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Email Introduction to Your Friends

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A quick email message from Glenn to his friends and associates, with some edits by Stephen. Uuse this as a template to send to YOUR friends. (edit with YOUR details)

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Hi (friend’s name)

I realise it is a busy time of year, but it would be remiss of me, if I did not send this out right away. (I only received it on December 24th at 5pm)

We have a long history using the best zeolites and obtaining fantastic results, but here is an opportunity to be a first mover with Jim Flowers, manufacturer of the best zeolite on the market and the owner of a new network marketing company that will be the ONLY supplier of the zeolites we ALL want to use ourselves and recommend to others.

Here’s a few points to note…

  • NEW zeolite supplier called NCD Wellnesceuticals (www.NCD.com)
  • Proven business and product track record
  • Ground floor opportunity which is in front of the detox trend
  • World Class Product (FDA registered production facility)
  • D-Lite3 removes heavy metals, VOCs & toxic compounds
  • Balances pH, fights off viruses, reduces acid reflux, Asthma and allergies
  • MAP3ZË™ is a proprietary blend of 3 powerful zeolites, clinoptilolite, chabazite & heulandite
  • Activated using an advanced purification and ultra-micronization process
  • Jim Flowers (master formulator) owns the company
  • Jim no longer supplies other companies with his exclusive zeolite formulas
  • Zeolite sells to people who just want to be customers
  • I am sponsored by the #1 Distributor (he wrote the compensation plan!)
  • Pre-enrollment started TODAY (24 Dec 2011)
  • Product officially starts shipping 18 Jan 2012 to 27 countries
  • Reasonable product pricing and international shipping rates
  • $100, $250 & $500 product packs (simple!)
  • Permanent founders pool bonus for early adopters of the $500 pack
  • Time sensitive bonus (join earlier not later) could pay for your monthly product
  • Good income for entry, mid and career business people
  • Infinity, Fast Start and Matching bonuses
  • Retail profits for those who are happy just selling
  • Doctor/Customer program
  • Daily live and recorded webinars
  • Website information is being improved and updated hourly
  • Fantastic Marketing, Communications & Team Support Systems

So… Why wait…?

Check this out now! ==> www.ncdsecretlaunch.com/username

You can join the business online right away.

Customers will have to wait till after 18 Jan 2012

Please look through the website first so you at least have basic info.

Watch an extensive (112 min) webinar with Jim Flowers and Russ Medlin.

I have joined with a Founder’s Pack ($500) so I get a ton of product and the highest startup qualification. You can join with $100, $250 or $500 and get different product quantities. In the $500 pack you even get a urinalysis kit to test your toxic levels.

If you need additional help the best way to contact me is via e-mail but you can try my mobile (xxxxxxxxx) or skype (xxxxxxx). For additional support you can connect with Glenn Bolton on 0414 652 366 or your upline support.

Talk soon

Kind regards, (your name)

PS: If you have a favourite upline or person you prefer to deal with about this, then we honour the integrity of your network. They may already be in our team. PLEASE contact them first just in case they have not got their message out to you yet. If you otherwise want to join with me and my experienced and dedicated team then join or contact me ASAP!

New GST360 Blog

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Glenn Bolton and Stephen Hemsley are proud to announce the launch of the Global Success Team Blog.

Simply enter www.GST360.com

This blog will targeted to our NCD Wellnesceuticals team members from all over the world.

Australians, Kiwis (from NZ) and a few others typically have “cultural differences” from the Americans and desire less “excitement” in their information. That’s why we felt it necessary to setup a special site just for us.

Note: NCDetox.com => NCDsecretlaunch.com/trius

Networking and Personality Types

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Download the Personalities Colour Chart to read along with this post.

Thanks to Stephen Hemsley for putting this info together.

As the business of network marketing is all about relationships I thought the attached documents may help you understand a good way to approach people about your opportunity.

The personality types document refers to real state but it applies to ALL businesses where people are involved. For this to work you will have to know the person fairly well and help you be able to better serve them.

People will always be a rainbow of these colours or personalities, but you will see one that will probably be the dominant colour/type and be able to asses the way you speak to them, what you send them via e-mail and how they may potentially respond.

Keep it personal, tell your story so far via the phone or e-mail and with this knowledge of what makes them tick, you may be able to help them see the benefits that joining your opportunity has to offer.

  1. Yellow/Nurturer personalities will want to know your story, what you think about your business and any results you may have had. Without many stories to share about the products, your best story is to share how many have joined your team, how long you have been in the team, the great help from your upline, how supportive the team is that they are joining and the giving part of the compensation plan. A lot of time spent on the phone is usual with these type but they are great talkers and an asset to your team. They are 35% of the population and good networkers. Maybe not so good on the computer.
  2. Green/Analytical personalities will want to see your company website,  compensation plan and any other piece of information that is floating around. They will probably want to be on the conference calls but only to listen, and notes are always useful to share with them. Just give them the information and let them decide in their own time. You may think they need too much information but when they are in the system, they are very good networkers. They usually have great computer skills but people skills are a bit underdeveloped. They are 35% of the population.
  3. Blue/Expressive personalities will want to have fun. They are very intuitive and will be very keen if they know you will help them with the details. They are interested in the BIG picture and will LOVE the GIVE/charity part of your website. Maybe take their details and put them into the system as they may not do it themselves. They are the life and energy of your team and make up 15% of the po pulation.
  4. Red/Driver personalities will be impressed with the web site and see the professionalism. They will like the cars, the trips and the recognition. They will not need much more information than this and will run with it in their own style if the timing is right. They are very determined to succeed so do NOT get in their way. They are 15% of the population.

This is just a quick overview and may help you realise that there is much more to being successful than just “winging” it. The better you get at understanding people, the better results you will have in life, so do not just use it for your business.

Discover How a Blog Can Create 88% More Website Leads than Your Competitors

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Give your business a powerful competitive advantage which can shoot you up the search rankings and achieve more leads than your non-blogging competitors.

When suggesting a Blog to clients we usually get asked “What exactly is a blog?”, which gets followed by, “I don’t have time to play around with one of those” or “Where would I get the time and what would I write about?”

The first stop in deciding to create a company blog (after understanding exactly what it is of course) is to decide that it is a worthwhile strategy and that means understanding the WIIFM (what’s in it for me?). What’s the pay-off?

What Is A Blog?

Simply, it is just a tool that allows you to quickly and easily create and publish new content. Plus, it allows readers to leave feedback on that content and interact with the feedback from other readers.

A Blog is a Web 2.0 strategy. The 2.0 is just about the ability to engage and interact with people, compared with the original web concept which was an online brochure… you have moved on haven’t you?

The Pay-Off

1. Google Search – Google, in fact all search engines, places more emphasis on websites that have a growing and relevant content. Therefore you have a better chance of getting more web visitors if you add more content to your website…that is what a blog does.

2. Create Better Relationships – People do business with people they know and trust. A blog is a great way to achieve those outcomes on the web. Let people get to know you and your company. Offer value and people will return regularly. Over time, more and more people will contact you and become a lead or prospect. Then you have a chance of doing business with them.

3. Increased Online Lead Generation – businesses that have a blog and regularly publish new content will generate more new business leads than businesses that don’t blog. But don’t take my word for it, the following research by HubSpot shows an 88% and 67% increase in new leads for company’s that have a Blog.

The good news is that the statistics show that lead generation is substantially higher for both B2C (business to consumer) and B2B (business to business) company’s, making it a universal best practice strategy for internet or web marketing.

4. Improved Search Engine Results – The search engines apply ratings to websites and they favour certain elements over others. If your website can have more of the favourable elements, then it stands a better chance of appearing on the coveted “Page 1 of Google”. A blog helps in 2 key areas:

That’s a massive benefit! A website that is rarely ever updated and has no new content being added gives no reason for any search engines to come back and index pages. Your competitors who do Blog will get an advantage in the search rankings.

Another big factor in search engine rankings is links from other websites and blogs to your website. As the above chart shows, businesses that blog get much higher results.

What’s The Point Again?

Marketing is a science. It is measurable and you can try things, find out what works, tweak, improve and do more of what gets results.

The charts above from HubSpot’s research provide compelling evidence that you should be thinking seriously about a Blog for your business. If you have one, then think about how you can improve it and get better results.

It should be integrated with your website so that it adds value to your web domain name and in some cases could be a standalone website.

Getting a Blog

Why not get in touch with us and find out how your marketing could be boosted by adding a Blog or improving your current Blog?

One of our professional digital marketing Partners would love to talk you through the process and identify how it would work for your particular business.

Source: X2 World

AICDA – The Copywriters Magic Formula

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We spoke about how people seem to have the attention span of a Gnat these days in the post titled The Attention Span Of A Gnat…How To Overcome It.

But that isn’t really a fair indictment on all people (including me) who might resent being associated with a Gnat. What really happens is that we get so many messages on a daily basis that it becomes impossible to view them all and we become very precious with our time. Hence we scan, we skim and we try to sort the “wheat from the chaff” as quickly as we can.

If something doesn’t jump out at us as being of importance…we move on very quickly. Hence the Gnat story.

So how do we attract attention and break through the clutter to get our message to more people?

AICDA – The Copy Writers Magic Formula

A good sales pitch, whether in person, print, website, letter, email, TV, video, radio… wherever, needs to do 5 things.

It must attract Attention, be Interesting, have Credibility, create Desire and prompt an Action …. AICDA.

Attention
On a web page or direct mail letter, that is what the headline does. On the radio its the load opening noise, sound or music that breaks the listens thoughts to get attention. Without attention, all is lost. The reader will not go deeper into the message to get to the heart of the sales pitch.

On your website, your landing pages are your key attention grabbers and must induce the reader to click through to another page or take some action such as signing up to receive a report or a newsletter subscription. Ideally the outcome is someone putting their hand up and saying “Hey, I’m interested…”. But be patient. Build a relationship. Digital marketing allows you to walk steadily to this point over time with minimal effort on your part.

Interest
Once you have their attention, you must give something that arouses interest. This could be many different things; a fantastic price, an offer of something free or a hint of an opportunity that will be revealed further on in the copy…an incentive to keep going.

Credibility
Creating credibility is very important; a must. Provide testimonials, a case study or some reputable statistics that PROVE that what you are talking about is the truth. Third party testimonials will always be seen as carrying greater weight of course because of the perceived independence.

Desire
You must make the reader desire or want what you are offering. It could be a product or service that you want the prospect to desire or want to buy. You can achieve this by appealing to emotions, hint at how a problem will be solved or how life will be made better.

Action
The reader must be prompted, urged, asked and convinced to take action. It is amazing how many otherwise fine sales pitches fumble at this crucial point. If you don’t give a prospect a reason to act, clear instructions on how to act and even ask them to act, they probably won’t.

One of the best ways is to put a strict time limit on your offer. Make them understand that they must act quickly to get your good deal, or lose out for ever.

AICDA And Digital Marketing
How did you find this article? Did you click on a link from an email marketing piece? Was it a link from another website page? Did it appear in a Google search and you clicked on the link?

All of these sources used the principles of getting your Attention and building Interest to the point where you wanted to read more. There is nothing really new here, but it is pitched in a slightly different way towards how to improve your digital marketing…your website, emails, social media; so you can produce better outcomes.

It is a fact that to achieve the full objective requires more words. And in this respect Long Copy out-sells Short Copy. So the big learning here is how to achieve the out comes of Long Copy but recognising that you must overcome the short attention spans that we all seem to suffer from these days.

Our objective here is to get you thinking and looking at how you could improve the results and hence you return on investment (ROI) form your digital marketing. When you need help, contact us who can show you how to implement these strategies into your business.

Source: X2 World

Attitude is Everything – The Four Agreements

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Sources: Stephen Hemsley, Don Miguel Ruiz

Attitude is Everything

In a training provided to me many years ago by a very astute Network Marketer, I was given the following advice. In order of importance, to build a business, should be the following.

  • Attitude – How you view the business, product, company, upline etc
  • Activity – Prospecting, presenting and asking for business
  • Skills – Learning how to email, operate your back office, do a presentation etc

Most people build their business in the opposite way, asking for the development of skills first before they will go out and build the business. With this in mind there are many people who have joined LiveSmart360 who may be a little concerned about what they have joined, is this a scam, where are our products, when do we get our commissions etc…

I have put a lot of trust and faith in Donna Valdes and the trust and faith she has put in the people she is working with. I appreciate that many of you joined our group because of that trust and faith and you have passed that down to your teams.

I suggest you read the following extract from a book called “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. I encourage you and your team to obtain a copy and read it.

We and our whole team need to operate by the “Four Agreements” as this will help us over these challenging times at the start of a new business venture and also help out team members operate with integrity within their teams as well.

Let’s use the Four Agreements as “guidelines” for our whole team to follow and we will all get what we want. They apply to us ALL.

The Four Agreements

1) Be Impeccable with your Word

Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

2) Don’t Take it Personally

Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinion and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

3) Don’t Make Assumptions

Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement you can completely transform your life.

4) Always Do Your Best

Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self judgment, self abuse, and regret.

Here's Some Good Advice from Snopes

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1) Check the Validity of the Content

Check any suspect virus alert on www.snopes.com and www.truthorfiction. com to determine whether it is true or false.

2) Don’t Ever Forward Emails to Everyone on your Contact List

Any time you see an email that says forward this on to ‘ 10 ‘ (or however many) of your friends, sign this petition, or you’ll get bad luck, good luck, you’ll see something funny on your screen after you send it, or whatever, it almost always has an email tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and emails of those folks you forward to.

The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of ‘active ‘ email addresses to use in SPAM emails, or sell to other spammers. Even when you get emails that demand you send the email on if you’ re not ashamed of God/Jesus… that ‘s email tracking and they’ re playing on our conscience.

These people don’ t care how they get your email addresses… just as long as they get them.

Also, emails that talk about a missing child or a child with an incurable disease ”how would you feel if that was your child”…

3) Email Tracking

Almost all emails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are just trying to get YOUR email list from you.

There was a mass letter years ago that asked people to send business cards to a little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards. All it was, and all any of this type of email is, is a way to get names and ‘cookie ‘ tracking information for telemarketers and spammers to validate active email accounts for their own marketing purposes.

You can do your friends and family members a BIG favor by sending this information to them. You will be providing a service to your friends, and will be rewarded by not getting thousands of spam emails in the future!

Do yourself a favor and STOP adding your name to those types of listings regardless how inviting they might sound, or make you feel guilty if you don’t! It’ s all about getting email addresses… nothing more!

You may think you are supporting a GREAT cause, but you are NOT!

Instead, you will be getting tons of junk mail later and very possibly a virus attached! Plus, we are helping the spammers get rich! Let’s not make it easy for them!

4)  Email Petitions are NOT Acceptable to Any Organization

To be acceptable, petitions must have a signed signature and full address of the person signing the petition, so this is a waste of time and you’re  just helping the Email trackers.

5) Clear Your Cookies Regularly

Also remember to clear your cookie history now and then from your computer.

Did You Know 4.0

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So you think you know what’s happening in the world…? Then watch this!

If you want your business or product to impact others then your MUST embrace Social Media.

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Attitude is Everything – The FOUR Agreements

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Sources: Stephen Hemsley, Don Miguel Ruiz

In a training provided to me many years ago by a very astute Network Marketer, I was given the following advice. In order of importance, to build a business, should be the following.

  • Attitude – How you view the business, product, company, upline etc
  • Activity – Prospecting, presenting and Asking for business
  • Skills – Learning how to e-mail, operate your back office, do a presentation etc

Most people build their business in the opposite way, asking for the development of skills first before they will go out and build the business. With this in mind there are many people who have joined LiveSmart360 who may be a little concerned about what they have joined, is this a scam, where are our products, when do we get our commissions etc…

I have put a lot of trust and faith in Donna Valdes and the trust and faith she has put in the people she is working with. I appreciate that many of you joined our group because of that trust and faith and you have passed that down to your teams.

I will be putting together an e-mail update that will hopefully help solidify that trust and faith but in the mean time, may I suggest you read the following extract from a book called “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. I encourage you and your team to obtain a copy and read it.

We and our whole team need to operate by the “Four Agreements” as this will help us over these challenging times at the start of a new business venture and also help out team members operate with integrity within their teams as well. These are the Four Agreements:

  1. Be Impeccable with your word.
  2. Don’t make assumptions
  3. Don’t take it personally
  4. Always do your best.

Let’s use the Four Agreements as “guidelines” for our whole team to follow and we will all get what we want. They apply to us ALL.

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS

BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD - Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY - Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinion and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS - Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement you can completely transform your life.

ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST - Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self judgment, self abuse, and regret.

Freeconferencing.com Instructions

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Using the Phone

Call in number:  +1 712-432-0075 (USA Number)
Enter the Conference Code: (eg: 295004#) varies depending on who is hosting the call

Where + means add your country access code (eg 0011 in Australia) for the country you are calling FROM (eg. Call in number from a regular phone in Australia: 0011 1 712-432-0075). International access codes  vary from country to country.

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Get on the Call Using Skype

If you do NOT already have Skype:
Visit www.skype.com to download Skype software then install it on your PC/Mac.

PC & Mac Users

  • Add “freeconferencing” to your Skype contacts
  • Click Dial to call the conference
  • Locate the Key Pad and enter access code when prompted

Be patient for the call to connect. It may take up to a minute.
When connected you will hear the Freeconferencing system voice prompt.
To the right of Red End Call button is a small volume control icon and small down arrow.
Click on the down arrow and select Display Dial Pad
Enter the conference code followed by the hash (Americans call it ‘pound’) (eg: 295004#)
The call should connect automatically.

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Extra Notes

Visit www.worldtimeserver.com to find your local time. Many call times are given in time zones other than yours.. Remember to take not of AM and PM. USA nighttime calls are in the morning of the next day in Australia.

Usually the host will request you announce your name and where you are from then mute your line.

Hit *6 to Mute YOUR phone/skype.
Hit *6 again to unmute so you can talk or ask a question.
The call host can also mute you individually or everyone on the conference

Good conference protocol is to pay attention to every work on the call and not do anything else. You may be asked to answer a question!

Keep yourself muted unless you are talking or about to talk.

If you are wanting to run your own conference calls then  get your own freeconferencing account at www.freeconferencing.com or “borrow” your upline’s account.