Global Pyramid Scheme Dupes Millions!
The Ultimate Pyramid Scheme. How Do People Fall For This Stuff?!?
We all hear about these goofy schemes where people are being recruited to work hard so someone else can get rich. You would think that people would catch on after a while but they just keep falling for this stupid stuff.
The pyramid scheme I’m getting ready to describe for you isn’t even new! It’s been going on for a LONG time! I know a LOT of people that fell for this ripoff and I can find absolutely ZERO EVIDENCE that anybody who fell for this scam EVER reaches financial independence. NOBODY! How in the world do they keep recruiting people for this scam?!?. I’m just shocked.
OK … here are the highlights:
- You have to PAY just to get training. Training can last from 2 to 4+years!
No money? They can arrange for loans. (sounds legit, right?) - The training you get may or may not be related to the job you will be doing! But you will get a nice piece of paper showing you completed the training.
- Once training is completed, you will have to “apply” for this program. Acceptance is NOT guaranteed!
- Regardless of whether or not you are accepted in to the program, you WILL have to pay that loan back … WITH INTEREST!
- You will have NO control over who you work with, your schedule, your job description, or your working conditions!
- IF someone decides to accept you in to this system, THEY will decide your pay level!
- Your chance of earning more than they do is pretty much non-existent!
- The very moment you stop doing the work, your income will stop.
So the only reason someone would put up with this nonsense is that there has to be a really big payoff at the end of the deal, right? I mean… why else would you put yourself through that madness?
This scam has been going on for a LONG time. Long enough that we actually have statistics to show how this deal ends up for people that participate.
Statistically speaking when people fall for this scam and STICK WITH IT until retirement …
- 63% will have to rely on friends, family, or the government.
- 29% will be dead before they even get that far.
- 4% will have enough capital to exist.
- 1% will be considered “wealthy”
“What is the name of this pyramid scheme”, you ask? Clearly any sane person would want to avoid such a ripoff, right? I mean … nobody in their right mind would fall for this nonsense, right?
It’s called the traditional job.
Think about it:
You PAY to get a 2 to 4 year degree.
After you get the degree, you get to hit the streets hoping someone will “give” you one of these jobs.
If you’re “lucky” enough to get a job, it may or may not be in the field you actually studied in college.
Who ever hires you decides what your life looks like, when you get out of bed, when you get to eat lunch, how much time you can have with your family, how much money you make (which then determines what your vacations look like, the kind of car you drive, the neighborhood you live in, the clothes you wear) … it’s just INSANE! (Remember … you PAID to get involved in this scam!)
Which brings me to that loan you took out to get this “training”. That loan MUST be paid back, whether or not you are able to actually get one of these ripoff jobs.
They even hold recruitment meetings!
In high school, we called them “job fairs” or “career day”.
I have to admit. I fell for this scam years ago. Fortunately, I caught on and found a way out.
If you’ve fallen for this insidious life sucking scam, don’t worry. There is hope.
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Brian Rooney
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About The Author: Brian Rooney escaped the rat race over 13 years ago by starting his own home based business. Since that time, Mr. Rooney had provided tools and training for thousands of network marketing professionals via his internet marketing services. If you are looking for a home based business for yourself, be sure to view the listings at TheOnlineAdNetwork.com.
If you are already involved with network marketing and are looking for a great way to get your offer in front of interested prospects, attend one of Mr. Rooney’s upcoming webinars.
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Select The Right Ad Category For Your Ads
| Make Sure You Select The Right Ad Category(ies)Why is this so important?
In a word: Value Visitors come to our site looking for information. If they select a particular ad category, they reasonably expect the ads they see to be related to that category. If visitors don’t find value in our web site, they quit coming. If they quit coming, there is nobody to show your ads to. Makes sense, right? How do you know what category to put your ads in? Ask yourself one question: “What Do I Actually Sell?” Every once in a while, someone will ask me “Where do I put my ad? I don’t see a business opportunity category.” Our entire network is about business opportunities Every ad we have is a business opportunity. Every category we have is related to business opportunities. So the only real question is: What are you actually selling? As an example, let’s look at TheOnlineAdNetwork.com. Here, we sell Text Advertising and Banner Advertising. That means that the two categories that your ads for TOAN should be in are: Text Advertising and Banner Advertising. What About the Miscellaneous Category? The Miscellaneous Category is for ads that DO NOT FIT ANYWHERE ELSE. As an example, let’s look at ads for TOAN, again. Since ads for TOAN DO fit in to the Text Advertising and Banner Advertising categories, they should NOT be listed in the Miscellaneous category. What If I Put My Ads In The Wrong Category? If our tech team finds it, they will delete your Ad Control Panel. What Happens If My Ad Control Panel Gets Deleted? You will be able to recreate your Ad Control Panel by logging in to your back office and starting again with Step 1: Create Your Ad Control Panel. What If I Currently Have Ads In The Wrong Category? Log in and suspend those ads asap. If our tech team finds them first, the Ad Control Panel will be deleted. Why Is This Such A Big Deal? Again: VALUE We want you, as the advertiser to know your ads are being seen by new and repeat visitors. We want those visitors to keep coming back so that you will always have someone to show your ads to. If the site becomes known as being confused, unfocused, etc… visitors will simply stop coming which will kill your advertising effectiveness. Our goal is to make sure you always get the most bang for your buck. Quality is a big factor in that process. Yours in Success, Brian Rooney
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MLM Advertising – Pick a Target
Are You Advertising Your Network Marketing Opportunity Online?
How’s that working out for you? Are you getting clicks on your ads? If not, work on your ads. Effective advertising is a combination of art and science. If you need help writing ads that get clicks, be sure to check out my article: How To Write Killer Ads. And if you really want to take things up a notch, I highly encourage you to learn how to do Split-Run Testing on your ads.
Getting clicks on your ads is only part of the equation. Once you are getting clicks, the next step is making sure you get your prospects to take the desired action.
This brings me to the next question in the process:
What Do You Want People To Do After They Click Your Ads?
If you don’t know, I highly recommend giving it some thought.
Are you going for the quick sale?
Are you going for list building?
If your goal is to get the visitor to make a purchasing decision after clicking your ad, you want to make sure you are sending that visitor to a KILLER offer page. You’ve basically got one shot to get that visitor to part with their hard-earned cash. Your offer has to be HOT, Compelling, and make people click on that order link. Can it be done? Absolutely! I’ve seen people create killer offer pages that made the visitor almost sprain their index finger from clicking the order link so quickly!
If your goal is to get the visitor’s contact information so you can follow up with them and THEN get the sale, you want to send that visitor to a capture page. Your capture page needs to be compelling enough that the visitor is willing to give your their contact information. Maybe you just need a name and email address or maybe you want to collect more detailed information. The details will depend on your offer, your overall strategy for following up, and how you want to work your sales funnel.
Is one option better than the other? It depends on who you ask. At the end of the day, you have the ultimate decision making power for your business. Personally, I use both. I have some advertising that directs responses to an offer page. And I get sales. I have some advertising that directs responses to a capture page and I collect information from those visitors for future followup.
Regardless of which option you choose, you need to understand that your skill at copywriting and your dedication to follow up will ultimately affect your results. Be willing to invest the time and effort in to mastering both skill sets over time so that you can maximize each option in your advertising.
Use the comment box below to share your experiences with us. Are you focused on just an offer page or just a capture page? Do you use both? Is one more effective for you than the other?
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About The Author: Brian Rooney is the founder of The Online Ad Network and and TrafficWave.net. He has been a home based business professional for 13+ years. Mr. Rooney believes that success doesn’t have to be complicated if you are willing to pay attention, see the clues, and commit to taking action to CREATE success.
No Mystery to Network Marketing Success
Do you realize that success in network marketing leaves clues?
Before we get in to this topic, I want you to understand that the simplicity of what I’m about to share with you is often overlooked. But if you are willing to open your mind and take in the information you are about to read, it could absolutely change your life! Every time I’ve read about or talked to someone who is successful in network marketing, I find that they have at least 2 things in common:
- They have clearly defined goals. They know WHAT they want to get done even if they’re not yet clear on HOW it’s going to happen.
- They take MASSIVE ACTION and do not make or accept excuses.
In my experience, I’ve been able to identify two distinct groups of people in our industry. And these 2 groups of people are always defined by what they do.
Group 1 – The Winners: These are people who are teachable. They take action when they receive instruction. They commit to a task and follow through. This group of people will read this article and then reach the goals they set for themselves.
Group 2 – The Whiners: These are the people that may or may not actually read this information but wont’ take action. They will achieve minimal (if any) results and will most likely blame me, the information, the industry, the economy, their upline, or anyone else besides their lack of action and follow through.
You and I both got involved with the network marketing industry because we want more from life. But if you don’t take the next two steps, you are never going to move beyond the “dream” phase, the “I’m going to” phase”, or the “My day is coming” phase. You’ll be stuck looking for the next great deal, the next start-up, the next upline guru.
I’m going to speak very plainly to you. If you can hear it, your business and income will change. If you cannot hear it, not much is going to change.
Your Success Is Your Responsibility!
YOU Have To Make It Happen!
If your first thought is, “Yeah, but my worthless sponsor told me… ” or “Well, if I had your time, your skills, your lists, ….” then you’re simply not ready to be in Group 1. It’s time to change.
Do I have big lists? Now, I do. When I started my journey, I had absolutely ZERO people on my list. I started just like you. I built my list as I went along. I still build them, today.
Success Tip 1: Start Building Your Lists Now.
Do I have skills? Sure. I’m still learning but I definitely have more skills than when I started. Some of the mistakes I made early in my career were downright embarrassing (and expensive)!
Success Tip 2: Start learning what you don’t know. Spend time on personal development. Read and learn from other successful people.
Do I have time now? You bet. When I started my journey, I had several part-time jobs and had to study and work on my home based business on the weekends and in the evenings. There were times I didn’t sleep for 2 or 3 days in a row! Now I wake up when I’m not tired and sleep when I want to go to bed. I don’t miss family events and I travel whenever I want to.
Success Tip 3: Invest the time NOW so you can Enjoy your time later.
You can absolutely become successful in this industry no matter who your upline is. The key is to be hungry enough … to WANT it bad enough … to be so clear about what you want to accomplish in your business that you KNOW you’re going to do it no matter what. Then, it won’t matter who your sponsor is. It won’t matter if your downline quits. It won’t matter if you have setbacks. Your passion for achieving your clear goals will cause you to move forward.
SUCCESS EXERCISE
I want to you take this exercise very seriously. DO what you are about to read. Take the time to ANSWER each question. Write out your answers.When you create your written success statement, put it where you can see it. Start EVERY day by reviewing the answers and then take MASSIVE ACTION to make it happen.
1) What Is Your Income Goal Over the next 90 Days?
2) WHY Do You Want To Reach That Goal?
3) What Will Your Life Look Like After You Reach That Goal? (be specific)
4) What Will You Do To Celebrate That Goal?
Now create a written success statement with the above information using current tense language.
An opening line example might be: “I am so happy and grateful now that I have …. “
Once you have it written, put it where you can see it EVERY day and then …
TAKE MASSIVE ACTION EVERY DAY!
- Write a new blog post every day.
Don’t have your own blog? GET ONE! - Post new ads every day.
- Follow up with existing prospects every day.
Don’t have an Autoresponder? GET ONE! - Contact new prospects every day.
- Invite New Prospects To our Tuesday Webinars every day.
- Read personal development books like “Think and Grow Rich” every day.
Don’t worry if you’re not good at blogging, creating ads, contacting new people. Just DO it. You’ll get better at it as you focus on the ACTION. Don’t worry about the outcome. Just focus on DOING the steps. Look at the results in 90 days.
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About The Author: Brian Rooney is the founder of The Online Ad Network and and TrafficWave.net. He has been a home based business professional for 13+ years. Mr. Rooney believes that success doesn’t have to be complicated if you are willing to pay attention, see the clues, and commit to taking action to CREATE success.
Click-Thru Rates. What’s Your Number?
Let’s unravel the mystery of Click-Through Rates in advertising.
First: What is a Click-Through Rate? This is a term used to represent the percentage of clicks your ad receives (clicks) compared to the number of times your ad is displayed (impressions). You will often see this represented as “CTR”. The simplest calculation is to divide the number of clicks your ad receives for every 100 times your ad is shown (Clicks / Impressions = CTR).
As an example, if your ad is shown 100 times (impressions) and your ad gets clicked 1 time, your have a CTR of 100:1 or 1%.
Quite often, I’m asked by new advertisers to tell them what a “good CTR” is. Or they want to know what my CTR is.
The truth of the matter is: There is no way for me to know what a good CTR is for you and it really doesn’t matter for your business what my own CTR is. Some of my ads get great CTR’s and some of my ads get horrible CTR’s.
Here is the ONLY question that matters: What Is YOUR CTR and How Can You Improve it?
And the only way to find out is to run your ads, test the results, make changes, and test some more.
Run Your Ads. This will help you establish a baseline for your own CTR.
Make and TRACK changes in your subject lines, copy, call to action, etc…
Did your CTR improve or decline? Make changes accordingly.
In addition to the standard elements like your subject line, ad copy, call to action, etc… remember that your CTR can also be affected by where your ad is being run, where it appears on a web site or magazine page, how large or small it is compared to other ads on that same page, etc…
To really get in to the fine-tuning, you also need to be aware of your ad costs. CTR for a free ad may not be as critical as getting a good CTR for an ad you paid $500 to run.
Beyond CTR, you also need to track conversion. It’s great that somebody clicked your ad. But once they got to your web site, capture page, blog, offer page, etc… did they take the desired action?
Once you’ve got a strong CTR for your landing page, make sure you work on conversion next. Getting a visitor is great. Getting a visitor to take the desired action such as filling out a form, placing an order, subscribing to your blog, etc… is the real goal.
Don’t worry about of focus on the CTR someone else is getting.
Focus on finding and then improving your own CTR for your ads to get the best results possible in your business.
TOAN Top Income Earners
A lot of network marketing professionals are beginning to discover the power of a simple advertising program!
Not only can you promote your primary business opportunity but you can also develop an additional income stream by referring other network marketing pro’s!
Let’s take a moment to congratulate some of our top income earners in The Online Ad Network. These folks have put in the work and are now reaping the financial rewards that come from taking action!
The $200 Club:
These members have reached an impressive milestone by earning from $200 to $499 in total commissions (not including Cash Bonuses):
- Gene Butterfly (United States)
- Terrance Duncan (United States)
- Melissa Stoker (United States)
- Didi Wargo (United States)
- Dan Campbell (United States)
- Bruce Nelkin (United States)
- Michael Sanchez (United States)
- Earl Coles (United States)
- Paul Haycock (Australia)
- Denise Hayes (United States)
- Berit Lemons (United States)
- Michael Carey (United States)
- Lynn Jones (United States)
- John Getson
- Johnny Chaname (United States)
- Marc Gaston
- Cathy Foster (United States)
- Thomas More (United States)
- Angella Williams (Canada)
- Don Shults (United States)
- Ervin Etienne (United States)
- River Rooney (United States)
- Peter Watson aka surgreen (New Zealand)
- Steven Shirey (United States)
- Tsunehiro Morikawa (Japan)
- Megan Rooney (United States)
- Karen Green (United States)
- Alex Moody (United States)
- Joe Lowry (United States)
- Outi Marsh (United States)
- Rudy Stearn (United States)
- Courtney Ivan Jones (United States)
- Helga Maybee (United States)
- Mike G (United States)
- Aziz Jangbar (United States)
- Thomas Haley (United States)
- William Manuel (United States)
- Paul Samuelson (Zaire)
- Steven Broughton (United States)
- Jenny Daly (Canada)
- Edna Spears (United States)
- Arizona Zack (United States)
- Kristin and Joel Broughton (United States)
- Dawn McIntyre (United States)
- The4Minute Millionaire (United States)
- Janet Legere (United States)
The $500 Club:
These members have reached an impressive milestone by earning from $500 to $999 in total commissions (not including Cash Bonuses):
- Rina Baxter (United States)
- Gil Hayward (Canada)
- Kenny Kolijn (Belgium)
- Robert Paugh (United States)
- Maximiliano Botero Jaramillo (Columbia)
- Bryan Stoker (United States)
- Troy Wray (United Kingdom)
The $1,000 Club:
These members have reached an impressive milestone by earning from $1,000 to $1,499 in total commissions (not including Cash Bonuses):
- Daniel Froelke (United States)
- Clinton Clark (United States)
The $1,500 Club:
These members have reached an impressive milestone by earning from $1,500 to $1,999 in total commissions (not including Cash Bonuses):
- Michael Sweeney (United States)
- Carol Walczak (Australia)
- Brenda de Reus (Holland)
The $2,000 Club:
These members have reached an impressive milestone by earning from $2,000 to $2,499 in total commissions (not including Cash Bonuses):
- Carlos Cruz (United States)
The $2,500 Club:
These members have reached an impressive milestone by earning from $2,500 to $2,999 in total commissions (not including Cash Bonuses):
- Louis Paquette (Canada)
- Ken Nairne (United Kingdom)
- Daniel Butts (Canada)
- Joel Broughton (United States)
The $3,000 Club:
These members have reached an impressive milestone by earning from $3,000 to $3,500 in total commissions (not including Cash Bonuses):
- Jordan Broughton (United States)
These numbers represent the total earnings to date for the Affiliates listed above, excluding any Cash Bonuses. Click Here To See Our Cash Bonus Recipients
Understanding Spillover
What is spillover and how does it happen in a network marketing matrix?
TheOnlineAdNetwork.com uses a 3×10 Matrix structure which means your first level will hold 3 sales, your 2nd level will hold 9 sales, your 3rd level will hold 27 sales, and so on through 10 levels.
The term “spillover” refers to someone that can “spill over” to a level in the 3×10 Matrix.
Here’s an example:
You refer 3 sales. They each go on your first level:
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This is an extremely simplified explanation of how spillover can take place but gives you the general idea of how you can create spillover in your organization by referring new sales.
Massive Action for Network Marketing Success
Massive Action To Create Network Marketing Success
I’m putting a challenge out there for all of our Affiliates. I don’t really expect everyone to follow through but I do know this:
Those members that decide to take me up on this challenge AND FOLLOW THROUGH are going to experience absolutely PHENOMENAL success with us over the next 12 months!
What I’m going to show you is so very simple. That’s the good news and bad news. It’s so simple, ANYBODY can do it. It’s so simple that a lot of people will miss it.
Here’s The Challenge:
Get 3 Prospects To Our Weekly Webinars Every Tuesday.
I’m not talking about just posting on Facebook, mailing safelists, etc… You can do all those things and you should! But what I’m talking about is making it a personal goal to PERSONALLY INVITE 3 people to our weekly Webinars every Tuesday night.
Here are the two questions you ask:
“Do you have a need to attract more prospects to your business?”
“Do you have an advertising budget of $20?”
If you get a “No” answer to either of these questions, MOVE ON. Don’t try to persuade, argue, etc… They just told you they are not ready for success. Talk to the next person.
If they say “Yes” to each, invite them to our next webinar. You can check our schedule and registration links here:
http://www.theonlineadnetwork.com/blog/2012/11/16/toan-webinar-schedule/
After the presentation, I will direct them to contact YOU to get their questions answered and get your Affiliate link to sign up.
Make Sure You Have Their Contact Info for Follow Up!
When you follow up, ask them this ONE question:
“What did you like best about what you saw and heard on the webinar?”
When they tell you what they liked, you simply say, “That’s great! I’m going to email my link to you so that you can get your account started. You can actually have your ads up and running in the next few minutes.”
Email them your link. Help them get started. Show them how to follow this same system!
Personally, I believe that if you PERSONALLY INVITE and FOLLOW UP with 3 prospects for each weekly webinar and teach them to do the same, you can create a 5 figure monthly income with TOAN over the next 12 months.
This means you will have 12 to 15 people at a presentation each month.
Want to see what can happen for you as a result of following this system and teaching your people to do the same?
Check out this video: http://youtu.be/xzpX-mGpjN8
Success In Network Marketing
Success In Network Marketing: Separate the Truth from Fiction
We’ve all heard of, or maybe even personally know, someone who has experienced success in Network Marketing.
You know the stories where someone goes from rags to riches, seemingly overnight. These are great stories and they certainly help build excitement when it comes to prospecting, team building, and motivating your organization.
Let me be very clear about something: Success In Network Marketing DOES happen. Most of the time, it’s nothing like what most of us think it is.
I’ve had the opportunity to sit down with some incredible leaders and some incredible achievers in this industry and there is a common thread that runs through each of their stories. That thread includes a combination of hard work, the willingness to learn new skills, and the dedication to master new skills.
When Bill Britt of Amway fame was asked about why he was able to succeed when so many others fail, he replied that he simply understood the numbers and worked the numbers to his advantage. In his case, he presented to over 12,00o people. 900 of those people told him “no”. Of the 300 that said “yes”, only 85 were still with him and of those 85, 11 made him a multi-millionaire. Mr. Britt experienced success in network marketing with a 1% success record! 11 out of 1,200!
A top industry leader I had the opportunity to visit with recently explained that part of the reason for his seemingly “overnight” success with his current company was because he ALWAYS believed he would be successful, even when his efforts in previous network marketing companies were not fruitful. When he found his current company, he had built a contact list of over 3,000 people from his efforts with previous companies. How did he build his current business so quickly? He made up his mind to call all 3,000 of those people no matter what their response was.
Bill Britt prospected 12,00. This individual prospected over 3,000. They are both tremendously successful.
Most people hear “no” just a few times and they are ready to pack it in. This is why they don’t experience success in network marketing for themselves.
I’m certainly no Bill Britt and I’m not currently showing up in the Top 100 Income Earners for Network Marketing but I have been blessed to live a wonderful lifestyle without the need for a traditional job or bosses for over 13 years. Today, I have multiple lists that I work with. These lists have been generated over years of internet marketing and prospecting. When people ask me how I built such a huge list, I tell them, “I started with zero. Then I got one. Then I kept going.” In fact … I still focus on building my prospect lists, today, and that is one reason why I am experiencing success in network marketing.
Ask any successful network marketer today and most of them will tell you that they had to learn some new skills. Prospecting skills. Advertising skills. Presentation skills. Phone skills. Every successful leader in network marketing is able to effectively use the phone, advertise like a pro, follow up with prospects, and close deals.
When someone tells you that they are building a business without prospecting, without following up, and without working on personal development, they are either kidding themselves or simply lying. Learn the skills required. Then master the skills to experience your own success in Network Marketing.
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About The Author: Brian Rooney is an established network marketing professional. He co-founded the TrafficWave.net AutoResponder System with his friend and business partner, Stephen Hambright. Mr. Rooney is the Founder of TheOnlineAdNetwork.com and is himself a Network Marketing Distributor with business in over 100 different countries.
