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FREEBIE OF THE DAY: Free Little Caesar's Pizza

2009-12-03T08:28:00.000-08:00

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Free Snuggie Blanket

2009-11-30T07:56:00.000-08:00

FreebieForce Featured Product of the Day:

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Free Redbox Movie Rental

2009-11-29T13:05:00.000-08:00

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20% off at the Gap

2009-11-28T10:41:00.000-08:00

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Free Premium Wall Portrait

2009-11-24T13:28:00.000-08:00

FreebieForce Featured Free Product of the Day:

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2009-11-23T12:01:00.000-08:00

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Twitter Tools and Applications

2009-11-10T14:55:00.000-08:00

Twitter has hundreds, if not thousands, of extremely useful and incredibly helpful tools and applications to help you proactively manage your Twitter account on an ongoing basis. Tools and applications that allow you to analyze Twitter trends and statistics specific to your account, help you to build and manage your Twitter following, automate your Twittering to keep your account active and on schedule (very important) and a whole host of other tools that can help to make managing your account simple and highly productive.

Twitter offers a wide-open API (letting developers’ access all the same public data available to Twitter itself) providing an open forum for developers to build these tools. It is because of this API accessibility that Twitter has become more of a platform than a service. Hundreds (thousands?) of websites, iPhone apps, desktop programs, and other Twitter applications have sprung up to make it easier for you to interact with Twitter.

It’s important to know that you don’t need to install one of these 3rd-party clients to use Twitter though. While any of the most popular Twitter applications have made Twittering far more manageable for business owners, you can always just login and use the Twitter website directly.

Twitter allows you to connect with other people in a way no other medium can.

Many frequent Twitter users have reported they have developed relationships with industry leaders that started with just a single Tweet. It is not uncommon for businesses to develop working relationships through Twitter. Acquiring new customers and more website traffic is one of the major benefits of using Twitter to grow your business.

Constant contact can be a very important part of reaching your customers but you also need to ensure you are providing pertinent and timely information. You should use your account to post questions and informal surveys. In addition to posting daily, you should follow the Tweets of others who are talking about your business. You can get valuable customer feedback for product improvements just from listening to the Tweets about your business.

The most you have to invest in Twitter, and much of social media marketing in general, is your time. The drawback to using Twitter is you can get carried away rather easily by getting caught up in what everyone is saying. To counteract the potential for “time-suck”, it’s important to use some of these Twitter applications and tools that we’ve outlined above to ensure that you’re maximizing your productivity and the return on your time invested.

Ultimate Twitter Starter Guide for Small Business

2009-11-09T14:54:00.000-08:00

You can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about Twitter. If you’re a business owner that’s heard all of the chatter, you might be asking yourself: what’s all the fuss about?

Admittedly, when I first signed up for Twitter back in early 2008 and briefly tried it out, my initial impression of Twitter was that it was beyond trivial … it was much worse. I thought it was utterly useless and, at best, a gigantic waste of time. But hearing the endless media chatter about Twitter so often lately aroused my interest again, and after an extended absence, I decided to climb back into the Twitter trenches. To my surprise, I’ve discovered there’s more business application and potential use of Twitter for businesses than I initially thought. A lot more.

We’ve put together the ultimate starter guide for Twitter geared specifically toward small business owners who don’t have a lot of time to learn all the ins-and-outs of the latest social media craze, but would like to learn a little bit about what Twitter is and how they might be able to take advantage of what Twitter has to offer.

So, to get started, we’ll start by providing some very brief background information on where the name Twitter actually comes from. Citing the Twitter 101 for Business page recently launched, here’s a definition:

Twittering is the sound birds make when they communicate with each other—an apt description of the conversations here … because Twitter provides people with real-time public information, it also helps groups of people mimic the effortless way a flock of birds move in unison.

For all practical purposes, Twitter is a micro-blogging platform used to post short messages called “tweets” of a mere 140 characters or less. You can find and follow others with similar interests, based on their Twitter profiles, and others can follow you back. Twitter is helping individuals as well as businesses share ideas, build relationships and promote and market their products and services.

Setting Up Your Twitter Account

Let’s walk you through how to get started with a Twitter account for your business.

Go to Twitter and, click the “Get Started – Join!” button.
Enter your first and last name in the “Full Name” box.
Next up is the “Username”. Don’t underestimate the importance of choosing a good username for your Twitter account. Try to incorporate the name of your business in some way. I would recommend using Title case for your username because it provides a bit more emphasis for your name that will make it stand out a bit more and will lend just a bit more importance in your follower’s minds than an all lower case username will. For example:
No – twitter.com/jansbeautyshop
Yes – twitter.com/JansBeautyShop

Try to utilize either your business name, some form of it, or an important keyword relative to your business.
Enter a password and your email address and the “captcha” code, then click on the “Create My Account” button.
You need to be cautious about the next few steps which will allow you to select people to start following. I recommend clicking on the “Skip this Step” link on the “Suggested Users” page just below the big “Finish” button. If you want, you could follow one or two of these high profile accounts, but I would strongly urge you to limit who you initially follow to avoid cluttering your account with updates from celebrity and high profile personality types.
Next, you want to click on the “Settings” link at the top of the page.

Change your time zone setting.
Put a link back to your site or blog in the “More Info URL” space.
In the “One Line Bio” space, describe your business using relevant keywords that are associated with your business. This is a critical element of how people will find you in various Twitter directories available online. Enter your physical location (city), select your primary language, leave the “Protect My Updates” box unchecked and then click on the “Save button.
Click on the “Notices” tab and check the “New Follower Emails” and “Direct Text Emails” boxes to be notified when someone starts following you or sends you a direct message. Click the “Save” button
Click on the “Picture” tab to upload a photograph of yourself or a logo of your business. A photo of you will keep it a little more personal but a business logo might be more appropriate for others. When you’re done, click the “Save” button. Do not use the default image that Twitter provides. Using the default image is a clear indication to other followers that you’re not really serious about twittering.
Next, click on the “Design” tab and play around with the background image and design colors to get a feel for what your Twitter account might page will look like. For business owners, I recommend personalizing or customizing your Twitter background. A customized Twitter background is another way to signal to your followers that you are a serious Twitter player. Check out some free Twitter Background designs here as well.

After setting up a Twitter account, you will have a constantly updated stream of information from your followers – similar to a news feed – of all the tweets of people you are actively following. You can also send direct messages that are private to those on your follow list. Those who follow you back will be able to see your updates. Users can reply and update their “tweets” with a simple click of the mouse. Twitter allows you to stay in constant communication with your followers in real-time.

Friends, Following and Followers

Twitter allows you to build a network of friends and followers and a “sphere of influence” by following people with similar interests. A wide variety of 3^rd party Twitter applications, such as Twellow and Who Should I Follow, give you the ability to find other people to follow on Twitter based on specific interests, popularity, and activity-levels from tags and keywords within each user’s Twitter profile.

To manually follow someone, you can navigate to that user’s Twitter homepage and click on the “Follow” button. Following will allow you to see that user’s tweets when you’re logged in to Twitter.

Twitter Key Terms and Definitions

Here’s a list of the primary Twitter definitions that you should know about:

@username – To respond to a specific tweet or to reference another Twitter user, just put the @ symbol in front of their Twitter username. For example, my Twitter username is “billhazelton”. If you wanted to post a tweet that I would see in my feed, just put “@billhazelton” (without the quotation marks) somewhere in your tweet. That way, Twitter will automatically link the @username text to my Twitter home page.
Retweet (also known as “RT”) – A “retweet” refers to posting another user’s tweet and crediting them back for it. The convention for retweeting is to put “RT @username” in front of the tweet you are retweeting. Proper Twitter etiquette dictates that you leave as much of the original tweet unedited in a retweet as possible, though it’s considered acceptable to abbreviate some of the retweet text to fit within the 140 character limit. Here’s how a retweet works … let’s say you find a tweet that appears interesting to you here:

Twitter 101: Ultimate Starter Guide for Small Business http://bit.ly/U2oZP

…and you visited the link and found the post very interesting or helpful enough that you think it would be worth sharing with others, you would retweet it like this:

RT: @billhazelton Twitter 101: Ultimate Starter Guide for Small Business http://bit.ly/U2oZP
DM (also known as “direct message”) – A direct message (DM) is a private tweet that can only be seen by its recipient. Business owners should exercise caution when using direct messages. You don’t want to overwhelm or annoy your followers with DM’s. In order to prevent abuse and spamming with DM’s, Twitter only allows you to send direct messages to people who are following you.
URL Shorteners – Twitter also allows you to post URL-shortened links in your messages so you can link to product pages, articles, and any other interesting links you deem important. These links can help drive traffic directly to your website and help your business to develop leads they may not have otherwise found. Because you’re limited to 140 characters per tweet, most Twitterers use URL shortening services in order to post links.

The most popular URL shorteners are: tinyurl.com and bit.ly.

Go to either tinyurl or bit.ly and enter the full version of the URL below:
http://onlinebusiness.about.com/od/onlinecommunities/tp/twitter-apps.htm

After shortening this URL with bit.ly, the shortened link version utilizes only 19 characters, truncating it to fit nicely into the 140 character space limit for tweeting:
http://bit.ly/JsC79

Because URL shortening is such a vital part of twittering, Twitter desktop application clients, like TweetDeck and Seesmic, have these URL shorteners built right into their applications.

Finding the Right People on Twitter

One of the perks of using Twitter for your business is the ability to reach high profile people you may not otherwise get an opportunity to communicate with in any other forum. There are, of course, the celebrities that are devoted to their daily tweets and instant communication with fans but there are also CEO’s, entrepreneurs, and whole companies setting up Twitter profiles to communicate and connect with customers on a more personal basis that other forms of communication allow. Twitter helps reaffirm the power of word-of-mouth advertising and also lets company executives really see what people are saying about their products and services.

Finding the right people to follow on Twitter specific to your business is crucial. Of people you find to follow, you can go to their Twitter page and locate other important industry leaders and influencers that are following them (click on the “followers” link in the upper right hand corner) including potential customers you need to be reaching out to about your business as well.

How do you find the right people to follow you might be asking? If you are up to date with knowledge of key people in your industry, you can easily search and start interacting with them right away with services like Twellow and Who Should I Follow. You can build solid relationships with people through your Twitter updates that might not have been possible otherwise.

Top Tips for Marketing your Business on MySpace

2009-11-07T14:51:00.000-08:00

With a user base in the hundreds of millions, MySpace offers a great opportunity to market your website.

However, because of the demographics of its users (mostly teenagers) and its social nature, it is not suitable for all businesses. For example, if you are selling life insurance you are probably not likely to meet with much success on MySpace.

Although there have been some amazing success stories, there is no tried and tested formula for successful marketing on MySpace. However, some of the world’s biggest companies are doing it so there is no reason why you shouldn’t too.

MySpace offers a lot of flexibility as regards the appearance of your profile. Try to build your page to reflect the look and feel of your website. Try to make it as fresh as possible and make full use of audio, video and images to capture the interest of fellow MySpace users. If you stumble across something that people like, you can watch your page's popularity increase dramatically in a short period of time.

Let your profile work for itself. Do not link to random people as friends. With imagination and luck, they will come to you. Many MySpace marketers, however, do use MySpace bots which will automatically send out invitations to multiple MySpace users based on some chosen keywords. However, this practice is frowned upon and could get you banned.

Any experiment with using a social networking website for marketing, including MySpace, is going to be hit or miss. So, it's important you stay committed and focused on your marketing goals.

Some companies have met with good success by creating widgets that other users can place on their pages. For example, a news ticker widget with news that relates to a specialized area. If you can make something that looks good and is popular, the viral effect could have it appearing on thousands of MySpace pages within weeks.

If you are successful and you do manage to make friends on MySpace who are genuinely interested in your products, make sure you keep them. Keep your MySpace blog page regularly updated; send bulletins to your friends letting them know about any new products and providing them with your latest news. However, don’t over do it. Spam is in the eye of the beholder, even if it is good content.

Perhaps most importantly, reply to any messages your friends send you. If they take the time to write to you then they deserve a response. As a business, how and when you respond to messages says volumes about your products and services.

There are no guarantees when it comes to using MySpace to market your products. However, it will cost you little to experiment and the traffic possibilities are endless.
Source: David C Skul

7 Rules for Social Networking Marketing Effectiveness

2009-11-06T14:49:00.000-08:00

Social networking is rapidly becoming the most preferred Web 2.0 marketing tool. If you are engaged in selling your products or services online, there is plenty you can do with social networking sites to promote your business.

However, the possibilities are accompanied by inevitable pitfalls. Here are a few things to keep in mind in order to raise your effectiveness when using social networking sites.

Rule #1 - One Site or Many:

While many organizations prefer to maintain their presence on several social networking sites, it can take up considerable amount of time as well as staff resources. Determine the amount of time you can spend updating your profile on each site.

It's far more effective to spend extra time and energy maintaining a high profile on one, well-chosen site rather than spend precious hours juggling different operating platforms on too many different sites.

If you do choose to maintain a presence on multiple sites, make sure you assign a full-time staff to regulate your various profiles. This could include posting comments on other member’s pages, inviting other people to become friends, or accepting other friend’s requests. In the absence of regular care, your web page is sure to languish.

Rule #2 - Look Who’s Talking:

Check out a few social networking sites. If there is already an existing group talking about and discussing your organization, you may want to put your energy into building your presence on this site before venturing on to other networks.

Rule #3 - Prepare your Site Completely Before Promoting it:

First impressions matter. If you invite other users to visit your site before it is ready, they may do so a few times and leave unimpressed; maybe never to come back again. Pick a captivating title and an aesthetically appealing lay out; test it out and only then invite the world over.

Rule #4 - Invite your Supporters to be your First Friends:

Visit blogs and other social networking sites and sift out your supporters. Send them each an e-mail and ask them to become your friend. Better to start off with definite supporters and build a staunch and loyal following before leaving yourself vulnerable to unknown, untested users.

Rule #5- Post your most Viral Content:

Social networks are most effective when content is being disseminated amongst the readers. Update your site regularly with new content reflecting new issues that you are working with. Giving your visitors something new and interesting to read everyday is a good way of keeping them loyal.

Rule #6 - Test the Waters:

Use your social networking page to test out innovative ideas that people may want to be associated with. Putting out questionnaires and inviting feedback to your ideas are the best ways to get a feel of the market.

Rule #7 - Direct users to your organizational Web site:

While making new friends and communicating with them on social networks is great, the key to marketing success is to get your new friends onto our organizational e-mail list so you can move from passive to direct communication with them.

Putting easy, prominent links on your networking profile will help you convert your friends into email list members. Keeping track of who comes into your system can help you tailor and personalize your messages.

5 Reasons Why Social Marketing is a Must

2009-11-04T14:45:00.000-08:00

In a Web 2.0 world, social marketing leverages your business with audio, video, and text. As an example, blogging may very well turn out to be one of the most ingenuous marketing strategies for anyone who has an online business and is willing to commit to its process.

Web 2.0 seems such an unlikely stratagem that many online marketers are still wary of using as a marketing tactic, much to their disadvantage. Statistics show that marketers who have embraced and adopted social marketing have experienced unprecedented success.

Here are three reasons why social marketing is important for your online business.

#1 Social marketing gets you the information you need

Social marketing is a popular and effective way of getting vital information that is essential to the success of your business. Social networking directories such as Netscape and Digg are increasingly gaining favor as an option for people across the globe to keep in touch with the latest happenings in their area of interest.

Want to measure your content's effectiveness? Try posting it to a Netscape or Digg like service. Blogging and submitting to pertinent social directories is an effective way of attracting and retaining important traffic.

#2 Social marketing is an easy and affordable way of directing & keeping traffic

Unlike conventional marketing, social marketing does not involve a huge marketing team or a prohibitive budget. As an example, consider the latest blogging tools. It only takes minutes to setup a WordPress blog and promptly bookmark top directories.

All you need to do is commit to updating your blog continuously with new and significant posts. A steady stream of interesting, relevant posts is a reliable way to sustain blog interest.

#3 Social marketing helps you develop a relationship with your customers

Developing interactive relationships with customers is crucial to the success of any business. Before the advent of social marketing, most online businesses had no dependable way of reaching out to customers either to prove their qualifications or to perform market research.

Blogging's interactivity gives online businesses the previously unavailable opportunity of earning customer’s trust and increasing the chances not just for one time and repeat sales.

#4 Social Marketing is about the quality of traffic, not the quantity

Getting a mass of traffic to your site is irrelevant if nobody stays long enough to buy or download anything. Social marketing attracts pertinent traffic, gives potential buyers the opportunity to interact with the seller and voice their preferences. And, more importantly, allows buyers to interact with a related community, giving them the advantage of collective wisdom.

#5 Search engines love Social Marketing

When you blog around keyword-rich topics you attract the 'eye of the spider', which is always looking out for fresh, relevant and high-quality content.

Social media marketing is only the beginning of a long relationship with the open source web. Be willing to come aboard and expand your business.
Source: David C. Skul

TECHNICAL ISSUES TODAY

2009-11-03T14:10:00.000-08:00

Hello All,

This is a note to let you know that Freebieforce.com is down today due to technical issues related to your web hosting company. We are working closely with them to get it back up ASAP.

Thank you,

Freebieforce Management

Top Ten Secrets to Social Network Superstardom

2009-11-02T14:42:00.000-08:00

Okay, I admit the title is a bit over the top. These ten tips aren't exactly secrets and they won't, in and of themselves, turn you a social media superstar.

Stated more accurately, these are practical guidelines that will make you a better member of social networking communities in which you participate. (But, if I used that as the title, would you have read the post?)

1. Pull, don’t push

One of the first lessons you will learn very quickly when engaging in social media is that old school marketing tactics don't work. Don’t come out of the gate pushing your products or services. New tools require new rules.

For example, don't respond to new Twitter followers with a "Thanks for following. Visit my Web site for a free...[insert whatever promotional message you've seen.]." That's a dead giveaway that the offender is new to social media and has yet to understand that it's a "pull" medium, not "push." If I want to review your credentials, I'll read your bio. (You did complete your bio, right?)

2. Win the right to be heard

Social media engagement is a conversation, and participation in the community is required. In fact, you might say participation is the fifth "P" of marketing.

3. Content is STILL king, but conversation is queen (and conversion is the prince)

Nothing beats well-written, informative and entertaining content in all its variant forms: Blog posts, tweets, video, podcasts, images, webinars or whitepapers. Try to place yourself in a position of being a knowledgeable expert (assuming you are, of course). Community is the context.

Not only that, but keep content and commerce separate. Never the twain shall meet is a good rule of thumb. Editorial and advertorial should be distant kin, if related at all.

4. Authenticity and Transparency are social networking cornerstones

Those words may seem trite, but I believe they remain the cornerstones of this new media marketing paradigm. Be real. Be open. Be honest. Admit mistakes when you make them.

5. You don’t have to be on every social network

It's impossible to maintain an active presence on every social network and, you know what, you don't have to. You do have to be where your customers are, however. They expect you to be there.

As a default, I recommend a presence on the big three: LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. LinkedIn is your business suit, Facebook is business casual, and Twitter is the 24/7 ongoing cocktail party. Connect with those who connect with you and anyone else where it makes business sense.

6. Give and you shall receive

I talked about this in my Dale Carnegie post, but it's worth reitierating. Having an attitude of helpfulness goes a long way toward establishing a credible name for yourself in social media circles. "Seek first to understand, then to be understood" is the way St. Francis of Assisi put it (Steven Covey too, for that matter). "People don't care that you know until they know that you care" is how I put it.

"Lose control of your marketing," is how David Meerman Scott put it. Give ideas and information away freely with no strings attached. Be willing to give up control of the marketing message, as if you could hold it close to the vest in the first place, given the current Web 2.0 landscape.

7. The rules of marketing still apply

Don’t throw the marketing baby out with the bathwater. Social media is another channel to build your brand and market your message. It's not a panacea nor should it be considered a replacement for every other form of advertising and marketing.

One thing I have learned is that there is room for intergration. Email and search are still where most marketers spend top dollar, and for good reason, they both perform very well. It's all inter-related anyway and social media is finding its place.

8. Social media is a mindset, not just toolset

You have to incorporate social media DNA into your thinking. Don’t just change your toolset (tactics), change your mindset (strategy).

9. Be yourself, whoever that may be

My good friend Aileen Bennett has a mantra that she lives out in every respect, "Be Yourself." No better advice to be given to anyone, regardless of whether they engage in social media or not. One thing is certainly true, you can't be who you are not. (See tip #4)

That's why I recommend using your photo as your avatar and your name as your handle. That's not to say you shouldn't have an identity tied to your brand (Zappos and Dell are good examples.), it's just that in social media, people would rather relate to and build trust with other people than brands. It’s a trust economy after all.

10. That's where you come in

Step 10 is up to you to create your OWN method!

Using Twitter Efficiently to Market Your Business Part 2

2009-10-30T14:39:00.000-07:00

TweetLater SocialOomph

Another crucial element of managing any Twitter account is updating with Tweets on a daily busy. Staying active with your Twitter account is easier said than done though, especially for time-constrained small business owners (believe me, I know). If you are too busy to personally update your Twitter account with tweets every day, you can use SocialOomph, one of the best Twitter applications available for small business owners anywhere. TweetLater SocialOomph is, by far, my favorite Twitter application because of its incredible usefulness in helping to manage, automate, and even delegate your most important daily tasks and required activities with Twitter.

TweetLater SocialOomph offers up a free version that has an impressive list of features including:

Automate and Schedule Your Tweets - Set It and Forget It! – updating your Twitter stream with new tweets is critical but business owners with limited time can use this feature to publish tweets automatically, each and every day.
Track Your Keywords on Twitter – another critical feature of Tweetlater SocialOomph that allows you to set up alerts and track keywords on Twitter. Automatically find out what people are saying about your business or your competitors with TweetLater’s SocialOomph’s monitoring feature. You can set it up to periodically receive a keyword “digest” of those keywords to be sent to your email address for those keywords that you want to follow.
Automatically Follow Those Who Follow You – Twitter etiquette dictates that you should follow those who follow you and you can do this automatically and save a ton of time while you build your followers list. You can also automatically unfollow those who unfollow you as well (very cool feature.)

The professional version of TweetLater SocialOomph (which I use) has an amazing features list. Here are just a few of the professional version features:

Delegate the Management of your Twitter Account – a must have feature for busy small business owners that allows you to delegate your Twitter feed updating to an assistant or trusted employee. The delegation feature will keep the master account information, including Profile and Password, secret while providing easy access for your employee or assistant. This is also a great feature for companies who want to let several employees manage a Twitter account, without having to know the password.
Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts – for individuals that own multiple businesses that want to establish multiple accounts the so-called TweetCOCKPIT easily allows you to manage all your Twitter accounts from one single, integrated console.
Bulk Upload & Tweet Scheduling – If you’d like to upload and schedule your tweets at one time you can do that with the Bulk Upload and scheduling feature. Prepare your tweets offline, save them in a simple text file, and upload them all at once in bulk. Saves a ton of time not having to manually enter lots of tweets all at the same time.

Using Twitter Efficiently to Market Your Business Part 1

2009-10-29T14:35:00.000-07:00

The most important element of Twittering for your business is to update with tweets regularly, the single most important aspect of maximizing your Twitter account for your business, but it can be a monumental task for small business owners. Most people setup their Twitter accounts and then just let them die on the vine. Whatever you do, don’t let this happen.

When utilized in the right way, Twitter is a remarkable opportunity for small business owners, offering one of the most uniquely effective ways to build your sphere of influence in your industry niche, to listen to what your customers and competitors are saying in real-time, and ultimately, providing you with an unfettered opportunity to grow your business in a whole new way.

Like so many small business owners, tweeting (as it’s called) on a daily basis might seem like a daunting task. Luckily, there are a few outstanding 3rd party Twitter applications that can help you manage, maintain and get the most out of your Twitter account without you having to watch your Twitter feed updates 24 hours a day.

I’m going to talk about two of my very favorite third party Twitter applications in this regard:

Hummingbird
TweetLater SocialOomph (TweetLater was recently renamed SocialOomph)

Hummingbird

Hummingbird (from TwitAddict and Mesabi Labs) is a Twitter automation tool that allows you to manage and grow your Twitter ‘following’ (as its called) in a very efficient way. Actively growing and managing your Twitter account is a critical part of getting the most out of Twitter for your business. Seeding and growing your list of followers with active Twitter participants within your industry niche is essential for success. Hummingbird is one of the best Twitter third party applications available to do just that. As a desktop application, Hummingbird can automate much of the heavy lifting required in building and managing your Twitter following.

Here are just a few of the things that Hummingbird offers:

Gives you the ability to reach thousands of highly targeted followers and prospective customers, hands free
Powerful automated following engine that can help you quickly build your Twitter following and authority in your specific niche
Automatically pauses when you’ve hit Twitter’s follow limits, keeping you notified & safe from following too many people at one time (which can get your account suspended by Twitter)
Automates the follow and unfollow process for you – saving you a ton of time.
Following Limits
There is one thing to watch out for with Hummingbird, however. Twitter has started to closely monitor “aggressive” Twitter followers and has started to sharply restrict the total number of followers that any one account can follow at a time. New Twitter accounts are restricted to no more than 2K people until the account has reached roughly the same ‘reciprocal’ number of followers. Once you finally do obtain your first 2000 followers, Twitter will then start letting you follow more than the initial limit of 2000 people. The latest version of Hummingbird is setup technically to stay within the daily follow limits defined by Twitter but it does not allow you to select a specific number of follow requests to be conservative and well below Twitter’s daily count limits. Even though Hummingbird is built to stay within Twitter’s daily follow limits, you should be very careful in your follow requests early in your Twitter account development with Hummingbird. With Hummingbird, you should try to limit your ‘follow count’ to 200-250 per day at the most, at least early in your Twitter account history. You can do this manually in Hummingbird by stopping your following by hitting the “Stop” button after reaching that 200-250 follow count limit.

How to Maximize Tweeter

2009-10-28T14:30:00.000-07:00

So, how can you maximize your use of Twitter to benefit both yourself and your followers?

Here are three easy ways to empower your Twittering for networking, marketing and fun:

1. Utilize the “Track” feature

If you’ve set up Twitter to work on your phone or IM client, you can use this feature. Simply type “track” and then the word or phrase you’re interested in and you’ll receive any Tweet that mentions that word or phrase. For example, if you want to track Tweets that mention the Cleveland Indians, type track Cleveland Indians. If you want to stop tracking the term, type untrack Cleveland Indians. This is a great way to meet people and connect with other professionals in your industry.

2. Add Value

Some people have called Twitter a micro-blogging platform. This is a good way to look at it. So many users get caught up in answering Twitter’s question: “What are you doing?” But unless you’re doing something out of the ordinary, most people will find the answer to that question boring. When you’re writing on Twitter, approach it the same way you would approach your blog or copy – only publish posts that add value to your followers, and you’ll see natural networking and marketing benefits.

3. Engage in Fascinating Conversation

Following along the last point, Twitter is best when you’re engaging your followers rather than updating them with the mundane details of your life. Think about this as a digital networking event, party or cocktail hour. Talk to people on Twitter the way you would if you were in a group. Save private conversations for Direct Messages.

Enhanced Freebies

2009-10-24T07:07:00.000-07:00

You may have noticed as a member of FreebieForce over the past couple of months that the Freebies have gotten a whole lot better. If you have not had an opportunity to check this out get on the site and take a gander at what has been going on!

FreebieForce has directed new resources to finding more high quality Freebies along with highly discounted valuable products. Our renewed focus on this will continue as we move forward. We invite you to check the website each day to see all the great updates. You don't want to miss out as many of these deals pass by quickly.

Creating a Web Presence with No Budget for Beginners

2009-10-23T05:00:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this article is to help someone with zero budget understand basically, how do I get SOMETHING going when I have no resources?

First think about the resources you DO have.

Sites like Office Live or Google sites will allow you to set up a basic bare bones website for free. It costs nothing.

Heck you can host your blog on blogger.com or wordpress.com - that's free too.

There are places like Morguefile.com where you can get high-quality royalty-free images to use as well.

There's no excuse to NOT have some kind of website.

What about an opt-in? Even office live now has a makeshift option to create a contact email management system. Not my favorite, but if you're totally broke, it's better than NO opt-in at all.

What about video? Windows moviemaker comes standard on most PC's now, and there are sites where you can create short videos for free. Just want to post informational videos? embed something from youtube.com

Seriously. You can create all of this from scratch for nothing. No hostng fees, nothing.

There's simply no excuse.

Now if you've got a budget (even a small one) there are other ideas - like a domain name that you OWN and can re-direct to your new site (that shouldn't cost more than $10 from godaddy.com). Or web hosting so you can have more specialized content on your site (or to host your own customized blog).

Obviously the more money you have, the more options you have. But there are great, simple ways to get yourself online in a professional manner for FREE.

Yes, there may be a gazillion other people out there using the same blog template as I do, but it's free, it works, and I get traffic. THAT'S what matters most. It prevents analysis paralysis because blogger only has a few dozen templates from which you can choose. And you don't need to obsess over how it looks - you need to obsess over getting things going!

I hope that clears up the "I can't afford it" issue. EVERYONE can afford (and should have) a website of some sort.

Source: www.lisamrobbin.com

Direct Sales Marketing Online: 5 Ways to Build a Responsive List

2009-09-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

Direct Sales Marketing Online: 5 Ways to Build a Responsive List

Six Tips for Successful Online Marketing

2009-09-29T11:41:00.000-07:00

Six Tips for Successful Online Marketing
— Online marketing is under heavy pressure to be all things to a target market in the ways that market wants them to be—right now. Instant marketing, on-demand pressure and today's culture of constant change impact not just the speed, but the quantity of content you need to create continuously to lift engagement.

There's no downtime anymore. Create a campaign, send it out, monitor real-time results, tweak your strategy, add new content to your website, blog, create webinars, podcasts and compelling events that engage buyers. Oh, and don't forget to give sales better conversational briefs, customer stories and buyer profiles that fit with those personas it took you painstaking hours to develop..

How To Build A Downline

2009-09-28T11:47:00.001-07:00

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

How To Build A Downline

View more presentations from flashthemoolah.

August Commissions

2009-09-05T09:43:00.000-07:00

Dear FreebieForce Members,

This notice is being posted to let everyone know that FreebieForce commissions have been paid out for August as of September 5th, 2009. If you have any questions concerning this please email us at support@freebieforce.com

Thank you again for your support as we look forward to a very exciting month of September. We have a lot of activity going on here at FreebieForce behind the scenes to make incredible improvements to our offerings. Stay tuned!

Thank you,

FreebieForce Mangement

Reposting: Summary of Changes

2009-08-21T10:20:00.000-07:00

As a refresher, we are re-posting this article from May that summarizes our program change because many members still do not understand the changes.

Summary of changes for Freebie Force

Freebie Force has made some incredible changes to your service - and as part of this, you will notice a new approach, a new product, a renewed website design, and new offers for our members!

This new service will give you the potential to earn even more money with Freebie Force, by DOUBLING your money from our already solid pay plan!

What kind of new services can you expect with Freebie Force?

#1: The introduction of the all-new Freebie Force Rewards Zone! This amazing service is going to add value to your Freebie Force Membership in an entirely new way. Using the Freebie Force Rewards Zone gives you the opportunity to quickly earn money and prizes with your Freebie Force membership.

In fact, we’re adding a new feature that will allow you to pay ONCE for your Freebie Force membership – and NEVER PAY AGAIN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

You’ll be able to earn enough points to pay for your membership thru our Rewards Zone. That means you’re now making money with your own home-based business – for free. Just another Freebie Force freebie!

#2: More Freebies Locally and Nationally! We are adding thousands more local freebies to your area and giving you a huge boost LOCALLY. Our experts have discovered thousands and thousands of freebies that apply to you, and to your local restaurants, services, and events.

#3: Re-Invest Your Commissions! Our “re-investment” feature of the site is now live! This means you’ll be able to take a portion of your Freebie Force commissions and use them to pay off your monthly membership – when you do this, you won’t be charged on your credit card!

And remember, now that one of the Rewards available to you in our Rewards Zone is a free month of membership, you have TWO ways to avoid using your credit card and paying for your Freebie Force service!

#4: More Powerful Sales Tools! We’ve boosted the power of your personalized sales website! To see this in action, you can go to your own website, which you can reach by visiting www.freebieforce.com/”Your User Name” - or simply click here to see an example of what your site will look like (NOTE: This is a our company sign-up page - use your own replicated site for actually signing up members). The new site includes new videos, a new look, and a strong presentation tool that will allow you to close sales quickly and effectively – more than ever before!

#5: Easier navigation and improved usability! The Freebie Force site has been re-designed with your needs in mind. Go to http://www.freebieforce.com/ now to see these changes!

#6: We’ve DOUBLED Your Commissions! This is your reminder that your Freebie Force membership has grown in value and with all the added new features, the charge of your monthly membership fee will increase from $9.95 to $19.95.

The main purpose behind doing this is so that we can DOUBLE the amount of commissions you are getting paid every month! This change will also enhance our ability to expand our offerings as described above in addition to other great enhancements still in production.

Remember, this is going to bring you $100's and even $1,000's of dollars MORE in freebies EVERY SINGLE MONTH. In order to take advantage of this great service, you do not need to do anything.

HOWEVER… if you want to maximize this opportunity, take this as a great recruiting opportunity to demonstrate the enhanced value of Freebie Force to your circle of influence! Let others know about this exciting opportunity to take advantage of a great product that gives you MORE freebies than ever before, more tools than ever, and more money than ever.

#7: One More MAJOR Announcement Coming Soon! There's a big new feature coming - something we feel will increase the value of your membership to a level never before seen with ANY other Multi Level Marketing Program. It's something you'll see live on the site very soon. We can't tell you about it yet, but we can tell you that NO OTHER PROGRAM ON THE PLANET has given so much for so little - so stay tuned for even more! (Hint: If you log in to Freebie Force, you’ll see a banner that says “Coming Soon”. We’ll tell you more soon…)

We're excited about this new service and we look forward to providing you more and more as this service grows – Thank you for your continued support and hard work as a member with Freebie Force!

Success Through Blogging

2009-08-20T07:11:00.000-07:00

Blogs are a critical component to your online marketing strategy.

Many direct sellers, however are reluctant to get started for a variety of reasons:

* Lack of technical savvy
Direct Sales in general has been slow to embrace technology of any kind, and many long-term consultants are still faxin or calling in orders to their home office. The idea of having complete control over webspace can feel intimidating to someone who may only use their computer for checking email - or may not even OWN a computer at all.

* Lack of confidence
In a sea of home-party presenters, you might be surprised to know how many don't have the confidence to speak in public, and worse yet, don't believe they have the skillset to manage a blog of their own.

* Lack of funds
Many consultants believe that setting up a website or a blog can be costly and even more expensive for ongoing maintenance.

* Lack of time
Direct Sellers are notorous for spinning many platesand keeping many balls in the air. I frequently hear the "I don't have time for that" excuse.

In reality, there are simple, easy solutions to all of these issues. Blogs, like this one, are free to set up, use templates, and are quick to get up and runnig - often in less than 10-15 minutes. In fact, at my upcoming Home Party Solution LIVE Workshop, we'll be holding a race to see who can set up a blog the fastest. The point-and-click techology of Blogger and Wordpress make setting everything up a breeze.

The more important concern is one of content. "I'm not sure what to write about!" I often hear direct sales consultants exclaim.

This isn't a challenge either. Here are four tips to make blog posting a snap:

1. Write about who you are. This does not mean to post incessantly about how you're a consultant with XYZ company. What we DO is not the same as who we ARE. Maybe you're a mom, or a dog-lover, or a baseball fanatic, or a lipstick fiend. Find an uplifting passion - something that brings you joy, and you're sure to build a following of people that also share that joy, that passion, that resonate with you and want to hear more from you regularly.

2. Write about topics related to your product line. This can be a product review, but more importantly, it should reflect an area of expertise that's related to your product line. For example, one of my blogs is about skin care, and while I rarely post directly about my skin care company, I often post articles related to skin care. This is a topic we will cover in greater depth at my live workshop. In fact, we'll actually HELP YOU determine your area of expertise and get your first posts written at the event.

3. Get someone else to write for you. There are tons of online writers willing to share their content with you at no charge. This is content you can freely post on your blog or anywhere else online for that matter. By sharing guest content, you build even more credibility in the eyes of your customers, which can only help your business in the long run. Home Party Solution lists many reliable sources for free content to share on your blog or even in your newsletters!

4. Let someone else pick the topic. From reader surveys to paid endorsements for your blog posts, there are ways to post content related to what other people WANT to have you post. In fact, monetizing your blog is a great way to make it pay you for the time you spend posting.

In all, there are tons of ways to make building your online presence quick and painless. Fear is quite possibly the only thing holding you back at this point. As a Direct Seller, it is imperative that you take advantage of every possible marketing opportunity - including online tools like blogs. With over 15 million consultants in the US alone, online marketing is fast becoming the tool that distinuishes the leaders from the rest of the pack.

Blogs, like Social Media, are only ONE piece of the online marketing puzzle. You need a comprehensive marketing strategy that includes these elements to effectively dominate your marketplace. Blogs, are quick and easy, and no direct seller should be without one.

Twitter Tips for Direct Sellers

2009-08-19T06:09:00.000-07:00

Twitter Tips for Direct Sellers

As a target marketing specialist for direct sales reps, I spend a lot of time testing new strategies to help direct sales reps reach and serve their customers. My current favorite is twitter.

Twitter is an obvious choice for connecting real time with friends or followers. It's quick and relatively easy to navigate. Simply create an i.d., and start looking for people to spread your message.

The trouble comes when a person is brand new and has no idea how/where to begin.

Twitter is not a platform for heavy selling. Rather, it's a great place to introduce yourself, share more about who you are, and then open the door to potential business ventures. Heck, you only have 140 characters per tweet, and if you want people to share those tweets, you need to keep it under 120!

In the interests of ettiquette, here are a few simple tips to help direct sellers make the most of twitter:

1. Be genuine. This is at the heart of everything twitter represents. Select a user name that reflects who you are, rather than your product or company name. In fact, most companies prohibit use of their name in that manner anyway, so why risk it?People will gravitate to who you are first, THEN to what you offer.

2. Provide value. You've heard me say this time and again. People are always asking themselves, "why should I believe/listen you?" We are deluged with thousands of "advertising" messaged every single day. Your tweets need to stand out, provide value to your market and serve the very people you're trying to reach.

3. Be personal. By that, I mean resist the temptation to automate your folowing/unfollowing or direct messaging. There are appropriate ways to use automation with twitter. I've tested dozens of applications that were developed to maximize the efficiency of twitter. My results conclude that Autofollows and autoDM's just cause trouble.

Take the time to make the connection manually - which will avoid the need to unfollow at a later date. Yes, it means your number of followers may grow more slowly, but you can be sure that the followers you do have are actually INTERESTED in what you have to say.

4. Be patient. If you're being true to who you are, you're not likely to get a million followers overnight, but you WILL generate a following of people that know like and trust you. Word will spread as your followers share your message with their followers.

This is why I stress that social media and online marketing does not replace your home party business, but is an additional marketing component to running your business like a real business. Yes, there are people who have all but retired from doing home parties, but it didn't happen overnight. Don't fool yourself into thinking that a twitter account (or any single marketing strategy) is the fastest way to riches. It can help increase your reach dramatically, but it's certainly not an overnight solution.

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Want more help understanding twitter and how to apply it to your business? Explore Lisa's course: Twitter Secrets for Direct Sellers. The only certified Direct Sales Marketing Coach in the WORLD, Lisa Robbin Young can help demystify the business side of running your direct sales business. Visit her free online community for direct sellers today.

© 2009 Lisa Robbin Young.

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Please do not alter it and include the following information (with active links as appropriate):
Lisa Robbin Young is a certified direct sales marketing coach, teaching direct sellers to use target marketing to grow their business like a real business instead of an expensive hobby. Register today for her free member community & target marketing program for direct sellers at http://www.homepartysolution.com

Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You!

2009-08-18T06:03:00.000-07:00

Have you been a member of FreebieForce and let your account go active or have you been watching the program waiting and seeing when the right time to join might be?

If that is the case NOW is the time to get going. We are cranking up our marketing efforts along with key industry leaders FreebieForce is now truly ready to take the next leap and we want to take you with us. We are getting ready for another great website enhancement and our marketing campaigns are going full tilt.

Haven’t you always dreamed of being financially independent? Don’t you want a program you can believe in and will allow you to cash a check each month whether you work or not? Don’t you want to make a living without being afraid that you will get laid off, downsized or outsourced? SO DO WE!

We are offering you a low-cost program that will help you get started on the road to financial independence. We entreat you please take our ADVICE and invest in FreebieForce TODAY. If you don’t take advantage of this great OPPORTUNITY now you may be sorry tomorrow.

Reactivate or Join NOW! www.freebieforce.com

Trouble Contacting Us?

2009-08-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

Have you tried to contact FreebieForce and just don't know the best way to get help?

For answers to ANY questions you might have about FreebieForce all you have to do is email us at SUPPORT@FREEBIEFORCE.COM!!

Please do not email us at any other address this is the only address we can receive emails. We would also like to direct you to our website. At the bottom of our website take a look at the "CONTACT US" link.

FreebieForce Discounts Hitting it BIG

2009-08-13T20:57:00.000-07:00

When was the last time you looked at your FreebieForce site and went through the other categories of Freebies other than what appear on the homepage? 1 week ago? 1 Month? 2 Months? NEVER??

If you haven't taken the opportunity to take full advantage of your membership and looked at these extra features of our site DO IT!!

Our discounts section alone offer HUGE discounts from major retailers and is well worth the time to review. Also look at our new RewardZone if you have not already.

July Commission Paid

2009-08-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

Dear FreebieForce Distributors,

The July commissions have been paid. If you earned commissions you should receive an email from Global Xchange stating that you have been paid. If you do not check your commissions history in the FreebieForce Backoffice to see your earnings.

Report any issues to support@freebieforce.com

Thank you for another great month and we wish you continued success in your efforts in the coming month. Let's work hard to make this month a great one!

Thank you,

FreebieForce Management

21 Day FreebieForce Blitz

2009-06-23T07:28:00.000-07:00

Freebie Force has a NEW recorded sizzle call! To hear this great tool and start sharing it with others:

Dial 712-432-8521 It has 3 Prompts. Press 1 to hear about our awesome opportunity, press 2 to hear about the next conference calls scheduled, or press 3 to learn how to share this great program.

Here's a sample script you can personally use when calling your friends to tell them about Freebie Force:

"I consider you one of my best friends, and I would like to ask you a question. Would you risk $19.95 today, to earn over $195,000 dollars in 21 days from today if you knew you could not lose?"

Who do you know? I’m sure you can easily think of 5 people who could use $195,000 dollars in 21 days. All you need to do is invite your 5 best prospects to one of these calls. Do you think you can do that, like I just invited you? Of course you can. It’s just that easy!

Remember you have to be willing to do the things today that other people won't do in order to have the things tomorrow that others won't have.

Either get them on a live call or get them on the recorded sizzle call.

It's just $19.95 to start. Here's what your earnings would look like if you accomplish this. We're going to do a 21 day Blitz to help everybody build their Downlines.

Look at your Earning Potential on a $19.95 a month program. It's awesome!!!

1st 3 days blitz invite and get 5 friends at $2.00 per level = $10

2nd 3 days their 25 friends at $2.00 per level = $60

3rd 3 days their 125 friends at $2.00 per level = $310

4th 3 days their 625 friends at $2.00 per level = $1560

5th 3 days their 3,125 friends at $2.00 per level = $7810

6th 3 days their 15,625 friends at $2.00 per level = $39,060

7th 3 days their 78,125 friends at $2.00 per level = $195,310

Equals 21 days Total income opportunity of $195,310!!!

What if you just did a fraction of that amount, would you be happy? Yes you would! That would still be an incredible financial opportunity. So go get your 5 best friends now before someone else does, and invite them to the call.

1-712- 432- 8773 access code 127834#.

Call Times: DAILY: Monday, June 23rd – Friday, June 26th

7:00 PM Eastern Time AND 9:00 PM Eastern Time

6:00 PM Central Time AND 8:00 PM Central Time

5:00 PM Mountain Time AND 7:00 PM Mountain Time

4:00 PM Pacific Time AND 6:00 PM Pacific Time

1-712- 432- 8773 access code 127834#.

FreebieForce Freebie-Blitz Extended

2009-06-22T23:30:00.000-07:00

FreebieForce Freebie-Blitz Extended one more week:

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

Call Blitz Is Happening Now - Listen to 1st Call!!

2009-06-16T11:50:00.000-07:00

As previously announced, Freebie Force's Summer Enrollment Blitz has started.

Summer Blitz Call Times
2 calls each day, Monday - Friday (June 15th – June 19th)
1st daily call: 7 PM Eastern / 6 PM Central / 5 PM Mtn. / 4 PM Pacific
2nd daily call: 9 PM Eastern / 8 PM Central / 7 PM Mtn. / 6 PM Pacific
Dial 1-712-432-8773, Enter pin code: 127834 #

-- How big can your team be
by next week? --

Listen to the first call and you'll understand how it can help you grow your business amazingly fast.

Listen to the recording here: (Length: 10' 48")
{audio}6.15.09-FF-BlitzCall1_2301.mp3{/audio}
-- OR --

Right click to download the mp3 here.
-- OR --
Call-in phone replay line:
Dial 1-712-432-8774, Enter pin code: 127834 #
Then enter a second pin code: 23016 #

** Please share with your team **

Take Advantage of Our New Recruiting Blitz

2009-06-14T18:37:00.001-07:00

It's a Freebie Force Recruiting Blitz!
Freebie Force is ready to help you take your business to NEW HEIGHTS!

With all the great improvements and new features to Freebie Force, we’ve seen a big influx of new members. Those new members are now looking to start their own business with Freebie Force, and we’re here to help!

You’re going to be in for a real treat as the owners of Freebie Force will be hosting special recruiting “blitz” calls.

These blitz calls will be no longer than 10 minutes. In that brief amount of time, you’re going to learn how quickly you can make HUGE money with Freebie Force, how much great free products you can have access to, and much more.

All you have to do is tell people about it! Bring them with you on the calls, and have them bring their friends. You can very quickly work your way to an income of $1,000’s of dollars a month!

We also have another GREAT opportunity for you.

On Wednesday night, both of our blitz calls will include a special guest appearance from Seth Fraser, the President of Freebie Force and author of the book “The Legal Thief”.

He’ll be sharing secrets on getting EVEN MORE free products with your Freebie Force membership, and he’ll even be sharing secrets from his book that will help you get free cars, appliances, and much more!

So be sure to join us for these calls and take advantage of our new pay plan which now gives you DOUBLE the money and make your business grow to become a REAL residual income you can count on!

Call Information:

Call Times: Monday, June 15th – Friday, June 19th
5PM and 7PM Mountain Standard Time
Phone Number: (712) 432-8773
Pin Number: 127834#

How can I use my Commissions to Pay for my Membership?

2009-06-12T12:25:00.000-07:00

Dear FreebieForce Members,

As you may be aware part of our recent upgrades to our website is the ability to use your earned commissions to pay for your monthly membership fee of $19.95. This article is being written to provide some details on how to use this feature and what the dynamics of it are.

What the Re-invest Commissions Option Does

The re-invest commissions option allows you to take your unpaid commissions and use a portion of them depending on what your balance is to pay for your monthly membership fee. However, there are some limitations to how this works.

You need to have more dollars in your unpaid commissions balance than the monthly membership fee costs when your monthly payment is due. For instance if you have $14.00 in your unpaid commissions and your monthly membership of $19.95 is due you do not have enough commission earned to cover it. The system cannot process partial payments and a credit card payment will be necessary to cover your monthly dues.

How to Activate the Re-invest Feature:

To activate the reinvest commissions feature follow these steps:
1. log into your member's website
2. Click on the "BACKOFFICE" button in the upper right part of the home page
3. Go to "MAIN MENU - ACCOUNT MANAGER
4. click on the circle button next to your recurring order then click on the payment button. (note: if you don't click the circle button to select the recurring order you will receive an error.)
5. Once on the payment screen check the box that says: "Yes! Please use my unpaid commissions to pay for my order."

Screenshot of this backoffice screen:

That's it you are now ready to get your FreebieForce Membership paid on commissions!
If you have any questions concerning this process please feel free to email us at support@freebieforce.com.

Thank you,

FreebieForce Management

May Commissions Paid

2009-06-05T14:46:00.000-07:00

Dear FreebieForce Distributors,

May commissions have been paid. If you earned commissions you should have received an email from Global Xchange stating that you have been paid. If you do not check your commissions history in the FreebieForce Backoffice to see your earnings. Report any issues to support@freebieforce.com

Thank you for another great month and we wish you continued success in your efforts in the coming month. Let's work hard to make this month a great one!

Thank you,

FreebieForce Management

Tips for Using the New RewardZone

2009-05-29T09:10:00.000-07:00

Becoming Successful Using the Freebie Force Rewards Zone

1. Be sure to read the heading HOW IT WORKS in the Freebie Force Rewards Zone ** BEFORE ** taking any offers

2. Set up a new email account (This is important to ensure you don't get a lot of unwanted spam email.)

3. It is important to READ ALL TERMS & CONDITIONS ON ANY OFFER BEFORE TAKING IT! Some offers automatically charge your card after signing up, even if there is a free trial period. It should be obvious which ones, since they will ask for your credit card, but each case is different.

4. Get into the habit of taking 1 or 2 surveys a day. This will maximize the value you get from the Rewards Zone, and more quickly get you your free stuff!

5. Remember every offer is different, some can take 10 minutes to complete, some may take 30 minutes, but ALL these offers are worth it!

6. Remember offers will change daily so if you don't see something you like today, you likely will tomorrow - check back often!

7. Sign up for all offers with CORRECT information (In other words, use the correct email address, the correct phone number, the correct name, and address.) This information is often verified and if it isn’t correct, you won’t get credit for completing an offer.

8. DO NOT use AOL (America Online) to access the Freebie Force Rewards Zone. AOL uses a system called a “proxy” that disqualifies people from being credited for completing offers.

9. Don't not use a pre-paid credit card or a “virtual” credit card from Paypal or a PayPal Debit Card to complete offers. You must use a valid debit or credit card with your name on it. It’s possible you won’t be credited points for an offer if you don’t follow this procedure.

10. Don’t cancel an offer immediately after signing up – some companies will not credit you with points if they see you cancel something immediately.

11. Try to find offers that genuinely interest you, and you will likely be more successful anyhow.

12. BE SURE to write down the date you sign up, length of the trial (if there is one), and a phone number from the offer just in case you do need to cancel it at some point. We recommend creating a spreadsheet or simple list to keep track of things you sign up for.

13. Be patient with receiving credit for completing offers... some offers may take up to 4 weeks to credit.

That’s it – you’re on your way to becoming a hugely successful Rewards Zone user!

Listen to Our RewardZone Conference Call

2009-05-26T10:38:00.000-07:00

~ More Free Products ~
Prizes ~ Gifts
Now Even More CA$H!

Learn why you want to be using the ‘Rewards Zone’

20,000 Reward Points = Free month with FBF

100,000 Reward Points = $50.00 Cash!

1st 300 who gets to 100,000 points Get Double Commissions!

LISTEN TO THE DETAILS NOW:

Call: (712) 432-8774
Pin: 127834#
Archive Number: 2203#

Do You Want More Ca$h?

The Freebie Force Rewards Zone is one of the great new improvements to Freebie Force.

We've given you the tools to maximize the value you get from it, so you're ALREADY getting free iPods, free XBox 360's, free Playstation 3 units, and much more. We are now
prepared to do a LOT more than ever before!

Now we want to give you FREE MONEY!
You might ask... “How exactly are they going to do that?”

Special announcements have been made and you can hear them now! Dial into the call to get the inside scoop along with more information.

Prepare yourself for what you're about to get... it is OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE.
Click into your back office, go to the Rewards Zone, complete enough offers to qualify and reach 100,000 points. You'll be thrilled you did and the payoff will be huge!

UPGRADE: Freebie Force moves forward. Here's a summary of our changes

2009-05-25T11:08:00.000-07:00

Summary of changes for Freebie Force

Freebie Force has made some incredible changes to your service - and as part of this, you will notice a new approach, a new product, a renewed website design, and new offers for our members!

This new service will give you the potential to earn even more money with Freebie Force, by DOUBLING your money from our already solid pay plan!

What kind of new services can you expect with Freebie Force?

#1: The introduction of the all-new Freebie Force Rewards Zone! This amazing service is going to add value to your Freebie Force Membership in an entirely new way. Using the Freebie Force Rewards Zone gives you the opportunity to quickly earn money and prizes with your Freebie Force membership.

In fact, we’re adding a new feature that will allow you to pay ONCE for your Freebie Force membership – and NEVER PAY AGAIN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

You’ll be able to earn enough points to pay for your membership thru our Rewards Zone. That means you’re now making money with your own home-based business – for free. Just another Freebie Force freebie!

#2: More Freebies Locally and Nationally! We are adding thousands more local freebies to your area and giving you a huge boost LOCALLY. Our experts have discovered thousands and thousands of freebies that apply to you, and to your local restaurants, services, and events.

#3: Re-Invest Your Commissions! Our “re-investment” feature of the site is now live! This means you’ll be able to take a portion of your Freebie Force commissions and use them to pay off your monthly membership – when you do this, you won’t be charged on your credit card!

And remember, now that one of the Rewards available to you in our Rewards Zone is a free month of membership, you have TWO ways to avoid using your credit card and paying for your Freebie Force service!

#4: More Powerful Sales Tools! We’ve boosted the power of your personalized sales website! To see this in action, you can go to your own website, which you can reach by visiting www.freebieforce.com/”Your User Name” - or simply click here to see an example of what your site will look like (NOTE: This is a our company sign-up page - use your own replicated site for actually signing up members). The new site includes new videos, a new look, and a strong presentation tool that will allow you to close sales quickly and effectively – more than ever before!

#5: Easier navigation and improved usability! The Freebie Force site has been re-designed with your needs in mind. Go to http://www.freebieforce.com/ now to see these changes!

#6: We’ve DOUBLED Your Commissions! This is your reminder that your Freebie Force membership has grown in value and with all the added new features, the charge of your monthly membership fee will increase from $9.95 to $19.95.

The main purpose behind doing this is so that we can DOUBLE the amount of commissions you are getting paid every month! This change will also enhance our ability to expand our offerings as described above in addition to other great enhancements still in production.

Remember, this is going to bring you $100's and even $1,000's of dollars MORE in freebies EVERY SINGLE MONTH. In order to take advantage of this great service, you do not need to do anything.

HOWEVER… if you want to maximize this opportunity, take this as a great recruiting opportunity to demonstrate the enhanced value of Freebie Force to your circle of influence! Let others know about this exciting opportunity to take advantage of a great product that gives you MORE freebies than ever before, more tools than ever, and more money than ever.

#7: One More MAJOR Announcement Coming Soon! There's a big new feature coming - something we feel will increase the value of your membership to a level never before seen with ANY other Multi Level Marketing Program. It's something you'll see live on the site very soon. We can't tell you about it yet, but we can tell you that NO OTHER PROGRAM ON THE PLANET has given so much for so little - so stay tuned for even more! (Hint: If you log in to Freebie Force, you’ll see a banner that says “Coming Soon”. We’ll tell you more soon…)

We're excited about this new service and we look forward to providing you more and more as this service grows – Thank you for your continued support and hard work as a member with Freebie Force!

Reminder Special RewardZone Call TONIGHT

2009-05-21T08:39:00.000-07:00

Thursday, May 21st, 2009
9 pm Eastern / 8 pm Central / 7 pm Mtn. / 6 pm Pacific
Call: (712) 432-8773, then enter Pin: 127834 #

The Freebie Force Rewards Zone is one of the great new improvements to Freebie Force.

We’ve given you the tools to maximize the value you get from it, so you're ALREADY getting free iPods, free XBox 360's, free Playstation 3 units, and much more. and we’re prepared to do a LOT more than that.

Now we want to give you FREE MONEY.

How exactly are we going to do that?

We have a special announcement that is coming this Thursday, May 21st at 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time. Be on our conference call EARLY because you’re not going to want to miss this information.

To prepare you for what you’re about to get, we want to let you know that it is OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE to go in and complete enough offers to qualify for what we’re about to do for you – and the payoff will be huge.

So make it a goal to reach 100,000 points in our Rewards Zone right now. You’ll be thrilled you did. If you haven’t used the Rewards Zone yet, get logged in and BE SURE to see our training video on how to maximize it BEFORE moving forward.

We look forward to seeing you on our conference call!

Important Notifications

2009-05-20T14:06:00.000-07:00

Some members have reported not receiving our notice to everyone via email of our important program changes so this follow-up is being distributed to give all of our valued members another opportunity to make sure you hear about all of the great new features available at FreebieForce.

First we want to make sure that you get our notices in the future so here are a couple of tips to ensure delivery of these important announcements. We do not SPAM our members so be assured that any notice from us is something we feel you need to hear about.

The first reason why you may not have received our announcement is because you may have unsubscribed from receiving our broadcast email announcements in your member's backoffice. To check this follow these steps:

Subscribe to email announcements
Login to http://www.freebieforce.com then go to BACKOFFICE - MAIN MENU - CHANGE MY USER DETAILS - EMAIL OPT OUT and make sure to uncheck the box that says "I do not wish to receive any emails".

You will notice there are 3 different options:

	I do not wish to receive emails from my upline
	I do not wish to receive any email
	Send all email as text only (no HTML)

If you check the box "I do not wish to receive emails from my upline" your sponsor's emails will not be sent to you. This would only be a good choice if your feel your sponsor is sending you way too much SPAM. In any case please make sure you don't check the "I do not wish to receive any emails" or you will not receive notifications from FreebieForce.

Add FreebieForce to your Address Book
Add these addresses to your email address book to help ensure delivery of messages from FreebieForce; info@freebieforce.com and support@freebieforce.com

Please note: send any emails you expect a response to our support@freebieforce.com address that is the ONLY email address you can use to contact us directly.

Check Junk Mail Settings
Check your email provider's junk mail settings or SPAM settings to be sure that our messages are not ending up in the junk folder.

Special Conference Call: Bonus Points!

2009-05-19T11:29:00.000-07:00

Time: Thursday, May 21st – 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time
Phone: (712) 432-8773
Pin: 127834#

The Freebie Force Rewards Zone is one of the great new improvements to Freebie Force.

We’ve given you the tools to maximize the value you get from it, so you're ALREADY getting free iPods, free XBOX 360's, free Playstation 3 units, and much more. and we’re prepared to do a LOT more than that.

Now we want to give you FREE MONEY.

How exactly are we going to do that?

We have a special announcement that is coming this Thursday, May 21st at 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time. Be on our conference call EARLY because you’re not going to want to miss this information.

To prepare you for what you’re about to get, we want to let you know that it is OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE to go in and complete enough offers to qualify for what we’re about to do for you – and the payoff will be huge.

So make it a goal to reach 100,000 points in our Rewards Zone right now. You’ll be thrilled you did. If you haven’t used the Rewards Zone yet, get logged in and BE SURE to see our training video on how to maximize it BEFORE moving forward.

We look forward to seeing you on our conference call!

Member Commissions and Billing Date Change

2009-05-18T16:05:00.000-07:00

Dear Members,

This notice effective immediately we are changing our billing cycle to the 15th of each month and our commission payments will be submitted to you by the 5th of each month.

If you have any questions please contact us at support@freebieforce.com

Thank you,

FreebieForce Management

New FreebieForce Overview Video

2009-05-18T09:21:00.001-07:00

SPECIAL: Preview Major Program Changes

2009-05-17T21:55:00.000-07:00

A leader preview call discussing MAJOR CHANGES TO FREEBIEFORCE was held last
Wednesday, 5/13/09. We are now releasing this information to everyone to take advantage of. This is extremely important information please take advantage of this!

Hints:
* Double Commissions
* Added Services
* New Membership Fees
* New Site Designs
* New Payment Options

We encourage you to take some time out of your busy schedule to listen in
to the significant immediate impact of these changes on you and your group. If you are currently or have ever been involved in FreebieForce then you absolutely MUST listen to this call.

To listen to the Leader's Preview call:

Right click to download the mp3 here (Length: 39:54)
-- OR --
Call-in phone replay line:
Dial 1-712-432-8774, Enter pin code 127834 #
Then enter a second pin code: 2166 #

Program Pricing Change Effective 05/18/09

2009-05-12T14:34:00.000-07:00

This notice effective immediately is being submitted to let all of our members know about important Program Changes to FreebieForce.

Freebie Force has made some incredible changes to your service - and as part of this, you will notice a new approach, a new product, a renewed website design, and new offers for our members!

This new service will give you the potential to earn even more money with Freebie Force, by DOUBLING your money from our already solid pay plan!

What kind of new services can you expect with Freebie Force with these changes?

#1: The introduction of the all-new Freebie Force Rewards Zone! This amazing service adds value to your Freebie Force Membership in an entirely new way. Using the FreebieForce Rewards Zone gives you the opportunity to quickly earn money and prizes with your Freebie Force membership. Get logged in today to see it in action!

#2: More Freebies Locally and Nationally! We are adding thousands more local freebies to your area and giving you a huge boost LOCALLY. Our experts have discovered thousands and thousands of freebies that apply to you, and to your local restaurants, services, and events. This is based on continual improvement and overall numbers of Freebies added to the site over time.

#3: Re-Invest Your Commissions! Our “re-investment” feature of the site is now live! This means you’ll be able to take a portion of your Freebie Force commissions and use them to pay off your monthly membership – when you do this, you won’t be charged on your credit card!

#4: More Powerful Sales Tools! We’ve boosted the power of your personalized sales website! To see this in action, you can go to your own website, which you can reach by visiting www.freebieforce.com/”Your User Name” - or simply click here to see an example of what your site will look like (NOTE: This is a NON-FUNCTIONAL preview page). The new site includes new videos, a new look, and a strong presentation tool that will allow you to close sales quickly and effectively – more than ever before!

#5: Easier navigation and improved usability! The Freebie Force site has been re-designed with your needs in mind. Go to www.freebieforce.com now to see these changes!

#6: We’ve DOUBLED Your Commissions! This email is your reminder that on the 18th of May, your Freebie Force membership will grow in value, and at that time, we will be increasing the charge of your monthly membership fee from $9.95 to $19.95. This is being done so that we can DOUBLE the amount of commissions you are getting paid every month! This change will also enhance our ability to expand our offerings as described above in addition to other great enhancements still in production. Remember, this is going to bring you $100's and even $1,000's of dollars MORE in freebies EVERY SINGLE MONTH. In order to take advantage of this great service, you do not need to do anything.

HOWEVER… if you want to maximize this opportunity, take this as a great recruiting opportunity to demonstrate the enhanced value of Freebie Force to your circle of influence! Let others know about this exciting opportunity to take advantage of a great product that gives you MORE freebies than ever before, more tools than ever, and more money than ever.

#7: One More MAJOR Announcement Coming Soon! There's a big new feature coming - something we feel will increase the value of your membership to a level never before seen with ANY other Multi Level Marketing Program. It's something you'll see live on the site very soon. We can't tell you about it yet, but we can tell you that NO OTHER PROGRAM ON THE PLANET has given so much for so little - so stay tuned for even more! (Hint: If you log in to Freebie Force, you’ll see a banner that says “Coming Soon”. We’ll tell you more soon…)

We're excited about this new service and we look forward to providing you more and more as this service grows – Thank you for your continued support and hard work as a member with Freebie Force!

7 Steps to a $500 monthly income: Bringing it all together Step 7

2009-05-07T10:32:00.000-07:00

Step 7: Bringing it All Together

Concluding our running article series entitled “7 steps to a $500 Monthly Income with FreebieForce” this 7^th step “Continue to Investigate New Methods” will bring the sum tips we’ve discussed on our blog over the past few weeks all together and help you to see down the road to continued success.

This article series designed to assist you in getting to $500 per month in FreebieForce commissions is an excellent beginning, but we are sure that you are not going to be satisfied with just $500 per month and we think you are RIGHT to feel that way. $500 is just the tip of the iceberg. We have many, many members making much more than that right NOW! With the tools we have supplied readily available in the FreebieForce backoffice and some incredible changes to the program coming up in the next few weeks we know that $500 can be easily attained and beyond.

Here is a brief review of the previous 6 steps:

Step 1: Market Yourself

Key Takeaways:

- Target your "warm market", your circle of family and friends.

- Gather testimonials and build you personal story to craft a compelling message

- Set the Bar – start small and set realistic expectations with clients

Review the entire article here

Step 2: Learn about Freebieforce

Key Takeaways:

- Get to know and USE FreebieForce.com GET FREEBIES! GET Discounts, examine the training and sales tools in the Backoffice.

Review the entire article here

Step 3: Get Educated

Key Takeaways:

- Get a Mentor

- Work With Your Mentor

- Be a Mentor

Review the entire article here

Step 4: Manage your Time Effectively

Key Takeaways:

- The level of your success depends more heavily on YOUR level of dedication than just the business opportunity you present.

- Take the 9-5 mentality onto your business and apply it and you’ll be amazed how productive you can be!

- 5 Home Business Time Management Success Tips:

1. Set yourself a work time schedule.

2. Let nothing interrupt you during this time, these are your work hours.

3. Distractions such as the phone, checking emails and the television should be avoided.

4. Set your schedule for each day the day before.

5. Get and use your mentor

Review the entire article here

Step 5: Advertise your business / Avoid Pitfalls

Key Takeaways:

- Understand when it comes to succeeding in your business you must have effective advertising.

- Know who your target market is, what they want, how to reach them, and how to effectively advertise your business to them.

- A common work from home pitfall is to think that people will come to you as soon as you open your doors. To get noticed, every business needs to advertise itself.

Review the entire article here

Step 6: Retention is the Key

Key Takeaways:

- Lead with your products and/or with your services NOT just the business opportunity. Sell the merits of the products to the consumers just like any other company that bases its business on the benefits of those products.

- Elevator Pitch: “The cost of your monthly membership is quickly and easily outweighed by the value of free and highly-discounted products you can attain each month. Not only will your membership pay for itself in product value but you will also get paid to refer people to the program!”

- Fact: "90% of network marketers fail within their first 3 to 5 months". This is because they have not been told REALISTIC expectations. In life and in business it is always better to under-promise and over-deliver.

Review the entire article here

It is important for all of our distributors to understand that this business can and will be whatever you choose to make it. We are constantly changing our offerings and improving upon the building blocks of this great opportunity. We are looking forward to our best year yet and as a part of this young business you have the privileged place to be on the ground floor with us as we press toward the next level. So if you have not already established a personal plan of attack and marketing strategy that will help you succeed or you don’t know where to start we hope these tips will help and we encourage you to keep checking in on our blog site and on www.freebieforce.com which is updated on a regular basis for more great info.

The Freebie Vault Latest Episode

2009-05-07T07:50:00.000-07:00

Commission Payment Date Change

2009-05-05T12:45:00.000-07:00

Dear FreebieForce Members,

This update is for all current and future FreebieForce distributors to let you know that our commissions this month are being delayed one day due to a bank error. The commission payment will go out May 5th or the next day at the latest. It is of the utmost importance to us to make sure you get paid each month and on time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

In order to ensure that we don’t have delays of this kind going forward we are changing the monthly commission date from the 3rd of each month to the 5th of each month to allow enough processing time at the end of the month. We believe this minor change will help us to avoid any future such issues.

Thank you,

FreebieForce Management

The Freebie Vault: April 25th

2009-04-27T10:27:00.000-07:00

7 Steps to a $500 Monthly Income (cont.): Step 6

2009-04-23T10:06:00.000-07:00

Retention is the Key

Fact: "90% of network marketers fail within their first 3 to 5 months".

Why is the attrition rate so high? What can be done about it to curtail this detrimental factor in an organizational downline?

Quite simply put. It comes down to the setting of REALISTIC expectations. If I were to pick a single reason why most people fail to recruit, retain, and have a guaranteed MLM downline is because many are taught to present the product in terms of how much money your potential prospect could make, you're trying to sell the opportunity not the product.

Have you tried to entice a family member or a friend to look at your business based on how much money he or she can make? When you do that, the obvious and natural questions comes up:

Well, how much money are you making with that business?

At that point you have three choices:

1. Lie flat out to your prospect about how much you are making

2. Tell them the truth or

3. Tell them about your upline leader who is making the big bucks

We would never advise anyone to lie to a prospect to get them into your Dowline simply because that lie will surface early on. Once that person realizes that you misrepresented yourself, that's it, your credibility goes out of the window and to regain it back is extremely difficult, in many cases, it's just impossible.

If you tell them the truth, they would be left wondering...Well, if this business is as good as you say it is, why are you not making those big bucks yourself? How credible your business could be if you yourself are not making it? You can dodge the question, but your prospect will see right through.

The third case is even more damaging to your image because the minute you edify your upline leader as the person who is making all the money, you become a gopher, someone's running boy in other words.

You become someone who is bringing his/her warm market prospects so that this upline leader grows his/her network marketing downline even larger. I am sure you didn't sign up as an Independent Representative to wind up as someone's gopher, growing someone else's organization.

The sad part of leading with the opportunity to recruit someone into your business is that it gives you a false sense of hope, meaning that even if you manage to get that prospect into your marketing downline, the minute he realizes the money does NOT materialize immediately, he will quit the business, leaving you with that feeling of frustration, disappointment, and often times with thousands of business dollars totally wasted.

The real issue is...how can you recruit AND retain people in your Downline, right?

Answer: By leading with your products and/or with your services.

Sell the merits of those products to the consumers just like any other company that bases its business on the benefits of those products.

With FreebieForce some examples are:

Very low monthly fee
Thousands of dollars in Freebies available every day
Discounts on high-value products of 70 – 90%

Elevator Pitch: “The cost of your monthly membership is quickly and easily outweighed by the value of free and highly-discounted products you can attain each month. Not only will your membership pay for itself in product value but you will also get paid to refer people to the program!”

Treat the opportunity as a benefit of consuming those products. You need to get a person to become a lover of your products first and foremost and then out of that love, that affinity to the product you can get a new distributor.

When you lead with the merits of your products and/or services that shift does two things for you:

1. It ensures your residual income, because now you have a customer, based on his/her affinity to the products/services.

2. Your retention rate goes through the roof because you first build the loyalty by providing a good service/product.

That person does not join in just driven by greed like most opportunity seekers. This is how you can increase your retention rate by 40%, 60% and even as high as 80%.

Remember that your compensation is based on how much of those products or services your customers and Downline members consume. It does not depend on how many people you recruit, it's all about customers. It simply depends on the consumption of your products or services.

Bottom line:
If nobody is consuming the products or services, then nobody gets paid a dime in your network marketing business.

Introduce the merits of your products and your services first to a hungry consumer market, as opposed to seek out greedy opportunity seekers wanting to make a quick buck.

One strategy is based on sound marketing principles while the other one is based on greed, hype, and pure emotional nonsense.

The Freebie Vault "Week of April 20th'"

2009-04-23T09:54:00.000-07:00

2009-04-22T10:41:00.000-07:00

Written by SFT Editor
Saturday, 21 March 2009 17:48
In just 12 minutes, Ryan Wright, Freebie Force's Co-founder and Vice-President, explains to new members -- and reminds old members -- how to maximize the value of your membership, the best ways to keep updated on what's happening with Freebie Force, the single method proven to be most successful in building your Freebie Force team, and how to make sure you, your friends and your associates survive and thrive in today's difficult economic times. Listen to the recording here: (Length: 12' 05") -- OR -- Right click to download the mp3 here. -- OR -- Call-in phone replay line: Dial 1-712-432-8774, Enter pin code 127834 # Then enter a second pin code: 1919 #

7 Steps to a $500 Monthly Income (cont.): Step 5

2009-04-10T09:40:00.000-07:00

Continuing our article series; "7 Steps to a $500 Monthly Income with FreebieForce" we offer you Step 5.

AVOID PITFALLS

At FreebieForce, YOU are the boss and it is entirely up to your discretion to determine the strategies you would like to employ for success but in an effort to help you get your creative juices flowing we offer some assistance. Here are a few basic principles and pitfalls to help you succeed and begin making real money with this wonderful home based business opportunity.

The first thing that you need to understand when it comes to succeeding in your business is having effective advertising. One of the most common work from home pitfalls that you can have is to not knowing where and how to advertise your business. You need to know who your target market is, what they want, how to reach them, and how to effectively advertise your business to them.

Another common work from home pitfall is to think that people will come to you as soon as you open your doors. A person who opens up his or hers store and thinking that people will come to it, is totally wrong. To get noticed, every business needs to advertise itself. Once your advertising works and people are coming to you, if they are happy with your services, many of these people will talk to their friends and family and bring you lots of new clients. This is called "word of mouth" free advertising.

Giving your clients great customer service is critical for your long-term success. However, if you have clients who are keeping you up at night and are driving you nuts, it would be better to end the business relationship with them.

One of the biggest work from home business pitfalls that you or anyone can have is when your business slows down i for example and you are not seeing any sales. A lot of people may panic and probably quit. This is when you need to stay positive at all times and tell yourself that things will improve. Do what ever it takes to get up and move forward.

Another pitfall to avoid is to trying to do it all yourself. If you no longer have the time to do everything in your business, the best thing to do is to find someone else who will help you do the work that needs to be done. This is called out sourcing. Some people try to do everything themselves and at the end of the day they feel burned out.

We offer several tools to help you succeed here at FreebieForce so if you have not already done so please make sure to go into your Backoffice if you are a member and check out our new Training and Advertising Tools along with our Max Marketer which gives you the ability to enhance your ability to sell your business with personal videos and lead tracking features. Additionally benefits include:

# Professionally produced content and website

# Sends your leads to email and cell phone

# Alerted when a prospect completes the video

# Your website is instantly created

# Very affordable and effective

# Contact Management System

# Excellent first impression and instant credibility

Make today the first day on your own personal journey toward financial freedom and start with this great low-cost $9.95 home based business!

FreebieForce Sizzle Call Ending

2009-04-09T12:34:00.000-07:00

In an effort to continue to find the most effective means to reach new members the FreebieForce sizzle call is being discontinued due to lack of use.

the sizzle call numbers were 1-800-242-0363 pin 7744 and pin 7733. They were canceled as of the end of March.

Please view this as a positive event. We are striving to make sure all company expenses are used effectively so as to continue to offer the lowest-priced and highest-quality product possible.

Thank you,

FreebieForce Management

7 Steps to a $500 Monthly Income (cont.): Step 4

2009-04-08T11:17:00.000-07:00

Manage your Time Effectively

Succeeding with a network marketing internet business comes down to more than the strength of the opportunity itself. It’s often said that you are the biggest asset in your business and the truth is, that is spot on.

Many who make the transition from 9-5 to home business fail simply because they are not in the right mindset. In fact, one key to succeeding is to simply take that 9-5 mentality onto your business and apply it and you’ll be amazed how productive you can be.

It’s lack of productivity which often hurts the MLM internet business start up. When we say apply a job mentality we mean you need to clock on at a specific time each day, work a to do list and clock off only when you’ve completed your given tasks for the day.

Can you see the big picture here. Working from home doesn’t mean freedom and financial success. Well, it actually means freedom from a boss but here again, look at this deeper and actually appointing a makeshift boss is not such a bad idea especially if you are a bad self starter.

5 Home Business Time Management Success Tips

Without a good time management plan you are doomed to fail in your home business or at least, produce average results. Yes, working from home gives you the freedom to spend more time with your family and to work when you want to but if you are not making money then what’s the point? You would be better off going back to a paid job. At least the income would be consistent.

A network marketing internet business requires a good time management plan. Here are some tips to consider for your business:

1. Set yourself a work time schedule. This is especially important when first starting off in MLM. You can make this schedule whatever you want…9 to 5, 8 to 12, 9 to 3.

2. When your time schedule is set then these are your work hours. Let nothing interrupt you during this time because these are the hours in the day which will be responsible for productivity in your business.

3. Distractions such as the phone, checking emails and the television should be avoided. Check your emails first thing in the morning and leave your phone off or off the hook.

4. Set your schedule for each day the day before. Before you turn in for the night, make a list of your tasks for the day. Place them in order of importance. Don’t fall for the trap of doing tasks which are the easiest because they will kill your productivity levels and give you a false sense of accomplishment.

5. Appoint or hire a mentor. Someone you can report to on a daily basis that can offer encouragement and check your progress each day. This person needs to be someone you highly respect or even fear to a certain extent. It needs to be someone you hate to let down because of who they are. This is a very powerful way to beat procrastination and build your home internet business.

March Commissions Paid

2009-04-03T14:32:00.000-07:00

Dear FreebieForce Distributors,

The March commissions have been paid. If you earned commissions you should receive an email from Global Xchange stating that you have been paid. If you do not check your commissions history in the FreebieForce Backoffice to see your earnings. Report any issues to support@freebieforce.com

Thank you for another great month and we wish you continued success in your efforts in the coming month. Let's work hard to make this month a great one!

Thank you,

FreebieForce Management

7 Steps to a $500 Monthly Income (cont.): Step 3

2009-03-26T11:59:00.000-07:00

Step 3: Get Educated

A wealth of knowledge is available on the internet for those willing to look for it. You can join some online MLM educational communities to gain more knowledge about the business and being successful. Of course you can begin by looking in the FreebieForce backoffice and our Newsletter blog for ideas.

Get a Mentor

Get to know your upline. What makes them successful? Which techniques to do they employ to get and keep talent? Who in your upline or the company can you learn from?

You have the potential to achieve the things that you set out to have in life. You see others achieving the things they have set out to achieve and you want the same success for yourself. So how do you get there as quickly as possible?

One thing that you have probably heard before about achieving MLM success is to copy others to duplicate their success. Find successful people, learn what makes them so successful, copy them and then show other people how to achieve the same success.
Now that you know the a road to achieving goals in your MLM business, how do you find someone who is willing to take you under their wing and show you how to be successful? Easy, what you need is a mentor.

What Can A Mentor Do For You?

We have determined that mentors can help you gain success in your MLM business, but they also have a great deal of other qualities to offer you. A good mentor will be able to provide you with guidance and through their experience, will be able to teach you how to handle yourself in tough situations.

How To Work With Your Mentor

To make a mentor program work, you must be prepared to be flexible and have a lot of give and take. Remember that your mentor is a person too and will have other obligations in their lives that they must also tend to. Sit down with your mentor and work out a fair schedule that suits both you and your mentor.
Your mentor is there to help you as much as they can, but remember that you have to take the first step and help yourself first by making the commitment to spend time with your mentor and listen to what you are being taught.

Take What You Have Learned And Give It Back

Be a Mentor

What exactly IS the difference between a recruiter and a sponsor?

We can define recruiting as getting them in, and sponsoring is KEEPING them in. One is a defined process for getting them signed up the other is growing their greatness in this business.

Network Marketing Recruiting is the Education and Influence Process of getting to the point of when you become their sponsor, and a lot people who recruit folks in this business FORGET the sponsor part.

Learn from your upline about the business. What works and what does not. Get your questions answered about the company. Find out what successful marketing and teambuilding strategies your upline or others are employing.

There is a reason why the word sponsor and responsibility have the same root word. It is your responsibility to become the Leader they need to create an environment for greatness, and for creating independence in your people.

That is Priority One!

You must get them trained. A recruiter rarely takes the time for that because recruiters are focused on recruiting, not growing, signing them up, not growing them up. A Leader always grows people first, then the business.

Be a great sponsor and take your new distributors where they want to go, but remember to also take them to the level of success you want them to lead them to.

PITFALL: Avoid becoming a babysitter! Babysitting creates a downline of babies. They never grow into their greatness in this business. They crawl through this business, and eventually out of it.

You as a Leader must become a great sponsor, but understand there is a HUGE difference between Sponsoring someone, and Spoon Feeding them.

7 Steps to a $500 Monthly Income (cont.): Step 2

2009-03-23T07:28:00.000-07:00

Step 2: Learn about Freebieforce

In order to not only get the most value out of FreebieForce by taking
advantage of the tremendous number of Freebies you must be able to
understand and explain the product to prospective members in detail.
Some major features to take note of:

Freebies – The most obvious yet often overlooked sections of the
website serves of great value for our members and is the cornerstone
of our business. Check out our Freebies daily and don’t forget to look
at each category that contain like items and different items than are
listed solely on the homepage.

Discounts – Our ever-growing Discounts section has incredible values
in it. Items of high value at anywhere from 50 – 95% off, not quite
free but the products available are often very good and so cheap it
feels like you are stealing them!

City Center – Contains local deals available only in your city.

Backoffice Features – Track your commissions, check out your genealogy
that shows all of the members in your team particularly look at our
“NEW Matrix Tree View”. Under Company Info take a look at the
Newsletter which is a link to our blog site updated daily with news
and sales tips related to Freebieforce. Spend some time on our
Training and Advertising Tools section that contains a wealth of tools
to help you succeed with FreebieForce.

So if you have not already done so are are not doing so on a regular
basis get in there and check out the product! Getting to know the
website inside and out, know the freebies and how to get them. Learn
about the Citycenter and the Backoffice features so you can explain
them easily to new and prospective members. In so doing these things
you will get the most benefit out of your FreebieForce membership and
maximize your effectiveness with prospects.

2008 Tax Information

2009-03-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

FreebieForce Distributors,

If you have not already received a 1099 for the 2008 tax year you can login to your Global Xchange account to see what your 2008 earnings were. You only have to claim your Freebieforce commissions as income if you earned over $600 for the year.

To do this:

1. Go to www.globalxchange.net
2. Select "Transactions"
3. Set the dates to Jan 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008
4. Click "View" to see the transactions for 2008

Updated 1099's have been sent out for some folks who did not receive them previously. Additionally, revised 1099's have been created for some people so please be sure to check your Global Xchange account the amount on your 1099 should match your Global Xchange account.

Please feel free to emal support@freebieforce.com if you have any questions related to this.

Thank you,

FreebieForce Management

7 Steps to a $500 Monthly Income with FreebieForce: Step 1

2009-03-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

The great thing about a business like FreebieForce is there are no rules to success. You can make your mark however YOU see fit! The flexibility to work on this at anytime you like, however and whenever, you want to is the beauty of this business and we encourage you to challenge the norms of day to day working styles to find one that is most suitable to your personality.

However, for many people, just saying “You can do FreebieForce however you want.” is not guidance enough. We have written many articles on successful selling and marketing topics you can use to create discussion topics with potential customers and acquaintances.

This message is the first in a series of 7 we will be releasing entitled “7 Steps to a $500 Monthly Income with FreebieForce”

Step 1: Market Yourself

Allocate resources to marketing.

This may come as a surprise to you, but it is mandatory that you allocate some resources to learning how to market. Many people target getting a hold of your "warm market", your circle of family and friends. This will helpful to get you going and start building a downline but with an online business like FreebieForce you can tap into much more marketing power by utilizing the Internet and other marketing strategies. You need to learn how to gain access to large numbers of prospective customers. Define a strategy that you believe will work for you and begin to execute it. If that one doesn’t show results, tweak it and try something different.

Gather testimonials and build you personal story to craft a compelling message for your market.

Testimonials and your personal story are powerful ways to communicate with your potential customers. Gathering these testimonials does not cost you any money, and not much time. Listen to other distributors in the company, ask them for testimonials from their customers. Stay on top of company news on the benefits of your product as can be found on our blog site. As you are collecting these items, begin to write a message to your potential clients, that delivers a compelling benefit statement. While you are engaging in this first step of building your marketing campaign, you will also build confidence and leadership. These are the qualities that will make your customers want to buy from you.

Remember people are not buying just the products in FreebieForce they are buying YOU. If you inspire confidence in you and your abilities they will have no problem taking hold of any idea you may bring to their attention. We will discuss more on this in subsequent articles in this series of seven.

Set the Bar

Tell your prospective clients to start small, but dream BIG. Tell them to get just 3 personal sponsorships and instruct each of them to do the same. If each person does this your matrix will grow exponentially very quickly.

Twitter No. 1 in Traffic

2009-03-13T12:12:00.000-07:00

According to the latest data from Hitwise, Twitter sends most of its traffic to Google, Facebook, TwitPic, and MySpace. Overall, Twitter sends about 1 in 5 users to social networks and another 1 in 5 to entertainment sites like Twitpic, YouTube, or Flickr. Even though some people think that Twitter is just a 'poor man's email system,' Twitter's clickstream profile is very different from that of most email services.

There are a number of interesting results in Hitwise's study. Among others, Hitwise notes that a higher share of downstream clicks from Twitter.com go to blogs and personal websites than from search sites, social networks, or email services. A larger number of Twitter users are also being sent to news and media sites, which points towards Twitter's growing role as a medium for sharing and breaking news stories.

Another interesting fact about the downstream clicks from Twitter is that very few users go from Twitter.com to retail, business, or finance sites.

Here are a few other interesting findings:

after visiting Twitter.com, more users visit Etsy.com, the marketplace for buying all things handmade, than Amazon
* in terms of downstream clicks, CNN.com is the most popular news service on Twitter
* Yahoo Mail gets more downstream clicks than Gmail or Windows Live Mail

One caveat about this data that Hitwise does not mention, however, is that a large number of Twitter users never even visit Twitter.com because they use more fully-featured desktop or mobile clients like Twhirl, TweetDeck, or Tweetie. Hitwise obviously doesn't have access to this data, but it would be interesting to see if those Twitter users who use a Twitter client exhibit a different behavior compared to those who use the web site.

Time Management in the Age of Social Media

2009-03-12T13:10:00.000-07:00

These days I'm asked frequently about the role of social media in personal and organizational productivity. The question is timely, as the major social media applications have millions of users and are still growing fast. Also, the phenomenon is closely tied to e-mail, which itself has presented major challenges to professionals in time management and keeping an appropriate focus in their work and life.

The most obvious issue about social media: Is this a useful way to spend your time, or is it a sinkhole of attractive distraction? It could very easily be one of those one minute, and the other the next! It all depends on why you're doing it, and this must be evaluated moment to moment. It's an important distinction to make for yourself, because focus is probably your greatest asset that you can control. You must be judicious about where you place it and what you let grab it, thus reducing your effectiveness.

Bear in mind that the most potentially productive activities (e.g. meetings) can undermine your control and focus if they're not carefully managed. And some pursuits that are commonly viewed as "time-wasting," such as random Web surfing or Facebook socializing can be productive, if you use that term in the broadest sense of achieving something you want.

Someone noticed that I was now on Twitter and said: "How can you be productive on Twitter?" My simple answer: "If I want to have Twittered, then it's productive!" I wasn't trying to be facetious. The truth is, if you're taking a vacation to relax and you don't relax, then it's an unproductive vacation.

Why would I (or anyone) want to "have Twittered," or be involved with any of the social media at all? There is inherently some sort of magic between the lines in much of it that seems to have struck a chord in so many of us. I attribute this to the transparency, connectedness, and immediacy that social media offer, which are key attributes of quality relationships—something humans crave at a basic level.

Looking at if from a more tactical, practical perspective, it seems there are three main reasons that it can serve people well:

You're an incorrigible extrovert, and you just love to schmooze.

If so, social media may be right up your alley. You simply need to be careful with balance, and whether your virtual social life is detracting from your physical one, or from your other responsibilities. You may need a prenuptial agreement that it's O.K. to disappear for hours away from your real-life partner to chat with people you'll never see. But if you're wired to get inspirational juice from multiple relationships in that way, it can be productive.

You have an agenda that is supported by this kind of connection.

If you need to know what's new and what's happening, moment to moment, social media can provide a competitive advantage. If you are building a global brand, as I am, and leveraging your personality and having a following is part of that strategy, playing in this arena is smart. I've only been on Twitter for a couple of weeks, but already it has invigorated lots of great discussions and a sense of connectedness with thousands of people in and around my network.

If having some sort of immediate communication from me helps reinforce the best practices that my methods represent for people's work and life, then there's lots of goodwill as well as good ideas spreading virally and quickly. Or, if you're in a business that excels with its "now-ness" in the market and culture, such as entertainment or consumer high tech, you'd better be on board. Or if you're out of a job, this hugely expanded Rolodex may be your best resource for your next opportunity.

You're researching.

You're intrigued, maybe a little intimidated by the early adopters and the popularity in the media about these media, and you're curious about what all this is about and want to find out whether and how you should engage. That's probably the majority of us, and I think there is still much to know about this world. You'll be in testing, trying-out mode. I'm still very much in this space, attempting to not miss out on whatever opportunities might lie waiting while at the same time not letting myself get too sidetracked along lines that start to require more energy than they deliver back.

It's not an easy call, because I've discovered that the proof is in the pudding. That is, I've got to participate in order to really know what's going to pay off and what isn't. The experience in Twitter was unexpected; and it took quite a bit of experimentation to get a feel for what was going on, and how to find a groove there.

The big key is to stay very clear about what your agreements with yourself are, relative to your engagement with such things as LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, and the like. The opportunity that the various social media offer is the ability to quickly communicate, collaborate, and get feedback from a large and previously inaccessible number of people, with varying degrees of filtering capabilities.

The challenge is that each of those social media involvements can represent another virtual in box, with an implicit assumption that you should think about and deal with what lands there. If "processing" those additional streams of input is simply a matter of scanning to see what's of interest to you, that may not take much time; and you can simply drop in and out on a whim. That's no different than channel surfing, other than the added seductiveness of interactive rabbit trails to pursue.

But if you are expected—by yourself or others—to be more familiar with the content, or to contribute and respond to content directly, you're going to have to be judicious in how you manage your social media commitments. It's not as innocuous as another cable station, unless you have specifically downgraded your expectations of how you're going to be involved.

Depending on your personal and professional interests, you can choose from the variety of social media the ones that fit for you. If the productivity best practice is to target your social media very precisely to attain your goals, then the productivity worst practice would be to indiscriminately hook into multiple sources of poorly defined static. To use social media effectively, just be sure that you aren't putting more effort in than the result you're getting.

Source: BusinessWeek Magazine by David Allen is the internationally bestselling author of “Getting Things Done, Ready for Anything,” and” Making It All Work.” He is the chairman and founder of the David Allen Company and is a leading authority on developing personal and organization capacity.

2009-03-12T08:31:00.001-07:00

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2009-03-11T13:37:00.001-07:00

Reading my new FREE Rachael Ray "Big Orange Book" from www.freebieforce.com

The Freebie Vault "Week of March 2nd 2009"

2009-03-11T10:23:00.000-07:00

Social Networking Here to Stay

2009-03-09T11:07:00.000-07:00

Sitting at my desk yesterday, I checked my tweetdeck and found a message from one of my "tweeps" saying that social networking is the future of direct sales. I tweeted back saying that, in fact, social networking is the now of direct sales. We had a great conversation discussing the various issues that consultants face trying to make a name for themselves in a wired world.

If you're not familiar with social media sites like Myspace, Facebook and Twitter, chances are good you didn't understand half of that last paragraph.

That's no excuse to stick your head in the sand. Social media is here to stay, and it's a powerful tool to add to your direct sales arsenal. Professional marketers are reaping the rewards of online connections on a daily basis. They've taken the art of networking and building relationships from the offline world to the online marketplace, and cashed in on the revolution in the process.

Before you jump headlong into social networking, there are a few concepts you need to understand. These caveats can turn your social networking into a lead generating machine - filling your inbox with leads and building your business in unprecedented ways.

1. Social Networks are not a PITCH fest. You can't just join a social network and start telling everyone how great your company or product is. That's the online equivalent of shoving your business card into the hand of everyone you meet without saying 'hello' first. Depending on the social networking site, you can share about yourself, your company and your products to varying degrees - but only AFTER you've established a relationship with your audience. Who is your audience? Anyone that's following your page, signing up for your updates or trying to become your 'friend'. The term is different for each service, but the idea is the same: people want to get to know who you are before they want to learn about what you have to offer.

Just like in the offline world, you need to show people you can provide value to them before you start talking about your company. Social networks essentially force you to share a bit of yourself with your audience before they're going to respond to any offers you try to make. If you don't, you'll come off as pushy and people will stop following you - or worse yet, block you all together.

2. Brand YOURSELF First. It bears repeating, so I'll say it again. YOU are the most important product your company has to offer. Successful consultants make a name for themselves even while they're promoting their company's products and services. It is up to YOU to promote yourself. No direct selling company is going to do that for you.

People have to know, like and trust you before they're going to do business with you. It is your responsibility to provide the information your audience needs in order to build a lasting relationship with you.

3. Don't Do It All In One Day. Social networking sites are designed to be "sticky". That means once you visit, they entice you with lots of content to suck up your time and get you to stick around for a while. You need to view social networking as a piece of your marketing puzzle - not the whole enchilada. Start with ONE site that appeals to you. Strictly limit your time, and be sure you're using it for networking activities, not for mindlessly playing games or adding "apps" to enhance your page. Your time is best spent building and creating relationships with others on the site - not playing games with the computer!

Once you've "gotten the hang of it", then consider other social networks, but realize that each site requires a bit of time to navigate and participate. Don't commit to more groups than yuo can handle. Only YOU know your time availability and building marketing relationships takes time.

4. Social Networking Is Like Offline Networking. Just like offline networking groups, they are NOT the backbone of your direct sales business. Booking, selling and recruiting are the staples of a successful home party business, and nothing will ever replace that. Social Networking is a marketing tool that you can use to move beyond your family and friends and reach out to a global audience. The global audience can help establish yourself as an expert, but it doesn't always help you get a show on your calendar for next week. Like all networking functions, building relationships takes time.

Social Networking should be considered as a way to enhance your traditional book, sell, recruit activities - not as a replacement for them. Just like you wouldn't rely only on live networking events to build your business, neither should you rely completely on online social media to build your business. The Internet can speed the relationship building process along, but it still takes time.

5. Don't Expect Miracles. You get what you give in social media. The more you interact, the more people will interact with you. The better content you provide, the more people will want to hear from you. Unless you're already a celebrity, don't expect that you'll have overnight success with any social networking site. Miracles do happen, but to expect them would be social networking suicide. Often times, you can connect with other direct sellers, coaches, and trainers, and find yourself hob-knobbing with the rich and famous - people you might not otherwise have ever met - through social media. But this should not be your expectation or purpose for social networking. Connect and share with "regular Joes" like you and watch your network grow.

Twitter is a great place to start. With only 140 characters, there are no lengthy pages to read, and it's easy to start. Plus it can work with some other social media sites as well. If you sign up, follow me and I'll follow you!

6. Stories Sell. The best way to connect and build an online network is to share yourself - via stories and videos - and let your audience know more about you. A word of caution, though: don't share anything you wouldn't feel comfortable having the whole world know. This is the internet, after all, and anyone could see those pictures, that video or hear those stories. Transparency is one of the great qualities of the internet - it's also one of the curses. It only takes a second for everyone in your social network (friends, family and business associates) to see those compromising details. Be sure you're sharing quality information that builds your reputation.

It can be challenging for direct sellers that aren't very tech savvy to get connected to social networks. Take your time, start slowly, and do what you can. Don't get sucked into the time vacuum, and get distracted from your core business building activities. Great business relationships can be cultivated online, but you need to enter the fray in a controlled and meaningful way. Otherwise, you're just spinning in circles.

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SOURCE: Lisa Robbin Young teaches direct sellers how to be a superstar in the eyes of their customers. As Founder of HomePartySolution.com, Ms. Young has garnered the attention of thousands of direct sales consultants around the world looking for ways to integrate online marketing with their offline businesses to achieve greater success while working from home. Sign up for her free ezine at HomePartySolution.com

What is the Key to Affiliate Marketing?

2009-03-09T11:03:00.001-07:00

Passion in this sense simply means that you've researched and like the company and products or services. It is then that you translate that like (or Passion) into the education, excitement, and work that usually accompany Passion.

I will have to say that many online entrepreneurs are so good at what they do that they ignore passion because they can sell anything. But I'm concerned about those of you who are not so knowledgeable at working an online business successfully.

Now, I'm not trying to make anyone believe that Passion is the only thing necessary. Because to be successful you must also have a good website, good marketing, widespread advertising, company support, effective keywords, and etc. Those things are often learned from the company you join -- but sidestep Passion and you reduce your chances for success dramatically.

It therefore follows that, if you have no Passion for the company and the products and services provided by that company, again, you won't attempt to do the work you are being taught.

Internet affiliate marketing work is typically not all that difficult or time consuming
but it does take motivation caused by Passion to get you off and running with a sustained
effort so that you won't stumble.

You have a great resource in the Internet search engines to search about the Internet affiliate marketing industry for business opportunities -- USE IT!

Your research should uncover a company that you like and have confidence in. It should be solid, founded on great principles, and easy to understand with great products and services that are sell-able for which you can have Passion. If you don't find it move on... you can find the right opportunity containing the attributes identified above.

Comments like, well, that one sounds good and the compensation plan is excellent so I guess I'll start that business -- does not sound like a decision based on anything near Passion. And remember when you hear that an Internet "guru" does that, don't be tempted, because as I said earlier they are experienced and can sell just about anything, without being Passionate about the company products and services.

Note: By the way it's your goal to get to the point where you can sell just about anything online. That end skill and goal are worthy, indeed.

2009-03-06T07:24:00.000-08:00

Derek is at it again! Using his musical talents to talk about Freebieforce.

The Freebie Vault Episode V

2009-03-05T19:15:00.000-08:00

The Freebie Vault is hosted by the owners of Freebie Force, a company that finds great freebies all over the planet and helps you get great free products from all over. Now that same company is giving you the freebies they find - without charging you to become a member. Every single week, they'll show you 5 great free products that they have picked up and show you how to get these great products for absolutely free. This week's episode covers Free Flights from Spirit Airlines, Free Quizno's Subs and Much More!

2009-03-04T10:45:00.001-08:00

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5 Worst Things You Can Say

2009-03-04T07:55:00.000-08:00

People tell us their biggest obstacle to success is this: Finding good people to talk to and, then getting that person to even LISTEN to the opportunity. Here are the five worst things you can say to a good prospect.

Everybody seeks those elusive, good people.

The kind who are committed to do what it takes to make it. Obsessed.

Resilient. Ambitious. Not easily influenced by others once they've made up their own minds, based on their own research and personal experiences. Fun people. Friendly, open-minded people, self-starters, hard working, will do WHATEVER it takes. And of course, they will have a major sphere of influence over other people just like them.

Shall we agree that this is a likely definition of a 'good person' for the business? Oh, and they're definitely not whiney or pukey towards new ideas and new things.

Let's say we agree who the 'good people' are. Did you realize the things they usually teach you to say from the front of the room typically turn these kinds of people right off? Oiy vey! Really?

Everybody knows that step one is attracting good people, and then, getting them to listen, yes?

Here are the 5 Worst Things You Can Say to a Prospect:

1. "It's easy. Anyone can do it."

Why would anyone tell a good, new prospect this? If it were really true, why do 90% plus of the people who sign up, cave?

Besides, whom do you actually attract when you say that? What do people who hear that expect they have to do to make it in the business?

While it may be true that cerebral brain power is not what one needs to make it big in networking, shouldn't we stop pretending that it's easy and anyone can do it? Otherwise, wouldn't EVERYONE be making it?

2. "You can/will make [big money/a fortune/$10k+/mo] almost immediately in this business."

Predicting the future like this for someone else is pure hype. Be it about the product (‘you will lose X lbs./you will feel like new’, etc) the potential income, or how others will feel about it (“You’ll love it!’ ‘Your friends will love it!”)

Good people don't fall for this nonsense. But guess who does? Sorry but it's those people who want something for nothing or next to nothing. Yahoo's Seth Godin calls them the "dreaded opportunity seekers…someone with more time than money, a non-consumer who focuses on low-margin items and is a less than ideal prospect for most products." (Permission Marketing, P.108)

Is that who you want on your team? No it is not. Well then, please stop asking for them.

3. "Everyone will want this product/service."

While maybe true theoretically, this is what almost every network marketing company says about its services and product lines. In fact, it's what most every company out there says about their wares.

Picture this: New people going off, after the 'meeting' thinking that 'everyone' will want this, or that the stuff/service is for 'everyone.’ What happens when they go home and call a few people and hear the usual 'it's too expensive' and 'I can't believe you fell for that' types of responses?

Uh huh. They figure, either the people in the front were lying or, worse, ‘I'm not smart enough to do this, I guess. Better give the stuff back.’ And after the first few calls, it's over.

This doesn't mean the products or services COULD not be beneficial to the whole world. But does that mean that everyone WILL do the thing? Or will love it like you do?

You may believe in your heart of hearts that everyone SHOULD do ‘it’ (=whatever you’re selling that you believe in) or use it, or whatever, but doesn't McDonald's marketing team think the same thing? Or people who make Hondas?

They can't figure it out either. Why doesn't EVERYONE eat at McDonalds? Why doesn't EVERYONE drive a Honda? Or eat Snickers? Or buy Crest toothpaste? Or eat organically grown food? Or exercise when they know they should?

What’s wrong with all these people out there, anyway?

Smart marketing people are finally beginning to ‘target’ their potential users (‘target marketing’) so they direct their spiel at the ones for whom it’s the right thing to be using. (E.g. our products are for people who are ‘adventuresome’ or who ‘put family first,’ etc). A tiny fraction of the total people out there. But it works much better. They get the right ones AND those who wish they could be (or perceived to be) ‘adventuresome’ or ‘intelligent’.

In the network marketing world, the ‘right ones’ are people with some entrepreneurial flair and readiness to change.

2-10% of people out there, it is said, over and over, by those in the trenches. What fools everyone is this: nearly everybody we know SAYS they want more freedom, more income, more energy, residual income, more blah blah blah. But what percent of those same people are willing to make a change and do something about it?

A paltry 2-10%. There’s the rub. Everyone who’s ever lived a day in the life of a networker has experienced it.

So, could your ‘thing’ be helpful and beneficial to everyone? Maybe. Will everyone ‘see it’ or do it?

Complaining about a thing and doing something about that thing are well, not the same. There’s maybe 1 doer for every 20 complainers and wannabes. The rest are just venting, a very in thing these days. If in doubt, ask:

"Do you really want [THE BENEFIT] or are you just venting?"

And there’s your answer. Accept it, and act accordingly.

Venting is not a crime. I mean, doesn’t everyone just ‘vent’ once in a while? You just need to know that’s what they’re doing, that’s all. So ask.

P.S. In ‘THE BENEFIT’ blank, insert FreebieForce. That extra income, more free time, residual income, your own money, more energy, tax savings, an internet business, a new life or whatever they said ‘attracted’ them to the business in the first place.

4. "Ours (this) is the best deal/company/pay plan/management (you name it) in the history of the world/out there."

To utter these words with any credibility, shouldn’t the speaker have personally done EVERY deal, been in every company, tried every product, or met and worked with every management team out there? How else could anyone even offer an opinion like this?
How many who say this do you think are qualified to say it?

Actually, isn't #4 just a silly thing to say? That is what EVERY Company says about themselves. And what would you expect them to say?

Who cares? (Saying something different than #4 has wonderful consequences. Think Avis, whose slogan ‘we try harder’ because they’re #2 has made them a household name. America has been in love with the underdog forever.)

Even when people do try the very same things, they have different reactions, don’t they?

Say 3 people try 5 different hamburger joints. Chances are that each of them would give a different opinion as to which is their first choice.

Depends on your tastes, yes? Is anything 'best' for everyone?
Experience tells us something else. For example, Rolls Royce are for people with money, who enjoy showing it. Not ALL people with money, but those (of them) that like to show it. Sam Walton, the richest guy in the world in his day (not long ago), drove a 10-year-old truck even when he was the richest man in the world (according to Fortune magazine).

So even just here, within this single elite class of the very rich, we observe differences in preference. Nothing is 'best' for everyone. No one would want that except the owners of the supposed ‘best thing’ or ‘best belief’ or ‘best way.’ 'Best in the world' for everyone is the same thing religious zealots preach.
They too, say their 'deal' is the best in the history of the world. But isn’t it based mostly on faith? A very strong feeling of certainty someone has? And doesn’t a person’s faith depend largely on where they live? And how and where they were brought up? And to whom they have been exposed in life? And what’s happened to them?

The people you want to attract know better than to buy the line “This is the best deal/company/pay plan/management, you name it in the history of the world, for you and everyone in the world just because someone else says it or believes it.”

People prefer choice. And choice is what they will have or create, depending on who they are and what they think is important.

Surprisingly, when marketing anything, the more narrow, specific and limiting your stated audience is, the more people seem to flock to it. Think Harvard.

Thousands of applications for each student admitted. Now, how would you market Harvard? A place for people who…? You fill it in. Would it be for ’everyone’ or just people who blah and blah and probably blah blah and then some more blahs?

Same here. "X is for people who…" and the more narrow and specific that is, the better it attracts those people and hoards of others who won’t even qualify, but who can’t resist. Like applying to Harvard. Besides, they may know people.

5. "All you have to do is talk to people you know."

Telling new people this is worst of all and not just because it isn't true. (Unless you are President or some famous deity who can actually influence others to at least try the thing being sold, like celebrities who endorse products and companies.) It's because this one fib is the #1 reason new people don't make it. You know it, don't you? Picture it.

Re-experience it…

There goes an innocent new baby in the business, happily off to talk to people they know, expecting to sign them up and sell them the dream or save them. Without one ounce of preparation for what they're in for. And after the first few calls, it's usually over, or nearly over.

Who would have thought what misery friends and family wreak on an innocent new person? The worst pukies are friends and family. And it doesn't take many of these reactions. 3-10, usually, before the new baby is out of the game.

Going to friends and family right off should be outlawed, so new people at least have a chance to make it. AFTER they've had some success, perhaps they can entertain the idea.

Instead of risking approaching friends, people can send a Dear Friend Letter (in Truth book). It removes the risk of getting dumped on. Because only the ones who have an interest call back. So no one even hears ‘no.’

Think of the hours on the phone chatting about hemorrhoids or failed marriages that they get to skip.

Everyone knows about Napoleon Hill, yes? He wrote “Think and Grow Rich”, perhaps the best known book in the English speaking world after the Bible.

Nearly every industry leader claims they've read it. They recommend it to anyone and everyone. But they don’t follow his advice.

It is Mr. Hill who said that perhaps the biggest reason people fail in life is the tendency to listen to friends, family and neighbors. In his own words:

"Close friends and relatives...often handicap one through 'opinions' and...ridicule...meant to be humorous. Thousands of men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well-meaning but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through 'opinions' or ridicule."
(Think and Grow Rich p 140-141.)

This, after 20 years of full time research asking what it takes to be successful in life walking and talking with the likes of Thomas Edison, John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie and 497 other self-made men.

And they want you to send a good new recruit into this destructive environment without preparation?

Besides, in what start up business does anyone ever say “all you have to do is go talk to people you know' to make it big”? Good people expect there to be more to it than that.

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2009-03-03T11:36:00.001-08:00

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Marketing Intelligence

2009-03-03T11:22:00.000-08:00

As a business owner/manager, having a network marketing strategy in place is like having a refrigerator, you simply must have one.

Connecting to other businesses and individuals can really help to move your business to the next level, however effective networking takes time and planning.

"But… the benefits will be well worth it"

So What’s The Plan Stan?

Start your strategy by focusing on and strengthening your current business relationships.

Established relationships can be used to foster new relationships and to grow your network of contacts and referrals.

Concentrate on your relationships with businesses and individuals that are either similar to or complement your business.

With your specific niche in mind, use your "marketing intelligence" to target the type of clients you would like to cultivate for your business.

Having a smaller but focused list of potential customers will make it easier to follow through with your network marketing strategy.

Marketing intelligence is critical to the success of any marketing campaign.

Your business marketing strategies and techniques may be absolutely brilliant, but unless you test and measure the results of each & every strategy, you may be wasting huge chunks of money, time & energy.

Every single marketing technique must be tracked and measured so you know what’s working and what isn’t.

Research the best way to test & measure then use that strategy for each campaign so you’re comparing apples with apples.

Decide how often the results will be tracked and make yourself fully aware of how long you will continue with a particular strategy before concluding whether or not it’s worthwhile. It must be an objectionable decision so work on numbers, not gut feeling.

Dow Hits Low not Seen Since 1997

2009-03-02T12:30:00.000-08:00

Investor concerns about financial companies and worries about Friday’s unemployment report continued to erode the markets on Monday as the Dow Jones industrial average fell below 7,000 for first time since October 1997. With continuing softening of financial markets and the nations unemployment rate expected to continue to rise many of us turn our thoughts to the future. How do we maintain a financial foothold in a bleak future?

“Another day, another 200 points,” David Dietze, chief investment strategist at Point View Financial Services, said, comparing the daily markets to water torture.

The decision by many companies to trim dividends — one of the incentives for owning stocks — was contributing to the sell-off, Mr. Dietze said. Earlier Monday, the large regional bank PNC Financial Services Group cut its dividend 85 percent and the International Paper Company cut its by 90 percent. Last week, the General Electric cut its dividend 68 percent, and JPMorgan Chase reduced its dividend 87 percent.

Looking ahead, he said: “All eyes are on that Friday unemployment report.”

“We could be in for a shocker,” he said. Economists expect a loss of 675,000 jobs in February, following 598,000 in January. The unemployment rate is expected to rise to 8 percent, from 7.6 percent.

The declines on Monday Mar. 2nd were across the board, led by the banking and basic materials sector.

As this recession begins to quicken it's pace the need for everyone to evaluate their personal financial security have never been more apparent than it is right now. Wouldn't you like to create your own destiny rather than to have it in the hands of some Corporate entity who can lay you off at any point necessary? How would you like to have the freedom to work wherever and whenever you want? Freebieforce can help! Regardless of your personal financial position we can get you in business for ONLY $9.95 per month. You simply cannot find a business with lower startup costs. If you are not already a member check us out.

If you are a member take this opportunity to take advantage of the negative momentum in the financial markets and employment areas to talk to everyone you know about getting in business for themselves and a better way to do this other than FreebieForce cannot be found. Remember when recruiting this is an online business so anyone you recruit needs to at least have access to the internet, if not at home at a public library or college. Feel free to email us directly if you have any questions at support@freebieforce.com.

Data Source: New York Times March 2nd, 2009

2009-03-02T09:58:00.001-08:00

Inspirational Message from FreebieForce: Work hard to get good. Work harder to get better! ~ Unknown.

Member Gets Creative

2009-02-27T10:48:00.000-08:00

Derek Thorpe a member of FreebieForce has created a unique video recruiting tool to asist him in getting recruitments. Perhaps this is not your brand of marketing but we want to share this type of information with others to help you get your own creative juices flowing. Take a look and remember to have fun with this while making some great passive income or just to take advantage of Freebies.

The Freebie Vault Episode IV

2009-02-27T10:38:00.000-08:00

FreebieForce Audio Update 02/21/09

2009-02-24T10:42:00.000-08:00

Ryan lets us know that the FreebieForce-Today blog is now being updated daily with news and training, gives us an overview of some key offers available on your site this week, and provides us with some initial information about a new "5 Point Plan" to be implemented soon that is designed to have many of your inactive members flocking back to rejoin your Freebie Force team.

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Recession Means Shoppers are Looking for Deals

2009-02-23T10:07:00.001-08:00

This morning an article in the Denver Post showcases the recessions steady impact on retail sales, particularly high-end retails. Why is this? Because almost everyone is tightening their belts and actively trying to spend less money.

According to the Post: "As a group, department stores posted nine consecutive monthly sales declines through January and are forecast to post a 10.8 percent decline in February, said analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters."

The article goes on to say: "There's also a danger that customers hooked on discounts and learning to live with less may not return to their old ways." We at FreebieForce firmly believe that it is a crime to pay retail and we have built a business helping others to see this and show them the way. There is no better time to share Freebies with friends and acquaintances that now!

"We know that shoppers are avoiding certain retail space to avoid temptations, and malls are at the top of that list," said Candace Corlett, president of WSL Strategic Retail. "Is it temporary? It could be two years." In a WSL survey, 55 percent said they are shopping less at the mall.

Once the recession hit in late 2007, it put the kibosh on phenomenal sales growth at luxury and upscale chains such as Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, said Kelly Tackett, a senior consultant at TNS Retail Forward.

It also deflated momentum in the other department stores. The downturn was more than Mervyn's and Goody's could bear. They closed in 2008.

The department store comeback "never materialized," Tackett said.

Now each store has its own issues, she said. "Luxury has been the hardest hit with the aspirational shopper cutting back. Macy's is still trying to benefit from its national scale. Dillard's and Macy's are struggling to identify the shopper they're targeting and are being challenged by J.C. Penney and Kohl's."

We know that all of our friends are looking for deals, now is not the time to be closed-mouthed about these great Freebies you know about it is the time to use this recession as an engine to increase your own income. Take today to share one great freebie you found on our site with people you know.

Who's Got a Story?

2009-02-20T13:53:00.000-08:00

Have you been a member of FreebieForce for a while who has been taking advantage of some of the great Freebies our site has to offer?

We would like to hear from you! Please email us at freebieforce@gmail.com with the subject "Testimonial" and you may see your story featured on our site in the near future to show others the great benefits membership to FreebieForce can bring.

This is a great thing to participate in because you will have the chance to have your name in print as a valued FreebieForce contributor and it will help us to further promote traffic to our site which at the end of the day is what we all want because it makes you MONEY!!!

Please keep submissions brief under 300 characters, include your name and location.

Freebie Focus

2009-02-19T07:59:00.000-08:00

Are you already a FreebieForce member? Than you are probably aware of the hundreds of great Freebies available on www.freebieforce.com. If you have not logged in for a while please make sure to check out our latest deals.

If you are not already a member of FreebieForce these are just a few examples of new items available every day on www.freebieforce.com.

-- Get your Federal Taxes Done for Free. Federal Taxes are free filing and free direct deposit to your bank account.

-- Ever wanted to unmask an unknown number calling your cell phone?
Well, go ahead and sign up for TrapCall (FREE)!

-- Up to $30 FREE every month for recycling used ink and toner cartridges!!--
02/14/2009 thru 12/31/2009 Get $3 for every Ink or Toner Cartridge that you recycle at STAPLES! (Maximum of 10 per month)

-- $40 Off Your Hotel Stay - Many Hotels FREE Using This Discount --
02/10/2009 thru 02/16/2009

-- Pick up $40 off your next hotel stay - almost any hotel worldwide!

-- 10 FREE Wings from Wingstop on your birthday!

Social Networking Sites For Affiliate Marketing

2009-02-18T15:36:00.000-08:00

One great way to drive sales of FreebieForce is to set up your own profile at social networking sites so as to cultivate a relationship with a network of people who could be interested in what you’re offering.

This might surprise you, but youngsters and teenagers are not the only ones using social networking sites anymore. In fact, social networking sites have changed drastically from what they once were – groups largely made up of teens - to something different.

Today, social networking sites cover a wide range of people of all ages. Although teenagers are still the best users of these sites, there are now niche social networking sites, which target people with some common interest, such as worm breeding or scramblers.

Furthermore, apart from the usual teenagers, social networks are increasingly being used by another group – businesses. Many mom-and-pop businesses and medium to large enterprises are now using social networks to promote their services and products in a not-so-obtrusive manner – and then cleverly duplicating their messages within the social networks via technolgy and infrastructure that are already present.

The most establised and popular social networking site is MySpace, which has a growing community of one hundred million members.

If the affiliate product you are selling has a broad appeal, you may want to use MySpace to market your product, as you will be able to reach the widest audience quickly.

Now, there are quite a few methods to do that in MySpace. One way is to create a free account, and then use an automated script or software called an “adder robot” to quickly add friends to your list. The robot can add as many as 300 per day without any problems. There are so many good ones these days that finding one is not a problem. Just do a Google search for “adder robot”.

Depending on your goals, you may want to add a personal profile for yourself and then talk about your business/product on your page; or you may want to simply create a profile for your business and use that to market your product.

While you can post promotional bulletins about your product through MySpace, this is generally frowned upon by MySpace and could lead to your getting banned. MySpace is actively clamping down hard on these practices. Thus, it is wise to avoid this; instead, send out messages and comments that don’t directly promote your product, but talk about something similar.

This will drive interested visitors to your page, where they can learn more about the affiliate product you are selling. However, as MySpace bans affiliate links, it is probably a good idea to link to a non-affiliate page, such as a landing page that you host. You could capture email addresses or provide relevant content on these landing pages. Try other social networking sites once you get the hang of MySpace marketing.

One other large site is Friendster. This site is generally very popular in many Asian countries. Another popular site is Hi-5. Facebook is another largely popular social network and its focus more on students from colleges and high schools as well as business professionals. In order to market to a more targeted crowd, it will serve you best to also search for niche networking sites.

Whichever sites you decide to use, keep the following in mind: your goal should be to develop a network of people who share a common interest and could potentially be interested in your specific product. For this reason, it is always a good idea to think long term and concentrate on building your network and introducing them to your program.

source: Affiliate Marketing for Dummies

Episode III: The Freebie Vault

2009-02-17T11:09:00.001-08:00

2009-02-16T09:11:00.000-08:00

Listen: Freebie Force Training Call (2/7/09)
This training call gives some great tips about practical essentials. Karlyn gives a run-through of and what to do daily and weekly, using an easy card system for tracking and managing your business, creating a buddy system, supporting & developing team members for relationship building, and key upbeat phrases and wording to use for more effective prospect calls. Shirley Wright reminds us of the value of social networking, making frequent visits to get and give freebies, doing regular check the increasingly frequent updates on the company's blog site, using back office support tools & company calls, and the effective way to use live customer support.

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Listen: Freebie Force Training & Announcements (2/14/09)
Ryan covers some of the recent changes to the FF sites, including the new weekly video reminders of "Hot deals." he then gives an overview of some key offers available this week, as well as how to use those to gain members ... including one that can put $30 into your pocket every month, month after month, year round.

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Web 2.0 and YOU: Social Networking 101

2009-02-16T07:57:00.000-08:00

Many of you have likely heard this relatively new buzz word called; “Web 2.0” but may be unclear as to what exactly it is or how it may affect you. Web 2.0 is a new way of interacting with friends or business prospects online. This is done primarily on Social Networking sites. These sites provide interactive personalized methods to share personal or business information with people.

The term Web 2.0 according to Tim O’Reilly an open source proponent who is widely credited for coining the term and says it means: “that the "2.0" refers to the historical context of web businesses "coming back" after the 2001 dot com bust.” Many of the businesses operating since then have a new methodology and more viable approach to e-commerce. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-culture communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies.

How do these concepts relate to our FreebieForce business? Many Web 2.0 sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and many more are used by FreebieForce Company and several members of FreebieForce to communicate with one another and promote their business. So how could you utilize this technology to promote your business?

FreebieForce for example has started airing weekly broadcasts on YouTube hosted by our CEO/President Seth Fraser and VP Ryan Wright to discuss 5 interesting freebies on our site. Many members use Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to make contacts for both business and personal use. Social Networking sites such as this function like email except instead of getting one email from someone you can see an entire website dedicated to that person and enjoy other items they choose to share with you. Additionally, you can see what comments others are writing to them and what contacts they have. This is an excellent tool for meeting new people.

We encourage you all to check into this medium for growing your FreebieForce business. Not only is it extremely enjoyable but is highly effective means of making contacts. Check us out on Facebook!

How Can I Prosper at FreebieForce?

2009-02-12T13:56:00.000-08:00

However, for many people, just saying “You can do FreebieForce however you want.” is not guidance enough. We have written many articles on successful selling and marketing topics you can use to create discussion topics with potential customers so if you have not already checked out all of the blog posts we would like to encourage you to start there to get ideas.

Here are a few basic steps to get started marketing yourself and FreebieForce:

1. Allocate resources to marketing.

This may come as a surprise to you, but it is mandatory that you allocate some resources to learning how to market. Many people target getting hold of your "warm market", your circle of family and friends. This will helpful to get you going and start building a downline but with an online business like FreebieForce you can tap into much more marketing power by utilizing the Internet and other marketing strategies. You need to learn how to gain access to large numbers of prospective customers. Define a strategy that you believe will work for you and begin to execute it. If that one doesn’t show results, tweak it and try something different.

2. Gather testimonials and build you personal story to craft a compelling message for your market.

Testimonials and your personal story are powerful ways to communicate with your potential customers. Gathering these testimonials does not cost you any money, and not much time. Listen to other distributors in the company, ask them for testimonials from their customers. Stay on top of company news on the benefits of your product as can be found on our blog site. As you are collecting these items, begin to write a message to your potential clients, that delivers a compelling benefit statement. While you are engaging in this first step of building your marketing campaign, you will also build confidence and leadership. These are the qualities that will make your customers want to buy from you.

3. Learn telephone skills to talk to prospective customers.

The telephone is one of the least expensive and most effective ways to contact large numbers of people. Although the internet has become a major source of information, the phone still gives you a great way of making personal contact. This is a people business, and your customers are looking for that personal touch and leadership that you can convey over the phone. The phone continues to be the secret weapon of most successful leaders. Phone skills coupled with an Internet marketing strategy makes for a very powerful set of tools.

4. Putting it all together.

Even though you can run your FreebieForce business however you want, it is important to be serious and treat it like a real business. Effort equals results. You get out of something like this what you put into it. That means to plan for coming into profit quickly, and to allocate resources for marketing, following up on leads and generating income for yourself.

It's COOL to be cheap

2009-02-11T15:11:00.000-08:00

Here at FreebieForce we have built a successful network of individuals who know what it means to be cool. How so you ask? Now with the US economy lagging everyone is trying to find new and creative ways to save those hard-earned dollars. Each of us has a gateway to free and highly discounted products to share with them. This article from the Denver Post illustrates our point perfectly.

Shofali Jindal borrows movies from the library and picks up passes for Boston museums there. John Harper hunts at consignment and thrift stores for $25 Armani suits. Ingrid LaSalle brews her coffee at home to save the $150 a month she used to spend at Starbucks. And they're proud of it. Like most other Americans, they've been cutting back and reevaluating their spending. But they're also finding that it has become cool to be cheap.

"It's probably not looked at negatively anymore," said LaSalle, 34, a chef from Cambridge, who was eating a value meal with her daughter Alanna Price at the McDonald's restaurant in Somerville's Davis Square.

"It's not about being stingy. It's being frugal and smart. For some people, it's like a sport."

The withering economy has forced our inner value shopper to come out.

Instead of buying a birthday card, we send free e-cards. Rather than going out for a drink at a bar, we share a six-pack at home with friends.

We buy clothes at Wal-Mart and Costco instead of pricier places. When we do shop at department stores, we arm ourselves with coupons.

Whereas we used to hide our thriftiness for fear of being ridiculed as a cheapskate, now we flaunt it like a badge of honor. We're proud to buy something for nothing, and then we enjoy bragging about how little we spent.

"It's cool to be frugal," said Frederic Brunel, a Boston University marketing professor. "The culture of the moment is to be smart with your money and get the best out of it."

Brunel, who also teaches consumer research, said he's noticed that TV commercials are spreading the message that cheap equals cool. Brunel points to a recent spot for Gillette's Fusion razor in which the unseen announcer asks consumers to consider that a replacement blade cartridge can cost $1 per week. "That's money well spent," he declares.

A new McDonald's commercial hypes its coffee and suggests that viewers should abandon pricier coffee shops, going so far as to spoof Starbucks customers.

Even President Obama showed that you don't have to spend a lot of money to look good. During his inauguration, commentators talked about the fact that the first family wore clothes from J.Crew, a mid-market retailer.

"They looked very good but didn't spend a lot of money on it," Brunel said.

"That's the positive side to this otherwise gloomy economic environment," he added. "It's about celebrating the fact that you are able to get a good deal and that you are a smart shopper as opposed to being an indulgent and almost mindless consumer, which is being looked down on right about now.

It's not just clothes and coffee. Consumers are finding other ways to cut down. More people are ordering takeout food these days, in order to avoid paying for drinks and leaving a tip. At the Cheesecake Factory in Braintree, the line at the takeout counter is often longer than the line waiting to be seated.

Shopping at thrift stores has lost its stigma, too. At the Goodwill store in Davis Square, Nick Norrman, 20, of Brockton boasted that he had just paid $2 for a used VCR.

"You can come to these places and get something for nothing," said Norrman, who also bragged that he "dumpster dives" for food and leftovers from Trader Joe's stores. "I'm not a big fan of being gaudy and rich. I don't like paying full price."

John Harper, 54, has landed some good deals on designer clothes, and he likes to share his finds with his friends. Harper recently found a cashmere overcoat from Italy for $15 and Gucci loafers for $20 at thrift stores.

"My inner cheapo has allowed me to wear amazing designer clothes for next to nothing," said Harper, a Boston University grad who now lives in Stamford, Conn., where he hosts a talk radio show. The topic of finding more for less has gained currency among his listeners, who call in with their own stories of being cheap.

"If you find these bargains, you feel less guilty about getting them, because it's less money," he says.

"It's always good to be frugal, especially now. You don't know what is going to happen with the economy tomorrow," said Jindal, who unplugs all her electrical appliances in her Cambridge home when she goes to work.

She also stocks up on cartons of orange juice at Costco each month. "I don't know anyone who isn't cutting back. It's in to be cheap."

Wouldn’t you agree that these individuals and many more would be interested in saving money like you can with FreebieForce?

How to Build Trust and Rapport Quickly

2009-02-10T15:41:00.000-08:00

So, what's the word that completes this sentence?

No one will buy from you if they don't _____ you.
No matter how good your product looks.

"Trust," of course!

How do you get your potential customers to trust you?

If you're working hard, but aren't consistently generating enough sales and getting referrals, chances are it's a matter of trust. One of the most critically important and yet frequently overlooked aspects of selling is creating a solid foundation of trust and rapport.

Suppose you could incorporate a few simple, yet highly effective ideas into your selling process and substantially increase your bottom line?

Successful salespeople have a knack for making people feel important. They understand the value of building trust and rapport early on in the selling process. For you see, it really doesn't matter how knowledgeable you are about your product line or how many closing techniques you have mastered, unless you earn your prospect's trust and confidence you are not going to make the sale period.

Once you have established trust and rapport with your prospect, you actually have the hard part behind you and can anticipate making the sale. While there is no system that will work 100 percent of the time with every prospect, fortunately there are fundamentals you can use that will help you build trust and rapport quickly.

Gain the Competitive Edge. Whether you like it or not, people form impressions about you based on such factors as appearance and attitude. When it comes to building trust and rapport, there is nothing more important than making a favorable first impression.

It's important to remember that in most cases, your prospect's first impression of you will be made over the phone or from a voice message you leave.

Here are some suggestions to help you create a favorable first impression:

1. Show up on time and be well prepared.

2. Maintain a well-groomed appearance and dress appropriately for your market.

3. Be upbeat and personable without becoming overly familiar.

Adjust to Your Prospect's Temperament Style. Research indicates people are born into one of four primary temperament styles: Aggressive, Expressive, Passive or Analytical.

Each of these four primary temperament styles requires a unique approach and selling strategy. For example, if you are selling to the impatient, aggressive style, they want a short warm up and expect a quick, bottom line presentation. While at the other extreme, the cautious, analytical style requires a longer warm up period and is interested in every detail.

Observing the person’s body language patterns can easily identify each of these four behavioral styles. Once you learn how to identify each of the styles, you will be able to close more sales in less time by adjusting to your prospect's preferred buying style.

Understand Body Language. Body language is a mixture of movement, posture, and tone of voice. Research indicates that in a face-to-face conversation, more than 70 percent of our communication is nonverbal.

Our body language reveals our deepest feelings and hidden thoughts to total strangers. In addition, nonverbal communication has a much greater impact and reliability than the spoken word. Therefore, if your prospect's words are incongruent with their body language gestures, you would be wise to rely on their body language as a more accurate reflection of their true feelings.

Be mindful of your own body language gestures and remember to keep them positive by unfolding your arms, uncrossing your legs and smiling frequently.

Create harmony by "matching and mirroring" your prospect's body language gestures. Matching and mirroring is an unconscious body language mimicry by which one person tells another they are in agreement.

The next time you are at a social event, notice how many people are subconsciously matching one another. Likewise, when people disagree, they subconsciously mismatch their body language gestures.

An effective way to begin matching your prospect is to subtly nod your head in agreement whenever your prospect nods their head, or cross your legs when they cross their legs etc.

By understanding the meaning behind your prospect's body language, you will minimize perceived sales pressure and know when it is appropriate to close the sale.

Use Active Listening Skills. Successful salespeople take notes, listen attentively and avoid the temptation to interrupt, criticize or argue with their prospects. It's a good idea to occasionally repeat your prospect's words verbatim. By occasionally restating your prospect's key words or phrases you not only clarify communication, but also build rapport.

During the first fifteen minutes or so of the appointment, you should listen more than you talk. Keep your attention focused on what your prospect is saying and avoid the temptation to interrupt or dominate the conversation. The quickest way to destroy trust and rapport is to interrupt another person. If you do interrupt, minimize the damage by apologizing and asking them to please continue.

Establish Your Credentials. It's important for you to establish your credentials as an expert in your field early on during your initial visit. Hand out your business card, flyer and or company brochure, then mention two or three reasons why you like working in your industry and for your company.

Look for Common Ground. Before you begin your sales presentation or demonstration, you must first "warm up" your prospect and make them feel comfortable. A great way to establish common ground during the warm up is to discuss the weather, sports or a local news story.

If you are meeting your prospect in their home or office, look at personal items on display such as pictures or awards. People enjoy talking about their hobbies and past accomplishments. For example, if you notice a picture of your prospect holding a big fish in their arms, ask them about it and watch them beam with pride.

In today's highly competitive marketplace, your prospects have many options and are looking for a salesperson that they know they can trust to work in their best interest.

Salespeople who fail to put an emphasis on developing trust and rapport actually do a disservice to their customers and in effect, leave the backdoor open to their competition. In addition to generating new sales, developing strong relationships will keep competitors at arms length and your business on the books!

Source: John Boe Powerhomebiz.com

The Freebie Vault Week of February 2, 2009

2009-02-09T13:01:00.000-08:00

In our second broadcast of our new weekly show “The Freebie Vault” Seth Fraser and Ryan Wright of FreebieForce again discuss 5 great Freebies offered on FreebieForce.com to share with you and all of your friends in our laid back Freebie Vault forum where we work to help you recover and safeguard your hard earned cash! You can view the video anytime or see all episodes of “The Freebie Vault” on our YouTube Channel:

Here is a rundown of the freebies discussed in this episode:

Free night in Vegas at the Palms Casino ($169 value)
To get your FREE one night stay at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas you must book your stay between February 8 – 12th 2009. The offer includes free VIP Pass that gives you access to all nightclubs at the casino without having to stand in line. See the travel section of FreebieForce.com for contact details

Bitdefender Total Security from Frys.com
Bitdefender is a complete security suite that includes Anti-Virus Software, Spyware, Firewall and much more. FREE after mail in rebate.

Chase Bank $10 gift card for signing up to rewards program
You can get a $10 Gift Card (5500 Points) for enrolling your Chase Checking Visa Debit Card in Chase's Extras Program thru 02/28/09. There are gift cards for Barnes & Noble, CVS, Target, and more. You'll also earn 1 Point for every dollar charged to your Chase Visa Debit Card.

Free Beer Mug
In our Miscellaneous section fill out a simple form with your address and a FREE Beer Mug will be sent to you.

Free pass to Universal Studios in Orlando Florida
This offer is currently expired but it was a great freebie last week when “The Freebie Vault” was being recorded.

If you are already a member of FreebieForce login and check out all the great offers available in each category. Please make sure to check each category such as “Travel, Electronics and others” because the offers are different in each. If you are not yet a member check us out.

Denny´s Hits a ´Grand Slam´ on Superbowl Sunday

2009-02-06T07:00:00.000-08:00

Super Bowl Sunday is the prime day of the year for those companies who can afford to advertise their wares on a worldwide basis. While hundreds of millions watch the football game, many are just as interested in the entertaining, highly expensive commercials. This year, Denny´s has hit a grand slam during a football game.

People lined up starting at 4:00 AM in freezing cold temperatures for a free breakfast. Freebie Force members generally receive free items like this all the time - without the lines.

Denny´s bought ads on Super Bowl Sunday costing several millions of dollars. However and most interestingly, their ad was different in that it wasn´t ´selling´ anything; Denny´s was, instead, giving something away free. Tuesday morning, the ad stated, anyone could come to Denny´s for a free original Grand Slam breakfast at all stores nationwide – more than 1500 of them. "America," other nationwide ads proclaimed, "You´re invited to enjoy a free Grand Slam!"

And enjoy they did as many eyewitness reports indicate. The “American Chronicle” a Southern California Newspaper reported Local radio station, xx1090 am in San Diego began taking calls at 6 am from customers at Denny´s restaurants from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. Some locations were so busy that Denny´s employees were offering rain checks to customers to come back another time to get their free breakfast. In Denver a line all the way around the building for this event was reported by one of our FreebieForce staff and another Denny’s on Alameda reported an estimated 900 patrons that day.

Yes, it was costly to feed countless numbers of hungry folk for free, but not all wanted the ´Grand Slam´ or brought others along who didn’t. The idea, according to company spokespersons, was twofold in nature: One, give something to people who are hurting in this time of our bad economy. Second, to reintroduce folks to Denny´s who may not have been there in some time. Apparently they have redone their menu and added many new items that much of the public is not familiar with. The success of this marketing campaign by Denny’s is one surely to increase goodwill, sales, and patronage for some time to come. Folks will have a good feeling about Denny´s as a company which has given something back and for themselves the company has likely benefited greatly economically.

You may be wondering how this relates to Freebieforce. FreebieForce.com on a daily basis lists Freebies of greater value than a $5 breakfast but because most of these giveaways go largely unpublished our members are able to enjoy these promotional items without wading through lines of hundreds. This condition allows for those lucky individuals in the know about freebies to constantly be able to benefit from their membership with FreebieForce. At only $9.95 a month and the potential to take home hundreds or thousands of dollars in Freebies it is well worth the price of admission! Not to mention too that as part of your FreebieForce membership you also get paid! You get paid for everyone who signs up in your matrix whether you refer them or not.If you haven't already done so check us out!

Commissions Scheduled for Feb. 4th

2009-02-04T11:49:00.000-08:00

As a Freebie Force member, you've come to expect great things with us, and as our membership continues to grow, so do the great free products and services we provide!

One of the incredible benefits of becoming a member with Freebie Force has been the tremendous amount of money many of you have made just sharing this great program with others.

We want this to continue, and in an effort to ensure that you continue to be successful with Freebie Force as a home-based business, we'd like to inform you that our commissions payout has been scheduled for Wed. February 4th.

We thank you for your continued patronage with Freebie Force, and we look forward to an incredibly successful 2009 filled with great free products and commissions for all our hard working members!

How Do I Motivate My Sales Team?

2009-02-04T09:55:00.001-08:00

Time and again, members ask us, how do I motivate my team? Do I use special incentives? Do I give gifts or lavish lots of praise? What's the secret to motivating your direct sales teams to success and consistent performance?

There are several, but the number one secret: Stop recruiting people that need to be motivated!

Now, don't get mad! You know it's true. The more work you have to do to get people to perform the more work you'll be doing. As Network Marketing professionals, we are taught to "talk to everyone" and "recruit, recruit, recruit" in order to start seeing our bonus checks grow. But you can recruit 100 new consultants, and if they don't perform consistently, your check never grows.

Get picky. I know this is hard to say if you're brand new, or only have one recruit, but you have to think about the fact that you're running a business. Do you really want to rely on "anyone with a pulse" to grow your family's financial future? Does Wal-Mart hire just any old Joe off the street to be Chairman of the Board? Hardly. If you take your business seriously, you should take your recruiting seriously, too.

In the short term, it means fewer recruits. In the LONG term, it means more consistent, predictable performance from your sales force - and larger bonus checks over time.

You can't motivate anyone into action. You can inspire them, but inspiration can sometimes be very short lived. Motivation comes from within. So what kind of recruits should you be "hiring" into your business?

Find People with Whom You Want to Work.

You know your personality better than I do. You know the kind of people you enjoy spending time with, learning and growing from. Instead of enrolling "just anyone" onto your personal team, consider making the sacrifice to invest in only the most compatible people for your personal team. These are people you will train and mold and help grow into leaders. You will be spending many hours with them over the course of the years they work with you. Life's too short to not make those hours enjoyable.

Ask the Right Questions.

During a recruiting interview, be sure to ask lots of questions. According to Mike Dillard and Mark Wieser, the person asking all the questions is in control. While it's important to answer the questions a potential recruit might have, you need to maintain control and tempo of the interview, and ask questions that help you determine if this potential recruit is a good fit for your team.

Design Your Dream Team Before You Start Recruiting.

Know what kinds of things you'd like to have in your potential recruits. Set the bar high, and don't settle for anything less. Tell your recruits your expectations for time commitment, show commitment, sales and recruiting commitments. If they don't believe they can meet those expectations, they never will, and you should disqualify them.

What About People Who Don't Make the Cut?

Let them go... to someone else on your team! Chances are good that if you have even a handful of recruits on your team, there is SOMEONE in your organization that will be a better match for this recruit. Consider using the following language:

"Jane I appreciate your interest in our company, but I don't think we'd work together well. However, I have a business partner that might be a better match would you be interested in meeting with them?"

Ultimately, if you hire people that need their hand held all the time, you will spend your days holding hands instead of growing your business. It's a blunt answer to a frequently asked question, but it works. When you set this method in motion, you'll find you get more enjoyment out of working with your team, and that more of your recruits will become productive, happy friends.

Source: Lisa Young Network Marketing Insights

Freebie Force now has a brand new weekly video feature that will help EXPLODE your business!

2009-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

This video feature will be updated regularly and give you the tools you need to help people understand the immediate value of their membership with Freebie Force.

Every week, we'll be covering 5 great freebies that we have picked up and we'll even GIVE you one of those freebies that week - without having to become a member with Freebie Force!

Go to www.youtube.com/recoveryexperts to view our weekly feature. This tool will give you a lot of firepower because if you are having a hard time describing what you can get for free, you can now let us do it for you!

Enjoy your free products and this new free service from Freebie Force!

Get Ready To Grow! Are YOU Ready?

2009-01-29T14:28:00.001-08:00

You want your business to grow. You want to be more productive. You want to be more effective. You want to get better results. You want your team to prosper.

If that describes you, then it's time to get ready...

Get ready for a Bigger and Better FreebieForce:

If you were on last Saturday's National Training Call (or if you've listened to the recording) you heard FreebieForce's founder, Seth Fraser, go well beyond just answering members' questions. Seth repeatedly gave us "peeks behind the curtain" so we could get a sense of what is coming and how FreebieForce is going to be providing expanded and enhanced experiences and opportunities for all of our customers and business builders.

Are you ready?

Get ready to accelerate your growth:

Check your calendar. Labor Day is just around the corner. That begins a number of "Prime Time" months for Network Marketing Industry growth. The doldrums of summer are past ... it's time to put those "lazy, hazy days of summer" behind you. We're heading into the fastest and most intense period for building and developing our businesses. Can you feel how close we are to exploding our growth?

With the increased focus on economic conditions, more people than ever want to save money and earn extra income. They are actively searching for an opportunity to create a better, more secure, more enjoyable life. Those of us who recognize, prepare, take action and create momentum will find ourselves ideally positioned to benefit from this "peak harvest" period.

Will you be one of them? Are you ready?

Get ready to be much more active and productive:

What is your dominant thought? Are you looking back at what might have been, or are you in the present moment, moving forward to what can be? Are you dragged down or trapped by thoughts of what didn't work as you might have hoped, or have you freed your mind to soar upward into your highest potential to create results? Have you recognized that whatever has happened up to now -- whether you judge it good or bad -- is what has brought you to this moment in time?

Are you willing to take the lessons that you've learned to heart ... and release any emotional baggage attached to the experiences which taught you those valuable lessons? Will you struggle to move forward while tied to past hurts and disappointments, or do you choose to accept where you are in joy and gratitude, taking proven steps to move forward, envisioning what you can be and do? Are you frozen in the failures of the past ... or floating on a cloud of nebulous hopes for the future ... or have you recognized that this present moment is the only time you can take action? Are you ready?

Get ready by working on you:

Check out our new Training and Advertising tools and the very powerful MAX Marketer in your FreebieForce backoffice if you are a member. If you are not a member yet check us out HERE.

Get ready to grow!

Written by Grady Dobbs
Senior FreebieForce Leader

Get Your Business Jump Started After the Holidays

2009-01-27T12:21:00.001-08:00

People often ask us; how do I succeed and make money with FreebieForce? There is no quick and easy answer to this because the beauty of this home based business is that YOU are the boss and it is entirely up to your discretion to determine the strategies you would like to employ for success. Here are a few basic principles and pitfalls to help you get over the “Post-Holiday Blues” and begin making real money with this wonderful home based business opportunity.

The first thing that you need to understand when it comes to succeeding in your business is having effective advertising. One of the most common work from home pitfalls that you can have is to not knowing where and how to advertise your business. You need to know who your target market is, what they want, how to reach them, and how to effectively advertise your business to them.

Another common work from home pitfall is to think that people will come to you as soon as you open your doors. A person who opens up his or hers store and thinking that people will come to it, is totally wrong. To get noticed, every business needs to advertise itself. Once your advertising works and people are coming to you, if they are happy with your services, many of these people will talk to their friends and family and bring you lots of new clients. This is called "word of mouth" free advertising.

Giving your clients great customer service is critical for your long-term success. However, if you have clients who are keeping you up at night and are driving you nuts, it would be better to end the business relationship with them.

One of the biggest work from home business pitfalls that you or anyone can have is when your business slows down in the holiday season for example and you are not seeing any sales. A lot of people may panic and probably quit. This is when you need to stay positive at all times and tell yourself that things will improve. Do what ever it takes to get up and move forward.

Another common work from home business pitfall is to try to do it all yourself. If you no longer have the time to do everything in your business, the best thing to do is to find someone else who will help you do the work that needs to be done. This is called out sourcing. Some people try to do everything themselves and at the end of the day they feel burned out.

We offer several tools to help you succeed here at FreebieForce so if you have not already done so please make sure to go into your Backoffice if you are a member and check out our new Training and Advertising Tools along with our Max Marketer which gives you the ability to enhance your ability to sell your business with personal videos and lead tracking features. Additionally benefits include:

# Professionally produced content and website

# Sends your leads to email and cell phone

# Alerted when a prospect completes the video

# Your website is instantly created

# Very affordable and effective

# Contact Management System

# Excellent first impression and instant credibility

Make today the first day on your own personal journey toward financial freedom and start with this great low-cost $9.95 home based business!

2009-01-23T08:54:00.000-08:00

Get signed up NOW for the Max Marketer for only $9.95 ...
Get 28 days FREE!!

We have EXCITING NEWS for you:

The Freebie Force MAX Marketing System is NOW READY and available to everyone, AND the price for this amazing system has dropped to only $9.95 a month!

Click Here to get started right now, or read on to find out more...

What is the Max Marketer? It's one of the most POWERFUL sales tools you can find on the internet. This tool is designed to give YOU the choice - you can choose from 7 different high-quality streaming videos that will show your prospect everything they need to know to get started today!

Each video appeals to a different audience, some of them are humorous and others are serious - some emphasize the money you can make sharing Freebie Force with others, while other videos emphasize all the great free products you can receive when you become a member.

The key to this powerful system, however, goes even further. Once someone goes to your Max Marketer site, you will immediately be notified via text message or email, and you can follow up with them when they first look at your product!

Click Here to get started right now, or read on to find out more...

There will be new videos added to your collection, and with these new videos is another chance to come back to your target market, create new campaigns, and much more.

This system will also give you a lead capture page that will allow you to build marketing campaigns and have the email addresses and phone numbers of anyone who comes to your site.

So with all of this, what more could we possibly give you that would help you make up your mind?

How about FREE MEMBERSHIP for 28 days!

Yes, if you get signed up today, January 22nd, you will have 28 days FREE. Of course, each day that goes by is another free day you could have been using this great system!

The Max Marketer will increase your results, build your residual income, and most of all bring you GREAT results FAST.

Congrats Contest Winners 2009 launch Call!!!

2009-01-05T12:34:00.000-08:00

FreebieForce Home Office

Greetings, we want to thank all our members for making our 2009 launch call a huge success! We have received so much positive response from the field, and we're glad to hear it! We want you to know that this is just the beginning, this is going to be a huge year for you! We would also like to send a special thanks to our two winners of our $1000.00 Freebies submission contest for the past two months, Gail Levine and Cathy Foster! They are a great example of just what hard work can do, and we look for big things from them in the future!

We want to remind everyone of the new Rules for our contest which will allow more members the opportunity to be rewarded for their submissions! Starting January 1rst the contest will now consist of one $500 winner and 5 $100.00 winners for the month, all winners chosen can be different every month! Which will expand all members who submit freebies chance to win!

And an FYI for our members, a new Sizzle Call has been created for you to use to quickly bring new members into your groups. Use it early and often 800-242-0363 PIN# 7744

New Billing Procedure for All Members

2008-12-17T10:03:00.000-08:00

As a member with Freebie Force, we want to make you aware of some billing changes for the month’s of December and January that you should be aware of.

For the month of December, billing will occur on December 17th. For those of you who have already been billed, you WILL NOT be billed again during this time period. This update ONLY pertains to people who have not been billed for December’s service.

For next month and EVERY month following, you will be billed on the 10th of the month, beginning January 10th.

This is an effort to consolidate all billing dates and ensure that you receive the best service possible. Thank you for your understanding as we get this new system implemented as quickly as possible, and thanks for being a part of the Freebie Force Team!

New Conference Call Number#

2008-12-13T12:47:00.000-08:00

Please be advised of our new conference call number, and share it with your entire group!

1-712-432-8773 pin# 127834

RECRUIT-A-THON!!!!

2008-12-09T09:41:00.000-08:00

Greetings!
Team, we have ten day's to build for this event....start lining up your prospects now. You can literally double your business by following the plan outlined below....but you must PREPARE NOW.

RECRUIT-A-THON
Saturday / Dec 20th /
12PM Thru 10 PM (EST)/11 AM Thru 9 PM (CST)

How would you like to sign up 10 new FreebieForce members in ONE DAY? It's simple. Just make a list. Get them to dial in and listen. Then, get them on the phone with your upline for answers to questions and get them closed! So........ how can you expose 24 people in a day?
It is called a 'PROGRESSIVE RECRUITING CALL BLITZ'. Here's how it works... you get Tom on the 11am call. He likes it and signs up as a FreebieForce member. You help him make a short list. He gets Bill & Mary on the Noon call, and they both join. And now Bill and Mary get their prospects on the 1 pm call. Then all of you get more people on the next hour's call, and they sign up, and then THEY get their people on the next hour... and so on... you can literally build 5-7 levels deep IF you create that sense of urgency and promote the 5 X 7 Forced Filled Matrix!

IMMEDIATE follow up is KEY. If you get someone on the call at say 3pm, you must call them back at 3:20pm and strike while the iron is hot. Assume the close - assume they will want in, and convey your excitement about this great and wonderful opportunity to them. The fortune's in the follow up!

A few hours of pain (not really painful - fun actually, but may require sacrifice) for a lifetime of gain. Give FreebieForce all you've got for 10 hours!!!Start Building for this event NOW!!!
A Call at the top of every hour. 10 Calls in 1 Day. They will start on time and will be only 10 minutes long. So don't be late or you'll miss out! Top Leaders On EVERY Call. Tell everybody you know.Call: 1-712-432-8773/ pin code 127834#