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your life’s meaning by looking within
yourself. You’ve probably tried that already.
You didn’t create yourself, so there is no way
you can tell yourself what you were created for!
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Subject: "The Painful Truth..."
If you're looking to achieve financial freedom from home, specifically through a "MLM" or network marketing opportunity, you're in for a rude awakening my friend.
If you're already in that trench, fighting with every breath you've got for much less money than it's worth, it's not your fault... The times have changed.
What we're about to share with you right now may anger some, but will help countless others.
You see, the industry is changing rapidly and the purpose of this "Letter" is to warn you, or at least make you aware of some very unsettling insights that need your immediate attention if you plan to make more than $10,000/mo in from home in 2011 and beyond.
Whatever you do, read this document thoroughly. We took out every sentence that wasn't relevant to keep the length as short as possible, so if it's in these pages, consider it information that is absolutely vital. Now we're going to go ahead and assume that you're either pursuing a home business of some kind right now, or that you have pursued one in the past. If you're in neither group, then consider yourself extremely fortunate, as the information in this letter will save you years of blood, sweat, tears, and money.
So what's going on?
Well, in a nutshell, the promises of old-school MLM and "life-long" residual income are all but dead for the average person. They have been cut down at the knees by an unlikely culprit whom I'll reveal to you in a minute.
I know you've seen the symptoms. In fact, I guarantee they are plaguing your organization at this very moment… But what you might not understand or give proper respect to is the cause behind them.
My Questions to You Are These:
Is your organization being depleted by constant attrition?
Is your downline full of complaining reps who need constant hand-holding?
Are you tired of working your tail off for a few hundred or few thousand dollars when you feel like you should be making ten times more for your efforts?
Sick of the "gotcha" comp plans that cut your check in half with the "get 3, who get 3, who get 3", structure requirements?
I hear you friend… And You're not the only one.
Right now, network marketing is in a struggle to find itself in a time where people leave as fast as they join, the cost to sign a new rep has sky-rocketed, and when "newer, bigger, and better" dominates the landscape which basically means…
Trying To Build A Downline In The Internet Age Is Like Trying To Fill A Leaking Bucket.
You can get ahead of the curve for a while if you have the time, money, and energy, but it's only a matter of time before it will drain dry.
Yes, it's a brave new world for network marketers, but fear not…
In an industry where hype and the pre-launch have become the norm, a growing trend is quickly gaining popularity with professional networkers who are sick of the 3-ring circus MLM has become.
It's an answer. A solution to tiny checks, leaking downlines, and the "quick turn" mentality that has taken over MLM.
It will allow you to put tens-of-thousands of dollars of cash into your pocket in weeks and months… Not years. But the best part is that you won't even have to build a downline.
MLM as You Know it is Dead… And the Internet Killed It.
Network marketing has always been based on the idea of working for 3-5 years and building a life long residual income that you can will to your grandkids.
Sounds good…
And it may have been true at one time, but not today. Not anymore.
Now, now… I'm not insane.
I promise.
Let me show you what I mean by such a (true) statement...
Stand with me for a moment atop our private mountain, and look out over the entire network marketing industry…
It's not pretty, but in one word here is what you'll find:
Incest.
A finite group of people who are traded like cattle from one company to another every 9 to 12 months.
They were once called junkies, but the infection has spread to people above that description.
Network Marketing has become obsessed with "timing", "pre-launches", and "the next big thing", but the cause behind that obsession is what truly scares me. I'll explain why shortly, but all you need to realize is that…
Pandora's Box has been opened and we will never be able to close it.
Why? What's causing this gruesome condition?
The Answer Is Simple…
The number of new people coming into MLM each year is now drastically out of proportion with the number of new company start ups.
Thousands of new MLM's launch every year thanks to the internet. You can literally start your own company from your bedroom if you want.
But there are only so many people to go around.
Welcome to the world of the Pre-Launch. A company's only chance to catch the attention of networkers, and steer them away from their current opportunity with the promise of "getting in on the ground floor."
Before you know it, the game has started AGAIN. This time around a company that promises to be the biggest and best with their new patented Wonder Vitamin 2000 that will change the world.
Networkers inevitably flock to it by the ten's of thousands trying to "get in on top".
And if they don't, it doesn't matter because another shiny new MLM will launch in about 9-12 months, and when it does, and the music stops, the people at the bottom scramble to find their seat in the chain, destroying their old company from the bottom up in the process.
This has resulted in a vicious cat fight between these companies over a dwindling supply of warm bodies, complete with name calling, back-stabbing, and an endless supply of lawsuits.
Make no mistake about it… In network marketing, people are the commodity that is traded, and YOU are very valuable.
The "B-Zone" is Gone and Took Your Residual Income With It!
Before the internet, organizations and companies were protected by an information buffer zone which shielded them from this onslaught of people, opinions, competitors, and ads.
It's this buffer zone that allowed relationships to be built, skills to be learned, and loyalties to be strengthened.
But the internet destroyed it in the blink of an eye.
It happens all the time...
You're sitting pretty on top of a fairly large organization. You think you've finally found that "residual" pot of income gold at the end of the rainbow. You're making about $20,000 a month. You quit your job 5 months ago, bought a new house, that new sports car you've always wanted, and paid off all your debt.
Life is good...
Then one day, the company changes their compensation plan just a little bit.
One of your leaders is NOT happy about it. They decide to move to another company, and with one click of a mouse... With one single email to his list of a few thousand recipients upline, downline and side-line... He basically destroys dozens of people's businesses, cutting their checks in half or even worse... Including yours.
The income you're relying on to pay the mortgage, invest for retirement, and put your kids through school literally vanishes overnight.
If something similar to this scenario hasn't happened to you yet... It will.
It's a sobering thought when you realize that your lively-hood in an MLM business is completely dependent upon strangers you've never met.
You don't know their long-term plans. You don't know about their family problems, and you don't know what they'll do next, yet your check is dependent upon them and thousands of others just like them because you simply cannot earn a full-time living on your own personal efforts with an MLM compensation plan. It's not designed for that.
This wasn't a problem in the past, but it is today.
You see, the internet is a tool that allows communication at a level that has never been seen by the world before, where opinions, rumors, promotions, and advertisements can now spread across the globe faster than you can blink your eye.
Massive revenues can be gained or lost in days for a company with nothing more than a well placed negative opinion report on the search engines.
Downlines can be destroyed overnight by false rumors or leaders who jump ship.
Distributors have instant access to an endless supply of tools, systems, leaders, training, opinions, and sales pitches which continuously plant seeds of doubt, and distract them with promises of better, faster, and easier.
Competing ads can be flaunted on the very door-step of a company's search engine results.
And There's Nothing You Can Do About It.
The very moment your new distributor feels frustration… Feels trapped… Feels failure… He or she will instantly open up to the endless supply of alternatives filling their inboxes on a daily basis with the very thing that will cure their pain – and 'poof', they are gone.
There is no long-term commitment because networkers are only as loyal as his or her options, and thanks to the internet, their options are now endless and one click away.
If you're a leader in the industry, you know exactly what I'm talking aboutand from this point forward, it's never going to stop.
For better or worse, this is the new reality of network marketing.
How The Game Is Played Today:
The first and most critical observation to note is that the very economics of MLM are changing. The cost of sponsoring a new rep in the cold market continues to spiral upward, while the actual return and "life time value" of that rep continues to decline.
We are faced with the fact that…
•Full page ads in an industry magazine that cost $500 eight years ago, now costs $3,000.
•Email marketing is dead, and the ability to advertise in a massive, targeted, and affordable way died with it.
•You will be forced to recruit everyday for the lifespan of your business just to combat the constant attrition that will plague your organization.
•The all important practice of retailing has become taboo, putting 90%+ of the focus and attention of the business on recruiting instead of customer acquisition which is where the long-term, stable money is found.
•The industry holds less and less appeal to the white collar business professional who has a hard time seeing how he/she's going to quickly replace a six-figure income peddling vitamins and fruit juice.
•Systematic team training has become next to impossible as new systems pop up from different leaders within the same company every 30 days, which promise to be the answer for the struggling newbie.
•Instead of focusing on the development of personal skills and a single system, an "I'll try this for a few weeks", lottery mentality for lead sources, websites, and magical tools that will "build the business for you", has taken over.
So What Now?
Well that's the million-dollar question isn't it?
You know… I have to be honest. There is no right or wrong answer.
It really all depends on what you personally want out of your business, and if you're willing to deal with the negatives that come with an MLM these days.
If you'd like to build a new business every 9-24 months… Hey… Go for it. There's LOTS of money to be made quickly in MLM right now. It's just not going to last anywhere near as long as it used to and you'll probably find your business receding just as fast as it grew.
As for us, that kind of merry-go-round has no appeal because we've cut through the hype and come to a sobering conclusion...
It doesn't matter what company you build in MLM. You're going to face the same challenges we just mentioned above in all of them. The industry itself had changed, and you're never going to find a single product or compensation plan that will fix it.
No…
I'm sorry to say, but the promise of life-long residual income is all but gone. There's the rare 1 in 1000 exception, but as a whole, Network Marketing has turned into a 3-ring circus of "quick-turn" building driven by greed, hype, and fear of loss where only the true, incredibly skilled professionals can reliably make any significant amount of money.
We're tired of the jumping, the attrition, the rumor control, the baby-sitting, having to explain why one opportunity is better than another. Dealing with prospects who think $300 to start a business is too much money… Seriously…
It's just not worth our time, it's not fun, and we know for a fact that a quickly growing list of industry professionals is coming to the same conclusion.
If You'd Like To Make More Money Faster Without The Financial Risks Of A Downline, TOP TIER Is The Answer You've Been Waiting For.
It's actually been around a few years already, and is quickly becoming THE solution for the challenges facing network marketers in the internet age.
If networkers are going to bounce around from program to program… If competing companies are going to advertise on your front door with a "better/cheaper" product, and if the cost of sponsoring a new rep continues to soar, then the answer is simple:
Get paid a year or more worth of residuals on Day One no matter what happens.
Look…
•In the age of the internet, distributors come and go like the wind!
•"Bigger and better" opportunities launch every six months, taking a piece of your downline with it!
•Money is worth more in your pocket today than it is next year, so Get Paid Today and invest that cash into real residual income streams outside the MLM circus like real-estate or the market.
•It costs more than ever to advertise and sponsor a new rep, so Get Paid a year or more of residual income Today, instead of waiting for the $5.00 commissions to roll in over months or years.
•Most networkers are only employee minded people pretending to be entrepreneurs, which means they'll rarely do what it takes to be successful, so Get Paid Today for your time and training whether they build a business or not.
•White collar professionals aren't interested in working 3-4 hours a night selling vitamins for a $500 - $1,000 check, so offer them a vehicle that they can Get Paid Today, and realistically make $10,000/mo within just 5 to 10 customers a month.
•Building a MLM that pays out $10,000 per month requires building a downline of thousands. Get Paid Today and make $10,000 with just 10 customers or less.
Do you see how profound this concept is in today's MLM environment? How it solves all of the problems network marketers are facing?
This compressed and rapid flow of income also brings the dream of "working from home" to reality in a realistic manner for the average person.
We call them "Top Tier" because of the caliber of people they attract, and the high-level incomes they can produce compared to traditional MLM.
Most, (but not all), are characterized by a "Two-Up" compensation plan, a product or service that is retailed in the $1,500-$2,000 range, and pay out a $1,000+, up-front commission on the sale of that product or service.
One of the primary objections made by networkers against Top Tier is that there's no residual income.
But Is That True?
Well as this business model develops, residual income has been integrated into several compensation plans already, but there's another angle that needs to be considered regardless of that...
When you make a $1,000 commission, it's like you're getting paid a year's worth of residuals up front on Day One with a product purchase, whether the new rep goes on to build a business or not.
How large of an organization would you have to build in order to make $4,000/mo in a traditional MLM? 500? 700? 1,500? 2,500?
Pick a number and then double it because 50% of your people will cancel their product orders within 3 months.
What will you do when, (not if), one of your leaders walks out for another deal and takes half your team with them overnight?
We all know darn well that only 1 in 500+ will ever go on to build a team of over 500 reps, yet we're all selling an "easy way to work part-time and replace your full-time job".
B.S.
You know it. I know it.
How many customers would you need in a Top Tier program to make $4,000/mo…?
Drum roll please………… 4.
One customer a week to make an extra $48,000 a year, and that doesn't even figure in the leverage of the actual compensation plan which can multiply that number by a factor of 10 or $480,000 per year with just 1 new customer per week. (We'll actually show you these numbers in detail in just a few minutes).
That my friends, is an honest sell when you offer to provide someone with a vehicle to replace their income.
The bottom line is that in today's MLM environment, you must make enough from your personal activity to justify your time and involvement, because you'll just continue to spend more money than you make if you don't.
That leads us to another important consideration when it comes to "residual income"...
Consider this for a moment…
Let's say that you work your tail off for a year and build up an MLM business that paid you an average of $3,000 a month residually for the next 3 years. That's a total payout of $108,000 paid out over 3 years. This will never happen because you'll experience attrition and that check will shrink each month, but we'll go ahead and stick with that number anyway to keep things simple.
So $3,000/mo for 3 years... Not bad, but is that really the smartest route to go?
Or would it be better to work a business that paid out all $108,000 in the first 12 months without the "residual"?
I think so…
Why? Because that money is worth more today than it will be in 3 years.
Now you can take that $108,000 and invest it in REAL, long-term residual assets like real-estate, mutual-funds, stocks, etc…
I'd rather have $108,000 invested into real-estate or a mutual fund than siphon off $3,000 a month for 3 years (especially when I know that money can disappear over night if one of my leaders jumps ship). Heck, if you want the "illusion" of residual income, take the $108,000 made in 12 months, put it into a money market account, and then instruct your bank to transfer $3,000 of it into your checking account each month.
No disappearing downline or dipping sales volume to worry about, and at least you can make some interest on it for a few years.
Get Paid Today. Why wait on $5 Mickey Mouse commissions to drip in when you have no idea how long it will last? Get a year or more of that money up front on Day One, and then do some real damage with it outside MLM.
Which Costs More: A Top Tier Opportunity, Or Traditional MLM?
The second common objection to Top Tier programs is the start-up costs are "too high".
Actually, they are much less expensive than a traditional supplement based MLM. The average start-up cost and monthly auto-ship order for a traditional MLM is about $200. That comes out to $2,500+ a year when you factor in taxes and shipping.
A Top Tier program is usually a one time expense. One time, and you're done.
By the time you hit your third year in traditional MLM, you've spent over $7,500 on vitamins you could have purchased for 70% less at a local store!
Holy smokes! So if you've been in MLM about seven years now, you've spent over $17,500 on products! Ouch!
Yet, your total cost for a Top Tier after seven years would have never gone passed the average $1,500 cost of the product or service.
But, we're not done yet…
There is another benefit to Top Tier programs. It's not very obvious at first, but something you will come to appreciate if you don't already…
Work With Experienced Peers And Keep Your Business FUN!
Are you at a point in your MLM career where you just feel burnt out working with people who are brand new to the industry? The one's who "claim" they want to be financially free but as soon as you mention the start-up cost they start making excuses?
Has your downline turned into a massive pool of people who blame you for the fact that they bought a website and some product but aren't rich yet?
Or has the FUN been stripped from your work at home dreams because all you do is spend your time dealing with whiners, complainers, and excuse makers for much less money than it's worth?
Well One Perk Of A Top Tier Opportunity, Is That It Attracts Top Tier People.
Who you work with is completely up to you, so work with the highest caliber of people possible:
Peers! Professionals! Do'ers! People who make things happen, not excuses.
It makes all the difference in the world when you get to spend your time recruiting and working with people who are just like you. They love this industry, and they don't need any convincing.
They already know an investment is required and have no problem with it because they are true entrepreneurs.
Top Tier opportunities attract this type of person because the initial start-up cost scares away the time-wasting, tire-kickers faster than you can blink an eye!
Wouldn't you like to just work with experienced entrepreneurs? People who don't whine, complain, constantly make excuses, or need you to hold their hand 24/7?
Peers who speak and build with self confidence.
People who don't "need" money or want you to "save" them, but people who have a track record of success and who want a better vehicle to invest their time, money, and efforts into?
With Top Tier opportunities, you don't have to work with thousands or tens-of-thousands to make incredible money.
You only need to work with a handful.
Top Tier Opportunities Pay Out Serious Incomes, So They Attract People Who Like To Make Serious Money
We'll assume that you're an experienced networker who knows what they're doing.
You know how to advertise. You have good communication and phone skills. You work diligently on your business everyday, and you're a leader to your team…
And how's it working out so far?
$50,000/mo checks showing up yet? Do you have the new Mercedes in the drive way? Are you flying First Class and sleeping 5-Star? Do you take a cab from the airport to the company convention or a helicopter?
Probably not, and it's not because you aren't capable or deserving of that kind of success. It's just that you're working a 2nd tier opportunity that pays out less money for the same amount of work, and attracts people whose goal is to earn $300 - $5,000 a month… Not $30,000 to $100,000 per month.
We all have the same number of hours in a day so why not use them in a business that pays out BIG instead of small when it doesn't require any more time or effort?
You become as successful as the people you surround yourself with, so why not work with people who truly live lives of luxury instead of people who drive around in mini-vans with "Lose Weight Now, Ask Me How" stickers on the window?
I don't know about you, but my partners and I got into this industry to earn a massive and stable income, yet we're faced with the fact that traditional MLM just isn't the opportunity it used to be. So If this G.P.T. model makes sense to you...
If you're ready to find a business that will allow you to make $10,000 to $50,000 per month within weeks or months instead of years without the risks or headaches of a downline, then we'd like to invite you to continue to the next page where you'll have an opportunity to meet one of the fastest growing teams in the Premier Top Tier business in the world who can show you...
...THE "Insider Secret" As To Why 97% Of Home Based Entrepreneurs
Struggle And Fail Miserably (not known by many)...
...And How To Make $15,000 Per Month
(or more) In Your First 90 Days With No Experience, Without Picking
Up The Phone, Or Making A List Of Your Friends And Family...EVER Again
KINGDOM !!!
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*Results may vary, as with any business opportunity, you could make more or less. Success in ANY business opportunity is a result of hard work, time and a variety of other factors. No express or implied guarantees of income or spillover are made when joining or purchasing products. The following information is a hypothetical illustration only and not an implied promise of results or earnings.
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Subject: "The Painful Truth..."
If you're looking to achieve financial freedom from home, specifically through a "MLM" or network marketing opportunity, you're in for a rude awakening my friend.
If you're already in that trench, fighting with every breath you've got for much less money than it's worth, it's not your fault... The times have changed.
What we're about to share with you right now may anger some, but will help countless others.
You see, the industry is changing rapidly and the purpose of this "Letter" is to warn you, or at least make you aware of some very unsettling insights that need your immediate attention if you plan to make more than $10,000/mo in from home in 2011 and beyond.
Whatever you do, read this document thoroughly. We took out every sentence that wasn't relevant to keep the length as short as possible, so if it's in these pages, consider it information that is absolutely vital. Now we're going to go ahead and assume that you're either pursuing a home business of some kind right now, or that you have pursued one in the past. If you're in neither group, then consider yourself extremely fortunate, as the information in this letter will save you years of blood, sweat, tears, and money.
So what's going on?
Well, in a nutshell, the promises of old-school MLM and "life-long" residual income are all but dead for the average person. They have been cut down at the knees by an unlikely culprit whom I'll reveal to you in a minute.
I know you've seen the symptoms. In fact, I guarantee they are plaguing your organization at this very moment… But what you might not understand or give proper respect to is the cause behind them.
My Questions to You Are These:
Is your organization being depleted by constant attrition?
Is your downline full of complaining reps who need constant hand-holding?
Are you tired of working your tail off for a few hundred or few thousand dollars when you feel like you should be making ten times more for your efforts?
Sick of the "gotcha" comp plans that cut your check in half with the "get 3, who get 3, who get 3", structure requirements?
I hear you friend… And You're not the only one.
Right now, network marketing is in a struggle to find itself in a time where people leave as fast as they join, the cost to sign a new rep has sky-rocketed, and when "newer, bigger, and better" dominates the landscape which basically means…
Trying To Build A Downline In The Internet Age Is Like Trying To Fill A Leaking Bucket.
You can get ahead of the curve for a while if you have the time, money, and energy, but it's only a matter of time before it will drain dry.
Yes, it's a brave new world for network marketers, but fear not…
In an industry where hype and the pre-launch have become the norm, a growing trend is quickly gaining popularity with professional networkers who are sick of the 3-ring circus MLM has become.
It's an answer. A solution to tiny checks, leaking downlines, and the "quick turn" mentality that has taken over MLM.
It will allow you to put tens-of-thousands of dollars of cash into your pocket in weeks and months… Not years. But the best part is that you won't even have to build a downline.
MLM as You Know it is Dead… And the Internet Killed It.
Network marketing has always been based on the idea of working for 3-5 years and building a life long residual income that you can will to your grandkids.
Sounds good…
And it may have been true at one time, but not today. Not anymore.
Now, now… I'm not insane.
I promise.
Let me show you what I mean by such a (true) statement...
Stand with me for a moment atop our private mountain, and look out over the entire network marketing industry…
It's not pretty, but in one word here is what you'll find:
Incest.
A finite group of people who are traded like cattle from one company to another every 9 to 12 months.
They were once called junkies, but the infection has spread to people above that description.
Network Marketing has become obsessed with "timing", "pre-launches", and "the next big thing", but the cause behind that obsession is what truly scares me. I'll explain why shortly, but all you need to realize is that…
Pandora's Box has been opened and we will never be able to close it.
Why? What's causing this gruesome condition?
The Answer Is Simple…
The number of new people coming into MLM each year is now drastically out of proportion with the number of new company start ups.
Thousands of new MLM's launch every year thanks to the internet. You can literally start your own company from your bedroom if you want.
But there are only so many people to go around.
Welcome to the world of the Pre-Launch. A company's only chance to catch the attention of networkers, and steer them away from their current opportunity with the promise of "getting in on the ground floor."
Before you know it, the game has started AGAIN. This time around a company that promises to be the biggest and best with their new patented Wonder Vitamin 2000 that will change the world.
Networkers inevitably flock to it by the ten's of thousands trying to "get in on top".
And if they don't, it doesn't matter because another shiny new MLM will launch in about 9-12 months, and when it does, and the music stops, the people at the bottom scramble to find their seat in the chain, destroying their old company from the bottom up in the process.
This has resulted in a vicious cat fight between these companies over a dwindling supply of warm bodies, complete with name calling, back-stabbing, and an endless supply of lawsuits.
Make no mistake about it… In network marketing, people are the commodity that is traded, and YOU are very valuable.
The "B-Zone" is Gone and Took Your Residual Income With It!
Before the internet, organizations and companies were protected by an information buffer zone which shielded them from this onslaught of people, opinions, competitors, and ads.
It's this buffer zone that allowed relationships to be built, skills to be learned, and loyalties to be strengthened.
But the internet destroyed it in the blink of an eye.
It happens all the time...
You're sitting pretty on top of a fairly large organization. You think you've finally found that "residual" pot of income gold at the end of the rainbow. You're making about $20,000 a month. You quit your job 5 months ago, bought a new house, that new sports car you've always wanted, and paid off all your debt.
Life is good...
Then one day, the company changes their compensation plan just a little bit.
One of your leaders is NOT happy about it. They decide to move to another company, and with one click of a mouse... With one single email to his list of a few thousand recipients upline, downline and side-line... He basically destroys dozens of people's businesses, cutting their checks in half or even worse... Including yours.
The income you're relying on to pay the mortgage, invest for retirement, and put your kids through school literally vanishes overnight.
If something similar to this scenario hasn't happened to you yet... It will.
It's a sobering thought when you realize that your lively-hood in an MLM business is completely dependent upon strangers you've never met.
You don't know their long-term plans. You don't know about their family problems, and you don't know what they'll do next, yet your check is dependent upon them and thousands of others just like them because you simply cannot earn a full-time living on your own personal efforts with an MLM compensation plan. It's not designed for that.
This wasn't a problem in the past, but it is today.
You see, the internet is a tool that allows communication at a level that has never been seen by the world before, where opinions, rumors, promotions, and advertisements can now spread across the globe faster than you can blink your eye.
Massive revenues can be gained or lost in days for a company with nothing more than a well placed negative opinion report on the search engines.
Downlines can be destroyed overnight by false rumors or leaders who jump ship.
Distributors have instant access to an endless supply of tools, systems, leaders, training, opinions, and sales pitches which continuously plant seeds of doubt, and distract them with promises of better, faster, and easier.
Competing ads can be flaunted on the very door-step of a company's search engine results.
And There's Nothing You Can Do About It.
The very moment your new distributor feels frustration… Feels trapped… Feels failure… He or she will instantly open up to the endless supply of alternatives filling their inboxes on a daily basis with the very thing that will cure their pain – and 'poof', they are gone.
There is no long-term commitment because networkers are only as loyal as his or her options, and thanks to the internet, their options are now endless and one click away.
If you're a leader in the industry, you know exactly what I'm talking aboutand from this point forward, it's never going to stop.
For better or worse, this is the new reality of network marketing.
How The Game Is Played Today:
The first and most critical observation to note is that the very economics of MLM are changing. The cost of sponsoring a new rep in the cold market continues to spiral upward, while the actual return and "life time value" of that rep continues to decline.
We are faced with the fact that…
•Full page ads in an industry magazine that cost $500 eight years ago, now costs $3,000.
•Email marketing is dead, and the ability to advertise in a massive, targeted, and affordable way died with it.
•You will be forced to recruit everyday for the lifespan of your business just to combat the constant attrition that will plague your organization.
•The all important practice of retailing has become taboo, putting 90%+ of the focus and attention of the business on recruiting instead of customer acquisition which is where the long-term, stable money is found.
•The industry holds less and less appeal to the white collar business professional who has a hard time seeing how he/she's going to quickly replace a six-figure income peddling vitamins and fruit juice.
•Systematic team training has become next to impossible as new systems pop up from different leaders within the same company every 30 days, which promise to be the answer for the struggling newbie.
•Instead of focusing on the development of personal skills and a single system, an "I'll try this for a few weeks", lottery mentality for lead sources, websites, and magical tools that will "build the business for you", has taken over.
So What Now?
Well that's the million-dollar question isn't it?
You know… I have to be honest. There is no right or wrong answer.
It really all depends on what you personally want out of your business, and if you're willing to deal with the negatives that come with an MLM these days.
If you'd like to build a new business every 9-24 months… Hey… Go for it. There's LOTS of money to be made quickly in MLM right now. It's just not going to last anywhere near as long as it used to and you'll probably find your business receding just as fast as it grew.
As for us, that kind of merry-go-round has no appeal because we've cut through the hype and come to a sobering conclusion...
It doesn't matter what company you build in MLM. You're going to face the same challenges we just mentioned above in all of them. The industry itself had changed, and you're never going to find a single product or compensation plan that will fix it.
No…
I'm sorry to say, but the promise of life-long residual income is all but gone. There's the rare 1 in 1000 exception, but as a whole, Network Marketing has turned into a 3-ring circus of "quick-turn" building driven by greed, hype, and fear of loss where only the true, incredibly skilled professionals can reliably make any significant amount of money.
We're tired of the jumping, the attrition, the rumor control, the baby-sitting, having to explain why one opportunity is better than another. Dealing with prospects who think $300 to start a business is too much money… Seriously…
It's just not worth our time, it's not fun, and we know for a fact that a quickly growing list of industry professionals is coming to the same conclusion.
If You'd Like To Make More Money Faster Without The Financial Risks Of A Downline, TOP TIER Is The Answer You've Been Waiting For.
It's actually been around a few years already, and is quickly becoming THE solution for the challenges facing network marketers in the internet age.
If networkers are going to bounce around from program to program… If competing companies are going to advertise on your front door with a "better/cheaper" product, and if the cost of sponsoring a new rep continues to soar, then the answer is simple:
Get paid a year or more worth of residuals on Day One no matter what happens.
Look…
•In the age of the internet, distributors come and go like the wind!
•"Bigger and better" opportunities launch every six months, taking a piece of your downline with it!
•Money is worth more in your pocket today than it is next year, so Get Paid Today and invest that cash into real residual income streams outside the MLM circus like real-estate or the market.
•It costs more than ever to advertise and sponsor a new rep, so Get Paid a year or more of residual income Today, instead of waiting for the $5.00 commissions to roll in over months or years.
•Most networkers are only employee minded people pretending to be entrepreneurs, which means they'll rarely do what it takes to be successful, so Get Paid Today for your time and training whether they build a business or not.
•White collar professionals aren't interested in working 3-4 hours a night selling vitamins for a $500 - $1,000 check, so offer them a vehicle that they can Get Paid Today, and realistically make $10,000/mo within just 5 to 10 customers a month.
•Building a MLM that pays out $10,000 per month requires building a downline of thousands. Get Paid Today and make $10,000 with just 10 customers or less.
Do you see how profound this concept is in today's MLM environment? How it solves all of the problems network marketers are facing?
This compressed and rapid flow of income also brings the dream of "working from home" to reality in a realistic manner for the average person.
We call them "Top Tier" because of the caliber of people they attract, and the high-level incomes they can produce compared to traditional MLM.
Most, (but not all), are characterized by a "Two-Up" compensation plan, a product or service that is retailed in the $1,500-$2,000 range, and pay out a $1,000+, up-front commission on the sale of that product or service.
One of the primary objections made by networkers against Top Tier is that there's no residual income.
But Is That True?
Well as this business model develops, residual income has been integrated into several compensation plans already, but there's another angle that needs to be considered regardless of that...
When you make a $1,000 commission, it's like you're getting paid a year's worth of residuals up front on Day One with a product purchase, whether the new rep goes on to build a business or not.
How large of an organization would you have to build in order to make $4,000/mo in a traditional MLM? 500? 700? 1,500? 2,500?
Pick a number and then double it because 50% of your people will cancel their product orders within 3 months.
What will you do when, (not if), one of your leaders walks out for another deal and takes half your team with them overnight?
We all know darn well that only 1 in 500+ will ever go on to build a team of over 500 reps, yet we're all selling an "easy way to work part-time and replace your full-time job".
B.S.
You know it. I know it.
How many customers would you need in a Top Tier program to make $4,000/mo…?
Drum roll please………… 4.
One customer a week to make an extra $48,000 a year, and that doesn't even figure in the leverage of the actual compensation plan which can multiply that number by a factor of 10 or $480,000 per year with just 1 new customer per week. (We'll actually show you these numbers in detail in just a few minutes).
That my friends, is an honest sell when you offer to provide someone with a vehicle to replace their income.
The bottom line is that in today's MLM environment, you must make enough from your personal activity to justify your time and involvement, because you'll just continue to spend more money than you make if you don't.
That leads us to another important consideration when it comes to "residual income"...
Consider this for a moment…
Let's say that you work your tail off for a year and build up an MLM business that paid you an average of $3,000 a month residually for the next 3 years. That's a total payout of $108,000 paid out over 3 years. This will never happen because you'll experience attrition and that check will shrink each month, but we'll go ahead and stick with that number anyway to keep things simple.
So $3,000/mo for 3 years... Not bad, but is that really the smartest route to go?
Or would it be better to work a business that paid out all $108,000 in the first 12 months without the "residual"?
I think so…
Why? Because that money is worth more today than it will be in 3 years.
Now you can take that $108,000 and invest it in REAL, long-term residual assets like real-estate, mutual-funds, stocks, etc…
I'd rather have $108,000 invested into real-estate or a mutual fund than siphon off $3,000 a month for 3 years (especially when I know that money can disappear over night if one of my leaders jumps ship). Heck, if you want the "illusion" of residual income, take the $108,000 made in 12 months, put it into a money market account, and then instruct your bank to transfer $3,000 of it into your checking account each month.
No disappearing downline or dipping sales volume to worry about, and at least you can make some interest on it for a few years.
Get Paid Today. Why wait on $5 Mickey Mouse commissions to drip in when you have no idea how long it will last? Get a year or more of that money up front on Day One, and then do some real damage with it outside MLM.
Which Costs More: A Top Tier Opportunity, Or Traditional MLM?
The second common objection to Top Tier programs is the start-up costs are "too high".
Actually, they are much less expensive than a traditional supplement based MLM. The average start-up cost and monthly auto-ship order for a traditional MLM is about $200. That comes out to $2,500+ a year when you factor in taxes and shipping.
A Top Tier program is usually a one time expense. One time, and you're done.
By the time you hit your third year in traditional MLM, you've spent over $7,500 on vitamins you could have purchased for 70% less at a local store!
Holy smokes! So if you've been in MLM about seven years now, you've spent over $17,500 on products! Ouch!
Yet, your total cost for a Top Tier after seven years would have never gone passed the average $1,500 cost of the product or service.
But, we're not done yet…
There is another benefit to Top Tier programs. It's not very obvious at first, but something you will come to appreciate if you don't already…
Work With Experienced Peers And Keep Your Business FUN!
Are you at a point in your MLM career where you just feel burnt out working with people who are brand new to the industry? The one's who "claim" they want to be financially free but as soon as you mention the start-up cost they start making excuses?
Has your downline turned into a massive pool of people who blame you for the fact that they bought a website and some product but aren't rich yet?
Or has the FUN been stripped from your work at home dreams because all you do is spend your time dealing with whiners, complainers, and excuse makers for much less money than it's worth?
Well One Perk Of A Top Tier Opportunity, Is That It Attracts Top Tier People.
Who you work with is completely up to you, so work with the highest caliber of people possible:
Peers! Professionals! Do'ers! People who make things happen, not excuses.
It makes all the difference in the world when you get to spend your time recruiting and working with people who are just like you. They love this industry, and they don't need any convincing.
They already know an investment is required and have no problem with it because they are true entrepreneurs.
Top Tier opportunities attract this type of person because the initial start-up cost scares away the time-wasting, tire-kickers faster than you can blink an eye!
Wouldn't you like to just work with experienced entrepreneurs? People who don't whine, complain, constantly make excuses, or need you to hold their hand 24/7?
Peers who speak and build with self confidence.
People who don't "need" money or want you to "save" them, but people who have a track record of success and who want a better vehicle to invest their time, money, and efforts into?
With Top Tier opportunities, you don't have to work with thousands or tens-of-thousands to make incredible money.
You only need to work with a handful.
Top Tier Opportunities Pay Out Serious Incomes, So They Attract People Who Like To Make Serious Money
We'll assume that you're an experienced networker who knows what they're doing.
You know how to advertise. You have good communication and phone skills. You work diligently on your business everyday, and you're a leader to your team…
And how's it working out so far?
$50,000/mo checks showing up yet? Do you have the new Mercedes in the drive way? Are you flying First Class and sleeping 5-Star? Do you take a cab from the airport to the company convention or a helicopter?
Probably not, and it's not because you aren't capable or deserving of that kind of success. It's just that you're working a 2nd tier opportunity that pays out less money for the same amount of work, and attracts people whose goal is to earn $300 - $5,000 a month… Not $30,000 to $100,000 per month.
We all have the same number of hours in a day so why not use them in a business that pays out BIG instead of small when it doesn't require any more time or effort?
You become as successful as the people you surround yourself with, so why not work with people who truly live lives of luxury instead of people who drive around in mini-vans with "Lose Weight Now, Ask Me How" stickers on the window?
I don't know about you, but my partners and I got into this industry to earn a massive and stable income, yet we're faced with the fact that traditional MLM just isn't the opportunity it used to be. So If this G.P.T. model makes sense to you...
If you're ready to find a business that will allow you to make $10,000 to $50,000 per month within weeks or months instead of years without the risks or headaches of a downline, then we'd like to invite you to continue to the next page where you'll have an opportunity to meet one of the fastest growing teams in the Premier Top Tier business in the world who can show you...
...THE "Insider Secret" As To Why 97% Of Home Based Entrepreneurs
Struggle And Fail Miserably (not known by many)...
...And How To Make $15,000 Per Month
(or more) In Your First 90 Days With No Experience, Without Picking
Up The Phone, Or Making A List Of Your Friends And Family...EVER Again
KINGDOM !!!
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*Results may vary, as with any business opportunity, you could make more or less. Success in ANY business opportunity is a result of hard work, time and a variety of other factors. No express or implied guarantees of income or spillover are made when joining or purchasing products. The following information is a hypothetical illustration only and not an implied promise of results or earnings.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Genesis ... Exodus - KINGDOM!
Genesis Of Kevin K. Hemphill – LIFE Coach!
Over the last year, I’ve spent thousands of dollars & hundreds of hours researching home/internet based businesses, personalities, experts and so-called guru’s. Most of the material and experts were anything but excellence; however, there are companies and individuals that stand out – we’ll discuss several today!
Mike Dillard, Joe Schroeder. Ann Seig, Dale Calvert, Bob Proctor and Mark Hoverson are just a few of the individuals I studied with, and invested in … each of these individuals focused on marketing, self promotion and “SELF” branding; I believe each of them are correct in many areas; however, I’ve not been able to gather a completely tangible picture or understanding of their theories/ideas, and therein lays the rub – each of these experts asked for and received 100% of my money and attention, while I received less than 50% of the entire solution offering from each expert. – as I purchased one series that led to another series, that promised complete and total illumination, I was given just enough to keep me coming back for more.
I’ve come to the conclusion that these leaders and their materials provide a shadow of things that are, and things that will be in this industry; but, just as I have had to do with Edision, Franklin, King, Ford, Malcolm X and many others I’ve studied, I’m having to invest my own original & authentic thought, and emotional substance.
Thus enabling superior outcomes by inflecting every critical decision with best at hand data and personal original and authentic action.
As we continue to study and learn, we inflect and develop values to help guide – below are our selected values for advancement.
Values:
Member Impact
We define ourselves by the achievements of those we serve and believe that advancement of member interest is the only route to our own success. We are effective stewards of members’ contributions and confidences, and we relentlessly innovate to delight our current and future members.
Force of Ideas
We believe that great ideas—acute insights rooted in microeconomics and informed by human behavior—are essential to those accomplishments that change the fortunes of an individual, an organization, or the world. We discover and create these ideas and enable members and colleagues to act on them by delivering them in timely, targeted, and memorable ways.
Spirit of Generosity
We forge relationships with our members and with each other that go beyond the merely commercial. Our businesses center on generous exchange, both between professional peers and between our staff and our members. We derive honest joy from the opportunity to serve our members, our colleagues, and our communities.
Stewardship of Exceptional Talent
Our ambitions demand that we invest unusual effort in recruiting, developing, and managing exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds. We foster an entrepreneurial culture that enables outsized individual and team impact, grows businesses, and creates compelling careers. We set aspirational objectives, measure outcomes, reward outstanding accomplishments, and readily reinvent how we work.
Below you will find what we call our GENESIS library of videos, featuring Kevin K. Hemphill … no gloss or glamour, just Kevin K. Hemphill engaging in real talk and thought. Please enjoy at you leisure, and consider joining our efforts to not only get it going, but to get it RIGHT!
KINGDOM!!!
Over the last year, I’ve spent thousands of dollars & hundreds of hours researching home/internet based businesses, personalities, experts and so-called guru’s. Most of the material and experts were anything but excellence; however, there are companies and individuals that stand out – we’ll discuss several today!
Mike Dillard, Joe Schroeder. Ann Seig, Dale Calvert, Bob Proctor and Mark Hoverson are just a few of the individuals I studied with, and invested in … each of these individuals focused on marketing, self promotion and “SELF” branding; I believe each of them are correct in many areas; however, I’ve not been able to gather a completely tangible picture or understanding of their theories/ideas, and therein lays the rub – each of these experts asked for and received 100% of my money and attention, while I received less than 50% of the entire solution offering from each expert. – as I purchased one series that led to another series, that promised complete and total illumination, I was given just enough to keep me coming back for more.
I’ve come to the conclusion that these leaders and their materials provide a shadow of things that are, and things that will be in this industry; but, just as I have had to do with Edision, Franklin, King, Ford, Malcolm X and many others I’ve studied, I’m having to invest my own original & authentic thought, and emotional substance.
Thus enabling superior outcomes by inflecting every critical decision with best at hand data and personal original and authentic action.
As we continue to study and learn, we inflect and develop values to help guide – below are our selected values for advancement.
Values:
Member Impact
We define ourselves by the achievements of those we serve and believe that advancement of member interest is the only route to our own success. We are effective stewards of members’ contributions and confidences, and we relentlessly innovate to delight our current and future members.
Force of Ideas
We believe that great ideas—acute insights rooted in microeconomics and informed by human behavior—are essential to those accomplishments that change the fortunes of an individual, an organization, or the world. We discover and create these ideas and enable members and colleagues to act on them by delivering them in timely, targeted, and memorable ways.
Spirit of Generosity
We forge relationships with our members and with each other that go beyond the merely commercial. Our businesses center on generous exchange, both between professional peers and between our staff and our members. We derive honest joy from the opportunity to serve our members, our colleagues, and our communities.
Stewardship of Exceptional Talent
Our ambitions demand that we invest unusual effort in recruiting, developing, and managing exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds. We foster an entrepreneurial culture that enables outsized individual and team impact, grows businesses, and creates compelling careers. We set aspirational objectives, measure outcomes, reward outstanding accomplishments, and readily reinvent how we work.
Below you will find what we call our GENESIS library of videos, featuring Kevin K. Hemphill … no gloss or glamour, just Kevin K. Hemphill engaging in real talk and thought. Please enjoy at you leisure, and consider joining our efforts to not only get it going, but to get it RIGHT!
KINGDOM!!!
Monday, May 16, 2011
CRUCIAL Strategy Points For Build a Six Figure Business !
Crucial Components
The 3 Crucial Components To Commanding A 6 Figure Monthly Income
Today I’m going to break it down for you piece by piece.
Now, of course there are a lot of things that contribute to earning this type of income online, but right now I’m going to strip off all the fat and just boil this down to the 3 most crucial things that any business needs if you want to stand any chance of creating that 5-6 figure monthly paycheck you are looking for.
1. Lead Generation
There has to be a way for people to find you. If you have an amazing business but no one is knocking on your front door to look at your wares, how the heck will you close any sales? So having a consistent and large volume of people coming to your website or business to take a look at what you have to offer is absolutely key to success.
No leads = No profits = No business
The majority of home businesses out there do not teach their members how to generate leads. There is no education and no access to targeted highly responsive leads. This is why the majority of people fail before they can even get started.
At KINGDOM ! Group PRO, this is the number one thing we focus on. Using the Internet, we teach our business partners the skills they need to generate as many leads as they can handle through platforms like Google, Twitter, YouTube, Solo Ads etc. You name it, we teach it. We train you to be lead experts because this is really the life blood of any online business.
2. Automated Marketing System
Remember that this is a business. And with any business, if you have to be there 24/7, it means that you have a J.O.B. NOT a business. And without a good marketing system that will help you to filter, sort and close your business, you will be running around like a headless chicken trying to do everything.
You need to have a system that will cut out all the tire kickers and leave you to speak with only the most interested prospects. Why waste time on people who aren’t even interested in starting a business in the first place. I’m not sure about you, but I only want to work with people who are willing to put in hard work and the investment to create a booming online empire.
90% of all other home businesses do not have systems. Don’t ask me why since it does not make financial sense to me to have a business run without one. But yet, the majority of this industry choose to let their members fend for themselves, or offer training and systems designed in the 80s, which almost always leads to one thing – failure.
At KINGDOM ! Group PRO, we start with a modern day marketing system.
3. A Powerful Compensation Plan
It’s very simple. If you don’t get paid well, it doesn’t matter how many sales you make. You will almost always end up being broke.
What constitutes a powerful compensation plan?
Well, if you’re earning less than $500 a sale, then it’s time you looked elsewhere. The vast majority of home businesses are what is known as small ticket. Which means they pay you around $50 to $100 per sale. This includes Network Marketing/MLM. Now, if you wanted to make a $10,000 monthly income, how many sales would you need to make to earn that type of money?
Let’s see: 10,000/100 = 100 Sales.
Now let’s be honest. Do you think you can make 100 sales each and every month?
How many sales do you make right now?
I guarantee it’s less than 5 a month. How do I know? Well this is the industry average. Most people can barely even make a couple of sales a month let alone 5 (this is a combination of a lack of the right training, use of modern strategies and mentoring).
Now what if you made $1,000 – $20,000 per sale?
How many sales would you need to make $10,000 per month?
Not that many, right?
Well, this is the philosophy that has made so many of our members in PRO earn an income that people only dream about having.
It’s working smarter versus working harder.
I don’t know about you, but I prefer to work smarter and so does everyone on my team.
Now, if you miss any of these 3 components out, you will significantly reduce your chances of creating the income you are looking for.
Think of the 3 components like the legs of a 3 legged stool. If you knock any of the legs out, the stool will topple over. Well, in this case, that stool is your business. Each one of these components will not stand on their own. But master all 3, and you will have a business that is stable and you will have an income that rivals anything you have ever earned before.
Let’s get you started on these 3 crucial components.
KINGDOM !
The 3 Crucial Components To Commanding A 6 Figure Monthly Income
Today I’m going to break it down for you piece by piece.
Now, of course there are a lot of things that contribute to earning this type of income online, but right now I’m going to strip off all the fat and just boil this down to the 3 most crucial things that any business needs if you want to stand any chance of creating that 5-6 figure monthly paycheck you are looking for.
1. Lead Generation
There has to be a way for people to find you. If you have an amazing business but no one is knocking on your front door to look at your wares, how the heck will you close any sales? So having a consistent and large volume of people coming to your website or business to take a look at what you have to offer is absolutely key to success.
No leads = No profits = No business
The majority of home businesses out there do not teach their members how to generate leads. There is no education and no access to targeted highly responsive leads. This is why the majority of people fail before they can even get started.
At KINGDOM ! Group PRO, this is the number one thing we focus on. Using the Internet, we teach our business partners the skills they need to generate as many leads as they can handle through platforms like Google, Twitter, YouTube, Solo Ads etc. You name it, we teach it. We train you to be lead experts because this is really the life blood of any online business.
2. Automated Marketing System
Remember that this is a business. And with any business, if you have to be there 24/7, it means that you have a J.O.B. NOT a business. And without a good marketing system that will help you to filter, sort and close your business, you will be running around like a headless chicken trying to do everything.
You need to have a system that will cut out all the tire kickers and leave you to speak with only the most interested prospects. Why waste time on people who aren’t even interested in starting a business in the first place. I’m not sure about you, but I only want to work with people who are willing to put in hard work and the investment to create a booming online empire.
90% of all other home businesses do not have systems. Don’t ask me why since it does not make financial sense to me to have a business run without one. But yet, the majority of this industry choose to let their members fend for themselves, or offer training and systems designed in the 80s, which almost always leads to one thing – failure.
At KINGDOM ! Group PRO, we start with a modern day marketing system.
3. A Powerful Compensation Plan
It’s very simple. If you don’t get paid well, it doesn’t matter how many sales you make. You will almost always end up being broke.
What constitutes a powerful compensation plan?
Well, if you’re earning less than $500 a sale, then it’s time you looked elsewhere. The vast majority of home businesses are what is known as small ticket. Which means they pay you around $50 to $100 per sale. This includes Network Marketing/MLM. Now, if you wanted to make a $10,000 monthly income, how many sales would you need to make to earn that type of money?
Let’s see: 10,000/100 = 100 Sales.
Now let’s be honest. Do you think you can make 100 sales each and every month?
How many sales do you make right now?
I guarantee it’s less than 5 a month. How do I know? Well this is the industry average. Most people can barely even make a couple of sales a month let alone 5 (this is a combination of a lack of the right training, use of modern strategies and mentoring).
Now what if you made $1,000 – $20,000 per sale?
How many sales would you need to make $10,000 per month?
Not that many, right?
Well, this is the philosophy that has made so many of our members in PRO earn an income that people only dream about having.
It’s working smarter versus working harder.
I don’t know about you, but I prefer to work smarter and so does everyone on my team.
Now, if you miss any of these 3 components out, you will significantly reduce your chances of creating the income you are looking for.
Think of the 3 components like the legs of a 3 legged stool. If you knock any of the legs out, the stool will topple over. Well, in this case, that stool is your business. Each one of these components will not stand on their own. But master all 3, and you will have a business that is stable and you will have an income that rivals anything you have ever earned before.
Let’s get you started on these 3 crucial components.
KINGDOM !
Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Painful Truth - Americas Silence Epidemic !
It may not be discussed as often as pleasure. But pain, like pleasure, is one of our most universal human experiences. In fact, the Joint Commission recently named pain as the "fifth vital sign"-a condition to be evaluated alongside temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure. We have studied pain extensively, so that we can better help you manage it.
Whether it's the dull throb of an overworked muscle or the grating stiffness of joint discomfort, pain affects millions of Americans on a daily basis. And too often, those suffering from pain feel that they have no choice but to live with its effects. Fortunately, most pain can be managed with treatment and therapy, facilitating better physical performance, reducing the severity of symptoms, improving the quality of life, and enabling your body to perform at the highest level possible.
Here Are Some Facts About Pain That You May Not Have Known
• 80 million Americans are "Weekend Warriors" who experience muscle aches and pains.
• 76 million Americans suffer from pain each day.
• 40 million Americans suffer pain from Arthritis.
• 26 million Americans between 20-64 experience frequent back pain.
The Burden of Pain on Every Day Life
• The annual cost of chronic pain in the United States, including healthcare expenses, lost income, and lost productivity, is estimated to be $100 billion. (2)
• More than half of all hospitalized patients experienced pain in the last days of their lives and although therapies are present to alleviate most pain for those dying of cancer, research shows that 50-75% of patients die in moderate to severe pain. (3)
• An estimated 20% of American adults (42 million people) report that pain or physical discomfort disrupts their sleep a few nights a week or more. (4)
Commonly-Reported Pain Conditions
• When asked about four common types of pain, respondents of a National Institute of Health Statistics survey indicated that low back pain was the most common (27%), followed by severe headache or migraine pain (15%), neck pain (15%) and facial ache or pain (4%). (1)
• Back pain is the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years old. More than 26 million Americans between the ages of 20-64 experience frequent back pain. (1)
• Adults with low back pain are often in worse physical and mental health than people who do not have low back pain: 28% of adults with low back pain report limited activity due to a chronic condition, as compared to 10% of adults who do not have low back pain. Also, adults reporting low back pain were three times as likely to be in fair or poor health and more than four times as likely to experience serious psychological distress as people without low back pain. (1)
Highlights from the National Center for Health Statistics Report: Health, United States, 2006, Special Feature on Pain (1)
• More than one-quarter of Americans (26%) age 20 years and over - or, an estimated 76.5 million Americans - report that they have had a problem with pain of any sort that persisted for more than 24 hours in duration. [NOTE: this number does not account for acute pain].
• Adults age 45-64 years were the most likely to report pain lasting more than 24 hours (30%). Twenty-five percent (25%) of young adults age 20-44 reported pain, and adults age 65 and over were the least likely to report pain (21%).
Key Findings from the 2006 Voices of Chronic Pain Survey (5)
A 2006 survey conducted for the American Pain Foundation and sponsored by Endo Pharmaceuticals evaluated the impact that chronic pain had on 303 chronic pain sufferers who sought care from their physician and were currently using an opioid to treat their pain.
Control Over Chronic Pain
• More than half of respondents (51%) felt they had little or no control over their pain.
• Six out of ten patients (60%) said they experience breakthrough pain one or more times daily, severely impacting their quality of life and overall well-being.
Impact on Quality of Life
• Almost two-thirds (59%) reported an impact on their overall enjoyment of life.
• More than three quarters of patients (77%) reported feeling depressed.
• 70% said they have trouble concentrating.
• 74% said their energy level is impacted by their pain.
• 86% reported an inability to sleep well.
Lost Productive Time and Cost Due to Common Pain Conditions in the United States Workforce (6)
Data from the American Productivity Audit, a computer assisted telephone survey of health and work, of 28,902 working adults between August, 2001 and July 2002, was used to estimate lost productive time due to headache, arthritis, back pain, and other musculoskeletal conditions expressed in hours per worker per week and calculated in US dollars.
• Over half (52.7%) of the workforce surveyed reported having headache, back pain, arthritis, or other musculoskeletal pain in the past two weeks, and 12.7% of all workforce lost productive time in a two-week period due to pain.
• Headache (5.4%) was the most common pain condition prompting lost productive time: followed by back pain (3.2%), arthritis pain (2%) and other musculoskeletal pain (2%).
• Overall, workers lost an average of 4.6 hours per week of productive time due to a pain condition.
• Other musculoskeletal pain (5.5 hours/week) and arthritis or back pain (5.2 hours/week) produced the largest amounts of lost productive time.
• Headache produced, on average, 3.5 hours of lost productive time per week.
• Age did not seem to attenuate the findings.
• Lost productive time from common painful conditions was estimated to be $61.2 billion per year, while 76.6% of lost productive time was explained by reduced work performance, not absenteeism.
• Back, shoulder, and neck pain cause 49% of all work absences.
• Musculoskeletal disorders - including pain in the neck, back, shoulder, and arms - rank as the number 1 cause of work absences lasting three days or longer, according to a study by The Work Foundation. This survey included all types of workers, not just heavy-lifting factory hands.
America Speaks: Pain in America (7)
2003 survey conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates as a nationwide survey for Research! America. The purpose of this study was to assess the view of Americans about pain in America. The survey's objectives included gauging Americans' perceptions of how pain sufferers and the medical community deal with the problems of chronic pain.
Dealing with Pain
• Among the major adjustments that chronic pain sufferers have made are such serious steps as taking disability leave from work (20%), changing jobs altogether (17%), getting help with activities of daily living (13%) and moving to a home that is easier to manage (13%).
A Visit to the Doctor
• Most pain sufferers (63%) have seen their family doctor for help.
• Forty percent made an appointment with a specialist, such as an orthopedist.
• Twenty Five percent have visited a chiropractor or a doctor that specializes in pain management (15%).
• While 43% of pain sufferers have been to only one type of doctor for their pain, a large proportion (38%) have consulted more than one practitioner in the medical community.
• Treatments for pain have yielded mixed results. Although 58% of those who took prescription medication say that doing so was very fairly effective for their pain, only 41% of those who took over-the-counter
The Pain Gap
• Seven in ten Americans feel that pain research and management should be one of the medical community's top few priorities (16%) or a high priority (55%)
• Almost six in 10 adults (57%) say they would be willing to pay one dollar more per week in taxes to increase federal funding for the scientific research into the causes and treatment of pain.
Whether it's the dull throb of an overworked muscle or the grating stiffness of joint discomfort, pain affects millions of Americans on a daily basis. And too often, those suffering from pain feel that they have no choice but to live with its effects. Fortunately, most pain can be managed with treatment and therapy, facilitating better physical performance, reducing the severity of symptoms, improving the quality of life, and enabling your body to perform at the highest level possible.
Here Are Some Facts About Pain That You May Not Have Known
• 80 million Americans are "Weekend Warriors" who experience muscle aches and pains.
• 76 million Americans suffer from pain each day.
• 40 million Americans suffer pain from Arthritis.
• 26 million Americans between 20-64 experience frequent back pain.
The Burden of Pain on Every Day Life
• The annual cost of chronic pain in the United States, including healthcare expenses, lost income, and lost productivity, is estimated to be $100 billion. (2)
• More than half of all hospitalized patients experienced pain in the last days of their lives and although therapies are present to alleviate most pain for those dying of cancer, research shows that 50-75% of patients die in moderate to severe pain. (3)
• An estimated 20% of American adults (42 million people) report that pain or physical discomfort disrupts their sleep a few nights a week or more. (4)
Commonly-Reported Pain Conditions
• When asked about four common types of pain, respondents of a National Institute of Health Statistics survey indicated that low back pain was the most common (27%), followed by severe headache or migraine pain (15%), neck pain (15%) and facial ache or pain (4%). (1)
• Back pain is the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years old. More than 26 million Americans between the ages of 20-64 experience frequent back pain. (1)
• Adults with low back pain are often in worse physical and mental health than people who do not have low back pain: 28% of adults with low back pain report limited activity due to a chronic condition, as compared to 10% of adults who do not have low back pain. Also, adults reporting low back pain were three times as likely to be in fair or poor health and more than four times as likely to experience serious psychological distress as people without low back pain. (1)
Highlights from the National Center for Health Statistics Report: Health, United States, 2006, Special Feature on Pain (1)
• More than one-quarter of Americans (26%) age 20 years and over - or, an estimated 76.5 million Americans - report that they have had a problem with pain of any sort that persisted for more than 24 hours in duration. [NOTE: this number does not account for acute pain].
• Adults age 45-64 years were the most likely to report pain lasting more than 24 hours (30%). Twenty-five percent (25%) of young adults age 20-44 reported pain, and adults age 65 and over were the least likely to report pain (21%).
Key Findings from the 2006 Voices of Chronic Pain Survey (5)
A 2006 survey conducted for the American Pain Foundation and sponsored by Endo Pharmaceuticals evaluated the impact that chronic pain had on 303 chronic pain sufferers who sought care from their physician and were currently using an opioid to treat their pain.
Control Over Chronic Pain
• More than half of respondents (51%) felt they had little or no control over their pain.
• Six out of ten patients (60%) said they experience breakthrough pain one or more times daily, severely impacting their quality of life and overall well-being.
Impact on Quality of Life
• Almost two-thirds (59%) reported an impact on their overall enjoyment of life.
• More than three quarters of patients (77%) reported feeling depressed.
• 70% said they have trouble concentrating.
• 74% said their energy level is impacted by their pain.
• 86% reported an inability to sleep well.
Lost Productive Time and Cost Due to Common Pain Conditions in the United States Workforce (6)
Data from the American Productivity Audit, a computer assisted telephone survey of health and work, of 28,902 working adults between August, 2001 and July 2002, was used to estimate lost productive time due to headache, arthritis, back pain, and other musculoskeletal conditions expressed in hours per worker per week and calculated in US dollars.
• Over half (52.7%) of the workforce surveyed reported having headache, back pain, arthritis, or other musculoskeletal pain in the past two weeks, and 12.7% of all workforce lost productive time in a two-week period due to pain.
• Headache (5.4%) was the most common pain condition prompting lost productive time: followed by back pain (3.2%), arthritis pain (2%) and other musculoskeletal pain (2%).
• Overall, workers lost an average of 4.6 hours per week of productive time due to a pain condition.
• Other musculoskeletal pain (5.5 hours/week) and arthritis or back pain (5.2 hours/week) produced the largest amounts of lost productive time.
• Headache produced, on average, 3.5 hours of lost productive time per week.
• Age did not seem to attenuate the findings.
• Lost productive time from common painful conditions was estimated to be $61.2 billion per year, while 76.6% of lost productive time was explained by reduced work performance, not absenteeism.
• Back, shoulder, and neck pain cause 49% of all work absences.
• Musculoskeletal disorders - including pain in the neck, back, shoulder, and arms - rank as the number 1 cause of work absences lasting three days or longer, according to a study by The Work Foundation. This survey included all types of workers, not just heavy-lifting factory hands.
America Speaks: Pain in America (7)
2003 survey conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates as a nationwide survey for Research! America. The purpose of this study was to assess the view of Americans about pain in America. The survey's objectives included gauging Americans' perceptions of how pain sufferers and the medical community deal with the problems of chronic pain.
Dealing with Pain
• Among the major adjustments that chronic pain sufferers have made are such serious steps as taking disability leave from work (20%), changing jobs altogether (17%), getting help with activities of daily living (13%) and moving to a home that is easier to manage (13%).
A Visit to the Doctor
• Most pain sufferers (63%) have seen their family doctor for help.
• Forty percent made an appointment with a specialist, such as an orthopedist.
• Twenty Five percent have visited a chiropractor or a doctor that specializes in pain management (15%).
• While 43% of pain sufferers have been to only one type of doctor for their pain, a large proportion (38%) have consulted more than one practitioner in the medical community.
• Treatments for pain have yielded mixed results. Although 58% of those who took prescription medication say that doing so was very fairly effective for their pain, only 41% of those who took over-the-counter
The Pain Gap
• Seven in ten Americans feel that pain research and management should be one of the medical community's top few priorities (16%) or a high priority (55%)
• Almost six in 10 adults (57%) say they would be willing to pay one dollar more per week in taxes to increase federal funding for the scientific research into the causes and treatment of pain.
The Business Of Business!
The Power of Residual Income:
Earning a residual income is like earning interest on money in the bank. You get paid whether or not you get out of bed in the morning. Just earning a residual income of $200 per month means you have saved $48,000! Many people achieve this within their first 30 days in our business.
For instance, to create a monthly residual stream of $1000, it would take $240,000 in the bank, earning 5% interest. And that's just the beginning. To earn $5,000 per month, it would require more than $1,000,000! Nowhere else can an ordinary person create this type of income and enjoy an extraordinary lifestyle, without having to actually have the money in the bank.
Tax Savings There are 2 very distinct sets of tax laws in the America: one for employees and one for those who are wise enough to be in business for themselves. As a home business owner, you are entitled to tax breaks and deductions that most people will never get if they just work for someone else. These deductions include some things that you are already paying for every month.
Starting a home based business allows you to maximize these tax deductions so you can keep more of what you earn, putting hundreds, or even thousands of dollars back into your pocket. Keeping more of what you earn is essentially like giving yourself a pay raise! Would extra cash back in your pocket benefit you and your family?
“The light at the end of the tunnel is the financial opportunity that starting your own business offers. Every North American taxpayer who works a full-time job and does not,” here’s the key word, “and does not have a side business is probably overpaying taxes in the tune of $3,000 to $9,000 a year.”
- Sandy Botkin, former IRS tax attorney, CPA, and leading Tax Advisor
What kind of expenses can you legally and ethically write off?
Mortgage or rent (yes, RENT can be deductible!)
Family Vacations *
Family Health Care Costs
Heating, Air Conditioning, Electricity, Etc
HOA dues
House cleaning
Exterior painting
Security alarm
Major Home Repairs
Gas Mileage and Car Repairs
* Even "Vacations" may be deductible if you plan them properly. If you know the laws, you can combine business with travel and deduct 100% of your travel costs, 100% of your hotel, 100% of ground transportation, 100% of tips and gratuities, and 50% of your meals -- all as Business Expenses.
My grandfather always told me "Make your advocation & vocation, one and the same, and you'll never work a day in your life!"
Enjoy Life !
KINGDOM !
Earning a residual income is like earning interest on money in the bank. You get paid whether or not you get out of bed in the morning. Just earning a residual income of $200 per month means you have saved $48,000! Many people achieve this within their first 30 days in our business.
For instance, to create a monthly residual stream of $1000, it would take $240,000 in the bank, earning 5% interest. And that's just the beginning. To earn $5,000 per month, it would require more than $1,000,000! Nowhere else can an ordinary person create this type of income and enjoy an extraordinary lifestyle, without having to actually have the money in the bank.
Tax Savings There are 2 very distinct sets of tax laws in the America: one for employees and one for those who are wise enough to be in business for themselves. As a home business owner, you are entitled to tax breaks and deductions that most people will never get if they just work for someone else. These deductions include some things that you are already paying for every month.
Starting a home based business allows you to maximize these tax deductions so you can keep more of what you earn, putting hundreds, or even thousands of dollars back into your pocket. Keeping more of what you earn is essentially like giving yourself a pay raise! Would extra cash back in your pocket benefit you and your family?
“The light at the end of the tunnel is the financial opportunity that starting your own business offers. Every North American taxpayer who works a full-time job and does not,” here’s the key word, “and does not have a side business is probably overpaying taxes in the tune of $3,000 to $9,000 a year.”
- Sandy Botkin, former IRS tax attorney, CPA, and leading Tax Advisor
What kind of expenses can you legally and ethically write off?
Mortgage or rent (yes, RENT can be deductible!)
Family Vacations *
Family Health Care Costs
Heating, Air Conditioning, Electricity, Etc
HOA dues
House cleaning
Exterior painting
Security alarm
Major Home Repairs
Gas Mileage and Car Repairs
* Even "Vacations" may be deductible if you plan them properly. If you know the laws, you can combine business with travel and deduct 100% of your travel costs, 100% of your hotel, 100% of ground transportation, 100% of tips and gratuities, and 50% of your meals -- all as Business Expenses.
My grandfather always told me "Make your advocation & vocation, one and the same, and you'll never work a day in your life!"
Enjoy Life !
KINGDOM !
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