One of the most powerful lessons I learned by reading a book by Dan Kennedy is, just because the phone rings does not mean you have to answer it.  Take control of your time and don’t let people rob you of your most valuable commodity – your time.

Likewise you have control over the delete button.  I have recently decided to start unsubscribing to all those newsletters that have suck me dry of money and time.  I’m not reading them anymore anyway.  It’s all the same ol’ drivel.  They are all selling the same stuff.  All making 10 minute videos that really tell you nothing so you will get your checkbook out and buy their next best offer.

I am so tired of it all. 

I have everything I need to be successful.  A dream, and a plan to make that dream come true.  And none of it includes panhandling through an email program. 

I have some value to offer.  If you want to see what that is you can subscribe to my newsletters.  If you don’t like what you see you unsubscribe.  But my value is not sucking you in with what you could learn from me if you buy into my next big program, or seminar, or coaching program. 

Follow your heart, listen and plan your own path.  Then decide how you’re going to get there.  Take responsibility!

Christy

Don’t worry so much about getting it right, but about treating people right.  If you treat the people right, with integrity and compassion, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to get it right.

The folks at Rapid Cash Marketing are doing just that.  The only difference is that they are successful using the techniques they are teaching and so they can share real life experience to help you be successful too.

It’s true what they say, you can reach your goals if you help enough other people reach theirs. 

How many of you are looking for a six figure income?  I am, and I would love to help you.

Christy Ruffner
Find the organic solution at
http://www.organicmarketingsolutions.com  
There is so much you could be doing to grow
You, Inc.

The American Dream Slipping Away…

What do you see happening to the American Dream? Do we even dream anymore? How long has it been since you allowed yourself to think about anything but how you were going to pay the mortgage this month, let alone send your children to college or take a vacation.

Your most recent concerns have probably been whether you are going to wake up in the morning and have a job or not.

800,000 jobs lost in the U.S. in 2008. Banks refusing to lend money. Major long time businesses filing bankruptcy and going under, throwing the stock market into a downward spiral that has the nation in shock. Do you really think this is all going to go away? I think not. I think it will get worse before it gets better.

Yet you have the rich saying this is the time to take advantage of the economy and get richer, yes richer! While the middle class is disappearing all together and the poor are getting poorer.

Yet there is a sector of the economy that is not concerned with any of this drama. This sector continues to grow and produce wealth. I’m talking about the MLM industry. An industry where people can start their own business for a mere pentance of what it takes to start a traditional business. An industry where people can team up and pool their resources (if they are smart as opposed to competitive). This is an industry that feeds upon itself and grows layer by layer, getting bigger and stronger with each new layer. An industry of consumers who make their money off their consumption.

What an interesting idea. An industry where you buy consumables from yourself, and in consuming and having to buy more you are paid more. Have you ever gone to the store and said to yourself as you are spending your money, I am getting paid. It’s called being a Prosumer. And it is a very smart way to live your life.

There is no better business than a MLM business. Where you build a community of consumers that build your wealth for you as they consume the product. You support each other by the consumption of the product.

Take a closer look at what’s happening in our world right now. Scroll through the list below and ask yourself, do I really want to be a part of that?

You do have a choice of being Richer or Poorer. The middle class will be no more.

If your choice is Richer then you want to take a closer look at a team I am a part of. A team of consumers getting paid to buy from themselves and make themselves richer. Personally Organic is part of a team that is environmentally aware and have made the choice to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

From the desk of Christy Ruffner – Home Based Business Mentor

Dare To Dream

Circuit City stores… most recent (? how many)
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered
Lane Bryant,, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine’s to close 150 store nationwide
Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close all stores
Talbots closing down all stores
J. Jill closing all stores
GAP closing 85 stores
Footlocker closing 140 stores more to
close after January
Wickes Furniture closing down
Levitz closing down remaining stores
Bombay closing remaining stores
Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.
Whitehall closing all stores
Piercing Pagoda closing all stores
Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.
Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ (New Brunswick)
Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Galley Closing all stores
Pacific Sunware closing stores
Pep Boys Closing 33 stores
Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores
JC Penney closing a number of stores after January
Ethan Allen closing down 12
stores.
Wilson Leather closing down all stores
Sharper Image closing down all stores
K B Toys closing 356 stores
Loews to close down some stores
Dillard’s to close some stores

11/21/2008

Are you looking for a system that will help you become a successful internet marketer and take your business to the next level. Veretekk’s the answer.

Organic marketing solutions for your best home based business opportunity.

Christy Ruffner | Phone: 541.678.7005

Streamlining the Organic Lifestyle

Better for you, better for the planet.

Skype: allaboutorganic

Twitter: ChristyRuffner

Yahoo: cruffvisions

Isn’t that what all the gurus scream at you. But then, once you get the traffic to your website, what then? Even if you are only getting 100 hits to your website a day, if none of those 100 people either buy from you or give you their contact information then what good are they. You can’t ever talk to them. You can’t build a relationship with them. You can’t invite them to try a new product, or check out this new resource, or look at this great opportunity. You just have to rely on getting them to your website again and again and again! How fun is that?

Not!

So once you get the prospect to your website, by blogging or news releases, or article marketing – whatever method you choose. Then what?

**SQUEEZE PAGES**

Squeeze pages identify your prospects problem and shows them specifically how you are going to solve their problem. It even offers them some small way to help them solve their problem for free – a free ebook, report, ecourse. Something that will make it worth them giving you their oh so valuable contact information.

Now you are not just going to give them their free information without checking to make sure that their contact information is good or not. That’s where your autoresponder comes in. They opt in for your information and the autoresponder sends them a verification email. If they don’t get that email (because of a bad email address) or they don’t opt in for more information, then they are not going to get your free information – because that is also set up in your autoresponder.

Does that make sense?

Content, content, content is King. If you haven’t been blogging, or writing press releases, or doing article marketing, you haven’t taken the first step yet. You’re still stuck at the starting block. But that is only the beginning.

The squeeze page is the next most important step to setting up your home based business for success.

I will have a series of posts coming to walk you through how to set up an effective squeeze page, so stay tuned.

Are you looking for a system that will help you become a successful internet marketer and take your business to the next level. Veretekk’s the answer.

Organic marketing solutions for your best home based business opportunity.

Christy Ruffner | Phone: 541.678.7005

Streamlining the Organic Lifestyle

Better for you, better for the planet.

Skype: allaboutorganic

Twitter: ChristyInc

Yahoo: cruffvisions

From the Desk of Christy Ruffner – Home Based Business Mentor

Sometimes the hardest part of doing something is just getting started. That’s why when you find someone who has been successful, who is willing to share with you how they did it , you have something that has value beyond words.

That is just what Traffic Formula is, the advanced 7-figure blue print that will show you exactly how to make the kind of money you’re looking for by becoming a serious student of other successful marketers – in this case Mike Dillard. A key factor here is to follow closely what’s being taught and implement it immediately. Don’t wait. Don’t tell yourself you have to learn it all first before you get started. Follow the blue print exactly and do it now.

“Jonathan Budd here and I wanted to share my story real quick because I think a lot of people will be able to get a lot of value from it. And plus because I appreciate everything you’ve done for me a TON.

So about two years ago, I wandered onto the internet as a 22 year old punk, with no professional experience or skill sets at all. No downline, no influential contacts, and no knowledge of how I was going to change any of that.

I had been introduced to networking 9 months earlier and failed my butt off with lots of the stuff this industry preaches on a daily basis. At the end of the day, none of those things were effective for me to build a business AT ALL.

And while stumbling around the Internet one day, just after I had realized I really needed to learn how to use technology to generate leads for my business, I came across the “Abomb” Traffic Formula call you were giving away for free.

First of all, the call TOTALLY blew my mind. The concepts, the tactics, the things you were sharing were completely brand new for me… and opened my eyes to A LOT.

After that, I knew I needed to follow you closely.

Over the course of the next few weeks you completely opened my eyes to so many things I was doing wrong in my business, and gave me REAL solutions for how to be in the cash flow BEFORE I even had the ‘back end residual’ that would be coming from my downline, through Magnetic Sponsoring and the Traffic Formula Course.

Basically, you were the first person I ever came across that just made SENSE, and were genuinely giving me solutions to the problems I was facing.

It was beautiful. From the moment I started learning the principles you teach I implemented them into my business immediately.

I learned I needed to start branding myself and created a website specifically designed like you said, and it increased my sign up rates like crazy! Just that one thing put me on a pedestal and literally my prospects were surprised when they even got the chance to talk to me.

To make a longer story short…I DEVOTED myself full time to the task of ‘Mastering’ each of these principles one by one.

I became a total student of this industry, and of what you teach, and applied ALL knowledge exactly as I learned it. And here’s the crazy part… in less then 13 months since I ventured online…

I had my first $65,000+ month in my business.

I was astonished I hit this much success so quickly.

I’ve then gone on to become one of the top producers in TWO separate companies now, built a downline of THOUSANDS of people in just a few MONTHS, and have had my best month being over $84,000+ at the age of 24.

Literally, the knowledge you shared with me back as a young buck in Traffic Formula set me on a path to true and UTTER freedom in life and for that I GENUINELY thank you as much as words can describe.

If there’s ever anything I can do for you…just let me know and it’s done.

And if I have one piece of advice to offer anyone who might be reading this…It’s to APPLY every piece of knowledge you learn, exactly as you learn it.

Once you get started down this path of true entrepreneurship, and learning how to use technology to master your business, it will take you to some amazing places.

The knowledge about marketing, advertising, attraction, and so much more that I’ve learned just in the last two years has literally opened doors to doing just about ANYTHING in this world… and it’s something that ANYONE can learn as long as they want to.

So thank you my friend. What you’re doing for the entire networking industry is a beautiful thing, and you’re helping A LOT of people.

You rock Mike! And thanks again…

Your Friend,

Jonathan Budd”

Personally, Building on a Budget is one of my favorite courses. I mean, who wouldn’t want to build their business for pennies on the dollar, in many cases for free, so you can keep more of your hard earned money in your own pocket. The information Mike shares in Building on a Budget is precise and leaves no stone unturned.

If you have these courses in your arsenal you can’t loose – Building on a Budget, Black Belt Recruiting, and Traffic Formula. Of course my advise is to never stop learning. Educating yourself is the one definitive answer to your success. These courses are by far the very best place to start.

Need a simple stream lined system to to diversify your online business? http://www.christyruffner.com/YourBestHomeBasedBusinessOpportunity.htm

Time passes and an opportunity is missed…Don’t let that be the story of your life.

Christy
Organic Marketing Solutions
541.678.7005

www.christyruffner.com

Michael Jordan says he failed his way to success, missing more shots than he made. You can cut your failure rate to next to nothing with these courses.

Let’s take a look at whether you fit as an online marketer.

I am not going to tell you anyone can do this, because not everyone can. This is not a one size fits all business.

I am also not going to tell you that it’s easy, or that you will find overnight success. It takes a lot of consistent work, vision, endurance, and a willingness to learn. If your personal abilities include these qualities your chances of success increase dramatically.

There are many questions that naturally come to mind when you are just starting out building an online business.

• How much money is it going to cost me?
• How much time will I have to spend?
• Can I keep my day job?
• How much stuff will I have to buy?
• Do I need to be a computer expert?
• Do I need to be a writer?
• Do I have to be a designer?

All of these questions will be answered in today’s lesson.

There are so many people out in the world who are sick of the daily job grind that gets them nowhere fast. I myself am a part of that crowd and as I have learned about how to build a business on the internet I see a light at the end of the tunnel.

First of all, you don’t have to go into debt to start your own internet business. The key is to buy smarter.

You don’t have to devote a lot of time to build your business, but you do have to commit to a certain amount of time every week. However, consistency, making a plan and working your plan are an absolute necessity.

Stop spending money on stuff. It’s easy to buy into the sales letters of how easy it would be if only you had just this one widget. But the truth is most people buy stuff that never gets used because they don’t know what to do with it or how to make it work.

Stay out of debt. You don’t have to go into debt to build a successful home based business. There are way too many free tools out there.

Be willing to learn what it takes to be successful. Be coachable and step out of your comfort zone. Sitting on the couch in front of your t.v. won’t find you success.

You don’t have to be a computer expert but you do have to be willing to learn and be comfortable with working on a computer. If you’re going to build a business on the internet you have to be able to find your way around a computer.

Action steps:

Make a commitment to the following

1. Scheduling time in your day to work on your business
2. Learning about what it takes to be a marketer and being willing to do whatever it takes as long as it is ethical
3. Becoming comfortable with working with the computer and on the internet
4. Being coachable and realize that it will take time and effort, nothing happens overnight

Have a great day!

You’re in a conversation with your prospect, you’re excited about your business opportunity and you have been very successful with sharing that excitement in a very real way. Your prospect seems genuinely interested in your business opportunity but has yet to make that final decision. He still has to pull out his wallet and make that commitment. So how do you close the sale? Is that person someone you want to close and have as a part of your business team? Part of your home based business opportunity?

The success of top producers comes from them sponsoring top producers themselves. That’s why they call it networking, because it’s never just one person that produces all the results, it’s a team effort. Or at least that’s the way it’s suppose to work.

So how do you make sure you’re closing the right people who are going to be top producers and be a vaulable part of the team? That’s what I’m going to share with you here.

There are really only two basic approaches to “closing” a sale. Generally speaking these are “guided” and “voluntary”.

A guided close involves person to person contact. You have an answer to every objection, a list of your prospects desires and wishes, along with emotional triggers you have aquired from your previous interviews.

You personally “guide” the prospect down a path that leads to a purchase. Your skill makes it so that the person joins you whether they wanted to or not, because your guidance has lead your prospect to make that decision, to join your home based business opportunity.

The problem with the “guided” close is that the next morning the prospect awakens with buyers remorse, or worse yet makes a half hearted attempt at making the business work and then fails, spreading the negativity of his experience to all those in his sphere of enfluence.

But there is a better way – where a prospect “sells themselves” and makes a decision to purchase based on their own desires. With this approach the prospect is not put on the spot or asked to make a decision directly.

What makes this approach better is based on a bit of psychology – “A person convinced against their will is of the same opinion still.”

In a guided sale the motivation is coming from the wrong place. It is usually coming from pressure and triggers that have left the prospect feeling unstable and insecure, afraid that making the wrong decision will cause some kind of loss. There is no logic behind the decision making process and can be counter-productive creating a one time sale situation instead of a commitment that will last for years, which is what is required to build a successful home based business.

Buyers remorse sets in when logic makes it’s way to the forefront and the person regrets the decision because the decision was not built on the logical reasons why he should be joining your business.

In the voluntary close the prospect convinces themselves and then makes the purchase when the time is right for them. When they make their own choice by recognizing the true value in joining your business opportunity, they will work harder and stay dedicated because it was their idea.

Now the voluntary approach doesn’t mean you’re not going to sell your prospect. But you’re going to do it indirectly, over time, with your marketing tools, instead of personal pressure.

When you have a lead that has asked for more information your going to hit them with a new marketing peice every few days, whether it’s through email, a letter, a website, a post card, whatever you can.

You still want to push those emotional buttons, and ask for the sale, but you’re not going to do it through personal contact.

You apply indirect pressure through marketing which allows them to come to a decision on their own and then voluntarily “push the buy button”.

This drip marketing process over time allows the head to catch up with the heart and make a fully committed decision, one that is truly their own, which is so important to building a successful home based business.

Here is a step by step sponsoring process where you will need to believe you are a leader and can not come from a place of neediness.

Bottom line, you have to be willing to let the sale go…

Let me say that again, you must be completely willing to let a sale go.

1. Once the lead is generated a quick introductory phone call is made. The prospect needs to know you are a real person. Ask a few questions, but you’re not building up “ammo” like you would if you were planning a guided close.

You are asking questions because you want to find out if this is someone you want in your business. You are trying to determine if he has the qualities to be successful in a home based business. The wrong people will suck you dry of your energy and your assets and cost you much more than they are worth in the long run.

Your prospect will learn to respect you through this qualification process and will recognize your leadership qualities. If this prospect comes on board in your business he knows there will be a certain standard expected of him for him to be successful. He will not be depending on you to do it for him. Only to provide him with tools to build his own success.

See yourself as a leader and others will see you as a leader.

2. If the person fits the criteria of someone you want to work with then give them the address to the business overview via email. Let them know verbally and in the email to contact you when they are done to answer any questions they may have and to get started. Use the opportunity to ask for the sale.

At this point the ball is completely in the prospects court. In the voluntary close you never chase your prospect. You should see your business in a state of abundance and there is no neediness in the midst of abundance.

Continue to give the prospect opportunities to contact you through your marketing. Do not make follow up calls.

Follow-up when the prospect contacts you. If you have positioned yourself correctly, as the expert, they will be excited and feel privileged to have you contact them.

3. Once the prospect contacts you, they will have questions which you will answer in a friendly manner. This prospect is someone you wouldn’t mind working with, but let the prospect do the talking and keep the conversation going. Any awkward spots in the conversation are up to the prospect to fill. It’s not your responsibility to make the prospect feel comfortable. If they have called for more information it’s because they have begun to see the value of your business opportunity. Let them talk themselves into it. Answer their questions and just be quiet.

In any relationship, the person who cares the least holds the power. It’s not necessary to chase the prospect, he will join you or not. Don’t be attached to the outcome.

And then do you know what happens 9 times out of 10? The prospect fills the awkward silence with statements like, “So what’s next? How do I get started?” The prospect had already sold themselves on your business or they wouldn’t have contacted you. Leave them alone to finish the process.

If you want to learn more about how to handle your prospects you definitely want to take a look at “Black Belt Recruiting“. This program will empower you to handle your leads as a leader would. Black Belt Recruiting is a 6-CD audio set, and a 40 page written supplement that, in my humble opinion, represents the best training in the world when it comes to recruiting new distributors.

It’s a complete, A to Z program that will teach anyone exactly how to call their leads, what to say to them, how to handle objections, how to get prospects to sell themselves, how to get new reps started, and much more… This program is absolutely worth every penny and more.

Remember how I have said how important it is to educate yourself? Well this is an opportunity to educate yourself, learning from the best in the business.

Black Belt Recruiting works so well, that it will come with an INSANE guarantee…

If you’re not sponsoring at least 10 new reps per month using what you learn in Black Belt Recruiting, you can send it back for a full refund at anytime over the next YEAR.

If you don’t get results, you don’t pay. It’s that simple.

Don’t let your business suffer because you don’t know how to get your prospect over the buying threshold. Black Belt Recruiting can do that for you.

Go here and check it out. There’s a free one hour video just for looking. That one hour video is worth the time to go take a look.

Remember, you can build your home based business opportunity by actively growing yourself.

  http://VisionsOfGreen.blackbeltrecruiting.com

Best Home Based Business Opportunities Theories by
Christy Ruffner
http://touchpeopleslives.com
   (541)678-7005   

email to: christy@organicmarketingsolutions.com

Are you trying to build a business?

People join you but then they just don’t seem to do anything.

Certain ones are all hyped up and then die in a fizzle.

Duplication in your home based business is not a given. In order to be successful, you must build as if it isn’t going to happen.

You can’t build a little and then sit back on your laurels. You must take responsibility for the growth of your home based business and recognize that you are the only one you can control.

Your people must see that you walk the talk. Show them by example how to grow a home based business. Blaze a trail for them to follow that will lead them with confidence and steady direction. Expect great things of them by that which you do. Create before them a vision of the bigger picture. Set the example for them to duplicate.

1. Blogs…
 2. Free search engine listings…
 3. Pay-per-click…
 4. Article submission (online and off)…
 5. Linking strategies…
 6. Viral marketing…
 7. CPA and CPM networks…
 8. Direct mail…
 9. Postcard marketing…
10. Banner ads…
11. Forums…
12. Ezine ads…
13. Press releases…
14. And more…

Teach them to market smarter, to be more unique, to provide value. Never put all your home based business marketing eggs in one basket.
Diversify and be creative.

Be positioned as the expert. Build trust as a resource before asking a prospect to join your home based business. Invest in yourself to become the expert and build your resources. Do not propagate lies but become who you need to be by educating yourself.

One of the best areas to spend your time learning would be copywriting. This will be powerful as you blog, write articles, post news releases
about your home based business.

b>Action Leads to Success!

Reveal to your people how action breeds momentum and momentum leads to success. You’ve heard the saying, “no moss grows on a rolling stone.” Don’t worry about making mistakes. There are no mistakes if you learn from them, they are life’s lesson and most valuable. For life’s lessons are the ones that build the most positive growth.

Welcome them and recognize how they create a better you. You learn nothing by standing still.

Best Home Based Business Opportunities Theories by Christy Ruffner
http://touchpeopleslives.com
 (541)678-7005 
email to: christy@organicmarketingsolutions.com

There is a fact most people don’t realize before they go about starting a new business opportunity and that is that around 90% of all businesses started will fail or simply go out of business within their first three years of business. Depending on the product or service, many businesses won’t make it past their first winter. This is just a fact. This statistic is not just for any particular type of business – traditional, home based, international. It encompasses all of them.

When you take a look at why there are 10 most common causes of failure in a business opportunity. And remember, this is any business opportunity – home based, traditional or international.

1. Probably the number one cause of failure is running out of funding. Starting and running a business costs money and very seldom is there ever enough money coming in to cover it all, especially at first. Most people underestimate the amount of money they will need (they aren’t realistic with their projections and haven’t covered all the necessities.) Without sufficient capitol to keep the business running without expecting the business to pay for it will fail.

2. Not having a solid game plan to follow. Most new business owner, especially the ones who fail, have not done the necessary research and have not found a mentor to help advise and lead them through the pitfalls that absolutely every business has. They find themselves alone with little knowledge or experience. Not recognizing the path to take generally leads to failure.

3. No mentor was mentioned above, but this is so important it deserves its own mention. In most businesses you are on your own and only the strong, innovative, aggressive ones survive. You aren’t going to be able to go ask the competition what works for them. That’s like asking them to hand over some of their business, and that’s not going to happen.

4. Lack of vision. This starts from the moment you came up with the brilliant idea to go into business in the first place. Looking at the opportunity from all aspects, and taking off the “rose colored glasses.” Is there a need, is there room in the market share for another supplier, will the need last or is it just a fad? A great deal goes into deciding if you should start with the business opportunity in the first place. Failure to look to the future could mean certain failure.

5. Location is important in a brick and mortar business, but it is also important in an Internet business. Location in a traditional business of course relates to your customer being able to easily access you or find you and your product or service. In an Internet business it has to do with Search Engine Optimization. If the search engines can’t or don’t want to find you then your prospective customer is not going to find you either. You could have the greatest store front (web page, capture page, etc.) and the best product, but if you have no customers…well you get the picture don’t you?

6. Marketing – lack of, inadequate, or just plain bad marketing will sink your ship. Marketing is probably the number one place business loose money. If marketing isn’t effective you are loosing money. Marketing is meant to bring in business, and if it does not effectively do that then you are loosing money. Even if you have business coming in, if you do not know that a particular marketing technique is what’s bring in that business you may be loosing money. You need to be testing. You need to know what marketing is working and what is not.

7. Passion for your business. If you have no passion or drive then as soon as the business takes a dip to the negative you will quit before you get started. It’s important to understand the peaks and valleys of any endeavor. Business is no different. Just because the storm clouds are overhead today doesn’t mean the sun isn’t getting ready to make a break. Your passion will often times make or break your business situation. Keep your vision ahead of you and when the skies are darkest just take one step at a time.

8. No personal growth. Everyone needs to be growing or they are stagnant and their business will reflect that. Education is vital for the improvement of every life and business. Self improvement, positive thinking and self talk, helps create the inertia, and flow of attraction that will bring success. See my post on my blog http://organicmarketingsolutions.com/MarketingSolutions/?p=3 Use this post to help you achieve your goals.

9. Lack of or poor planning. This goes along with #4 lack of vision. You must have a very definite plan on where you’re going and how you’re going to get there. It should be written down in logical steps to follow and they should go from point A to point B to point C and so on. Failure to have a step by step plan will lead to confusion. And if you don’t know where you’re going, how can you ever get there?

10. Un researched product or service. A product or service has to fill a need or it is an uphill battle to do business. Supply and demand dictates how well your business will do and only thorough research will have you in the right place at the right time to do business successfully.

There you have it. Do your research, educate yourself for personal and business growth, have a vision with passion, have a marketing plan with plans to test how well your marketing plan is working, with a mentor that will give you feedback and direction, with funding in place, and you just may have a winner. Sit back and enjoy the ride.