by Robert Thompson
After trying out approximately 15 opportunity programs on the Internet and repeatedly failing, I realized that I knew nothing about marketing. My marketing attempts revolved around the same old submittal programs to the search engines. Although these programs helped me start a successful website it took 2 years to build the traffic. I began to understand that I was not receiving support or mentoring from anyone and so I was constantly trying the same "free programs" - OVER and OVER!
All the home business opportunity programs promised the same thing - we will get you started with support and success will be automatic. I knew that success was not "automatic" but the idea of having a mentor was very appealing. I was not looking for a freebie - I was ready to work for it. When it came to marketing they wanted to sell me very expensive advertising with the same leads and lead development that was used with every member of their organization. Talking about saturated markets! When I tried to contact them for the help and support to see what I was doing wrong, I was told to try it again! Sorry folks, failure over and over does not lead to success, just empty pockets!!
The reality - they talked a good game but their success was in recruiting me. They had no intention of mentoring me on this crucial information for marketing. Their profit objective was met solely by receiving my payment. They had no vested interest in my success and no plan to mentor to help achieve that success.
At this point I understood that paid advertising was necessary for a successful start up. I did not want to work with a company that did not have REAL support systems and that did not offer a number of different ways to market.
With more money lost, I gave up. A few months later my wife received an email about a program we might be interested in. It was called EDCGOLD. At first glance, it looked about the same to me. The same promises that I was suckered on the first time around. However, the compensation plan was not mlm. There was a 2 pay up plan that seemed much more equitable and achievable - 3 sales and you were in the black. Plus, you received 100% of the sales. They actually sold products that are tremendously useful for most home business entrepreneurs. These products set up multiple streams of income. Of course, they said they would provide mentoring by the person who brought me in. I thought "oh yea right" - the same old thing.
But the program and the product kept me reading. I decided to do research on the company. I began to check the scam reports and the business opportunity forums and found some negative comments. The negative comments were few in number and were overwhelmed by all the positive responses. The responses were by people marketing EDCGOLD successfully. This was also interesting to me to see so many positive comments that were professionally responsive to the criticisms. I found some great responses that let me know unequivocally that EDCGOLD was not MLM, but actually sold great products.
My wife and I talked about this for over a month. We had already lost substantial money but we both knew that the Internet was the future for home business and business opportunity. We decided to try the Free Membership and decided to turn on the spam filters!
No spam! Two days later I got a call from the owners! Really, I could not believe it. We had a great conversation. He only wanted to let me know that if I had questions they were ready to help. They provided me their phone numbers so I could call back when I had a list of questions and they would be glad to help. This call blew me away. It was so pleasant. No pressure. It was just straightforward talk about the business opportunity. I thought about this conversation for 3 weeks. During that time I received further contacts by email with answers to common questions, but no hard sell.
It was really down to the wire. I liked the program. My wife liked the program. We realized that we only had enough money to seed one more attempt for our future. This was going to be a decision based on a moment of trust. After our experiences, trust was the hardest obstacle to overcome. It was a tough decision but we opted for our future and signed up. A short time later, we received a call from our mentors. Their responses to my questions were direct and to the point. No more hype - just hard work!
We now realize that the moment of trust led to the best decision we could have made. We have developed a strong relationship with our mentors and they are generous with their time. Our success is their success because of the design of this program. We have experienced very positive results and our advertising is breaking new ground with fantastic results.
So, for "newbies", don't loose faith. It can happen. Look for companies that truly give support and mentoring and that have real products to sell. Make sure they have good advertising programs and have alternatives for you to choose from. Research the companies with different searches at forums and scam reports and find out about them before you pay!
But remember, when you opt for the future, there is always a moment of trust.
After trying out approximately 15 opportunity programs on the Internet and repeatedly failing, I realized that I knew nothing about marketing. My marketing attempts revolved around the same old submittal programs to the search engines. Although these programs helped me start a successful website it took 2 years to build the traffic. I began to understand that I was not receiving support or mentoring from anyone and so I was constantly trying the same "free programs" - OVER and OVER!
All the home business opportunity programs promised the same thing - we will get you started with support and success will be automatic. I knew that success was not "automatic" but the idea of having a mentor was very appealing. I was not looking for a freebie - I was ready to work for it. When it came to marketing they wanted to sell me very expensive advertising with the same leads and lead development that was used with every member of their organization. Talking about saturated markets! When I tried to contact them for the help and support to see what I was doing wrong, I was told to try it again! Sorry folks, failure over and over does not lead to success, just empty pockets!!
The reality - they talked a good game but their success was in recruiting me. They had no intention of mentoring me on this crucial information for marketing. Their profit objective was met solely by receiving my payment. They had no vested interest in my success and no plan to mentor to help achieve that success.
At this point I understood that paid advertising was necessary for a successful start up. I did not want to work with a company that did not have REAL support systems and that did not offer a number of different ways to market.
With more money lost, I gave up. A few months later my wife received an email about a program we might be interested in. It was called EDCGOLD. At first glance, it looked about the same to me. The same promises that I was suckered on the first time around. However, the compensation plan was not mlm. There was a 2 pay up plan that seemed much more equitable and achievable - 3 sales and you were in the black. Plus, you received 100% of the sales. They actually sold products that are tremendously useful for most home business entrepreneurs. These products set up multiple streams of income. Of course, they said they would provide mentoring by the person who brought me in. I thought "oh yea right" - the same old thing.
But the program and the product kept me reading. I decided to do research on the company. I began to check the scam reports and the business opportunity forums and found some negative comments. The negative comments were few in number and were overwhelmed by all the positive responses. The responses were by people marketing EDCGOLD successfully. This was also interesting to me to see so many positive comments that were professionally responsive to the criticisms. I found some great responses that let me know unequivocally that EDCGOLD was not MLM, but actually sold great products.
My wife and I talked about this for over a month. We had already lost substantial money but we both knew that the Internet was the future for home business and business opportunity. We decided to try the Free Membership and decided to turn on the spam filters!
No spam! Two days later I got a call from the owners! Really, I could not believe it. We had a great conversation. He only wanted to let me know that if I had questions they were ready to help. They provided me their phone numbers so I could call back when I had a list of questions and they would be glad to help. This call blew me away. It was so pleasant. No pressure. It was just straightforward talk about the business opportunity. I thought about this conversation for 3 weeks. During that time I received further contacts by email with answers to common questions, but no hard sell.
It was really down to the wire. I liked the program. My wife liked the program. We realized that we only had enough money to seed one more attempt for our future. This was going to be a decision based on a moment of trust. After our experiences, trust was the hardest obstacle to overcome. It was a tough decision but we opted for our future and signed up. A short time later, we received a call from our mentors. Their responses to my questions were direct and to the point. No more hype - just hard work!
We now realize that the moment of trust led to the best decision we could have made. We have developed a strong relationship with our mentors and they are generous with their time. Our success is their success because of the design of this program. We have experienced very positive results and our advertising is breaking new ground with fantastic results.
So, for "newbies", don't loose faith. It can happen. Look for companies that truly give support and mentoring and that have real products to sell. Make sure they have good advertising programs and have alternatives for you to choose from. Research the companies with different searches at forums and scam reports and find out about them before you pay!
But remember, when you opt for the future, there is always a moment of trust.
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