Kibo Enterprises - Working With A Team Reaps Rewards

Kibo Enterprises - Working With A Team Reaps Rewards

Attraction Marketing with Kibo Enterprises: Once Again, The Topic Of Teamwork

Attraction Marketing with Kibo Enterprises: Once Again, The Topic Of Teamwork: "Back to the topic of teambuilds! Looking back over my earlier posts, at least 2 of the teams I was working with are no more - 4u2earn has c..."

Once Again, The Topic Of Teamwork

Back to the topic of teambuilds!

Looking back over my earlier posts, at least 2 of
the teams I was working with are no more - 4u2earn
has closed its doors - they were forced to move
their server and didn't get a good enough response
from members to reactivate their accounts... end of
story.

The other, the BEST team, is still floundering in
the water - the main leaders have deserted the team,
but there are still some members, myself included,
who would like to resurrect this team - great concept,
large member base... who knows, it could still come
back to life.

Here are some of my general ramblings on teamwork,
and whether, in a network marketing community, it
is worth pursuing.

One of the big problems for network marketers is
recruiting people to fill a downline. Not many of
us are natural leaders capable of inspiring huge
numbers of people to join us in every business
opportunity we decide to promote. And most of us
shy away from harrassing our families and friends
until the point that they join our business just
to get us out of their houses (and cross us off
their birthday card list before leaving our 'best
business ever' before we've made any money out of
them!)

So what is the answer to this perennial problem?
One solution is to work with a team, where all
members join under one link so that there is even
distribution of members across the whole team.
But this also has its problems because some team
members will always take the easy way out and not
promote, in the belief that the team will do all
the work and they will reap the rewards. From my
experience though this is what a lot of so-called
marketers will do anyway - sign up and rely on
spillover from their upline to get them the sign-
ups they need. These people obviously don't take
their business seriously and are only along for
the ride, and will probably never make any real
money in business because they are not prepared
to work for it. Anyone who tells you it is
possible to make a lot of money without putting
in any effort is not telling the whole story!

Do I believe in working with teams then? Yes,
definitely, but be careful who you work with
(this is true in everything though!)

As you will know from earlier posts I work with
a team to build F5M-MC, and I also work with a
team called Wealth4Everyone, which is a community
of online marketers working to build residual
income in a number of programs. If you are
interested, you can join our community for free,
take a look around, and see if you like what we
are doing. There is no requirement to get in-
volved in all the programs, you can just sign
up for one or two of the cyclers to start with
(all low-cost one-off fees) and see if you like
the way we work.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have any
questions about any of the content of this blog.

Don't Pay Over The Odds For Your Autoresponder

Anyone marketing anything online, be it network marketing products, affiliate products, or a membership site, can't survive without an autoresponder - it should be one of the first things you get set up when you start an online business.

I tried a few different ones at the beginning, including a free script that nearly got my website taken offline because it was faulty and spammed thousands of people (BIG mistake!) I also tried a few that cost less than the industry standard (aweber) but they were just so complicated that I gave up with them after a while.

Then I had the good fortune to discover european safelist, when they were just starting out. As well as being a super responsive safelist (with, as the title suggests, a large European client base) they offer an autoresponder with their upgrades, which start at just $3/month for the silver, although I recommend at least going pro for $7 so you get the monthly mlm leads and free solo ad.

This has proved to be an excellent source of advertising for me - the text and banner ads get a high click through rate, as do the safelist emails. Membership has grown to over 5000 in a relatively short time, and continues to grow, thanks in large part to the good support offered by the site.

I won't try and kid you that the autoresponder is particularly easy to set up - like all online systems it takes a bit of getting used to (or is that just my age showing??!) After using it for several years though I now find it really easy, and there's a user guide (written by yours truly!) to help you get started. I highly recommend this one!

Instant Blog Subscribers - Just Launched

Instant Blog Subscribers launched this week to much fanfare,
and claims that people have already made money from using it.

I only signed up yesterday, so am yet to see the results, but
the claims of it being easy to use and set up are not exagger-
ated. As soon as you set up your blog (very simple to do) an
entry is automatically posted on your behalf (proclaiming how
wonderful IBS is!) so at least your blog isn't left blank
while you sort yourself out and write your first genuine post.

In addition there is a downline builder, and you can add your
own program to this. And if you upgrade you get loads of bonus
advertising, but free is good too.

So far so good - I'll keep you posted on how things work out
with this!

Two Team Builds That Are Working For Me

What's working for me? These are!

RoadToAMillion, an advertising site launched by Mike Peever a few months ago, where members get all the usual offerings of an advertising exchange as well as the option to join a program for a one off fee and get monthly residual income from it!

Members of RTAM can upgrade to join the team build in CookBookDough, where instead of having to pay a monthly fee to get monthly residuals, a one-off fee (starting at just $15) buys you lifetime membership, and brings in residual income (some good recipes too).

The other one is OneTeamMatrix,- join this site and for just $2 per month you will get a co-op ad (this WILL bring you referrals!), as well as other advertising bonuses. The company promises to put paid members under you, and I've already got 3 referrals without doing much advertising myself. For such a small investment, this one is definitely worth joining. After all, what have you got to lose? Pay $12 now, which gives you 6 months membership, and if you're not making money when it comes to renewal time, you can always cancel! The way things are going though, I know I won't be cancelling my order.

Follow Your Dream

Before you can achieve success in anything - sport, a job,
and especially a business, you have to have a dream. And
then you need to keep that dream fixed clearly in your mind.

I have always loved travelling, and have been lucky enough
to do a fair bit in my life so far, but one key aspect of
my big dream involves travelling - I love the excitement,
the different food, meeting a wide cross section of people
and finding out about their cultures. So I felt a little
shiver of excitement this evening when I saw the email from
Diamond Holidays inviting me to their opening ceremony in
Hong Kong at the end of May. Now, unfortunately due to other
commitments I can't go to this, but it suddenly brought it
all home to me, that I am part of an excellent team which is
involved with an excellent company. And in future years I
WILL be able to go to company events in exciting places all
around the world, because our team has already started making
dreams reality.

Probably the most important aspect about all this is the
integrity of the team, and the importance of working together
to achieve mutual benefit for all. This is how we work, and
we strive to benefit all team members. In my view there is no
other viable way for a team to function.

For further information visit The BEST Team.

Will This Really Be The Biggest Online Team Ever?

Last time I wrote about a new team build I had
joined, which some of its promotional material
claims will be the biggest online team ever.

Quite a claim. But as it is still early days we
will have to wait and see whether it lives up
to these claims, as only time will tell.

As they have now changed the rules, the team is
looking a whole lot smaller than it was. Before,
people could join for free, and choose to upgrade
before the next compression, which was held when
certain targets were reached - 5000 members,
then every thousand after that. But having got
to the second target of 6000, they have decided
to change the rules, and no longer allow any free
members.

I don't have any objection to this, as I feel it
can only benefit the team long term - those who
are willing to pay for a program are also likely
to actively promote it, which long term can only
be a benefit to us all. I'm sure there will be
those who disagree, and will want to complain
about this, but after all this is supposed to
be about earning money, not sponging money
off other marketers!

So let's hope 4u2earn goes from strength to
strength & earns us all a lot of money!

Will This Team Build Work?

I've said this before, but I'll say it again - team builds are popular!

You will have noticed countless programs out there which are building
a team in this program or that, I'm working with a great team at the
moment (more info here) and the concept makes so much sense. Most of
the people I speak to who are trying to make a living online are fed
up with never being able to fill their matrix, or getting so close to
making a success of it when things go wrong and their matrix falls
apart, or becomes 'stuck'. Tired of the big hitting gurus always being
at the top of the board and at the top of the earnings pile. When a
team works together, properly ie. building the team evenly so everyone
gets their share of the pie, and not just building an even bigger team
for yet another guru at the top - then it benefits everyone and restores
faith in this industry.

So it was with interest that I signed up for yet another team build
yesterday - this is still in pre-launch so nothing to pay yet, and of
course it remains to be seen whether this proves to be successful or
not, but as I have nothing to lose I consider it to be worth a go. At
this stage the only requirement to receive 'payout' (which presumably
won't happen till after the launch and members have upgraded) is to
refer 3 free members or get 150 hits to my url:
http://w--o--w.com/?i=177990/blog

So, easy to qualify, but will any payout be worth it? Watch this space,
I'll update this as the build progresses.

Feel free to do me a favour, and maybe yourself as well, by taking a look!

Feeder Programs - Are They Worth It?

Is it worth joining a feeder program? A feeder program
is usually a low-cost alternative for getting to where
you want to be ie. pay your low entry fee, recruit a
number of others, and when you 'cycle' you get a paid
entry into the target program.

Some would say that they are not worth bothering about,
by the time you've recruited the required number of
referrals and take any advertising into account, you
would be better off just paying the extra money to get
straight into the program you actually want to join.

So what are the advantages of using a feeder? The most
obvious one is the price, which is usually a fraction
of the cost of the target program. Another advantage is
often a re-entry on cycling, which ultimately creates
multiple positions within both companies, but this is
not always as desirable as it sounds - you may end up
with numerous positions all with different id's which
all need to be administered separately, which can be
time consuming.

But multiple positions means multiple income opportunities,
which is always our goal as marketers. And multiple cycles
brings residual income - income from the feeder program
can either be cashed out or used to buy more positions,
which is what we are doing with our teambuild in DHKwik,
or you can gift these to people - friends, family, those
less fortunate than yourself who could use some extra
income - or even gift them to charities. The possibilities
are numerous.

On balance, I think feeder programs, managed correctly,
are a great idea, and one that you can use to your, and
your team's, advantage.

Talking of Teamwork...

My last post questioned the value of teambuilds, and
teamwork in network marketing...

Well, not so much questioned it, because I have seen
the benefits all along, but I am aware that some people
feel that the perceived benefits are greater than the
actual benefits.

My opinion is now firmly set. Teamwork is crucial for
the average marketer.

And the team I am working with now is ON FIRE!

Take a look here at what we can offer you, and if you
want more information get back to me.

Mlm teambuilds – just the latest craze or do they work?

If you are involved at all with mlm or network marketing, whether online or offline, you must be aware of the increase in teambuilds over the last year or so. Now I know some of you will say this is nothing new, and this has always been the ideal way to run a network marketing business – a team of people all helping each other for mutual benefit, and I’m sure this is true.

The latest craze of teambuilds works slightly differently, but following the same principle of working together to a common end. Using the power of the internet, it is possible to extend these networks a lot farther than with traditional network marketing. You will find many teams online these days, some just joining a single program, others clubbing together to join a host of programs and make considerably more money than the individuals concerned could do on their own.

So, do these teambuilds work? Well, from my experience some do, and some don’t! I appreciate that that’s not very helpful, so let me explain.

Sometimes a group will advertise that they are ‘doing a teambuild’ and encourage people to join a matrix under them on the back of the promise of spillover, spillunder, spill sideways or whatever you like. From my experience, these don’t work for the average marketer, who perhaps gets one or two signups for a program before it all goes wrong. This system might work for those at the top of the matrix, and who have no problem filling a large matrix without having to worry too much about the odd hiccup caused by some poor newbie marketer who isn’t able to refer anyone. But if you are that newbie sat on your own in the middle somewhere, not getting any spill any which way, then you’re going to be in exactly the same position as if there was no teambuild.

So can these teambuilds work? Yes, if they done properly, and the best ones I have seen are those where everyone signs up under one url, at the top obviously, so that the matrix is built evenly right across, giving everyone a fair chance. There are a few about at the moment, you can take a look here at some of them, where careful placement or straightforward matrix filling is working for the whole team, not just the initiator.

I’d appreciate any feedback you have on teambuilds you’ve been involved with – it always helps to share information.

Barbara Chapman
The BEST Team

Are Free Programs Worth Joining?

There are many people out there who will tell you that
it's not worth joining free programs; there's no such
thing as a free lunch; you get what you pay for etc etc.
The long list of quotes and perceived wisdoms goes on and
on.

And to some extent it's true; you are not going to get
rich from a free program.

But stop and think about all the great free programs that
are available to help promote your business - I'm thinking
of traffic exchanges, safelists, ad sites etc. And all of
these have affiliate programs, and some of them will make
you money over time - not a lot, but as all internet marketers
know, we should be looking to build multiple streams of
income. And the income from these free systems and programs
should not be discounted.

If you're still in any doubt about the value of free, take
a look at my website to get a feel for the vast array of
free programs available to you to use - and I only actively
promote a fraction of those I use!

Is This The Best Of Both Worlds?

Back in 2009 when CookBookDough first launched, I took
a look and liked the program, the product seemed good
and I could see the possibilities for mass appeal - we
all like to eat, so we all like recipes!

However, at the time, I didn't want to get tied in to
a monthly payment program - monthly membership programs
are the best way to earn, and the only way to get secure
residual income. I know there is always the risk of your
downline not renewing, but if you do build a good strong
team in a monthly program, you get regular residual
income.

This week I had an email from Mike Peever, the founder
of CookBookDough, and he's started a teambuild - not
just another teambuild, but one where you can get life
time membership in CBD for a one-off fee. Now I was really
interested! It meant I could get membership in a great
program for my favourite kind of sign-up fee - a low
one-off payment. There are different levels to join at
but they all lead to the same place - a great residual
monthly income with no fall-out because everyone has
already paid!

This to me is definitely the best of both worlds!