Wow! Things are really getting exciting here at GTN as we are rapidly approaching the beginning of the pre-launch on July 15th.

I have been involved in network marketing for over 18 years full-time and I can tell you I have never seen a compensation plan quite like the one GTN is offering.

This plan designed with many, many years of experience behind it, reflects much thought and strategy on how to get you into ‘profit’ quickly with daily pay while helping you built up a huge team bonus check every week and of course the long-term residual income that can make you financially free for the rest of your life!

Everyone knows that the ‘average’ person in this industry can sponsor at least ‘two’ people into a network marketing company. We have combined two very powerful leveraging systems with the binary and a coded bonus system that both can generate commissions unlimited levels deep and are built on everyone qualifying with the minimum of two sales.

This concept will EXPLODE your income fast with DAILY PAY on your fast start retail commissions and WEEKLY PAY on your binary cycles and matching, and then you will get paid MONTHLY RESIDUALS from your coded bonus team building unlimited levels deep below you!

John Breck and Rod Cook (MLMWATCHDOG.com) have teamed up to create a masterpiece that will change tens of thousands of peoples lives financially.

It’s all about teamwork. Teamwork DOES MAKE the dream work and we are looking forward to TEAMING UP WITH YOU and paying our consultants a lot of money and watching peoples lives change all over the world.

So let’s get busy….as there are only a few days left to get your teams ready.

Straight ahead!

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Welcome To My New Marketing World!

by admin on June 22, 2010

My New Home!

My New Home!

UPDATE: As of June 1st, 2010, I have signed on to a new post as the Chief Marketing Officer for a new direct marketing company in the travel & leisure industry called the Globe Travel Network.

We are in the final preparations of launching the company. Here is a replay of the big announcement.

Just click here!

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Learn How To Explode Your You Tube Profile

by admin on December 20, 2009

Explode Your Profile!

Explode Your Profile!

Do you want to explode your You Tube profile fast?  Now you can with a powerful tool called

the Tube Toolbox.  This tool is designed to leverage your time by just taking 5 minutes a day to click on a few buttons and you can add hundreds of new friends and subscribers each day compared to a few here and there.

I am a user of this tool and a paid affiliate as well.  I highly recommend this product if you are

serious about using You Tube as a social network to build and promote your business!

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man_in_mirrorAre you unhappy with life?  You need to talk to the ‘man in the mirror’ about it.

Sure, we all know that sometimes life can be challenging or difficult and we can go through periods of extreme dissatisfaction.   Many people want to point the blame finger at someone else other themselves when things don’t go their way.

It’s totally human nature to blame someone else, I mean think about it, the blame game started way back at the beginning when Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent in the garden right?

So we sort of come by it honestly with a very long heritage of blaming others over thousands of years so we should not feel like we are not normal for wanting to.  However, blaming others for your unhappiness or dissatisfaction in your life will not make truth of the matter different.

It reminds of me of the famous line from the movie, “A Few Good Men “when the Colonel  played by Jack Nicholson yells, “The truth, you can’t handle the truth!”    Because the TRUTH IS the TRUTH hurts sometimes when it comes to being  honest and real about why we are where we are in life.

This post is about honest self reflection.

Sometimes when life is tough and you are very disappointed where you have landed you need to remember that your life today is the sum total of all the choices you have made to this point.

For some of you,  the outcome and quality of your life thus far  has exceeded everything you ever hope for or dreamed about and you have no regrets.  That’s wonderful!   Unfortunately for far too many others, you maybe have fallen far short of the goals you had years ago for your life and you are struggling to figure out how to get back on track.

This is where you need to talk to the ‘man in the mirror’ to find the honest answers.

You need to have an honest conversation with that ‘inner person’ who dwells at your sub-conscious level and re-affirm everything that you want your life to be.  If you constantly feed the inner person of your being with self-doubt, fear of failure or rejection, anxiety or constant worrying, you will reap what you sow.

You need to build yourself up to be the person you think of being successful from the inside out.

That means you must first BECOME THAT SUCCESSFULL PERSON with the inward man before you will realize that success with the outward man.

Look that person that straight in the eye who you see in that mirror and tell yourself exactly who you think you are!  Say, “I am successful, I am generous, I am a giver not a taker, I am joyful, I am content and at peace with myself, I am forgiving of others, I am patient, I am excited and fired up!, I am…etc. etc.

Don’t blame others around you for where your at… DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!   One of the most common characteristics of highly successful people is that they taken responsibility for their success or failure and are will to own up to the outcome that they have had and not just simply ‘pass the buck’ to someone else.

So for example, instead of blaming your company or upline for not you not making money right away in your business, how about being honest and just saying, “Maybe I should of talked to more people than I did for my business to work.  Maybe I could have worked an extra 5-10 hours per week.  Maybe I should have done a better job of doing follow up.  May I participated in that training call a few more times.”

The vast majority of the time people are not reaching their goals and are discouraged  in their pursuit of building their dream because:

1. They don’t have a plan

2. They really don’t plan on succeeding (i.e. they don’t believe they can really do it)

3. They don’t stay committed long enough to see results

4. They are not teachable

5. They don’t have a compelling WHY that drives them

6. They are too quick to make excuses and blame others

7. They are not willing to pay their dues and put in the time

No great achievement or accomplishments ever come with out paying a price.   Reaching your dream will cost you something.

Are you will to pay the price?

Too many people ‘buy in’ to the notion that success comes with a FREE price tag.  Sorry, not going to happen.

If this article has been challenging you in your current position in life and some of the attitudes and habits you have, I have good news!!!

Today is the first day of the rest of your life!  You can start fresh today and make the changes necessary in order to reach your goals.  You can do it!  In just a few short weeks we will be celebrating the New Year and ushering in a new decade too.

Many people use this time of the year to reflect on how well their year went according to their New Year’s resolutions made last year at this time and measure up.  How did your year go according to your 2009 resolutions and goals?  If you didn’t hit the mark and you are no further ahead or maybe even behind where you were last year going into 2010, it’s time to have that talk with the ‘man in the mirror’.

So in the New Year, listen closely to what that ‘man in the mirror’ says and agree with what you hear and then make the changes necessary to  re-design your happiness in the pursuit of your dreams!

Wishing you all the best in 2010!

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How To Stand Out In The Crowded Marketplace

by admin on November 19, 2009

Why Should I Do Business With You?

Why Should I Do Business With You?

Have you ever noticed when marketing that sometimes your not the only one selling the products or services you have to offer?

Have you ever wondered how to get your prospects to buy from you versus the next guy marketing the same things?

It doesn’t matter if your promoting/selling an opportunity, product, or service, the same rule applies…you have have a unique selling proposition or (USP) !

A USP is your ‘ace in the hole’ to sorta speak that reflects your greatest value that your opportunity, product, or service offers that nobody else does.  This USP is the reason why your prospects are going to do business with you versus the next salesman down the road.

Every marketer needs to answer a few fundamental questions in a prospects mind when they are evaluating your offer.

1. What’s in it for me?  (W.I.F.M.)

2. Why should I buy from you?

The first question is easy to answer.  Show the benefits that your product or service will bring them when they decide to join or buy from you.

The second question is answered by how well you sell YOURSELF!!!  Even when thousands of other people are marketing the same product or service as you are, the one thing that will always be different is YOU!!!

This is why you must over deliver value in various ways to your prospects in order to create that 1 degree of separation from your competition.  Your unique qualities, skills, and expertise are a part of the overall USP that you bring to the marketplace.

Here are a few tips on how to make your USP stronger than everyone else:

1. Offer value-added products or services that your competition is not to your offer such as FREE software, training, ebooks, etc.

2. Pick a niche within your product category and become an expert and then show your prospect on how well you dominate in the niche.

3. Develop a  creative or clever approach to prospecting.  Don’t settle for the same old methods that everyone is doing.  Go against the grain and be creative.

4. Start developing videos for your marketing.  Most people are not willing to go on camera and promote themselves or their business.  This alone will step you up in the crowd.

5. Use personal branding strategies to help build instant trust and credibility with your prospects to keep you one step ahead of your competition.

These are just a few tips and ideas that I personally use or have used in the past to build my business and USP and they work very well in giving you the slight advantage when closing your next sale.

So give them a try in your business and make yourself more UNIQUE!

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Why YOU Should Be The Leader!

by admin on November 3, 2009

Who Is The Leader Here?

Who Is The Leader Here?

Have you ever been involved in something and wondered who was in charge?  Especially when things were not going well or were in a state of chaos?  Or have you ever thought that maybe things could be happening faster if you were in charge?

Those are moments when you can see the power vacuum that exists in that particular group or organization.  The lack of leadership can be devastating to the forward motion of any team or organization.

Great leaders never wait for things to happen for them, they MAKE things happen!  They immediately seize the opportunity to step up and take charge because they are results driven.

You probably have heard the saying, “If it’s going to be, it’s up to me!” before?  It is really true.   Too many people are waiting all the time for someone to make life happen for them and that’s not how it works.  If you want something to happen in your life or business, decide to make it happen and do it for yourself.

Leaders don’t make excuses, they take action!  Leaders always gain momentum faster than followers do and they typically will earn more too!  That’s a good reason right there why you should step up and be one.

Sometimes we hope that someone else will take the responsibilities of leading the charge and doing all the planning, organizing, communicating with the members of the group so that we can relax and enjoy the fruit of another person’s labor.  If everyone thought like that we would never get anything accomplished or move ahead in our endeavors!

It’s not always  easy trying to build a team and get all the parts moving in one direction all the time but it is worth doing.

Here are seven reasons why you should step up and be the leader of your team or organization:

1.  Leaders  cast the vision and set the direction for the team.

2.  Leaders  are the pacesetters for growth by their example.

3.  Leaders  will be recognized as the ‘expert’ within the organization.

4.  Leaders  will become more visible and will attract other leaders who wish to model your success.

5.  Leaders have a platform to communicate their messages from.

6.  Leaders opinions always  matter when it comes to problem solving.

7.  Leaders will be remembered with their legacy for  contributions made when serving their organization.

Leaders will always think, “If not me… who? If not now…when? If no solution… how?” Leaders are extremely valuable to any community, business, or organization and their contributions usually are always remembered.

It’s not always easy and sometimes the tasks at hand are difficult.  But leaders are like eagles where they will soar high above the challenges and will always find the way to success!

So the next time your trying to find out who the leader is, try looking in the mirror!

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* If you are enjoying articles like this one you might also enjoy my video tips, training, and resources on video at my YouTube Channel!  Please visit http://www.youtube.com/mlmphonepro.  Don’t forget to rate, comment, and subscribe while your there! Thanks! Steve

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Seven Signs Of A Great Attitude!!!

by admin on October 29, 2009

7 Signs Of A Great Attitude

7 Signs Of A Great Attitude

Have you ever heard the expression, “Your attitude is your altitude” ?  Yep, me too.  It’s really true.

Attitude goes a long way in being successful.  We all have worked with people with a bad attitude and with people with a  great attitude and did you have a preference of which person you would rather work with?  Of course you did!

There is no doubt that we would rather work with energy filled, smiling, get-it-done people who always have a great attitude about their life, family, and business!  Having a great attitude is contagious.

In this world of attraction marketing, a great positive attitude goes a long way in bringing good things into your path.  You will miss many opportunities without one.

That’s why we need to know  the seven signs of a great attitude so we can make sure we are on the right track!

THE SEVEN SIGNS OF A GREAT ATTITUDE ARE:

1.  Believe in yourself

Positive self-worth is a prime characteristic of a person with a good attitude.  If  you have a low self-confidence, your focus is always  on yourself and what is wrong with them.  People with a positive self-worth are free to reach their full potential and helping others.

2.  Willingness to see the best in others.

People with positive attitudes always expect the best out of people.  Expect to get the best from people and not the worst and usually you will get it as people tend to rise up to the level of expectations.

3.  Ability to see opportunity in everything!

No matter what the circumstances are, positive people always see the opportunities.   Opportunities are always available to people who have the right attitude.   Opportunities are never available to people who say ‘no’.

4.  Focus on the solution.

Just about everyone can see problems in everything but its the people with positive attitudes that can find the solutions.  A solution mind-set is a sign of having a great attitude.  Most great achievements in this world were declared to be impossible before someone found a way to do it.

5.  Desire to give back.

Giving to others has one of the highest impacts on a person’s attitude.   Generous people are rarely ill or have negative attitudes.  Have you ever noticed that?  Adopt the lifestyle that ‘giving is living’ and focus on what you can do today for someone else.

6.  Persistence

It’s easier to be persistent when you have a positive attitude.  Many people fail in their endeavors because they have the attitude that they will “try something and if it doesn’t work, do something else”.  A sign of a person with a great attitude would be practicing your persistence and staying with it knowing that success is right around the corner!

7.   Be responsible for your life

The final sign of people with a great attitude is taking responsibility for your own life.  Blaming other people or circumstances for your failures will only keep you from growing and achieving great things.  Knowing and accepting the fact that YOUR thoughts, choices, and actions make YOUR success in this world is a sign of a person who has a great attitude!

So there you have it.  If you are not happy with the results of your life thus far, maybe it is because you need to do a ‘check-up from the neck-up’ and make some adjustments to your attitude on your life and business and see life through a completely different lens!

Life is too short for a bad attitude,  have a positive one and start enjoying it!

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Excerpts  of this article were used from the book “Your Road Map For Success” by John Maxwell.

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Eight Keys To Being An Effective Communicator

by admin on October 24, 2009

Are You Communicating Properly?

Are You Communicating Properly?

Have you ever felt like you had a lot to say about your product, service, or opportunity but it was falling on ‘deaf ears’?

Many people feel that way including me from time to time.  We live in a over populated marketing world where the ‘promotion noise’ is deafening and it can be extremely challenging for you to get your message heard.

It is very important that when you do get the attention of your prospect for that brief moment in time that you are communicating with them at a very high level so that you can have a maximum impact on them!  You only have a few moments of their attention so you better say what needs to be said and in a way that it is memorable to them.

Often time people just want to ‘throw up’ all over their prospects and just waste a good prospecting opportunity.  There needs to be more strategy in marketing your wares than just being a blow hard salesman.

That’s why we need to know the 8 keys to being an effective communicator when creating our copy for our landing pages, websites, social media profiles, articles, blogs, videos, webinars, conference calls, etc. etc.

Here are the 8 keys:

1.   Always look through your prospect’s eyes, not your own.

Don’t assume that your prospects know why your product, service, or opportunity is valuable to them.  Explain the reasons to them.  Most professional advertisers write to a fifth or six-grade reading level, because most people are not really paying attention.

2.   Follow the path of least resistance.

It takes longer to change peoples minds than to just build upon the current perceptions they already have.   Find a way to reinforce something they already believe and tie it in directly to buying your product.  The power in this is accepting people as they are and seeking the smallest possible change in their behavior that is required to  get them to buy from you.

3.  Don’t be logical – be psychological

People are both rational and emotional.  But it is emotion that drives attitude and behavior.  Behavior is the result of fear and desire.  When desire exceeds fear, people will act.  The goal in writing good sales copy is to increase desire and reduce fear.  In short, choose the most powerful words you can get away with to drive people’s  emotions.  For example, ‘bulletproof’ is more emotionally powerful than ’safe’.

4.  Organize information around a single idea or theme.

Organize your content to be based upon a single idea versus overloading your prospects with too much information.   Drive home the main point or theme with precision.  Don’t overstate the obvious with lists of information, they won’t read it.  Your headline, tagline, and opening paragraph are vitally important here.

5.  Be conversational.  Write to express and not impress.

Be conversational with your writing style.  Try not to use big ‘$100′ words that people don’t understand.  Simplicity and being authentic is key.  One way to test your copy is to read it out loud as you write it and listen to how it sounds to you.

6.   Less is more

The average reader gives you about a half second or less to determine if they will pay any attention to your communication so less is definitely more!  Use short words, sentences, and paragraphs to break up the thoughts into easy-to-read bites.  Use bullet points and phrases to summarize your thoughts and make it easy.  Remember, people don’t read anymore, they scan!

7.  Use visual language to paint pictures in people’s minds.

Use words that frame a picture in your prospects mind of your main point.  Don’t be vague and use general vocabulary but be specific and concrete in your descriptions of your offer.

8.  Don’t hype your offer, validate everything!

Documentation beats conversation every single time right?  People are not impressed with your ‘hype’ and overly positive attitude about your offer.  They are impressed and inspired to action when they can see verifiable results through third party validation.  People don’t trust much anymore, why should they trust you?  Get the proof they need.

Marketing in today’s world requires much more than being just a ‘bag full of wind’.  It requires some understanding of knowing your target audience and knowing how to communicate effectively to them using these 8 keys and others.

So, if your wondering why people are not responding to your communications via your marketing, think about changing your approach and using some of the 8 keys of being an effective communicator!

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* Excerpts of this article were taken from “Perfect Phrases for Sales and Marketing Copy”  by Barry Callen

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10 Traits Of A Successful Leader

by admin on October 21, 2009

Are You A Leader?

Are You A Leader?

It has been said that quite simply, leadership is influence.  Your ability to lead others and be an influence in their lives will have a direct correspondence to your level of success in life and business.

We have all seen and read about people who took leadership roles in various types of organizations from our military, government, schools, corporate america, and even from our own family histories.

It is wise to model successful people and learn more about what made them great.   Building up our leadership skills is one of the best things that we can do for our business.  Leaders are able to take people to higher levels of achievement by providing ongoing support, encouragement, vision, and constant motivation.

Being a great leader is first of all a choice.  You have to decide that you want to be a great leader and then everything else will follow.   You have to want to lead others because it is not an easy job.  There is a ton of commitment to be a leader and its not for the faint of heart.   You will be richly rewarded in many ways for stepping out and taking charge in your business and helping others.

Leadership in network marketing is critical to building a large organization.  Learning how be a leader is the beginning and then knowing how to LEAD Leaders is even more important.

The greater our ability to lead other leaders , the more passive your income will be in your business.

So if your not sure that you have all the ‘right stuff’ to be a leader, check out these 10 traits of successful leaders and see where you stand:

Here are 10 traits of successful leaders:

1.   Honest - Display sincerity, integrity, and candor in all your actions. Deceptive behavior will not inspire trust.

2.  Competent - Base your actions on reason and moral principles. Do not make decisions based on childlike emotional desires or feelings.

3.  Forward-looking - Set goals and have a vision of the future. The vision must be owned throughout the organization. Effective leaders envision what they want and how to get it. They habitually pick priorities stemming from their basic values.

4.  Inspiring - Display confidence in all that you do. By showing endurance in mental, physical, and spiritual stamina, you will inspire others to reach for new heights. Take charge when necessary.

5.  Intelligent - Read, study, and seek challenging assignments.

6.  Fair-minded - Show fair treatment to all people. Prejudice is the enemy of justice. Display empathy by being sensitive to the feelings, values, interests, and well-being of others.

7.  Broad-minded - Seek out diversity.

8.  Courageous - Have the perseverance to accomplish a goal, regardless of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Display a confident calmness when under stress.

9.  Straightforward - Use sound judgment to make a good decisions at the right time.

10. Imaginative - Make timely and appropriate changes in your thinking, plans, and methods. Show creativity by thinking of new and better goals, ideas, and solutions to problems. Be innovative!

*Compiled by the Santa Clara University and the Tom Peters Group

If you see yourself having most of these traits then you probably are a candidate for leadership.  Start taking opportunities to lead others in your business.  Even if you have to come out of your comfort zone from being a follower.

In MLM, just being pro-active and resourceful will put you into a leadership role.  Most people are re-active and are always challenge minded.   Be the person you would always want to follow and you too can become a great leader as leadership can be modeled and learned.

So stop waiting for things to happen, be a leader and MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

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Beware! Is Social Media The Grand Illusion?

by admin on October 14, 2009

Does Social Media Work Like Magic?

Does Social Media Work Like Magic?

< Here is my mystifying magical mantra>

“Abbra Caddabra …Twittersphere……Tweet Three Times…. and Money Appear!!!”  POOF!!!

Isn’t that about how some people think social media tools like Twitter and Facebook are going to work?  Come on…be honest….most people have thought that maybe this social media craze was going to be the answer to some quick success with their opportunities.

Hey, it sounded good right?   Well let me tell you  something I learned about using social media for marketing and getting results….it’s not magic!

If you thought it was going to be as easy as just putting a few profiles with some links to your websites and ‘friending’ everyone, posting your deal and traffic comes…..you may be under the ‘The Grand Illusion” !!!  Getting traffic to your sites is not just about having profiles on every known social media site to man and putting links up everywhere.   It will work some but there is a better plan to get targeted prospects chasing after you and that comes with personal branding of your value proposition.

Don’t confuse posting your marketing offers on social media sites as personal branding.   Personal branding takes a whole different approach and mindset to marketing.   Personal branding has you asking the question, “What can I give away to someone today?”  knowing that you are adding value to people and that your contribution will make you become memorable to them now or sometime into the future.   Marketing asks the question, “What can I do to get you to buy from me now?”

Personal branding is a commitment to build up a reputation as a person who people know is a contributor and NOT just a taker! A person who they learn to know, like, and trust.  This is a relationship track to long-term success that will endure whereas marketing simply is short-term thinking and practices that removes relationship but is purely headhunting for dollars in my opinion.

I know that there maybe many who disagree with me on this, but I don’t think that social media is best used to sell or market stuff.  Social media is in my opinion best used to build relationships, period.  It can be very instrumental in building up a following to sell your stuff to when you use it in conformance to a personal branding strategy that clearly defines the following 3 things:

1.  Your personal branding strategy should build a theme around telling people who you are and your personal story to make a relationship connection.  Hint. Be Real!  Don’t pretend to be someone your NOT!

2.     Your personal branding strategy should build a consistent theme on what your value proposition is and why people should do business with you.  Hint. Become exceptional with at least one area of your business to make yourself  memorable, sorry, people don’t remember average!!!

3.    You personal branding strategy should be built around being authentic, transparent, and honest about what your selling.  Not hype and over promising the world!  Hint.  Don’t exaggerate or embellish your product.   Remember to under promise and over deliver!

In closing, I know that I am probably stepping on some toes with this post but that’s ok.  It’s time to to use social media the right way and stop waiving our magic want and chants waiting for the ‘POOF’…. money appear results.

Do some self-analysis of yourself and your business and really focus your energies on getting your personal branding strategy launched using social media the way it was designed to be used….to build relationships.

Remember:  People will follow someone that they have a relationship with!

Hey…let me try one more little magic chant before I go………..

“Abbra Caddabra ……Shala Cazoo……Tweet this post…..and Success to You!”

:)

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