Archive for March, 2010

• Arbonne Emerged from Bankruptcy, What is next?

  Date: 2010.03.31 | Category: Company Review | Response: 38

  After surfacing from Chapter 11, where would Arbonne go? Is it right for you to stay or even join Arbonne to build your business or join another opportunity? Is it still viable to build a residual income with Arbonne to achieve the financial dream that you have always wanted?

  This review will provide you with some insight and if you ought to stay or go; how you should approach to build your business regardless of which direction you decide to proceed.

  Just a couple of months back in January 2010, many rumors that Arbonne International LLC, would not survive this ordeal and would probably close its door, when their holding investment Company, Natural Products Group, filed for Bankruptcy.

  In slightly over a month, Arbonne have managed to complete its restructuring and emerge from its Chapter 11 reorganization. This essentially means that Natural Products Group is no longer bankrupt but had allowed its lenders to own part of Arbonne. Now its new owners have included Corporate Financial Institution, Private Investment firms and Banks.

  What does this mean for you?
  As an independent consultant, it would mean business should be back to normal and you can continue to build your business and rebuilding your confidence in the company.
  If you are still looking to join Arbonne with unwavering spirit, you could now take a step forward to signup and enjoy the benefits and compensation that it pays to its independent consultant.
  However do take note of how this development had impacted the market and how it had stained Arbonne’s financials chapter. Your following prospects will most likely ask you about this dark chapter; be prepared to answer their questions and educate them on such bankruptcy matter.

  Overcoming the Pitfalls for Arbonne’s Independent Consultant
  Well for consultant who wants to continue to grow and succeed in this business, you would have to move on to learn the new cutting age strategies of marketing and growing your business. Even more so with a company that has bankruptcy stain. Party plan and other such traditional strategies, such as talking to warm list, cold calling, attending networking events, Business Opportunity events are hardly able to generate signups for your business.

  Today’s business environment in network marketing is even more sophisticated where many advance tools and strategies are being employed to draw network marketers to internationally successful leaders in this industry. Therefore to succeed in this business it is inevitable that you would have to be a successful leader yourself, with values to offer to your followers. No longer just serving your warm market is enough to generate your desirable income. You would have to learn and employ the advance marketing techniques that the international Top earners are using, the lead generating system that they have access to. You would have to gain access to a good system that to generate never ending leads from the target market and which the system also helps to convert these leads into signups on auto-pilot and therefore providing the cash flow for your business.

  If you are willing to learn how to market effectively using cutting edge technology and advance strategy, you will be able to achieve your financial dream even it is with Arbonne.

  If you are ready to commit to reach your financial goals in the shortest time possible, I have some step-by-step advice, which you can use immediately to build your business. You just need to put your name, email address and phone number into the boxes on the right to gain immediate access to my step-by-step guide.

• Blogging Part Two: 5 Steps to Start Blogging

  Date: 2010.03.24 | Category: Content Marketing, Marketing Tips | Response: 30

  Further to my previous blog on Start Blogging to your MLM success, which discussed why you should get started with blogging for your home business, here is a more in-depth discussion on how you can go about to start your blog.
  If you are convinced that blogging will help in your business, which I am 100% certain that it will, then this article is for you. If not, you might want to read Blogging Part 1 for the five reasons why you should get started.

  How to start blogging?

  There are two types of Blog: Free hosted Blog or Self Hosted Blog.
  Let’s discussed briefly which is more suitable for you.

  Free Hosted Blog

  • Free, no fees for domain and web hosting.
  • Easy to setup.
  • No ownership of domains and hosting.
  • Examples are Blogger.com, Wordpress.com

  Self Hosted Blog

  • Ownership of domains and hosting, not reliant on the Service Provider.
  • Provide free Blog application setup, eg. Wordpress, Joomla.
  • Flexibility of installing free Plugins and Themes

  My view is that if you are running a business, then you should definitely choose the Self hosted Blog. If you are just started out and not sure if you are comfortable with blogging and just wanted to have a little blog tasting, you can start with a Free hosted blog and then later progress to a Self Hosted once you are up and running.

  Setting up a Free Hosting Blog is pretty straightforward, you sign up with wordpress.com or Blogger.com, choose the theme and settings of your blog and start writing entries and promote your blog.

  I will touch more on the Self-hosting as there are more steps to set this up.

  Step 1
  Purchase a Domain name and subscribe to a hosting account with Hostgator or GoDaddy, which are the two popular web-hosting sites. A dot com(.com) domain name generally cost a low annual fee of $10 or lower. The basic monthly Web hosting fee starts from as low as $5.

  Step 2
  Once you are setup, you should install Wordpress application and configure according to the instructions within the hosting site. It is recommended to use Wordpress because it is an open source software which allows it to be used free of charge. It is easy to install and use on most hosting companies. There are extensive number of Themes and Plugins which you can use in wordpress. It is Search Engine Optimized(SEO) to allow your site to get a higher ranking on search engines.

  Step 3
  After installing Wordpress successfully, you can now login to Wordpress.
  Go to your blog settings such as General settings, Writing settings, Reading settings, Discussion Settings, Permalink settings, etc. Set up this according to your preference. If you are not sure what setting you will need, be sure to watch

  Step 4
  Next you would want to find a theme for your Site, the theme is the preset packaging of the blog site containing graphical appearance details, this would set the look and feel of your blog to reflect your personality or the nature of your business.
  Wordpress has more than one thousand themes for free downloads. There is definitely one that suits you or your business. Alternatively if you are more advance and you can also customize your own theme.

  Step 5
  Final Step before you start blogging, you should find the plugins to your site where you can enhance the capability of your website. Plugins are applications created by third party developers to extend the Wordpress application.
  Here are some of the useful plugins as a start:

  • Google XML Sitemaps
  • Dagon Design Sitemaps Generator
  • All-in-One SEO
  • WP Greet Box
  • Thank Me Later
  • Dashboard Post-it
  • wordTube
  • StatPress

  Watch the Step by Step Video to Set up your Blog now
  

• Tupperware Review – Financial Fulfillment?

  Date: 2010.03.17 | Category: Company Review | Response: 8

  Are you looking to replace your income with a home business opportunity and heard that Tupperware is an easy way to make a living?

  Congratulations, you have come to the right place. This review is going to discuss the background of this company and advise you if this is a real opportunity or a waste of your time. I will also give you my success formula of what exactly you need to succeed in the Network Marketing Industry.

  Tupperware

  Tupperware is the name of a household product line, which was first introduced to the public in 1946 by Earl Slas, after developing plastic containers used in households to contain food and keeping it airtight.

  As a subsidiary of Tupperware Brands Corporation, it is a global Direct Selling company operating in almost 100 countries, with a worldwide direct sales force of more than 2.4 million consultants and sales revenue of $2.2 billion in 2008.

  Products

  Tupperware Brands Corporation sell products under eight brands consisting of Tupperware, which represents food preparation, storage and serving solutions for the home, and seven brands of beauty and personal care products including Avroy Shlain, BeautiControl, Fuller, NaturCare, Nutrimetics and Nuvo. The more popular ones are still the Tupperware storage products.

  Party Plan Marketing Strategy

  Tupperware pioneered the direct marketing strategy with its famous Tupperware Party, also known as party plan, which is now widely used by other company such as Pampered Chef. In this strategy, you as a member will host a home party, and invites your friends, relatives or neighbor. The events will include display and product demonstrations to the guests, and before the end of the gathering, you or the Tupperware consultant will take orders for the products. The primary lead generation will come from the home party and your network or referrals.

  Becoming a Consultant

  If you are looking to become a consultant for Tupperware, first be aware that there will be massive competition within Tupperware. You will not be the only few consultants in your district.

  Secondly be prepared to host at least 3 Tupperware Parties a week to earn a significant income, of course it will be based on the product sales of each particular show. You can get up to 25% of all sales, with a 5% bonus if you have monthly sales of $1200. Success in Tupperware would take a great deal of commitment and much marketing skills.

  You will also want to build your own team of consultants to enjoy up to 8% bonus of the team sales, thus good leadership skills would be a big advantage. In this, you will be recruiting consultants and teaching them the skills for selling the Tupperware products. The pay structure is similar to that of many MLM companies and it does reward you well for putting in the work to achieve the desired results.

  Real Opportunity?

  So is Tupperware a real business opportunity? It is absolutely a legitimate and real business opportunity. They are one of the more longstanding, effective and popular direct selling companies with MLM compensation structure. If the business is operated correctly, it can truly lead to financial freedom.

  Issue to Consider

  One issue is that Tupperware neglects to train their Leaders on the best strategies to recruit people into the business. They dedicate a lot of the groundwork to “Leaders” who often are lost and confused on how to build a successful business in the modern age.

  When you want to successfully grow a MLM company, the most important is to market yourself and the business. This differentiates you from your fellow consultants and positions you as a valuable distributor. If your up-line only coaches you with traditional marketing methods such as speaking to friends and family or buying leads, you had better re-think if you are in the right organization. This strategy will mostly lead to failure as only about 3% of network marketers succeed with this traditional method.

  Commitment Required

  You should instead, make a commitment to learn about the business and get the best MLM marketing training to be a valuable marketer. Adopting cutting-edge marketing tools like Internet Marketing will open your business to the world and explode the sales volume that your business needs to thrive. Implement this and you will begin to enjoy this industry tremendously.

  So if you really want to succeed in this business and learn to apply the power of Internet to explode your business and income just like I did; then put your name, email address and phone number into the boxes on the right to gain access to my Success Formula.