Are you looking for information about the North American Power (NAP) business opportunity? If so I have some bad news for you…
Important Announcement Regarding the Thrive and North American Power Opportunity
After a lot of thoughtful analysis, discussions, and soul-searching, it is with a heavy heart that we are announcing the end of the Thrive and North American Power opportunity. This was an extremely difficult decision that was not taken lightly.” The Thrive and North American Power Team
It looks like North American Power is no longer in the network marketing business, so once again a company has shut its business opportunity doors for representatives looking to create a life long residual income stream within the energy deregulation industry.
Effective immediately, Independent Representatives will be unable to refer new customers or representatives to Thrive or North American Power. All referral sites have been disabled.”
To read more about the NAP important announcement click here.
North American Power sent all its representatives this email:
Per the Independent Representative Agreement and Policies and Procedures, Independent Representatives will continue to receive residual payments on customers that have been referred to date.
In addition, once successfully processed, any pending enrollments that have been referred to date will receive the normal up-front commissions.
Independent Representatives that have earned Free Energy will continue to receive Free Energy for as long as they remain qualified.
The NAP leadership is honoring their commitment to pay their reps the benefits they earned from acquiring customers. Its more than most companies do when they terminate their network marketing arm.
Who is North American Power?
INDUSTRY:Energy FOUNDER(S):Kerry Breitbart (CEO) and Carey Turnbull (Chairman) WEBSITE:napower.com REACH: USA
The company offers an electricity, gas and wind energy services through third-party utility providers in the US.
I can’t find anywhere the reason why North American Power decided to terminate their network marketing opportunity. Not sure whether it is a financial decision or problems they may have been experiencing with the networking part of the business, or something else….
Complaints Against North American Power
There were two recently filed class-action court cases naming the company as a defendant. 1) Peggy Zahn filed her lawsuit in October 24th, 2014.
This action seeks to redress the deceptive pricing practices of North American Power & Gas, LLC (“North American Power”) that have caused thousands of Illinois consumers to pay considerably more for their electricity than they should otherwise have paid.
Tully’s complaint reads nearly the same to Zahn’s, except that it pertains to Rhode Island.
Both cases are civil contracting disputes and allege North American Power has been overcharging its customers.
LESSONS LEARNED
There are a few lessons in here for anyone in the network marketing and direct sales industry.
First, network marketing is like any other small business, some companies Succeed, some companies FAIL.
Second, the NAP sudden dismal of their network marketing opportunity is another sterling example of why you should be branding yourself and NOT the company you are with.
And my final thoughts on North American Power
As a member of the network marketing community it I always disheartening to see a company with potential close its doors. If you were a NAP representative I encourage you not to let this temporary stumbling block cause you to give up on your dreams. Keep you head up and keep moving forward!
GOOD LUCK!
To Your Success!
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Today I want to take a look at the marketing process — an area I personally believe needs to be emphasized in our industry a lot more.
Unfortunately most people are taught wrong. They approach marketing as selling and selling as getting some unwilling prospect to buy something he or she doesn’t want or need.
Well if you are marketing your business this way, then be prepared to FAIL!
I personally have no interest in trying to sell something to someone who doesn’t want it, and I suggest you don’t either. True marketing is based on a simple – yet quite profound philosophy:
We’re looking for people…who are looking for what we have.
Put into more specific terms it means this: Our job is to identify qualified prospects — then put our marketing message in front of them. Give them enough information to make the right decision for them.
If that means they join your opportunity or buy your product, good. If it means they don’t, that’s good too. Your job is not to sell your opportunity or products to those that don’t need or desire them. It is to find the people who want what you have and give them enough information so they can decide if getting it from you is a fair exchange of value.
Don’t Sell – Sort
People are motivated by different reasons and many will surprise you. Those you think won’t...will. Those you think will…won’t.
Some people have legitimate reasons why they won’t become a customer or get involved with your company’s product, service or business opportunity, and that’s okay.
Sorting for Prospects
The most important thing for you to understand about any network marketing opportunity is that we are in the SORTING business, not the selling business!
When you are looking for qualified people to join your business opportunity, think of it as sorting apples or categories of people. There are four types and whether you are establishing your team through your own effort or helping agents you sponsored acquire new agents, you will always encounter people in these categories.
RED APPLES are motivated people who see the vision and once they hear your explanation, they immediately want to know how to get started. They are real easy to recognize by their enthusiasm. Your goal should be to look for and work with Red Apples. GREEN APPLES are people who need or require considerable amount of time to make a decision. They will have to think about it or they may have to talk it over with their spouse. They ask for lots of literature and information. If you work with these people, you will find that they “spend” your time and time is your most valuable asset. Share marketing material carefully with these people and ask them to call you within 48hours. If they are interested they will call. If not, be prepared to let them go. It could be that the timing is just not right for them but they may be open in a few weeks or months. They may not be prospective agents now, but never take them out the loop. Get back to them from time to time. Green Apples can ripen into Red Apples. ROTTEN APPLES are very easy to recognize. They are the people that tend to be negative or skeptical. They are not in need of any help or opportunities to better themselves. They may go out of the way to avoid contact with you. Not only can you recognize that they are not interested in any product or business opportunity but they will try to convince you that it doesn’t work or that its a SCAM! Stay away from these types of people! They will only drain your energy and rob you of your motivation and enthusiasm.
Rotten apples could be considered “dream stealers.” They are not only opposed to trying the service and/or the opportunity, but they also try to convince you that there is no opportunity for you.
Stay away from these people!! They will only drain your energy and enthusiasm. Remember, in reality there are no dream stealers. Only you can give up on your dreams.
But wait what about GOLDEN APPLES?
GOLDEN APPLES are rare.
They are open minded people. They are the type of people that instantly see the benefit in what you have presented them.
They may inquire about how to get involved before you can present it to them.
The main difference between successful representatives and unsuccessful representatives is what they do with their time. Spend 80% of your time sorting for and working with red apples, 20% of your time with green apples, and 0% of your time with the rotten apples. Remember that you can’t change people; you can only offer people an opportunity to change themselves.
The minute you recognize that someone is a rotten apple, don’t pursue them. Concentrate on the red apples.
REMEMBER: You are looking for motivated people (Red Apples). From time to time you will find a Gold Apple mixed in with Red Apples. Avoid Rotten Apples and be careful about spending too much time on Green Apples, but keep everyone informed from time to time. Situations Change
To Your Success!
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I am pretty sure that if you’re reading this Paycation Travel review, you are probably conducting some research because you have an interest in becoming a customer or the business opportunity.
If that is the case, just keep reading!
In this unbiased Paycation Travel Business Opportunity Review I will attempt to provide enough information about the Company, Product(s), and Compensation plan for you to be able to make an informed decision.
NOTE: Unbiased (meaning I am not a distributor of their products/services and I do not promote their business opportunity). Your decision to join or not join the Paycation Travel business opportunity is entirely up to you.
Ready to begin? Let’s get started!
Paycation Travel also known as Traverus is a United States based travel club and network marketing company that officially launched in 2014.
Traverus has been in business since 02/01/2002. The company relaunched under a new name (Paycation Travel), new compensation plan and with some new leaders on the management team.
The company CEO is David Manning (also the CEO of Xstream Travel).
Xstream Travel is a 12 year old licensed and bonded travel agency.
Paycation travel (network marketing side) is the marketing arm of Xstream Travel (travel club/service side).
Company Profile
COMPANY NAME: Paycation Travel AKA Traverus INDUSTRY: Travel, Travel Clubs/Network Marketing FOUNDER: David Manning COST: Three options (See below); Basic Membership: $40.00 + $29.95 month WEBSITE:paycation.com REACH: Global
Paycation Vision Statement:
To become the premier provider of travel-related services and to become the most respected and admired company in the world by adhering to the principles of trust, respect, integrity and edification. To revolutionize travel through the power of relationships and technology along with an unprecedented income opportunity. By so doing, Paycation will become a “Legacy” company, helping families worldwide live the lives of their dreams.
What Are the Products?
There really are no Paycation products.
The company provides travel-related services and travel education.
Paycation associates can only market membership to the company itself (which provides access to these third-party travel partners like Xstream Travel).
The company claims that Customers get access to discounted prices on travel, hotels, car rentals and cruises.
How to promote the products
Many associates leverage the power of the internet and through their own websites and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.
Paycation provides a marketing system for their Independent Associates. A marketing system is a must have for any Paycation associate that desires to have a profitable business.
Marketing systems consist of lead capture pages you can use to send your prospects to and autoresponders (automated follow-up email system).
So how did the Top earners become so successful?
The Top Paycation earners build their businesses totally different than the masses do.
The top earners who are making money in Paycation are great at marketing, both offline and online.
They know how to generate traffic and leads, and then convert those leads into sales, and they know how to recruit the best people into their business.
The teams that seem to be successful are using other lead marketing tools in order to train their group on internet marketing techniques and give them the tools and knowledge to generate their own online leads.
If you want to become a top producer, you will need a powerful lead marketing system to foster and build a relationship with your prospects.
Not understanding how to drive traffic to their capture pages or having a high converting lead marketing system is why most Paycation associates fail; because they follow the masses and get the same old results.
HINT: Most Top earners use their own website or blog and not company replicated sites.
The Compensation Plan
Can you make money with this business opportunity?
That my friend is the million dollar question.
Paycation calls it’s compensation plan the 3D.
It is actually a combined network marketing unilevel and matrix plan.
What is a unilevel plan mean?
This means is you can only recruit people front-line to you. The more people you personally sponsor, the wider your organization grows
You also earn a percentage through a certain number of levels of distributors within your organization. The higher the rank you achieve, the more levels from which you can earn commissions.
NOTE: A network marketing Unilevel Plan is a compensation plan which permits the affiliates to introduce new comers in its front line. There is no restriction for width i.e. a members can sponsor unlimited in width under his/her frontline and compensation distributed up to the limited depth. Further all frontline also efforts to do the same for earn bonuses or compensation.
What is a matrix plan mean?
The Paycation Travel compensation plan also incorporates a forced matrix (3×7) plan tied into various membership levels.
NOTE: A network marketing Matrix Plan also known as ladder Plan or Forced Matrix Plan is a compensation plan in which members which are organized in a particular width and depth are compensated when they achieve a set level. The network marketing company can set structure for members to qualify a particular level that may be 3 in width and 7 in depth. In other words a distributor only can introduce 3 as his front-line and a member can earn compensation up to 7th level. A forced matrix means that anyone who joins under you is placed underneath you in a matrix. You can also get spillover from your upline as they fill up their own matrices.
You must be a qualified Referral Travel Consultant (RTC) or higher to be eligible to earn 65% to 75% of commissions paid to Paycation from their vendors and suppliers for travel booked through your Paycation travel website.
Qualified RTC’s or higher rank are paid “Coded Bonus” commissions on all personally Enrolled active IA’s after your first two – with no limits.
So, beginning with your third personal IA, you will be eligible to earn both the “Personal Sales” commissions AND “Coded Bonus” commissions on RTC’s and CTC’s.
Note: A complete 3X7 Matrix that is filled with everyone in the Matrix paying $59.95 monthly pays out $25,000 monthly.
Associate Membership Ranks
There are five associate membership ranks within the Paycation compensation plan. Listed below are the criteria to qualify for each:
Executive – must have purchased Referral or Certified Travel Consultant affiliate membership and have recruited at least three Referral or Certified Travel Consultant affiliates – recruit at least 6 associates (three or more of which must be Referral Travel Consultants or higher)
Regional Executive – enroll 6 associates (at least three of which must be Referral Travel Consultants or higher)
National Executive – enroll 10 associates (at least six of which must be Referral Travel Consultants or higher)
International Executive – enroll 15 associates (at least three of which must be National Executives in three separate unilevel legs)
Presidential Executive – enroll 20 associates (at least three of which must be International Executives in three separate unilevel legs)
WARNING: 95% of Paycation Affiliates FAIL!
Unfortunately the sad truth is, if your looking at Paycation solely for the purpose of the compensation plan and you are an inexperienced marketer without the drive and ambition to make a serious change in your life, Paycation probably isn’t for you.
I’m assuming that we haven’t personally met yet and that I haven’t gotten to know you.
So, I’m going to be pretty blunt here.
If you expect to sign up and instantly start to make money without a lead marketing system, let me be the first to tell you … YOU WILL FAIL!!!
Yes, your success or FAILURE as an Agent will ultimately be determined by how many people you can attract to you and your team.
If you want the best chance at success in your Paycation business, you need to learn and understand how to applyAttraction Marketing principles.
By using attraction marketing, learning a few marketing skills, and leveraging the power of the internet, you can succeed where the other 95% fail.
Well this is a comprehensive Paycation Travel Business Opportunity review, right? Then let’s look at the good as well as the bad.
The Pros
Residual income opportunity on affiliate memberships
A variety of different ways you can get paid.
Low start up cost.
The business is available in many countries outside the U.S.
Growing Industry: $8 Trillion Industry-Will Grow To $15 Trillion In Next Decade
Bonuses. In addition to to the above compensation, SBC has multiple bonus pools that are available on a weekly basis to its distributors.
The company provides a turnkey marketing system but at an extra cost. Two options: (Monthly$19.95 +$9.95 for the first month) or (Quarterly $59.95+no set up fee).
The Cons
Target audience is limited to those seeking to travel.
Requires $59.95 monthly fee in order remain active as associate and participate in the compensation plan.
Most of the commissions don’t kick in unless you recruit someone into the company and the residual is tied into themselves bringing people. Comp plan that will require heavy recruiting and building large teams to sustain and maximize income potential.
Matrix compensation plans can create what is addressed as “spill over, ” which is dependent on the work of those above you (i.e. your upline). This can potentially attract passive – or “lazy” – distributors that will make no effort to generate their business, but instead will simply wait to profit from the work associated from others.
Additional cost: annual $40.00 renewal fee for RTC’s and CTC’s.
ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS OR RED FLAGS ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY?
At this time I have no concerns or major issues with this company.
Paycation (Traverus) is NOT a Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accredited Business.
The BBB file opened 7/31/2007.
Their current BBB rating is:
At the time of this post there was only one Traverus complaint for this company over a three year period.
At the time of this post there two Xstream Travel complaints for this company closed over a three year period, one within the last 12 months.
Is the Paycation Travel business opportunity right for YOU?
If you are interested in travel products then Paycation may be a good fit for you!
To join Paycation and become an associate you have two options:
1) Become a Referral Travel Consultant (RTC) for $99.95 and $59.95 monthly, or
2) Become a Certified Travel Consultant (CTA), you have to pay $149.95 and $59.95 monthly for the travel membership.
NOTE: Another option, not widely discussed or emphasized in Paycation travel presentations is to join as an Independent Associate (IA), Travel Club Member, for $40.00 and a $29.95 monthly fee. This includes Travel Club Membership (IA’s earn on personal sales and are eligible to qualify for the Paycation Residual Commission Program).
This package also comes with your own Travel Club website and back office to track your organizational growth and commissions. IA’s if qualified earn in the Paycation Commission program and on personal sales to customers.
This allows you to earn personal sales on each Travel Club sold to a customer and the sale of a Referral Travel Consultant Package.
The Bottom Line
In conclusion, you are doing a good thing researching Paycation Travel reviews.
Make sure you get to know as much about the company as you can before making a decision.
But also understand that if you are new to the direct sales and network marketing industry that your success will come from your ability to generate continuous leads in order to make sales.
I am not a fan of compensation plans with a matrix design, however Paycation seems to have a balanced compensation plan that balances out recruitment with a strong sales commission.
In my opinion Paycation is just like any other direct sales and network marketing company.
If you are interested in the travel industry then this company is certainly a business opportunity worth looking into.
If not, find an industry you are passionate about, that is expanding and innovative and be willing to plug in, be a student and apply those teachings to your business and your team’s success. Success in network marketing is not a huge mystery.
It is just a matter of correct education, proper skills and effective action.
I hope you found some value in my Paycation Travel review. If so please share it with your friends!
To Your Success!
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P.S.S. Not sure the Paycation business opportunity is for you, check out what I do to make click here.
Your comments are welcomed below, if you are a Paycation associate please share your experiences.
If Seacret is such a great business opportunity then why we are seeing 95% of Seacret Direct agents failing terribly in the network marketing industry?
Recently several of my colleagues left Seacret Direct despite successfully building their business offline in under 2 years.
The reason they decided to leave should be an eye opener. They left because they realized building a sustainable and profitable business in the network marketing industry isn’t the way it used to be.
Even though they were earning up to 60% off the direct retail price they still had to work each weeknight or weekend with home parties or spa parties.
What’s worse?
Only a handful of people showed causing even more stress for my Seacret Direct friends who thought this opportunity was the best thing than sliced bread.
Unfortunately, they learned that you must order your own products each month and keep up with their monthly auto-ship.
Once they forgot to place an order and the money was not available for one month in the back while on auto-ship and was charged anyway.
They just couldn’t take anymore failures, and so they walked away and are not even working in direct sales or network marketing anymore.
In fact this exodus is what happens to 95% of the distributors when they decide to join a business opportunity like Seacret…
THE GOOD NEWS
My friends have not given up on their dream of being successful entrepreneurs. They are working with me now and learning how to actually market and build a profitable business by leveraging the power of the internet.
You are probably asking…
Why so many FAIL…
Simple answer, because they lack the marketing skills needed to promote their business and attract leads correctly.
Only a fraction of the population is willing to invest the time and money in their own personal development in order to acquire the necessary skills required to learn lead generation and marketing.
Without learning these skills it is nearly impossible to compete against any competitor in their niche. [top industry leaders know this]
So if you are failing in Seacret Direct it’s not because you are personally doing anything wrong, it’s only that you were taught old school tactics and techniques that don’t give you any kind of competitive advantage.
You can do 10 to 100 parties each month but without marketing and advertising to build a list of qualified and highly targeted leads you’re dead in the water.
Learning The Right Skills That Will Yield Results
List building is the key to growing a successful business, online or offline.
This skill is great to learn because it can be applied to any niche in the marketplace including your Seacret Direct business or any other network marketing business.
Don’t get misled that earning a six figure income requires you to sell doing home parties, home meetings, three way calls or hotel meetings all the time with your Seacret Direct products because that is not true.
The truth is you will be running out of money coming out of your own pocket before you even see a check that is more than what your paying for in Auto-ship.
Granted the products are great and smell good, even feel good but these products are must less in other department stores with the same ingredients.
The other companies that have not yet adapted to the network marketing business model have been selling them in the mall for years.
You might have been at the mall once point and someone with a foreign accent asked to give you a free complimentary facial or manicure and you brushed them off.
Yup! that’s them alright and I know this to be true and I experienced this while shopping and noticed the same type of dead sea minerals and salts in their products that cost less!
All I can say is don’t rely on your current training and start expanding your knowledge and increase your value with new skills to market yourown brandwhile your involved in your Seacret Direct business.
You don’t have to fail
You don’t have to have to become a statistic
Let me help you, I can teach you how to recruit more reps nd make more sales….Partner with me now
To Your Success!
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If you looking for a comprehensive Seacret Business Opportunity Review your are definitely in the right place!
I assume the reason you landed on this page and reading this post is because you are looking for information about the Seacret business opportunity. You might have already been approached by a Seacret agent asking you to join the company.
Well, in this unbiased Seacret Business Opportunity review I will attempt to provide enough information about the Company, Product(s), and Compensation plan for you to be able to make an informed decision.
NOTE: Unbiased (meaning I am not a distributor of their products and I do not promote their business opportunity). Your decision to join or not join the Seacret business opportunity is entirely up to you.
So don’t expect a sales pitch in this Seacret review only the raw unfiltered truth!
Ready to begin? Let’s get started!
The Company
INDUSTRY:Beauty FOUNDER(S):Moty and Izhak Ben Shabahael WEBSITE:secreatspa.comis the consumer website where all aspects of the Seacret products are. WEBSITE:seacretdirect.comis the network marketing opportunity website. REACH: Global; operating in five countries (USA, Australia, Canada, S.Korea, Mexico)
Founded in 2005, SEACRET is an international business that has spread to more than 40 countries around the globe.
With its affiliate partners, it has more than $1 billion in retail product sales.
The company has become one of the largest distributors of Dead Sea cosmetics, with its products formulated in the largest manufacturing plant in the world, right next to the shores of the Dead Sea.
Mission: We are building a wealthy global community, serving the world by delivering unexpected results through innovative products, opportunity and inspiration.”
The Product Line
Seacret offers a collection of skincare and spa products (for men & women) that are extracted from the muds, salts and minerals found only in one place on earth, the Dead Sea.
There most popular product is the Mud Soap but they have many top sellers to include: Mineral-Rich Clarifying Mud Mask, Mineral-Rich Magnetic Mud Mask, Mineral-Rich Peeling Gel, Nail Care Collection, Body Butter, Salt and Oil Scrub, Regain Age-Defying Eye Cream and Recover Day Masque.
All Seacret products are manufactured in Israel and contain minerals from the Dead Sea in proprietary formulations, in addition to other important natural ingredients they have specifically selected.
Can you make money with this business opportunity? That my friend is the million dollar question. Seacret calls it’s compensation plan the Power of 2. It is actually a network marketing binary plan.
NOTE: A network marketing Binary Plan is a compensation plan in which distributors are placed in a binary (two legged) tree structure, or a left and a right subtree in the organization. It pays to infinite downline. That means that a member will be paid by downline, even if the downline are 15 level deep in your structure. It is the most popular plan among network marketing companies, network marketers, part-timers and members who want to earn through network marketing business.
You must be active as a Seacret Agent to be eligible to receive commissions with the Seacret Compensation Plan.
Seacret defines active as an agent who has a minimum of 35 Personal Volume (PV) or 200 Total Personal Volume (TPV) every four weeks.
So how do I reach the Top Seacret ranks?
Well, the company will tell you to contact your warm market (friends, family members co-workers, etc) and trying to persuade them to be a customer or join the company and become an Seacret agent.
They will also tell you to make a list of basically any and everybody you know or meet to share your business with. and the reality is that it works for only a few people but not for all.
Unfortunately, it’s a problem not only in Seacret but in network marketing as a whole.
Your ability to enroll and sponsor new people into your business will determine your income in Seacret or any Network Marketing company.
The facts don’t lie, take a deep look at the compensation plan Seacret rewards those that develop their marketing skills and generate qualified leads that are looking for a business opportunity like Seacret.
That is why, I highly recommend anyone interested in starting a Seacret business also implement a proven Network Marketing Lead Generation System.
A quality system must allow you to brand yourself as a leader, teach and allow you to generate leads, as well as help you generate income from the individuals not interested in the Seacret opportunity.
If you care about skin, care about people and implement a Network Marketing Lead Generation System like the one I’ve just described Seacret could be the opportunity that makes a difference in your life and many others.
WARNING: 95% of Seacret Agents FAIL!
By using attraction marketing, learning a few marketing skills, and leveraging the power of the internet, you can succeed where the other 95% fail.
If you want the best chance at success in your Seacret business, you also need to learnAttraction Marketing principles.
Well this is a comprehensive Seacret Business Opportunity review, right? Then let’s look at the good as well as the bad.
Pros
Residual income opportunity on product reorders (autoship).
Low start up cost, less than $50.
High quality products (produced by L’Oreal).
A variety of different ways you can get paid.
Can make retail sales commissions ranging from 30%, up to 60%.
Two options to move up in the comp plan; number of active agents in the left and right legs (based on their enrollment tree) AND/OR through the total sales volume in the left and right legs.
Offers incentive based referral program (requires four Active Preferred Customers); opportunity to receive products free through referrals.
Bonuses and Awards. In addition to to the above compensation, Seacret has multiple bonus opportunities and recognition programs available to its agents.
Stability-the company has been around for almost 10 years, since 2005.
International business opportunity available in many countries outside the U.S.
Cons
Target audience is limited-primarily women.
Binary compensation plan can be complex not easy for inexperienced network marketers to understand, especially when it comes to agent placement.
Production based comp plan that will require heavy recruiting and building large teams to sustain and maximize income potential.
Bonus Volume (BV) is used as the point value for each product (used for calculation of commissions and bonuses). BV does is lesser and does not equate to one point per dollar.
Requires agents to reach [25 (Left/Right) under Replenishment Services (RP) Enrolled OR $4,375 & 8 RP (Left/Right) under Volume & Replenishment Services (RP) Enrolled in order to advance to the first rank (Bronze).
Must be an Active Agent (35 PV or 200 TPV order every 4 weeks) and Qualified (1 personally enrolled active agent on both the Left and right team) before qualifying for your downline commissions.
ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS OR RED FLAGS ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY?
At this time I have no concerns or major issues with this company.
Seacret Spa LLC is a Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accredited Business since 4/20/2006.
Their current BBB rating is A-.
At the time of this post there were only 13 Seacret Complaints for this company over a three year period.
Not bad!
Is the Seacret business opportunity right for YOU?
If you are interested in selling beauty products then Seacret may be a good fit for you!
To join Seacret and become an agent you must:
Be at least 18 years of age
Reside in the United States or U.S. Territories or country that Seacret has officially announced is open for business;
Purchase a Seacret Business Kit for $49 (op-tional in North Dakota); kit price varies per country.
The starter kit includes:
Marketing and sales tools.
Audio CDs to give you a fast track to learning.
Save up to 50% on retail pricing.
Samples of Seacret products
Replicated website
Once you’re registered as a independent agent, you can start building your business.
The Bottom Line
It was very smart of you to conduct your due diligence and research.
I recommend that you continue researching and read as many Seacret reviews. as possible.
Make sure you get to know as much about the company as you can before making a decision.
But also understand that if you are new to the direct sales and network marketing industry that your success will come from your ability to generate continuous leads in order to make sales.
You can make some money with this opportunity but it may be difficult for a newbie (new to marketing or sales) to make monthly quotas and generate a residual income stream.
Even experienced network marketers might work hard to build large teams and still not produce the life changing income stream they desire.
In my opinion Seacret is just like any other direct sales and network marketing company.
I if you are interested in beauty, cosmetics and skin care and feel comfortable with their products, then Seacret is certainly an business opportunity worth looking into.
Success in network marketing is not a huge mystery.
It is just a matter of correct education, proper skills and effective action.
GOOD LUCK!
To Your Success!
P.S. Before joining Seacret or any network marketing business download my FREE eBook the Network Marketing Neophyte (see sidebar) on the right.
P.S.S Check out my RESOURCES Page to see the programs I recommend and tools I use to generate 20-50 new leads a day!
P.S.S.S. Not sure the Seacret business opportunity is for you, check out what I do to make click here.
Your comments are welcomed below, if you are a Seacret agent please share your experiences.
If you have not heard yet, the Kalatu Blogging Platform is in Beta Testing Phase and is expected to be officially released to the masses in early 2015. This is Empower Networks third version of their viral blogging platform.
BACKGROUND
The first version of Empower Network’s blog (EN1) used the WordPress platform and within a month they had maxed out the WordPress server with the viral growth the company was experiencing. Many members reported their blog post ranking on the 1st page of Google for searches.
The second version of Empower Network’s blog (EN2) also known as Blog Beast was the company’s attempt to create their own blogging platform (Empower dropped the use of WordPress). The new platform was a complete disaster. Members reported a significant drop in search engine rankings.
Empower Network Founder, David Woods, would later admit that moving away from the WordPress platform was a mistake.
Kalatu is currently in beta testing phase
Empower Network Version 3 (EN3) is known as Kalatu. The new version marks the 3rd anniversary of the company and it’s also bringing multiple changes/improvements to their infrastructure. It is currently in beta testing with a select group of Empower Network members using it.
As part of these changes Empower Network is introducing a new “state of the art” blogging platform that will allow users to take advantage of all of the benefits of a Word press site.
Yes, Empower Network is returning back to WordPress platform.
Why is it called Kalatu?
This particular name was chosen because in the Aboriginal language Kalatu means, “tell a story “, which is what every blogger and specially the daily blogger does when they write.
Some of the Kalatu Features
Utilizes latest WordPress 4.0 platform
Professionally design website that can be use to sale and market any product or service
Multiple easy customizable themes and widgets suited for any small business.
Pre-installed plugins, simply activate the ones you want.
Low cost only $25 a month (includes hosting)
Allow multiple blog creation hosted for same low cost and control your multiple Kalatu Blogs and websites from a central location
More options including theme and new specialized plug ins as well.
Can be used to promote any product and/or service.
No requirement to be an affiliate of the Empower Network to use this new platform.
Kalatu is WordPress based, but without all the technology challenges, hassles, and costs that come with building and hosting your own word press website. Appears to be perfect for the novice blogger. Kalatu blogging platform is a plug and play system that helps inexperienced bloggers avoid the pitfalls associated with creating, building and monetizing a blog.
For the inauguration of Kalatu, Empower Network is starting a 21 day blogging challenge with a specific template to help you brainstorm ideas and create worthy content that will be sure to attract buyers and future prospects to your website. Also if you are new to blogging you will definitely learn a few strategies that will maximize your blogging efforts and get you closer to your desire results.
NOTE: Empower Network is largest blogging communities and publishing platforms online, as well as provides high-level educational products and services to online marketers. The company has created a group of 14 millionaires and over 300 people with reported earnings of $100.000 – $500.000 thousand. Since its initial launched in 2011, the company has paid out over 150 million in commissions to affiliates in just 3 years, an impressive statistic for any company in such a short period of time.
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