Having a hard time getting this going. I got in this because it was a no money start up but everyone that I talk to about it seems to think it is a ladder scam or something I have some really good ideas on how to get people to sign up. I have a friend former employer that has a web directory business I was brainstorming on how I could get him involved in this he is in sales thow but the potiental could be unlimited. I have been post ads since yesterday. getting hits but that is it what else is it that I can do that I am not going to have to put cash (that I dont have into) I want to wait to get the DVDs and Business cards till I start making money then I will order this stuff I think that I am going to keep the website no matter what it only 10 a month
Howdy Texas! Welcome to GDI.
Trust me when I say that MOST of the people in GDI have a rough start. So, don't feel like you're behind the "pack" quite yet. There IS a learning curve and I know you're new to all of this so, definitely don't let time frustrate you. Like you say, $10 a month, you can afford to stick it out until you make that winning shot.
Is this a pyramid scheme or a ladder scheme or illegal? You are going to hear that question a LOT from people who know nothing about multi-level marketing companies. Here are a few ways you can deal with them.
1) No, it isn't.
2) First, let me ask you a question. Do you have a boss or manager of some kind that you report to? Do they make more money than you? Does that person have a boss? Does their boss make more money than them? Most if not all companies operate on a pyramid structure.
A pyramid scheme is a company where people make money from other people, and NOT from offering products or services. GDI has a product and a service, it's their domains and web hosting services.
3) No, GDI is not a pyramid scheme, it is a multi level marketing company. You see, companies figured out that it was more productive to allow ANYONE to market their product and pay them a commission, than to pay an advertising firm to market for them. Word of mouth is a powerful thing. So, instead of paying another company to market their web hosting and domain services, they pay us a commission to do it for them.
Hope those give you some ideas on how to respond to people asking that question.
One other response for ya. There IS a learning curve. But you can GREATLY cut down on that learning curve if you learn how to do marketing better. Isn't that why you wrote that post?
Aside from a few things, free training often will just lead you in circles and definitely lead you to more stuff to buy. One bit of free training is the GDI webinars. Completely free, and you just register once and you're registered for a few months. They are held every week.
If you want responses to your ads you need to learn COPYWRITING. It sounds like you are doing OK with your titles because you said you get a few hits. But, imagine being able to write an ad that NOBODY can keep from opening.
And what would it be like if almost ALL of the people who read your ad at LEAST go to your website? Sound good to you? That's why it's important to learn copywriting. It doesn't just pertain to ads, it works with anything you write.
Hypnotic Writing: How To Persuade and Seduce People With Only Your Words by Joe Vitale is a great book and costs less than $10 at Amazon.
Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich: Create Winning Ads, Web Pages, Sales Letters and More by David Garfinkel is a great one too.
ONE MORE THING! You already have a website, what about getting it to the top of the search engines for particular keywords? Take a look at SEO, article marketing and things like that.
I'M LIKE A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP! SOMEONE STOP ME! OK, Texas, just one more thing. Have you ever heard of attraction marketing? My definition of attraction marketing is this, "Attraction Marketing is the art of ATTRACTING interested people to YOUR MARKET." In other words, the art of getting people to come to you instead of you chase them.
I learned a lot by studying attraction marketing, you might too.
Well, Tex. Can I call ya Tex? Well, Tex, that's all I have for this long post. Hope it helped. If you need more, there have been lots of questions asked on the forum. Cruise around and see if you can pick up some golden nuggets.
