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A Multilevel Testimonial

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:55:00 +0000

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What happened ? A testimony

As I promised my over 500 facebook friends, here is the (maimed) testimony why we finally filed a lawsuit against our MLM Company. I had to shorten this hub and to take out a lot of information and backlinks and videos for obvious reasons but it will serve. A maimed hub is also a hub.

How did you start your business ?

Motivated, dreaming of a better future, identifying yourself with your network marketing opportunity ?

Being proud of being an independent distributor(affiliate) eager to get the MLM opportunity’s message out to the world ?
Attending training and motivational events, Extravaganzas, admiring the XXk President Team Members ?
Having a blind beginners confidence in your sponsor ?

I did as well – and this is good and it is how this kind of network should work.
But what happens when your upline invents a new business model, you sponsor supports it and the Company’s responsible committe approves it inspite of being totally against the Ethic Code and Business Concept everybody signed and is supposed to know ?

The lawsuit

This is what happened to me (and a lot of other independent distributors) and why we finally filed a lawsuit ...

I started my first network marketing business some years ago, part-time and in the traditional way: Cold calling any lead bought from a generic lead list, counting on ratio and hoping to reach the next level ...

...when my sponsor talked about a totally new business model, which would take us to the next level in less time and being in direct contact with the clients, shortly named STORES.

Sales Centers from where we could sell the products, directly to the customers. (A totally forbidden concept in our network business concept).

An initial reservation fee, a low initial investment, very, very low monthly costs -
AND A BIG, BIG INCOME, A GIANT LEAP TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

I signed, we all signed.

After having signed and paid the reservation fee of 1,000.- Euro (1,300.- USD) the promised prices rose and almost triplicated:

Some of my colleagues paid up to 20,000.- Euro – 25,500.- USD for initial investment !

The end of the story ?

The turnover of the stores did not even cover the expenses - never.
We all started to lose money and having to attend the shops we had no time to make a follow-up of our yet existing customers and new distributors.
Our deaf-and-dumb upline, the General Management of the Company, regional and international ethic departments, apart from the worst personal treatment they could give us, I'd call it mobbing, did not hear our claims and arguments, ostrich policy - their heads in the sand. For personal and professional damage prevention we asked our money back. Many of us were broke.

We filed the lawsuit.

When I left the nutrition store and the whole Spanish business scam, my income had decreased to below 0. I was not able to pay my bills, my mortgage and the monthly support I give to my ill sister.

But some of my trapped independent distributor fellows have even worse testimonials.

My tip

If you want to be a network marketer in an MLM opportunity you like and identify with...

- be aware that you are talking about the start-up of a business opportunity
- be aware of what is allowed and what is not in your MLM opportunity (don’t ask your upline, read it yourself)
- if your upline asks for money (investment, starting fees, any other costs) and you do not have it or you are not convinced, don’t pay
- you will get to the next level later, no problem
- keep your common sense, don’t let yourself get brainwashed
- be a trustworthy sponsor to your downline

By the way, the Spanish General Manager of the network marketing company has been fired. We are waiting for the judge to make justice.

Justice - A Testimonial

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:07:00 +0000

No Hub Is Also A Hub - A Testimonial

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Fix It 202: Now for Fixing Up a Few Mistakes.

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:11:00 +0000

Fix It 202: Now for Fixing Up a Few Mistakes.

Rebecca E. - A never ending source of wisdom when it comes to article marketing. I use her hub here and animate you to learn from her.

"How To Increase The Luck Factor For Your Business Opportunity"

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Sun, 09 May 2010 19:11:00 +0000

"How To Increase The Luck Factor For Your Business Opportunity"

How to increase your good luck, to increase the luck factor, to create a luck strategy - ever so important for your business opportunity and for the other areas of your life.

Do you consider yourself a lucky person ?

How to Increase Your Amazon Sales on Hubs and Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:31:00 +0000

How to Increase Your Amazon Sales on Hubs and Blogs

Another great hub (article) about how best marketing methods are directly linked to the human emotions. drbj made the point. Click on the link and read it here.

"Cash-Flowing" Dreams Online! Open The Valve For A Stream Of Leads & Sales By Building A Smarter Marketing Funnel

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:24:00 +0000

"Cash-Flowing" Dreams Online! Open The Valve For A Stream Of Leads & Sales By Building A Smarter Marketing Funnel

Another excellent hub by Mike Klingler who combines teaching, planning, funneling, coaching, marketing all in one. A blueprint for all online marketers to follow. It sums up a lot of crucial points for your opportunity, convert them into your own, for your online marketing opportunity.

Successful Direct Internet Marketing Is All About Joe Sugarman’s Triggers – Part III

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:53:00 +0000

Successful Direct Internet Marketing Is All About Joe Sugarman’s Triggers – Part III

Here comes the third part about Joe Sugarman's triggers and the link between them and nowadays Internet Marketing. As you can see it goes all back to human emotions labeled differently. Have a good read.

Read Joe Sugarman's Sales Triggers For Best Direct Marketing Success: The Review Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:55:00 +0000

Read Joe Sugarman's Sales Triggers For Best Direct Marketing Success: The Review Part II

Here is the second part of my review of joe Sugarman's sales and marketing triggers. Again, well written true stories wrap up an enormous knowledge about marketing, sales and the human factor in all of it. They sum up a whole spectrum of marketing methods, call them tricks, in order to convert your prospect into a client.

Click on the link and go on reading.

Read Joe Sugarman's Sales Triggers For Top Direct Marketing Leverage: Find A Review Here" Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:17:00 +0000

Read Joe Sugarman's Sales Triggers For Top Direct Marketing Leverage: Find A Review Here" Part I

Joe Sugarman's Triggers are a Must for all direct marketers. You will receive a lesson on sales & marketing made for eternity. The triggers are easy to read and easy to understand and learn.

Go to my hub (click on the link) and read the first part.

Do You Know What Your Niche Really Wants ?

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:31:00 +0000

Do You Know What Your Niche Really Wants ?

This is my new hub about niche marketing, defining your target market as a first task for any new network marketer.

Marketing Merge Professional has a whole introduction series by Mike Klingler about defining your target market.

Ann Sieg put an entire tutorial in the Renegade Professional about the importance of finding your niche.

My autoresponder's introduction emails are about defining your target market.

Mark Hoverson calls it to fin your avatar.

Whatever it might be called, all the message are the same: Your first step as a network marketer has to be to define your target market. Your marketing strategy will be a lot easier to establish. You will be more at ease.

If you need help, ask for it ellen@egraegermarketing.com .

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Why Network Marketers Need Training and Support

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:41:00 +0000

Overwhelmed Network Marketers Need Training and Support Because MLM Is Easy

This is a hub I wrote when new network marketers joined my group, all of them "suffering" from a lack of information, support and training.

And the Millionaires Training is the Opportunity.

Mike Klingler Wrote The RenegadePro's Introduction Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:54:00 +0000

What's Working Now? Power Up Your Business & Lead-Flow Using the "Top 5" Social Media Marketing Hot Beds

This hub by Mike Klingler is like a perfect introduction to the Social Site Part of Renegade Professional. It has so much insight and covers the whole topic, there is nothing more to add.

Read it and check the Renegade Professional out by yourself at http://www.egraegermarketing.com .

A Fine Hub with a Good Quality Length.

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:51:00 +0000

A Fine Hub with a Good Quality Length.

If you are interested in how to write quality hubs that score high and grant you interactivity, read this one. For all type of marketers - it is the best lesson you can receive on writing good articles on hub pages (hubs). Thank you, Rebecca E.

Do You Use A Headline Analyzer ?

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:23:00 +0000

Do You Use A Headline Analyzer ?

Don't forget your good keyword check !

Effective Time Management: Tips To Reduce Stress And Increase Your Productivity

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:44:00 +0000

Effective Time Management: Tips To Reduce Stress And Increase Your Productivity

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This is my hub about how to batch your time in order to get an effective time management into your business - and to be able to have a private life.

"Plug in and plug out." Thak you, Mark Hoverson.

MLM Opportunities and the MLM Training They Provide To Their Marketers

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:31:00 +0000

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Some days ago I read a blogpost from Hans, one of our fellow Leadership Branding Course members. He posted that he felt a little lost in the MLM world and that his opportunity did not convince him.

Nevertheless, he wrote with enthusiasm and inspired about MLM, Mark Hoverson’s Training and the idea to find a new opportunity.

I would like to follow this input and ask you a question:

WHAT IS THE REAL REASON FOR NETWORK MARKETERS TO DESPAIR ?
The product or the marketing concept for the product ?

I do not know if this is Hans’s case but a normal network marketer working at a traditional opportunity would say “IT IS NOT THE PRODUCT”.

From my own experience at Herbalife, well-known as one of the first MLM companies in the market, founded in 1980 and today an MLM business with 20 years of experience in wellness and nutrition I can reassure you the following: Herbalife is an MLM opportunity with tradition – and almost all the uplines are doing traditional network marketing. Despair, despair…

So, in my own and in many other cases it is not the product. The product is great, with great labs at UCLA, great scientists all over the world, no lab tests with animals which was an important argument for me to join and wide product ranges of inner and outer nutrition to offer. Jim Rohn was a mentor and the HBO 24h video channel at the homepage is full of his tutorials.

As I said, IT IS NOT THE PRODUCT.

And so we always return to Ann Sieg’s “7 Great Lies Of Network Marketing”.

IT IS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY OF MARKETING.

On my Renegade Professional sales page I am telling people that I started a traditional network marketing business three years ago and that I was always thinking that there was something missing. A modern marketing concept.

The result: I was not alone with my feeling. For the same reason many of us are doing this training with Mark Hoverson and we recommend Mike Klingler’s tutorials.

My conclusion: Before blaming it on the product (which must have convinced you in the first place to join the opportunity) and starting to change from MLM opportunity to MLM opportunity which is a concept that leads nowhere, start looking for solutions of how to brand yourself and your product in order to become outstanding.

Mark Hoverson is here to help us with that point.

The Perception Of Value Can Be Trained (see the funny video)

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:50:00 +0000

Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man | Video on TED.com

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My today's blogpost should have been about a different topic but I received my newsletter from Mike Klingler today who showed us the Rory Sutherland video: Life lessons from an ad man | Video on TED.com .

The main topic in Attraction Marketing is how to provide value to your target market first. We learn it from the first steps we do at the Renegade University, followed by Renegade Professional and all the other marketing training courses we offer there.

That's a great way to work and to teach. But today, Mike Klingler comes up with the Rory Sutherland video and we are laughing and gawking about a square cookie and how we perceive the same cookie in two different ways.

Please find the comments on Mike Klingler's blog http://tinyurl.com/yh4aqle and feel free to leave yours.

Think about re-branding your opportunity, new visions, clear messages ...

Please comment.

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MLM Training Special For Work At Home Women

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:31:00 +0000

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Some months ago I wrote squidoo lens for women who are staying at home because of their life cirsumstances and who might be thinking about a home-based business. The idea of becoming an MLM Trainer for Attraction Marketing sounded great to me.

Well, I thought this was a very good idea - a chance for many WAHW to get some variety in their daily monotony.

I thought as well in working women looking for a change, for a more gratifying job to do. Again, a MLM Trainer teaching Attraction Marketing sounded like a great chance.

Or for working women looking to make some extra money, out of too much spare time or to make ends meet. To me, it did not matter. To become an MLM Attraction Marketing Trainer sounded special to me.

And I directed my blog to women, being one myself, I wrote to my own species, with enthusiasm and spirit - and I never got less answers to anything I ever wrote.

Maybe you might want to help me to analyse this ?

(Or maybe, some day, I should do my own interpretation of excess of identification.)

No Idea For Your Daily Blogpost ?

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:09:00 +0000

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Today, I just want to give you a short tip for getting ideas of what to write in your daily blogpost.

I know, I know - as we Internet Marketers love what we are doing, this should not be the case. But it happens. We get stuck, we hit a road block, as Barbara Silva says in one of her tutorials.

I think I commented on the "road-block" in Spanish as well.

But back to the topic. You are staring at your blog and the good idea will not pop into you head ?

Swipe files. Look up swipe files in Google and you will find a lot of examples for webpages, titles, sales pages and all thinkable subjects about Internet marketing and other topics.

This will help you out. Have a nice weekend.

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Why High Level Internet Marketing Training Is Only One Piece Of Your Success

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:55:00 +0000

Why High Level Internet Marketing Training Is Only One Piece Of Your Success

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Today my blogpost will be accompanied by my newest hub about high quality Internet Marketing Training - the best coaches, like Ann Sieg and Mark Hoverson will provide a piece of your success puzzle.

You have to figure out the rest and in my article I show you the four pillars that you will use on order to build a solid foundation for your business.

Read the hub and start with the Renagade tutorials which you can find here:

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Internet Marketing Training Courses And Their Importance For Your Business Opportunity

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:27:00 +0000

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In the last two days, my blogposts centered on the Leadership Branding Training by Mark Hoverson offered through Ann Sieg’s Renegade Professional.

Mark Hoverson covers the topic of Leadership Branding which is not covered in the Renegade Professional tutorials.

The Group members were humming and buzzing days before the first webinar even started and when it finally came it was down-to-earth realistic, with real examples, tips and milestones of how to build your business correctly. Not everybody has prospects asking for help of how to invest 15k for marketing purposes. Simply imagine !

So the rest has to work with their best marketing plans, learning as much as possible in record time and taking advantage of the high level training offers which will help you take your opportunity to the next level.

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Here are some testimonials from after the first webinar.

“Real examples. Thank you.

So many talk about theory. Showing real examples of what works and what does not work makes all the difference.

The take down and exact directions of how to redo the site you presented to the chocolate site were great. I knew the information but it was the reinforcement and the way Mark did his 'consulting' that have stuck this morning.

Sitting on the webinar - I almost wanted to jump off and start making changes asap as they came to mind...… (Samantha, FL, USA)”

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“Thanks Mark, the first training was great. You tell it like it is without any hype or nonsense. Well worth the admission, looking forward to hearing more next week.
(James CA, USA)”
“Mark, Thank you for an exceptional 1st class. I have been looking SO forward to this, and you most definitely over delivered. I had a couple of amazing ah has that I will be putting into place immediately. All this and we are only 1 week in!
Donna, Canada”

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“The last 10 minutes, as you went over your ugly capture page...were priceless. It is little pearls of wisdom like that, which are what I am looking to glean from this course. Those "Ah - HA" moments that take a fuzzy area and bring it into sharp focus are what I find most important in any educational material.… Deborah, Co, USA”

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The other good thing is the motivation you get from the trainings, to modify what you think you should after having had some best tips from the expert.

You receive a call to action. That's great.

You can interchange opinions with other business owners, or even build joint-ventures.

Your possibilities are endless. Try to cath up !

Start here: http://EllenGraeger.renegadeuniversity.com/sieg

The Marketing Range Possibilities With Ann Sieg's Renegade and Mark Hoverson's Leadership Branding

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:58:00 +0000

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The members of Ann Sieg's Renegade Professional had the chance to assist to a marketing training course by Mark Hoverson called Leadership Branding, including topics like Buyer's Rush and Direct Response.

As I said in my yestderdays blogspot, there was a lot of expectation, anticipation, positive energy, chatting and making friends.

Now find here Mark's reminder of his webinar and I encourage you to find a similar style for your follow-up messages:

"Greetings from Mark!

Hey, I am absolutely thrilled with the
amount of energy & eagerness you
are bringing into this project.

It's an honor to have you as a client.

I promise to give you 100% useful info
that will change your life & business. Period.
The ideas & strategies you are about to
discover will revolutionize your biz in the
coming weeks and months. I can't wait
to hear your story.

Below is the registration link to the
1st Session: Legacy-Minded Leadership:

Tuesday, Feb 23, 8pm EST

Cheers,
Mark Hoverson"

This is one of two messages Mark sent during the day of the upcoming first webinar. Draw your conclusions and let me know. We'll talk about e-mail marketing style soon.

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Energy and Anticipation at Mark Hoverson's Leadership Branding Group

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:44:00 +0000

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Last week, I joined Mark Hoverson's Leadership Branding Training Course which will start this week. The course contains 7 topics which will contribute a lot to my future marketing strategy and probably to yours as well:

1) Legacy-minded Leadership
2) Understanding Buyer's Rush
3) How To Implement Buyer's Rush
4) How to Weave Direct Response inEvery Peace of Content
5) How to Attracct Professionals With Money
6) Magical Secrets of List Leverage
7) Implement Expert Edge or Starve

OK, this are heavy weighted marketing topics for any type of business.

Well, although the first webinar is still to come tonight (at 2a.m. for me, the pages are set and everybody is chatting, interchanging information, greeting, linking, videoing, talking about bamboo pens - have a look at my Leadership Branding page . Just great!

So the best idea is to convert this energy of anticipation into something useful.

Shift into action mode.

Write a good quality content article.

Do a video of your favorite topic.

And have fun doing it !

Friends - Customers - Clients - Sponsors

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:21:00 +0000

Friends - Customers - Clients - Sponsors

I just finished my hub about how to complete the attraction marketing circle from your target markets releasing friends, friends becoming customers, customers becoming clients and clients converting into sponsors. YOU count with YOUR BRANDING.

Solving Your Only Marketing Problem

noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Graeger) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:28:00 +0000

Solving Your Only Marketing Problem

A great hub by Mike Klingler from Marketing Merge.
(YOU + BRANDING) x FUNNELS = SUCCESS.

Stay involved with your MLM opportunity, first of all like it, then brand it and then funnel it. Outstanding.

Perseverance afterwards because success does not come easily.