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I had two skype chats this morning that prompted me to write this blog post. The first was with a well known marketer I have had the great pleasure of working with for the past couple of years, and the second was with a delightful woman, who also happens to be an amazing writer… more about that in another post.

The Trouble With Marketing Health Products

That first conversation started with me showing the Nutronix opportunity to my well known marketer friend. Her response was less than favorable. She told me that she is through with marketing products because she has found that while she has no trouble recruiting people, they are not typically good marketers and they fail to make money. These non marketers purchase and consume the products for a while, then they quit when they aren’t successful in recruiting. For this reason, my friend has switched over promoting programs that do not require sponsoring to make money.

Certainly sounds reasonable. In fact, I had the exact same attitude. I’ve been involved with several different network marketing companies, all offering (in my opinion) very good products. The people I’ve recruited were people who wanted to build a business, not necessarily people in love with the products.

Personally, I’ve always been a product person. If I don’t love the product, I don’t promote the business… but I digress…

After the mass exodus of our last downline, I, like my friend above, decided not to promote health related MLM products ever again. BTDT, no more of it for me.

The conversation I had with my writer friend was to explain to her why I am promoting a health product after swearing that I would NEVER go there again! Rather than repeat that story over and over, I decided to put it to a blog post… and after that long introduction, here is my story…

H1N1 Hype Had Me Scared

Without going into all the reasons why, I have long been skeptical of vaccinations. I have done a lot of research on the topic (you can see some of it on my Facebook Group), and I feel that, in most instances, the risks outweigh the benefits.

But now, I was hearing all the news reports about people with underlying health conditions developing severe complications from the swine flu and many of them were dying. Children were at risk of sudden death or severe complications. Because I have a chronic lung condition, I was seriously afraid of contracting the illness, but the research I have done suggested that getting the vaccine could place me at higher risk of complications later - in the next pandemic (which is reportedly right around the corner - see that facebook group!).

A “normal” cold renders me breathless. I cannot even tell you how many visits I have had to the ER for oxygen and ventolin treatments - too many. Getting the flu posed a real risk of an early demise… believing in the Law of Attraction as we do, we focused on finding a solution and believing that the solution would manifest…

My husband and I came to the decision that I should get the vaccine… well… we were seriously considering it, but that the children would not be vaccinated. I was prepared to go for my injection, when news reports came out that the supply was limited and distribution had been halted. Phew! Saved by the limited supply! The government would now be administering the vaccine to high risk groups first, then to the general public. I was in the “adult with underlying condition” high risk group and could receive my injection of toxins the next week.

I couldn’t help but wonder if this was an omen. My husband was away on business and I made the five hour drive to visit him. I was logging onto his laptop computer as we were again discussing whether or not I should line up for the vaccination, when another omen appeared on the computer screen. My good friend Val Smyth had sent me a video to look at. I opened the video and we were both immediately captivated, and to be honest, a little freaked out… the timing was just… spine tingling!

This tour will take you to the same video: http://eca.sh/takethetour

The video described this new technology, Silver Sol, not to be confused with colloidal silver, and how this technology kills harmful viruses and bacteria - how it is an ALTERNATIVE to vaccinations and anti-biotics - and so much more. The entire video was over 50 minutes - yet I have watched it several times… it’s just that good.

I messaged Val, and thanked him for sending me the video. I asked him for a link so I could order some product, and told him in no uncertain terms that I am NOT interested in the business. I just want to try the product.

The Thing I Fear The Most Has Come Upon Me

On the day my order arrived, I woke up feeling a little under the weather. With a little fear in my heart, when my product arrived (about 3 days later!), I started taking the recommended dose, 1 tsp twice a day. That very day, my husband informed me that the virus was going through the crew on the job site he was on, and since I had just been there visiting him, that could explain my feeling unwell. I increased my dosage, and made sure our children took it too. I packaged up some of the Silver Sol and headed down to the FedEx office to overnight some to him.

I sent a skype message to one of the company leaders explaining our situation. He advised me to start taking the Silver Sol through a nebulizer. I did, and I also started giving it my 11 year old son through the nebulizer since has allergy induced asthma, and I wanted to be cautious.

The next day, my husband called and informed me he was not feeling well. The foreman on the job, following protocol, sent him to the local hospital for an evaluation. He was tested and diagnosed with H1N1 and was promptly taken off the job. By the time he got back to his room, he was not feeling well enough to drive home. The package I had sent him had arrived. He started taking the Silver Sol and hoped to feel well enough to make the trip the next morning.

He did feel well enough to drive home. He spent a few days with low energy, but he never developed any severe symptoms. We both had very similar symptoms in terms of severity, but it lasted only about 3 days for me, and about 5 for him. Our children never developed any symptoms at all.

How Do You Know It Was the Silver?

More than one person has asked me this question. And of course, we can’t with absolute certainty state that the Silver Sol killed the swine flu virus. How could we know what would have happened if we hadn’t taken the Silver Sol? It seemed at least a coincidence that when his co-workers were flat out in bed sick for two weeks, that he only developed mild symptoms for a few days. He had been tested and diagnosed, so we know he had the virus. We assumed that I had caught it, but that was not a scientific fact.

We are pretty confident that the Silver Sol had minimized our symptoms, and that it actually killed the virus. But what was really interesting was what we noticed with our son. As I mentioned, he has allergy induced asthma. He also has chronic congestion - probably due to allergies. He’s had it from infancy. His congestion has been seriously reduced.

That was about a month ago. We have continued to take the Silver Sol twice a day. The flu is continuing to run through the school, along with your regular run of the mill colds. Our kids have not picked up so much as a sniffle. This is the first year we can recall that we were not dealing with colds and flus, hospital visits and sleepless nights.

The Law of Attraction

As a student and believer of the The Law of Attraction, I am absolutely certain that we attracted this product and this opportunity to us. We were truly agonizing over whether or not to get vaccinated. The risk for me contracting the virus could have resulted in death.

Instead, both my son and I are actually breathing easier. I’m still using Advair to treat my condition, but I am taking less than I did before, and amazingly enough, I have gotten all the way to December 7 without contracting a cold. Normally by this time of the year I would have had at least two ER visits.

It’s An Obligation

If you discovered a product so powerful that it can literally save lives (no exaggeration - see the videos on this tour http://eca.sh/takethetour), and reduce suffering (see all the conditions Silver Sol can impact here), would you feel obligated to share it with everyone you meet? I do.

I still feel the same way my friend I talked about in the opening of this article does. Building a network marketing business with health products is not easy. The products are often over priced and no better than a similar product you can pick up your local health food store. After you recruit a downline, you have to train and motivate them continuously. The systems usually suck (for lack of a more scientific term)

Having said all that, Silver Sol is a unique one of a kind stand alone product. There are other products available as well, but this one is EPA and FDA approved. When you get all the information on this product, you understand that it is a product that everyone needs. When people understand the power of this simple, pure and natural product, they want it.

Parents have an innate need to protect their children. When they understand that they can protect their little ones from common viruses, from deadly viruses and bacterias without any side effects, they want to do it! As word gets out, and it is getting out, this product will be in huge demand. People will be advised to stock up and have some on hand in the event of an emergency.

I would use, promote and share and tell and rant and rave about this product if there was no compensation. The fact that there is a lucrative compensation plan may offer more incentive for some people to share the news. For me, it’s just an unexpected bonus - unexpected because I had no intention of building a business on another health product… and yet my business is growing…

There are a couple of things that I do not EVER want to do.

1. I do not EVER want to get into a health product MLM never again;
2. I do not want to contribute to the panic and hysteria of the H1N1 “crisis”

As parents of a child with Aspergers Syndrome, a form of autism, my husband and I have been on the hunt for supplements to give to our son who eliminated fruits and vegetables from his diet completely by the age of 3. He is now 11 going on 12 and, without a bit of exaggeration, he has not put anything that resembles fruits or veggies to his mouth in nearly 9 years. That search led us to several different fantastic products, all of which are distributed through MLM or network marketing.

Our son’s condition has improved, and we KNOW it is because of the alternative products we have been successful in getting him to take. It started with EcoQuest. We were convinced that our water was polluted, and our indoor air was equally polluted. We believed that we could address our child’s allergy and asthma issues if we could treat the air that he breathes and the water he drinks. We were right. We were so excited to share those amazing products with the world. To our dismay, the world wasn’t ready!

We still needed to get him to eat SOMETHING with some nutrients in it. We tried everything - and again, I am not exaggerating. From drug store variety vitamins to super juices, all of which may have worked if we could get the child to TAKE them. Finally we found Amigo Juice . Another product distributed through multi level marketing. This was a product that he would not only take, but enjoyed! YaHoo! We hit the jackpot! Again, however, the world wasn’t convinced and we grew tired of trying to convince people to try it.

In our research we discovered other methods of providing not only our Aspergers child with good nutrition, but our other typically developing child as well. We were introduced to Ultra International and some truly fantastic products including the Body shake. This is a meal replacement product that is used for weight loss, but packs a full meal’s worth of nutrients into a delicious tasting “milk shake”. Our kids loved it. So once again, we were involved in another network marketing company!

We made the decision not to actively market health products because it was truly tiring. You have to first of all convince people that they need the product, then you have to work with them to teach them to promote the business, and you have to be constantly supporting and encouraging them. It is a lot of work! I am an internet marketer, and I love marketing online, but I don’t love the hassles involved with MLM. Instead, I decided to stick to affiliate marketing where there are none of those MLM headaches.

Then along came H1N1. We have been convinced that the childhood immunizations contributed to our son’s condition, and have been “anti vaccination”. But then we were faced with this “pandemic”. Both myself and my son have lung disease. When we get sick, we get really sick. I’ve been hospitalized for breathing issues caused by environmental triggers. A simple cold can render me breathless - literally, and I end up in hospital on oxygen and ventolin. The threat of the swine flu scares the heck out of me, but so does the vaccine. I am afraid to get the vaccine, and then, I am afraid not to, and I know I’m not alone. Everyone I talk to has fears around this virus.

As we were agonizing about whether to get vaccinated or not, and doing some research on the virus, the vaccine, and potential alternatives, a dear friend of mine sent me a link to a video. I’m going to be honest and tell you I still am afraid of the vaccine - both getting it and not getting it, but if this product is half as good as it claims to be… well suffice it to say, I feel obligated to spread the word.

Watch This Webinar! It is Critical!

So here I am doing two of the things I never wanted to do. I’m spreading the word on this product, and just by talking about the H1N1, I’m potentially contributing to the confusion and hysteria. If I can offer any advice at all, it would not be to steer clear of the vaccine, but rather it would be to educate yourself and weigh the risks and benefits to make the best decision for you and your family.

Sometimes you just have to do things that you really don’t want to do - sometimes its just that important.

There are tons of marketing systems out there, but there is ONE that is the first choice of the top marketers - Why?

Simply because the best of the best don’t have time to mess around with mickey mouse systems. They need to have a complete system that works hard FOR them so they can do the “other” stuff.

Kiosk has been around for 12 years serving the needs of those top marketers. All the kiosk products have been tried tested and proven, but now they’ve been repackaged, put under one roof, and
re-named GVO (Global Virtual Opportunities).

http://crazyfox.gogvo.com/

In addition to providing the best tools from capture page creators, autoresponders and hosting, it also offers a very lucrative money making opportunity. So there you have it - all the reasons the top
gurus are going GVO. This is Network Marketing Internet Business Basics - the right system, the right people, and the proven products to get the job done right!

http://crazyfox.gogvo.com/

I personally have been using the Veretekk system for the past 4 or 5 years to build my online business. I have been happy with it for the most part, but I’ve found it very difficult to teach others how to use it properly. Most people find it complicated. I am in the process of moving my veretekk database over to GVO because even brand new marketers are discovering how easy it is to use the GVO hosting and tools.

GVO Launch is coming soon - register now and be in at the beginning of internet marketing history!

http://crazyfox.gogvo.com/

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Skeptical or Gutless?

This was one of the lines in the Tony Robbins video
that really struck me… Tony said “you’re not skeptical,
you’re gutless”. It was harsh, and very impactful. In my
mind he answered the age old question of why people
don’t take action, and why those who do are in the
minority. It got me thinking about the GVO opportunity
for $1.00 and wondering … is that what is stopping some
people from taking action?

Why wouldn’t anyone spend $1.00 to test a system
that is obviously working for some of the biggest
names in the business? I just don’t get it! It doesn’t
seem that being skeptical is even an option when the
risk is a buck. So is it being gutless?

In all honesty, I believe that healthy skepticism is a
good thing. It prevents us from making stupid decisions
(sometimes), and it helps us to recognize the ever present
and often well disguised scams. But to be skeptical of a
system that is based on 12 year old infrastructure that has
been serving the needs of some of the top producers in the
industry, and one that will let you in to push all the buttons
for a measly buck, is not healthy skepticism.

So what is it?

What would stop an internet marketer, struggling or thriving
from looking at a system that is endorsed by the big earners?
Could they really fear success? Could they lack belief in
themselves to the extent that they are not willing to invest
a single dollar in themselves and their business?

Any money or time that I have “lost” in learning my craft,
I consider to be an investment in my education. I’ve risked
thousands, and I know most of you have too, so I’m sure its
not the dollar. Is it the fear of being wrong? Are people
afraid of making a mistake? Concerned about the future
charges on their credit card?

Or is it just plain gutlessness?

Please don’t take this as pressure to join. In actual fact,
if you are skeptical, gutless, afraid, or too tired to work, you
shouldn’t join. This program is proving to be a very easy
sell, but as the Tony Robbins video points out, if your belief
isn’t there, it doesn’t matter how easy it is for someone else
to sell.

What do you think?

If you haven’t watched the video interview with Tony Robbins,
Frank Kern and John Reese, you really should. You may not
completely agree with him, but it sure gives you something to
think about!

http://tonyrobbinstraining.com/320/interview-with-frank-kern-and-john-reese/

I came across this new website and blog and had to share it. It’s brand new and probably not really ready for viewing yet, but there is an excellent post discussing parenting after divorce.

The site is called Can I Be Blunt. It looks like it’ll be an Ann Landers type of an advice blog. No podcasts but it says that will be the format.

Looks like a no nonsense type of approach to life and a site worthy of a bookmark!

http://blog.canibeblunt.com

Enjoy!

Can I Afford It? I have been asking that question for a few days now… Can I afford it? Can I afford to shell out $325.00? The answer to that question is, “YES.” I can afford $325.00. But the other part of that question is not so easy to answer.

A new Biz Opp has come to my attention. I am sure it is in the early stages. I set out to see what I could find out about it. I will admit in doing my research on this new program I have NOT found any negative information about it. But you know what they say, If it sounds to good to be true…

The web site itself SCREAMS at me, I hate that. The sizzle call has so much HYPE you want to give them a chill pill. Another red flag went up and waved real high when I watched one of the videos I found about this company. It simply showed a guy opening Fed X packages one after another. Each package contained CASH MONEY. One package he opened contained $4,000.00. That was not a typo, the package contained 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS and yes it was all in cash money.

I am not sure who in their right mind would send $4,000.00 cash through the mail to begin with… and to a perfect stranger too. Who would do that? Would you? Doesn’t that see a bit odd to you? Wouldn’t a red flag go up?

ASD keeps coming to mind.

I always hate it when the suggestion is made to just get in, pay your money and you don’t have to do anything. I have been in this business long enough to know this internet marketing thing is WORK. The only difference between this work and what other people call a J.O.B. is that I can’t think of anything I would rather be doing. NOTHING.

So the question still remains, can I afford it?

I know that I could get my original out lay of the $325.00 back. I bet I could even make some money. In fact I don’t doubt that I could make some really BIG money. My concern is for the people I am making my money from. Will they also be able to make money.

This business of internet marketing is something that I love and enjoy. I have a good reputation for being helpful and trustworthy. Do I really want to risk my reputation that I have worked so hard to achieve for some quick, fast and perhaps BIG money?

I think I can answer that question now, I really don’t think I can afford it after all.

Cindy

After 6 weeks of the worst winter I can ever remember I got a most welcomed email that gave me hope that spring will soon be here.
It was from “Green Thumb Jeff”. Not sure that is his real name, I kind of doubt it but he does indeed have
a “green thumb” and he is a master at growing healthy organic foods.

After many years of trial and error at gardening “Green Thumb Jeff” tells you what he has discovered
about growing healthy organic food and eliminating harmful chemicals from your diet.

His information packed book not only talks about the importance of why you want to eat organic foods but
also explains how to grow 100% organic food starting with soil preparation to the seed and getting past the
weeds and so much more…  My Organic Food Garden 

I know that many people don’t like New Years Resolutions, but I disagree.  The new year is a great time to evaluate what’s working, and by contrast, what isn’t, and make changes.  A resolution is no more than resolving to accomplish something.  Too many people set lofty goals that are truly inachievable, but only because they don’t want it bad enough.

Anyone can really achieve anything they want to, if they really want to.  If you set goals that you are gung-ho about in the beginning, but run of of gusto for, it was probably not something that you REALLY wanted to achieve. 

In my business in the coming new year, I resolve to be more choosey about who I spend my time with.  I resolve to give my time and energy to those most deserving of it - that meaning, those who have the right mind-set to achieve success in their business.  Those who take ownership and responsibility for their own success. 

Have you ever noticed that taking responsibility for success seems easier to do than to take responsibility for failure?  A business associate of mine received this email from someone who has purchased affiliate products in the past:  ( I have edited out indentifying information)

OK I signed up with <program name>
I downloaded all the promo stuff read as
much as I had time to.  Are you going to
be more help than you were with <program>?
I never could get that setup right.

If you have time would you give me a call sometime
My primary <phone number>
( usually busy 6am-11:30am  1pm-5pm M-F MST)
home (please only as last resort) <his home phone>
or email at this address.

Hope this program works as well as it says.

Let’s get it right this time.
Later
<real persons name>

When my colleague shared this email with me, I had two reactions. The first was amusement. I thought it was very funny, but then I realized that this person really needs someone to tell him the truth, and I felt a little sorry for him.  He’s looking for some magic bullet that is going to change his world without any input from him.  My colleague decided to be that someone who shared the truth with this poor lost soul, and replied to him with this:

Dear <real person’s name>

I’m glad you were able to get all that FREE
material from the <program name>.

I’m sorry that you were not able to figure
<other program> out, but even sorrier that
you feel that I am responsible for your failure. 
I can confidently assure you that the reason
you have not been successful is in no small part
due to your attitude. 

Please do not expect me to call you as I am
equally confident that I cannot help you.  I
choose to spend my time working with those
who understand that they are responsible for
their own success. 

There is no program or person that will DO
IT FOR YOU.  Once you understand that
“if it is to be, it is up to me”, you will begin
to achieve the success that you desire.

Wishing you the best,

<a true marketing mentor>

This is what I am talking about doing on a regular basis. We need to be careful who we spend our time with, and we also need to wake people up to reality.  There is no program on the internet, or anywhere else, that will work on your behalf without your input.  I have no desire to take credit for anyone’s success, if you make it, you make it because YOU did it.  YOU would have done it with or without my help. 

Let’s keep it real out there folks, and put honesty and integrity back into internet marketing.

Merry Christmas to all! 

Pick up a newspaper, turn on the radio or television, surf the web… it’s everywhere.  Are people really this afraid, or is there a market in making YOU afraid?  I think there are probably some who truly do believe and fear that their very survival is at risk.  And then there are those who will profit from scaring the bejeezus out of the masses.

There is little doubt that a recession, economic downturn, or depression, whatever name you wish to apply, does mean more people will be turning to the internet to supplement, or replace their current incomes.  And savvy marketers are out there in full force to convince the fearful public that their product or service is the ONE that will not only save them from economic ruin, but deliver them riches beyond their expectations, while allowing them to work from home.  Some might say, that the world wide web is once again ripe for scammers.  That’s a whole other article…

Reality Check

Is the sky really falling?  Or as some would tell you, has it already?  Or is the Law of Attraction at work, as it always is, taking away the wealth that was achieved on the competitive field and based in greed.  Did you know that over 100 years ago, great thinkers of the day like Wallace D. Wattles wrote that it is entirely possible to get rich through competitive means, as opposed to the more desirable creative means, but that competitive wealth is fleeting.  Wealth achieved through creation and cooperation is lasting and real, whereas that achieved through greed does not last, and is not truly satisfying.

I wonder what the lives of the Wall Street CEO’s was really like, even in times of prosperity.  Didn’t they always have to be on guard, watching their every step, looking around corners to ensure that they adequately cover their tracks, that they are not being scrutinized?  Surely their lives were not all glitz and glamour.  There is a price to pay when you win through cut throat competition and greed.  And utimately, even the winners lose.  Because it is fleeting…

“They are like the monster reptiles of the prehistoric eras. They play a necessary  part in the evolutionary process, but the same power which produced them will dispose of them. And it is well to bear in mind that they have never been really rich; a record of the private lives of most of this class will show that they have really been most abject and wretched.”

The Science of Getting Rich (1910)
Wallace D Wattles

And so, if we interpret the words of Wattles, we can clearly see the truth.  The current economic downturn is simply part of the evolutionary process.  Those who climbed the competitive ladder, knocking it down to prevent others from following, had no way to climb back down… they had to jump or fall off, but they had to come down.  

On the other hand, those that get rich “the certain way”, on the creative plane, will enjoy true wealth.  These are the people who climb that ladder, and inspire others to follow them.  People living and working and building wealth on the creative plane have nothing to fear in this economic downturn.  On the contrary, perhaps it is a reason to celebrate and express gratitude.  Yes, gratitude… for those who climbed that ladder and fell, because that was a necessary step in our economic evolution.

In your quest to achieve prosperity, I urge you not to latch on to the program that promises you riches at the push of a button.  Chances are good that if you were led to a business opportunity based on your fear, that the people behind it are working on the competitive plane.  Know that whatever product, service or company you choose to promote on the internet will require real work on your part.  Seek out people who are working on the creative plane - those who will inspire you to do the same.