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Some of our Million Friends
participants have personalized their sites as follows
(they all link to the same presentation):
Question: I wonder if Bob will send a letter and packet to
one of my prospects?
Answer: In some cases that might be possible. Check
the Letter Campaign page.
Often, however, a packet and/or letter from me (a random guy to your prospect)
would be ineffective. A letter or email from
you will be more appropriate. If one of
my letters can help as an enclosure or if your letters can be
made stronger because of ideas you find here, that will be
great.
Comment: In my earliest MLM days—before
we had word processors, home computers, or home copying machines—I
had a goal to write 20 personal letters before noon each day. My
technique was to use carbon paper, onion skin copies (5
copies of each letter) and
handwritten notes to personalize the copies.
One type of note
went like this: "John, I wrote this letter to a friend in
Louisiana and made a copy for you. I circled two paragraphs I
want you to read. Let's talk. Bob Giddens."
Another type of
note: "Pat, this inspirational letter went to John Doe who is
several people down in your Betty Smith leg. I'm not even sure
if you've heard of John...but all the advice in the letter
applies to you as well. I also sent a copy to Betty. This leg
has a lot of potential."
Letter #1
Bob Giddens
PO Box 520940
Longwood, FL 32779
August 25, 2010
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
MD
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, AZ xxxxx
Dear Dr. Xxxxxxx,
I was talking with Dick Schreiber about
influential people in his group and your
name emerged on his Top Ten list. I wonder
what we would have to say or do to get you
to take a look at working with our program.
It may sound like a cliché when
I
say
we
are
the
right company at the right time but in this
case it is demonstrably true. Our Chairman
and principal investor Joseph P. Urso has
been
buying
and
rebuilding
distressed
companies for 25 years. Joe and his partners
have succeeded each and every time. Joe
calls Vollara his biggest and final project.
He wants to build a billion dollar company.
We'll have to be 25 times bigger than we are
now. That's what I call ROOM FOR
OPPORTUNITY.
Timing.
The recession has cost people jobs, homes
and fortunes. The economy is at the lowest
point that you and I will ever see. So there
is nowhere to go but up. Have you heard
about the second Baby Boom? It started in
1980. Over 100 million babies since then.
The first wave of new Boomers are just
turning 30. These young Americans are going
to influence our economy for 30+ years. This
is the last boom time that can happen in my
lifetime. I want to cash in.
Inflation.
We haven't had inflation for years. It’s
under two percent and that may be a stretch.
The biggest decade of inflation since World
War II was 1974-84. The average was 10%. For
every $100K you earned in 1974 you had to
earn $259K to have an equivalent result ten
years later. Dr. Knowles, it is going to
happen again—maybe as soon as 2014. Our
recession will be history but we'll have a
new monkey on our backs.
We have a way to (a) take advantage of the
Joe Urso management experience, (b) cash in
on the second Baby Boom, and (c) get ahead
of this upcoming run of inflation. We have a
proven system, excellent products, and an
honest way of introducing people to our
story.
You're in one of America’s most respected
professions. I'm told you are retired from
the military—another big positive. So I
don't assume for a moment that you will be
easy to recruit into Vollara. Well,
technically, you are already recruited, but
I want to make a few predictions:
1. You will love our products. You probably
already have an air purifier. Mr. Urso has
said, “If new technologies or new science
come along, we will upgrade our products and
do whatever it takes to always be best in
class.” We recruit many people who are
not entrepreneurs and do not make
money, but they benefit from having
wholesale access to our interesting,
healthy, and environment-friendly product
line.
2. Your enjoyment of our business might
surprise you. When you recruit people and
tell them they can make hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year…and then work to
help them achieve their goals…and when their
work helps you achieve your goals…well, I
suppose you can imagine how that could be
quite rewarding.
3. Within a year or two you will arrive at
the Ruby level where the income range is
$93K to $390K. One rank up, a top Diamond
can earn $520K. The next rank reaches to
$780K. And there are 9 HIGHER RANKS. But
let’s stay with Ruby. The bottom Ruby income
is $93,600. If you are shrewd enough to earn
15% year after year you'd have to start with
a principal of $620K to equal that kind of
income (in
other words, a Ruby’s income is nothing to
sneeze at).
If you take Ruby to the top, you'd have to
start with over $2.5 million (and
manage your investments shrewdly)
to match that kind of return.
Forty years
ago I gave an Amway presentation to a Corpus
Christi couple. They expressed zero
interest. Six months later I changed
companies and they joined to buy wholesale
vitamins (Amway
did not have supplements at the time).
Abe was a cement finisher with cracked,
leathery hands. Jyeton, 51, had never had a
job. They were just getting by. But they
grew into network marketing and within a
couple of years were making more money than
at any time in their lives. They were
effective leaders. They were trusted. They
were hard workers. Last June 6th I called
Jyeton to wish her a happy 92nd birthday. I
haven’t been with Shaklee for 23 years; but
Jyeton is still making a wonderful income.
Will you take a serious look at our program?
Dick and I can provide excellent support for
you and your people. Have you seen the
Million Friends Presentation? Here’s a URL.
Take a click!
www.MillionFriends.info.
(Dick's site is
hyperlinked here on Chippynews.com; it will
be black in the letter.)
Sincerely,
Bob Giddens
Solarbair1@aol.com
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Letter #2
- Some Giddens Background and a Great MLM
Success Story
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for one of your prospects, copy and
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send it to your prospect. Each letter
contains ideas
directed toward a particular circumstance or
prospect type.
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Bob Giddens
PO Box 520940
Longwood, FL 32779
August 25, 2010
Steve & Linda
Victoria,
TX
Dear Steve & Linda,
www.Bea.MillionFriends.info
Bea McNabb sent me her Leg Chart (her
potential leg builders).
I'm writing today to stir your interest in
working Vollara as pleasurable secondary
career—call it a hobby. I'm guessing you are
around 60 and financially comfortable. But
we have something worth considering!
I came to
multilevel marketing when I was a flight
instructor at Kingsville. Vietnam wasn't
over but my 2 carrier tours were. I had 6
months to go in the Navy and was seeking a
career. I didn't look for network marketing
because I had never heard of it, but I got
invited to a meeting and I'm still here 40
years and $15 million bonus check dollars
later! Other than writing 5 novels that I
could not sell (my
hobby), this has been my career.
I've seen a
lot of people come and go. If the network
marketing industry were looking for a logo
model, Bea McNabb would be perfect. Solid
citizen, rooted in God and family, hard
worker, honest as the day is long, always
smiling...and she genuinely enjoys her
products and her work.
A couple
similar to Bea & Jack came into my Shaklee
group 39 years ago. Abe is dead and Jyeton
is 92, but their business provides security
for Jyeton and helps support her daughter
and son-in-law. Jyeton was an honest,
smiling lady like Bea. Her break came when
she stumbled upon a dynamic lady at her
church who took a liking to Jyeton's
products and began recruiting other people
like crazy. Realizing they had found 1
strong leg, Jyeton & Abe decided to make a
career out of their distributorship.
I became
very close to this couple. In 1972 we set up
a meeting plan that covered El Paso,
Amarillo, Lubbock, San Antonio, Fort Worth,
Dallas, Austin, Houston, Victoria, Corpus
Christi, Kingsville, Nuevo Laredo,
Brownsville, and Beaumont. Jyeton & Abe
spoke in most of those cities over the
course of a year. That helped their group
expand throughout Texas and to other parts
of the country.
When a
person is lucky enough to love what he does,
his career hardly seems like work. That's
the way it has been for me over the years
and it's like that for most successful
networkers. That's the point of this letter.
Based on what Bea told me about you, I think
you'd love working with our company.
I traveled
with Abe & Jyeton on company trips to
Hawaii, Acapulco, San Francisco, and half a
dozen countries in Europe. They weren't
limelight people; but they saw the world
from a perspective that never would have
been open to them. Abe was good at drawing
cartoons for their newsletter. Jyeton was
their primary public speaker. It was quite a
story.
Vollara is
at the point where all of these kinds of
possibilities lie ahead. We'll have to
expand thirtyfold to hit a billion dollars
per year in sales. I'm convinced we'll get
there. Bea is, too. And we are looking for
friends and solid citizens to come with us.
I think you should seriously consider making
Vollara your exciting new hobby.
Sincerely,
Bob Giddens
Solarbair1@aol.com
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Letter #3
- Some Giddens start-up memories.
Bob Giddens
PO Box 520940
Longwood, FL 32779
September 1, 2010
Jason & Tana Savant
2662 Hwy 383
Kinder, LA 70648
Dear Jason & Tana,
www.Bea.MillionFriends.info
Back in 1995, I got my Vollara business
started by contacting 1,000 people in 100
days. My goal was to make 5 "brand new"
contacts every day but I'm an intense guy
when I set my mind to something (as
a coach, you ought to be able to relate to
that).
The first day I contacted 8 friends by
phone. The second day I sent 200 letters,
including the 8 friends from the previous
day. I stuffed 200 letters into the Orange
Park Post Office drive-by box just before
midnight. For 98 more days I kept my pledge
of making "never fewer than" 5 brand new
contacts per day. Some were made in person,
some were by phone, some were by mail. We
didn't have email or websites at the time.
I also worked hard on follow up. Believe me,
those days were very intense. After 3 weeks
I wanted to let go of my goal. I could do
the new contacts but the follow up was
brutal. I was motivated by brokeness. I owed
IRS $200,000. I had 11 overdue credit card
accounts. And I owed money to 3 friends. I
wanted to get out of my hole and never be
that broke again so I stuck with my guns.
Jason, I wasn't making a lot of money at the
end of those first 100 days, but my
foundation was in place. Three months later
I got a $12,400 check (covering
1 month)
and within a year I was making more money
than I had ever dreamed of making. In 1996 I
made $596,000 and I've been in the best
financial shape of my life for 14 years.
Would you
and Tana like to "do the tough work" in
2010/2011 and then have it made for life?
Bea tells me you are 30. You are on the
front end of this century's Baby Boom. As
you know from my materials, this current
boom started in 1980. The US has 100 million
young people between 5 and 30. So we can
count on a strong economic climate for
another 20 to 30 years. Young people, young
ambitions, and young minds pack a lot of
stimulus power. We are on the starting line
of the biggest boom time you will see in
your lifetime. This recession will end and
things will go up, up, up. We'll have
inflation, too. Americans will have to make
$200,000 a year before long to live
comfortable middle class lives.
Vollara
is perfectly positioned to take advantage of
the new demographic boom, the recovery from
the 2008 recession, the high interest
Americans have in health, and the impending
inflation. All you have to do is tell the
story well and tell it often. That's where
our Million Friends system comes in. You can
use Bea's mini website immediately and you
can order a site of your own for $40 or $50.
Yours might read
www.Jason.MillionFriends.info if "Jason"
isn't already taken by the time you order.
If you want to follow in my enviable
footsteps, that mini website will make it a
lot easier for you to communicate the
Vollara message to 1,000 people.
I urge you
to get back with us. I'm told you gave it a
try a few years ago and it didn't take off.
Now we are a different company. Lots of
positive changes. And we have a system that
works.
Enthusiastically,
Bob Giddens
Solarbair1@aol.com
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Letter #4
Bob Giddens
PO Box 520940
Longwood, FL 32779
August 25, 2010
Richard & Jessie Smith
511 W. 16th St.
Maryville, MO
64468
Dear Richard & Jessie,
www.Bob.MillionFriends.info
Three of your uplines have asked me to pay
special attention to you. "This is an
important couple," they all say.
Linda called; then Amy; then Tom.
"These are good people."
As a retired
teacher and farmer, you know what the people
of Missouri want and need. Does this Million
Friends presentation work for Middle
America? We're proud of our products and
opportunity and we say right up front that
big money can be made...but with no
embellishments.
Is
that the right approach for your friends and
neighbors? I think it is.
That
doesn't mean they will all say yes, but it's
always worth presenting...
and
the opening presentation only takes 4.5
minutes!
The path to
big success goes like this...
[1] be
a committed leader,
[2]
find 5 (or
more) other committed leaders,
[3]
help expand those individuals into strong
legs (5 or
more), and
[4]
teach duplication.
We offer
Million Friends mini sites, support
materials on chippynews.com (free
website), 5 telephone presentations
per week...plus support systems and
incentives from the company. Our
[1]-[2]-[3]-[4] system leads to a rank (Ruby)
that pays $93,000 to $390,000 per year.
Pick any age
group in the boom years. If you think 30
year old young adults are a good market,
there will be 4 million new 30 year olds
every year for 25 years. Isn't this
fantastic? And the older they get, the more
buying power they'll have. This wave of
young people is called the second
baby boom. A hundred million kids
were born between 1980 and 2005.
A solid work
effort can take a serious worker from the
starting point to Ruby in one year.
What do we mean by a solid work effort?
How solid? How much work? Here are some
realistic guidelines:
[1]
start with a Fast Start Essentials PLUS
pack,
[2]
become a committed user and advocate of
Vollara products,
[3]
contact new prospects on a regular basis (20
new candidates per week),
[4]
learn the skills of follow-up and sorting (pursue
the right people, not the wrong people!),
[5]
use a proven system and good materials (company
DVD-movie/Million Friends/Chippynews.com),
[6]
host introductory meetings and participate
in conference calls,
[7]
always stress the goal of 5 strong legs and
the rank called Ruby,
[8]
expand all of your legs geographically,
[9]
and stick by your guns for 2 years after
you reach Ruby (solidify
and build depth)!
If you do the work and teach the system;
progress and profitability will follow.
A realistic expectation: To achieve Ruby in
one year!
A proven
career plan is in your
hands. I've been tied to network
marketing for 40 years. I've always used
this same honest approach, and dozens of
people who have followed my system have
built fabulous careers. I'll name a few who
have earned millions: Jim, Bob, Jyeton,
Kitty, Freddie, James, John & Jo, Dorothy,
Bill & Mattie, JK, Marc...and there are
more.
It's not a
free ride. You have to do the work...make
the contacts...believe in your company...use
your products...and stay the course for at
least a couple of years.
NEWS FLASH: Even for so fabulous a
result, some people do not want to commit to
this plan. We understand. [20
new contacts a week looks like a lot to some
people.]
We have
great
products, wholesale prices, good commissions
when sales are made
(but
no quota),
and the possibility that a person can get
lucky. Some people achieve good success
without working the plan we propose.
Everyone
in Vollara benefits from systems that are
already in place. We use websites and
presentations that have been developed by
others. We use meetings and conference calls
that are hosted by others. As in any
endeavor, we don’t all function in exactly
the same way. As a person’s experience
builds, he can upgrade or modify his
approach.
The reverse is also true. People who start
with an aggressive plan have the option to
slow down. Each of us can participate and
enjoy Vollara in our own way.
Sincerely,
Bob Giddens
Solarbair1@aol.com
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Letter #5
= 50 emails
«
This also makes an interesting opening for a
meeting
See what happens when an idea is turned
loose?
I sending this to 50 high school
classmates from the class of '59. I nibble
so far.
With some modifications, you might be able
to adapt this to many different groups!
What made the high school class
of 59 so unique?
You being a part of it? Nope, that's
not the right answer.
Our
high school years coincided with the
confluence of Rock 'n Roll and the
pill. The oldest baby boomers were
not in high school yet. Their
numbers, however, were greatly
influencing America. The
boomer kids (younger
than
us) had
an unprecedented degree of sexual
freedom. In their day, sex was no
longer as unacceptable as it had
been only a few years earlier. Older
kids who graduated ahead of '59
were nasty people if they had sex.
We--the Class of '59--were on the
cusp.
We
grew up right in middle of the Mother of
all Generation Gaps.
We
hadn't heard about the baby boom in
1959. Seventy-eight million kids had
been born, but we weren't thinking
about demographics. We were doing
our thing, whatever that was. Eight
years later the Dustin Hoffman
character in "The Graduate" waved a
red flag. "Plastics," he said. But
that was just the beginning. When
"The Graduate" came out, Bill Gates
had not yet hacked into his school's
computer. That occurred two years
later when he was 13. Another big
change was looming. A few of us were
finally hearing about the baby boom
but it meant very little to us.
We didn't buy a McDonalds. We didn't
prepare ourselves all that well for
the era that was coming.
For one
thing, Vietnam and the Cold War
distracted us.
Does this
sound like Forrest Gump stuff? Yes it
does. Keep reading!
Some of
us went to Southeast Asia. For the
most part, we just lived out the
cards that came our way. That's what
most people do in every era. We get
swept along with the tide of our
day. A certain amount of creativity
and thinking happens, but mostly
it's a crap shoot. If Bill Gates had
been born in 1942 his life would
have turned out a lot different.
Maybe 1
person in 10,000 breaks the mold and
rises to stardom in some way. For
the other 9,999, life is just life.
A few of us enter glamorous
professions. A few of us make good
money. Most of us are carried along
with the proverbial flow.
In the
seventies, rampant inflation
happened: '74 to '84 were the
harshest years. Jimmy Carter (1977-'81) took
the hit. All other policies aside,
whoever had been president would
have become mired in the same mess.
Does
history ever repeat? Can lessons be
learned? Problems averted?
Money made? Every historian who has
ever lived thinks there is a lot to
be learned from history. That's why
we invite your attention to some
current clues:
1. A
new baby boom added 100,000,000
babies to our population between
1980 and 2005. The oldest of these
new boomers are turning 30 this
year.
2.
This new demographic bubble will
impact our economy and our lives.
Some of the effects will be very
profound. Old careers will be lost.
New careers must be found. Social
Security checks and pensions won't
be worth as much as they are now.
3. We
are lucky in one respect. This same
phenomenon is not happening in
Western Europe or China or India or
Brazil. Only in America (song
by Jay
and the Americans). This
wave of young people will create new
ideas, new products, and new
industries. They will help the
recovery of the real estate market.
The auto market is already back. I
hope they will change both of our
sick political parties. They'll pay
trillions in taxes (helping
us recover from our debt).
And they'll invest trillions in the
stock markets.
In other words, times are
looking up (especially
if you are ready)!
4.
Inflation will return to our lives
fairly soon. A good guess is that it
will be very heavy from 2014 to
2024. Whoever is elected to the
presidency in 2016--doesn't matter
which party--will look very bad (so
vote for the guy you don't like).
Prepare yourself!
It's hard to think about a new way to
make money
(and
not disrupt your life)
when you are in your seventies.
I
propose that you make money through
leverage.
5. The
recession will end within 18 months
for many people and within 36 months
for everyone. We can't change what
happened in 2008, but we can play
our cards right and benefit from the
rebound. The US economy will never
again be as low as it is right now.
Looking ahead to two decades of
growth is downright exciting.
This 4.5
minute overview suggests an easy and
lucrative way to play your cards.
www.Bob.MillionFriends.info
It has
been good for me; but the timing has
never been as perfect as it is now.
Call or respond by email if you'd
like to know more.
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Letter #6
- a spin-off email based on Letter #5
This second Baby Boom (it
started in 1980 and is in Year 30) can
be very lucrative for those who
figure out how to benefit from it.
Bill Gates hit the jackpot in his
day. You're not going to hit it as
big as Bill did, but wouldn't it be
nice to spot a trend, make a smart
move, and benefit for the rest of
your days?
Gates founded Microsoft in the 30th
year of the post World War II Baby
Boom. 2010 is the 30th year of the
new Boom. If you believe it makes
sense to learn from history, review
our 4.5 minute offer. Then take in a
big gulp of air and say yes!
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Letter #7
- For follow up when someone has viewed
your Million Friends presentation.
Copy this graphic into
an email and send it off with a personal
note.
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Do you have a dream? If
not...get one.
And don't let anyone steal
it.
Bill Gates started
Microsoft in Year 30 of the
postwar Baby Boom.
2010 is the 30th year of
the newer boom that began in
1980.
We urge you to learn from
history. Say yes now and
immediately start
spreading the Vollara
message: Good timing,
Good products. The right
company. Good compensation.
An easy system to work
with. And a fantastic
start-up offer.
Hit pay dirt 5 times and
you'll be a Ruby.
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Letter #12
- I'm sending this upbeat message to
lots of old email addresses I have in my
system.
Subject line: Million
Friends has been updated
The
new Million Friends
Mini-presentation is 14
seconds longer (4:49).
The main change is that
it shows the new Fast
Start Success Pack. The
images are brighter. The
audio is better
balanced.
And a question to you
about communications:
Reply with "YES,
KEEP IT COMING"
in the Subject box if
you want more
pro-Vollara emails such
as this. If you want to
add a comment, write to
me about your Vollara
plans and needs.
Reply with "VERY
RARELY" in the
Subject box if you think
1 message every 2 months
is about all you will be
interested in.
Reply with "MY
OTHER SUPPORT IS
SUFFICIENT" in
the Subject box if you
basically do not want to
hear from me.
Reply with "REMOVE"
if you want to me erase
you from my database.
--------------- Now
here's a pretty
interesting
message ---------------
--------------- If you
like this stuff be sure
to pass it
on ---------------
Find this article
just below the
halfway point of
this email:
Buffett,
Ballmer Predict
Bright Economic
Future
MATT GOURAS |
09/13/10
For 20 months Chippy
News and the Million
Friends system have
been telling its
readers/listeners
about the impact the
Echo Boom ( second
Baby Boom)
would inevitably
have on our economy.
News stories about
this are starting to
surface. This good
news is only given a
passing mention on
the major news
outlets. The media
is still embracing
the incomplete
notion that the
economy is bad
because the stimulus
package has not
worked and
the national debt is
too large. The
most extreme
economic critics
claim that our
president is
scheming with evil
intentions to ruin
the country and
drive us to
socialism. That gets
MORE ATTENTION than
the good economic
news.
When the media
finally starts to
get it right the
general public will
still remain
relatively
uninformed. The
masses have been so
heavily brainwashed
by misinformation
and hateful
political rhetoric
that our national
thinking will be
very slow to change.
Public awareness of
long term boom will
only happen when
inflation hits and
real estate prices
start shooting up.
Here are some basic
truths:
1. The economy is
way down but it will
never be this low
again. Good
interpretation:
There is nowhere to
go but up. This is
an important
consideration when
an entrepreneur is
making business
decisions. The
past--unfortunate
though it
was--cannot be
changed.
2. The 1980-present
baby boom (see Echo
Boom is you want to
check this on
Google) will drive
the economy upward
for 20-30 years. The
sooner you
understand this, the
sooner you can base
your financial
thinking on it...and
the sooner you'll be
in a good mood!
3. The US has a
demographic
advantage that no
other large country
has. Business
planners know this
and are building
their strategies
around it.
4. These positives
do not mean that
everyone will get
rich. As in all
times (good
and bad), the people
who see farthest
ahead and take
strategically smart
steps will be the
biggest winners.
Tens of thousands of
people will benefit
through blind luck.
When times are good,
that happens. But
tens of thousands of
others will be
losers. When times
are good, that
happens too.
5. The pain is not
over. The
man-on-the-street
economy will
struggle for 2-4
more years and the
housing market may
take even longer to
recover. But the
corporate economy is
already
swinging
strongly up.
Profits are up.
Manufacturing is up.
The auto industry is
up. The smart phone
market is absolutely
exploding.
Employment is
lagging but that is
always the case when
a recession starts
ending.
6. Within 5
years, high
inflation will hit.
People who get into
the boom before the
inflationary period
will benefit. People
who lag behind will
be hurt. That's why
we are imploring you
to think now and
think clearly.
7. The hardships we
have suffered will
force some changes
that were long
overdue. Hardships
tend to be like
that. From adversity
comes progress. Some
much-needed
changes--like better
energy
policies--probably
won't happen because
there is too much
in-fighting and
hatred among
politicians.
8. The Vollara
business will double
and double and
double again and
double again. I'm
talking $40 million
to $80 million to
$160 million to $320
million...and there
will still be room
to double again. We
are in the right
market at the right
time. We have the
right products, the
right leadership,
and a very
profitable future to
dream about. Some
will catch this wave
early. Some will
catch it a little
later and still do
well. Some will
ignore all the clues
and miss it
entirely.
9. This does not
mean it will be
easy. Building
financial security
is never easy.
Building a business
is never easy. But
you're about as
close to a sure
thing right now as
you ever will find.
Convince yourself
first and then start
convincing others at
the fastest pace you
can handle.
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Here's something I
sent by email more
than a year ago
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Most People
Do Not Know
About the
Echo Boom
In 1972 the
Dow Jones
Average hit
1,000 for
the first
time. If you
were given
the chance
to flash
back to 1980
and start
your
financial
life over
again
(knowing
what you
know now),
could you
make it big?
Even if you
didn't have
money to
start with,
you could
have saved
every penny
and gotten
into the
market in
time to
catch the
“dot com
explosion” that
ran from
1999 to
2001. By
remembering
a few names
like Intel
and Amazon,
you'd have
looked like
a genius. In
some cases,
an
investment
of $1,000
would turn
into a
million.
Stocks like
Intel,
Amazon,
Microsoft,
and 100
others once
sold for
pennies.
Berkshire-Hathaway
was as low
as $100 a
share.
History is
about to
repeat
itself, and
the
phenomenon
that will
drive this
“echo” from
the past is
called The
Echo Boom.
It’s a
demographic
term, not a
financial
term. Here’s
a glimpse.
The oldest
Echo Boomers
have
graduated
from
college. The
trailing
edge of this
generation—75
million
strong—are
now in high
school.
Representing
nearly a
third of the
U.S.
population,
these
youngsters
can be
expected to
have as big
an impact on
the ways and
economies of
the world as
the Baby
Boomers did
in the
sixties and
seventies.
So hang on
to your hat!
It seems
inevitable
that 50 or
so Bill
Gates/Steve
Jobs types
will create
new
companies,
new
industries
and even new
ways of
thinking.
Once again,
the world,
she is a
changin’. |
--------------- This article
is very recent
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Buffett,
Ballmer Predict
Bright Economic
Future
MATT GOURAS |
09/13/10
BUTTE, MT — Some of
the biggest names in
business said Monday
they see a bright
future for the
economy, with famed
investor Warren
Buffett declaring
the country and
world will not fall
back into the grips
of the recession. "I
am a huge bull on
this country. We are
not going to have a
double-dip
recession," said
Buffett, chairman of
Omaha-based
Berkshire Hathaway
Inc. "I see our
businesses coming
back across the
board."
Buffett said the
same things that
worked for the
country through a
century of two world
wars, a depression
and more – all while
increasing the
standard of living –
will work again.
Banks are lending
money again,
businesses are
hiring employees and
he expects the
economy to come back
stronger than ever.
"This country
works," Buffett said
during a
question-and-answer
session via video at
the Montana Economic
Development Summit.
"The best is yet to
come."
The likes of
Buffett, Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer
and General Electric
Co. Chairman Jeff
Immelt told the
nearly 2,000
business leaders,
government
officials, aspiring
entrepreneurs and
others at the summit
that things are
getting better. They
also offered some
ideas for what needs
to be done.
Ballmer said there
soon will be more
technological
advancement and
invention than there
was during the
Internet era. That
will help drive
business growth, he
said. "I am very
enthusiastic about
what the future
holds for our
industry and what
our industry will
mean for growth in
other industries,"
said Ballmer. He
envisions new
technologies that
move beyond the
Internet to tie
together computers,
phones, televisions
and data centers to
create amazing new
products. And the
pace of innovation
will increase as
technology makes
workers more
productive. "All
areas of science
today are moving
forward more
quickly," Ballmer
said. "The speed of
scientific
breakthrough is
accelerating."
The conference was
organized by US
Senator Max Baucus.
The Montana Democrat
said it leaves
"bickering and
name-calling" back
in Washington, so
leaders can find
good ideas.
Immelt (GE) said
angry political
rhetoric is not
helpful and
headlines are too
focused on finding
negative indicators.
He said business at
GE, one of the
world's largest
companies, is
improving. Immelt
said the country is
going to need to
adjust. The economy
since the 1970s has
been driven by
consumer credit and
a misguided notion
in building a "lazy"
service economy, he
said. Manufacturing,
with an aim to
reduce the trade
deficit, is the key.
"It was just wrong.
It was stupid. It
was insane," Immelt
said of the push for
a service-based
economy. "The future
of the economy has
to be as an
exporter." He said
Connecticut-based GE
is finding it
profitable to build
manufacturing and
service centers in
the United States
rather than
overseas, because it
is more competitive
to do so.
More investment is
needed in technology
innovation, exports
need to be
rejuvenated, and
clean energy and
affordable health
care need to be
given top billing
for policymakers,
Immelt said. But the
corporate leader
said he recognizes a
polarizing
environment in
Washington makes it
unlikely a national
energy policy and
other helpful
guidance will ever
take hold. Instead,
he urged local
business leaders and
government officials
in the audience to
come up with their
own local solutions.
"Anger is not a
strategy. Anger does
not create growth.
Only optimism
creates growth," he
said. "Be the
contrarian: Everyone
is mad today. Be
happy."
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Letter #13
- High School dance group fundraiser
campaign
www.chippynews.com/Marionettes1.pdf
September 14, 2010
Joanne Aman
waman@cfl.rr.com
Dear Joanne:
Our
Marionettes
fundraising
flyer
artwork is
attached.
These will
be printed
front and
back on half
sheets of
paper. The
girls will
pass them
out to
family,
neighbors,
friends,
etc. If you
wish to
track
results,
each girl
may write
her name on
the
questionnaire
side of the
form.
The Lake
Marionettes
earn $10 for
each
completed
form (full
name, phone,
and email
are required
- respondent
will be
called -
he/she must
have viewed
our video).
Compensation
will be
limited to a
maximum of
$1,000 on
the first
100 forms
that are
turned in
within 30
days.
The Lake
Marionettes
earn an
additional
$40 on air
purifiers,
alkaline
water
systems and
Fast Start
packs that
are sold
within 90
days. *If we
achieve 4
sales per
100
responses I
will
contribute
an extra $60
per sale.
I'm sure we
will be able
to generate
100
responses
and earn
$1,000 for
the girls.
If no sales
are
generated,
that will be
my cutoff.
If 10 sales
are
generated
they could
earn $2,000
and we will
authorize
another 100
letters.
Tell me how
many flyers
you want for
distribution
and where to
deliver
them. Your
response
will
constitute
our
agreement on
these rules.
Bob & Mila
Giddens
solarbair1@aol.com
407-739-4143
* The goal is to get
bona fide customers.
If the girls ask
their friends to "do
me a favor and send
this in" the sales
will be low to
non-existent. If you
want Mila and I to
do an 8-minute
briefing about the
products we can
prepare the girls to
do a better job of
handing the flyers
to the right people.
Vollara products
are things we use
every day to make
our lives healthier,
safer and more
environmentally
friendly.
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Letter #14 -
New Distributor Welcome Letter
It is perfectly all
right to send this "pass-on message" to your
new distributors:
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Hey, Bob Giddens has posted a
wonderful welcome letter on his
chippynews.com website. Please click
on
www.chippynews.com/LetterMenu.htm
and read it.
This letter will answer many of your
start-up questions. Then we can talk
about where you want to go.
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Dear Luba Delsoz and
Chris Romansky (my 2 recruits today):
Save this email and pass it on to YOUR NEW
RECRUITS.
Or use the "pass-on message" provided
above.
Thanks for coming
over today and welcome to Vollara.
I'm writing
this letter for both of you and then I'll follow up
individually because your situations are so different. I'm
also posting this as a generic letter for all new
distributors. Unless a person joins just to be a good
product user, I see everyone else as a candidate for
becoming a Ruby in our system. That level calls for
hard work and a sustained effort, which is entirely up to
each person...but the end result is pretty fantastic. The
Ruby income range is $93 to $390 thousand per year.
If you think that
income range is too low; rest assured
we have 11 higher
ranks for people who want more.
But working hard is not the only requirement. To make Ruby
you must also work smart. You have to understand the
networking process. It's not about selling products. It's
about selling careers. It's about building a perpetual
network of career-minded people. Products are sold along the
way...and selling can be profitable; but that's not the
business. The business starts with recruiting and proceeds
from there to leadership.
Every new
distributor has 2 choices. He can primarily be a product
user...and maybe do some selling or recruiting...but with no
pressure in any of these areas. I wish it weren't true, but
most networkers lean toward this unpressured choice. Bigger
choices always remain possible. "For now," most people say,
"just let me feel my way. I don't want to be pushed."
Is that you? Or is this closer to your position:
"What an easy choice! I would love to be a Ruby. The low end
of the $93 to $390 thousand range is not bad and the high
end is fantastic. I'm not allergic to hard work and I'm
willing to make a sustained effort for a year or two as long
as it does not disrupt my family or job. I don't understand
everything yet; but I'm open minded and willing to learn.
And, yes, I can spend $37 to $50 per week on great products
to stay Active."
There's one start-up step that applies to everyone. You have
to learn the strengths of our products.
In the Fast
Start pack we have the FreshAir Surround system.
People with asthma and allergies like fresh air. It helps
control dust, pollen, mold, viruses, bacteria, smoke ( from
fireplaces, cigarettes, or outside fires),
pet odors, food odors, and much more.
The LivingWater ionizer makes delicious alkaline,
electron-rich water for drinking and cooking and acidic
water for other special uses. Bottles can be filled and
refilled with fresh, healthful, super-hydrating water for
pennies per gallon.
LaundryPure uses a special frequency of light to
process cold wash water, allowing clothes to be cleaned and
brightened with cold water only and zero cost for detergent.
This savings feature allows a LaundryPure to pay for itself
after 1,500 or so wash loads.
Vollara nutrition products bring
the benefits of enzyme-rich whole food nutrition to your
dinner table. Re:Plenish is rich in antioxidant
power. Re:Sist stimulates the immune system.
Re:Fuel is brings us multi-vitamins,
multi-minerals, multi-enzymes, and multi-probiotics in the
most complete, natural, tested, and science-based supplement
you will find anywhere.
Then there's our system.
Use this Mini Presentation as often as you like:
www.Bob.MillionFriends.info. You can learn a lot
from listening and its 4.8 minute message will sell other
people on joining your network. Additional training and free
support materials are available at
www.chippynews.com.
There is a one-time cost of $50 if
you want
a personalized
Million Friends site. Click
here.
What purchase options
are available for new people?
1. A newcomer can sign up for $25 and
decide later what products to buy.
2. A newcomer can sign up with an
autoshipment for $129.99 plus shipping and tax. They get the
4 nutrition items you see in the
photo.
 3.
A newcomer can buy this Fast Start Pack for $1,997
plus shipping and tax. This is far and away the best deal
because brand new people get a 25% discount below wholesale
if they buy this pack within their first 14 days.
The recruiter makes $500 each time he sells
a FS pack
to a new distributor. It's a good deal for both parties
to the deal. A
distributor who closes FS packs on a
regular basis
makes very good start-up money.
Is this about
selling or recruiting?
Answer: Whatever suits you.
1. Some people love the
products but do no selling or recruiting.
They enjoy the wholesale pricing
privilege that comes with their distributorship.
2. Some people do a little selling
but not much. When a FreshAir is sold unit at retail the
profit is $325. We'll do some simple math just to make this
clear: A person who sells 3 units earns more than $900 in profit.
3. We also have people who do a lot
of selling. Dick Schreiber has sold hundreds of units. My
daughter Michelle has sold hundreds of units. If I had
access to the company records I could list hundreds of
examples. But selling is not network marketing; it's
selling. The biggest fortunes in Vollara have been made
through recruiting and leadership. Read this web training
page to clarify this important concept:
http://www.chippynews.com/LetterMenu2.htm#5.
4. The biggest potential comes from
a combination of recruiting and leadership. A serious
recruiter could probably sign up one person per day if he
emphasized the $25 option and learned to tell the story in
an exciting way...but he wouldn't have much to show for his
effort if those people never did anything. One good definition of
leadership is "the art of working with people to
accomplish something bigger than you could do yourself."
A recruiter who strongly emphasizes the $1,997 Fast Start
Pack will recruit fewer people but his recruits will be much more
likely to be serious. A healthy approach to the business probably involves
recruiting both kinds. Some of your people will be broke and
there's nothing wrong with the $25 sign up. Will they work?
Some will, some won't. It's entirely up to each person. We
do not push. But this fact has been validated time and time
again: When someone joins with the complete Pack he
will be much more likely to follow through and work.
5. A lot of people turn out to be a
combination of #1 and #2 (above) with a little recruiting thrown in.
A smaller number are leaders; but even when you recruit
a leader the work is far from done. We work with each of our
leaders (training,
communications,
inspiration, meetings, Million Friends calls, web
materials, company functions, direct assistance, goal
setting)
to help get their networks started. The example below
shows how a leader is developed into
a Strong Leg. The example shows 20
distributors in the network, 3 of whom are sub-leaders. Now add the
magic of time. This single leg has the potential to expand
to hundreds or even thousands of distributors.
To
become a Ruby, do this 5 times. Rubies earn
$1,800 a week at the low end of their scale and $7,500 per
week at the high end. Let's convert those numbers to monthly
by multiplying times 4.2 weeks per month:
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$1,800 per week x 4.2 =
$7,560 per month
I ask you: How
will your life change if you work hard for 1 year
and achieve this in your 52nd week? What if things
go slowly for you and it takes 2 years to reach this
point? Isn't the final result worth the commitment
and work we are asking?
Are you
willing to share the opportunity with others? To
really succeed in a big way you may have to tell the
Vollara story 1,000 times. Does that sound like a
task you could handle? |
$7,500 per week x 4.2 =
$31,500 per month
To grow from a
"minimum Ruby" to a "strong Ruby" might take an
additional 2 years of dedication. I will never tell
you this work will be easy. But if you do it, it
will be the most rewarding and fulfilling work you
have ever done.
How proud
would you be if you accomplished this?
This income would put you in the top 2% of all
Americans. And you would have helped many other
people get nice dreams started! |
If you want to
build a career
you
will get all of these types and plenty of quitters, too.
That's how every profession works. Some people do a lot; a
lot of people do a little; other people quit. If you recruit
100 people in the next 2 years, 10 might become strong
workers, 50 might participate at a minor level, and 40 might
quit. Add in the leverage potential of a network and you
should be a strong Ruby.
Vollara is a
good
opportunity no matter which way you go.
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My family and I use/market 4 health technologies: We breathe
ionized, purified air, drink
ionized, alkaline water, take
enzyme-based supplements, and drink 2 ounces of a
delicious
Muscadine-based antioxidant beverage.
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