When Perseverance Meets Ability.In this newsletter:
Feature Article: The equation for success! [read more]
New Spanish Version Animated Presentation! [read more]
The GDI Wealth Guide [download it here]
SPAM WARNING: [read more]
Suggestions from the Support Department [read more]
Compensation Outline [read more]
Read this carefully: Our Unlimited Bonus Contest will be continued throughout the month of July! For every 5 confirmed (paid) referrals you make in each week-long referral period in July, you'll earn a $100 cash bonus!
FEATURE ARTICLE:We recently came across an article by Abi Motala, the CEO of Vista Information Publishing, Ltd. that talked about perseverance and how you can increase your "perseverance quotient." How important is perseverance to your success in network marketing?
We'll discuss and elaborate on some of Motala's ideas, but first - ask yourself these simple questions.
Out of the top 100 income earners in the network marketing industry, how many do you think have continuously jumped around from company to company until they found the "magic product" that would make them rich beyond their wildest dreams?
How many do you think decided on a company (and course of action), and then stuck with it through all the learning experiences, mistakes and failures - and finally, huge successes? We have no doubt that at least sometime in your life, you've had to work your way through enormous frustrations and hardships before you saw the beautiful light at the other end of the tunnel. But, when you got there, it made it all the more worthwhile, didn't it?
And everything you learned along the way taught you valuable lessons that you've remembered and used MANY times since, making your failures fewer and farther between. In a way, success becomes easier. Really, it's more a matter of perseverance than ability. For most people, network marketing is not a "natural ability." It's learned, and it can be learned by anyone. You only have to look at the various people from ALL walks of life that have become major successes in our industry. With failure and subsequent perseverance come new knowledge, ability and future success.
Out of those 100 top income earners mentioned earlier, how many do you think new how to succeed the first day they entered the network marketing industry? Probably ZERO. In fact, we'd be willing to wager that those same people have FAILED more times than most.
The great thing about our industry is that it doesn't really matter how many times you experience hardship or failure as long as you learn from your mistakes and keep on pushing forward. You only have to get it right once and you'll be set for the rest of your life.
According to Motala, here are some ways you can improve your "perseverance quotient." We've added our own thoughts here on how these relate to our particular business.
You may not have control over what happens to you in every season or cycle of your life, but you most certainly have a choice as to how you deal with everything that happens to you. You may experience health problems, business setbacks and personal difficulties, and have to face the consequence of extensive devastation and loss of lives caused either by the evil of man, such as 9/11 and the bombs in London on the 7th July 2005, or natural calamity, such as the tsunami of 26th December 2004.
It is your choice to view the glass as being half-empty and wallow in self-pity by letting your grief and misfortune get the better of you by taking the easy way out. Instead, as a disciple of perseverance you can adopt a positive mental attitude. Your rescue will start with viewing the glass as being half-full, and your recovery from the trials and tribulations of every cycle of your life will continue with your efforts to make a difference in this hurtful world.
You know that IQ measures raw intelligence. Well, Perseverance Quotient or PQ measures your "staying power."
Here are 13 ways in which you can improve your PQ:1. Take Responsibility for Yourself
You must deal a deadly blow to the single greatest cause of human misery, which is the myth or false belief that our life is governed by some secret, external force. For some, this mythical, hidden force may be race, religion, gender, upbringing, social class, education, physical features or handicaps, and even their parents.
2. Select Positive Influences
You must intentionally select positive re-enforcements. When you purchase books and audio tapes, films and other media for your entertainment, you must seek those with strong, uplifting themes. Select those which nurture your spirit. How this applies to network marketing is obvious. Choose to work with and learn from people who you respect and that are in the position you wish to be in yourself.
3. Manage your Stress
The word stress evokes scenes of breakdown, unhappiness and disruption of normal body functioning. Actually, stress is the effect of any external, physical or mental pressures on your well-being. The primary causes of stress are anxiety and tension, which may arise through different events or conditions, such as money hardship, job/business problems, moving home, sexual difficulties, loss of friendship, loneliness, demise of a loved one, marriage failure, tax investigation etc.
4. Healthy Living
Healthy living is crucial for you because your energy and stamina are necessary for perseverance. You need to be in top form for focus, resilience, self-confidence, optimism, clarity and intensity. You'll notice that if you don't have energy or excitement when talking with prospects, it's not likely that they'll be inclined to join your business.
5. Be True to Yourself
In order to be true to yourself, you must know who you are. To do that successfully, you must nurture self-knowledge through self-searching, contemplation, meditation, observation, and reflection. Develop your own personal plans for success, and base it on this self-knowledge.
6. Seek the Best Source of Advice
When seeking advice, you must consider the source very carefully. If you want to shorten the distance from perseverance to achievement, you want to learn from the mistakes of others, rather than repeating them yourself. And you want to use the methods that have brought others the success you seek.
7. Avoid Inaction Alibi
Planning paralysis is a very real hazard when you set out to develop your plan to such a level of detail that you are unable to take action. Beware! You can only gather so much information and define so many steps towards the realization of your dream. To make it happen, sooner or later you must put that plan into action.
8. Plan your Work
When you have identified and set your goals you will need a plan to turn your vision into reality. Planning is a vital step in getting what you desire. I have met people with extraordinary goals and even well written goal scripts, but they never developed a plan for putting them into action. It is not surprising that their goals were never accomplished.
9. Eliminate Counter-productive Habits
Firstly, you must identify the counter-productive habits or thoughts that you would like to discontinue. Then dump them!!! You must focus on what you can do, not what you cannot do.
10. Forgive Yourself and Others
You must willingly forgive yourself and others. Do this for your own sake, and for your own peace of mind. Harboring grudges, disapproval, hatred or disappointment can poison your spirit of perseverance.
11. Take Reasonable Risks
You must not be afraid to take reasonable risks. Without risk, there is no reward. Risk management is more important than risk avoidance. Risk avoidance dampens the spirit, undermining the will to persist in the face of obstacles and reversals.
12. Get Support
You deserve to be around people supportive of your aspirations. All good psychologists, counselors, coaches and teachers will tell you that you must have exposure to a positive environment.
13. Do not Quit
When you feel yourself slipping, remember the people who overcame failures and rejections to achieve their dreams. People like Thomas Edison, Ray Kroc, Colonel Sanders, Charles Schulz, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the endless list of other persistent great achievers, who found that success inevitably arrives for every person who perseveres.
Although life is not an unending succession of problems and crises, you must nevertheless accept that problems have their time and purpose. Consequently, by increasing your PQ you will equip yourself, whatever your circumstance, not only to avoid becoming a victim of that circumstance, but also to face up to your fears with a resolute refusal to be beaten into submission.
COMING SOON!The reprints of the July 2006 Network Marketing Business Journal, featuring Global Domains International as the Company of the Month, will be available soon. We'll give you information on how to order as soon as possible. The reprints will include an area where you can write in your affiliate information so you can be sure to receive credit for any new affiliates you refer using this as a marketing tool.
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Spanish Version of our Online Animated Presentation!The Spanish version of our online animated flash presentation is ready for you to use. If you know anyone who speaks Spanish or you would like to advertise to a Spanish audience, you might try getting another domain on your GDI account that you can redirect to your Spanish version flash presentation.
Here are your two affiliate links to the presentation in Spanish:http://www.website.ws/username/spanish/showhttp://www.website.ws/username/espanol/showYou can use either of the above links in your promotions. They both direct visitors to the Spanish presentation.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The multi-lingual versions of Freedom.ws and DVD.ws are now available for use in promoting your GDI business. This should be a tremendous marketing boost to those of you who have International contacts, or to anyone who wishes to start building their business worldwide. Congratulations. Your number of potential prospects just took a huge jump.
URGENT SPAM WARNING: Please make sure to review our complete SPAM policy now. Just because an email contact is in your address book doesn't mean an email you send to them is not SPAM.
Ultimately, SPAM is determined to be SPAM by the recipients who report it. Please be advised that there are other types of mass advertising that can also be considered SPAM, such as making inappropriate posts to message boards, or mass submitting the same classified ad over and over using mass submission software.
Make sure you review the polices of any site that allows advertising or personal posting BEFORE you place a link to your GDI affiliate site, and that you have reviewed and know our SPAM policy.
Learn More About our DVDs and How to Order Them at DVD.ws
Suggestions from the Support DepartmentHave Questions? Don't forget, you can use the Request Support and FAQ links in your member's area for answers to commonly asked questions. When replying to an email that our support department has sent you, be sure to include any previous correspondence in your reply. Include your username and domain name when leaving a voicemail or when you are corresponding with Support via email.
New "Goodies" Section of Member's Area: You will find that we have now added a new section to the member's area called "Order Goodies." This is where you'll find all of our marketing tools such as leads and DVDs. Coming soon, reprints of the GDI Company of the Month article from the Network Marketing Business Journal will be available. DVD 10-packs are also back by popular demand.
Email Marketing: When sending out emails from your own email address, make sure you have the correct referral link for your site and not another affiliate's URL. You should not be email marketing on behalf of a downline affiliate. Also make sure all mailings not sent through the Invite System are in compliance with our Anti SPAM Policy.
Guaranteed Signups: Under no circumstances should you be purchasing and/or using "guaranteed signups" to promote GDI. Guaranteed signups are any service that promises to get you actual signups for a fee. Almost all of these services are scams. Do not use them or you are putting your account at risk for suspension.
Outside Leads: We do not condone the use of outside leads being entered into the invite system. You may use your own mailing system but all mailings going out with the mention of .WS or GDI MUST be in compliance with our Anti SPAM policy.
Phone Verified Leads: We now have Phone Verified Leads! Within your member's area, click on the "Leads" tab. These leads are generated in a way that makes them exceptionally receptive to phone calls!
Access Codes: Your access code for any of your referral sites is the same as your GDI username. (nicoletaylor)
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How you get paid!We wanted to make sure you understand the many ways you are compensated for your participation in the GDI business. We've made the program as lucrative as possible for you, and want to insure you get the most out of it, so be sure you take a look at all the ways to get paid below!
When we make updates to the contests we are running, we will list any changes in our contest updates email that is sent weekly, so you are always aware of the many ways you can earn with us!
* Our 5-Level UniLevel Compensation
* Our "Master Affiliate" Infinity Bonus
* Weekly Unlimited Bonus Contests
* $5,000 Heavy Hitter Bonus
* Dynamic Upward Database Compression
The WS Internet Show!New program scheduling for The WS Internet Show will be announced soon! You can hear our past shows in the archive at the WebSite link above for great tips on promoting GDI and using our products.
Now is a great time to listen to our archived shows, and share them with your prospects, at
www.wsinternetshow.ws.
We'll update you with program specific information for the WS Internet Show after our next run of shows has been scheduled.
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Bonus ContestsIn your member's area, you'll notice our "Potential" and "Confirmed" Leaderboards.
These leaderboards display the winners from our contests, and you'll find winner information from our prior contests in the same area of our WebSite.
"Confirmed" shares are earned when sign-ups convert to paid accounts, and then only if payment is successfully secured on the first charge attempt.
Bonus winnings are paid based on the results of the "Confirmed" leaderboards only.
Be sure to read the dates listed at the top of each leaderboard so you know what time period the board is for.
If you are listed on a CONFIRMED leaderboard, then you may collect your referral bonus by following the requirements to the right.
4 Requirements to Collect Your Bonus:
Testimonial - provide a short testimonial about GDI's opportunity and/or product to
ws_testimonials@wsdomains.wsPromotional Tip - with your testimonial, include a promotional or sponsoring tip that will help other affiliates duplicate your success
Photo of yourself in JPEG (.JPG) format - attach a photo of yourself to the email you send to
ws_testimonials@wsdomains.ws.
The .WS email address to which you would like your winnings paid through PayPal - We will send your bonus money to a valid PayPal account using only a .WS email address on your .WS WebSite domain. (This is for your protection and to verify that we are actually sending your money to you and not someone else). You can easily add this address to your PayPal account if you have not already.
*** You must provide all four of the above before we will issue your bonus money ***
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Unlimited Bonus Leaderboards Can Now Be Viewed in The Member's Area!
