*Interested People* 2009: Review of the Investment Year for Interested People
Overall, it wasn't a great year. We either got dumped by
companies going out of business, ruined thru technology and/or
lack of it, or are STILL WAITING for them to take off.
Only two things made us anything to shout about: GNI and the
Robot Forex Trading. Fortunately, they made up for all the
rest!
All info and urls can be found at InterestedPeople.com and/or the
archives at http://www.getresponse.com/archive/interestedpeople
In order of
presenting them to you starting Jan 2009:
Birthday Bonus Club: BBC was a good idea and it
started off well enough, with lots of enthusiasm from
participants. But when those that were expecting gifts from
everyone in their downline didn't get them, they stopped sending
gifts. This caused those in the downline to be so disappointed,
they stopped sending gifts and so on... also the idea that the
upline was to gift a certain number of people in their downline
apparently was changed at some point as no one received anything
at all from their uplines... I mean, I don't think there were
invitations sent to the uplines for those with little people in
their downlines. This also caused the revolt.
So... although it was a worthy idea, it was also an experiment in
human nature and HN won. Still operating and still a fun idea,
but even with a big downline (spillover or self-built) don't
expect to get rich on your birthday.
GPP: This is actually from several years ago.
Still not paid out, still waiting, update to update.
AdViewGlobal/AdGateWorld/DRFund/Hollywood
Ads/AdVentures/AdShares4U: Everyone of them just stopped
paying. Only AdVentures4U shows any effort to make good on what
they said and have sent two small payments so far to those that
continue surfing that didn't at least break even. No more
surfers/profit sharing for me!
World Light: STILL WAITING for it to take off.
Should be SOON, still. Latest update: World Light has now added
Solid Trust Pay to the site. People can pay through Solid
Trust Pay using a credit card and not have to set up an account.
Mike (admin) said he spoke with David Preston this morning and
Mike asked David to give him a couple of days before he starts
hammering this. So - hopefully good things will begin
happening.
There was a call this week with David Preston and Willie
Crawford. Mr. Crawford is a big internet marketer and I am
told he is one of Mr. Preston's good buddies who will be
hammering World Light also. The recording will be made
available and we should be getting an update directly from admin
soon.
ICF World Homes: Was closed down by the Canadian
authorities and has moved offshore. If you are in it and haven't
gotten any updates from admin or myself, let me know. May be a
once again viable project in the future, but needs to get
everything back into place first. It is a brilliant business
plan, so I hope they can save it and pursue it.
JVG: One of the bigger disappointments of the
year. They changed the business plan so much and so often, that
they had to just start over with a new one. This meant that all
those that paid the "ONE TIME EVER" entry price were SOL if they
didn't want to pay again to enter the new plan.
My thoughts are, if the admin had to scrap his original idea so
many times that it finally just killed it, what is to protect us
from that happening over and over again? On the other hand, I DID
continue with it and so did many others. But it is no longer a
good program that can be made passive thru finagling. We'll see
what happens.
Iggly Biggly: This is the one that died for us
because of technology. The company is still there and your
position is still viable, but what was originally a business
investment, turned into a team build (we were to contribute to
the business so they could relaunch after a natural disaster shut
them down. It was a very successful business that just needed
some help getting going again). Since it was only $20 and we had
so many people interested, we did a team build for this when they
decided to do a matrix instead.
We structured it by hand, 2 x 2 and sent in the data. The company
then input our data into a pre-fabricated downline builder
program and the entire build was skewed so badly, that even I did
not cycle with hundreds in my downline!
And worse, there is still no way for me to fix the downline
because the stupid software only shows 2 levels deep, so I have
no idea where the holes are. Anyway, I gave it up as a bad job,
no can fix.
You should still be getting company updates and you can still
work your position and earn money BUT I know that that is not
what most of you will do nor was that part of the original deal.
It is simply what we were left stuck with.
MyMusicTicket/HelloHello: There is so much I
could say about this and we spent a lot of time and energy on it
(thankfully no money though!). Basically it was all a hyped up
mess. Then a dramatic he said/she said. Then a potentially
profitable copy cat... until we discovered the copy cat admin was
a raving, violent lunatic. Enough said. Hasta la vista.
AAN: This is a business plan run by a CEO with
vision and heart. We waited most of the year for the programming
to be ready and now that it is, it is working exactly as planned.
HOWEVER, since our profits are based on what inventory we are
assigned and how fast it sells, the earnings are much smaller and
slower than most of us imagined. But it is a good business, based
on real business and as long as we consider it a longer term
investment, it is going to treat us well.
ZuluTrade: An excellent idea and potentially
profitable if you can invest in a large enough account and you
get lucky choosing the right signal providers. Basically the way
this works is that you open an account thru Zulu's site, your
very own broker account that you have full control over. Then you
assign traders to trade your acct for you, you choose the level
of risk. Where it goes pear-shaped is that most of these traders
have such great stats because they use NO STOP LOSS and will
allow trades to go into thousands of pips of drawdown if
necessary. And if you don't have the margin to cover that
drawdown, your acct is zeroed out.
The flaw in the system is that there is no way of knowing what
kind of drawdown you are getting with each trader... until
it is too late. I asked Zulu admin about adding a stat for that
and they agreed it was hurting their business to have so many
smaller account holders going bust. After zeroing out my acct
twice, I honestly haven't tried a third time, although I may do
so sometime in the future, using a micro acct and penny lot
sizes. But then again, what is the point of earning only
pennies?
Millionairex: Another program that has changed
course a few times. BUT they have created a final version that is
very enticing and admin is someone who has a vision and can
definitely be counted on to stick around. However, the only hope
of earning with this one passively is by getting lucky with
overspill. There is a good chance of it simply because another
project from our upupline, Jennie Menn, will be bringing people
in under those that are joining now. And apparently this project
of Jennie's is a huge big wonderful deal. So many of you have
mentioned it to me but I honestly have never had time or energy
to figure it all out, it seems quite complicated. But in any
case, all the participants in that will be coming in under us in
Millionairex7.
***Only those that were in previous
versions have the right to join this final version, until Feb
1st. Then anyone can join. If you were at any time involved in
Millionairex1 or 3, and I was your sponsor, and you haven't
received the link from me yet (I sent it this morning), then
please contact me for the link to pre-register. There is
nothing to pay until February, but you can get your early
registration position held for you until then. Passively, this
one will rely on luck to earn, but if you want to take a chance,
go for it! You can always cancel subscription
later.***
UnoStart: We joined this one because we had a
chance to be the first ones in, buy three referrals, and move
thru a 7 program system with a one time low payment of $15-$60.
The admin of this company is a great guy and he has a great idea,
but it is slow to build for now. BUT those that joined are in a
primo position to start moving forward and I have just had news
that should help us start moving more quickly.
You should be getting updates from Marilyn and Steen and should
try to keep up to date thru them. I won't be promoting it anymore
only because it isn't truly passive AND we had our shot to get in
first... getting in now and earning passively would be much more
difficult, so I can't recommend entering now as a passive member.
Those already in, just hang on for the ride, even if it seems to
be a slow bus going nowhere. Wherever it goes, and the
destination is a fine one, and YOU will get there first!
Tazoodle: The last revenue based program I will
ever join. They did finally launch and we are earning now, if you
are looking at the ads... but it ain't anything to get excited
about. Try to stick with it long enough to get your money back
out and hope it lasts that long or that they succeed in making it
much more successful than it is so far.
AdFlasher: This was a DREAM program for us when
it first started and we all had visions of quitting our day jobs!
LOL But they have reduced the earnings and increased the minimum
withdrawal amount so much that I can't imagine it being worth it
to many to continue clicking. AND more bad news... I have had 2
withdrawal requests pending for over a month now and no news on
when they will be paid. I am not complaining because I definitely
made money with this one, but if they can't pay actually pay us,
what is the point? BIG disappointment after a spectacular
beginning.
PowerBar: I actually have no idea what the news
is on this one. The "club" was actually a clever idea of a big
listowner to build a downline in an existing program that is/was
in beta. Very clever and successful idea! But the company that is
presenting us with the bar is still in beta and you can only make
a couple of cents a day for now. Last I heard. I am sure once we
can start making any decent money, we will hear more news. That
big listowner will make sure of it, as it will mean big bucks to
him to have us all clicking on the ads! LOL
Organic Acres: Here is the latest from our
upline, who is at the top of this one and very much in contact
with admin. This program has great potential and a great product
(who doesn't eat vegetables and other groceries?) but is slow to
launch due to technical stuff.
Jerry said today that they finally, at last, had the last of
the attorneys state definitely that everything is a OK so papers
can finally be signed (took over a month after all the involved
parties had agreed on all terms!).
They are still having glitches in the General Store but have a
programmer working to finish it up and co-ordinate it so we use
the same login and password for MyOrganicAcres, The General Store
and the Organic Community which will be like a gardening social
network to share gardening tips, recipes, learn who is in your
area to set up shipping hubs, etc . Members that login at least
once per week at the Organic Community, will be able to click on
the Horn of Plenty to be entered in the weekly draw for free
groceries credits in the General Store of $1000 per week divided
in 10 prizes (probably) of $250 to $10 with matching prizes for
the sponsors of winners.
Due to the glitches in getting the General Store up and running,
the signs ups for the pre-registered Pioneer positions has been
extended to January 31st so members can see what will be
available in the store. The General Store will open with a wide
variety of over 7,000 items to start, organic and natural
products in single items and many available in case prices too,
hopefully ready to go early next week but you know glitches can
happen each time you think it is finished and ready to go. The
Organic Community will open soon after the G. Store. MOA will
start a big marketing drive as soon as the store opens to fill
all the Pioneer positions as soon as possible. The discount on
the gardens may continue until February 28.
Members will be able to have a year round full or half herb
garden in one of the 12 huge greenhouses for an extra fee. These
will be smaller gardens that can be added to an existing garden
or it may possibly be your Pioneer garden but this has not been
definitely decided yet nor the start up and monthly cost of the
herb gardens.
Upgraded members will be able to purchase credit packages of 100
credits to 1000 credits at discounts of 5% to 25% for further
savings in the G. Store and these credit packages will pay
commissions to the 5 levels.
Free members will earn only 2.5% on personal level upgrades,
monthly fees and credit packages and will have lower discounts on
credit packages. They will be able to buy from the public
Farmer's Market which will not have the lower prices of the
member to member Farmer's Market. There will be a store front
General Store at the farm where locals can shop or members go
pick up their orders. If anyone insists on using Visa or
Mastercard to pay for products instead of joining, buying credits
and using them in the General Store, the sale will not be
commissionable since the G. Store is set up to run with credits
for commissions. Using credit cards for purchases will be
discourages but is an option to introduce new people to MOA and
the G. Store. They will be given the info that they can get 5% to
25% discounts by joining and buying credits instead of using a
credit card.
A list to choose what to grow in your garden will be made
available near the end of February or early March. Space required
for different vegetables will be supplied, planting times, etc.
We will be able to have some vegetables planted in spring, summer
and even fall crops. Herbs can be planted in your garden or you
can choose to have a year round herb garden.
Live presentations are now Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 4
pm PST and every 2nd Saturday with tomorrow a presentation at
12:30 pm PST though it is not yet listed on the calendar. Always
check the calendar for scheduled times and it is by clicking on
live links in the calendar that to login to the live
presentations. The presentations only open about 5 minutes before
it is due to start. Come to live presentations to ask questions
and gett the latest info, make suggestions, etc. There is a
phone number posted you can call to get sound if you can't get
sound at the Live Meetings which happens for many with Macs so
you can listen on the phone and watch the
presentation.
For more info, see:
http://www.getresponse.com/archive/interestedpeople/Interested-People-New-Organic-Acres-No-Cost-Pre-Registation--3112615.html
GNI: Paying us an easy 6% per week for over a
year, been in existence for over 3 years (some offline/private).
Has just announced a restructuring of program due to some bumps,
but still an excellent program. I think everyone is already in
it. If you aren't, wait another month for the dust to settle on
this new plan and I think it will be just fine. For more info,
see:
http://www.getresponse.com/archive/interestedpeople/Interested-People-GNI-What-is-happening-3614587.html
Forex Robot Trading: This is what kept me out of
most all the other programs last year (and thankfully so!). I
just didn't have time because of making so much money with these
robots and helping others to do the same! 2010 is looking to be
just as good if not better, so far. For more info on my top money
maker, please see:
http://fapturbomakesmoney.com
As for new programs in 2010... I will be being
VERY selective and they must be VERY passive and easy. People are
beating my door down about several programs... the ones that are
similar to GNI look promising and I said I'd take a look if they
survived the Christmas test. Now that GNI has changed its terms
however, I will be waiting to see which ones survive without
changing theirs... yes I always suspect piggybacking in these
cases.
If anything comes across as an easy earner for the most passive
member, or something so good we just cannot pass it up AND it
isn't too complicated and time-consuming, I promise you will be
the first to know! Until then, I'm sticking with my robots and
GNI.
So... there you have it, the year in review! Let's have 2010 be a
prosperous one!
Thank you very much for sticking with me,
Suzanna
InterestedPeople.com
*Interested People* 2008: Review of the Investment Year
Hello Interested People,
Here is an update and/or summary of all the programs we are/were involved in
in 2008. It will be published in 2 parts, it is really long.
I will group the programs as "ACTIVE and EARNING",
"PRE-LAUNCH and WAITING TO EARN", "DEAD and
GONE", and "PROGRAM LIMBO with MUCHO POTENTIAL -
programs that are still paying but that aren't working for the
passive member as well as we had hoped".
From the beginning of the year, from my archives, these are the programs
sorted into their category:
ACTIVE and EARNING: $10 Wonder, QLx3 and the 1% per day
Credit Union, More eGold, ICF World Homes, AdPacs, AdPackNetwork (Affiliate
Product Network), Gold Nugget Invest, FAPTurbo
PRE-LAUNCH and WAITING TO EARN: Ad Gate World, World Light,
Ad View Global
DEAD and GONE: RIOY, eWealth Wizard, Mega5Bucks, MegaLido
and the various other autosurfers
PROGRAM LIMBO with MUCHO POTENTIAL - programs that are
still paying but that aren't working for the passive member as well
as we had hoped: The Berry Tree, Fortune5Minutes and WTIA, Freebie
Force, All Teamed Up, Chews4Health, BBS Global Diamond Elite, Real Water
Club, MaxLife, Pay It Forward Buyers Club (PIFBC), UltraProBuilder
We started out the year looking for "real business" opps that had a passive
angle. By "real business" I mean M L Ms and other legal, solid, long term
businesses that often ask for a taxpayer ID and send you W9's (but
not all of them).
Most of these businesses are NOT inherently passive, though some
claimed to be. But if we got involved, it was because there was some aspect
that could make it work and pay for the passive member.
Passive, in this case, meaning a member who does not
recruit other members nor advertises their business in any way. 95% of
the people on this list fit this category and you are who I think of when I
consider any program for recommendation.
We ended the year with a short-lived autosurf craze that fizzled out faster
than an autosurf admin can say "my hosting company sucks. This is their
fault!"
On the brighter side, we also found FAPTurbo... a forex trading robot that
can double your money every month and that actually WORKS!
I will go thru and update each program below. This will be long, but I want
it to be as complete as possible. So save it and read it when you have
time.
Again, I want to thank all of you on this list that have been with me so long
and to welcome those that are just joining. You are all very important to me
and I will do my best to make sure you are taken care of to the best of my
ability.
Let's have 2009 be the year we all do
the Happy Dance every day!
:-)
Suzanna
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In order by date recommended and by group
$10 Wonder: This one is still paying, but they have gone
thru many many changes to keep it alive. It is a matrix and it has slowed
down, but with the admin's changes, he is managing to keep it alive.
I don't recommend joining at this time, or if you do, that it
be with a discretionary amount. One thing that can be said is that admin is
honest, hard working and determined to keep his program working for as long
as possible.
http://10dollarswonder.com/?suzanna
QLx3 and the "1% per day" Credit Union: AMAZING results the
last few months. This one I do recommend to anyone who has at least $500
to invest. It is an expensive opp to have access to as you need to pay
QLx3 $15 a month AND pay a yearly membership fee to the CU of $50 to $100
(depending on when you join(ed)). And then you need money to actually invest.
So it isn't for people that only have a few bucks to play with.
However, if you do have more, I highly recommend this one. They are not
producing 1% every day as it was projected when it opened, but I will tell
you that my account has multiplied by over 7 times since it opened in June
2007 and is earning like gangbusters since Sept and the world financial
crisis. It is a buyers market and these guys are buying and making bucks for
us!
http://www.qlx3.com/suzanna
More eGold: This is a fr-ee program and I actually recommend
it for their easy step by step guide to advertise. BUT they do have a method
to earn money starting with zero money and work your way up to an income,
while learning to advertise. So, even though More eGold doesn't
actually pay you anything, it does provide you a way to earn with no money
down and learn how to advertise your site(s).
http://www.moreegold.com/?suzanna
ICF World Homes: I LOVE this program! It is ideal for the
passive member and will make you WANT to share a program with people. Here is
how it works... you join at any of the first three levels (from $299 to $1695
CAD - which is much less in USD), you pay the fee accordingly and you then
NEVER have to pay anything out of pocket again.
In fact, starting your first month THEY will pay YOU! And
this is with NOT recruiting anyone or making any sales. And then,
after a few years, after many many monthly payments made to YOU, you will
eventually be able to build a home (or pay off a mortgage or renovate your
existing home).
Of course, there is more detail than this, to fully understand how it works,
but this is it in a nutshell and I fully and wholeheartedly recommend this
program to ANYONE.
More info here:
http://anothermonthanotherpaycheck.com
AdPacs: What stands out most about this advertising company
is that most people hate it. Honestly, it is easy to understand why. They
won't stop changing the terms, the prices, the rebates, the
conditions and it is making us all absolutely nuts. BUT bottom line is, you
can make money here and it is relatively low risk. They consult regularly
with attorneys to make sure everything is totally legal so that even though
they are based in the US, they won't share the fate of other large
advertising companies that were shut down by "the man".
Plus it is good advertising as many of the biggest marketers on line are
members and surf and read ads, YOUR ADS/SITES and they are responsive.
So hate the program, hate the admin, hate the customer service, but make
money anyway and advertise your programs! Making money from them is the best
revenge!
http://suzannadreyer.adpacs.com/index.html
Please see this post from the archives to get the most out of your
AdPacs membership:
http://www.getresponse.com/archive/interestedpeople/Interested-People-WorldLight-Chews4Health-The-AutoSurfs-and-a-new-Forex-Robot-718379.html
AdPackNetwork (Affiliate Product Network): This is a revenue
sharing advertising program. You surf manually 20 sites a day for at least 6
days per week and you earn a percentage of the companies revenues based on
how many shares (APN points) you have. Admin and program have been around a
while and have just redone the entire site, including the new name and URL.
Your purchase will earn you 200%, whether it takes 3 months or longer... It
depends on how well the company does as a whole. Right now, it looks like
about 3 months to double your money.
http://affiliatedproductnetwork.com/?r=61771
Please see this post from archives for more instructions and
info:
http://www.getresponse.com/archive/interestedpeople/Interested-People-So-Many-Updates-So-Little-Time-and-HAPPY-2009-737840.html
Gold Nugget Invest: This is a real winner. I only posted it
once and then kinda forgot about it. But it is paying daily, fixed or
variable rates depending on your deposit and choice. And they are paying
withdrawals promptly. They have an excellent record and if they are actually
doing what they say they are doing on their site, there is no reason it
won't be around for years to come. I still look at it as an HYIP, but
it is a worthy exception to the typical HYIPs out there.
http://www.goldnuggetinvest.com?ref=1009
Arbitrage trading - on the net AND paying since 2006 with a min 6% per
week.
Look them up on 'whois' to verify, they have a tight secure
site. Max of $2K in daily variable plan, $20k in fixed rate weekly
plan.
Two Plans
Daily Variable Plan .7 - 1.1%/day (averages 1.1%/day looks like, 5 days a
week) $20 to $2000 max
Fixed Weekly Plan 6%/week $50 - $20,000 max
Always profit - this is what arbitrage betting is all about. An arbitrage
opportunity in sports betting means that one is able to bet on all possible
outcomes of a certain match at odds that guarantee profit regardless of who
wins that match. Arbitrages are also known as surebets or surewins. This is
not gambling - it's just a market phenomenon based on pure
mathematics and occurs when bookmakers have different opinions on the result
of a certain game or event.
Click on the "about" link on the goldnuggetinvest website for a more thorough
explanation of how this works. GNI is set up with over 50 bookmakers and does
3500+ surebets a month to make the money.
Compounding is NOT an option so when you get paid out from your principal you
have to reinvest manually if you want to grow your principal funds.
http://www.goldnuggetinvest.com?ref=1009
FAPTurbo: My new love... and it is based on something I
absolutely HATE... Forex trading. This is a hands-off robot that will trade
your account for you and make you money. At least doubling your money every
month and with higher risk levels, even more than that. There is one live
account on the site that started at 5k and is now over $77k in less than 3
months!
Unless you are brand new to this list, this is what I have been raving about
for the last few weeks, so I won't bore you with more details.
LOL
My homemade site is here:
http://fapturbomakesmoney.com/
But if you want to do this, email me for a
complete Step By Step instruction list on how to get it all
set up and if you are worried about the technicalities of getting it set up,
I can do it for you. Email me for more info.
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PRE-LAUNCH and WAITING TO EARN:
Ad Gate World: Should be ready to go this month. This is an
advertising company that will pay you to watch ads and rebate your ad buys
yadda yadda yadda. Being offshore is GOOD and the way they are setting this
up is also GOOD. It is too late to join the prelaunch, I will let you know
when it is open so you can join then.
World Light: This will be the HOT program of 2009. The site
is still not ready to go. I have heard from a good source that the programmer
is the owner's son, so we get to live with the slowness I suppose.
Once the site is ready for us to log in, we will be able to get paid. I think
most of us that joined since Oct/Nov will have money waiting for us. We shall
see.
The program is completely passive and will be online very soon. If you are
interested in joining pre-launch you must send in your application by mail.
More details here:
http://www.getresponse.com/archive/interestedpeople/Interested-People-World-Light-and-GPP-Updates-731126.html
Ad View Global: Another marketing company opening up
offshore. Pre-launch only for now, but you can send in money and get up to
200% bonus until Jan 16. I'll just paste the update from my upline
below. Also, we were told everyone would need a passport, but that was
incorrect info. You will need to upload ID eventually, but a Drivers License
will do.
If you haven't signed up for Ad View Global yet, please visit the
link below!
Jan 16th is last day for the 200% matching bonus. If you haven't
created an account with Ad View Global yet, there is still time to jump in
and take advantage of this amazing offer.
Please visit: http://advglobal.com/join/?a=549 Please keep in mind that you
receive 10.00 just for creating an account!
If you can't take advantage of the 200% matching bonus, don't
forget about the other 2 options.
If you purchase $3,000 to $4,999 worth of page impressions, you will receive
a 100% matching bonus between now and January 31st. In other words, $3,000 is
worth 6,000 page impressions.
If you purchase $1,000 to $2,999 worth of page impressions, you will receive
a 75% matching bonus between now and January 31st. In other words, $1,000 is
worth 1,750 page impressions.
Remember that you earn rebates based on the number of page impressions you
have, not based on the amount of money you spent. So even if you only spend
$5,000 on page impressions, you will earn rebates based on 15,000 page
impressions!
While there is no guarantee that the daily percentage will ever be anything
other than 0.00%, past history indicates that the daily percentage is usually
at least 1.00% during the week and 0.50% on the weekend.
If you purchased $5,000 worth of page impressions and received the 200%
matching bonus, your weekly earning could potentially be $900. This would
continue for 21 1/2 weeks. The total value of your rebates would be worth
$19,350!
Also, keep in mind that this calculation does not include the mind blowing
power that comes when you roll a percentage of your rebates back into more
page impressions on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. This is sometimes referred
to as "compounding". When you compound your rebates, the numbers become truly
amazing!
Regarding the matching bonuses, please keep in mind that you must purchase at
least $1,000 worth of page impressions in order to receive the matching bonus
from the people on your team. If you have someone on your team who is buying
$5,000 worth of page impressions, you will receive 10,000 page impressions
yourself, but you must buy at least $1,000 worth of page impressions to
receive that bonus.
http://advglobal.com/join/?a=549
LAUNCH DATE:
Even though they have extended the deadline for the 200% match to January
16th, AVG indicates that they are on track to meet the launch date of
February 1, 2009.
Telephones are going into the Uruguay office this week and internet follows
next week.
Enterprise Performance:
As things keep falling into place in preparation for launch AVG has been
working on the second generation of the website and is planning an enterprise
level operation that should be able to handle a huge number of members. In
fact they plan to have a "party" later on this month. This will be a "BREAK
THE WEBSITE PARTY" where, as we understand it they will ask all members who
are registered at that time to log in and use and test every function they
can on the website and really pummel it with activity so they can get
comments and input from members and test performance.
We are also advised the SSL certificate is now on the website and the website
is secure.
DEAD and GONE:
RIOY - Retire in One Year: What started out
as a well thought out and profitable set up, just stopped working. A few of
the programs involved in the plan stopped working, which killed the momentum
and finally admin changed the concept completely to a one program plan and
that one program was US only and there were some restrictions about the way
he wanted to set it up and finally they changed it again, from what I heard.
We dropped out with the first change.
In fact, I just checked and the site is closed down and admin is hoping to
refund members later this year. It was a good concept that just
didn't work out, despite amazing efforts from admin. I am glad we got
out early on however!
Mega5Bucks: This was a feeder program that we were using to
get people into F5M and WTIA (updates on these below) and we had quite
a bit of time and money invested in it... but admin was not able to keep it
going. There is a lot I want to say here about this, but will refrain from
bashing.
The feeder was the magic behind our F5M project and it was more than
disappointing to see it suddenly close down. We do have an alternative
however, which is in the same price range (5 bucks) but it has a different
dynamic than this feeder had. See below for more on that!
eWealth Wizard: A great idea that got wiped out by a
hurricane and not enough participants. This was a downline club and they had
a good idea going once we had enough members to join programs and have
everyone have downline from the start. But it was not meant to be... maybe
sometime in the future we can try again!
MegaLido and the various other autosurfers: Man, we sure got
addicted to autosurfing late last year... and the attraction of fast and easy
money. But I have never seen such a bunch of loser programs.... jeez.
Back in the day, you could count on any decent auto surf, even if it was
fully ponzi-based, to last at least 3 months. Not one of these new breeds
lasted much over 2 months and many lasted less than a few weeks before going
belly up. We never had time to put our smart ponzi strategy into action! But
you know.... it kinda serves us right for getting into this arena again
anyway. In a ponzi, someone always loses and if we win, that is basically
taking money out of someone else's pocket. Even as willing
participants, it probably is bad karma. Basta with the auto-surfs!
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PROGRAM LIMBO with MUCHO POTENTIAL - programs that are
still paying but that aren't working for the passive member as well
as we had hoped
The Berry Tree: Such a disappointment for us! We joined this
during pre-launch at great expense and NOTHING seemed to go well after that.
It was a long roller coaster ride and most of us hung on for dear life to get
to the promised end... a nice monthly paycheck for life from a "REAL
BUSINESS." All we saw was the never ending roller coaster and while The
Berry Tree is still in business and paying, it is no longer designed for
passive members.
The new program is surely a good one and may be successful with their
infomercial coming out next month. But for us, who joined when it was
promoted as an ideal way for passive members to finally succeed at M L M and
earn a real business income, it is nothing but a costly disaster.
That said, many of us are hanging in still to see if we can't get
something back for our time and money thru the yearly bonus in June/July. It
is possible that will pay us back for all we have put in IF
the infomercial is a success. But the infomercial needs to start and right
now they are behind schedule. If it doesn't get started soon, even
with great results, it will be too late for us to profit from it in
June/July.
I am not knocking either Nutronix or The Berry Tree... don't get me
wrong. They have excellent products and do-able pay plans. But it is just
no longer feasible for a passive member to make money there.
Fortune5Minutes and WTIA: This was my major project of 2008.
I worked with a few other leaders as well, Lucki mostly. But also Peter and
Berry to some small extent.
These programs are absolutely excellent businesses. Long term
and solidly structured, paying without fail, admin is a little kooky, but he
runs it very well and overall, these are companies you WANT to be in.
What they are not, however, is inherently passive. We thought we could RENDER
them passive so that everyone could take advantage of them. We were so sure
of this that we spent thousands of dollars paying the way in for people and
hours and hours of time and effort organizing it as best we could.
As hard as we tried, with the feeder at Mega5 (see DEAD and GONE) and
the team builds, working with other leaders, and benefactoring, and lots and
lots of money and time spent building, we always fall into the same trap...
eventually we run out of members to put in under you all and then we go
outside our lists to advertise and end up having to recruit from a cold
market on behalf of hundreds of members! So when it slows down, there is no
mystery... it is impossible for even the best of group leaders to recruit for
hundreds of people and have it go "fast" once we go outside our own warm
lists.
The team builds we did at WTIA (and BBS - see below) were so well
intentioned and a way to get you all into these EXCELLENT companies and we
used our resources and tools as best we could and right now, even though
everyone in it has an active and viable membership(s), the growth has slowed
to a crawl.
I am using John Kielec's F5M-Millionaire's club- http://paiddaily.fivedollarmillionaire.com to continue building
for you as best I can. There are some of you that are also active in the
club, which acts like a feeder and also has an advertising co-op so you
don't have to do it yourself and that are getting results from it.
But it is taking you time and money... I know. Most of you are doing NOTHING
and that is fine. There was never any requirement that you help advertise or
do anything at all. We wanted this to make you money without it costing you
anything or requiring any effort.
But while the momentum has slowed, there is no reason on Earth why you
can't still benefit from your memberships at both F5M and WTIA, as
well as $20 Miracle (which is part of the feeder process)!! You have valid
memberships and while you won't make anything from them passively
(unless you get lucky and eventually profit from our group efforts), you
might want to consider looking at them as a business you already have
possession of and moving forward on your own.
At the very least, use the Millionaire club's tools, like the ad
co-op, to try and make some money on those memberships! Don't wait
for someone else to do it for you. We are still doing it, but now that we are
doing it for so many, it may be a long time before anything happens for YOU
unless you make it happen yourself!
Fre ebie Force: Fre ebie Force is a paying company and it is
a viable business with a fantastic product if you live in the states. There
is no way you cannot make enough from just the fr ee food coupons to pay your
$10 per month membership, not to mention the so many other fre ebies you
get.
But will you make money passively? You CAN, if you get lucky and get
overspill or underspill. You do get paid on everyone that is under you in the
company, no matter who put them there. But unless they land under you
somehow, no you won't make money.
We joined in pre-launch and expected huge amounts of overspill. We had just a
little and those not in profit dropped out, leaving more not in profit who
then dropped out and so on. Sound familiar?
I actually expected this one to work well for us because the product is
something that in and of itself can make you money (or save you money).
So this one is working for those that stayed in and are using the product and
the company is a worthy one. You might want to consider looking at it
again!
http://suzanna.nocashever.com/
All Teamed Up: We joined this one thru RIOY and while the
concept is a good one and would have worked if everyone understood it and
followed along, the plan as a whole has not worked out. You see, the idea was
that there would be 3 (or more) programs and that the first program would
have 5000 members. The second program would have 10,000 members AND those at
the bottom of the first program would be first in to the second program.
Third program was to have even more members (forgive me if I get these
numbers wrong. I am working from memory to save time) and members at bottom
of second program would be in at top of third program. Anyway, if everyone
who participated had joined and paid at all 3 programs, everyone would have
made a profit overall. But so many people didn't pay into the third
program that the plan was washed out. PITY!
There is still the possibility of saving it, and admin works hard, but unless
everyone understands the concept (lose a little today, win more tomorrow) and
participates fully, it just can't work.
http://www.all-teamed-up.com/splash.php?suzanna
Chews4Health: This is another M L M "real business" that has
a passive angle and it is a great product AND the CEO is totally good at
making money for his members. This has all the ear marks of a winner for
passive and active members alike. We have just started a national advertising
campaign this week and it is expected to be a huge success with radio ads,
national magazines and talk shows etc etc.
The deal is, you pay to be a part of the NCM (National Co-Op Marketing) and
you get a piece of the pie on revenues as well as people placed in your
downline.
So the NCM is just starting, everything is in place for this to be a huge
hit. I will keep you updated as real results come in!
http://healthychews4all.com/
BBS Global Diamond Elite: This is another
EXCELLENT company from a stable, long term business owner
that I wanted everyone to be a part of. The glitch is that it is not
inherently passive and yet again, I worked with other group leaders to do a
team build in hopes that everyone could get in and some momentum would build
up so that everyone could be a part of this worthy business and earn some
money every month.
We fell into the same trap as we did with F5M... we ran out of people that
wanted to join and so those that ended up at the bottom dropped out and so
on.
Despite the heroic efforts of Marilyn (our upline and group organizer), our
group as a whole has diminished because things stopped moving quickly and
instead of momentum, we are always playing catch-up.
They have a new feeder coming out that should help us find a burst of growth
and lots of momentum. We are waiting for it to launch and I will be posting
about it as soon as it does.
There is no reason on earth that we can't make this a success for all
of us... but passive members must be patient since there are a few working
for many instead of many working for themselves.
http://teambbs.info
Real Water Club: This was a limited opportunity to get in
during pre-pre-launch and be part of the Founders, who will receive downline
thru the company advertising. The product is a good one, but I don't
advertise the company anymore because it is not at all passive. Except for
those of us that got in as founders.
We are still waiting for company placements, but it is still in pre-launch.
http://www.therealwaterclub.info/suzanna
MaxLife: This was a big disappointment. We joined "the
President"s Club" and were promised the moon, which never showed up. Seems it
is the modus operandi of these guys... I recommended to all in my downline to
drop it before the end of the year. I did.
That said, I do like the products... but the Presidents Club was NOT
producing downline for the passive members, even though it was promised to
happen.
Pay It Forward Buyers Club (PIFBC): I only posted about this
once. It is still a good company and plan. I just got into at a busy time and
never took it up again later. The idea is that your way is paid in, but you
then must buy and give away 3 memberships. Everyone does the same and the
payoff is a debit card with money on it ($50 to start) and some products
including a power pill for gas savings.
Honestly, I need to go back in and have a better look at this and see if we
can't do something with it. It is my fault nothing has happened so
far, but I also don't want to have to find three for everyone. It
takes massive time and organization to do that. So I need to see how we can
organize the signups so that everyone wins and I don't die of
exhaustion.
http://pifbc.com/tag/Suzanna.htm
UltraProBuilder: This was one we joined during pre-launch
because they have a passive angle. But when I realized it would take over
55 people under each of you just to even break even on monthly product
purchase, I announced that I was backing out and that all passive members
should as well. I didn't want another Berry Tree situation to
develop.
That said, it is surely going to be an excellent business with great products
for those that are looking for a business. It just isn't feasible for
the passive member.
And that's it! 2008 reviewed and updated. If there
is any program we were involved in that I did not mention, please let me
know. I went thru my archives and this is all that I found from 2008.
I hope this has been of some help to you, to see what we attempted and what
worked and what didn't work and what may still work this year!
Many thanks to all of you that have participated with me. I do think that
overall 2008 was a year of profit for us. And let's use the lessons
of 2008 as we go into 2009 and have them serve us in our endeavors towards
prosperity.
Suzanna
http://interestedpeople.com
