Monday, February 9, 2009
Stole these thoughts about the Financial Bailout
Nobody likes to think about extinction. Or death. Or companies failing. Scary, right?But here's the part that doesn't get touched on enough: Horse & buggies got replaced by cars. What if horse & buggy manufacturers had gotten bailed out? Oil lamps gave way to electricity. What if lamp makers had been well-heeled & able to squash this new wired technology? (burn, baby, burn?) (soot, baby, soot?)The fact is, when something (unfortunately) goes away, it often (happily) gets replaced by something better. So don't be afraid. It's definitely unstable and may seem frightening, but it actually is the natural order of things. Nobody ever said life wouldn't be turbulent.The greatest part of JR is that even though he has an astute political and economic mind, he actually transcends politics. In one moment, you think: "Aha! He's a republican - he hates paying taxes!" But then he spends 20 minutes talking about caring for our neighbors - succeeding by helping others to succeed - that would make even the most bleeding-heart liberal jump up and applaud. With JR, it's not about red states and blue states. It's about the United States. (sound familiar?) And Taiwan. And Hong Kong. And Australia. And the entire world. It's about lifting yourself up out of the hole, and then making sure to take a few people with you.I'm tempted not to write anymore, because I really can't do the man justice. But his message, in a nutshell, is that nobody can save us but ourselves. Government can't do it, and greed can't do it. We, a collective of individual entrepreneurs, can succeed where institutions have failed.And change happens; you can't stop it, so you may as well figure out how to capitalize on it. The key is an entrepreneurial mindset. The path is to personal economic freedom. Let's get to it.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Message from CEO JR Ridinger about MA World Conference
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This message has been resent with Spanish and Chinese translations.Este mensaje ha sido traducido a la Lengua Española y China.
The Countdown to World Conference has Begun
Español -
A sneak preview of what's in store for the event
Wow! We are less than four weeks away from World Conference and business is booming. This is a follow up to my 2009 New Years message that I made a couple days ago — the one I promised to send out this week.
By now I hope you have resolved to make 2009 your year — the year that you made it happen and broke free from working for someone else's dream. I hope you are seeing yourself in a new light with a new identity at a Pin Level that will give you more ongoing income and freedom than ever before. I hope you followed my advice and instructions to set new goals and go through the five steps I outlined last time to write a goal statement.
Just as important, I hope you are committed to being at World Conference in Miami from February 4-7 to get empowered with knowledge, enthusiasm, passion, clarity and direction. And I applaud you if you are one of those individuals who have decided to take the shortcut to success by getting others there in your group, as well as some new quality prospects. Undoubtedly it is the shortcut because they leave these events so enlightened, determined, and know exactly what to do — they will go build the business with or without you! I guess you could say that makes you what I call a hopeless success. It doesn't matter if they are stable, waiting, Go Now, been in it a while, or new to the business. This is a fresh beginning and a whole new era for Market America.
There couldn't be a better time than now to make it happen, because people are listening more than ever. People are looking for answers and we have the ultimate solution. We have an immediate fix for people's economic woes, as well as a long-term, permanent solution for financial independence. Americans, and people all around the world for that matter, need to hear our message. More importantly, they need to see and understand what we do and how it can change their lives.
We are riding the crest of a tidal wave toward the paradigm of the future. There is a strong riptide pulling business away from store retailing and flooding Internet marketing, because it is so much more efficient and cost effective. We are developing technologies and adding partners, which makes us superior when compared to any other business model. We are simply the best because we have people power, where a Customer Manager serves as a personal interactive guide on the Internet and a professional product broker.
It is important to understand that the economy crashed in the financial markets at the top of the pyramid — not at the bottom where most Americans make it happen day by day. People are still productive and ambitious, want to work hard, and are willing to do what it takes to maintain their lifestyles and buying habits. But they are looking to buy smarter.
Furthermore, we offer an entrepreneurial opportunity that does not require going into debt or financing, and it is designed for the average person with vision and ambition to climb to economic freedom. People need (and are looking for) a plan B like never before.
The proof is in the pudding. We have experienced both sales growth and recruiting growth in all markets over the last two months, while other businesses have slowed down, have been contracted, or simply have gone out of business. People not only need to hear our message and be shown our plan, they need to see the light. They need to feel the power, the energy and catch the fever of belief and passion to really understand it. Then, they will know for themselves and be committed to doing it for their own reasons, with the confidence that they can make it work.
The only way to make this happen is to tell someone about it, show them video clips of these remarkable events, and then sell them a ticket. You can also get other people who have been to one to give their testimonial as to how powerful an experience it is. Quite possibly the hardest part about all this is finding a ticket to sell this late in the game! But don't stop until you do. Ask everyone in your organization or call 800-232-8590.
Your biggest reason for going the extra mile to get everyone in your group there is that there are so many new releases, new developments, new products, new programs and so much training and so many credible experts communicating powerful messages that you can't possibly explain the magnitude of it to your organization. Those who do not attend are now six months behind and you have plenty of work to bring them up to speed. That is too much work for me. I would rather work smarter than harder by getting them there for the incredible speakers to explain everything! It is smarter to work harder now to get them there, rather than to work harder afterwards to explain everything. Besides, when they are there, you have instant duplication — and it is the power of duplication that makes the plan work.
In addition to attaining six months of knowledge and development over three days in warm, sunny Miami alongside the most positive, fun, forward-thinking people in the world — the discounts and special offers alone at International Convention or World Conference offset the price of going. We always make sure that the people who attend get rewarded for being there through special discounts, introductory offers or blowouts. Just ask someone who has been there!
Here's a sneak preview of what to expect:
• Loren will be unveiling the rest of her new ma University major about shopping on the Internet and using your Portal to save and make money. She gave 25 percent of it at the Upper Level Training in December and IT WAS A HIT! People's eyes were opened and there was a groundswell of enthusiasm and light bulbs going off left and right. People see the power of the Portal and how to create an incredible shopping experience for themselves, their friends and their customers. It is addictive! She shows how to create the same look for less, how to get special offers, how to get the biggest bang for your buck, and how to maximize IBV. She is the Martha Stewart of Internet shopping and the Anna Wintour of online fashion. She is informative, high powered, and funny!
• Steve Ashley will not only unveil amazing new developments in maMyWorld including music, dining and fashion (plus what's to come), he also shows you how to use entertainers, artists and lifestyles of celebrities to ultimately drive more traffic and merchandize products on the Portal. He will show you the future of maMyWorld — the new channels to come like fashion, sports, video games, emerging artists, etc. and how we use it to drive traffic to the site and sell more products.
• As our new VP of Internet Marketing, Steve Ashley will show you how to use our new maChatterbox social network to prospect, recruit, and sell products. He will use a live example of people who have jumped Pin Levels doing exactly this. He will show you the new features of maChatterbox, the direction it is going, and how it will surpass Facebook and MySpace this year. He will show you what will happen with the room selections and how you will be able to sell products out of the different rooms!
• Steve Ashley will be showing you the other half of the Portal University major. Loren presents the shopping part and Steve will discuss the Portal marketing aspect of it. Just like ma brands on the Portal, SEO directs people looking for what we have straight to the site, and they trickle down to you. Utilizing similar technology, we are now launching a program where you can promote and market your own site! Steve will be teaching programs provided by the company like Google AdWords, but also marketing strategies that you can employ personally to make your own Portal become a magnet to customers.
• Phil Guido will team up with Steve Ashley to teach how to use One-to-One Marketing with your site, how to increase BV on the site, how to increase sales, and how to effectively market your site to multiply the customers and sales. Phil and Sue's Portal did $285,000 in sales last year. Imagine if you did that and duplicated that in your group. The proof is in the pudding!
• Next, Marc Ashley will enthrall you with all the new Portal and Internet improvements, additions, bells and whistles, and accomplishments. We have taken a quantum leap in this area. He will demonstrate the new search engines, the new partnership not only with Google, but with Microsoft, to make it scream. Yes, Microsoft will be there to announce the partnership. We are on the verge of not only having more products than Amazon, but better search capabilities with better recommendations and comparative shopping.
• You will learn about the power of the Digital Powerline and how to benefit from viral marketing to all your customers and prospects. Discover how you can use this revolutionary new tool to dramatically increase recruiting and sales. You will see how the ads link to the Universal Shopping Cart on the Portal to translate into more sales and how much more likely a sale is when someone gets the online version and can click to buy.
• We will unveil the Digital Newsstand where people can get their favorite publications online, and we'll show how it drives traffic to the site and how it is linked to the Portal. Every time someone clicks on an advertisement, it sends them to YOUR Portal to buy that product if you sold the subscription. When someone reads a digital magazine, there is a high probability that they click on ads or content they like and it goes directly to the Portal. It sells the products for you! Learn how it works and how to use it to grow your business.
• Dennis Franks will present a powerful perspective on where Market America is in the evolution of the industry from a historical point of view, along with a reality check on our model, the One-to-One Marketing engine, and why we are about to experience incredible growth for years to come. He will substantiate it with facts, reason and logic. This is a presentation your new people won't want to miss. It was a hit in Taiwan and at the ULT!
• Then, during one of the most popular presentations, we will explain how ma is ahead of the curve with breakthrough, revolutionary new product releases to be unveiled by Marty Weissman and Tanya Smith. Sorry, I wish I could tell you more, but I am prohibited from letting the cat out of the bag. You just have to be there!
• Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Blumenfeld, and our Clinical Faculty for nutraMetrix® is back for our Doctor's Panel segment, to discuss the clinical research, nutraMetrix program, new advances, Gene SNP™, the coming of electronic medical records, and all we are doing to stay at the forefront of science and medicine as we work together to change the face of health care one patient at a time. Learn why nutraMetrix is the fastest growing major in our business and how you can take advantage of it.
• Learn about the merger of the NMTSS, Sales Team, and Training — in addition to how we are taking the ma University to a new level on the road. Meet Dean Dennis Franks and the dean of each university major and their teams. Learn what their plans are for 2009 and how you can use the university recruiting strategy to more than double the size of your business without doing them all yourself. Learn how to use the university strategy to recruit!
• The NMTSS has been totally reorganized and revitalized with a new plan, new regions, new programs and new rules. Kevin Buckman is taking it into the field with his team. He is working directly with Dennis Franks to implement the university major recruiting program in each area. He has regional directors that are the top earners working with him to set up 90-Day Fast Track teams in every region. This will blow your mind. See how you will benefit and how to get on board.
• Kevin Buckman will teach how to use the Preferred Customer incentive and point program to increase sales. He will introduce and launch the apprentice program where Preferred Customers can earn their way into the business.
• Learn about the new streams of revenue from advertising and international Internet sales and the bonus pool that will give you another income stream and even bigger checks. Learn how you and your team will earn money for being online, making the Portal the home page, and getting your customers online. That's right, you will be paid for being online in the binary system. This new program will rock the country.
• And you won't want to miss this — we have a plan that we will hit as a team to start paying customers to shop on your Portal this year. We'll use teamwork to hit the goal together, and then it starts. We are building the bonus pool as we speak — right now. We pay customers ma dollars. Market America dollars are like cash because you can spend them on anything through the Portal — from the Mall Without Walls™ or any of our thousands of Partner Stores. That covers everything and anything someone could want to buy, so essentially they are the same as cash. Imagine the effect of that in today's economy. Imagine what that will do to your sales growth. I am pregnant again with this baby — and it is going to be a beauty! It is important for you to know what needs to be done first for it to begin, so stay tuned. It will happen this year.
• The next frontier for me and the business is creating the ultimate customer experience — the ultimate shopping experience. I will define the plan and the landscape for you. It begins with addictive functionality of the Portal, a product search, recommendations, and comparative shopping. It is so good that you can't live without it. Add in a ma UFO or Customer Manager being a personal shopping guide and you have the most pleasant experience found anywhere on the Internet. It's addictive — like a cell phone becomes a lifeline, a blackberry becomes a crackberry, Google is now a verb that means search and find, and the Internet becomes a way of life. We push through alerts — the best buys, offers and deals to the customer based on what they want or are interested in. No longer do you need to even look, we bring the deals directly to the customers. Combine that with the incentives of being paid to be online and making the ma Portal your home page, and we actually pay customers to shop. Insane! Revolutionary? You are right. Be there to learn about it from me.
• The Motives® renaissance is here. A new, incredible, top-drawer product line with new packaging and a fresh new look. Better colors, better customization, better products for application, nationally renowned makeup artist training, new training program and trainers, a new field training team headed by Laura Laire, a new field leadership team, new hands-on leadership by Loren Ridinger, national branding, advertising, publicity, and promotions. It is fabulous! It is absolutely the best program, system and line out there. It is getting national recognition. Be there for the launch — you have to see it to believe it. We customize a look for a client that they can duplicate.
• Learn all about how we are increasing IBV together, as well as our advertising revenue program, and the bonus pool we are building to pay you with!
• Once again, Elizabeth Weber and her team demonstrate why now is the right time and the right place to make it happen. They will speak passionately on how to build Fast Track teams and maximize results to hit Pin Levels fast.
• As always, we have breakout seminars with the experts addressing areas of specialization that you are interested in.
• I am going to unveil a new program that is as powerful as the NMTSS. Most of you know that the NMTSS is the best system out there — building from event to event is extremely powerful and the training grows your business while providing stability. But we can double the effect by having a systematic curriculum of audio learning and programming.
Let me teach you how I programmed my brain for success and leveraged growth and duplication to create success just like the NMTSS does. Imagine the NMTSS times two in your business. We are including the entire downloadable audio training and motivational program as part of the SubKit so that everyone has it. We are providing a fool-proof method to download and transfer to a CD or iPod. That takes the excuse away for not getting the CDs. We even offer preloaded iPods and chips for Voitel® phones.
I will show you the curriculum, how to get your people to follow it, and how you monitor it. It is as fundamental as attitude and knowledge — the first step of the Basic 5. Let me teach you how to do it and it will change your business forever. I haven't been this excited since I introduced the Basic 5 and the NMTSS. This will make you and your group into hopeless successes. Just let me climb into that pill and you take me. Let me get into your head at World Conference. You will not be the same!
Now, as if that weren't enough, there is more that sets this World Conference apart from all the other national conferences and conventions. I have never seen so much come together at once in the way of technology, systems and new releases. My vision and what I have been preaching is becoming a reality before your eyes. So make sure you are there and your eyes are open, or else you might miss the rest!
• There's a very good chance that the Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, who has often been mentioned as a future presidential or vice presidential candidate, will speak on entrepreneurism as the solution to our economic woes and celebrate Market America's leading role in this movement.
• To celebrate the launch of the maMyWorld music/entertainment Portal and the Market America Latino/Hispanic opportunity, we are close to finalizing a major concert for the night after the general sessions. This would support the charity ALAS for its commitment to saving children in underdeveloped countries through nutrition and building schools — an organization sponsored by major Latino artists. This event would bring legendary 17-time Grammy-winner Alejandro Sanz, the magic voice and hips of Shakira, the Latin rock star Paulina and others to our stage to perform during a promotion for both ALAS and Market America.
Also, we are in final discussions with Jennifer Lopez to appear and perform for ma and her children's hospital foundation. It is all being finalized as we speak. It will be widely covered by the media and it will be over the top, taking things to a new level. In between sessions, during lunch, and at the networking social, we will have emerging artists being debuted on maMyWorld. We hear that Dennis Franks and Second Look will be on stage too!
What can I say — besides the media exposure, traffic to the site, recruiting power and supporting great causes — we are going to have FUN. This will be an incredible time.
• That will lead into a Spanish opportunity presentation on Saturday night with celebrities and national figures there. Everyone should be networking and getting referrals to get Spanish-speaking prospects from the Miami area, especially since it has a huge Latino/Hispanic population.
The bottom line is that I have never been more excited, because it just seems like our time has come — the timing is right and all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together at once to make the dream and vision a living reality for every UFO and customer this year. It will be monumental! It will be historic and you will want to be there with a record number of people for yourself. Once World Conference is over, it's over — you have to play catch-up and then wait for 2009 Convention in August for another opportunity to make a quantum leap. So let's make it happen. I'll see you in sunny Miami February 4-7.
Keep growing!! I believe in you!
JR Ridinger
This message has been resent with Spanish and Chinese translations.Este mensaje ha sido traducido a la Lengua Española y China.
The Countdown to World Conference has Begun
Español -
A sneak preview of what's in store for the event
Wow! We are less than four weeks away from World Conference and business is booming. This is a follow up to my 2009 New Years message that I made a couple days ago — the one I promised to send out this week.
By now I hope you have resolved to make 2009 your year — the year that you made it happen and broke free from working for someone else's dream. I hope you are seeing yourself in a new light with a new identity at a Pin Level that will give you more ongoing income and freedom than ever before. I hope you followed my advice and instructions to set new goals and go through the five steps I outlined last time to write a goal statement.
Just as important, I hope you are committed to being at World Conference in Miami from February 4-7 to get empowered with knowledge, enthusiasm, passion, clarity and direction. And I applaud you if you are one of those individuals who have decided to take the shortcut to success by getting others there in your group, as well as some new quality prospects. Undoubtedly it is the shortcut because they leave these events so enlightened, determined, and know exactly what to do — they will go build the business with or without you! I guess you could say that makes you what I call a hopeless success. It doesn't matter if they are stable, waiting, Go Now, been in it a while, or new to the business. This is a fresh beginning and a whole new era for Market America.
There couldn't be a better time than now to make it happen, because people are listening more than ever. People are looking for answers and we have the ultimate solution. We have an immediate fix for people's economic woes, as well as a long-term, permanent solution for financial independence. Americans, and people all around the world for that matter, need to hear our message. More importantly, they need to see and understand what we do and how it can change their lives.
We are riding the crest of a tidal wave toward the paradigm of the future. There is a strong riptide pulling business away from store retailing and flooding Internet marketing, because it is so much more efficient and cost effective. We are developing technologies and adding partners, which makes us superior when compared to any other business model. We are simply the best because we have people power, where a Customer Manager serves as a personal interactive guide on the Internet and a professional product broker.
It is important to understand that the economy crashed in the financial markets at the top of the pyramid — not at the bottom where most Americans make it happen day by day. People are still productive and ambitious, want to work hard, and are willing to do what it takes to maintain their lifestyles and buying habits. But they are looking to buy smarter.
Furthermore, we offer an entrepreneurial opportunity that does not require going into debt or financing, and it is designed for the average person with vision and ambition to climb to economic freedom. People need (and are looking for) a plan B like never before.
The proof is in the pudding. We have experienced both sales growth and recruiting growth in all markets over the last two months, while other businesses have slowed down, have been contracted, or simply have gone out of business. People not only need to hear our message and be shown our plan, they need to see the light. They need to feel the power, the energy and catch the fever of belief and passion to really understand it. Then, they will know for themselves and be committed to doing it for their own reasons, with the confidence that they can make it work.
The only way to make this happen is to tell someone about it, show them video clips of these remarkable events, and then sell them a ticket. You can also get other people who have been to one to give their testimonial as to how powerful an experience it is. Quite possibly the hardest part about all this is finding a ticket to sell this late in the game! But don't stop until you do. Ask everyone in your organization or call 800-232-8590.
Your biggest reason for going the extra mile to get everyone in your group there is that there are so many new releases, new developments, new products, new programs and so much training and so many credible experts communicating powerful messages that you can't possibly explain the magnitude of it to your organization. Those who do not attend are now six months behind and you have plenty of work to bring them up to speed. That is too much work for me. I would rather work smarter than harder by getting them there for the incredible speakers to explain everything! It is smarter to work harder now to get them there, rather than to work harder afterwards to explain everything. Besides, when they are there, you have instant duplication — and it is the power of duplication that makes the plan work.
In addition to attaining six months of knowledge and development over three days in warm, sunny Miami alongside the most positive, fun, forward-thinking people in the world — the discounts and special offers alone at International Convention or World Conference offset the price of going. We always make sure that the people who attend get rewarded for being there through special discounts, introductory offers or blowouts. Just ask someone who has been there!
Here's a sneak preview of what to expect:
• Loren will be unveiling the rest of her new ma University major about shopping on the Internet and using your Portal to save and make money. She gave 25 percent of it at the Upper Level Training in December and IT WAS A HIT! People's eyes were opened and there was a groundswell of enthusiasm and light bulbs going off left and right. People see the power of the Portal and how to create an incredible shopping experience for themselves, their friends and their customers. It is addictive! She shows how to create the same look for less, how to get special offers, how to get the biggest bang for your buck, and how to maximize IBV. She is the Martha Stewart of Internet shopping and the Anna Wintour of online fashion. She is informative, high powered, and funny!
• Steve Ashley will not only unveil amazing new developments in maMyWorld including music, dining and fashion (plus what's to come), he also shows you how to use entertainers, artists and lifestyles of celebrities to ultimately drive more traffic and merchandize products on the Portal. He will show you the future of maMyWorld — the new channels to come like fashion, sports, video games, emerging artists, etc. and how we use it to drive traffic to the site and sell more products.
• As our new VP of Internet Marketing, Steve Ashley will show you how to use our new maChatterbox social network to prospect, recruit, and sell products. He will use a live example of people who have jumped Pin Levels doing exactly this. He will show you the new features of maChatterbox, the direction it is going, and how it will surpass Facebook and MySpace this year. He will show you what will happen with the room selections and how you will be able to sell products out of the different rooms!
• Steve Ashley will be showing you the other half of the Portal University major. Loren presents the shopping part and Steve will discuss the Portal marketing aspect of it. Just like ma brands on the Portal, SEO directs people looking for what we have straight to the site, and they trickle down to you. Utilizing similar technology, we are now launching a program where you can promote and market your own site! Steve will be teaching programs provided by the company like Google AdWords, but also marketing strategies that you can employ personally to make your own Portal become a magnet to customers.
• Phil Guido will team up with Steve Ashley to teach how to use One-to-One Marketing with your site, how to increase BV on the site, how to increase sales, and how to effectively market your site to multiply the customers and sales. Phil and Sue's Portal did $285,000 in sales last year. Imagine if you did that and duplicated that in your group. The proof is in the pudding!
• Next, Marc Ashley will enthrall you with all the new Portal and Internet improvements, additions, bells and whistles, and accomplishments. We have taken a quantum leap in this area. He will demonstrate the new search engines, the new partnership not only with Google, but with Microsoft, to make it scream. Yes, Microsoft will be there to announce the partnership. We are on the verge of not only having more products than Amazon, but better search capabilities with better recommendations and comparative shopping.
• You will learn about the power of the Digital Powerline and how to benefit from viral marketing to all your customers and prospects. Discover how you can use this revolutionary new tool to dramatically increase recruiting and sales. You will see how the ads link to the Universal Shopping Cart on the Portal to translate into more sales and how much more likely a sale is when someone gets the online version and can click to buy.
• We will unveil the Digital Newsstand where people can get their favorite publications online, and we'll show how it drives traffic to the site and how it is linked to the Portal. Every time someone clicks on an advertisement, it sends them to YOUR Portal to buy that product if you sold the subscription. When someone reads a digital magazine, there is a high probability that they click on ads or content they like and it goes directly to the Portal. It sells the products for you! Learn how it works and how to use it to grow your business.
• Dennis Franks will present a powerful perspective on where Market America is in the evolution of the industry from a historical point of view, along with a reality check on our model, the One-to-One Marketing engine, and why we are about to experience incredible growth for years to come. He will substantiate it with facts, reason and logic. This is a presentation your new people won't want to miss. It was a hit in Taiwan and at the ULT!
• Then, during one of the most popular presentations, we will explain how ma is ahead of the curve with breakthrough, revolutionary new product releases to be unveiled by Marty Weissman and Tanya Smith. Sorry, I wish I could tell you more, but I am prohibited from letting the cat out of the bag. You just have to be there!
• Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Blumenfeld, and our Clinical Faculty for nutraMetrix® is back for our Doctor's Panel segment, to discuss the clinical research, nutraMetrix program, new advances, Gene SNP™, the coming of electronic medical records, and all we are doing to stay at the forefront of science and medicine as we work together to change the face of health care one patient at a time. Learn why nutraMetrix is the fastest growing major in our business and how you can take advantage of it.
• Learn about the merger of the NMTSS, Sales Team, and Training — in addition to how we are taking the ma University to a new level on the road. Meet Dean Dennis Franks and the dean of each university major and their teams. Learn what their plans are for 2009 and how you can use the university recruiting strategy to more than double the size of your business without doing them all yourself. Learn how to use the university strategy to recruit!
• The NMTSS has been totally reorganized and revitalized with a new plan, new regions, new programs and new rules. Kevin Buckman is taking it into the field with his team. He is working directly with Dennis Franks to implement the university major recruiting program in each area. He has regional directors that are the top earners working with him to set up 90-Day Fast Track teams in every region. This will blow your mind. See how you will benefit and how to get on board.
• Kevin Buckman will teach how to use the Preferred Customer incentive and point program to increase sales. He will introduce and launch the apprentice program where Preferred Customers can earn their way into the business.
• Learn about the new streams of revenue from advertising and international Internet sales and the bonus pool that will give you another income stream and even bigger checks. Learn how you and your team will earn money for being online, making the Portal the home page, and getting your customers online. That's right, you will be paid for being online in the binary system. This new program will rock the country.
• And you won't want to miss this — we have a plan that we will hit as a team to start paying customers to shop on your Portal this year. We'll use teamwork to hit the goal together, and then it starts. We are building the bonus pool as we speak — right now. We pay customers ma dollars. Market America dollars are like cash because you can spend them on anything through the Portal — from the Mall Without Walls™ or any of our thousands of Partner Stores. That covers everything and anything someone could want to buy, so essentially they are the same as cash. Imagine the effect of that in today's economy. Imagine what that will do to your sales growth. I am pregnant again with this baby — and it is going to be a beauty! It is important for you to know what needs to be done first for it to begin, so stay tuned. It will happen this year.
• The next frontier for me and the business is creating the ultimate customer experience — the ultimate shopping experience. I will define the plan and the landscape for you. It begins with addictive functionality of the Portal, a product search, recommendations, and comparative shopping. It is so good that you can't live without it. Add in a ma UFO or Customer Manager being a personal shopping guide and you have the most pleasant experience found anywhere on the Internet. It's addictive — like a cell phone becomes a lifeline, a blackberry becomes a crackberry, Google is now a verb that means search and find, and the Internet becomes a way of life. We push through alerts — the best buys, offers and deals to the customer based on what they want or are interested in. No longer do you need to even look, we bring the deals directly to the customers. Combine that with the incentives of being paid to be online and making the ma Portal your home page, and we actually pay customers to shop. Insane! Revolutionary? You are right. Be there to learn about it from me.
• The Motives® renaissance is here. A new, incredible, top-drawer product line with new packaging and a fresh new look. Better colors, better customization, better products for application, nationally renowned makeup artist training, new training program and trainers, a new field training team headed by Laura Laire, a new field leadership team, new hands-on leadership by Loren Ridinger, national branding, advertising, publicity, and promotions. It is fabulous! It is absolutely the best program, system and line out there. It is getting national recognition. Be there for the launch — you have to see it to believe it. We customize a look for a client that they can duplicate.
• Learn all about how we are increasing IBV together, as well as our advertising revenue program, and the bonus pool we are building to pay you with!
• Once again, Elizabeth Weber and her team demonstrate why now is the right time and the right place to make it happen. They will speak passionately on how to build Fast Track teams and maximize results to hit Pin Levels fast.
• As always, we have breakout seminars with the experts addressing areas of specialization that you are interested in.
• I am going to unveil a new program that is as powerful as the NMTSS. Most of you know that the NMTSS is the best system out there — building from event to event is extremely powerful and the training grows your business while providing stability. But we can double the effect by having a systematic curriculum of audio learning and programming.
Let me teach you how I programmed my brain for success and leveraged growth and duplication to create success just like the NMTSS does. Imagine the NMTSS times two in your business. We are including the entire downloadable audio training and motivational program as part of the SubKit so that everyone has it. We are providing a fool-proof method to download and transfer to a CD or iPod. That takes the excuse away for not getting the CDs. We even offer preloaded iPods and chips for Voitel® phones.
I will show you the curriculum, how to get your people to follow it, and how you monitor it. It is as fundamental as attitude and knowledge — the first step of the Basic 5. Let me teach you how to do it and it will change your business forever. I haven't been this excited since I introduced the Basic 5 and the NMTSS. This will make you and your group into hopeless successes. Just let me climb into that pill and you take me. Let me get into your head at World Conference. You will not be the same!
Now, as if that weren't enough, there is more that sets this World Conference apart from all the other national conferences and conventions. I have never seen so much come together at once in the way of technology, systems and new releases. My vision and what I have been preaching is becoming a reality before your eyes. So make sure you are there and your eyes are open, or else you might miss the rest!
• There's a very good chance that the Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, who has often been mentioned as a future presidential or vice presidential candidate, will speak on entrepreneurism as the solution to our economic woes and celebrate Market America's leading role in this movement.
• To celebrate the launch of the maMyWorld music/entertainment Portal and the Market America Latino/Hispanic opportunity, we are close to finalizing a major concert for the night after the general sessions. This would support the charity ALAS for its commitment to saving children in underdeveloped countries through nutrition and building schools — an organization sponsored by major Latino artists. This event would bring legendary 17-time Grammy-winner Alejandro Sanz, the magic voice and hips of Shakira, the Latin rock star Paulina and others to our stage to perform during a promotion for both ALAS and Market America.
Also, we are in final discussions with Jennifer Lopez to appear and perform for ma and her children's hospital foundation. It is all being finalized as we speak. It will be widely covered by the media and it will be over the top, taking things to a new level. In between sessions, during lunch, and at the networking social, we will have emerging artists being debuted on maMyWorld. We hear that Dennis Franks and Second Look will be on stage too!
What can I say — besides the media exposure, traffic to the site, recruiting power and supporting great causes — we are going to have FUN. This will be an incredible time.
• That will lead into a Spanish opportunity presentation on Saturday night with celebrities and national figures there. Everyone should be networking and getting referrals to get Spanish-speaking prospects from the Miami area, especially since it has a huge Latino/Hispanic population.
The bottom line is that I have never been more excited, because it just seems like our time has come — the timing is right and all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together at once to make the dream and vision a living reality for every UFO and customer this year. It will be monumental! It will be historic and you will want to be there with a record number of people for yourself. Once World Conference is over, it's over — you have to play catch-up and then wait for 2009 Convention in August for another opportunity to make a quantum leap. So let's make it happen. I'll see you in sunny Miami February 4-7.
Keep growing!! I believe in you!
JR Ridinger
Friday, January 9, 2009
Message from JR Ridinger CEO of Market America
Well, it is hard to believe, but the holidays have come and gone. It is a brand-new year ahead with brand-new possibilities. 2009 promises to be the year that the Market America vision I have been preaching since the very beginning becomes a reality — to change the way people shop worldwide. That one-to-one engine that powers the business is becoming a reality right before your eyes — just make sure they're open! It will be a year full of breakthroughs, new deliveries and releases, and Market America along with its UFOs will reach remarkable new levels of success.
When I say Happy New Year, I really mean it, because this is going to be a happy and prosperous new year for Market America. While most companies are cutting back, we are expanding. While most companies are firing, we are hiring. While most people are tightening their belt and living in fear, we (ma's global community) are expanding our horizons, prospering, dreaming and growing. While the retail industry is contracting and closing up locations as in-store sales plummet, Internet marketing is growing by leaps and bounds.
How is this possible? Why is Market America a contradiction to what is happening in the economy and the exception to the trend?
First, our prediction of a paradigm shift away from brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping is becoming a reality. Our prediction that One-to-One Marketing and entrepreneurism would be the new wave is proving true right now. The downturn in the economy and the leveraged financial bubbles bursting simply serve as a catalyst to speed it up. The inefficiencies of mass marketing in stores have become more pronounced and apparent than ever before. The inconveniences of shopping in stores are abundant — fighting traffic, waiting in long lines, fuel costs, and not being able to compare products instantly across stores or brands for the best price or best features. This is causing people to move to online shopping at a record rate.
The overhead of retail stores is causing companies to go out of business while we can pass on the savings in our business. Internet shopping eliminates the need for costly inventories spread all over the country and eliminates the exorbitant cost of mass media advertising. Better yet, we are able to match products to people and people to products simply because we care enough to find out exactly what our customers want. And why does Market America do Internet marketing better? Because of YOU — we have people power! People still want to be treated as individuals and have the benefit of a personal shopping guide who takes sincere interest in what they want. We simply offer the best of all worlds.
2009 will be the year that many of the technological benefits and advances that I have been describing in my vision become a reality and are part of everyday life at Market America for both the UFOs and customers! It will become an addictive customer shopping experience… just like a cell phone becoming a life line, a blackberry a "crackberry," Google becomes a verb to find things, and the Internet is now a way of life. Market America will become an addictive shopping service that people can't live without and everyone will have a Market America UFO as a product broker, Customer Manager, and personal online shopper (One-to-One Marketing professional).
The second major factor is that people are shaken and awakened by the economy and the lack of job security. Entrepreneurism is thriving and people need a plan B. People are keenly interested in supplementing and expanding their income because they are concerned about the escalating unemployment rate and they are looking for solutions and alternatives like never before. Make no mistake — everyone needs a plan B. But investing in a large business or starting a company that requires a large investment is not realistic for most people in this economic environment, not to mention financing is harder than ever to find.
We have the solution with the UnFranchise® Business because it does not require a large investment and doesn't involve the risk that traditional models carry. This business requires minimal startup money and can be built to any size through positive cash flow. We are the solution in this economy. As a result, we are growing faster than ever. The proof is in the pudding! October was a record month in sales volume and recruiting. Recruiting was up overall, and both volume and recruiting held steady at the same rate in November again, as other companies slowed down and shrunk. So, it is 2009 and you are in the right place at the right time.
We have always anticipated this happening and to a large extent, we planned on it. It was inevitable in an economy built on overleveraging, ridiculous convoluted valuations, and a bubble of greed resulting from cash-flow models that could not support the inflated values they claimed in the marketplace. The economy was destined to implode. The bubble had to burst — we just didn't anticipate it happening so fast or suddenly!
Market America is not overleveraged and our model is rock solid. We are a real business that has a better method of merchandizing real products that people need and want at competitive prices. Better yet, we provide an opportunity at the grassroots level of this country. It is driven by matching people to what they want at values that are real. People are beating the doors down for our products and then we take it a step further by finding whatever else they want on the Portal. We band together to leverage our collective buying power to provide better products at the best prices and, in so doing, create an ecosystem of entrepreneurs and customers — our own sub-economy providing ongoing incomes to those who make it happen. That is what the UnFranchise and MPCP are all about.
The economy hasn't failed at the bottom. It caved in at the top where the greed and insanity became too heavy. It wasn't from a lack of production or demand for consumer goods and quality products. Commerce will go on and great products at the best prices will thrive. More efficient ways of buying continue to thrive. There is no doubt, you have made the right choice and you are in the right place at the right time. I guess you are just smarter than some of your friends and neighbors who didn't get in. Maybe they will smarten up now and listen. If they don't, oh well — that's their problem.
2009 can be the year to remember — the year you made it to financial independence. It doesn't matter if you have been in for years, or are just starting. It doesn't matter if you are a high Pin Level making lots of ongoing income, someone who made some money and plateaued out, or if you are brand new. This can be the year that you break free if you ride this wave of growth in on the top. The difference between success and failure is so simple! The individual who succeeds simply does what the individual who failed didn't do. So what is it that you need to ride this wave in? What are the things that put you on top? It's 2009 and this is the time to make resolutions and set goals. Resolve that this is the year you make it happen with Market America. See yourself as a Director. What does a Director do, what do they say, and how do they act? Be one all the time. Do the things a Director does and you will be making the ongoing income that goes along with it.
FIRST: This requires setting goals.
Start 2009 out right and get on board with the program. What you set in motion now carries in motion throughout the year and beyond.
Here is what you have to do right now — this week:
1. Decide what you want? How do you want to live? What is your "WHY?" How do you want life to be? How would you live if you could make your custom-made life? List five to 10 material things or regular activities and characteristics of that custom-made life. Arrange them in order of smallest to largest in cost and/or importance. What does each require in income to achieve? That should provide you increments, milestones or a graduated staircase to your dream. What is the total cost of them combined on a monthly basis? What level in the business (Pin Level) provides that income? You need to define it and think it through first.
2. When do you want it? You must set a time or a target date. It doesn't matter so much if you miss it, because you will readjust it with more experience to be more realistic. Shoot for the stars and hit the moon. It can change — but you need a target date. Make it exciting but realistic. Get some help in determining a realistic date based on how much time you will put in and how hard you will work. The date can change or you can change what you do to meet the date. Eventually you will get a realistic date if you measure, monitor, adjust and control. Then when you hit it, you will realize and experience the miracle of creation — because you thought it, focused on it, and believed the goal would become a reality.
3. Determine what you will give in return or are willing to do. Also, what do you have to overcome or change in order to make it happen? List potential landmines, potholes, obstacles, shortcomings or fears we all must over come on such a journey. Everyone has them, but identifying them and setting out to overcome them is half the battle. Best of all, your line of partners will help you! If you can have anything you want in life for the rest of your life — what are you willing to do in return in order to have it? How much time, travel, training and money (in the way of tools) will you contribute? How many meetings will you hold? Will you learn to show The Plan? Will you listen to an audio every day? Will you travel to two national events per year?
4. Determine what you have to accomplish or build in order to achieve the Pin Level that translates into the income you need for your goal. How many centers do you need qualifying and how frequently? How many legs or organizations do you need to build in order to qualify weekly (Professional Coordinator or above)? How many people do you have to sponsor to build those legs to that level? How many meetings or Plans do you need to hold or show to sponsor that many people? How many prospects do you need to call? How much volume can your UnFranchise generate to contribute to this goal? Then divide it by 12 to determine what you must do each month to hit the yearly goal. Divide that by 4 to get the weekly goal. And divide that by 7 to get the daily goal. If you accomplish the daily goals, you automatically achieve the weekly, monthly and annual ones. This may be an over-simplification, but you can get counseling from an experienced leader on exactly how to do it to perfect it. The process of breaking goals into small units of result-producing activities is critical to your success.
5. Write what you have done from 1-4 above into a 50- to 100-word statement and read it twice a day. It is absolutely magical. If you do it for 30 days, it will become a habit and you will be amazed at what you will experience.
The bottom line is that the people who make it do this and those who don't do not make it. The amazing thing is that anyone can do it, and it ultimately becomes your choice.
SECOND: Be at World Conference no matter what.
If you really want to know the shortcut to success, it is getting two to four people there for yourself. It is one month away. It may be hard to find tickets, but where there's a will, there's a way.
Call up your partnership line all the way to an Advisory Council Member to get help, and then call the company at 800-232-8590 for help finding them.
I can tell you without reservation that this World Conference will be historic. Some might ask, "How can that be? They are all one-of-a-kind, life-changing experiences." It's because there has never been so many factors converging at one time in the history of the company. Later his week I will provide a list of all the things we will unveil and all that you will learn and experience at World Conference at American Airlines Arena in Miami. But if you ever wanted to convince someone to do this business — all you have to do is get them there. The rest will be history.
I have never been so excited! Not only will you get the quality of information from the top minds and icons in the business, but so much of what I have envisioned and talked about for years is becoming a reality at this event. Undoubtedly, anyone who goes will pack six months of learning and development into one weekend.
I will be showing you how to use this economy to build, fuel and expand your business. Loren Ridinger and Steve Ashley will be showing you how to experience and create an addictive, fun, money-saving shopping experience on the Portal and all the tricks to the trade, expanding on what she taught at the Upper Level Training where so many people saw the light. Any stable Customer Manager will become 'Go Now.' Get people there and your business will take a quantum leap to new heights because they will leave knowing what to do and committed to doing it with or without you. But that is just the tip of the iceberg this time.
You will see our new technology in action, including our partnership with Google and now Microsoft (yes, Microsoft will be there). But wait, there's more. We are in the process of planning evening concerts to launch maMyWorld, with major artists like Alejandro Sanz, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Paulina, and many emerging artists for the entertainment Portal, including Dennis Franks with his band, Second look, and some other big discoveries and surprises at the networking party. It looks like Governor Charlie Crist will be there to speak on entrepreneurism and free enterprise. Obama couldn't be at this one because of the inauguration but we are talking seriously about 2009 International Convention.
We have a major opportunity meeting for the Hispanic community with national figures and all types of media. Be looking for Latino and Hispanics in the Miami area to invite. There will be so much to teach and show you that missing it would be a huge mistake. The stuff we will unveil, release, show and teach will blow your mind. We have the solution and we are ready to unleash it February 5-7 at World Conference.
The point is that if you want 2009 to be your year and to ride in the tidal wave of growth on top, you have to be there. Period. And if you get a record number of people there for yourself, your business will explode and never be the same. Once again, the difference between success and failure is simply that the person who succeeds does what the person who didn't succeed did not do. You are either there or you are not. You either got people there or you didn't.
You should know the best investment you can make in this economy is in tickets to this event, as it will result in ongoing income. It sure beats securities (stock), investments or money in banks. Invest in yourself or someone in the UnFranchise System — that is where the return is! Put what money, time and desire you have to work for yourself into a business that really works and is booming in a stressed economy. People really need to hear this message and they need to see the light. Besides, you cannot lead where you will not go and you cannot teach what you do not know.
Let's make it happen in 2009, together. Make it a happy and prosperous New Year by being there. Start 2009 right.
With gas prices down, travel has become affordable again. I'll see you in warm, sunny Miami at World Conference. We are going to have so much fun — plus you are going to learn and see how to make money with this economy because we have the solution. Stay tuned for my list of reasons why people need to be there and what to expect at World Conference!
Keep growing. Happy New Year!
We believe in you,JR & Loren Ridinger
When I say Happy New Year, I really mean it, because this is going to be a happy and prosperous new year for Market America. While most companies are cutting back, we are expanding. While most companies are firing, we are hiring. While most people are tightening their belt and living in fear, we (ma's global community) are expanding our horizons, prospering, dreaming and growing. While the retail industry is contracting and closing up locations as in-store sales plummet, Internet marketing is growing by leaps and bounds.
How is this possible? Why is Market America a contradiction to what is happening in the economy and the exception to the trend?
First, our prediction of a paradigm shift away from brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping is becoming a reality. Our prediction that One-to-One Marketing and entrepreneurism would be the new wave is proving true right now. The downturn in the economy and the leveraged financial bubbles bursting simply serve as a catalyst to speed it up. The inefficiencies of mass marketing in stores have become more pronounced and apparent than ever before. The inconveniences of shopping in stores are abundant — fighting traffic, waiting in long lines, fuel costs, and not being able to compare products instantly across stores or brands for the best price or best features. This is causing people to move to online shopping at a record rate.
The overhead of retail stores is causing companies to go out of business while we can pass on the savings in our business. Internet shopping eliminates the need for costly inventories spread all over the country and eliminates the exorbitant cost of mass media advertising. Better yet, we are able to match products to people and people to products simply because we care enough to find out exactly what our customers want. And why does Market America do Internet marketing better? Because of YOU — we have people power! People still want to be treated as individuals and have the benefit of a personal shopping guide who takes sincere interest in what they want. We simply offer the best of all worlds.
2009 will be the year that many of the technological benefits and advances that I have been describing in my vision become a reality and are part of everyday life at Market America for both the UFOs and customers! It will become an addictive customer shopping experience… just like a cell phone becoming a life line, a blackberry a "crackberry," Google becomes a verb to find things, and the Internet is now a way of life. Market America will become an addictive shopping service that people can't live without and everyone will have a Market America UFO as a product broker, Customer Manager, and personal online shopper (One-to-One Marketing professional).
The second major factor is that people are shaken and awakened by the economy and the lack of job security. Entrepreneurism is thriving and people need a plan B. People are keenly interested in supplementing and expanding their income because they are concerned about the escalating unemployment rate and they are looking for solutions and alternatives like never before. Make no mistake — everyone needs a plan B. But investing in a large business or starting a company that requires a large investment is not realistic for most people in this economic environment, not to mention financing is harder than ever to find.
We have the solution with the UnFranchise® Business because it does not require a large investment and doesn't involve the risk that traditional models carry. This business requires minimal startup money and can be built to any size through positive cash flow. We are the solution in this economy. As a result, we are growing faster than ever. The proof is in the pudding! October was a record month in sales volume and recruiting. Recruiting was up overall, and both volume and recruiting held steady at the same rate in November again, as other companies slowed down and shrunk. So, it is 2009 and you are in the right place at the right time.
We have always anticipated this happening and to a large extent, we planned on it. It was inevitable in an economy built on overleveraging, ridiculous convoluted valuations, and a bubble of greed resulting from cash-flow models that could not support the inflated values they claimed in the marketplace. The economy was destined to implode. The bubble had to burst — we just didn't anticipate it happening so fast or suddenly!
Market America is not overleveraged and our model is rock solid. We are a real business that has a better method of merchandizing real products that people need and want at competitive prices. Better yet, we provide an opportunity at the grassroots level of this country. It is driven by matching people to what they want at values that are real. People are beating the doors down for our products and then we take it a step further by finding whatever else they want on the Portal. We band together to leverage our collective buying power to provide better products at the best prices and, in so doing, create an ecosystem of entrepreneurs and customers — our own sub-economy providing ongoing incomes to those who make it happen. That is what the UnFranchise and MPCP are all about.
The economy hasn't failed at the bottom. It caved in at the top where the greed and insanity became too heavy. It wasn't from a lack of production or demand for consumer goods and quality products. Commerce will go on and great products at the best prices will thrive. More efficient ways of buying continue to thrive. There is no doubt, you have made the right choice and you are in the right place at the right time. I guess you are just smarter than some of your friends and neighbors who didn't get in. Maybe they will smarten up now and listen. If they don't, oh well — that's their problem.
2009 can be the year to remember — the year you made it to financial independence. It doesn't matter if you have been in for years, or are just starting. It doesn't matter if you are a high Pin Level making lots of ongoing income, someone who made some money and plateaued out, or if you are brand new. This can be the year that you break free if you ride this wave of growth in on the top. The difference between success and failure is so simple! The individual who succeeds simply does what the individual who failed didn't do. So what is it that you need to ride this wave in? What are the things that put you on top? It's 2009 and this is the time to make resolutions and set goals. Resolve that this is the year you make it happen with Market America. See yourself as a Director. What does a Director do, what do they say, and how do they act? Be one all the time. Do the things a Director does and you will be making the ongoing income that goes along with it.
FIRST: This requires setting goals.
Start 2009 out right and get on board with the program. What you set in motion now carries in motion throughout the year and beyond.
Here is what you have to do right now — this week:
1. Decide what you want? How do you want to live? What is your "WHY?" How do you want life to be? How would you live if you could make your custom-made life? List five to 10 material things or regular activities and characteristics of that custom-made life. Arrange them in order of smallest to largest in cost and/or importance. What does each require in income to achieve? That should provide you increments, milestones or a graduated staircase to your dream. What is the total cost of them combined on a monthly basis? What level in the business (Pin Level) provides that income? You need to define it and think it through first.
2. When do you want it? You must set a time or a target date. It doesn't matter so much if you miss it, because you will readjust it with more experience to be more realistic. Shoot for the stars and hit the moon. It can change — but you need a target date. Make it exciting but realistic. Get some help in determining a realistic date based on how much time you will put in and how hard you will work. The date can change or you can change what you do to meet the date. Eventually you will get a realistic date if you measure, monitor, adjust and control. Then when you hit it, you will realize and experience the miracle of creation — because you thought it, focused on it, and believed the goal would become a reality.
3. Determine what you will give in return or are willing to do. Also, what do you have to overcome or change in order to make it happen? List potential landmines, potholes, obstacles, shortcomings or fears we all must over come on such a journey. Everyone has them, but identifying them and setting out to overcome them is half the battle. Best of all, your line of partners will help you! If you can have anything you want in life for the rest of your life — what are you willing to do in return in order to have it? How much time, travel, training and money (in the way of tools) will you contribute? How many meetings will you hold? Will you learn to show The Plan? Will you listen to an audio every day? Will you travel to two national events per year?
4. Determine what you have to accomplish or build in order to achieve the Pin Level that translates into the income you need for your goal. How many centers do you need qualifying and how frequently? How many legs or organizations do you need to build in order to qualify weekly (Professional Coordinator or above)? How many people do you have to sponsor to build those legs to that level? How many meetings or Plans do you need to hold or show to sponsor that many people? How many prospects do you need to call? How much volume can your UnFranchise generate to contribute to this goal? Then divide it by 12 to determine what you must do each month to hit the yearly goal. Divide that by 4 to get the weekly goal. And divide that by 7 to get the daily goal. If you accomplish the daily goals, you automatically achieve the weekly, monthly and annual ones. This may be an over-simplification, but you can get counseling from an experienced leader on exactly how to do it to perfect it. The process of breaking goals into small units of result-producing activities is critical to your success.
5. Write what you have done from 1-4 above into a 50- to 100-word statement and read it twice a day. It is absolutely magical. If you do it for 30 days, it will become a habit and you will be amazed at what you will experience.
The bottom line is that the people who make it do this and those who don't do not make it. The amazing thing is that anyone can do it, and it ultimately becomes your choice.
SECOND: Be at World Conference no matter what.
If you really want to know the shortcut to success, it is getting two to four people there for yourself. It is one month away. It may be hard to find tickets, but where there's a will, there's a way.
Call up your partnership line all the way to an Advisory Council Member to get help, and then call the company at 800-232-8590 for help finding them.
I can tell you without reservation that this World Conference will be historic. Some might ask, "How can that be? They are all one-of-a-kind, life-changing experiences." It's because there has never been so many factors converging at one time in the history of the company. Later his week I will provide a list of all the things we will unveil and all that you will learn and experience at World Conference at American Airlines Arena in Miami. But if you ever wanted to convince someone to do this business — all you have to do is get them there. The rest will be history.
I have never been so excited! Not only will you get the quality of information from the top minds and icons in the business, but so much of what I have envisioned and talked about for years is becoming a reality at this event. Undoubtedly, anyone who goes will pack six months of learning and development into one weekend.
I will be showing you how to use this economy to build, fuel and expand your business. Loren Ridinger and Steve Ashley will be showing you how to experience and create an addictive, fun, money-saving shopping experience on the Portal and all the tricks to the trade, expanding on what she taught at the Upper Level Training where so many people saw the light. Any stable Customer Manager will become 'Go Now.' Get people there and your business will take a quantum leap to new heights because they will leave knowing what to do and committed to doing it with or without you. But that is just the tip of the iceberg this time.
You will see our new technology in action, including our partnership with Google and now Microsoft (yes, Microsoft will be there). But wait, there's more. We are in the process of planning evening concerts to launch maMyWorld, with major artists like Alejandro Sanz, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Paulina, and many emerging artists for the entertainment Portal, including Dennis Franks with his band, Second look, and some other big discoveries and surprises at the networking party. It looks like Governor Charlie Crist will be there to speak on entrepreneurism and free enterprise. Obama couldn't be at this one because of the inauguration but we are talking seriously about 2009 International Convention.
We have a major opportunity meeting for the Hispanic community with national figures and all types of media. Be looking for Latino and Hispanics in the Miami area to invite. There will be so much to teach and show you that missing it would be a huge mistake. The stuff we will unveil, release, show and teach will blow your mind. We have the solution and we are ready to unleash it February 5-7 at World Conference.
The point is that if you want 2009 to be your year and to ride in the tidal wave of growth on top, you have to be there. Period. And if you get a record number of people there for yourself, your business will explode and never be the same. Once again, the difference between success and failure is simply that the person who succeeds does what the person who didn't succeed did not do. You are either there or you are not. You either got people there or you didn't.
You should know the best investment you can make in this economy is in tickets to this event, as it will result in ongoing income. It sure beats securities (stock), investments or money in banks. Invest in yourself or someone in the UnFranchise System — that is where the return is! Put what money, time and desire you have to work for yourself into a business that really works and is booming in a stressed economy. People really need to hear this message and they need to see the light. Besides, you cannot lead where you will not go and you cannot teach what you do not know.
Let's make it happen in 2009, together. Make it a happy and prosperous New Year by being there. Start 2009 right.
With gas prices down, travel has become affordable again. I'll see you in warm, sunny Miami at World Conference. We are going to have so much fun — plus you are going to learn and see how to make money with this economy because we have the solution. Stay tuned for my list of reasons why people need to be there and what to expect at World Conference!
Keep growing. Happy New Year!
We believe in you,JR & Loren Ridinger
MA Result Producing Activities
Hello MA friends and family. I'm sending out my best of wishes to you are your family in 2009. As we have heard and read from JR, 2009 is already proving to be a magical year for MA and everyone who is actively pursueing the 2-3 yr plan.
I would like to share some of my recent experiences and plant a seed for more to come in 2009. We all know the economy is in the deepest rut since World War 2. The unemployment in Nov was over 490,000 and Dec 600,000 expected to reach 9.2% rate by 2010. Today I decided to visit businesses in Erie since we had over 11 inches of snow. I visited over 25 businesses from successful Gold market to Chiropractors and Dodge Auto Dealerships. I walked in with the idea of starting the relationship. Didn't take any info with me like most door knockers. I had a great time and enjoyed getting to know businesses in the community. I generated 6 solid leads who want more info and 2 agreed to have coffee. Most told me to come back during tax season when they had cash flow. Some of the questions and dialogue went like this.
HELLO HOW ARE YOU? HOWS BUSINESS ON THIS SNOWY DAY? YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M OUT TALKING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS TODAY. AND YOUR NAME IS? AND YOU OWN THIS STORE? MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I AM A BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL. I OWN A ONLINE FRANCHISE STORE WITH MARKET AMERICA. FROM TALKING TO OTHER BIZ OWNERS TODAY, THE ECONOMY IN ERIE IS EFFECTING CUSTOMER RETENTION AND PROFITS ARE ON THE DOWNSIDE. ARE YOU SEEING THIS TREND HERE IN YOUR BUSINESS? THEN GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF WHY THAT'S HAPPENING. WHY SALES ARE UP OR DOWN. most of the conversations lasted 10-20 min and we were not interrupted by any customers. the one business that was expanding was the Gold buy/trad biz. but his biggest complaint was working 10hr days mon - sat and not having a personal life. HE wanted more info soon. Most of the business owners were not busy and would have carried the conversation for half hour. I highly encourage this result producing activity, you will get more practice explaining what you do, why you do it, and how you can help. Just have posture, speak slowly and have fun sharing until you hit the hot button.
On Jan 6th I visited 20 Doctors offices and dropped off Nutrametrix overview, 2 ten minute conversations with chiropractors, and had an appt with a MedSpa. This appt was from cold call, actually talked to Dr when I set the appt and we exchanged questions over the phone prior to appt. So I had some research accomplished on their website prior to appt.
I walked into the spa 10 min early and developed relationship with clerk who was actually an estetician (spelling) . After 10 min conversation about the spa I confirmed her wellness experience with supplements, I offered a Isotonic cocktail (OPC-3, Reservatrol, Multi) and the Dr stepped into office while I was mixing solution. She wanted one and then a 93 yr old patient walked in and wanted to try it as well. All three felt a health buzz within 10 minutes, I overheard the Dr talking to partner and patient about how the product tastes so good and so forth. That set up successful appt. Then met with Dr. and presented the 7 reasons. She understood and wanted more info which will be presented along with financial plan in one week.
She also has a 92 yr old customer already who purchased all three products from her, gave her retail profit.
Professional Selling Steps: 1. Smile and greet with posture. 2. Explain why you are in store, check for time acceptance. 3. Ask open ended questions. 4. Find the need behind need. 5 Confirm the need with closed ended question.
6. Offer support with benefits. 7. Check for acceptance 8. Ask another open ended question. 9. (close and set next step once benefits supporting need is accepted) Any reason why you wouldn't want any more info on how 10. get business card 11. set appt or just confirm the next step.
I'm sure everyone is taking advantage of the unlimited audios. This is a huge deal, having over 50 labeled cd's on hand is a prospecting goldmine.
I also recently discovered this resourceful site http://malegacybuilders.com/index.html
I hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year. See you in Miami
I would like to share some of my recent experiences and plant a seed for more to come in 2009. We all know the economy is in the deepest rut since World War 2. The unemployment in Nov was over 490,000 and Dec 600,000 expected to reach 9.2% rate by 2010. Today I decided to visit businesses in Erie since we had over 11 inches of snow. I visited over 25 businesses from successful Gold market to Chiropractors and Dodge Auto Dealerships. I walked in with the idea of starting the relationship. Didn't take any info with me like most door knockers. I had a great time and enjoyed getting to know businesses in the community. I generated 6 solid leads who want more info and 2 agreed to have coffee. Most told me to come back during tax season when they had cash flow. Some of the questions and dialogue went like this.
HELLO HOW ARE YOU? HOWS BUSINESS ON THIS SNOWY DAY? YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M OUT TALKING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS TODAY. AND YOUR NAME IS? AND YOU OWN THIS STORE? MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I AM A BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL. I OWN A ONLINE FRANCHISE STORE WITH MARKET AMERICA. FROM TALKING TO OTHER BIZ OWNERS TODAY, THE ECONOMY IN ERIE IS EFFECTING CUSTOMER RETENTION AND PROFITS ARE ON THE DOWNSIDE. ARE YOU SEEING THIS TREND HERE IN YOUR BUSINESS? THEN GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF WHY THAT'S HAPPENING. WHY SALES ARE UP OR DOWN. most of the conversations lasted 10-20 min and we were not interrupted by any customers. the one business that was expanding was the Gold buy/trad biz. but his biggest complaint was working 10hr days mon - sat and not having a personal life. HE wanted more info soon. Most of the business owners were not busy and would have carried the conversation for half hour. I highly encourage this result producing activity, you will get more practice explaining what you do, why you do it, and how you can help. Just have posture, speak slowly and have fun sharing until you hit the hot button.
On Jan 6th I visited 20 Doctors offices and dropped off Nutrametrix overview, 2 ten minute conversations with chiropractors, and had an appt with a MedSpa. This appt was from cold call, actually talked to Dr when I set the appt and we exchanged questions over the phone prior to appt. So I had some research accomplished on their website prior to appt.
I walked into the spa 10 min early and developed relationship with clerk who was actually an estetician (spelling) . After 10 min conversation about the spa I confirmed her wellness experience with supplements, I offered a Isotonic cocktail (OPC-3, Reservatrol, Multi) and the Dr stepped into office while I was mixing solution. She wanted one and then a 93 yr old patient walked in and wanted to try it as well. All three felt a health buzz within 10 minutes, I overheard the Dr talking to partner and patient about how the product tastes so good and so forth. That set up successful appt. Then met with Dr. and presented the 7 reasons. She understood and wanted more info which will be presented along with financial plan in one week.
She also has a 92 yr old customer already who purchased all three products from her, gave her retail profit.
Professional Selling Steps: 1. Smile and greet with posture. 2. Explain why you are in store, check for time acceptance. 3. Ask open ended questions. 4. Find the need behind need. 5 Confirm the need with closed ended question.
6. Offer support with benefits. 7. Check for acceptance 8. Ask another open ended question. 9. (close and set next step once benefits supporting need is accepted) Any reason why you wouldn't want any more info on how 10. get business card 11. set appt or just confirm the next step.
I'm sure everyone is taking advantage of the unlimited audios. This is a huge deal, having over 50 labeled cd's on hand is a prospecting goldmine.
I also recently discovered this resourceful site http://malegacybuilders.com/index.html
I hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year. See you in Miami
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Life's short, Live well
I know it's a cliché, and a rather sad one, but every year seems to pass more quickly and the only good thing I can say is that it makes the motivation to "do it now!" even stronger. Hopefully as I get older I'm also getting smarter, more efficient and more selective about where I put my time and energy.When I think back, I see many projects and commitments that I would never invest in today. I done some pretty dumb things.Many think they will live forever and that time is their friend. Money is spent, and risk is rarely considered. Accidents and injury only happened to other people, and everyone takes some foolish chances. If you're like me you probably thought that you could even afford to waste time. (Silly us!)I think I've gained a bit of perspective, but in some ways I still "play." Even this past year I've foolishly wasted so much time, money and energy on things that seemed like "fun" or were "impressive" or "daring" but which gained me very little. I hate to think I still act like a teenager trying to impress my friends, but I know that some of that was involved.Today, 27 years old, I have some regrets, but I'm amazed at some of the things that seemed so important at the time. With the economy tight, we have opportunities to use our time and energy better than before. We have the chance to review our goals, our priorities and our choices, and make adjustments if necessary.My sense is that we can only focus on a very small number of things at a time. Yes, we've all learned to "multi-task" and be "busy about many things" but I suspect that at the end of the day, we can only really focus on a very few things. And here's the terrible thing--that short list represents the heart and soul of our lives.While it's nice and fun and exciting to be to be busy and impress our friends, my fear is that "our hearts aren't in it." Our hearts want focus, fulfillment and joy. I think that comes from choosing well and committing to the few things that are truly important to us.In 2009, live better than before. Choose your focus and be clear about your priorities. For most people, these might include spirituality or personal growth, time with loved ones, health, and perhaps business or career. If you have other choices, that's fine, but clarity is key. You really can't do it all, and I'm sorry to say, you really won't live forever. So use this new year wisely. Choose well and make it a good one.Life's short. Live well.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
New Years Resolution
Year 2009 is already proving itself to be a very magical time for my family. God continues to bless us and I am extremely grateful to have such a beautiful, healthy family. I think that's Enough Reason Why to follow through the following resolution.
My New Years Resolution is to practice being more organized. Allow me to break this down into more specifice measurable goals. The most important area is time management. I have alot on my plate for 2009 and if am successful in managing my time wisely then the rest of my goals will follow in suite. I will start obeying my alarm clark at 0545. This will give me time to study the bible, study for promotion(TSGT), spend some time with Emily, complete daily business admin, workout, and be at work by 0930. So I won't hit the snooze button more than once.
The next important part of organizing my life is documenting my records(planner, taxes) journaling/blogging. I always procrastinate recording my tax documentation until the end of the month and by then I've forgotten a few things and even misplaced some receipts. This is very important and I will start a daily accounting record along with journaling my activities and what I have learned throughout the day. This shouldn't take more than 20 minutes at the end of the day. This blog is apart of my resolution. I have been procrastinating this for awhile.
So I think these are pretty solid impovements to help me organize my life and schedule.
My New Years Resolution is to practice being more organized. Allow me to break this down into more specifice measurable goals. The most important area is time management. I have alot on my plate for 2009 and if am successful in managing my time wisely then the rest of my goals will follow in suite. I will start obeying my alarm clark at 0545. This will give me time to study the bible, study for promotion(TSGT), spend some time with Emily, complete daily business admin, workout, and be at work by 0930. So I won't hit the snooze button more than once.
The next important part of organizing my life is documenting my records(planner, taxes) journaling/blogging. I always procrastinate recording my tax documentation until the end of the month and by then I've forgotten a few things and even misplaced some receipts. This is very important and I will start a daily accounting record along with journaling my activities and what I have learned throughout the day. This shouldn't take more than 20 minutes at the end of the day. This blog is apart of my resolution. I have been procrastinating this for awhile.
So I think these are pretty solid impovements to help me organize my life and schedule.
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