Archive for October, 2009
Are You a Gladiator?
Posted by: | CommentsThis is a quick story about what happened to me at the beginning of this summer. This is a “tragic” yet inspirational story that is VERY personal to me. I’m going to be telling you some very “personal” and emotional information about my private life that not many people are privy to.
With that being said, let me tell you the backdrop of the story:
Just about every penny I made in the
last 2 years I sunk back into my business in
one form or another.
And most of that money went right down the
toilet.
I’ve spent so much on training, ebooks, courses,
software… you name it, I’ve tried it.
I was looking back at how much I’ve spent “trying
out” different bus’ness opportunities, marketing
programs, and other tools to help me grow my
business.
And the shocking thing is this year alone
I’ve spent in excess of $10,000 just “messing
around”.. (oops!)
But that tells you a LOT about success in the
business world. I could’ve dumped that in
to some fancy car so I could shoot a video
and try to hype you up.. then try and “sell
you” on getting in to my business.
That is NOT what I believe success to be.
But in order to get to this kind of level
in business you need to learn to:
DELAY GRATIFICATION!
Put off buying the big expensive toys and
stuff, and focus on growing your business.
This was NOT my ‘number 1 goal’ this past
year.. It was my ONLY goal.
** So, why am I telling you this?? **
I told you that so I could tell you
the “tragic” part.
In early July (right before I had my first
$20k+ month) it was getting warmer out
and I wanted to throw on a pair of shorts..
I got dressed and did one of those “double takes”.
I looked at my jean shorts and thought to
myself, “I think my mom bought these for me
while I was still in high school – like 10 years
ago..”
I asked my wife (we’ve been together since
high school so SHE’D KNOW TOO) and she confirmed
my suspicion. It was a nerdy, tattered, late 90s
pair of jean shorts. UGH!
So my wife and I hopped in the car to go buy
me some new summer clothes for the first time
in a long time…
No – I didn’t go to some “ritzy” expensive store.
I went to Old Navy for god’s sake. And there
was even a sale, so yea – I was still being a
“tad cheap”.
But you’ve got to realize the mental breakdown
I was having at this point. I had sunk EVERYTHING
in to growing my business. And not just for the
last 2 years or so. I’m talking about the last 5
years, most of which was brutal failure, rejection,
sleepless nights, and heart ache.
Seriously – I couldn’t look myself in the mirror
2 years ago when I got fired. I felt like a total
failure. And all I wanted to do was beat myself
into submission.
My self esteem was all but gone. I considered
myself “the victim”. But I still wanted MORE.
And I wasn’t going to stop working until I
figured it out.
And I didn’t stop working for such a long
time, I forgot how to “not be stressed!”
I was literally *afraid* to enjoy myself because
I had been the “victim” for so long.
And now here I am, afraid to spend any money
on myself, standing in a clothing store wondering
if I should even be there.
Luckily my wife was there to guide me with my
shopping experience – haha.
So I approached the cashier, she tallied up the
pile of clothes, and it came out to just over $100.
I went to hand over the credit card to pay and
I just couldn’t. My hand holding the card was
literally trembling.
*I felt like I was giving her one of my kidneys…”
I was ready to break down and cry right there
in the middle of the clothing store.
And you might be thinking, “Big deal. I have a
pair of pants/shoes that cost over $100, and you just
bought a new *summer wardrobe* for that..
what’s the big deal!?”
The big deal was I felt like I had had the first
real “victory” in a long time. I felt like Rudy -
you know the football movie, right? Where
the kid fights his whole life to play just ONCE
for the Notre Dame college football team.
All the of pain, rejection, failure, and self defeat
accumulated into one moment, and the next
moment I was free from it. I was no longer
going to hold myself back. I was no longer
going to get in my own way.
==> I was thinking the other day: all us guys
want to be the “knight in shining armor.” We
want to be the warrior who slays a dragon
to win over the damsel in distress.
We want to be gladiators.
Now, we might not be able to pickup a sword
and shield and fight to victory.
But I feel that every time I sponsor a new
person, every time I coach my business partners,
and every time I do a training webinar or create
a training product… I feel like I’m wielding a sword.
That may sound corny. But I feel like I’m fighting
for my freedom every day, and that’s as close as
I can describe it.
I feel like a hero. And I never felt like that working
for someone else before. I think it’s a feeling
that you can only get when you work on
your own business.
==> Please leave your comments and thoughts below!
Adam Holland
Blastoff Network – Another Scam or the Real Deal?
Posted by: | CommentsI’m not one to write long and drawn out reviews on the latest network marketing companies, so I’ll keep my review on Blastoff Network as brief as possible.
First, let me just say that this is NOTHING new! Amway/Quixtar has had this same “universal online shopping mall with multi-level payouts” concept for a while. Then other companies such as “My Power Mall” and “(crap there was another one, but I can’t remember..”) rolled out their versions. It’s a great concept too: “If I’m going to spend the money anyway, might as well get paid a bonus back on it, right!?”
And then comes the realization: if you’re going to purchase from the 3rd party story (Best Buy, Target, etc) through the shopping “gateway” (in this case Blastoff) there isn’t going to be much of a margin that you save. Usually payouts to “regular” online affiliates is 1-3%. Not bad, better than nothing right?! But now split that with 20 people in a downline?? Everyone’s fighting over 2 cents!?
Cutting to the chase – buying stuff from the 3rd party companies is NOT worth it. Instead of having the product when you need it (NOW), you’re paying extra for shipping (some of the time it’ll be free) only to get 2 cents back on the product. THAT is a waste.
Most companies that work this way have to have their own product line (Amway’s energy drinks, toilet paper, soap, laundry detergent, etc…) with a bigger profit margin so you can make more money. Now instead of cutting up 1-3% into small little bits, you’ve got more like 10-30% to work with – depending on the company/product/etc. But now you’ve got to get people to stop buying Crest and start buying “Blastoff toothpaste” or whatever. Again, good concept – but it’s not as easy as they describe.
The worst thing with these companies is you need to recruit a small country in order to make any REAL money with it. And it takes you between 5-20 years to do it ( :: cough -JOB- cough:: ).
Don’t get me wrong: I’m NOT against MLM! I’m not against Blastoff or Amway or whatever company. But you’ve got to understand that the fortunes are being made in more Direct Sales (or what many people call “GPT: Get Paid Today”)-type comp plans where you’re paid MUCH more early on in your business.
Example: when someone joins my primary business opportunity, I get paid $1000. And when they sponsor someone I get paid $1000. Do the math. How many people do I need to sponsor to make $5k/mo, and how big does your mlm business need to be to make that? Usually it’s the difference between 5 people and 150 people. Make sense?
Either way, I’m not here to sell you on a business – Blastoff Network or otherwise. What you 100% need to realize is that without LEADS, your mlm business is going nowhere.
To find out how I’ve sponsored as many as 81 people in 4 months and made over $22k in a single month – all on AUTOPILOT – check out my free training resource: Explode My Business FREE 7 Day Bootcamp. Enjoy!
SEO Networker Bonus (SEO Networker Review site is LIVE)
Posted by: | CommentsHey there, Adam Holland here… and I am flat-out-EXCITED to let you know about the pre-launch of SEO Networker. Why? Because this ONE TRAINING PROGRAM has set the foundation for my entire business this year. I’m going to tell you about this more in detail in one moment, but the first thing you absolutely MUST know about is the bonus I’m giving away to people who buy this course through my affiliate link.
For complete details on the $1299 in FREE bonuses I’m giving away to MY SEO Networker customers, visit my review blog here: SEO Networker Bonus.
These bonuses include FREE coaching and my ENTIRE online mlm training suite. No joke, between Ferny and Ray’s training, and MY training – you will have no excuse but to be the next online mlm guru – or at least ‘guru in training’ 
…
With that being said, you’ve got to know just how important SEO Networker was and IS in my business right now. I had a TON of training from other online gurus, mlm experts, and more… I’ve purchased a TON of programs, ebooks, courses, and coaching programs. I learned alot, applied alot, and I got some decent results.
After about a year online, I still wasn’t making the kind of money I ’should have’ been making. Sure, I had already pretty much “replaced” my income – I was unemployed so ANY income was acceptable at that point.. haha! But here’s the problem I had: many of those courses gave very generic info, and seemed to leave out BIG pieces of the puzzle.
Conceptually, I thought I knew what I was doing… But because I didn’t understand the BIG PICTURE and how everything works as a whole, I wasn’t maximizing my profits. In fact, I was working as much as 16 hours a day, 6 days a week (sometimes more) to make this full time income. Not exactly what I had in mind when I thought of “working from home full time”, right!?
Long story short, SEO Networker totally blindsided me! It was a total wake up call to my business. I “thought” I had already learned the basics of backlinks, on-page optimization, social media, and more. I knew what they were and I “thought” I knew how to implement them. But I was at the first-grade-level compared to Ferny and Ray.
So as they went through everything, I listened very carefully. I went through the slides and presentations. I took notes, even on topics I thought I already knew… And when I truly became a STUDENT of their program, and applied what I learned things REALLY took off.
And the cool part was, many of those things that may have worked in all of those other ebooks and courses that I spent THOUSANDS of dollars on before… I actually went back and could understand them better. OR I could actually connect the dots on the things that were left out because of what I learned in SEO Networker.
Less than 3 months into the program, I had created ONE blog that has made me as much as $7500+ in one single month. Sure, that’s REALLY exciting when you go from a “dripping faucet” worth of traffic, leads, and sales… to a freaking FIRE HOSE! But the thing that REALLY got me excited was that I could apply this to MULTIPLE other projects and programs I’ve been working on!
I’ve now hired my first full time employee and we’re in the works on about TWELVE different blogs. All of them in different niches with different income streams. And let’s put it this way: that first blog is based around a keyword phrase that only gets 100-300 searches per month. These new blogs will be going after keyword terms that go from 1000-50,000 searches per month (and some that are even MORE).
SEO Networker isn’t just a training that will get you free leads from google and help you build your business on autopilot… It’s a training that is so in-depth and goes over the REAL fundamentals of owning an online business – you can apply it to MULTIPLE businesses and MULTIPLE products. The possibilities are truly ENDLESS.
So, why the heck are you still reading!? Get your copy of SEO Networker here, and to find out how to get your bonuses visit here: SEO Networker Bonus.
How My Wife’s “Bun in the Oven” Lit a Fire Under My Butt!
Posted by: | CommentsIf you haven’t heard, my wife and I are expecting our first child in February (it’s a boy by the way!) – and I’ve been a total MANIAC working on my business so that we could BOTH work from home (check!), we could enjoy ourselves a little before the baby comes (check!), and we could buy our first home shortly after the birth (getting there!!)…
This quick story is going to show you exactly how in less than 2 years I went from an unemployed loser living off of his savings to a top producer in several programs and a leader and trainer in the online mlm world making a full time income from home…
I’m sure if you’re reading this right now, friend, you’re already in an mlm business. You’re probably working diligently to grow that business and create the life-style you want in life.
First of all ==> KEEP GOING!
Don’t let anyone deter you from your business.. BUT – It’s time you learned the absolute MOST effective way to build an income from home. ((notice I didn’t say ‘grow your m1m company’.. these are 2 totally different things!!))
You see, I’ve been there. I’ve wandered around the malls and college campuses for hours at a time trying to get someone’s phone number to add to my list of “prospects.”
I wasted ENORMOUS amounts of time going to hotel meetings, trying to coach people that just should NOT have been Read More→
