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Club newsletters and updates vary from month to month and issue to issue. Recent mailings have included Club Classifieds and an interview with Brad Weinman. This month's issue is a mixture of articles, "Program Picks" by Club members and an especially large selection of freebies. Unless otherwise indicated, all text is written by Cynthia Lee, the Club's administrator.
Please note: what may appear to be underlined words are actually "hot links" that you can and should click on. When you click on them, you will be taken to a website.
Table of Contents
-- Article: "Faith Focused Entrepreneurs?"
-- FREE To Join Money Making Programs
-- Article: "Herds and Cash Cows"
- Club Members' Program Picks
-- Article: "Business Plan? What Business Plan?"
-- Marketing FREEBIES
-- Other Marketing Resources
-- More FREEBIES
- Personal Development, Humor & Inspiration
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Faith-Focused Entrepreneurs?
by Cynthia K. Lee - Copyright 2007 - All Rights Reserved
The Life More Abundant Club's administrators' and members' focus on faith-based beliefs, values, lifestyles and activities sets it apart from mainstream Internet home business programs and groups.
Many of the Club's members as well as its administrators are still very much part of the exciting and volatile world of mainstream online "income opportunities" however. This means they are exposed to the same influences and enticements as thousands of other investors and marketers who are not faith-focused and whose priorities are material rather than spiritual
Being "in the world" but not "of the world" is an ongoing challenge for faith-focused people everywhere. We really do have the ability--and perhaps a responsibility-- to uplift the world rather than allowing ourselves to be swallowed up and brought down by it. A commitment to prayer or meditation, to following spiritual guidance and to asking for spiritual protection are all powerful ways to maintain a faith-focus and balance.
The Club is a humble, hype-free program designed to assist the 95% of people who don't have the skills, funds or inner or outer resources to become wealthy Internet marketers or millionaires.
It deliberately positions itself as a "low end" program that specializes in low cost and no-cost home income programs that are more likely to produce profits in hundreds of dollars (at least initially) rather than thousands of dollars. It also emphasizes opportunities that require no recruiting to generate profits or very low levels of recruiting and low levels of recruiting pressures because recruiting is the most difficult and stressful aspect of many home income programs.
Given this position and perspective, the Club naturally discourages "get rich quick" thinking and actions based on that kind of thinking because, quite simply, most people will not get rich quick, no matter what guru they follow, what software they buy, what gimmicks they try or what program they join.
The underlying financial and business philosophy and strategy of the Life More Abundant Club is more along the lines of "get rich slowly," and build a stable, strong and growing home business that derives its profits from multiple streams of income; streams that start out small and grow larger and larger over time.
The Club also stresses the importance of members seeking and building positive, respectful relationships with like-minded friends and associates, thereby creating a circle of influence and personal network that will increase their quality of life in many ways, including support and assistance in home income programs and activities.
"Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand." - Emily Kimbrough
Cynthia Lee is the founder and administrator of the Life More Abundant Club (http://www.lifemoreabundantclub.com), a group of faith-focused friends in business together. Her email is: abundantlife@cox.net .
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No Cost, Free To Join Money Making Programs
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Extra Money Network - This is a forum and resource center for free-to-join money-making opportunities. It is hosted by the International Offers program (profiled below). It is a good place to learn about a variety of opportunities, and a good place to get the word out about the Life More Abundant Cub.
Slash My Search - Earn money doing what you do anyway and without any referrals. An innovative and easy to implement program. http://www.slashmysearch.com/earn/?req=newaccount&pid=1
MyLot Lets You Make A Lot This is a free program that lets you make money by creating and responding to forum "threads" on a wide range of topics. You get to pick the topic! Naturally, personal referrals will increase your earnings as well.
International Offers -- A free to join pay per task program with low, daily payout of just 10 cents. If you want to earn easy money every day by visiting webpages or by signing up at websites and referring others,register as a member and you will be immediately on your way. 3 referral levels - earn a commission from the earnings of members you refer: level 1: 15%; level 2: 3%; level 3: 2%/ Many potential earnings: lots of exclusive paid to signups and clicks! Upgrade to premium membership and get free administatively assigned referrals to earn even more! 10% discount off all advertising with premium membership.
4Newbies Forum - Another new forum with one dollar payout. The link is http://www.4newbiesforum.com/index.php?referrerid=1035
Marketing Pond - An excellent resource for learning about the most legitimate, high performance get-paid-to programs around as well as scam sites to avoid like the plague.
http://www.marketingpond.com/p.cgi/9007/
Webmasters Can Make Money With This Free Program: http://www.thenewsroom.com/landing/intro-getpaid01/?c_id=mb=ppp
Blogsire - Learn how to blog your way to extra money. http://www.blogsire.com/blogs.html
Project Payday is a program that has discovered and is sharing a very specialized type of "make money by completing tasks" opportunity. The profit potential in this particular arena is $200-$5,000 per month. You can join it for free by completing a requested task, or you can pay a one-time fee of $35. I chose to complete the task. This is not an affiliate program, where your profits are partially or wholly dependent upon getting recruits under you in the program. You can share the link (www.projectpayday.com ) freely, precisely because it is not an affiliate program. Those who join can also, as a bonus, become members of the popular Survey Scout program (featured on our Club's list), which normally costs $34.95 to join, and the PaidGamePlayer program, also a $34.95 program. I would like for a Life More Abundant Club member to work with this progam and let me know how they do with it Please contact Cynthia at: abundantlife@cox.net if you would be willing to put this free to join program through its paces.
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A life of gratitude accepts the bad with the good. Genuine gratitude is not a zero sum game in which thankfulness increases hte more fortunated you are and decreases the more adversity you experience. -- Dan Clendenin
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Herds and Cash Cows
by Cynthia K. Lee - Copyright 2007 - All Rights Reserved
It happens to us all. The temptation to sign up for a hot, new program that promises to make us big bucks easily and quickly is hard to resist. This is especially true if a program comes highly recommended by trusted friends, associates or leaders, or well known and well respected Internet marketers.
Naturally, it will seem even more exciting and irresistable if a lot of people pile onto the program soon after it launches and there's a loud "buzz" about the program going around on Internet forums and safelists and personal and promotional emails. I am particularly attracted to programs that are designed in creative, innovative ways and have minimal recruiting requirements or no recruiting requirements.
The Internet is prone to these kinds of big group movements, where large "herds" of entrepreneurs join "cash cow" programs by the hundreds and thousands. This has worked out very well for me with some programs but only a small percentage of them.
If you do get into one of these cash cow programs early enough, or sign up under a heavy hitter sponsor who gives you spillover signups, or sign up a heavy hitter recruiter under you, or bring in a goodly number of your own personal referrals--or some combination of the above--you really can make some big bucks quickly and easily.
But (you knew there was a "but" coming didn't you?) what if you're not one of the first 100 people to join and start making money hand over fist? What if the program is so popular that thousands of people quickly join it and strain its technical resources to the breaking point? What if the program does not or cannot deliver on its enticing promises and starts to frantically create Plan B and Plan C to try to compensate for this problem?
Yes, timing can make a critical difference in your level of profits and success with a program and "first movers advantage" is a very real phenomenon. I am not trying to discourage anyone from experiencing the very real financial as well as psychological thrills and rewards that can and do happen in connection with these hot, new cash cow programs.
It really is possible to make hundreds or thousands of dollars quickly with hot new programs, especially if you can recruit several personal signups. Given the high risk nature of any new program, however, it is easy to lose lots of dollars quickly as well. Statistically, only a small percentage of these programs will endure and perform well for more than a small fraction of members
My recommendation is that you think about what is involved and what you are doing and ask yourself a few questions.
Has joining a herd that eagerly gallops into hot new cash cow programs become a way of life for you when it comes to making money on the Internet? If so, has it been a successful strategy for you? Do you have a business plan or strategy? Or are you adrift on the churning seas of cyberspace commerce, hoping that if you're in the right place at the right time and sign up under the right person that your sails will fill and you will finally be carried to a highly desirable financial destination?
Have your cash cow earnings been a flash in the pan or produced enough of a profit for you to build stable, enduring streams of income in other, less volatile types of programs or investment opportunities? Do you deliberately diversify the types of programs you join and the types of income you generate? What types of programs have been most profitable for you and least profitable for you? What strategies have worked best for you?
I have no answers; just questions that only you can answer. My questions are intended to encourage you are to be both pro-active and reflective in the choices you make about your home business activities, especially your decisions about those hot new programs that lead so many of us to act like, well, livestock.
"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cynthia Lee is the founder and administrator of the Life More Abundant Club (http://www.lifemoreabundantclub.com), a group of faith-focused friends in business together. Her email is: abundantlife@cox.net .
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Club Members' Program Picks
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DISCLAIMER: Most of the programs, products and services listed below have been recommended by Club members and have not been researched by and are NOT endorsed by the Life More Abundant Club administration, which also offers no assurance of performance or profits in connection with them. Do your own due diligence and proceed with caution and common sense.
ITV Buddy.com - View Thousands of Television Channels On Your PC! http://itvbuddy.com Turn your PC into a TV that, for a reasonable one-time payment, legally lets you tune into thousands of television channels around the world. You can get a free download of this spyware/adware-free software and spend the nex ttwo weeks having free access to the biggest selection of television programming you've ever known! Contact Sam Blankenship at ahomebized@aol.com for additional details.
SFI - A long-time home business leader established in 1998, SFI gains over 8,000 new members every week. Members come from more than 200 countries. https://www.moreinfo247.com/9643470/free You can join the program for free and get some helpful information resources, but you won't make any money yourself unless you commit to a monthly auto-ship of a product that costs $29 or more. There are many quality products to pick from. Contact Corky Dow at dowfs@sbcglobal.net for more information. He has been thrilled with this program and has several thousand members in his downline.
"The Godly Gazette - Giving You the Good News" http://hotshorturl.com/is87 One of only three "active" (i.e., recruiting required to get into profit) programs that Life More Abundant Club administrator Cynthia Lee is a member of, The Godly Gazette is actually a free to join program that sends its gazette to members free of charge. It does have an affiliate program, however, and this is where the recruiting--and profits--come into the picture. If you upgrade to a paying member by setting up a monthly subscription payment of $10, you are eligible to receive 50% commissions on every person who signs up under you and also upgrades. You will receive $5 a month for every member that you sign up under you who upgrades and maintains their monthly subscription. With just two personal referrals (sign-ups), your monthly subscription costs are covered. With just three, you are in profit by $5. The low cost and low recruiting requirements for achieving profit in this program make it ideal for newbies or other marketers who have simply never experienced getting into profit. This program will also tend to both attract and be appreciated by faith-focused Christians.
Still Haven't Had a Chance to Take Your Vacation? Use Corky's travel agency. It offers the same (as in identical) great deals as its mothership site Travelocity, but it is an affiliate program where private citizen "agents" and entrepreneurs get a commission http://www.ytbtravel.com/corkyd
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Business Plan? What Business Plan?
by Cynthia K. Lee - Copyright 2007 - All Rights Reserved
I have been reading a book called "High Trust Selling" by Todd Duncan that spells out the differences between average or mediocre sales-people and those who are, or who become, very high achievers. Most of the sales-people the book discusses are involved in high-tech offline sales and they make millions of dollars a year--even the relatively average sales-people. You can read a free overview of the book here: http://www.bizsum.com/2page/b_HighTrustSelling.php
There are traits and habits that are common to high achievers in many types of businesses, however, not just high-tech, high-dollar offline sales. One of these habits is creating a business plan, putting it in writing and following it. Having a vision and mission statement are also important elements of the success equation.
Is this like writing down goals? Yes and no. Goals should definitely be included in your business plan, which will ideally include a 1-year plan and 5-year plan. along with detailed strategies for achieving your goals.. It takes a lot of reflection and soul searching to really pull together and then put on paper and follow a plan that expresses your deepest dreams and builds on your uniqe talents and resources.
While many if not most home business entrepreneurs are involved in sales because of their efforts to promote and market their program(s) and sign up recruits for them, we usually don't think of ourselves as "being in sales," and yet that is often a key aspect of what we are doing.
Duncan stresses the importance of the invisible foundation, the "stuff on the inside--who you are and who you want to become, why you sell and what legacy you intend to leave." He points out that most people easily perceive the difference between someone who is just out to make money and someone who is out to make a difference and add value to their lives. Which kind of person would you trust and want to do business with?
In over 20 years of interviewing, training and coaching sales professionals, Duncan has found that the single biggest block to sales success is a sales-person's lack of purpose. He says most people in sales don't delve below the surface and are focused solely on the outward, material manifestations or symbols of success, such as big bank accounts, a high volume of sales and a luxury home and car. Duncan claims that this all too common approach really limits how high sales professionals can fly, both in terms of their earnings and achievements and their fulfillment and happiness with their work.
Although it may take a significant investment of your time and effort to focus on and delve into all that "inside stuff," and then articulate it in the form of a written life purpose and long-term and short-term business plan, I encourage you to make that effort .
Duncan insists that people who seek to work smart and achieve success and fulfillment in sales do so "from the inside out" rather than (or as well as) from the "outside in."
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"The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination."
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- John Schaar
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Cynthia Lee is the founder and administrator of the Life More Abundant Club (http://www.lifemoreabundantclub.com), a group of faith-focused friends in business together. Her email is: abundantlife@cox.net .
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Marketing Freebies
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There are so many marketing freebies this month that I created a separate page to list them--all 20 of them. Enjoy!
http://www.lifemoreabundantclub.com/freemarketingresources.html
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Other Marketing Resources
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Interested Prospects Seeking You Out -- This unique service brings pre-screened, surveyed and interested prospects to you! You will have people who want more info about your opportunity emailing you with requests for more information. It costs $25 a month. Visit this link for details about this service: http://www.webringprospect2u.com/ Be prepared to phone as well as email these prospects to share details of your opportunity. It is not unusual to receive several requests daily and these prospects can be added to your contact list, even if they choose not to join your program immediately.
Another Lead Capture System that Pulls Like Crazy!
http://www.iPodiums.com/prosperityclub/newmember.html
Word Press Blog Installation Service - All the bells and whistles put in place by a techno-wizard for you for only $24 one-time. If you have stumbled around with free blogs and gotten all tangled up in the intricacies of RSS feeds and other techno-challenges, Jeff's your man. http://www.esmartjob.com/blog/wordpress-blog-installation-service/
Shore to Shore Offline Monthly Opportunity Magazine offers very low cost classified and display ads.. Circulation 5,000. http://gotbiz.com/chaservice If you would like a list of other low-cost offline business opportunity periodicals, please request it from abundantlife@cox.net
MLM Power Marketing Autoresponder - It will let you load your own leads. Most autorsponder services don't. They require that you send a letter about their service to your contact list asking each person to go through a double opt-in process before you can add them to your autoresponder list. http://www.mlmpowermarketing.com/2246
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More Freebies
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Free Bluegrass Internet Radio Music - You've got to see it--and hear it--to believe it. http://www.pandora.com/?tc=g-004056-0130-1311 While you're at it, you should visit Club member Corky Dow's Bluegrass website: www.sure2u.com
www.PhoneHog.com - Join the three million members of this program that offers free phone calling cards that can be used for domestic and international calls.
Free Liquid Vitamins Sample: http://www.myhealthyinfo.com/survey/TRSCGB/?HIT_ID=3789067
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Personal Development, Humor & Inspiration
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"I will rejoice that from all tormenting we can retreat always upon the Invisible Heart, upon the Celestial Love, and that not to be soothed merely, but to be replenished, not to be compensated, but to receive power to make all things new." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Need a lift? Go to http://www.happynews.com. Published by editors in Austin, TExas, you'll find real news and true stories of good guys and upbeat and info. It is updated daily.
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has many resources to help spread kindness throughout the world. http://www.actsofkindness.org/index.asp
Free "Today Is Your Day To Win" Ebook An inspiration to many, you'll enjoy the insights and fresh perspectives this book brings into your life!
"Sharing the Gospel of Jesus With the World" - A group of fervent evangelical Christians sharing friendship, support, news and encouragement. http://globaladvertising.ning.com/
A professional writer with decades of experience, Joan Wester Anderson has created website that showcases her talents and explores mysterious cases of heavenly intervention, including rescues, healings, visions and much more.http://www.joanwanderson.com/index.htm
Hot Summer Weather Making You Melt? Cool down with a visit to this Gallery of Snowflakes: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm
Take Back Your Time A major US/Canadian project to deal with the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling, and time famine that threatens the mental and physical health of families and society.
Living Life in the Divine Flow - Stephen Lane Taylor Row Row Row Your Boat.. How would you like every moment of every day to feel like one miracle happening after another? How would you like to live your life with less stress and more success? It's possible. It's called living life in the divine flow. And Stephen Lane Taylor's remarkable book "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," can teach you how to follow that flow to the effortless fulfillment of your heart's desires.
Inspirationline - Give yourself a lift with this inspirational resource and publication. http://www.inspirationline.com/EZINE/23JUL2007.htm
Discover your life's purpose - http://www.knowyourpurpose.com/
Only $1 -- http://www.noetic.org/sia/ShiftInActionLP_RA.htm
