect with me.  I am available through email. skype and of course phone.

For my phone number just contact me through the forum and I will email it to you or if you like provide your number and best time to call and I will make an effort to reach you then.

Your Partner In Success,
The "EarningCoach: - Marvin Drobes


Title: Best One Line Closer
Post by: Tom B on July 24, 2008, 08:03:15 PM
Greetings

Many times the "soft" sell works great. Other times prospects must be CLOSED or SOLD.

What is or are your BEST one line closes ?

Here is one of mine:

"If you keep doing what your doing, you will keep getting what your getting.  Are Ready to change your Life NOW ?"



Title: Re: How To Find Home Business Prospects LOCALLY
Post by: Gordon Milton on July 24, 2008, 08:03:15 PM
The basic reason why many GDI members do not want to contact
local people (especially family and friends) is a lack of
confidence in their choice of opportunity.

If you are convinced that GDI really is the best business
opportunity
, then why in heavens name, would you not wish to
share it with your family, friends and anyone who comes within 3
feet (1 metre for you metric heads) of you?

If you are not absolutely certain that GDI really is the best
business opportunity
, you need to get convinced.

The other really important factor about building local groups is
that members can meet if they want to. Humans are social
creatures. For those that do want to meet, training,
presentation and recognition events form a very important "glue"
to keeping people in the business and feeling part of a team or
group. For those that don't like meetings (the minority), you
don't have to attend.

Gordon


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: S Mathews on July 24, 2008, 08:03:15 PM
What I'm finding out is that to pay ten dollars a month for most people to have a website would be one thing but these websites you can't do much with.  I've tried to get mine going but it's difficult and people under me ask me how to do them.  I can't tell them because it's confusing and you don't get much room to really put anything in a site.  So it's hard to sell domain names and hosting when it's so complicated.  I haven't even used mine.  I made my own site after going out and getting another domain name from another company.

When I tried to do their site, it doesn't let me put things where I want them, and you can only put in so many sentences so it wouldn't let me put in what I wanted.  Is anyone else having problems doing this.  I can't even get my domain to go in front page to make a site from scratch so how does anyone use their domain names to make a website.   I guess that's why I have problems getting people to do this because they can see I'm not using my own domain or website. 

I've also noticed that we can't put in a website address and wondered why this was.  On every other forum I've ever been on, we're allowed to post our website addresses and email addresses so wondered why on this one we're only allowed to say certain things.   Thanks for any answers....shirley


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Keith Johnson on July 26, 2008, 05:27:58 AM
I'm new, great advice.

        Keith


Title: Re: Best One Line Closer
Post by: SWilkerson on July 26, 2008, 05:27:59 AM
WHY DO WE HAVE TO CLOSE PEOPLE? i'M LETTING MY GDI CLOSE ITSELF. IF SOMEBODY IS LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY, THEY SHOULD FIND GDI TO BE THE BEST IN TODAYS WORLD. HAVE YOU TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE PRODUCTS? TRY SENDING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN YOUR TOWN A FLYER OR BUSINESS CARD PROMOTING A WEBSITE AND DOMAIN NAME. TRY TO PICK THOSE THAT DON'T YET HAVE THESE PRODUCTS. FOR EXAMPLE:

DO YOU HAVE AN INTERNET ADDRESS FOR LIFE?
GET YOUR BUSINESS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB! IT'S
THE NEW NORM OF TODAYS BUSINESS SO COME GROW
YOUR BUSINESS NOW WITH THE BEST DEAL EVER!
GET A WEBSITE
A DOMAIN NAME OF YOUR CHOICE
HOSTING INCLUDED
www.your url.ws
 


Title: Keys to success in your business
Post by: H_Martell on July 26, 2008, 07:06:46 AM

Hello everyone in GDI,

I wanted to share with you some keys to running a successful business which doesn't cost anything except your time and planning.

1. When your first in business do you remember the excitement you had the first 72 hours?
 Well bottle that up and provide that type of excitement each time you talk to a prospect.
2. Don't sell the opportunity first add value to the prospect get to know them the first time and their wants and needs.
3. Its not about who we know its about who are team knows.
4. Qualify people for your time provide them something in return and educational newsletter and provide some information about what you do.
5. Offer tools and proven techniques which could fit into your prospects agenda.
6. Be open listen to what the prospect has to say and make sure to repeat back.

The key to having a successful home business is to show people you truly care and are willing to work with them if there is a fit.

Not everyone can have a home business and I commend you on choosing GDI.



Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Mary luz Solano torres on July 28, 2008, 02:22:20 PM
hi every one
i must tell you when i start the business it was very nice i enrolled more then 30 people by my self
but
nothing much happen
then i realize that i just have to support my team
as i did it using some techniques since then the business got explode of traffic and movements and of course MONEY
share your best and help your friend and a big KISS ( Keep It Simple Stupid) that the thing don't think its hard just think how to help your network
all the best
Ido & Maryluz


Title: If YOU were your prospect, what would YOU want?
Post by: H_Martell on July 31, 2008, 03:38:05 AM
If YOU were your prospect, what would YOU want?
I know what I’d want.


1. When you talked with me, I’d want you to LISTEN first and foremost,
to find out what I really want. I’d need to feel you and I were simpatico.
This is where you must kick butt. Start your relationship-building immediately.
TELL me what you’re doing and WHY you’re doing it, and let me know that part
of your system is to help me build those key relationships.
I want to believe you consider MY success crucial to your life.
Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player ever. A big part of that was,
he just plain WANTED to win more than the other guys.
You ever watch Jordan the last few minutes of a close game – ANY clclose
game? He CHANGED!! He’d psyche himself into a zone where he couldvirtually do no wrong. He had total disdain for whomever he was playing.
He didn’t just want to beat them. He wanted to EMBARRASS them!
He’d focus on his skills and become a human winning machine.
YOU need the same focus when you talk to your prospect. The ONLY thing that
matters is what your prospect thinks, wants, wishes for, desires and needs.
If I’m your prospect, YOUR entire universe better revolve around me when we
talk. What YOU want doesn’t even exist, as far as I’m concerned. And it shouldn’t
exist for you, either … not when you’re talking to me.
THEN you and I will have an identical viewpoint!


2. I would want you to make a very clear, short, compelling case –
based on what I’ve told you – as to why YOUR opportunity is better for
me than all the competition.
I’d expect you to be able to answer every marketing question I have.
Don’t tap dance around what you don’t know. Know your company resources
well enough to get me to the exact right source (hotlines, web pages, brochures,
etc.) to answer any questions you can’t answer.


3. I would want a simple marketing system that’s inviting, informative,
non-threatening, educational, & fun.
The more complex it is, the less chance I’ll be able to execute. You are in a cutthroat
contest for my time and attention. One of your key weapons in this battle
is simplicity. Making the complex clear is hard work. Few people do it well.
If you can give me all the information I need, clear & organized so I can make a
quick choice, your chances skyrocket.
Plus – it helps YOU work smarter.
A System That Works
Again … you need to do lead generation, prospect follow-up, sponsoring and
training. If you can do them all with one system, so much the better. If your
company or group does not provide systems to accomplish these actions, you
will absolutely have to set them up yourself. It’s a lot easier to go someplace
where they’re already established.
You can have a lead generation system that brings ONLY
the most qualified people into your group. Then I’ll train
them FREE, 5 nights a week, to build relationships and become
Top Sponsors who will build YOU a lifetime residual
income!
How does this work?


1. Get visitors to your website (see step 2 for your website).
There are a ton of ways to get visitors to your site. If you can’t spend money on
traffic generation, that’s OK. Many effective traffic generation methods are free.
And even if you can afford to buy all the traffic you’ll ever need, many of your
reps won’t be able to. So you are best to start NOW learning how to generate
traffic at zero or very low cost. There’s a good tutorial, listing several traffic generators,
giving you exact steps to get started.


Title: How To Evaluate A Home Based Busines Opportunity (Part 1)
Post by: H_Martell on August 03, 2008, 01:38:15 AM
A lot of people ask "what is it that I should look for in a network marketing company?". It's a question a lot of new comers ask because of many reasons, skeptical, tricked/scammed in other deals, curious, looking for the right company etc...

When I was approached with an opportunity when I was 18yrs old I was skeptical, scared and also curious. After being around in the industry here are some things I learned to look for when choosing an MLM Program that may be helpful for you.

When trying to evaluate which Network Marketing or MLM Program you should join, you need to look at several universal factors:

1) How Long Have they been in Business?

2)How Good are the Companies Products?

3) Are They Certified by the Better Business Bureau?

4) How Competent is your Upline/Coach to Properly Train You?

5) Is the Company You want to Join currently having any Legal Issues?

6) Do they allow On-Line Advertising?

7) Is the vechile going to get you to where you want to go in life?

8) Do they offer Yearly Conventions, Training Calls or Special Training Events?

9) Can you contact the Owners OR top producers in the program.

10) How much effort (work) will you put fourth in YOUR business?

There are hundreds of great, honest MLM and Network Marketing companies out there to promote that will be happy to pay you a residual income check for the rest of your life for work you put in today.

The only real problem when researching the appropriate Network Marketing or MLM for you in the end boils down to HOW YOU FEEL.

For example, some women can easily make thousands a month in Avon, but a young single male just starting in MLM and Network Marketing might prefer a Health & Wellness company.

Bottom line!!! When you join the Network Marketing or MLM company of YOUR CHOICE that you follow basic Due Diligence rules to make sure that the MLM or Network Marketing company you join is financially sound, offers great support, offers great products and will be there to train you when you're ready.

Your Partner In Success,



Title: Training Yourself For Success In Network Marketing
Post by: H_Martell on August 03, 2008, 02:40:01 AM
As Denis Waitley puts it, we are all born winners and then trained to fail. If you want to break that chain, you'll need to train yourself for success. Why would you want to do this instead of staying in your nice cozy comfort zone? How about, more money, better relationships, more friendships, better health, more fun! Here are the steps you'll need to take to train yourself for success:

1. Prepare Your Mind for Success - your mind is like a garden. You can either grow beautiful flowers or weeds. Either will grow just fine. If you prepare your mind, plant good seed, fertilize and water, weed your garden regularly, and then harvest at the right time. Whatever goes into your mind will dictate what comes back out.

An old biblical principle that has been used in the business world for years is, as a man thinketh, so is he. What this means is that you will become what you think about most. If you think you are fat, you will get fatter in order to fulfill the picture in your mind. If you see yourself as a financial failure, you're mind will continue to recreate that picture in your life.

So, what you are going to need to do first is to quit putting garbage into your mind - newspapers, radio, television, trashy books and movies, etc. You're mind stores it all and it affects your ability to succeed.
Instead start putting good stuff in - motivational and inspirational books and tapes, classes at the local community college, seminars, teleconferences, bible studies, church, etc. If you put good stuff in, you'll get good thoughts back out.

Next, you need to change your mental picture. Take a piece of paper and describe in detail your perfect life. When you are finished, read the description out loud and picture it in your mind. Feel the emotions of excitement, fulfillment, accomplishment, and so on. Now, when you start each new day, read your life description, so that your mind can work that day to move you closer to fulfillment of that mental picture. Take a little time each day to close your eyes and visualize your perfect life. By doing this you make it reality in your mind. It has been proven through many scientific studies that the mind cannot tell the difference between reality and a vivid mental picture.

By preparing your mind for success, you are about 90% there. As, Napoleon Hill wrote in his epic bestseller, Think and Grow Rich, "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." A properly prepared mind will enable you to focus on your business, family, health, spiritual life, with incredible clarity. You'll be amazed at what happens.

2. Prepare Your Body for Success - success takes time, energy, and brainpower. It's not going to be possible if you are tired and worn down. Make sure that you are eating a healthy diet, exercising daily, and taking good nutritional products. It's time to develop a lean, mean fat burning success machine, so that you can live a long and productive life.

3. Prepare Your Business for Success - make sure that you have received the training that you need in order to succeed. Know what to say or ask in order to get someone interested in your business. Be capable of handling the basic objections - network marketing, time, money, sales, etc. Learn how to answer common questions about your company, the products or services, compensation plan, getting started, etc. You should have in place a system that generates leads on a weekly basis. Develop a list of at least 100 people you know and be contacting them regularly via phone, mail, e-mail, fax, and in-person. Arrange to do a 3-way call with both your upline and downline. Learn how to train a new downline distributor. Discover the differences between a legal network marketing (or
multi-level) company and an illegal pyramid. Develop a strong enough belief system in your company and it's products or services that people who say negative things about your business, won't bother you. Learn to give a presentation to one person or a large group.
If you don’t know can't do these things, you need to immediately contact your upline leaders and have them coach you.

Next, you need to have the tools necessary to succeed. You will need a telephone with a flash key, 3-way calling and call waiting on the phone, if you have a family (particularly teenagers) you should have a separate line put in for your business, voice mail or answering machine, company voice mail (if available), Internet access, company literature and marketing materials. If you are part-time (under 20 hours a week), you should have enough supplies on hand to hand-out or mail at least 20 new information packets per month. Keep a small portable filing system in your car, filled with marketing materials; so that when you encounter a great prospect, you'll have what you need.

Every day treat your business like it was a multi-million dollar company. Set up a work schedule at the beginning of each week and stick to it every day. Consistency is one of the major keys to success in network marketing. Treat your business like a BIG BUSINESS and it will eventually pay you like a big business. Treat it like a hobby and it will pay you like a hobby. It's your choice.

Work through fear. When you run up against fear - making those initial contacts, follow-up calls, and public presentations - run through the fear. As Nike says, Just Do It! and the fear will go away. The more you do what you fear, the more fearless you become. Soon, nothing will get the way of your success.

Prepare, Prepare, Prepare - your mind, body, and business. The better you prepare, the greater the success. The quicker you get started with the preparation and resulting action, the quicker you will start seeing the success you seek - checks, bigger checks, pin levels, awards, and rewards.



Title: 50 Ways To Make More Money In Network Marketing
Post by: H_Martell on August 06, 2008, 09:00:04 PM
1. Use your products regularly.

2. Make a total commitment to your program for at least one year.

3. Sell yourself first, then the products and the marketing plan.

4. Spend 90% of your business time with distributors, customers

and prospects.

5. Present your products and marketing plan personally to at

least one person daily.

6. Let everyone know what business you are in. Advertise.

7. Make "understanding people" more important that product

knowledge.

8. Duplicate yourself by making distributors independent of you.

9. Motivate your group monthly by offering money, travel,

recognition and other rewards for specific achievements.

10. Praise your distributor's accomplishments.

11. Mingle with top distributors and ask how they made it.

12. Be persistent - only one out of every 20 people you approach

may get serious about the business or be interested in your

products.

13. Lead by example. Never stop recruiting, training and retailing.

14. Keep it simple: do things others can easily duplicate and copy.

15. Keep in touch - communicate by newsletter, meetings, weekly

calls, postcards, voice mail - pass on pertinent information

immediately.

16. Conduct simple, brief, dramatic presentations.

17. Listen 80% of the time, talk 20%.

18. Satisfy all complaints immediately.

19. Concentrate on what you can do for your distributors and

customers, not on your own profits.

20. Ask for referrals from your best customers.

21. Give customers more than they expect. Everyone loves a free

gift.

22. Develop at least 30 retail and/or wholesale customers.

23. Provide one-day delivery service.

24. Believe in your products so much that you know every person

you talk to is going to buy from you.

25. Tell your customers how much you appreciate their business.

26. Don't accept "no" as a final answer - approach each prospect

at least 12 times a year with new information.

27. Send customers monthly promotional information. Don't your

forget your customers and don't let your customers forget you!

28. Speak enthusiastically about your business and products.

29. Work on top priority projects that produce the highest returns.

30. Build your list of contacts daily while you build your

reputation.

31. Approach former top producers. They are always open.

32. Fit the needs of a prospect with the benefits of your products

and/or business opportunity.

33. Organize your files so you can locate any piece of information

in 30 seconds.

34. Use an answering machine or service, and return all calls within

24 hours. Use a cellular phone for best service.

35. Set daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals - and do whatever

is necessary to achieve them.

36. Do not pass negative rumors downline! Check the facts yourself.

37. Listen to cassette rapes on multi-level tips from top earners.

38. Subscribe to multi-level magazines. Read self-help books.

39. Expand your distributorship world-wide. Think big!

40. Tell others what they are interested in knowing, not what you

think they should hear.

41. Spend money on things that will make you more money.

42. Schedule important tasks at the time of day when you are your

best.

43. Delegate - do those things only you can do.

44. Read biographies of successful people to be inspired by their

lives.

45. Present business opportunities and training regularly.

46. Plow your profits back into building your business.

47. Know that if others can do it, so can you. Challenge yourself.

48. Give yourself a reward for reaching your goal and a penalty for

falling short.

49. Have so much fun in your business that others want to join you.

50. Do it now!

 

See you at the top

Howie Martell


Title: Conducting interviews with your upline!
Post by: H_Martell on August 08, 2008, 03:11:44 AM
What I'd like to ask everyone is, "What specific questions do you think would be best for this type of interview?"

My outline so far is:

1. Introduction

2. Tell me a little about your background

3. So, tell me...how did you end up joining this company?

4. What specific techniques and tools have you found to be the most effective in growing your business?

5. What specific support and additional training do you offer to those in your downline?

6. What are the biggest mistakes that you see new distributors doing?


So that's what I have so far. My main concern is that my sponsor, who is actually a 6 figure earner, did not build his business through the attraction marketing model.

So, if anyone has insight on what other questions I should ask or how to address old school business building advice that may come about in the interviews, I would definitely appreciate it!
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Title: MLM Strategy: The Other Reason Not To Recruit Friends & Family
Post by: H_Martell on August 08, 2008, 04:27:53 AM
Almost everybody in MLM knows the feeling of being avoided and/or rejected by friends & family. When you recruit friends and family, three things can happen … and two of them are bad:

1. They are successful in your business and your relationship strengthens.

2. They reject your idea and don’t want to join your business, and they’re annoyed at you for what they might see as trying to take advantage of them. This leads to tension at future family gatherings.

3. They do join you, and they fail. Result? See #2 above.

And then there’s another problem that often comes up. When you share your dream with people you care about, they often are sizing you up based on past experience. They’ve known you a long time. Maybe they’re jealous. Maybe your past success annoys them. Maybe your past failure helps them feel superior to you. Maybe they really don’t want to see you be successful.

Total strangers, on the other hand, have no bias. It’s a new relationship, and they often become your biggest fans. Unlike friends & family, their impression isn’t formed by what they know about you (or think they know).

None of us is perfect. We all have weaknesses. The idea is to succeed despite your limitations … and along the way, work at eliminating those weaknesses. To succeed, you will need others to follow your lead. It may well be easier for people who don’t know you to believe in you than it is for people who do know you.

And for sure, you don’t want to put yourself in a situation where you’re trying to lead people who’ve already decided they don’t believe in you.

Just one more reason why - for most people - it’s best to avoid recruiting friends and family until you already have built a successful business. THEN, if their perceptions of you are positive, invite them into your business


Title: Re: MLM Strategy: The Other Reason Not To Recruit Friends & Family
Post by: Gordon Milton on August 09, 2008, 01:49:48 PM


Total strangers, on the other hand, have no bias. It’s a new relationship, and they often become your biggest fans. Unlike friends & family, their impression isn’t formed by what they know about you (or think they know).



But strangers have no reason to trust you, either. You have to build a
relationship first and that can take weeks, months, even years. Especially on
the internet.

What supports this is that 71% of customers do their research on-line and
then go to their local store to make the purchase.

My daughters have just offered to fund a new laptop for my birthday. What
have I done? I've researched suitable laptops on the internet and I shall be
calling at the local store to make my purchase.

Why? Because I know the stores in my area and I trust them more than
those that "direct-response" (mail-order) market on the internet.

That's why many of the very successful network marketers say that "cold
marketing" should only be used as a supplement to "warm market"; never
the other way around.

Cheers,

Gordon


Title: Re: 50 Ways To Make More Money In Network Marketing
Post by: P_Gringel on August 09, 2008, 06:18:55 PM
Hello there Howie  what's wrong with this entry? LOL perhaps you had better change it ? :-*( 37. Listen to cassette rapes on multi-level tips from top earners. )




Title: a very brief introduction to keyword research and how it relates to Internet
Post by: H_Martell on August 10, 2008, 06:57:02 AM
his is a very brief introduction to keyword research and how it relates to Internet marketing.

First a couple of concepts that are important…

What is a “market”?

    * A segment of the population that have a common need or desire.
    * … That have the wherewithal to buy.
    * … Are motivated to acquire a commodity or service that meets their need or desire.

Often people like to define segments in terms of niches. A niche is effectively a segment of a market. For example:

    * Market: People interested in earning extra money
    * Mega Niche: People interested in a home business
    * Niche: People interested in network marketing
    * Micro Niche: People interested in GDI

The premise is, on the Internet, market and keyword research are synonymous.

This is because on the Internet, people with common need or desire, can be defined by the keywords that are commonly and regularly used by people within that market.

What’s so wonderful about the Internet is that you can actually target people that have a specific need by focusing on the keywords that they tend to enter to find that need. In the offline world, it is much harder to target a specific market and may have to look at specific things like buying habits, salary, age, or location.

Not all keywords are equal though. Some keywords have a lot more traffic than others, or they may have more competing web pages. With the keyword “home business,” there are millions of pages online about it while for “global domains international,” there are much fewer pages.

As an Internet marketer, you are interested in finding keywords that have a commercial value. If you have a group people with common need or desire and they are looking to buy something, probably they are going to use certain keywords. That’s going to be an indication about what they are interested in buying.

Some people who search for free content and use the word “free” as a modifier in their keyword search may be less interested to buy something.

Your goal is to find the keywords that are used by a large enough group of people who are willing to buy a product – that relates to the keywords / market being searched for – and for which there is an acceptable level of web page competition.

In the past, the process to find keywords with sufficient traffic and appropriate competing pages was more like a hit-and-miss affair. It was also definitely a manual process. You had to go and do a lot of manual searches to find it.

Now, there is a tool called Market Samurai that lets you easily do this kind of assessment, drilling down to find those keywords. If you are wanting to do social marketing, pay per click, or search engine optimization (SEO), Market Samurai opens the possibilities which literally have never ever been available before.

Practically in minutes, you can preform complex data analysis, needed for market research, and discover what keyword phrases have good market potential. I researched dozens of phrases I wanted to target and was able to easily prioritize them in order of traffic, profit potential and competitiveness.


Title: Low cost Prospecting Stragtegies
Post by: H_Martell on August 10, 2008, 08:46:03 AM
No/Low Cost Recruiting Strategies

 

To begin Prospecting, you need to have people to talk to.

 

There are many ways to find prospects and your choice of "how" you find them depends on your budget, skill set, and motivation. In this article, I want to cover some low cost ways to find leads. People who get into your business don't always have a lot of money to advertise their business or to buy leads... and they can still be successful. Use creativity, use free tools, and begin to think outside the box.

You can Exchange Capital Equity for Sweat Equity and still be successful.

It may take a little longer but that is OK. You have to start somewhere. Once you start making money you can start advertising.

When you don't have a lot of money to buy leads... go after the people you already know - CLICK HERE

When you don't have a lot of money... go after people who do - CLICK HERE

When you don't have a lot of money... USE FREE TOOLS



A Simple System for building your business

   1. Get some business cards, Hot Cards, and brochures. If you have a favorite local printer then have them create a card for you. It doesn't matter where you order....just order some.

      Important: Use your personal domain name on all information. One website, one simple system.

   2. Gather all the mailing addresses and email addresses of people you know the people in your "Warm Market." These are family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and people you've had personal contact with. Build a long list of 250 people and get every email address that you can. You might want to store this data in a software program such as ACT! or Goldmine.

      Picture in your mind the ideal prospect for your business:
          * They want to improve themselves in all areas of life, but they don't have the tools.
          * They would love to help their friends improve in all areas of life, but they don't know how.
          * They are already plugged into the Internet.
          * They love the idea of being financially rewarded for simply helping others.

      How many people do you know who qualify as a prospect?

      Do not censor yourself in making your list of "warm market" prospects. List everyone who comes to mind. Don't prejudge. Don't eliminate a person because he is too busy or because he doesn't appear to be "the type." Just give people a chance to discover a home business with your help, then allow them to make a decision for themselves. Remember: You never know who your "stars" are going to be. It's exciting to know that your brightest star may be the very next person you enroll.

          * Immediate family
          * Extended family
          * In-laws
          * Neighbors
          * Close friends
          * Co-workers
          * Member of your social groups (PTA, Fraternity, Sorority, Bowling Team, Church, etc.)
          * Professional relationships

      Important: The list should NEVER exceed 250. As a better prospect is thought of or emerges, add them to the list by removing someone you feel is a less fit.

      Here are some more mind joggers...

          * Accountant
          * Landscapers
          * Dentist
          * Gas Station Worker
          * Chemlawn
          * Interior Decorator
          * Mail Delivery
          * Tenants Little
          * League Coaches
          * Barber
          * Daycare Provider
          * Gardener
          * Insurance Provider
          * Loan Officer
          * Pet Groomer
          * Teacher
          * Attorney
          * Contractor
          * Exercise Instructor
          * Hairdresser
          * Librarian
          * Stock Broker
          * Cable Repair
          * Clients
          * Doctors
          * Grocer
          * Landlord
          * Mechanic
          * Sales People
          * Vet

   3. Once you have your list started (don't wait until you have all 250 people on your list), spend 15 minutes per day and mail a business card in an envelope to FIVE people per day. Be sure to hand write the address on the envelope.
          * After you have mailed a business card to everyone on the list (6 to 8 weeks) repeat the 3 step cycle using the HotCards. (Important: use the same list of people.)
          * In 6 to 8 weeks, complete the mailing cycle using a post card.

   4. Important: Keep repeating the cycles of business card, hot card, post card, to the list permanently.
          * If someone that receives information asks you about your business, simply state "This is a very smart thing to do" and refer them to your FOL team website. Do not get in to allot of detail. You want to simply pique their curiosity to visit your website and learn more.
          * Follow up with them by telephone, and if they went to the website and show interest, invite them to the next "live" on-line meeting. Also, answer any questions they may have.



Developing a warm market from your cold market

Focus on finding professionals, business owners, sales people, success oriented people. Look for people who are dissatisfied with where they are at and are HUNGRY for an opportunity. Timing is EVERYTHING. When the timing is right ANYONE can be open.

   1. Get some Business Cards, Hot Cards, and brochures. If you have a favorite local printer then have them create a card for you. It doesn't matter where you order....just order some.

      Important: Use your personal domain name on all information. One website, one simple system.

   2. Begin to gather names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses. Store this data in a software program such as ACT! or Goldmine.

      You are NOT going to send the people on this list an email message about your business. Not yet anyway, because that would be spamming.

      Here are some ideas of where to find names to add to your "cold market'' list:

          * Existing network marketers
          * Network marketing companies
          * Business opportunity seekers
          * Small businesses owners
          * Home business owners
          * Fortune 500 Companies
          * Dot-corn companies
          * Franchise companies
          * Associations
          * Sales organizations
          * Christian market
          * Churches & synagogues
          * Pastors
          * Missionaries
          * Counselors
          * Medical organizations
          * Insurance Agents
          * Real Estate Agents
          * Professional Trainers/Coaches
          * Professional coaches
          * Speakers
          * Executives Professionals
          * Sales people
          * Non-profit or fund-raising organizations
          * Success oriented individuals

   3. Once you have your list started, spend 15 minutes per day and mail a business card in an envelope to FIVE people per day. Be sure to hand write the address on the envelope.
          * After you have mailed a business card to everyone on the list (6 to 8 weeks) repeat the 3 step cycle using the HotCards. (Important: use the same list of people.)
          * In 6 to 8 weeks, complete the mailing cycle using a Post Card or brochure.

   4. Important: Keep repeating the cycles of business card, hot card, post card, to the list permanently.

   5. After you complete one cycle of sending a business card, hot card, and post card you will next call each person in your list asking their permission to send them an important e-mail. Be sure to verify their email address and let them know it is the most powerful financial success tool you have ever seen and you thought they might enjoy it as well.

      If someone asks you about your business, simply state "This is a very smart thing to do" and tell them the email you'll send them will give them more details. Do not get in to allot of detail. You want to simply pique their curiosity to open your email and visit your website to learn more.

   6. Send your prospect a brief email with the link to your FOL team site.

   7. Follow up with them by telephone, and if they went to the website and show interest, invite them to the next "live" on-line meeting. Also, answer any questions they may have.


See you at the top


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Juan Carlos Monsalve on August 11, 2008, 05:35:03 AM
Hello Guys,

I want to share with you what I'm going to do this week.

I'm going to order some business cards (1000) with the appearance of a movie ticket with my web site sending people to the Income for Life movie; I'm going to walk parking lots until my feet hurt and I'm gonna place a movie ticket in every car window. If I get some sign ups this way I will recruit every homeless in town and I'm going to sponsor them and make movie tickets for them to help me cover the whole area. Because as I say "This Home Based Business is so easy even the homeless can do it.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Gordon Milton on August 11, 2008, 02:48:28 PM
Hello Guys,

I want to share with you what I'm going to do this week.

I'm going to order some business cards (1000) with the appearance of a movie ticket with my web site sending people to the Income for Life movie; I'm going to walk parking lots until my feet hurt and I'm gonna place a movie ticket in every car window. If I get some sign ups this way I will recruit every homeless in town and I'm going to sponsor them and make movie tickets for them to help me cover the whole area. Because as I say "This Home Based Business is so easy even the homeless can do it.

Good, and I wish you success.

Keep us posted on how you get on.

Try to tuck the card in between the glass and the seal on the drivers side
window, just above the door handle. That way you will have less of a chance of
making the car driver angry.

Gordon


Title: 10 things I wish knew before starting a home business!
Post by: H_Martell on August 12, 2008, 03:35:12 AM
It will take longer to grow a big business than you think.
Growing a big business is hard work and you must plan to give it at least 5 years. It may happen sooner but you should not get discouraged if it does not.
You should start looking for potential business partners on your first day.
You do not need to have been in the business for a long time or have a lot of knowledge in order to sponsor someone. If you need help your upline and other company leaders are there to support and assist you.
It is crucial to sell yourself before you sell your opportunity.
There are thousands of other distributors selling your opportunity but only one you. You are unique. In order to experience great success, you must focus on selling yourself more than you sell your opportunity.
You don’t need to know everything about your products and opportunity to build a big business. In fact, knowing too much can be your downfall. If you wait until you think you know everything to start recruiting you will have waited too long.
Some will, some won’t next! Everyone will not buy your product or join your opportunity so except this and get over rejection immediately.
No means not now. I have had many people say no and they come back a few months later and say yes. Just because someone says no, does not mean they will not be interested in the future.
Take the time to get to know and network with other network marketers.
If you don’t ask the answer is already no. It cannot hurt you to politely ask anyone you know or meet if they know anyone who may be interested in your products or if they know anyone who is looking to make extra money. You must ask in order to be successful.
You don’t need to make a lot of money for others to view you as successful. In network marketing many people have the perception that it is hard to make $500-$1,000 a month. If you can make just even this amount, you will find that many people will be impressed and view you as a success.
It’s not just about the money. Although yes, there is a lot of money in network marketing, there are also amazing, lasting and life long friendships, as well as fun and learning experiences which can be worth more than just money.

What do you wish you had known about network marketing?


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: LoganW on August 15, 2008, 04:20:49 AM
Marvin,

I totally agree with you! Duplication is the key!

Now, if we can all just get over the fear of.................. the phone!



Title: Re: 10 things I wish knew before starting a home business!
Post by: LoganW on August 17, 2008, 06:06:09 AM
It will take longer to grow a big business than you think.
Growing a big business is hard work and you must plan to give it at least 5 years. It may happen sooner but you should not get discouraged if it does not.
You should start looking for potential business partners on your first day.
You do not need to have been in the business for a long time or have a lot of knowledge in order to sponsor someone. If you need help your upline and other company leaders are there to support and assist you.
It is crucial to sell yourself before you sell your opportunity.
There are thousands of other distributors selling your opportunity but only one you. You are unique. In order to experience great success, you must focus on selling yourself more than you sell your opportunity.
You don’t need to know everything about your products and opportunity to build a big business. In fact, knowing too much can be your downfall. If you wait until you think you know everything to start recruiting you will have waited too long.
Some will, some won’t next! Everyone will not buy your product or join your opportunity so except this and get over rejection immediately.
No means not now. I have had many people say no and they come back a few months later and say yes. Just because someone says no, does not mean they will not be interested in the future.
Take the time to get to know and network with other network marketers.
If you don’t ask the answer is already no. It cannot hurt you to politely ask anyone you know or meet if they know anyone who may be interested in your products or if they know anyone who is looking to make extra money. You must ask in order to be successful.
You don’t need to make a lot of money for others to view you as successful. In network marketing many people have the perception that it is hard to make $500-$1,000 a month. If you can make just even this amount, you will find that many people will be impressed and view you as a success.
It’s not just about the money. Although yes, there is a lot of money in network marketing, there are also amazing, lasting and life long friendships, as well as fun and learning experiences which can be worth more than just money.

What do you wish you had known about network marketing?

Howard, You rock buddy!

All this was taught to me when I was in training for selling cars a long time ago! This is exactly what networking is all about!

Fear is your enemy! It leads to the "Dark-Side" ...who want's to be in the dark? Not me! Get over your fears and go toward the light!

Thanks Howard!


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: LoganW on August 18, 2008, 09:17:23 AM
I know I've come up with a bunch of ads lately, a few are listed elsewhere in the forum. I just though it would be a good idea to have a thred of just ads,banners,logos or whatever kind of ideas we can all come up with to help each other.

Here's a banner I created for the tag line: Got Dot? Why Not? IT PAYS!!!


Here it is:

(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk203/jlw1197/gotdot_j.jpg)


Title: Re: Share your banners/logos and Ads here!
Post by: LoganW on August 19, 2008, 02:27:03 PM
I know I've come up with a bunch of ads lately, a few are listed elsewhere in the forum. I just though it would be a good idea to have a thred of just ads,banners,logos or whatever kind of ideas we can all come up with to help each other.

I'll post some adds again soon. sorry we lost them, I closed the site down and forgot the pictures were over here!
I'll load them up on photobucket to make sure i don't loose them this time!


Title: Principle of Internet Marketing
Post by: H_Martell on August 20, 2008, 12:07:05 AM



How many good uplines did you met for your Internet Marketing career? Some, any, not at all? How much you were complaining about that? A lot, sometime, never? Of course upline can be no help whatsoever, and you just might consider yourself lucky in this case, because upline can also destroy you physically and mentally, even more- it can prevent your success. It’s just like your old boss from “regular” job, who you hate so much. Remember? Is it not the one of the reasons you are made a decision to be without any? But wait, don’t leave yet; I have news for you. You still will have a boss, and much more important, it’s name is Mr. ItsMajestyMarketing. It is your new Boss and Master; so, don’t worry about upline, and start studying Marketing.
 
Now, not to be next guru here, but just to share experience. I was in offline, corporate business for over 10 years, before I decide to try myself in Internet Marketing. I love Marketing, because Marketing brings customers (or partners), customers bring sales, sales bring profit. Here it is, the key word of any business, the purpose of starting any company – to create wealth. And Marketing is the wheel of any business, because there are no customers without marketing, no customers no sales, no sales no profit. Yes, the same circle, only visa versa. Big, unpleasant NO profit on the end. However, the good news (at list for me) is that offline and online marketing are very similar. I formulated for myself to remember, and fallow, three basic principals of marketing.
 
Principle number one: Nothing happens until you make a sale!
 
Everything starts with sale! Thus, we need customers. But great customers do not just appear: they are made! This is universal principle. Applying it to Internet Marketing you have to remember – we are in intellectual distribution business! Intellectual distribution is educating your customers how your product or/and services can help, and improve their life, product, or/and services. Intellectual distribution is discovering for your customers something they need, but did not know before of it’s existence. This is a crucial principle, and saying ”customers” I mean your leads, and potential partners as well.
 
Principle number two: A deal is only good when it is good for both parties.
 
Pretty much obvious: sales have to be profitable for you, and meet, or better yet exceed expectations of customers, because you want repeating sales. Even if you are selling some system, and each customer will purchase only one product, you want his/her referrals!! And remember, whatever you will tell your prospect, he will have only one question circling in his mind: what’s in it for me? That is a principle inside of the principle. Just like you knew upfront what’s in it for you. That is a point of your thoughts before you even start selling process.
 
Principle number three: Grow your business geometrically!
 
What do I mean? Geometric growth comes from four angels: from existing customers, from new customers, from existing products, and from new products. Sell existing product to existing customers; sell existing products to new customers; sell new product to existing customers; sell new product to new customers. Oh, yes, it means you have to create and/or ad something new constantly, or they – existing/new – will not be happy. And you want repeating sales, and referrals! You want them happy!
 
This is your new job description under your new boss. You thought you can relax, when you discharged your old one? Sorry, there is no such a thing. And this is why it has to be your only dream - that “own” business (synonym- headache for 99.9% of people), before you jump into it. It’s like having a baby: once you got it – you do not belong to yourself anymore.
 
Are you still here? Here is a bonus for your patience. Do not get scared by those principles, you knew all of them very well for long time, you just forgot about it. Remember when you were a kid. What was your favorite ice -cream? Chocolate? What was your strategy to get it? Angel face, or tears? Was your mom buying it for you? Of course she did! Was it a good deal for both of you? Of course it was! Did you try the same trick on your older sister? Oh, yes you did! Did it work? Sometimes! Just like Internet! How many ice creams did you eat for your life? A lot? Congratulations! You were born to be a Marketer!
 


   
      


Title: Re: Principle of Internet Marketing
Post by: Ioannis Z on August 20, 2008, 08:01:21 PM
Nice words H_Martell.
I am new to the system and any information is valuable for me. I'm not harry up
... time will seem worthy!!!


Title: How to Pick a Mentor for Your MLM Business!
Post by: H_Martell on August 23, 2008, 11:50:32 AM
If you truly want to be successful in your MLM business, you need to find a mentor. If you think you can do the MLM world on your own, you have a unreal view of how it works. All successful people in MLM started with a mentor to guide them.
Drawing from the experiences of a MLM mentor will help you to launch your MLM career in the right direction and avoid pitfalls which you will encounter.

1. You Need to Seek Out an Experienced Mentor: By finding an successful and experienced mentor is the smart thing to do. Do some background checking and research on the mentor with which you want to align.  Aligning yourself with successful people is smart to do in any facet of MLM. More then success from a monetary sense, make sure they have been successful in producing and mentoring other top producers. If a mentor cannot teach you what has led to their success then how will this help you to work with them? Make sure their systems are duplicable by talking to others they have trained.

2. Find a Mentor Who Has the Same Goals and Interests as Your Own: Michael Notosays it best where he writes: “Since you will be talking with your mentor a good amount, especially early on, while your business is getting off the ground make sure to have some characteristics in common with your mentor. Talking about business non-stop can make any relationship go sour quick. Breaking up the conversations with a little sports or movie talk for instance can lead to a more defined relationship based more on commraderie rather then a student-teacher disconnect. These type interactions will make both of you become more comfortable with presenting business ideas to each other as well, as you will feel generally more comfortable with your conversation.”

3. Make Sure the Mentor has a Vested Interest in Your Success: To me this is the most important factor in any sales mentorship model, and is not exclusive to only Network Marketing. The fact is money motivates people plain and simple. Mentors are much more likely to tell you their “secrets” when they have a stake in your business operation, which might be the most valuable aspect of a vested interest sales relationship.

Your mentor can be a valuable resource and knowledge as you begin your journey as a Network Marketing success story. He can spark ideas in your head that you never even thought of or better yet never had the guts to try.

With all of this said keep in mind one thing. The most critical factor to the success or failure in your Network Marketing business is YOU. Your determination and business savvy will eventually determine whether you sink or swim.


Title: I believe Marketing is the Game...isn't it?
Post by: LoganW on August 23, 2008, 04:36:21 PM
The Greatest Benefit of this industry provides is not the money, the time, or even the friendships,
It's what this industry can make of you..,It's the The Person YOU Become!

We all come to the table with the same tools, marketing materials, and systems. You and the strengths you bring to the table are the only unknown factor in the equation.

Choosing the right company with the right product, and with the right marketing system can help you reach your goal faster just as a sharp axe will out perform a dull one. but it will not determine your end result!

My business took off once I decided to just simply"help others". even if I didn't know everything. I was going to try and help as many people as I could. I stopped worrying about the marketing plan, the presentation, and all of that junk and I think this is the key for most people who are 'stuck'...they are focusing on things like tools, websites, and compensation plans too much. always looking for something outside themselves that will bring success.

But the desire to help people wasn't enough in and of it self.I had to learn how to market so I could get that message and that energy into the marketplace.

Intentions are useless without the ability to execute them.


This business allows us to change and inspire thousands of people around the world. YOur actions today will start an enormous chain reaction of events that will travel the globe for years, and you will never be able to see or comprehend the inpact you will have on generations of  people.

About eight years ago, a conversation with a man who became my first sponsor in this industry set a series of events in motion that afternoon which have completely influenced and changed every major decidion of my life since.

Think about that....

One stranger and a simple phone call set my entire life down a certian path.


Title: Re: I believe Marketing is the Game...isn't it?
Post by: gdi on August 23, 2008, 04:37:24 PM
YES, Logan!

Great Post,

Chip
Admin


Title: What? What Do You Mean Network Marketers Need an Advertising Budget?
Post by: H_Martell on August 28, 2008, 05:40:28 PM

It never ceases to amaze me the number of network marketers who think so small that they don't need to spend money to make money.

It's okay if you want to build your network marketing business on a budget. There are a lot of great ways to do it. You can use craigslist, traffic exchanges, blogs, social networking... but the free methods will only get you so far.

If you want to get serious results in your business and generate a hundred leads or more per week, sooner or later you're going to have spend some money.

Let me tell you, I spend $500 per month (sometimes more) on advertising, marketing, buying products... to double my money. If you know what you're doing, spending $500 to make $1,000 (clearing $500 profit) is a pretty good return on investment if you ask me.

If you ask anyone that runs a traditional business if they have 100% or more ROI every month they probably say no way, "I wish!" Here in lies the problem with MLM, it's too cheap and most newbies are so afraid to lose money on a bad marketing campaign, they quake in their boots about spending money on the product itself, much less advertising and marketing it. This is why it pays to work with experienced marketers who know how to advertise.

Here is the other side of the coin to think about. This is the power and the reason of why network marketing is pure business genius.

Imagine you have 25 to 30 others in your downline (building YOUR business) who are also big thinkers and spend $500 to $1,000 on their marketing. This grows their business and yours. How many traditional business owners do you know that can say they have other people paying to advertise for their business...? My guess is NONE!

This is why I simply won't waste time with whiners who worry about spending a few bucks on marketing because they "can't afford it". Instead of using that as an excuse, use it as reason. My reason for spending money on growing my business was because I couldn't afford the lifestyle that I wanted. The words "I can't" got buried in my back yard.

Start saying I can, I can, I can... your subconscious mind doesn't know the difference between the truth and a lie.

If you know that every time you invest money in yourself and in growing your business, you're investing in growing your income. Not to mention the kind of freedom and lifestyle that a successful business can provide you.

Now if you're just getting started in network marketing then you may not realize it IS a BUSINESS and it does take money to make money, unless you can talk to a lot of people in your warm market.  The sacrifice there is that it takes a lot more time, gumption, and energy to work your warm market successfully. This is why I do both warm marketing and internet lead generation.

When building your business becomes your lifestyle then you simply don't sweat the small stuff anymore.

If you're really struggling financially I understand. Feeding your family comes first, but what would you be willing to do for success? Are you willing to invest a lot of time and energy talking to people in your warm market to start making money without spending any? If so, then be like nike and "just do it".

If you'd rather sacrifice money to save time and energy so you can focus on attracting more quality prospects, then spend the money. Be sure to track what ads work and which ads don't, so you don't waste money on a bad ad campaign more than once. It will happen, but when you track what works you can just rinse and repeat.

The next time you think you can't afford it, ask yourself... "when will I EVER be able to afford it?"

The answer to this is simple, when you know how much your willing to sacrifice, be it money or time, to get your business going. Be very clear on why you want to have a successful business in the first place.

What kind of freedom and lifestyle will your business bring you and your family?

Imagine very clearly the image of what that looks like in your mind. Think about that night and day with such a burning desire, that the sacrifices you make to get there don't seem like sacrifices at all.

To your success.

Howard Martell


Title: How by listening you to can generate the right type of leaders in your business
Post by: H_Martell on August 30, 2008, 03:50:53 PM
When you generate prospects online it's important (especially in network marketing) to call your prospects. We are still in a high touch business and buiding relationships in person or on the phone is very important.

Is it possible to build a downline without "Calling a Single Lead"? Yes, but without personal relationship building within your downline you will experience massive attrition.

I know this from experience because I have recruited many people in the past who would have quit two to three months earlier but didn't simply because I was their sponsor. I encouraged people to try a little harder and stay a little longer. It bought me some time but eventually they dropped out.

Today, I have increased the value in myself, which has increased the value in my team and as a result my attrition has gone down.

There was one skill that has helped me time and time again. I say skill because it took me some time to learn. It wasn't easy to do, even though it sounded easy, but it was highly effective.

When I was on the phone talking with my prospects I had to learn to LISTEN more than I talked.

This was hard for me to do at first because I was nervous, and psychologically I felt that if I kept talking I would be in control of the conversation and would not get caught off guard and have to answer objections.

What happened was just the opposite. I would bombard my prospects with too much information at one time. I would try to CONVINCE people why they should do business with me.

I would also get caught off guard by answering objection after objection. After facing massive rejection I finally learned that I wasn't in control, it was my prospect.

Do you think I recruited like crazy?

Heck No... I couldn't even recruit enough people to recoup my costs.The magic started happening when I began to listen more. Do you know what happens when you listen to people? They feel valued. They don't feel like they are being sold.

It also put's you in control and allows you to direct the conversation. The best way to learn to do this is just jot down a few key questions that you want to ask your prospects and then fill in the gaps.

Just be yourself and don't read from a script, just have a guideline of questions to follow. Remember you are not convincing your prospect to do anything, you are just consulting and sorting.

You only want to do business with people who are a right fit for your business. When you begin listening more you are in a perfect posistion to share with your prospects how YOU can help them. People love to be helped and valued. Can you see how you can recruit like crazy if you master this one skill?

Phone prospecting is not about selling, it's about listening.

So my advice to you my friend if you are on the phone and you feel like you are losing your prospect is to STOP, ask a key question and list


Title: What do you actually WANT from MLM?
Post by: H_Martell on September 01, 2008, 06:05:49 AM
I think there must be a "Magpie" MLM'er in me somewhere....  I used always to be looking for the biggest, brightest, best opportunity, and on occasions I would fall for the lines about how THIS opportunity would lead to mega-bucks and THAT opportunity would cure all ills, or make me a Millionaire.

NO, I'm NOT a Millionaire (YET! - but let's be positive!) and I have to work hard at my "day job" as well as my new Business to make things work for me. But then I guess the hard truth in MLM is that most people fall into the worker bee category rather than the queen bee, for most of the time and certainly to start with. If you don't work in MLM - as with any other business -  you are not going to be successful.  Simple as that. No-one said they would hand it all to you on a silver platter, did they? That you could sit back and just watch the money roll in (oh, and if they did, check out whether they had a long wooden nose and answered to the name Pinnochio?)

One of our Betternetworker colleagues (Rod) has written a great article "Greener Pastures" on a similar topic, and I definitely agree with Rod on this. As well as looking for greener pastures (which is why sometimes people leave one MLM opportunity for another) I believe we can also manifest what I call the Magpie mentality which compels us to look round for the shiniest, brightest, newest, latest, best etc. We are all looking for the "ONE":  That special MLM opportunity will make our lives worthwhile, helps support our families best, pays out the most money from the simplest plan, etc

We are all searching for something but often we don't actually know what "that something" is. What a waste of time and energy! The time to decide what you WANT from your MLM (or indeed any business) opportunity is BEFORE you embark upon it - not midway through. If you don't know what it is that you WANT from your business, how will you know if you have achieved it. I'm not even talking about the business goals here - we can cover that another time - I'm talking about your basic criteria. What makes you choose ONE opportunity over another?

If you don't decide upon that criteria before you start - if you leave it until you have already worked your socks off for a particular MLM business that you thought would make you lots of money but you really didn't understand (or worse still, didn't even like!) then you will become disillusioned with that particular business and drop out of the programme. Sadly after you have already put in some time, effort and money. So instead of looking for that "elusive something", and keep flitting from one opportunity to the next because the current one is disappointing or doesn't fulfil our criteria (criteria that we did not set at the beginning, I hasten to add) we should get back to basics and set a criteria for what we want.

I have finally come back into MLM but NOT this time because I actively sought a new MLM opportunity. In fact, after some very limited success (and with quite of lot of unrewarded expenditure) on my previous MLM business attempts, I had decided that I didn't ever actually want to be part of MLM again!  But, in the words of Dolly Parton (!) Here I Go Again.

This time however, it is because I thought first about what I want from my business. And I have found a Product that I actually love, will use, and believe in (so I am going to buy the product and enjoy it anyway); the fact that I can now also make a lucrative home-based and internet based business out of Healthy Chocolate is fabulous, but to me is only a by-product of the product itself.

So my advice, for what it's worth? Instead of thinking "MLM - now what can I sign up for?" Think instead: "Which product or service could I relate to - what do I enjoy - what would I feel happy using personally (even if I was never paid for it)?"  When you are doing that, it becomes easy. Think of the products you have purchased for personal use over the years, and then recommended to others simply because you have enjoyed using them or felt that your friends or family would benefit from them too. And of course you were never paid for telling them about that great shampoo which made their hair shine, or that sizzling book which they just could not put down  (nor did  you expect any reward for doing so). People were happy that you shared something good with them.

So seek out the MLM opportunity which most closely fits the personal criteria for you. Something that you like, can tell people about without feeling awkward, preferably something that everyone else will already understand (and don't even try to MLM some great technological device - no matter how exciting it might be - if you don't understand it yourself, and if you are going to have difficulty in explaining what it does, how it works etc to everyone)

If you are happy with what you have chosen, then chances are you will stick with it. If you stick with it, you should succeed.

Here's to your MLM success (whatever product you choose!)


Title: What Is A "System" VS An "Automated System"
Post by: H_Martell on September 05, 2008, 09:24:58 PM
o what is a marketing system? A marketing system is any system manual or not designed to get a new prospect or customer to pay and join your business. Many companies have systems that require you the business owner to prospect, email, follow up, become product experts, copywriting experts, marketing experts, and much more. The system is a step by step process that a prospect must go through in order to make a decision to join. These systems at one time in history was all that was available in order to bring new reps into your business. Before the internet you had no choice but to call everyone you knew and invite them to a home meeting or hotel meeting so that they could start and go through the process of becoming a rep. If they didn't join right away then it was your job to follow up via snail mail with thank you cards, samples, and or phone calls. This method actually worked at that time in history. It worked because it was all there was.

So here we are today in the 21st century and the age of the internet. Today one "Automated Marketing System" can initiate contact, capture information, track every move each person makes, send postcards, create flyers, host conference calls, host webinars, automatically follow up and market for you, send video/audio emails automatically, process orders, educate your prospects on your products, payplans, company history, and leadership. It has compelling product and industry videos. It has built in step by step training for new reps. It has pre-written proven professional ad copy that has been proven to work. It can do almost all of these things automatically without your investment of time. This means while you sleep your business is still working for you. Brilliant!!! You are left with the simple job of following up and sponsoring!

Imagine having to do all of these tasks by hand for each individual prospect. Sending individual personalized emails, videos, postcards, flyers, etc.. How duplicateable is this method of business? Not at all. If you are in a business that doesn't supply you with tools like this what should you do? Quit? No! Just go get your own system that does this for you. For less than 75cents per day you can have a system that does all of these things and much more.


Title: Warm Market vs. Cold Market
Post by: H_Martell on September 07, 2008, 02:05:40 PM
Network marketers constantly stress over whether they should approach their warm market and deal with possible rejection from friends and family or whether they should buy leads and go after the cold market.
 
The answer to this is neither.
 
Okay, you're probably thinking to yourself  "This guy doesn't know what he's talking about".  Well, relax dear reader.  I haven't lost my marbles...yet.  Read on...you might learn something.
 
You see, the Warm market vs. Cold market debate is a waste of time.
 
You should not be concerned whether your lead is "warm" or "cold".  What you need to focus on is whether the lead is part of your "target market".
 
Finding Your Target Market For MLM Prospecting Success
 
Real marketing is not about convincing people that they need your product or service.  What successful marketers do is find a "niche" or a group of people who have an interest in or are looking for the kinds of benefits that their products deliver.
 
Most network marketers operate under the belief that everybody wants and needs their products.  Unfortunately, this is not true.  I believe this assumption comes from the network marketing trainin most network marketers get from their companies and upline.
 
Let me give you an example of what I mean by target marketing...
 
Let's say that you market a functional health beverage, like Vemma Verve. This beverage provides tremendous health benefits.  You could target everyone you know or everyone you come in contact with.  This is non-targeted marketing.  It is what most network marketers do.  If you do this type of marketing you can expect typical network marketer results (98% failure).
 
But, what if you were to target people who were already looking for the very benefits your products deliver?
 
How do you do that?
 
Well, there are techniques you could use to identify those people who are looking for better health.  Maybe you could find people who've previously purchased products similar to the one you're marketing. Or, you could advertise on the Internet to attract those people. Do you think you might do better by simply satisfying their needs, wants and desires?  You bet.  These people are more likely to buy your product.
 
This is the essence of targeted niche marketing.


Title: Free Advertising
Post by: CKevin on September 19, 2008, 04:13:22 AM
Hi Folks

I have  been in GDI a few months (it's had to take a back seat just lately) and I have yet to get any leads.  Appreciate any info on free advertising (especially online).

Thanks
Kevin :)


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: AmberMathrole on September 20, 2008, 11:48:52 AM
Marvin,

I totally agree with you! Duplication is the key!

Now, if we can all just get over the fear of.................. the phone!



Fear of the phone is the worst!  All that hard work to get your hands on some leads....then what do you do with them!  Posture is important.  Be prepared before you pick up the phone and make sure you are standing with energy and smiling before you dial that number!!  Don't make that phone call to sell your opportunity, make that call to sell yourself!  Once you start a relationship, the prospect will be dying to work with YOU at whatever it is you are doing!

Good Luck!


Title: A question we should all ask ourselves!
Post by: AmberMathrole on September 20, 2008, 11:51:00 AM
So my question to you is... ???

What is your desire level to achieve your goal through network marketing?

Is it at 50? (like most people)

Is it at 80? (not enough)

Is it at 90? (not enough)

Or is it at 100? (The only number that WILL produce results).

You should be able to tell pretty quickly...

What do you do each day to build your business? How many books on the industry do you own? How many conference calls are you on each week? How many people do you talk to about your business/product each day?

What would you be willing to give and sacrifice to succeed?

I hope the answer to that questions is "whatever it takes", because I can promise you the end result is worth the sacrifice.

Good Luck! ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: AdamJeske on September 22, 2008, 10:59:37 AM
HELLO GDI MEMBERS

One day said to myself how can reach a totally new market who have money and the need for web presence.

I said simple go to where the prospects hang out and drop cards into popular books, magazines, and in pant and shirt pockets while shopping as normal consumer.

You all may say wow thats sneaky I Think it is way to reach people long term it takes time and dedication each week but enjoy the challenge.

On top of this also drop my cards in cashiers hands, with tips for baggers, phone booths, newspaper racks.

Another simple method been using also is when paying bills always include a card or two with my check or payment.

People these methods our not new and with the way email is sometimes you if you really want to start to explode your business have to get out of the

comfort zone and go out and meet people indentify leaders and have them trained to duplicate some of these simple methods.

While at these stores also have simple sign on the back of my car says Tired living Paycheck to Paycheck want  to earn more! rcd msg 1-877-578-6210

So no matter where i go advertising while driving or at the movies.

We don't need to re invent the wheel keep it simple and show your members You Care about Them!

God Bless





Howard, I have read this forum post many times, I have also watched infomercials on television about this kind of stuff and I thought to myself, "What could be another great way of gaining prospects to GDI?" and so, I was watching an acne infomercial on TV the other night at probably close to 3:00 in the morning cause I couldn't sleep and they had a 30 day challenge where they went all over the world and set up camp at malls, in parks and everything giving people a chance to try out a 30 day challenge, and I took this idea to my referrer and he liked it. So I thought to myself, "Okay, if these guys can do it and travel all over the world to set up a 30 day challenge convention/seminar with people all over the world, why can't we?" and with that, I thought, since we have such a WIDE variety of people all over the world, we don't have to travel. We could just set up camp in our own towns with a booth even in our front yard, or in a mall and introduce people to GDI that way. This way it would give us all more of a chance of a face-to-face contact with people vs just talking with them over the internet. Cause it gives them more of a sense of security that way seeing as how you're an actual human being talking with them one on one and can shake their hand. It's the same concept as handing your business card to a cashier or something, only a lot bigger, you know? Although many people have come up with a lot of great ideas, I think this one would actually be the most effective. Mainly because we're focusing on a bigger group of people IN PERSON versus ONLINE. I've tried numerous times online to gain prospects and get nowhere cause people think it's a scam. So, I was thinking about this and maybe thought it might work out for us in the long run


Title: Re: Share Your Best...
Post by: J_Orias on September 23, 2008, 09:19:59 AM
Great idea, Norma! I'm going to write that down on my GDI marketing plan and place classified ads in college newspapers and place flyers in my local community college.

Gerald

Hi Gerald,

That's good your doing the right thing and make money here in GDI.
If you want more information on how to advertise your GDI, just let me know.

To Our Success,
Julius


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: H_Jun on September 24, 2008, 11:29:23 AM
thx for the good post


Title: The "Check" Campaign...
Post by: NicholasSaporito on September 28, 2008, 09:33:48 AM
Someone mentioned this in a training forum I was in and I thought it could be really effective...

You call a list of MLM leads and leave a message on their voicemail that says "Hey, just wondering if you got that check I sent you. If not, check your email!"

... of course, if it has to do with having money given to them, the person is going to be curious.

They check their email to see a subject line from me "I've been trying to send you a check..."

Once they open it, there's a link to my GDI page that says "CHECK this out!"

Of course, you would have to make sure the person is not on the do not call list.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JoeF on September 29, 2008, 04:36:03 PM
I like it, but I personally would not fall for it.

I do believe you need to be tricky to get them to see your pitch, but I believe in a better way - YouTube.

Google power5plan or just click on the link to your left to check out what I`m doing on YouTube with other fellow GDI affiliates.

Tell me what you think about it here to get more affiliates involved in this joint collaboration to make GDI the number 1 home based business in the world.



Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JASONE3 on October 07, 2008, 02:49:15 PM
Any splash pages that I can use ?


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: M_White1 on October 11, 2008, 03:41:49 PM
Another way to advertise would be through youtube. I just put an advertising video up with a job description. I dont know how it will work but youtube is a way to reach a large amount of people.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: CharlieHearns on October 24, 2008, 06:25:37 AM
Ok, sounds like YouTube is the order of the day when it comes to advertising. 

I'm a little more old school and just love to save my money, so I use three main method of traffic generation.

I use article marketing combined with blog and ping to send lots of targeted traffic to my marketing site.

Then I use a combination of forum and blog posting to create more targeted traffic as well.

I also am beta testing this thing where i am going after people who are spamming me and prospecting them with something that I get for free.  I now look forward to getting paid from spammers as well  as others.

I have listed all these things in my blog.  Let me know what you think.


Title: Does anyone have any ads?
Post by: Rosa_P on October 27, 2008, 09:55:54 AM
Does anyone have any ads that I could post for other looking into the income opportunity? I will gladly appreaciate anyone who's shares. I know where to post but have no ads =(


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: C Redd on October 31, 2008, 07:17:07 PM
Ok, sounds like YouTube is the order of the day when it comes to advertising. 

I'm a little more old school and just love to save my money, so I use three main method of traffic generation.

I use article marketing combined with blog and ping to send lots of targeted traffic to my marketing site.

Then I use a combination of forum and blog posting to create more targeted traffic as well.

I also am beta testing this thing where i am going after people who are spamming me and prospecting them with something that I get for free.  I now look forward to getting paid from spammers as well  as others.

I have listed all these things in my blog.  Let me know what you think.





I agree with you with making money off of spammers. That is a great idea that I have been doing as well. ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MKiley on October 31, 2008, 07:17:08 PM
Sharing my best? In the advertising scene, I'm not sure what that means. And I might be the
last guy on the bus, but I've been checking out a site called Hits2u, which has given me a
couple of downlines now and then and the best part is that I'm not marketing GDI directly
per se. Worth checking out if nothing else is working.
The guy behind it is also a GDI Affiliate and is very above board,  Mike


Title: One day/one response
Post by: BryceHines on November 03, 2008, 03:21:54 PM
 ;D WOW!! In this one day and I already got a response from the first ad I placed. Placed 5 more today!  Can't wait to see what happens tomorrow!!  Thanks to my upline for their great support and here's to our continued success!!! Peace, Bryce :D
PS. And thank you to the person who responded to my inquiry re: advertising, I'll be sure to check those sites out. Woohoo!!


Title: Biz/Drop Card Ideas Wanted + some other stuff
Post by: R Susan on November 06, 2008, 07:05:17 AM
Hey all-

 I wanted to have biz/drop cards made.  The kind that look like real $10 dollar bills.  I would REALLY appreciate any input on what would be the best to have on it.  They're more expensive than the ones offered from GDI, but I think they might get more attention.  Hey- I'd CERTAINLY stop to pick-up or look at something that looked like a ten dollar bill! I was thinking of having this on them: 

1000s of people worldwide are earning quiet fortunes,
from their homes, even while they sleep. Are you next?
Get Started for free right now!

I'm afraid it prob won't fit on the biz card tho.  I want something catchy- OF course- duh! -lol
I would super appreciate any suggestions on this.  What has worked for you? 

I'm NOT a computer geek- I'm the opposite of THAT!  So I'm gonna rely on these biz/drop cards that I plan on placing in stores, mags on the racks at stores, laundromats, college libraries, etc.  Ideas for good targeted audiences for this type of thing- ALSO greatly appreciated!!! I'm basically going to invest the $$$ for the cards and distribute and hope for the best.  I already have sooooo many hours logged in trying to figure out how best to promote GDI that suits MY SKILLS! 

Ugh- My brain hurts just thinking about the other possible ways to promote online.  I think I've already done a bunch more than a lot of newbies.  At least I attempted a site (albeit with template-lol).  Thank GAWD for those! Otherwise I'd have to simply wait for my biz cards that would have - visit my.ws + access code.

BTW- the freedom.ws slide show is way too slow for people like us on the islands.  Most here don't have high speed connection. Including me *sigh*

Ummm... can anyone tell me how to get a pic of choice as an avatar here?  It prompts for a URL.  I'm a member of Photobucket with several pics there but can't figure it out.  I'm a member of a few online things which have a personal pic for my avatar which I change as easily as my mood.  Why am I finding it so daunting to figure it out here??????  I also tried using the features to have a different font color plus bold and italic.  Only the code seems to show up....  I can do these things sooo easily on places like BunSpace or MySpace.  Why is it so difficult here?  This is one thing that frightens me the MOST from promoting this as a profitable biz.  The LEARNING CURVE!  I want it to be as easy as 1-2-3! Done.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.  If you take another moment to respond- YOU ROCK! ;o)

Respectfully,
Susie

(..__/)
(='.'=)
(")___(")


Title: Using Text Messages to Make My Downline Flourish
Post by: Shannon L on November 15, 2008, 05:24:08 PM
I love he numerous amount of ways I have seen that we can use to get more sign ups.  I had a guy tell me that he Mobile Markets his GDI Affiliate Link.  I was puzzled, but he explained a little more and he actually sends thousands of text messages properly mass advertising.

It sounded very unique, I had never heard of it, but i've been trying it out for the past mount and I have generated over 40 sign ups just using it mainly at night and when i'm away from the house.  I think the site is autotextsender.com and i've heard they have a little demo out now.

Thought some of you might think that is kinda cool, I know its different and unique. :)


Title: Attraction Marketing Tools
Post by: A Moncada on November 16, 2008, 06:05:08 AM
I've been reading around the forum lately and it seems many members are struggling a bit to build their downline.

The questions and statements I'm seeing most resemble question/statements such as....

How do I get leads... 
What do I do now... 
Can anyone help...
Not getting any help from my sponsor...
What others ways can I promote my website?

It obvious that many members lack some sort marketing training and sponsor support.

I decided to post this new topic "Attraction Marketing Tools" to help members boost their traffic to generate leads with or without a sponsors help.

Now there is a lot of good marketing advice throughout the forum to promote your business such as...

... joining social networking sites
... passing out flyers/ business cards
... starting a blog

But I'd also like to ADD using listbuilders.
I generate a few leads per week using them. Most listbuilders are free to join so make sure you look into it. This is a great place to start as it can generate a few leads and build the momentum you need to stay focused and determined.

How about youtube video marketing.
Create a video promoting your site and post it to several blogs and social networking sites such as Myspace- Twitter - Facebook and DirectMatches to name a few.

Consider starting a newsletter for your website.

For those members feeling a little desperate in buying leads I would have say its a waste of time.
If you are not buying targeted leads directly from GDI don't bother buying anywhere else.

Most leads you buy elsewhere are very outdated and the other half turn out to be invalid email addresses. It's a waste of time and money!

Would also recommend looking into investing a few dollars in magnetic sponsoring courses.

I will be posting several other techniques I also use next week.

Feel free to email me with any questions

Hope everyone has a good day.











Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MCamacho on November 24, 2008, 02:58:20 AM
   is very importan to keep GDI simple  and keep seding email and dont" give up because this is  a easy opportunity  and now is the best time to fine the Rigth person for this wonderfull buiness opportunity


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MGaffoor on November 26, 2008, 06:37:50 AM
I think banners are also good way to get traffic.


Title: Help with reducing "bounce"
Post by: KyleCasey on December 04, 2008, 09:52:54 AM
Hi, first post. i am pretty new to GDI, and have been posting flyers and advertising online. I had a website, but it wasn't very professional. So, as advised by GDI, I am forwarding everyone to the flash video. After they watch I send them an email stating my name and such. What else should I be doing to reduce people from watching the video and going "this is just a scam" and leaving? Any advertising tips would also be appreciated(I'm using adwords).


Title: Do you only work online with this? or offline too??
Post by: Doug Close on December 05, 2008, 02:36:49 PM
I'm just curious what everyone does - my goal is 100% online (except for the occasional conversation in a sports bar...), but I really don't want to get into the whole "spending 16 hours a day on the phone making calls" thing - that's not why I joined GDI

but is it possible to be nearly 100% online and still successful?

or do you need some offline sales tactics too?


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Gudrun R on December 10, 2008, 07:18:12 AM
My question is: when do we get a replicate site which focus on the products: ws webmail and the domain?

I miss such a site, and think the signups would grow faster.

gr


Title: Re: Help with reducing "bounce"
Post by: Michael Christian on December 12, 2008, 08:10:32 PM
Hi, first post. i am pretty new to GDI, and have been posting flyers and advertising online. I had a website, but it wasn't very professional. So, as advised by GDI, I am forwarding everyone to the flash video. After they watch I send them an email stating my name and such. What else should I be doing to reduce people from watching the video and going "this is just a scam" and leaving? Any advertising tips would also be appreciated(I'm using adwords).

What you need to do, is get people to look at the Affiliate One page sites, that you can write, and send a link. Put a link in your Signature email; every time you write, it is with your signature! The other thing you MUST do is Write a article a day, upto 500 words about your self as a Third person, and linking your name to your domain name, publish it in Blogs with RSFeeds, and also Word Press. What ever you do, Don't Quit! you will regret it!!
To Your Success, for the future is in your hands; but your life is in God's!(Don't forget it).
Helper
MichaelChristian.ws
 ;D


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MichaelMizuuchi on December 19, 2008, 03:25:06 PM
i just wanted to share something that happened.  I recently just got up a lead page, and then started google adwords(i started yesterday)...I had only 1 ad with about 6 keywords to that one ad, and set my bid for the cost-per-click...

Now i must say i was a bit skeptical to see what was gonna happen, but i refrained from checking back every 2 minutes like i wanted to...

i must say i was impressed..after 23 hours (i just couldnt resist to wait 1 more lol) i received 2543 impressions (how many times my ad showed up) and 200 clicks....of those 200 clicks i got 65 leads....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank god i had an autoresponder, because i wouldnt be able to send each of those an email manually!!!!

Now i know some of you are skeptical, and some cannot spend money on advertising...but i must say that if you can spend $25 one day, do it....with google adwords you can set your daily budget, run it for a day, then pause it until you have more money....

of those 65 leads, 12 have signed up, and the rest are still in my 7-day free e-course that i offer when they opt-in...im expecting more will sign up later, but i got 200 clicks->65 leads->12 sign-ups...

ive been registered with GDI for about...2 weeks now but only now got my page up and running and have been marketing for a total of 23 hours...and i already covered my monthly cost...im so excited...

so far im only marketing to opportunity seekers/people already in the business looking for help or something new...and i will start marketing to people looking for hosting(once i get another domain name...which i can because my primary one is already paid for each month...)

I will keep you all posted, but i highly recommend google adsense...HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend it


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: RalstonJohnson on January 14, 2009, 11:31:46 AM
I hope our new members see this,. First of all don’t waste time with flyers offline promoting an online business.-especially with all the technology out there . Flyers and business cards are important-but the most important thing you should do is to use the same channel of marketing that you got recruited by to get your new sign ups, because you are proof that that worked-right!. Then learn how to use the internet to promote.

GDI is a wonderful business opportunity, it's for people like me and you, who are basically entrepreneurs-but don't have the finance to venture in a bigger investment. right! lets face it, if we all had allot of money-we would be doing something else. Well that's the beautiful part about GDI, it gives even dreamers with small money the opportunity to make as much or even more than those with allot of money. It gives you leverage, You have your own business and the opportunity to brand yourself, and a product to offer that everyone that's serious about business or promoting themselves needs. GDI is like a seed and you will plant it and everyday you will check to see if it is growing, you check the soil again, then when you see your first signup or first sprout out the grown, you will then understand that if you plant your seed and water and check on it and learn about it and love it and care for your plant then you will see growth-good flowers and fruits from your plant.

My advice is to work at your own pace, set your own goals, but remember you get out what you put in as in anything in life. You will need to learn how to promote brand yourself, use video marketing and many more. You can study and read online and a few short books to learn the science of this or you can learn from one of these online coach, it's your choice and only you know the right one, your inner teacher will guide you. Here is someone that I think he is very helpful and he offers free trials too, so you can check him out at

http://www.OnlineMLMSecrets.com/indexa.html

I wish you all the best and hope your seed grows.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: B_Reid on January 17, 2009, 06:14:08 AM



I'm just curious what everyone does - my goal is 100% online (except for the occasional conversation in a sports bar...), but I really don't want to get into the whole "spending 16 hours a day on the phone making calls" thing - that's not why I joined GDI

but is it possible to be nearly 100% online and still successful?

or do you need some offline sales tactics too?



Iam 100 % online and are seeing people sign up without my intervention. So yes you can be successful
100 % online. My idea of offline would be leaving a card her and there where appropriate. I remember
picking up a thrown away mail order booklet of George st. " the main street of Sydney "

It was promoting herballife. I sent for the free samples by the way.

" Now you can see the power of targeting the right person "




Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JamesC2 on January 20, 2009, 02:21:44 AM
The #1 way to build this thing is to TALK TO PEOPLE !!  I have tried many methods and when I meet people I get their name and email and number and get them in the invite system and follow up. Have been getting 3-4 people a week and training them to do the same. All I need is 5 people who will COMMIT and I am set.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DaveKnight on January 29, 2009, 06:32:02 AM
HELLO FOLKS,

I have read almost all of these ideas and the are great!!! Here's one I haven't read. Here in Orlando FL we have toll roads. I purposely go to the change booth so I can hand the person a card!!
Hope this helps someone
Thanks Dave ;)


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: S Zahn on January 30, 2009, 03:14:46 PM
Hello,
I like your idea of submitting the GDI business card with your bill payment fora marketing strategy.

Are there other ideas that work very effectively?

Stacy


Title: Pay For Traffic!!
Post by: SwainB on March 01, 2009, 08:08:02 AM
In the Network marketing world, the “haves” are at the top of the food chain, not by fancy marketing campaign’s but by more common sense methods; such as simply paying for traffic. After hearing that, most people are probably saying to themselves, “You can do that!?” Yes! Imagine the possibilities, 10,000 new leads generated in a month. I can already hear the skeptics, “but that would cost a fortune!!” Nope, for only thirty dollars, you can get 10,000 new leads, in a month! Spooky, isn’t it?  Even crazier is that most guarantee: if you don’t get 10,000 new unique leads, you get a full refund.  Out 10,000 say for instance, only 500 signed up, you would be set for a year! This is an old idea of the internet, but there are plenty of sites you can sign up with such as thetrafficstream.com (who also guarantee 10,000 people). Only you can decide if traffic is worth the cost.

Some things to consider:
•   The traffic is not highly qualified, so only about 1 to 3 percent will actually sign up.
•   It’s hard to get someone to sign up after the one initial contact, so send the traffic to a place where either you blog, or somewhere where there are articles listed that will prep them for your proposition (make sure there is a link to your sign-up page).
•   For the people who do signup make sure there is a place to collect e-mails, for future contact.

Another way to pay for marketing is pay per click advertising.

This type of advertisement will help you drive traffic for cheap. You set up an account on one or more of the sites, based of the content of your site. Then you select the amount of money, your willing to pay for each click, whoever will pay the highest for your category will be first. Caution: if you put a higher price just to outbid the rest of the people you could end up with a really nice bill.
There are plenty of sites you use such as, google.com and yahoo.com to name a couple. But if you’re going to do it, remember it’s important to learn how to get a lot of sales because otherwise you will be wasting your money (check out my post on sale increasing). Due to the fact that you’re paying for all the people that come and nobody is buying. To calculate the amount of money to offer simply calculate a ratio out of 10 or 100, for instance if you sale a product for 25 dollars and out of every 100 people that come by, 2 are paying customers, take the profit which is $50 and divide 100 into it to get your limit on what to spend. In this case its, no more than $0.50. Anymore than that you would be in debt that amount, times 100! So if you go over 5 cents, you would end up owing $5.00 for every 100 people that visit your site.


Title: Making GDI work is a numbers game
Post by: David Minns on March 18, 2009, 09:51:06 AM
Hello,

I have many years of selling experience and I hope this information helps you.

Selling is always a number name. You can sell any product, it all comes down to a sales conversion rate. For example, 1 in 100 may buy, or 3 in 100 may buy.

From 10 years experience in online sales I can tell you that an average conversion rate is between 1% to 3%.

So to make GDI work for you the first thing you need to do is ensure your HIT LOG is full. You want to be seeing 10 to 20 visitors per day. This will result in a great downline. Don't give up if you have no downline members. GDI works well, just make sure you have the traffic. I will leave you with 3 comments:

Senaro 1: You can contact 1000s of people, you tell them about a poor product and you make no money.
Senaro 2: You have a great product, you tell nobody about it and you make no money.
Senaro 3: You have a great product, tell 1000s of people and you make a lot of money.

GDI is #3! So just get out there and tell people!

Regards,

David




Title: Hello everyone.
Post by: ClintBooker on April 06, 2009, 07:36:04 AM
Well I am pretty new here and I have been reading some great ideas on how to market my website and they all are very good. There is no doubt if any of these ideas are followed on a consistant basis some serious money can be made. I was able to get my business off and running by following suggestions on launching onto the search engines and got some pretty good contacts. Well money was limited but I was determined to get this thing off and running by duplicating what I have read but in massive quantity. Ws has me up all night just thinking of my success to come and when it cost nothing to launch my site it will always be in cyber. I look forward to the day when I can take another vacation and go visit my grandchildren. This is the first company I have been in that my wife has been just as excited as I have. I look forward to hearing from as many of you as possible I believe this company can get money flowing and get all economies back up and running!   


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DavidScott on April 28, 2009, 08:44:09 AM
This is crazy, but I have two really big poplars behind my house, which backs up to a main residential road.  I was thinking of hanging a vinyl banner between the two trees facing the road.  I would say something like "Income For Life!  dscott.ws".  The cost would be high to make the banner, so I haven't done it yet.  Anybody tried anything similar?


Title: 100 WAYS TO ADVERTISE, MARKET, GET PEOPLE!
Post by: Paris C on April 28, 2009, 08:44:09 AM
Hi everybody... this will be a page where everybody can add an idea or technique on "100 WAYS TO ADVERTISE, MARKET, GET PEOPLE FOR OUR GDI BUSINESS!"
THIS WILL BE LIKE OUR BIBLE!
So read my options and add your ideas until we make the TOP 100 TECHNIQUES!



1) Normally, its guys that are interested in online businesses! So go to the TOP SPORTS web pages like MANCHESTER UNITED or BARCELONA fan club websites! 2 of the most popular soccer teams in the world and place a banner!
2) Make a FACEBOOK or MYSPACE profile and upload some videos and text! add EVERYBODY to your profile... and then just talk to them on a 1-to-1 basis! lead them to your link!
3) Design a cool attractive flyer and pay the post office to distribute to everybody in your area or town or city! (THIS IS AN INVESTMENT! BUT IT DOES MAGIC!)
4) TORRENTS! Make an e-book, PDF or VIDEO! put an original catchy phraise and let the world down load it! make sure your link is all over it!
5) Go to kiosks! and Fast food stores! the people who are working there are people who have no option and they took a low paid job for desperate cash! give them all a flyer/business card/dvd! get their email and telephone number! TRUST ME! if they will work for KFC!!!.... they will definately work for US!

If you are reading this... please add an idea or two. Lets make this the biggest GDI BIBLE for everybody.

Adios


Title: Re: 100 WAYS TO ADVERTISE, MARKET, GET PEOPLE!
Post by: JoeF on April 28, 2009, 10:18:40 AM
Join Power5Plans Cause...

Help transform GDI into a Lottery!

All thats required are your YouTube votes and video's to funnel traffic back to Power5Plan's Randomizer.

Get your name on the randomizer list today! FREE!!!

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Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: ScottPrice on May 01, 2009, 02:55:50 AM
If you have the time I would post adds on any free site out there. It takes alot of time, but its FREE. I have the business card and insert it in any mailing I get in the mail, I send it with bills, etc. If its FREE I do it. I also buy banner adds, etc. Another thing you can do is market it to local business owners. The .WS extension is wide open, so for $10 a month what business wouldn't want there own name on the web. Not everyone you market to needs to be looking to make money online. If you want to you could offer to local business's stating signup and I will create a FREE starter website for you. That is if you have the time and you can create nice looking websites.

Good Luck to all.

Scott


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: DerekC2 on May 10, 2009, 06:22:10 AM
The only problem I see with some of the tactics I've read and seen
eg: putting a banner across trees, slipping cards in peoples pockets and bags,
stapling fliers to trees, is it puts a bad taste in my mouth you get one or two
maybe ten customers, but you also put the word out to 95% of the people
that see it tacky can I trust it? That might sound very British, but I've lived in a few
other countries and they think the same.
I think being honest and being seen to be honest will have a better effect in the long run.
So its important to hold yourself to a high quality standard when advertising your business.

Maybe I'm idealistic
But thats the angle I'm going for and I hope what I have gives food for thought.

Well what ever method is used good luck with it
Take care
Derek


Title: New strategy for GDI to implement – has some potential or what ?
Post by: AdrianC1 on May 25, 2009, 03:04:26 PM
Hi there

I wish to propose a marketing strategy to increase sales on a layer based structure
I called it “marketing segmental upgrade”

1.  Have 2 types of accounts: for example: starter (S) – full privileges (F.P)

Your campaign should be “Imagine how 5$ could change your life”


The starter account - only 5$ 
-   this account is only for the domain name, replicated sites, without web hosting option)
-   this account has only 2 levels (2 on upline and 2 on downline).
-   each customer gets paid 2$ per referral on a 2 layer structure, even if his structure develops into a 5 layer network
So, if a customer would refer 3 people (6$) and those 3 would refer only 3 (18$) he/she will have 24$ /  month on a 2 layer network.

If a person has over 24$ per month his/hers account will automatically  or by user choice be update to full privileges (F.P) with web hosting etc, having access to his/hers 5 layer network.

Rules
A S referral will pay 5$ / month – therefore
- 4$ go to his upline members (on 2 leves) if they are also S. referrals
- if one of both members of the upline are F.P referrals they will receive 1$ each (only on 2 levels)

F.P customers can only receive 1$ / referral but they have access to the entire 5 layer network
Also S customers will receive 1$ is they have F.P referrals in their downline

Implement automatic payment
If a person has over his/hers 10$ limit, this money should be automatically retained, from the commission. 

2. Have 3 account types - a 2$ account named Guest with only 1 level, and the other S and F.P mentioned above.

Imagine how only 2$ could change your life! Achieve financial freedom with a 2$ investment !


Therefore each member will get 1$ per referral and 1$ will go to the company
This idea will make people refer more people on their 1st level

Members will be updated to Starter account when they reach 6 downline active members, and then upgraded to full privileges when they reach 24$ in commissions

So what do you think ?  8)




Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: ScottPrice on June 01, 2009, 07:37:40 AM
All marketing is a numbers game in my opinion. I put in 100 leads a day in my invite system and I get a few signups a month. But it is working and working pretty good. I also do banner adds, alot of them and they seem to be working ok.

I also have the business cards and put them in bills, or leave them with people. Alot of people toss them but some keep them.

Marketing and building a business takes time, but it is well worth it. Don't expect to be rich is 6 months, but once it starts going its like a big snowball and works.

One more final thought, make a blog about yourself, people need to trust you, see you, and a blog is a great way to get it going. Just don't try to sell anyone, just get them to the movie and let it do the job.

Take Care
Scott


Title: Ideas for squeeze pages?
Post by: ThomasConnelly on June 22, 2009, 03:10:52 AM
If anyone has ideas for effective Internet squeeze pages in order to funnel prospects into joining GDI as a downline, please share.

I figured I do some in the same style as most Internet Marketing stuff - maybe have an opt in form in order to get real interested people, and then once they opt in mail them the link to my GDI site with the video.  The key here is getting the traffic of those searching for opportunities to the squeeze/opt-in page in order to get their email address.  That's my plan, anyway...

--Tom



Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: M_Nair on June 27, 2009, 10:52:09 PM
Sorry to intterupt. But I am totally lost.. I would like help with knowing 1. What is my affiliate link I can promote? Any help will be greatly appreciated.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Michelle M1 on July 02, 2009, 02:47:23 AM
Sorry to intterupt. But I am totally lost.. I would like help with knowing 1. What is my affiliate link I can promote? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Greetings M_Nair,

You will find your affiliate link in your GDI members area at https://www.website.ws/members/ You will have several pre made websites to choose from simply log in and click on the " my replicated sites" tab to view that information.

Good luck,

Michelle


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: PeteBoulis on July 02, 2009, 02:42:23 PM
Hello, ALL
Well what Ive been learning is that. You must work HArd to gain the benfits of this program. Some people in other systems are worryied about money before the products, that they forget the important fact. Also from What i've been doing is not bad ,facebook, youtube, and myspace. Are great places to start if you have littler money.
 
   But dont get me wrong old school is good, they just need a little flavor. Get a bunch of flyers and go to the mall handing them out (500) flyers out of that 100 people you might get all 100 or all 500 but Most of the people will throw it away. As long as we keep up the work and never give up I mnade that mistake in another business Like this. I was wanting to make money fast and didn't want to do the work.

If you don't want to do the work then you wont get anywhere. So if you have any advice for me or anyone else please Email me or repost  Lets all become a team  and work and build together we need to setup a  convention  So people, may see are sucess !!! What does anyone think about that ACN Check out there way of showing people


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Preston Blarek on July 15, 2009, 03:01:35 AM
Hello all,

I have been with GDI for two weeks now and I have gotten some interest from people when I mention it but then I try to follow up with them and they never get back to me. I am trying to stick to the GDI program that was laid out to me in the training with the "Wealth Guide". I noticed alot of people are out there just to slam as many people as possible to make the most money possible in the shortest time possible. I do not believe this is right as it ruins the reputation for GDI and makes it harder for future affiliates. I know many people who would benefit hugely from this company but they dont want to because they think is a scam.

That being said, I have been contemplating what my options are from the model of traditional GDI training. I live in a small town, I see many small ma and pop businesses. I think these businesses would benefit greatly from having a 21st century presence on the web...and what better way than with GDI to get them started AND OFFER SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME! Then I hear my friends say: "I want a place where I can post the music that I play and write..." or "I want a site for my business idea." Now, with GDI, they can have that! I think all it takes to succeed with GDI is a couple copies of the DVD, a couple of their printed business cards and go at! Lest we forget the mission statement of GDI: "You can get what you want only if you are willing to help enough other people get what they want" With GDI, we have a good product, we have good service and we have a hell of an opportunity for business AND income!


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MarioL on August 07, 2009, 04:18:15 AM
This is how I promote my business. I run a few websites with other products/services, some free and some for cash. Here I put banners and links to my GDI pages. These sites I work slowly up on the search engines for better page ranking using backlinks with article marketing. 3 articles per website per week. It's a slow process but well worth it.


Title: How to get more downlines !
Post by: PetrescuFlorin on August 19, 2009, 03:12:46 AM
I thought it would be a great ideea to help each other with some methods to get more downlines ! I for example use the free announcements with google ! What is your method to get more downlines ?


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: AmeliaJ on August 21, 2009, 03:51:12 AM

Free Announcements with Google?

Please explain?

Thanks,

Amelia.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Ramon Belonio on August 22, 2009, 08:49:22 AM
This is all really confusing to me...


Title: What is the most reliabe PPC?
Post by: Evangeline K on August 23, 2009, 05:56:34 AM
Hi guys,

I have sent almost 500 invites using our form but no one has signed up yet, wrote articles and posted my link in few social networking. Unfortunately, no one has signed up yet. I would like to try PPC. Which PPC do you recommend? Thanks.


Title: Re: What is the most reliabe PPC?
Post by: crusade2wealth on August 23, 2009, 07:51:30 AM
Hi guys,

I have sent almost 500 invites using our form but no one has signed up yet, wrote articles and posted my link in few social networking. Unfortunately, no one has signed up yet. I would like to try PPC. Which PPC do you recommend? Thanks.

There are many PPCs out there.  Some of the bigger names are Google, Yahoo and MSN.  I suggest that you learn and study this method of marketing prior to jumping in wallet first.  Because if you not experienced at using PPC campaigns, this could become a very expensive method you're taking on.  Be careful.  Test your campaigns and watch your budget.

I noticed you mentioned that you sent out 500 invites.  My question to you is....

Did you personally know any of the the 500 people you invited?  If you did not know them, the system does not and will not work, as it was not designed for that purpose. 

The invite system does work.  If you place the name and email address of the people you know into the system AND also CONTACT or NOTIFY them in advance to let them know to be on the lookout for an email from you...then your successes should be greater.

Wish you much success...

Frank


Title: Build Your Business By Learning Online Mareting
Post by: DwaynePyle on August 28, 2009, 03:59:53 AM
Alot of people join GDI but the problem is they don't know how to market. Any business your in GDI or any other business you have to learn how to market and generate leads. If you don't learn how to generate leads your business is going to be in trouble for sure. Leads are the lifeblood of any business. Pitching to your family and friends doesn't always work and you only have a certain number of family and friends. There are many ways to market video,forums,social networks and much more. You also have to learn how to brand yourself not your business. I just use GDI as a service but if your trying to grow GDI as a business learn how to market and you ll be doing a whole lot better with your business.

Dwayne


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: BrianTubbs on August 30, 2009, 02:28:13 PM
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone, there are alot of good idea's on how to get more prospects.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: RSamara on August 31, 2009, 02:57:08 AM
This seems to be the place to be.  I guess the most difficult aspect of this is finding the right marketing strategy or should I say methods. There are a lot of free methods to advertise.  But, I haven't tried any for my GDI business yet.  There are the Social/Business networks.  I read an article based on the recently completed Affiliate Summit East that concluded around August 11, that said that every lecture on marketing seemed to focus on the social networking.  So, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and all the others popping up might be a great way to let people know of the GDI opportunity.

I also advertise some other things using Article marketing and Text Ad marketing.  Supposedly, if you know what you're doing you can place real high with the search engines without having to worry about PPC advertising. I'm just getting started and still have a lot to learn, but I'm willing to share that information if I find something successful.

I just think this is the best way to go... because you are opening your market up to the world; and not just to family, friends, and co-workers.

I'm always looking for someone to share ideas on how to do this better.  I currently only have 5 members in my first line and I think two in my second level.  I know this can very successful.  It's a great business.

Rick



Title: Is this a good idea?
Post by: Alex_Patsy on September 10, 2009, 08:35:33 PM
I am new to this , so please pardon me if this is not a good idea. Is it smart to put my URL in traffic boost sties. they usually cost like 40 - 50 bucks. has this helped anyone?? I am just seeing if this is a waste of money before i do it


Title: Re: Is this a good idea?
Post by: crusade2wealth on September 10, 2009, 08:45:09 PM
I am new to this , so please pardon me if this is not a good idea. Is it smart to put my URL in traffic boost sties. they usually cost like 40 - 50 bucks. has this helped anyone?? I am just seeing if this is a waste of money before i do it

A traffic boost site is just that, you will be paying to generate traffic to your website.  Understand the difference between traffic and quality eyes on your website.

What you should do is...begin by sharing the GDI product and opportunity with those you know.  That seems to still work for a number of people.  Share it with enought people on a consistent basis and you will eventually reap the rewards.

Additionally, join a few social networking platforms and forums.  However do not spam folks.  They will not partner with you.  You must develop a relationship, then move from there.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: ChristopherOliveira on September 14, 2009, 04:28:11 PM
I been with GDI 2-3 days and have absolutely no sign ups! Even though my sponsor is being a d*ck at the moment I talked to someone in my upline and they sent me here...

Just want to know what are the best sites to promote? Youtube? Myspace? Facebook?

Instead of me going on and handing people business cards, dvd, etc!


Title: College Student with Large University to Work With
Post by: JustinM1 on September 21, 2009, 05:49:00 PM
I am a college student and just recently joined.  I attend a rather large university and am thinking I should be able to net some referrals with about 30,000 students all around me.  I am going to try basic flyer/business card advertising first.  Posting some on bulletin boards and leaving some flyers on the bus, newspaper stands, etc.  Hopefully I will be able to explain the concept of duplication and the potential this has to a (somewhat) educated crowd.  Will post back with results! If it is popular among my campus I am definitely going to encourage friends (and friends of friends) who attend other universities to attempt to do the same. I think the college market is a big one. Or at least I hope so.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: L_Tye on September 25, 2009, 03:45:55 AM
New to the forum and would like to know how everybody is doing in GDI?

Ron


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Darren Olander on September 26, 2009, 09:29:36 PM
I use a marketing system and do very well using Viral List Builders and Traffic Exchanges... BUT the thing is you have to stand out from everyone else. People have seen the GDI pages a million times, you must use something new or create your own page to stand out... then get people on YOUR list and follow up with them.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Sean Carter on October 20, 2009, 09:41:04 AM
wow! i heard a lot of great ideas here, im new here, so for me im new to the internet. i recently heard about GDI, it sounds like a great idea so i jump in head first. its hard to convince me about joining a business on the internet, i tried the godaddy for a while, i only lost money. so im here at GDI trying something new, i think this is way better, & the people here are very helpfull. thanks guys. sean carter


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JWMigui on November 01, 2009, 05:37:01 AM
Hi Kevin,

My name is John W Migui. I come from Kenya, but currently working in Pretoria, South Africa until the end of this year. I joined GDI to specifically support charities. My family and I currently support a charity known as KENOWA, based in Mombasa, Kenya. I am looking for anyone who can assist us to help these kids grown into adults who can lead a normal life.

If you can help in any way possible, or know someone else who can help with money donations, or other material support, please contact me.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

John




Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Morten V on November 02, 2009, 01:31:02 PM
The thing to remember when first starting out, is to try to advertise without spending too much or not all at if possible. Try posting your Ads at free sites. There are alot of freebies if you do a throughout google search.

Doing a little every day is the secret, whether it's surfing for credits or posting 1 or two ads a day.

Learning + Action = Success

Morten


Title: Offline advertising works
Post by: GerardKapraun on November 22, 2009, 11:30:49 AM
I posted my advert to over 500 weekly publications nation wide.  That is over one million people.  Cost is $180.  Have been getting two sign ups per day for the whole week.  I know that does not cover the overhead right off but in the coming months adds up pretty well.  This will pencil out in no time.

I am still getting sign ups even though the nest paper is already out. ;D


Title: signature ads
Post by: GerardKapraun on December 09, 2009, 02:02:58 PM
Hey all.  Have you thought about setting up your e-mail with a signature ad.  You can set up just about any e-mail account to send your ad with every e-mail you send out automatically.  You have probably seen these before at the bottom of your incoming mail.  Easy to do and pretty powerful, depending on how many people you e-mail every day.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: VParker on December 10, 2009, 02:54:57 AM
Hey all, there are lots of great ideas here.  I've seen some posts about classified ad sites and other free resources.  It's funny how many people seem to think that these methods do not work.  They do, but here is a trick.  Actually, there are several tricks but one really really big one.

Consistent action.  Like Morten said earlier, place one or two ads per day.  Note: one or two ads per day.  Join as many classified ad sites as you can and post 1 or 2 ads on each of them every single day.  The fact is, most marketing methods work.  Yes, get some marketing training, that is huge.  Learn how to write good copy, learn how to build a list, learn how to market.

And then take action, massive action.  Only by taking massive action will you see massive results.  Keep it up, push yourself to the limits and run, don't walk, for your success.  :)


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Rick L2 on December 15, 2009, 11:58:10 AM
Hi, thanks for the note. Do you have a copy of an AD that works?

Thanks,
Rick


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: VParker on December 28, 2009, 03:15:54 AM
Hi Rick,

I have hundreds of ads that I use.  Every week I sit down and write out the ads I will be posting that week.  I'll give you an example of an ad but before I do here are a couple notes.  First, remember that one ad on one site will do nothing.  You must place an ad on as many sites as you can every single day.  Every day write a new ad and post that ad.  If you have ads that need renewing, go ahead and renew them and then post your new ad on top of that.  Do this every day.  Consistent action is what you are after.

Second, here is a great book to read.  Actually, any books on copywriting will help you.  There are some great ones out there.  One I find extremely helpful is Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich by David Garfinkel.  In fact, I'm going to leave it at that because in this book you are given loads of ads that you can use for GDI.  Fantastic book.  You can copy those ads and use them for GDI.  And, as you copy those ads you will see how to write great ones and you can start writing your own.

Hope this helps!  Oh, the book is about $30 from Amazon but believe me, definitely worth it.  It will really help.  Remember, an ad a day keeps the downline blues away!  :)


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Allan Nordin on January 07, 2010, 03:10:53 PM
              Hello every body Im new at this so new that its only been a week.I called a couple roofing companys as most of them dont know how to work a computer.They have web pages But dont even Know who is how many hits they get or the domain name has nothing to do with roofing.So I was able to sell a domain and web pages to them plus design there pages with the templates that GDI has plus Im able to charge extra for designing the pages for them.This is all in less than 5days.So Im pretty excited as this was easy.I have put in about 40-50 hours since I started yet nothing comes with out good hard work.

                                 signed Allan Nordin

                           I still could use alot of help to advance my whole team. Team work to all.


Title: Social Networking
Post by: GerardKapraun on January 24, 2010, 11:24:40 AM
I have been trying out the social networks as a platform for my marketing.  My hits log has went through the roof, but still no sign ups.  Not even a nibble. Still building a list of connections, so I cannot give any real results as of yet.  Most all the network can be synchronized so that when you post on one, it shows up on the others.  Pretty cool.
  Does any one have any social network strategies that get results. I have many GDI connections on these networks and invite you all as well.  Just DM me for more info.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Preston Blarek on January 25, 2010, 11:33:18 AM
I find that social networking is good to stay in touch with your team and possibly reach new prospects but it shouldn't be the back bone of your business. I have a Twitter and a Facebook with profile links/buttons on my .WS WebSite that I have customized for my .WS business. I feel that the most effective way to market this business is face to face using the marketing DVD's. They explain the company, the product and the opportunity just enough so that when I go to follow up all I have to do is fill in the missing details. I was thinking of doing a newspaper classified post and yellow pages post. I also recommend the leads that you can order through your back office. If for some reason you are completely stuck in your home office they allow excellent contact, rapport building, and follow up.

Hope that helps,

Preston


Title: Which banner is more affective? Newbie
Post by: RosaP on February 05, 2010, 03:05:49 AM
Hi I'm Rosa just signed up, I will like to know which banner is more affective? I have a blog which I'll like to add it:) Tips and advice are greatly appreciated.

 Thanks :)


Title: I would like to advertise on Google Adwords
Post by: DougHearn on February 07, 2010, 05:07:38 AM
I have been given £75 from Google Adwords, i have £90.00 in my Google account
I would be grateful if someone could please give me the right keywords and what to place
as word discription, as i have tried but not getting any hits



Title: Re: Which banner is more affective? Newbie
Post by: VParker on February 08, 2010, 08:07:33 AM
Hi I'm Rosa just signed up, I will like to know which banner is more affective? I have a blog which I'll like to add it:) Tips and advice are greatly appreciated.

 Thanks :)

Hi Rosa!  In my experience each banner does equally well.  I tested this quite a while back using a classified ad site geared toward network marketers.  I placed each banner and assigned 50,000 credits to each one.  They each got the same amount of clicks.  So, it really just comes down to aesthetics and what looks best with your site.

I have been given £75 from Google Adwords, i have £90.00 in my Google account
I would be grateful if someone could please give me the right keywords and what to place
as word discription, as i have tried but not getting any hits


Hey Doug!  I'm not really going to give you any specific keywords for you to use because there are other things to consider and I wouldn't want to lead you astray.  BUT, there are lots of keywords and phrases that are still really open.  In fact, Mr. Joe Florendo and I were talking the other day and he told me about a GDI keyword phrase that he is going to start using.  If I remember correctly it has less than 10,000 websites with that exact phrase and not one of them were actually trying for that keyword phrase.  Oh and it is good too!  I told him that in the next 2 weeks if I don't see him at the top I'm taking it.  His last words to me in that conversation was "Don't touch my keyword!"  Haha.

Anyway, here is what you can do.  And I'm giving you all a big nugget here as far as keywords are concerned.  The first thing you want to do is go to http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ and start brainstorming some keywords.  Wordtracker is great and if you can afford it I would highly recommend using the paid for tool.  The free one works OK though.  The goal here is to find keywords and phrases that are searched for.

Make a list of all the keywords you find and come up with.  Put them in a text file so you can copy and paste.

Next, go to https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal and do the same thing.  The goal here is to find keywords and phrases that do not have a great deal of competition but still get a large amount of hits.

Both of these tools will help with your brainstorming and discovering keywords you can focus on.  Now comes the fun part.

Go to http://www.google.com and start searching for those keywords and phrases using quotes.  For instance, this has nothing to do with GDI but if you were looking up the keyword phrase Vincent Parker you would search for "Vincent Parker".  Now, look at how many websites have that exact phrase.  You can find that number in the upper right hand corner.  It will say something like: Results 1 - 10 of about 61,100 for "vincent parker". (0.27 seconds)

What you are looking for are keywords and phrases that have less than 50,000 results or round abouts.  Anything under 50,000 is very open and anything under 10,000 is a virtual goldmine.

You can definitely compete for keywords that have over that many results.  It's just that the fewer results that are found the easier it will be.

Most of this advice is centered around organic search results but should also be applied to adwords.  Before starting an adword campaign, however, I would highly recommend getting some training on using it effectively.  Otherwise you may just be throwing money out of the window.  There are two resources for this I would definitely recommend.  Perry Marshal's "Definitive Guide to Google Adwords" is awesome.  He even has some free videos to watch and if you want the link to that just let me know.  The other is Mike Dillard's "PPC Domination".  It is a little pricey but oh so worth it.  If you can't find it and want a link I can send you one for that too.  Either way, both are excellent and you can easily find them by doing a search on Google (or asking me for my affiliate link, wink wink).

Hope this helped!  :)


Title: How Do You Recruit People?
Post by: KittyBrown on February 11, 2010, 02:51:36 AM
The way I see it is yo have two options when recruiting people.

1] Direct Marketing - You solicit people to join you - send out emails - Dvd's etc.

2] Internet Marketing -You have people joining you via your own website.

The first method, Direct Marketing, works if you are prepared to work very hard to get sign ups. Then work feverishly to try and teach your sign ups to do the same, only to find that they quit after a few months.
I used the methods outlined by GDI when I started years ago. I had 1800 people in my downline. After 6 months I found that only 60 people of those original people remained.

I was about to quit GDI $60 per month was certainly not worth the effort of 10 hour work days.

I ended up in hospital and did not access my computer for 5 months. Imagine my surprise when I saw my PayPal account had $300 payments from GDI.

To my amazement those 60 people where still all active! 12 on my first level and 48 in the rest of the downline.

Why had these people stayed in when all the others had left? These 60 people had all built there Own Websites. They were happy with the hosting services and they were not all that interested in making a residual income.

This got me to thinking. If I could set up a website that would recruit for me and I could give the same website to my downlines so that they could recruit, we should all do very well.

That worked for me but my downlines were still having trouble getting customers/traffic to their websites. Some were even losing money using PPC advertising.

So my next step was to develop a product which would enable everyone to get hordes of free website traffic to their sites.

Bingo! We are now Internet Marketing in style -no more hours of slavery - no more leads - no more lists - no more submitting to free advertising sites.

Finally I can see the dream come true just get 10 people who get 10 people 5 levels deep = over $100,000 per month!

For me Intenet Marketing is definitely the way to go.

I now only spend around 1 hour a week on the GDI program. I have 10 people on my first level I spill over all the sign ups from my website to my next level who all have their own websites and my down lines do the same.

Every one on the team is happy, so no more dropouts. You won't find me on the leader board because I do not use DVD's in my marketing.

To summarize: If you like Direct Marketing - go for it - follow the instructions in your GDI back office - no need to reinvent the wheel.

If you want to learn my methods of Internet Marketing I have set up a free Online Study at my website. You are welcome to use all the information there even if you are not on my team.

Send me a PM for details.

Cheers,

Kitty.






Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Seb Brantigan on February 16, 2010, 03:08:46 AM
I'm not really a "home meetings" person who gives out DVDs and business cards like they're free. Since I began using the Internet to get prospects, and using the phone to bridge the gap between technology and relationship building, my business has completely turned around for me after being in GDI for a year.


Title: Replying to prospect emails.
Post by: CLomax on February 19, 2010, 09:08:36 PM
Hi all,

Im having a little trouble lol,

I only signed up 2 days ago and only realy started advertising last night, i have had a few emails asking for more information about the site and also quite a few people visit the site but not sign up. Im just wondering what some of you guys email back or if anyone has a template they can send me it would be much appreciated as the emails im sending dont seem to be doing any justice. It may be that im not selling the opportunity very well or maybe my sales skills suck lol any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,


Chris


Title: Re: Replying to prospect emails.
Post by: MatthewWhelan on February 22, 2010, 08:20:21 PM
Hi,

Dont worry if it seems like you are having a hard time starting up. it will take a little bit longer than 2 days before you start to get sign ups. And with e-mail marketing, remember that not everybody checks there e-mail daily. Some people only check it once a month!

Try marketing on social networking sites like facebook and twitter. Also look up traffic exchange and safelist marketing.

Regards,

Matt Whelan

Hi all,

Im having a little trouble lol,

I only signed up 2 days ago and only realy started advertising last night, i have had a few emails asking for more information about the site and also quite a few people visit the site but not sign up. Im just wondering what some of you guys email back or if anyone has a template they can send me it would be much appreciated as the emails im sending dont seem to be doing any justice. It may be that im not selling the opportunity very well or maybe my sales skills suck lol any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,


Chris


Title: Team work: This idea could change your GDI experience!
Post by: David Minns on March 17, 2010, 03:04:16 AM
Hi there,

I had another new idea this week for GDI. I passed this on to my downline, for them all to try. The idea is to sell the concept of team work. Tell people to join GDI with 4 friends and for them all to sign up under each other. Then the 5 people in total focus on friend number 4 and only use his or her details for telling other people. This means 5 people are working 1 account, each person only needs 2 signups via friend 4 and everyone breaks even. It has the following advantages:

1. It's 5 times quicker to cover your costs
2. You get a stable downline as their is no reason for anyone to leave
3. Working in a team is much better than on your own

What do you think? Please comment and let me know how it works for you.

Regards,

David


Title: Best way to promote your GDI website
Post by: JKatongole on March 28, 2010, 08:28:13 AM
You don't need to struggle,the easy step to promote your
GDI website, is to use the movie.The movie is will train,mentor,assist,educate your prospects
without struggling.Post this Url to social network sites,forums,blogs,local news groups,article directories etc.
Post an article of about 300 words which captures your prospect's attention and at the end put this website below

http://movie.ws/USERNAME/show

make sure to type in your USERNAME correctly


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: RaymondRichard on April 01, 2010, 01:57:40 PM
 I have been writing articles and I see that people have read the article but I'm not getting them to join is there sample article that work!

Raymond


Title: How to use Twitter to promote GDI!
Post by: LonnieN on May 04, 2010, 08:37:05 AM
Do you ever get the feeling that posting to Twitter is a waist of time because your post
disappears just as fast as it was posted? I know exactly how you feel! I have felt the
same feeling until I fell upon a secret that probably most Twitter members don't know
about. This is not really a secret, it's just not something people come a cross when they first start posting.

What is this secret?

It is called using keywords! WHAT?

I know it sounds crazy but here me out for a second while I explain.

One day I was doing some research on Twitter. Some of things I found I all ready
knew about except for the one thing that mattered, using "KEYWORDS".

You have probably noticed a search box on the right side under all your followers
thumbnails. Well, it isn't there to look pretty! It's there for you to use as a tool to
find your targeted market using keywords. That's right I said targeted market!

I know targeted market is a stuck in the mud because people want to know how to determine their targeted market but just don't seem to get it so, they throw it to the side and forget about it. But if you take time and do a search you will find people who are talking about your  particular keyword for your targeted audience. When you add these keywords into your post it will appear under that search. Plus, you can save your keywords to keep track of what's working for your market.

When you think your posts are not being viewed you are probably right if you're not using keywords. But if you take the time and research the keywords for your targeted market you will get tons of traffic to your site.



Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: J De Wet on May 23, 2010, 08:19:50 AM
Hi There fellow GDI maketers, I found a website that teaches you in detail how you can promote your GDI website, from PPC, twitter, blogs and much more. Not sure if I can post the link here so just send me a PM and I will send you the link to check out yourself.
To your success
dewetboys


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: MJeune on May 27, 2010, 09:05:29 AM
hi everyone
im new to this and im facing a wall.
all people i've invite to GDI have asked me the same question: "how much money have u made?"
i don't want to lie to them, and dont really know how to answer them.
but what they dont know is that if all of them are saying the same thing... i wont ever have my check...
so what im i suppose to do? ???


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: KobusVisser on June 10, 2010, 09:17:14 AM
hi everyone
im new to this and im facing a wall.
all people i've invite to GDI have asked me the same question: "how much money have u made?"
i don't want to lie to them, and dont really know how to answer them.
but what they dont know is that if all of them are saying the same thing... i wont ever have my check...
so what im i suppose to do? ???

You should contact your upline. Maybe some of them can give you proof that they are making money with GDI. I'm fortunate to be in a team that is really great. My upline sponsor has given me videos that he made himself to use and to promote. In these videos he show his actual GDI account with proof of payments. Everybody will know you are a newbie when you approach them for the first time, but if you can "show off" your upline, then that should help.

Good luck!


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: ABarbara on June 21, 2010, 07:04:09 AM
I posted this elsewhere but I wanted to be sure you GDIers saw it! http://www.Vistaprint.com presently has some free stuff that would aid in marketing. You just pay for the postage. Some really cool stuff! (I am not an affiliate!)


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: B Lisha on July 14, 2010, 04:34:58 PM
KobusVisser,
Here is a site I ran accross after going through my forum messages:   
http://Acme-People-Search.com/125proof.php?ref=1275446285IIMS&tid=485
Make sure you have all the paperwork turned in to GDI including a copy of your photo id.   I hope we all get paid!   Thats why we are here.
Lisha


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: GeorgeBruce on December 17, 2010, 09:28:00 AM
I found a new marketing strategy by advertising offline using a window decal and helps you save on gas.  With gas as much as $3 a gallon, anyway I can save is a big help, plus build my GDI downline in the process.  If anyone is interested , just go to grbmarketing.ws and see how you can turn gasoline savings into a full-time income.  It's one marketing strategy that I believe is going to take off.  If anyone out there has tried or is doing this, please let me know how it is workng for you.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: RaymondRichard on April 22, 2011, 09:37:08 AM
all of these is great advertising methods what I hear is we must take action everyday!! I have started to use article marketing then plan to go to youtube!!!


Title: Re: Drip Marketing
Post by: David J on August 22, 2011, 09:05:10 AM
There are a lot of uninformed people out there who think if they promote their affiliate
link a couple times they will be successful. This is not true as there are many people
out there who are doing the same thing and not making any money.

The truth is whatever you are promoting online; you must build your list and put all
prospects on a drip campaign. I am going to share with you how I build my GDI business
using the drip campaign technique.

FREE is the most powerful word in your advertising campaign.  I constantly advertise
the following FREE benefits of visiting my GDI site.



Submit 12 million Ads for FREE!
1000 FREE Leads per day for Life!
Free Sotfware Free ebooks Live seminars.

As you can see, I have something for everyone, whether you are promoting nutritional
products, movie and books clubs, legal and tax help programs. Something for everyone
and I am giving people a compelling reason WHY to visit my site. I am helping everyone
and at the same time building my e-mail list.

Everything on my site captures information.  I then put each verified person on a drip
campaign. I send an e-mail on a Sunday (first drip) encouraging them to see my GDI
Flash presentation.. 2 days later (drip) another e-mail reminding them again about
the GDI Flash presentation and 2 days later (drip) another one. Sunday and Tuesday
could be bad days to look, but Thursday might just be right. This again is called a drip
campaign. People are busy and don’t always have time to look.  After a while however, a
dripping faucet will cause someone to take note and take action.

By the way, all my messages say very little creating mystery and just encouraging them
to see the personalized Flash presentation.  Many people out there are saying way too
much.  Little is better.

If you have any questions about the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Take care,

Alan
Alan Zibluk
Bethany, CT

This is great info for us all to use I would like to know were can I go to submit to that many ads for free?


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: David J on August 22, 2011, 09:05:15 AM
Forgot to share my best way of bringing people into my GDI downline I use a great new marketing system. Check out http://GreatMarketingSystem.com


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: BOUABDALLAH_Mohamed on November 22, 2011, 02:46:02 PM
Hello GDI pals!

I want to encourage you to sign in Google Adsense, and make money also from Ads!!

My problem is, that I dont know how to put my website on the top searchs on google :d

I heared I need to bring traffic to my website, but, how? any tips?

Take a look first and tell me what do you think about it (design, subjects,...) http://ibusiness4all.ws

Thank you


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Lillie Oliver on February 23, 2012, 04:59:13 PM
I Use  Dollar Bill Business Cards (http://www.realisticdropcard.com/?o=SjTHqXiU) For A Fun Simple and Powerful Off Line Marketing Tool.  People are glad to get them share them and keep them in their wallet for future sharing. I use a  $10 bills with my GDI blog address.
 


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: KyleRichardson on June 25, 2012, 12:08:51 PM
can u please help me out


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: WilliamAmis on July 02, 2012, 10:17:50 AM
I Use  Dollar Bill Business Cards (http://www.realisticdropcard.com/?o=SjTHqXiU) For A Fun Simple and Powerful Off Line Marketing Tool.  People are glad to get them share them and keep them in their wallet for future sharing. I use a  $10 bills with my GDI blog address.
 

I checked your stats and made an attempt to visit your site? Not working and wondered do you have another one you share usable content to help and empower people globally?

Love to get some feed back.


Title: Re: another simple method use to advertise GDI
Post by: KittyBrown on September 25, 2013, 04:16:13 PM
Hi Howard
Couldn't agree with you more...you've given me inspiration to "go back to basics" and I agree with all the other posts that there is too much emphasis on making money as opposed to a superior product. Once your sign-up understands the value of the product, only then would they get excited about selling it and only then will the money come!

I am also new and thought I would make a killing through google ads...well surprise surprise..so I am also going the route of first selling the product, second prove to your sign-up how valuable the product is, identify, train and assist the ones that are excited and after some long old fashioned hard work, sit back and enjoy the income!!!.....and please I am not knocking the internet gurus coz they know what they're doing but for us newbies....hey one can be extremely creative just with old fashioned basics

Has anybody ever thought about a way we can assist one another from a geographical perspective with off-line marketing? ....we're scattered all over the world ( I'm in South Africa)...I don't know why I am saying this...just thinking aloud!

William

In response to William and Howard - with the advent of the internet many have forgotten that word of mouth and respected business referral leveraging is the best form of advertising.
The ones who have not forgotten keep doing it in the offline world. Time to move on - there is a great way to take advantage of what has always worked best in the days before the internet and incorporating it into the online world. Here is an article I have written that shows you how you can increase your reach for prospective customer in any business by 600% or more within a couple of weeks.
http://mikode.net/2013/09/24/how-can-mikode-help-local-businesses/

I have been internet marketing for over 10 years, and have to say that GDI has treated me really well. If there is one big draw back for newbies in this business it is confusion over what methods they should use to recruit new customers. Advise comes from everywhere: PPC, PPV, CPA, List Building, website building, Capture Pages, Sales Campaigns, Sales Pages, Sales Funnels, SEO, Lead Generation, and on and on.
So how, a newbie may well ask do I keep it simple - and the answer to that is not so simple.

William asks: "Has anybody ever thought about a way we can assist one another from a geographical perspective with off-line marketing? ."
A: Yes and that is the topic of my article. [note if the moderator sees fit to remove the link to the above article] Private Message me and I will send it to you.
Cheers,
Kitty.


Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: JoshuaHarris on September 27, 2016, 01:35:54 PM
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Title: Re: Share Your Best!
Post by: Mark Paterson1 on January 06, 2020, 01:23:34 PM


Well I've not actually done it as it is the wrong time of year. My work offline is riding racehorses and going to the races. Though only in the summer. Intend to print off as many flyers a I can and before or after horse has run hand them out at the gate or in the stands. Why not spend a day at the races?


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