The guy asks...
"How long does it take to make money
in a home based business?"
The TRUTH is:
More time than most people will tell you...
And less time than it seems like at the moment.
Movies and television have created
the illusion that it only takes about an hour to get what you want.
Don't let yourself be deceived into thinking
that this is true in real life...
Patience along with consistent action
is the KEY to achieving your goals.
If you have a realistic business model,
you should be able to create a stream
of income within about 90 days if you
know what you're doing...
It may take a year if you
have to learn as you go.
This is reality.
You can either put your head in the sand or
embrace the facts of life and get to work.
Either way, next year will be here before you know it.
Will you have an extra stream of income?
Or, will you still be chasing unrealistic money games?
The choice is yours.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
You know that old saying...
"If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it,
does it make a sound?"
Well...
If no one knows about your
home business, does it exist?
You need to let people know that you're in business.
How can you do that?
I could list a hundred different ways.
Here's a few to get you started.
1. You can tell people.
2. You can run ads in your local weekly papers.
3. You can run ads on Craigslist.
4. You can run ads on Google Adwords.
5. You can write and publish articles.
6. You can publish free press releases.
For less than the price of dinner in a restaurant,
you can get a book that will show you how to
"Build Your Business on a Budget".
If Coca Cola and McDonalds have to advertise,
don't you think you should too?
Best of Success,
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
SeaAloe Business Tip:
You've got to match your message to your market.
(99% of every home business owner does this wrong.)
What this means is this:
If you have a network marketing business,
you really have TWO "products"...
1. You have whatever it is that your company sells.
In my case, my company is SeaAloe and it sells a
liquid whole food vitamins and minerals supplement.
2. You ALSO have a business opportunity for peopole
to market your product and work at home.
In most cases, these are TWO totally different
prospects with totally DIFFERENT motivations.
You can not run the same ad for both types of prospect
if you want to succeed in your home based business.
If you try to market to a product prospect the same way you do a business opportunity prospect, they will be turned off and not respond.
So remember...
One marketing campaign for product users.
And another campaign for business opportunity seekers.
Best of Success,
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
SeaAloe Business Tip: Do Not Buy MLM Leads
In case you haven’t already noticed,
just about everyone wants you to buy
their MLM "opportunity" leads.
You should never need to buy a lead.
As a matter of fact, this is one of the
biggest mistakes many entrepreneurs make.
The reason is this.
When you purchase a lead, there is no guarantee
that he or she will even be interested in what you have to say.
It’s like cold calling, but you’re not just
wasting your time, you’re wasting your hard earned money as well.
So for example, if you’re selling information on how to gamble at casinos to win and you purchase a lead that doesn’t believe in gambling...
They’re not going to be interested in what you have to say.
So you don’t have a sale.
Sure you might purchase enough that you get a few
here and there who are actually interested in what
you’re selling, but you’re still losing money.
Think about it.
Is it really worth spending hundreds of dollars
for one or two sales that may only be worth half of what it cost you in the first place?
With the economy in shambles and everyone
pinching pennies where they can, it’s hard
to say yes unless you just love the idea of losing money.
Instead of spending money on a lead that’s probably
going to be a waste of your time and hard earned money,
try doing a little research and learn how to attract a
potential sale by using a program like Magnetic Sponsoring.
It’s the easiest way to find a lead without
cold calling or spending hundreds of dollars.
Magnetic Sponsoring is like no other marketing system out there.
They don’t tell you to buy MLM leads.
As a matter of fact, they warn against it.
Now what other program does that?
Instead, they tell you how to attract a lead
so you don’t have to do the dirty work.
Life is not about wasting time.
We should be living each and everyday to the most,
whether it is in work or in play.
Stop wasting your time and make the most of your life.
You deserve it.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
A SeaAloe Business Tip:
The more action you take
the more money you make.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
A SeaAloe Business Tip:
Someone once said...
Network Marketing is like a fixed income.
If you don't like what you're making,
you can fix it.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
SeaAloe Business Tip:
"Don't be afraid of problems.
Every problem is an opportunity
to be of service to someone =>
to sell him/her a solution."
--The Secret of Selling Anything
by Harry Browne
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Infomercial Business
A SeaAloe Business Tip:
Recognize reality and act accordingly.
Not everyone needs or wants your product.
Your opportunity is not for everyone.
Relax, there is no reason to stress.
The are over 6 BILLION people on this planet.
There is an endless supply of wants and needs.
You just need to get your product and/or
opportunity in front of enough people.
The RIGHT people.
Mike Stokes(225) 366-0731
http://walkawaywealth.com/
The market for something to believe in is infinite.
-- Seth Godin
You can believe in SeaAloe.
You can believe in the product,
and,
you can believe in the business.
A proven product with a 16 year history.
A proven business model for real business people.
Call me to learn what sets SeaAloe apart from the crowd.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
(225) 218-1469
So you just started a new business…
A SeaAloe distributorship.
So what do you do now?
Well, perhaps your first step should be to
make sure that you’re “set up to receive.”
Read this post –
SeaAloe Business Tip: Are You Set Up to Receive?
Next, I’d focus on getting some local customers.
Enough to move my qualifying order.
Want to do that fast?
Go to your local health food stores.
Health food stores have a ready-made customer base
that you would not otherwise have access to.
And, health food stores won’t be buying single bottles…
They’ll buy 3 – 6 – 12 bottles at a time.
You just get a couple of health food stores
and you're qualifying order is covered,
and it will be easy to get into profit.
While you’re at it, get some local ads running
for some more customers…
They can be a great source of referrals.
I’ve written several articles on how to do local marketing.
Just go thru the archives on the right column of this blog.
If you need any help, give me a call.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
Lead With The Product While Selling "The Dream"
If the product doesn't make sense,
the business won't either.
Your goal is to develop a
culture of "products first".
This will protect your business
and secure your future because
business has a natural rhythm:
Up and down.
So, you need to anchor to the
strength of your product!
This will stabilize your organization even
when you experience rough waters.
In contrast to MLM, take a look at McDonalds...
With McDonalds, every franchise owner can
potentially be successful, and most are.
McDonalds works because
the fundamental business unit,
the single store, makes a profit...
So, the other stores
(as in, your downline)
are profitable too.
Your typical MLM company is
promoting a sales process
that fundamentally loses money.
Let me explain...
For "the rest of the story," go to:
www.DeadDownlinesDontLie.com
Give me a call and let's talk
about getting customers...
Best of Success,
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
(225) 218-1469
How would you like a FULLY AUTOMATEDDistribution Business that paid youweek in and week out?That's exactly what you can have with the new Sea Aloe Infomercial Business System.The infomercials have already beenproduced and approved, and will begoing live very soon.Listen to this recorded call:SeaAloe Infomercial Call
Then, give me a call so I can answer all
of your questions and show you how you
can set up your own FULLY AUTOMATEDInfomercial Business System.Mike Stokes
(225) 218-1469SeaAloe DistributorPS - I've already been running a FULLY AUTOMATEDSeaAloe marketing system for a year and a half,so I already KNOW HOW to work this system.
SeaAloe has just announced that it will begin
running customer acquisition infomercials.
This is HUGE.
If you have never been involved in marketing
a product with radio and TV infomercials,
they are AWESOME.
MLM, or referral marketing, cannot match
mainstream advertising for results.
This is a completely auto-pilot turnkey
customer acquisition program.
Listen to the actual SeaAloe infomercial
that will begin airing soon.
Call me for more information and to learn
how YOU can grab a piece of this action.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
The best way to build any business is offline –
person to person.
That being said, a great way to find more people
to talk to about your business in addition to the
people you know and meet locally, is online.
And, there are plenty of free ways to get your business
message out there on the world wide web, without
having to be a rocket scientist or a teenager…
(You need to know that I am most likely the most
technologically challenged person you will ever know.)
This is just a few of the free ways I use to get
the word out about SeaAloe –
1. This blog that you are reading now is free. SeaAloe Distributor Training and Information
It is also very simple to set up. Look up to the
upper right-hand corner of this page, where it
says, “Create Blog”. Just click on that and
follow the directions.
2. Set up a Squidoo “lens.” I don’t know why
they call them “lenses”, they are just web pages.
See one of my SeaAloe lens at –
SeaAloe on Squidoo
3. Set up a Hub Page. It’s another very user-friendly
and free web page that you can set up. You can see
one of my Hub Pages at –
The Power of Liquid Vitamin Supplements
4. You can write articles and publish them on Ezine Articles.
These are four of the easiest, free and among
the most powerful things you can do for your
business online.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
SeaAloe is the industry leader in
customer and distributor support.
No one else even comes close.
And it just keeps on getting better...
We're making another major announcement
this Thursday, August 28, at 8:00 PM, EST.
Be on the conference call to hear it first.
SeaAloe Conference Call Number
Make sure you're following the right leaders,
because you can go no further than they do.
Look for leaders whose guidance you can trust.
"Can one blind person lead another?
Won't they both fall into a ditch?"
-- The Bible, Luke 6:39,40
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
Need more SeaAloe business?I’ve built my business foundation running
ads in local weekly newspapers.
I’ve been doing this since 1999,
so I’d say it’s working pretty good.
I have customers that are still ordering products
from me month after month, and I haven’t spoken
with them in over EIGHT YEARS.
This is REAL residual income,
wouldn’t you say?
OK, so just how do I go about this?
First, I run product ads looking for customers.
I do NOT run “business opportunity” ads.
I ALWAYS lead with the product,
because I want customers first…
Then, if they want to refer other people
to the product, I help them with that.
I only run my ads in WEEKLY papers.
Not only do they cost less, but
they are a lot more effective.
I run ads in the “ad papers”, like
Thrifty Nickel and Penny Savers.
But, there are also thousands of local
weekly newspapers out there published
in small towns and suburbs.
These papers are gold.
Quite often you can get an ad in
them for just like $5.00 a week.
And many of them are part of a chain,
where someone owns 5 or 8 or 20 publications,
and you can get a great deal if you run your
ad in all of the papers.
Don’t try to sell your product with your ad.
Make your ad short, find out how many words
you get for the minimum price.
You are just looking for people that
are interested in what you have.
You can sell them later.
I run ads offering “Free Information”.
The people that respond are interested in what I have.
My “Free Information Package” will typically include
a cover letter, a product brochure, and a CD or DVD
and an order form where they can order from me at a
“special” price.
That’s it.
And, you don’t have to be limited to your local area.
I run these ads all over the country.
You can find a listing of most local papers at Gebbie Press.
Church bulletins and newspapers are awesome also.
Many of my best customers have come from a church publication.
So, if you want to build your SeaAloe business,
this is one way that is proven to work.
Best of Success!
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
SeaAloe has created the perfect business opportunity
for the part-timer, or first time network marketer.
For just a $100 investment in 3 bottles of SeaAloe,
you can establish a business that really has
no upward limits as to how much you can earn.
There are NO additional fees to become a distributor.
Your Distributor Kit is FREE.
Your initial Brochures are FREE.
(Most companies charge you plenty for a useless
"new distributor kit", then want you to pay EXTRA
for brochures to market their product!)
A state of the art e-Commerce Website is FREE.
SeaAloe follows up with you customers, for FREE.
Opportunity to get Financially Free – priceless.
Call me, or SeaAloe today.
Mike Stokes
SeaAloe Distributor
SeaAloe Improves Business Plan Wow, doesn’t that phrase, “Company improves pay plan,”
send shivers down the spine of anyone with any
experience in network marketing?It sure did me when SeaAloe announced that they
were going to improve their business plan.First thing that came to my mind was,
“uh-oh, how much is this gonna cost me?”I’ve been in the network marketing industry for a long time,
and earning a full-time income in it since 1999...And, I’ve never seen a company in all those years
“improve the pay plan” that it didn’t screw the distributors.Someone (if not everyone) in the company was gonna lose out.Either they took money from the part-timer to give to the heavy hitters,
or took money from the heavy hitters to give to the part-timer…Or, they made qualifying for your bonuses
more difficult so everyone lost out…Or something.Anyway, it was ALWAYS bad news when the
company decided to change the comp plan.So I was already thinking about how I was gonna
replace my lost income when this "new and improved"
business plan took effect...Well, imagine my delight (and surprise I must add) when
SeaAloe’s new and (really) improved business plan went
into effect on July 1 and I learned that I hadn’t lost a dime!
In fact, they made the business even easier than it was.
Everything in the business plan that I liked (and that was
the reason I marketed SeaAloe), was continuing…Plus, it was now even easier for me
and the part-timer to make money!
Even customers could refer people and earn.
The big change was that it is now much easier and
less expensive to become a part-time distributor.You can get in the SeaAloe business now for a $100
product purchase (instead of $300) and earn just
about as much money as the big distributors.I’ll explain how this works in my next post, but for now,
know that SeaAloe was a great opportunity, and now
it’s in a class all its own.
If you know of a better business plan,
I’d sure like to hear about it.If you have any questions, give me a call, and I’ll be
happy to explain how the new business plan can
make you extra money easier than ever.Mike StokesSeaAloe Distributor
