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From: Jim Vigilante
Professional Internet Network Marketer
Read At Your Own Risk!
This is my Home Site and I Welcome You. Now, let's talk Business.
Here's a question for you?
What DON'T you see on this page?
Mansions, Exotic Cars, Pay Checks, Screen Shots of my Bank Account.
After 10 years online, I do not understand why that works and to me, it's just silly and has nothing to do
with business, it's playing on your emotion, like any TV commercial.
I can understand in some situations where a screen shot of your Clickbank account for example may
be relevant, if you are selling a course on how to make money with Clickbank, then proof that you
have actually made money with Clickbank is necessary, however, the person reading still has to take
your word for it since the imaging software today can create anything you want.
Most of the time, with houses and cars especially, they are just stock photos, but if the person does claim that they are their houses and cars, does
it really matter to you? Do you really think that helps you in some way? I've learned, the more successful someone
is online, the less available they are, the more arrogant they are and the more out of touch with the average marketer they are.
Plus, can you be sure they are being honest about that, I could rent a Ferrari, I know people
that have much nicer houses than I do and I'm sure they would let me take a picture if I wanted, I could easily photoshop (FAKE) a check
or bank statement, my wife could be a high
paid executive or I could have just inherited a fortune, the thing of it is, it has no effect on you at all what kind of
house I have or car I drive, none, zero, completely irrelevant.
I have a nice house that I'm happy with, no mansion though, I drive a Saturn, $28K, nice car, no big deal. Does that information
make you question my success? My knowledge or experience? My recommendations?
If that is the case, then you are being taken in by the hype and not using your business sense to make decisions.
I do this full time, it's a business, it's work, I do however sleep till 11am, take vacations when I want, work when
I want, spend much more time with my family than I could if I had a regular Job, I get to work from my home so no traffic,
no commute, no spending money on gas, work clothes, lunch, etc. No wearing anything I don't want to wear.
10 years, full time, no JOB, successful, meaning, I earn at least as much as I would at a JOB & I control my own life. That's really all you need
to know on that subject isn't it? Anything else should be based on my business experience.
The Internet Riches Hype Show is a fantasy, it's not real for 99.9% of the people who do this, if you can
earn some extra money, you're really good, focused, committed, determined, if you can earn a living, you're part of an
elite group that are all of those things plus, a serious business person that understands the business inside and out.
Jim's New Lamborghini!!!
Well, not really. Since I'm just using this as an example, I didn't do any work on this picture, but I could have photoshoped it
to get rid of the background or even put it in my driveway, the point is, it was not hard for me to walk up and take this picture.
Please understand, I'm not trying to say everyone is lying, I'm trying to say, it should not matter one little bit in your
business decisions.
My real car, doesn't have as much dramatic effect does it?
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I put this second, but it's probably the most widely used and most misleading marketing tactic used online today.
"All You Have To Do Is Drive Traffic To The Site, The Site Sells For You."
Or some form of that same statement.
All I have to do is drive traffic to the site? Well, thank you very much, that's a real dream come true, you do all the telling,
selling, explaining, take the payments, create the videos, audios, conference calls, the site is a real sales machine and all I
have to do is drive traffic to my personal member site.
Wonderful.
Oh, wait, there's one little problem with that. Driving traffic to any site is the hardest thing to do online. It is the reason Google is a billion dollar company, it is the one thing that everyone
online selling anything is trying to do, get traffic to a particular web site.
Now, it really is necessary that the company provides an awesome marketing site, but to actually say, all you have to do
is get traffic to that site is like saying, all you have to do is figure out what everyone else in the online world is
trying to figure out right now and you will be very successful.
My problem with this is not that you have to get traffic to the site, that is something that you will have to do no matter
what online business you are in, my problem is that they all say it like it's the easiest thing in the world to do and
they have already done all the hard stuff, which is of course a bunch of sugar glazed bullshit.
Actually, the opposite is true, your web site, sales page, product, pay plan, etc. could all be less than ideal, very
basic and ordinary and if you got enough traffic to that page, the numbers would just play out and you would make money,
no matter what it is, you get enough traffic and you make money, period.
So, before you do anything else, you really should learn to build your own personal contact list, build your social network
profiles, know where you are going to advertise and how much that is going to cost you, learn google adwords if you really
want to get targeted traffic, learn to write articles, learn to set up landing pages with opt-in forms so that you can
capture the information of the traffic you do get, learn, learn, learn.
You will spend money on getting traffic if you want to get a substantial amount of traffic, at least until you build
a targeted opt in list of your very own, the End All Be All of Internet Marketing. Until then, it's ezine advertising,
Google Adwords and other search engine marketing.
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of free ways to get traffic, but you need to think of it like this, free is slow,
paid is fast. I tell people all the time, you better have time or money, if you have both, wonderful, but you need
to have one or the other.
Here's another tactic that is widely used and I don't understand why it works. The rags to riches ploy. I was broke, destitute, living
in my car and now I'm so rich I make myself sick.
Well, it's nice to know you were a complete failure until just 9 months ago, you stumbled upon something, right time, right place and
are doing very well for yourself now, (How did you afford to get into the $999 biz opp anyway?) but why on earth would that make me want to
sign up for anything with you? What can you possibly teach
me? How can you help me? Have you been in the industry long enough to even care about the industry and the people in it?
What happens if whatever you are doing now, stops working? What if you had to start all over, could you do it again? Could you build another
downline in another company? Do you know anything besides how to make videos and Myspace pages? And for the really blatant affiliate product creators,
am I really supposed to believe that you earn $100,000 a month doing some
secret thing and you are now going to sell me that secret for $27 bucks?
I just want to scream at these people: I am not a Moron!
My 3 bedroom house turned into
a 5 bedroom house and I don't have to go to work at a job anymore, since I hated every job I ever had, it wasn't really the job, it was that I
was not cut out for that lifestyle, that's a really big deal for me, it's all about lifestyle, that's my story, that's it.
I completely understand why they do it, I've been trained very well by some of the Icons in this industry, but why it works in 2009 is beyond me.
They want you to identify with them, assuming everyone online is a loser is a bit annoying to me but OK let's pretend that's true, then
they are saying, if I can do it, anyone can. "Look at me, I was a high school drop out living in my car and now I live in a mansion with
3 exotic cars and a wife that should be on magazine covers, if I can do it, you certainly can.
They even say it, so that you don't have to guess what they are driving at, "If I can do it, anyone can."
Well, that's just more sugar glazed bullshit. Not anyone can. This business isn't for
everyone, not even close. My wife, whose got a marketing degree from Rutgers University, a great corporate career with a nice salary and
all the benefits that go with that kind of gig, couldn't do this if she was starving to death. As a matter of fact, it would take 10
people in her office to do what I do, to do what we all do.
One to write content, one to write ads, one to create the newlsetter, one to create web sites,
one to take phone calls, one to make phone calls, one to do videos, one to do search engine marketing, one to do social network marketing,
one to do accounting, one to tell all the others what to do, when to do it and when to take lunch.
That's actually 11 people and I may have missed a few. That's not a knock on them, that is how companies do things and that is
how JOB people work and think.
There's nothing wrong with that, my wife could read this and wouldn't care one bit, it's not an insult, it's a simple truth, not everyone
can do this, some people are much better at and much better off going to work at a Job.
Anyone could of course learn to do this, learn how to be an Affiliate Marketer, a Network Marketer, an Internet Marketer of some sort, but
what separates the successful people from the people that fail? It's not knowledge, two people with the exact same information could
have completely different results. It's passion, mind set, the willingness to do what others won't, the desire to help others, the pure
focus on success.
This business, not Internet Marketing in general, that's too wide of an industry, but Internet Network Marketing and Affiliate Marketing,
those businesses are about People, not about traffic conversions and keywords, people are at the other end of whatever statistic you
want to track and it's your appeal to those people that will make or break your success.
Somewhere along the line the Internet Network Marketers, Affiliate Marketers and Direct Sales
people have forgotten about that. It is now all one big commercial.
Do not make business decisions based on capture pages, hype, ads or some Guru, Leader, Big Shot persons recommendation or promises.
Know what you are signing up for or purchasing and why it is right for you, because just like everyone isn't made for this industry, every business
opportunity or product is not for everyone.
The business decision you need to make first is what businesses you want to be involved with, always keeping in mind
that you are actually the business. I am my business, the business opportunities and affiliate products that I recommend are simply products that
my business sells.
The second decision you need to make is who you want to join with, sometimes a harder decision.
You need to make sure that you understand a business completely before you sign up, I see so many people get involved with
businesses and they don't even understand the compensation plan, which is the most important aspect
of the business, key word being BUSINESS, that is how you make money, that's
like taking a job and not knowing what your salary is going to be.
You also need to make sure that you understand, as I said above, that you are the one that is going to have to
build that business, drive traffic to the web site, get your own sign ups or sales, advertise your business, get people
to want to sign up or purchase from you instead of everyone else marketing the same opportunity or product. You need
to know that you can do that or know that you are going to learn how to do that and you really should learn first.
You also need to know your product, you don't need to love your product, you don't need to think it's the greatest thing since
sliced bread, but you do need to understand it. On that note, again, keeping your mind focused on the business, the product
needs to be something that sells, that would seem to be a given right, but many people get so caught up in the product, they
love it, it's wonderful, it does this and that, it's the most amazing thing ever or the opposite, it's garbage, it's an excuse
to exchange money, it's not something you want or need, that they don't just consider one fact, is it going to sell. Does it have sizzle,
is it boring, does it have a wide enough market, no matter who you are, online or offline,
you must have products or services that are going to sell.
With that being said, I don't sell products, I sell Business Opportunities, well, I do sell affiliate products, mostly training, but
each Business Opportunity
has its own products, much less relevant to me than the Business Opportunity as a whole. The Opportunity itself is the product.
Also, keep this in mind, the more valuable the product, the more it costs to create,
no matter if it's nutritional, technical, a service
of some kind, whatever it is, the more it cost the company, the less they are going to pay you. So, people can scream and yell all
they want about how wonderful their product is and how other companies products aren't worth a dollar, but here's what no one wants to
admit, those guys selling the so called "excuse products" are making a ton of money while those people selling the "real" products
aren't making much at all. I'm talking per sale or per person, they may have a downline of a million people and be very wealthy, but
the same amount of people in a higher paying business would of course create a higher income.
This is my issue, information products are created once and sold many times, so the profit on them is ridiculous, therefore, the commissions
paid out by companies who sell information products is in many cases, close to 100% and the company has a little sign up fee or monthly fee
to make their own profit. If we are in business to make money, then doesn't it make sense to be involved with one of those companies, at least as
part of your business income?
There are those that will throw a fit though and say, the product isn't real, it doesn't have the value to justify the price and on and on.
Well, to say that information doesn't have value is just plain stupid. If you were an affiliate for amazon and someone clicked your link
and purchased a self help book, amazon would send you a commission check. Did that book not have value to the person who purchased it? Did
you scam them because the product you sold was information? Was that book actually worth $29.95?
It's a complete joke that is being played on those of us that really want
to be "proud" or "exceptionally ethical" and the joke is on us. I've been through it and watched others get rich while I sat on my high horse
and bashed their product while promoting only what I felt was the best of the best. Who was laughing at the end of the day? I was making a few
bucks per sale or per downline member and they were making hundreds or even thousands per person. Whose the idiot?
So long as you don't misrepresent the company, product, compensation plan or yourself, then you are being ethical and you should be proud of your business.
The "leaders" that jump from company to company every 90 days, dragging thousands with them, knowing full well there is no way most of them
will ever make a dime in a company that quickly, knowing that the promises they are making about spillover and saying that every deal is the
"ONE" that will make everyone rich is all nonsense, that's being unethical and misleading, that is much more of a problem in the industry.
Plus, consider this, Nutrition companies are really the standard in the industry, their products most of the time stand up to the test; would
you purchase that product if it did not have a compensation plan, that is the test question and that is supposed to tell you if the business
is legitimate or worth getting involved with. I still feel that is a good test, a good question to ask yourself before getting involved with
any company, but, let's be honest, you may have purchased that product if it didn't have a compensation plan along with it, but you would have
purchased it at VitaCost for $6 bucks instead of through a Network Marketing company for $40.
I'm right and you know it.
So, for all those high horse, old school Networkers or those Self Righteous, Self Proclaimed Watch Dog Message Board Junkies to say that
a business is not legitimate or just not a good business because the product is information, training or something like that and is over priced
is hypocritical because
all Network Marketing products are over priced, all affiliate products are over priced, that's how we earn commissions on them. If you can't wrap your
head around that, then you shouldn't be in Network Marketing and if you are, don't be a hypocrite, your product or service is just as over priced
as all the others.
As is any car on the market for that matter or most other products sold at any store, all food at any restaurant, the movies are now $9 bucks, at
least in this business, we are paid on the profit, instead of just being overcharged.
There is one other issue that I just have to vent about. Posturing, which was once done offline as a psychological tactic to get people to
want to be near you, join with you, be like you, etc. has now become blatant arrogance.
I actually got an eMail, this really is true, that said, the Internet has Royalty and the person writing the eMail was of course
the King and the person he has teamed up with was of course the Queen. I should join with them, because, well they are the King and Queen afterall.
I can't even explain my amazement at the audacity of it, the total self admiration and what made it worse was that
I know them, not know them like we have dinner, but I am aware of them, their names, their marketing tactics, pretty much their careers online since they
came on after me and became successful, one for a few years now and the other just recently, and it's the terms "Royalty", "King", "Queen" that pissed
me off because what they were really saying is that they are better than the rest of us so we had better join up with them and get whatever spillover
crumbs they throw our way.
This should bother you too. I don't care if you have failed at every biz opp you've tried for the past 15 years, if you just came online yesterday
or if you are a millionaire, it should cause some kind of negative emotion in you. They are not better than anyone, they simply have had more success
than most online, but better, Royalty, give me a break. Am I jealous, of course not, been doing this too long, have seen too many of them come and go,
what I am is insulted.
To sum this all up, these tactics should have no effect at all on your decision on what to join and who to join with.
I'm ranting, but that's what I do, if you pay attention, in the rant is information you need to know if you don't already so stay with me here.
Back to me and what you should actually care about, instead of what kind of car I drive.
These are reasons why you should first consider the businesses that I recommend and second, sign up with me.
I'm still here. That's right, that's a big deal. 10 years. I started in July of 1999. Most of the people that I started out with are no longer doing this
for a living, successful or not at the time, they are gone. I've seen so many people come and go over the past 10 years that I'm actually amazed myself.
I've had incredible years as far as income goes, I've also had terrible years, that's how business is,
but here I am, moving forward, finding money makers, ranting away.
Why do you care? Who do you want to build relationships with? Who do you want to work with? Who do you want to help you, if you need help?
Someone who has 10 years in and is still going I would hope.
I've had success with many different companies, all types of products and compensation plans.
Why do you care? Because this says that I didn't just get lucky with right time, right place or a particular tactic that worked really well for a little
bit of time.
I have never done this offline, but I learned from some of the greatest offline Network Marketers in the world, I also learned from some of the
greatest Internet Marketers in the world. The Internet is a moving target, you need to be able to adapt, you need to be able to market, market
completely, not just market on YouTube or FaceBook.
The new success stories online are a wonderful testimony for the industry, the young guys and girls that do the whole Web 2.0 thing and they
are twittering and tweeting and social networking and YouTubing and ... Well, you get the picture. It's all great and I learn from them, I'm
still a student of the industry. However, what they never seemed to learn is that this business is about people. Network Marketing is about
building relationships, working with people instead of just trying to make the sale. They know the psychology of a sales page, well,
some of them do, but they have no clue as to the psychology of the industry, the nuances that make Network Marketing so special.
Everyone loves to blab about how you don't have to go to your friends and family, sort of like the "all you have to do is get traffic pitch",
they have a better way, they have a system, they are going
to teach you the new and improved way. I have news for them,
we didn't go to our friends and families in 1999, we had a better way, it was called THE INTERNET and it didn't start when they jumped online last year.
They also didn't create The Funded Proposal, (Joe Schroeder - 20 years ago at least), or posturing or name branding. Anyone in the industry who had
a Mentor that was serious about the Industry and serious about helping them succeed, was taught this stuff way back when, it's nothing new, the information
is simply being shared more freely and in different ways now.
I give everyone credit for their own success, doesn't matter if they have been doing this 18 years or 18 months, but let's not build any monuments here
for some kid that is spitting out old information in a new way, he said it in a video, it's been written in books and if you were very lucky, you learned
it first hand from a successful person in the industry, as in my case.
The point is of course, another one of my reasons that you should care about. My knowledge of the Internet Network Marketing Industry.
It comes from many different people, many different schools
of thought, many years of experience.
I don't really have much more to say about that, I pick money makers and I'm really good at it. So, consider the businesses I recommend, consider me
as your sponsor, but do sponsor shop, decide who you feel is the best fit for you, make an informed Business Decision, that's all anyone can do.
I should say that if you are someone who expects others to build your business for you, if you have not yet learned that get rich quick and get paid
to do nothing are just marketing slogans, if you blame others for your failures, if you do not take your business seriously, then I am probably not the
person for you to work with, I spent my first 18 months online building my business, so I have no tolerance for those that expect to make big bucks in
a month or two, those that cry for spillover, those that actually believe all the hype I talked about above, it is easier now in 2009,
faster too, more information available, marketing systems, etc. but you still have to be realistic and you do have to
work.
I am here to help you, help you get started, help you reach new levels, help you with your business and I will be here to help you until I retire.
Any questions, just ask.
Thanks again for visiting and if you really did take the time to read all of that, I'm sure you are someone I would be honored to work with.
Jimmy V.
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"Take Your Business Seriously and It Will Take You Seriously"
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(704) 221-9208
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