Complete e-Business Marketing System & Tools. If you are looking for a COMPLETE Do It Yourself system that lets you look for FREE and if you decide to proceed is affordable CLICK HERE this is where you want to go and why!
Read more »
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
The Natural Networker
I'll be helping Janet Callaway, The Natural Networker with articles for her Website http://janetcallaway.com and Blog http://janetcallaway.blogspot.com for the next few weeks. If you have topics related to networking and social networking that you would like us to explore for you please let us know.
Read more »
Monday, August 23, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
How To Raise Money To Support Causes That Contribute To Your Community
I recently met a lady who told me that if I could provide with her with 10 people who are committed to the community and would support the fund raising efforts for a specific group, she would produce in 6 weeks for that group and the community, over $15,000 a month in direct cash payments.
Well, I was skeptical. However, not too long ago I wrote an article about Church Charity Self Funding which a lot of people read, however, no one asked me if the plan would work for them and/or how to get in touch with someone that would make it work for them.
With that experience in mind I decided, what the heck, maybe she has something that I should share with others who are committed to making a difference for their community. I asked her to give a quick overview of what she was suggesting. Here it is:
The first thing she did was explain to me how and why it is always so difficult to introduce something new, especially when it goes against all that we have been taught through the main stream bureaucracy, the same bureaucracy that created the recession we are enjoying.
She then explained why she thought the present economy represented a great opportunity for communities and other civic organizations to expand their loyal neighborhood base into cross related money machines that not only help the neighborhood but each individual participant and the whole community by providing a solid base of friends and associates who can be counted on to continue giving to the program no matter what. Basically, she said, the program rewards neighborhood families for being a part of the community?
She went on to explain what we, unfortunately, already know; Charitable giving is down between 6% and 50%, depending on where you live, who your donor base is and who is reporting. And naturally the charities that are taking the brunt of the decline in charitable giving are the community civic organizations. The groups that help communities the most by providing innovative programs.
She then said something so simple and compelling that I was stunned. She said “You want to make the program a community party.” A party where people not only have fun, they are financially rewarded for bringing their friends and associates to the party.
She went on to give me the details, including the tools she provides. I'm not going to go into that here.
Suffice it to say that the results for the families participating and the community is nothing short of amazing.
In the 1st week one family invites 4 people to join them. In week 2 those four people invite 4 friends, that's 16 members so far. In week 3 those sixteen members invite 4 associates, that's 64 members. In week 4 those sixty four associates invite 4 supporters, that's 256 members. And the inviting continues.
As the income to the charity grows, so does the income to the participants.
One family is now earning an additional $1,550 a month
Four people are now earning an additional $750 a month.
Sixteen members are now earning an additional $350 a month.
Sixty four associates are now earning an additional $150 a month.
Two hundred and fifty six supporters are now earning an additional $50 a month.
And the inviting and earning continue.
That's income that can be used to help stimulate the local economy. How? By buying from local farmers' markets and locally produced products from community retailers, through micro lending, guarantees or otherwise helping finance families and local businesses that need financial assistance, frequenting community restaurants, retail stores and service providers. By spending their “found” money locally.
The message her program brought to me is that the great recession we are experiencing is changing, forever, the way we will be able to support civic, church and community charities. Why not support the community and the families that make up the community while you support the causes that contribute to your community?
As always, I'm here to help you navigate the changes that are being forced upon us.
Read more »
Well, I was skeptical. However, not too long ago I wrote an article about Church Charity Self Funding which a lot of people read, however, no one asked me if the plan would work for them and/or how to get in touch with someone that would make it work for them.
With that experience in mind I decided, what the heck, maybe she has something that I should share with others who are committed to making a difference for their community. I asked her to give a quick overview of what she was suggesting. Here it is:
The first thing she did was explain to me how and why it is always so difficult to introduce something new, especially when it goes against all that we have been taught through the main stream bureaucracy, the same bureaucracy that created the recession we are enjoying.
She then explained why she thought the present economy represented a great opportunity for communities and other civic organizations to expand their loyal neighborhood base into cross related money machines that not only help the neighborhood but each individual participant and the whole community by providing a solid base of friends and associates who can be counted on to continue giving to the program no matter what. Basically, she said, the program rewards neighborhood families for being a part of the community?
She went on to explain what we, unfortunately, already know; Charitable giving is down between 6% and 50%, depending on where you live, who your donor base is and who is reporting. And naturally the charities that are taking the brunt of the decline in charitable giving are the community civic organizations. The groups that help communities the most by providing innovative programs.
She then said something so simple and compelling that I was stunned. She said “You want to make the program a community party.” A party where people not only have fun, they are financially rewarded for bringing their friends and associates to the party.
She went on to give me the details, including the tools she provides. I'm not going to go into that here.
Suffice it to say that the results for the families participating and the community is nothing short of amazing.
In the 1st week one family invites 4 people to join them. In week 2 those four people invite 4 friends, that's 16 members so far. In week 3 those sixteen members invite 4 associates, that's 64 members. In week 4 those sixty four associates invite 4 supporters, that's 256 members. And the inviting continues.
As the income to the charity grows, so does the income to the participants.
One family is now earning an additional $1,550 a month
Four people are now earning an additional $750 a month.
Sixteen members are now earning an additional $350 a month.
Sixty four associates are now earning an additional $150 a month.
Two hundred and fifty six supporters are now earning an additional $50 a month.
And the inviting and earning continue.
That's income that can be used to help stimulate the local economy. How? By buying from local farmers' markets and locally produced products from community retailers, through micro lending, guarantees or otherwise helping finance families and local businesses that need financial assistance, frequenting community restaurants, retail stores and service providers. By spending their “found” money locally.
The message her program brought to me is that the great recession we are experiencing is changing, forever, the way we will be able to support civic, church and community charities. Why not support the community and the families that make up the community while you support the causes that contribute to your community?
As always, I'm here to help you navigate the changes that are being forced upon us.
Charity Community Online Giving Cash Direct
In previous articles I have written about “Charitable Synergy” which I consider the most significant innovation in charitable fund raising in this decade. The process is simple; you raise money from outside your traditional donor base by allowing a complimentary charity and/or your donors to participate in the process by receiving a referral fee of some sort.
I realize that this is not traditional thinking, however, traditional fund raising techniques are not working in this economy. Charitable giving is down between 6 and 50 %, depending on where you live, who your donor base is and who is reporting. The good news is that church members are continuing to give even though it puts a major strain on their personal finances in these uncertain times. The charities that are taking the brunt of the decline in charitable giving are the community civic organizations that provide innovative programs for the local community.
What can you do about it? Think outside of the box. It's time to go beyond Charitable Synergy. As Robert Kiyosaki recommends in his newest book, “The Business For The 21st Century” there are new economic facts that traditional educators and businessmen have not yet grasped. One of those facts is that word of mouth marketing combined with an economic incentive is the most powerful advertising and promotion vehicle that you can use. However, to make it acceptable to your donors you are going to have to tailor it to your specific charity.
There are online giving cash direct programs available that can easily be structured for your charity that are based on fun, fellowship and making money together for the charity, civic organization and each other. Once the group is formed and is making money for the charity and themselves they have the choice to use the money for things that make them feel good, more charitable causes within their community or the world community that they want to participate in together.
How do you get started? Start thinking outside the box. Don't listen to the gloom and doom talking heads. The present economy represents a great opportunity for charities and civic groups to expand their loyal donor groups into cross related money machines that not only help the charity but each individual participant and the whole community by providing a solid base of friends and associates who can be counted on to continue giving no matter what. It's really simple and it works. Why not reward your donor base for being loyal?
Giving online simplifies the process, however, it can become impersonal and a little disconcerting. There is the concern about fraud and the use of funds for promotion and fund raising rather for the purpose you intended. Obviously, dealing person to person is the best method, however, that limits you to the donor base you have. In my opinion the best solution is to reward people for bringing their friends and associates to your charity.
There's an old saying “If you continue to do what you've always done, you'll continue to get what you've always got”. I can hear the head of your local charity saying “Yea,Yea we've always been able to get what we needed from donations or selling something or other.” Not any more. People just don't have the money. People need money, your charity needs money; why not give both what they need? There is not room to go into details here, however, to learn more you can get my free report Click Here.
There is another old saying “charity begins at home.” Charity starts in your home, your community and revolves around your friends and associates. We have come to rely on someone else; government, foundations, businesses, when it's really about each of us helping each other. It is really that simple. I look forward to helping all of you.
Read more »
I realize that this is not traditional thinking, however, traditional fund raising techniques are not working in this economy. Charitable giving is down between 6 and 50 %, depending on where you live, who your donor base is and who is reporting. The good news is that church members are continuing to give even though it puts a major strain on their personal finances in these uncertain times. The charities that are taking the brunt of the decline in charitable giving are the community civic organizations that provide innovative programs for the local community.
What can you do about it? Think outside of the box. It's time to go beyond Charitable Synergy. As Robert Kiyosaki recommends in his newest book, “The Business For The 21st Century” there are new economic facts that traditional educators and businessmen have not yet grasped. One of those facts is that word of mouth marketing combined with an economic incentive is the most powerful advertising and promotion vehicle that you can use. However, to make it acceptable to your donors you are going to have to tailor it to your specific charity.
There are online giving cash direct programs available that can easily be structured for your charity that are based on fun, fellowship and making money together for the charity, civic organization and each other. Once the group is formed and is making money for the charity and themselves they have the choice to use the money for things that make them feel good, more charitable causes within their community or the world community that they want to participate in together.
How do you get started? Start thinking outside the box. Don't listen to the gloom and doom talking heads. The present economy represents a great opportunity for charities and civic groups to expand their loyal donor groups into cross related money machines that not only help the charity but each individual participant and the whole community by providing a solid base of friends and associates who can be counted on to continue giving no matter what. It's really simple and it works. Why not reward your donor base for being loyal?
Giving online simplifies the process, however, it can become impersonal and a little disconcerting. There is the concern about fraud and the use of funds for promotion and fund raising rather for the purpose you intended. Obviously, dealing person to person is the best method, however, that limits you to the donor base you have. In my opinion the best solution is to reward people for bringing their friends and associates to your charity.
There's an old saying “If you continue to do what you've always done, you'll continue to get what you've always got”. I can hear the head of your local charity saying “Yea,Yea we've always been able to get what we needed from donations or selling something or other.” Not any more. People just don't have the money. People need money, your charity needs money; why not give both what they need? There is not room to go into details here, however, to learn more you can get my free report Click Here.
There is another old saying “charity begins at home.” Charity starts in your home, your community and revolves around your friends and associates. We have come to rely on someone else; government, foundations, businesses, when it's really about each of us helping each other. It is really that simple. I look forward to helping all of you.
Secret Behind Abundance - Will Your Charity Find It
The secret is, there is no hidden secret! It's a bit frustrating for some of us in the older generation to look at many of the younger generations searching for a secret that is not a secret at all. The more we tell them that there is no great secret behind abundance the more they believe that we are hiding something from them.
What does this have to do with philanthropy? Demographics!
There is more need and fewer givers. The big donor foundations, trusts and individuals are still available, however, there are more and more worthy causes competing for those dollars. And, the market that has the resources and wants to give to worthy causes is so busy looking for the secret behind abundance they don't have time to share the abundance that is everywhere. So let's put the secret thing to bed.
“There is no great secret.” The path to abundance has been discussed, written about and re-written about since we appeared on the planet. How do I know that there is not some great secret hidden in some government warehouse archive?
I came to feel that the way to leave behind something of value for others was to write something profound that would be remembered. I set out to find something profound to write about that would benefit people and that they might remember. I felt that by remembering what I wrote they might remember me as well. Basically the age old question – why am I here? I felt by leaving something of value for others I was justifying my existence.
I now know why I am here and it's not to write something profound in order to be remembered. However, in my search to find something profound that hadn't already been written I discovered something very interesting. Everything, related to you, me and all that is, has already been written, people are just re-hashing what was said and written centuries ago.
That said, how do you find the path to abundance? “If you believe it - it is so.” “Like attracts like.” “I know, I believe and it is so, that is the law of attraction.” “A belief is only a thought that we continue to think.” “One person has belief and is able to pass it on.” “All big things are started by one person, one believer.”
That's it. Think it; believe it; repeat it; allow it to happen.
Here are some reference materials that can help you: The Game of Life and How To Play it, As A Man Thinketh, The Gardener Touched with Genius, Think and Grow Rich, The Secret Life of Plants, The Magic of Believing.
What does this have to do with charitable giving and demographics? Charitable givers are being bombarded with requests for them to give. The industry, yes charitable giving is an industry, will tell you to identify previous donors, your market, and ask them to give more. This probably is still working for established charities and their aging gift givers. What about new worthy charities and new donors?
New donors! These are the generations of people looking for the secret behind abundance. These are the Internet generations who are not very trusting. You have to give them something different. You have to give them a basket of synergistic charities, abundance and the feeling of participation. New philanthropic foundations being put together by experienced successful business people, who want to give back, team up with like minded foundations, trusts, charities and individuals to attract new donors.
Let me use an example to show how this works. XanGo, a manufacturing and distribution company, creates a proprietary product which it gives to its charitable foundation. The foundation partners with Americares to insure that the product will reach the third world children it is intended for. The foundation offers a referral fee its distributor force to spread the word about the program.
XanGo distributors find charities and individuals who refer people to the program, for a referral fee. The charities that participate ask their existing donor list to refer others to the program. Why would a charity ask their existing donors to participate in another program? The charity gets a referral fee and access to “new” donors.
There you have it, the secret behind abundance; when you do good for others they will do good for you. If you want to learn more Contact Us.
Read more »
What does this have to do with philanthropy? Demographics!
There is more need and fewer givers. The big donor foundations, trusts and individuals are still available, however, there are more and more worthy causes competing for those dollars. And, the market that has the resources and wants to give to worthy causes is so busy looking for the secret behind abundance they don't have time to share the abundance that is everywhere. So let's put the secret thing to bed.
“There is no great secret.” The path to abundance has been discussed, written about and re-written about since we appeared on the planet. How do I know that there is not some great secret hidden in some government warehouse archive?
I came to feel that the way to leave behind something of value for others was to write something profound that would be remembered. I set out to find something profound to write about that would benefit people and that they might remember. I felt that by remembering what I wrote they might remember me as well. Basically the age old question – why am I here? I felt by leaving something of value for others I was justifying my existence.
I now know why I am here and it's not to write something profound in order to be remembered. However, in my search to find something profound that hadn't already been written I discovered something very interesting. Everything, related to you, me and all that is, has already been written, people are just re-hashing what was said and written centuries ago.
That said, how do you find the path to abundance? “If you believe it - it is so.” “Like attracts like.” “I know, I believe and it is so, that is the law of attraction.” “A belief is only a thought that we continue to think.” “One person has belief and is able to pass it on.” “All big things are started by one person, one believer.”
That's it. Think it; believe it; repeat it; allow it to happen.
Here are some reference materials that can help you: The Game of Life and How To Play it, As A Man Thinketh, The Gardener Touched with Genius, Think and Grow Rich, The Secret Life of Plants, The Magic of Believing.
What does this have to do with charitable giving and demographics? Charitable givers are being bombarded with requests for them to give. The industry, yes charitable giving is an industry, will tell you to identify previous donors, your market, and ask them to give more. This probably is still working for established charities and their aging gift givers. What about new worthy charities and new donors?
New donors! These are the generations of people looking for the secret behind abundance. These are the Internet generations who are not very trusting. You have to give them something different. You have to give them a basket of synergistic charities, abundance and the feeling of participation. New philanthropic foundations being put together by experienced successful business people, who want to give back, team up with like minded foundations, trusts, charities and individuals to attract new donors.
Let me use an example to show how this works. XanGo, a manufacturing and distribution company, creates a proprietary product which it gives to its charitable foundation. The foundation partners with Americares to insure that the product will reach the third world children it is intended for. The foundation offers a referral fee its distributor force to spread the word about the program.
XanGo distributors find charities and individuals who refer people to the program, for a referral fee. The charities that participate ask their existing donor list to refer others to the program. Why would a charity ask their existing donors to participate in another program? The charity gets a referral fee and access to “new” donors.
There you have it, the secret behind abundance; when you do good for others they will do good for you. If you want to learn more Contact Us.
Church Charity Self Funding
Recently I had an interesting conversation with a pastor regarding fund raising. We were exploring ways to raise money for some of the programs the church wants to implement. Because of my awareness of synergy, I suggested that working with another charity would be a way to expand their donor base, increase their exposure and broaden their appeal.
It was explained to me “that's not the way we do it.” Apparently the church has a broad base of younger and older donors with a contingent of loyal older donors who can be relied on to help out as the church's community responsibilities continue to expand filling in the void created by government and corporate cut backs for social services. It was explained to me that historically donors who provided X dollars in donation could probably afford to provide X times 5 and that the donor requests are gradually increased over time to that amount.
We had a long conversation regarding demographics and the effect the latest economic realities are having on the more mature generation of loyal donors. In the end, respecting his belief, I didn't try to force the issue of the world's exploding economic realities we are now having to deal with on a local level. However, I did suggest that the sooner charities in general and churches in particular reach out to others that have a popular cause that will resonate with their supporters and their supporters friends and associates the better.
Since that first conversation I have talked with several others regarding the concept of Charitable Synergy which I believe will be so beneficial for charities and churches in this evolving economic environment. There have been some good discussions regarding the details of the program for specific charities and the security of a group's donor list.
In the Internet age we live in, a secure donor list is a bit of an illusion, however, it is an important element in the concept of Charitable Synergy and needs to be addressed at each level of a Charitable Synergy self funding project. One of the programs I have reviewed is the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program sponsored by the XanGo Charitable Foundation in association with the decades old AmeriCares.
Their program, which is providing specially formulated meals to starving children, is the primary fund raising vehicle. By making a $45 donation through XanGo, donors join the worldwide crusade to eliminate starvation in the world. The $45 provides 17 meals monthly to children in need. Donors receive a 100% tax deduction on their donation, a gift card acknowledging a donation that can be sent to anyone you choose explaining that a donation has been made in their name by Donor, a monthly Goodness Meal Pack e-mail newsletter with news relating to your giving and year end receipt for tax purposes. AmeriCares, provides uncompromising security procedures to assure that donated Meal Packs are delivered to the designated beneficiaries and not diverted. The Church receives a monthly referral fee for as long as the donation is made to the meal pack program. If you want to learn more about this particular program contact Janet Callaway.
In a typical church Charitable Synergy Self Funding project individual churches promote the program through their congregations to the membership's friend's and associates. Churches reach out beyond their congregation membership by supporting a popular charitable cause through their congregation to each member's friends and associates. Basically, it's getting a little bit from a lot more people.
What happens to the donor list? In the meal pack program the participants become Preferred Customers and their $45 donation purchase becomes 1 of the 500,000 or so individual orders processed each month. Naturally, all the customer data is protected, however, if someone is looking for a “big spender” to solicit for a donation, the $45 donation will not draw much attention or place them in the potential donor category. The church receives a list of donors which includes their participating congregation members as well as the friends and associates of those members.
Of course, a donor list means very little until someone that actually knows a person on the list calls them. The reason people donate to charities and churches is no different than the reason foundations or corporations give; a friend asks. That is why Charitable Synergy giving is so powerful, hundreds of people are asking friends who are asking friends, that the church or charity would otherwise never be able to reach, to donate to an international program to feed children and to support the church at the same time. These are people who you would most likely never be able to reach without a Charitable Synergy program. These are people who keep giving month in and month out.
Why do the charities want to participate in a program where they don't get all the money donated? Charities don't like to have to keep asking for more donations any more than people like being asked. Charities are always looking for ways to increase their donor base and they want a program that provides for an automatic monthly donation so they won't have to keep asking for money from the same donors.
It is simply a better system for everyone involved. A charity finds a program, that will attract a large donor base, which compliments their cause and together they promote the program. The Charitable Synergy Self Funding program represents a Paradigm Shift in the way charitable giving has been done in the past!
Read more »
It was explained to me “that's not the way we do it.” Apparently the church has a broad base of younger and older donors with a contingent of loyal older donors who can be relied on to help out as the church's community responsibilities continue to expand filling in the void created by government and corporate cut backs for social services. It was explained to me that historically donors who provided X dollars in donation could probably afford to provide X times 5 and that the donor requests are gradually increased over time to that amount.
We had a long conversation regarding demographics and the effect the latest economic realities are having on the more mature generation of loyal donors. In the end, respecting his belief, I didn't try to force the issue of the world's exploding economic realities we are now having to deal with on a local level. However, I did suggest that the sooner charities in general and churches in particular reach out to others that have a popular cause that will resonate with their supporters and their supporters friends and associates the better.
Since that first conversation I have talked with several others regarding the concept of Charitable Synergy which I believe will be so beneficial for charities and churches in this evolving economic environment. There have been some good discussions regarding the details of the program for specific charities and the security of a group's donor list.
In the Internet age we live in, a secure donor list is a bit of an illusion, however, it is an important element in the concept of Charitable Synergy and needs to be addressed at each level of a Charitable Synergy self funding project. One of the programs I have reviewed is the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program sponsored by the XanGo Charitable Foundation in association with the decades old AmeriCares.
Their program, which is providing specially formulated meals to starving children, is the primary fund raising vehicle. By making a $45 donation through XanGo, donors join the worldwide crusade to eliminate starvation in the world. The $45 provides 17 meals monthly to children in need. Donors receive a 100% tax deduction on their donation, a gift card acknowledging a donation that can be sent to anyone you choose explaining that a donation has been made in their name by Donor, a monthly Goodness Meal Pack e-mail newsletter with news relating to your giving and year end receipt for tax purposes. AmeriCares, provides uncompromising security procedures to assure that donated Meal Packs are delivered to the designated beneficiaries and not diverted. The Church receives a monthly referral fee for as long as the donation is made to the meal pack program. If you want to learn more about this particular program contact Janet Callaway.
In a typical church Charitable Synergy Self Funding project individual churches promote the program through their congregations to the membership's friend's and associates. Churches reach out beyond their congregation membership by supporting a popular charitable cause through their congregation to each member's friends and associates. Basically, it's getting a little bit from a lot more people.
What happens to the donor list? In the meal pack program the participants become Preferred Customers and their $45 donation purchase becomes 1 of the 500,000 or so individual orders processed each month. Naturally, all the customer data is protected, however, if someone is looking for a “big spender” to solicit for a donation, the $45 donation will not draw much attention or place them in the potential donor category. The church receives a list of donors which includes their participating congregation members as well as the friends and associates of those members.
Of course, a donor list means very little until someone that actually knows a person on the list calls them. The reason people donate to charities and churches is no different than the reason foundations or corporations give; a friend asks. That is why Charitable Synergy giving is so powerful, hundreds of people are asking friends who are asking friends, that the church or charity would otherwise never be able to reach, to donate to an international program to feed children and to support the church at the same time. These are people who you would most likely never be able to reach without a Charitable Synergy program. These are people who keep giving month in and month out.
Why do the charities want to participate in a program where they don't get all the money donated? Charities don't like to have to keep asking for more donations any more than people like being asked. Charities are always looking for ways to increase their donor base and they want a program that provides for an automatic monthly donation so they won't have to keep asking for money from the same donors.
It is simply a better system for everyone involved. A charity finds a program, that will attract a large donor base, which compliments their cause and together they promote the program. The Charitable Synergy Self Funding program represents a Paradigm Shift in the way charitable giving has been done in the past!
Charitable Synergy
Ever heard the term “Charitable Synergy?” It's the most significant innovation in charitable fund raising in this decade.
Let's say I want you to contribute to my favorite charity, which happens to be the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program. I'll bet you have never heard of it. That's the challenge! How does a great charity, you've never heard of, introduce you to its program and give you the opportunity to participate if you like its cause?
As is the case with many other contemporary charity programs, the meal pack program participants are not part-time players. The XanGo Goodness Foundation was formed by its Billion dollar parent to fund innovative programs that help make the earth a better place. They teamed with Americares, who provides almost 1 Billion dollars in aid programs annually, to make sure the Goodness Giving Meal Pack is delivered.
Yet not only have you probably never heard of the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program you most assuredly do not know anything about the XanGo Goodness Foundation and most likely nothing about Americares. Assuming you don't know the players how does the charity get your attention without spending a ton of money, which they would rather spend distributing Goodness Giving Meal Packs, on advertising and public relations? That's the question charities are continually faced with. The answer?
Synergy! The unknown charity teams up with 1 or 2 other charities that you do know about. The charities are given a referral fee donation for introducing the program to you. They also ask that you refer 10 friends to the program by e-mailing them an introduction. In this manner many people who would like to participate, if they knew about the program, are given the opportunity.
Why would you do that, why not just make a donation to the charity you know about? You could do that; or you could make one donation that benefits all of them? As an example for $45 a month the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program provides 17 meals, delivered; and gives the charity that introduced you to the program a referral fee donation; and if another charity or individual introduced that charity they give them a referral fee too. That's synergy.
Why do the charities want to participate in a program where they don't get all the money you donate? Charities don't like to have to keep asking you for more donations any more than you like being asked. Charities are always looking for ways to increase their donor base and they want a program that provides for an automatic monthly donation so they won't have to keep asking you for money.
It is simply a better system for everyone involved. A charity finds a program with a large donor base that compliments their cause and together they use a program, like the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program, made up of trusted partners that they can work with to provide their donors with more bang for their buck while the charity has the opportunity to increase its donor base. Synergy, a Win – Win situation for everyone.
If you want to learn more about “Charitable Synergy” I would be glad to help.
Read more »
Let's say I want you to contribute to my favorite charity, which happens to be the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program. I'll bet you have never heard of it. That's the challenge! How does a great charity, you've never heard of, introduce you to its program and give you the opportunity to participate if you like its cause?
As is the case with many other contemporary charity programs, the meal pack program participants are not part-time players. The XanGo Goodness Foundation was formed by its Billion dollar parent to fund innovative programs that help make the earth a better place. They teamed with Americares, who provides almost 1 Billion dollars in aid programs annually, to make sure the Goodness Giving Meal Pack is delivered.
Yet not only have you probably never heard of the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program you most assuredly do not know anything about the XanGo Goodness Foundation and most likely nothing about Americares. Assuming you don't know the players how does the charity get your attention without spending a ton of money, which they would rather spend distributing Goodness Giving Meal Packs, on advertising and public relations? That's the question charities are continually faced with. The answer?
Synergy! The unknown charity teams up with 1 or 2 other charities that you do know about. The charities are given a referral fee donation for introducing the program to you. They also ask that you refer 10 friends to the program by e-mailing them an introduction. In this manner many people who would like to participate, if they knew about the program, are given the opportunity.
Why would you do that, why not just make a donation to the charity you know about? You could do that; or you could make one donation that benefits all of them? As an example for $45 a month the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program provides 17 meals, delivered; and gives the charity that introduced you to the program a referral fee donation; and if another charity or individual introduced that charity they give them a referral fee too. That's synergy.
Why do the charities want to participate in a program where they don't get all the money you donate? Charities don't like to have to keep asking you for more donations any more than you like being asked. Charities are always looking for ways to increase their donor base and they want a program that provides for an automatic monthly donation so they won't have to keep asking you for money.
It is simply a better system for everyone involved. A charity finds a program with a large donor base that compliments their cause and together they use a program, like the Goodness Giving Meal Pack program, made up of trusted partners that they can work with to provide their donors with more bang for their buck while the charity has the opportunity to increase its donor base. Synergy, a Win – Win situation for everyone.
If you want to learn more about “Charitable Synergy” I would be glad to help.
Meet Janet Callaway
Ever heard of Janet Callaway? Unless you are part of her downline I doubt that you have had the pleasure. She is a self styled network marketing personal coach. She teaches, trains, motivates and enjoys working with her downline, and some lucky crossline adoptees, personally.
Janet is like a lot of home based business owners who discover networking through a fabulous product experience and then become industry evangelists. When I say industry evangelist I mean someone who believes in the industry, studies it and spreads the message by word and deed.
The word that she spreads is retention. Janet, like many other leaders in the industry realizes that retention is the backbone of our business.
What has retention got to do with network marketing sales? Retention, as it relates to network marketing, is like brand loyalty in mainstream marketing. Major mainstream companies spend millions advertising their products in order to establish brand recognition. And then they spend millions more attempting to establish brand loyalty. Every time you buy, they want you to buy their product.
Network marketing companies don't advertise. They pay independent distributors, like Janet, to spread the word about their products. The network marketing company relies on the individual distributor to tell the story about their product or service. Unfortunately, most distributors don't realize that in the network marketing industry the products are not the issue, the industry is the issue.
Here's where people like Janet come in. They teach their downlines about the industry as well as how to share the products as they build a business. Even if a new distributor has some success selling products, if they don't know how to build a networking business based on personal loyalty and industry credibility, they will most likely end up leaving your company looking for the next magic bullet. Retaining distributors and their customers is what network marketing personal trainers do for the industry.
While you need a great product and a great company without a business system that you can share with your downline you will not enjoy the retention that ensures the residual income that makes our industry so attractive.
So, you have a system. Why is a personal coach so important? We are all different. There is no “one program fits all.” We have different goals, are motivated individually, react to situations based on our unique personality. A personal coach works with you to develop a system that will take our individual styles into account yet that can be duplicated.
As an example Janet teaches 4 simple steps to success:
The first step is to articulate and commit to writing your commitment to success. What are you willing to do to attain success?
The second step is to write down the reasons that you want to be successful. Very important.
The third is to layout out your specific plan for success. What is your step by step agenda to accomplish the things you are willing to do in step #1 above?
The fourth step is to commit to be accountable to someone as you implement your plan.
Sounds pretty simple and it is, however, you would be amazed at the people who jump into our industry without a plan or a coach, fail and blame the industry, their sponsor, their friends and family who would not listen to them, etc.
My point here is whether you are an experienced fabulous recruiter or new to the industry you want to meet a Janet Callaway, if you want to experience retention and get off of the endless recruiting treadmill. I did!
Small work from home business vs Big never see home business
I think business is great. In fact I believe that business is the catalyst for all growth. Don't take my word for it, look at your life and you will see that everything you perceive as good comes from business. Business provides you with the vehicle for freedom, joy and growth which is the path to make the earth a better place.
Business, ethics, integrity, these principles allowed us to expand from barter traders to entrepreneurs and from entrepreneurs to what? What, is up to you, because you are business.
What do I mean by you are business? If you don't buy what business offers, business is out of business. Unfortunately, because there are so many of us BIG business seems to have forgotten that you are their business.
In business school these days they seem to be teaching students more about how to manipulate the system, and you, than why business exists or what makes a business last. The education system in the United States has produced a whole new breed of Business School trained executives, whose loyalty is to finance and the manipulation of investments; who feel no obligation to be familiar with a company’s employees, product, manufacturing process or customers.
There are exceptions, however, normally BIG equals bureaucracy and bureaucracy equals mediocrity. In a bureaucracy the cream does not usually rise to the top. The bureaucracy has forgotten that you are business, they have come to believe that they are business. It appears BIG business leaders don't give “you” that much thought. BIG is interested in business.
Let's talk SMALL. Small businesses, whether they are home based businesses, some franchises, a direct selling business or something in between, allow you to have a life, family experience, feeling of community with all the freedom, joy and growth that you are here to enjoy. That is why I like home based businesses, particularly, networking businesses, because that is what they do.
The ancient business pioneers were satisfied when business reached the point where farming, barter, trade allowed the formation of relationships that provided communities with a stable platform from which you could work together to make the earth a better place. As things were needed, someone in the community or a neighboring community developed it. When you found a product that you liked or worked for your health you shared it with your community and others. You cared about each other.
And that's exactly what happens when you are dealing with a person, a friend, family member or associate. However, you are taught, by BIG business, to pay more attention to an actor dressed up like a doctor than to a friend or relative that talks to you, face to face. BIG has convinced you that when you look at the media (T.V., Internet, Newspapers, etc.) you are dealing with a person. You are not, you are dealing with a business that wants to sell you something and wants you to perceive that it is helping you.
How does a home based business work? The majority of the 100+ Billion dollar direct selling industry is based on providing you a unique product or service directly from family, friends and associates. Home based businesses are a business model that allows you to have a life while you earn income.
Universities, the media, your parents and friends keep relying on the BIG business model even after the Savings and Loan mess, Dot com melt down, Bank failures, Real Estate debacle, etc. all caused by “traditional” business practices.
Heaven forbid that you start a home based business. Even though, while banks are failing and real estate is tumbling, small and home based businesses, which represent 50% of the Gross National Product, continue to provide more and more people with freedom and financial independence.
Find a home based business you like and begin to enjoy the freedom, joy and growth that it can bring to you.
Read more »
Business, ethics, integrity, these principles allowed us to expand from barter traders to entrepreneurs and from entrepreneurs to what? What, is up to you, because you are business.
What do I mean by you are business? If you don't buy what business offers, business is out of business. Unfortunately, because there are so many of us BIG business seems to have forgotten that you are their business.
In business school these days they seem to be teaching students more about how to manipulate the system, and you, than why business exists or what makes a business last. The education system in the United States has produced a whole new breed of Business School trained executives, whose loyalty is to finance and the manipulation of investments; who feel no obligation to be familiar with a company’s employees, product, manufacturing process or customers.
There are exceptions, however, normally BIG equals bureaucracy and bureaucracy equals mediocrity. In a bureaucracy the cream does not usually rise to the top. The bureaucracy has forgotten that you are business, they have come to believe that they are business. It appears BIG business leaders don't give “you” that much thought. BIG is interested in business.
Let's talk SMALL. Small businesses, whether they are home based businesses, some franchises, a direct selling business or something in between, allow you to have a life, family experience, feeling of community with all the freedom, joy and growth that you are here to enjoy. That is why I like home based businesses, particularly, networking businesses, because that is what they do.
The ancient business pioneers were satisfied when business reached the point where farming, barter, trade allowed the formation of relationships that provided communities with a stable platform from which you could work together to make the earth a better place. As things were needed, someone in the community or a neighboring community developed it. When you found a product that you liked or worked for your health you shared it with your community and others. You cared about each other.
And that's exactly what happens when you are dealing with a person, a friend, family member or associate. However, you are taught, by BIG business, to pay more attention to an actor dressed up like a doctor than to a friend or relative that talks to you, face to face. BIG has convinced you that when you look at the media (T.V., Internet, Newspapers, etc.) you are dealing with a person. You are not, you are dealing with a business that wants to sell you something and wants you to perceive that it is helping you.
How does a home based business work? The majority of the 100+ Billion dollar direct selling industry is based on providing you a unique product or service directly from family, friends and associates. Home based businesses are a business model that allows you to have a life while you earn income.
Universities, the media, your parents and friends keep relying on the BIG business model even after the Savings and Loan mess, Dot com melt down, Bank failures, Real Estate debacle, etc. all caused by “traditional” business practices.
Heaven forbid that you start a home based business. Even though, while banks are failing and real estate is tumbling, small and home based businesses, which represent 50% of the Gross National Product, continue to provide more and more people with freedom and financial independence.
Find a home based business you like and begin to enjoy the freedom, joy and growth that it can bring to you.
Ready To Make a Difference In the World
Ready to Work from Home?
Looking for a legitimate home based business that offers you the opportunity to make a difference?
Make a difference in the the world by feeding starving children in 3rd world countries.
According to the UN, eighteen thousand children die daily from hunger. Yes, in our world—every day, even today. Every 3.6 seconds, someone dies from hunger. Faced with such overwhelming figures, it's hard to know where to start and how to help.You want to do something, but you don't know how to help.
HERE'S HOW!
Did you see the movie "Pay it Forward?"
Take a look at this clip. Click Here
How can the numbers grow so large from just you and your five friends?
We currently have product sales of over half a billion dollars a year. We are now introducing a product that will allow you to make a substantial income while you help feed starving children in 3rd world countries.
You are probably thinking:
"I see how it's good for the kids and the company. What about me? Can I really do this? How will my friends and I get paid?
When you become an independent distributorship you and your friends receive commissions on the Goodness Meal Packs purchased by your groups participants. By tagging all your groups meal pack sales to you and your friends and their friends through XanGo's sophisticated and reliable computer software you are rewarded with ongoing commissions for as long as the Goodness Meal Packs are purchased.
There it is! I can feel some of you thinking;
I don't know, this is something different, it sounds good but-------!
There is an old saying, “If you continue to do what you have always done you will continue to get what you have always got.”
What do you do next?
You Join Us!
Call Janet at 808-333-5218; OR send me an e-mail. Click Here
A year from now you will look back on this moment and you will either say:
I'm glad I did or I wish I had.
We hope you do!
Read more »
Looking for a legitimate home based business that offers you the opportunity to make a difference?
We are proud to offer you the chance to work from home with a legitimate opportunity, unlike anything you have ever seen. We are going to show you a truly different style of home based business than has ever been offered to the public. Here is your opportunity to work with your family and friends to make a HUGE difference in the world. Sounds great, doesn't it? Maybe too good to be true! Well it's true and it can spell financial independence for you, your family and friends. You and I couldn't do this alone. It takes a billion dollar company with a commitment to give back to the world community. A company that is willing to share its success with their distributors and the rest of the world rather than adding more millions to their bottom line. From the day XanGo started in business, before they opened their doors or made a dime, they committed 7% of their net profits to go to charity. That commitment has resulted in over 30 Million Dollars being donated to charities to date. Yes, they are successful and will continue to be successful because they make us successful.Now they are going even further.
Ready to make a difference in
the world?
the world?
Make a difference in the the world by feeding starving children in 3rd world countries.
According to the UN, eighteen thousand children die daily from hunger. Yes, in our world—every day, even today. Every 3.6 seconds, someone dies from hunger. Faced with such overwhelming figures, it's hard to know where to start and how to help.You want to do something, but you don't know how to help.HERE'S HOW!
Did you see the movie "Pay it Forward?"
Take a look at this clip. Click Here
We changed the ending,
ACTS OF KINDNESS
ACTUALLY CHANGE THE WORLD!
ACTS OF KINDNESS
ACTUALLY CHANGE THE WORLD!
The XanGo Goodness Meal Pack is a meal replacement product that is the first step out of starvation. A dry powder formulation for the severely malnourished, it helps to strengthen those who cannot properly digest solid food due to long periods of poverty, famine and other disasters. The XanGo Goodness Meal Pack is an innovative product formulation that is effective in meeting basic nutritional needs by simply adding water.
To work from home has never been easier than with our one-of-a-kind Goodness Giving Meal Pack Program. Spend your time working with family and friends who share your concerns for the world. Feel the sense of accomplishment that will be yours as you all work together to feed starving 3rd world children who desperately need our help.
Wouldn't it be great to work with your family and friends? People you can count on. People who you want to help.
Why work with your family and friends to build your Goodness Giving Group?
Why not!
A lot of people want to help children in need and you don't know them all. Plus, the fact that this isn't about you going out and trying to convince hundreds of people to buy a meal pack to help starving children. This is about you working with your family and friends to do good while making money to do more good for yourself and the world.
You get paid to save lives. Not only do you get paid to save lives, the more lives you save the more money you are paid.
If you became aware of a way to financial freedom while doing good things in the world community wouldn't you want to share it with your family and friends?
Of course you would!
Wouldn't it be great to work with your family and friends? People you can count on. People who you want to help.
Why work with your family and friends to build your Goodness Giving Group?
Why not!
A lot of people want to help children in need and you don't know them all. Plus, the fact that this isn't about you going out and trying to convince hundreds of people to buy a meal pack to help starving children. This is about you working with your family and friends to do good while making money to do more good for yourself and the world.
You get paid to save lives. Not only do you get paid to save lives, the more lives you save the more money you are paid.
If you became aware of a way to financial freedom while doing good things in the world community wouldn't you want to share it with your family and friends?
Of course you would!
How do you get started?
When you join us we will provide you the specific steps for you take. We will provide you with a step by step program to share with the 5 people that will make up your Goodness Giving Group of friends. We will personally sponsor you into our company. By becoming an independent distributor you will enjoy the opportunity to earn income through your home based business as your Goodness Giving Group grows. You will receive your valuable independent distributor package in the mail. We will be your personal mentors to coach you and your 5 friends and to help you with questions you and your friends may have as you proceed. How can you and just 5 friends make a difference?
How can the numbers grow so large from just you and your five friends?Word of mouth, you and your friends talking to their friends. Word of mouth marketing is actually more effective than any other form of marketing because:
- Word of mouth has more creditability than advertising.
- Word of mouth travels more quickly.
- The middleman is eliminated.
- Eliminating the middleman means the story will remain consistent.
- The money paid to the middleman is paid to you and your friends.
- Advertising and promotion $ are paid to you and your friends.
How do you make money?
Everybody wants to help children who are at risk because of conditions they can't do anything about. Most people just don't know how to go about it in today's turbulent times. Why not get paid for talking to family and friends and their family and friends about solutions to problems? Wouldn't you like to help make your family, friends and associates free to do the things that make them feel good?
If your friends are like mine they are trying to find ways to leverage their income. Goodness giving provides you with the opportunity to leverage $180 dollars a month into $300, $3,000, $9,000 or more. Do you know 5 people that would like to earn a four or five figure monthly income helping you feed starving children in need? Would you spend $180 a month to make $1,000, $2,000, $3,000? Do you know 5 people, who you can count on, who know 5 people that want to help feed children in need and make some money to do more good? Here's how it can work for you:
If your friends are like mine they are trying to find ways to leverage their income. Goodness giving provides you with the opportunity to leverage $180 dollars a month into $300, $3,000, $9,000 or more. Do you know 5 people that would like to earn a four or five figure monthly income helping you feed starving children in need? Would you spend $180 a month to make $1,000, $2,000, $3,000? Do you know 5 people, who you can count on, who know 5 people that want to help feed children in need and make some money to do more good? Here's how it can work for you:
We currently have product sales of over half a billion dollars a year. We are now introducing a product that will allow you to make a substantial income while you help feed starving children in 3rd world countries.- No Selling
- No website
- No mailing lists
- No advertising,
You are probably thinking:
"I see how it's good for the kids and the company. What about me? Can I really do this? How will my friends and I get paid?
When you become an independent distributorship you and your friends receive commissions on the Goodness Meal Packs purchased by your groups participants. By tagging all your groups meal pack sales to you and your friends and their friends through XanGo's sophisticated and reliable computer software you are rewarded with ongoing commissions for as long as the Goodness Meal Packs are purchased.
There it is! I can feel some of you thinking;
I don't know, this is something different, it sounds good but-------!
There is an old saying, “If you continue to do what you have always done you will continue to get what you have always got.”
What do you do next?
You Join Us!
Call Janet at 808-333-5218; OR send me an e-mail. Click Here
A year from now you will look back on this moment and you will either say:
I'm glad I did or I wish I had.
We hope you do!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)