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Book Review – QBQ! The Question Behind the Question

Here’s a little poll: How many of these questions have you heard? Better yet – how many of these questions have you heard yourself ask?

Why does this customer expect so much?
Why are our prices so high?
When are we going to become more competitive?
Who made the mistake?
Why do we have to go through all this change?
Why don’t I get paid more?

If you’re like most people, you’ve asked a few of these yourself and you’ve probably heard them all. Reasonable questions, right? But are they the right questions?

According to John G. Miller in his book, QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, these common questions contribute to blame, complaining, and procrastination. In fact, Miller believes that they actually put us in the role of the victim, waiting for someone else to do the right thing and make it all better. He calls them IQ’s – Incorrect Questions – and suggests replacing them with QBQ’s – Questions Behind the Questions.

The QBQ, says Miller, “…puts the power of personal accountability into daily action, with astonishing results: problems are solved, internal barriers come down, service improves, team-work thrives, and people adapt to change more quickly.”

Miller offers three simple guidelines for asking better questions. He says that QBQ’s:

begin with “What” or “How” (not “Why,” “When,” or “Who”);
contain an “I” (not “they,” “them,” “we,” or “you”);
focus on action.

The question, “What can I do?” follows the guidelines perfectly. It begins with “What,”, contains and “I,” and focuses on action: “What can I do?” But, Miller cautions, don’t let the apparent simplicity fool you. Asking the QBQ can have a powerful effect on our lives.

Look again at the questions in the list above. Read them aloud. How do they make you feel? There is a powerless quality to them, that of a victim waiting on something to change. Now let’s see what happens when we look for the QBQ. Read these QBQ’s aloud:

How can I best meet this customer’s needs?
What unique values separate us from the competition?
What can I do today to be more effective?
How can we improve this process and reduce chances for errors?
What opportunities exist for me in this changing environment? How can I prepare myself to take advantage of them?
What can I do to advance my career and income?

By giving up the IQ’s and asking the QBQ’s, we move from victim to in control. We’re not just waiting for something to happen; we’re making things happen.

Try it for yourself. When you catch yourself asking an IQ, try turning it around into a QBQ. See if the shift in focus from helpless victim to powerful actor doesn’t change your world. The power of personal accountability is ours to harness. The answers are in the questions.

John G. Miller’s book, QBQ! The Question Behind the Question (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, ISBN 0-399-15233-4) is available at www.amazon.com.

A Review of a Zambian Safari to the Victoria Falls

March is at the height of the rainy season in Zambia. It is also the green season again – water and green everywhere. This morning is special and we are ready to go!

We live in Chingola on the Zambian Copperbelt. It’s about 400 kilometers north of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. My wife, Molly and I had decided that I take a few days off from work. I work as a geologist for one of the mining companies. So you guessed right, rocks and minerals are my business! But so is the Victoria Falls. Did I mention that it was our destination for that day’s ‘trip’?

Livingstone is home to the awe-inspiring, mystic…Victoria Falls. It is over 500 kilometers south of Lusaka. Now you know why we had to brace ourselves for this ‘small trip,’ a trip covering some 1000 kilometers – a great driving test for a day! The look of the morning suggests fine weather, but as usual afternoon rains were expected. You learn to predict such with age, you know : – )!

It is 6:00hrs in the morning and we are packed ready to go. The children, there are four nice guys we wouldn’t like to be without, are hovering around. The youngest Martha says, “See the falls for us too and come back home safely.” They had to remain because they were going to school later that morning.

I threw the hold all bag in the boot of our family car. It’s a Toyota Chaser, a saloon car still good on its wheels. It still drives effortlessly on asphalt roads and that was our type of road all the way; from Chingola to Livingstone. Literally cutting Zambia in half. See the butterfly-shaped map of our magic country Zambia.

Kitwe Zambia’s Second City

We were on our way…and stealing from a Chinese saying “a journey of thousand miles starts with one step”. Just about thirty minutes later we arrived in Kitwe. This is the first town outside Chingola. It is the hub of the mining activities in Zambia and the town is centrally located on the Copperbelt. Its ‘wealth’ comes from the four surrounding mining towns of Chililabombwe, Chingola, Mufulira and Luanshya.

Kitwe has a small central business district surrounded by residential areas. There are a few tall buildings within the business district. But business is growing and is now encroaching onto the nearby suburbs. Fancy offices are coming in the suburbs. You know, they pull down homes to replace them with office blocks.

Kitwe is a small cosmopolitan city, sort of busy, people crisscrossing, shopping and some with all sorts of wares for sale. Hawker traders are everywhere. It’s like everyone is selling some thing and everybody is buying …incredible! The central business district is small, just a couple of blocks or so and we were on the other side of the town center.

Ndola, the Friendly City

We left the town behind as we drove on. Another thirty minutes later we arrived at Ndola, the capital of the Copperbelt Province. Dubbed the friendly city of the Copperbelt. Ndola was built as a commercial and distribution center. You can still see the impressions of its former glory when times were good. It has suffered the fate of the former regime’s economic experiments! The manufacturing companies either shut down or migrated elsewhere. A most hurried privatization took its toll here!

The central business district of Ndola is much larger and more spacious. The roads are wide and clean. The shops are many and you see a lot of people and cars everywhere. Lots of tall buildings too! In the old days the beauty was complete. There was a lake on the river that bordered the town center in the south. It separated the town from the southern suburb of Itawa. The International airport of the Copperbelt is beyond Itawa. Planes land here straight from Jo’burg (South Africa), Lubumbashi (D R Congo) and East Africa. It was built before the International Airport in Lusaka.

The little lake in Ndola has a history. It used to be large and serene. Quite a beauty really. Now only a boating club still exists but the water spots, which used to be the usual weekend activity, are gone. Now you see people in a dugout canoe fishing illegally.

What brought about this sad story? “One bright” fellow brought from abroad a water lily, a water hyacinth we called Kariba grass. It attacked the lake and nearly chocked it into extinction.

So there is no boating, no water spots, nothing! Just a small dam in the center of what was the lake. The municipality is busy fighting the wed, claiming back the lake. The lake is slowly coming back growing. It appears great times are coming ahead, I hope?

Kapiri-Mposhi

We are back on the road and over an hour later we made it to Kapiri-Mposhi. This is the only town in Zambia with a hyphenated name. Kapiri as it is normally called is a small town but on a rail and crossroad. It must grow to meet the challenges of crossroad settlements. It is here where the Chinese great railway to Dar-es-Salaam begins.

The Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) railway connects Zambia to the east coast of Africa in Tanzania. Using Chinese technology the hills were cut and the valleys were buried during construction of the railway line. Over a thousand such engineering fits are found on its 3,000 plus kilometre length to East Africa.

Kapiri is a gateway to East Africa. If you feel adventurous you can drive to the northeastern of Zambia. Then cross Tanzania to Dar-es-Salaam on the east coat of Africa. I have done this trip once and driving just over a thousand kilometers to the border was my frequent pastime in my earlier life. But that is another story!

We did not stop at Kapiri but drove through the small but growing shopping center.

Kabwe, the First Mining Town

Forty minutes or so later, hello Kabwe. I think the Bemba speaking people will not object if I say the name means ‘small rock’. Kabwe has a great history. It was once called Broken Hill. Yes you can guess it, the famous Broken Hill Man, a skull of our recent ancestors (homo rhodensiensis) – we as human beings are homo sepiens. This skull is now resident in a UK museum. The Broken Hill Man skull was discovered at the start of mining operations.

Kabwe is the first mining town in Zambia. There’s a billboard saying just that at the entrance of the town. The mining operations ceased in 1994 but Kabwe did not become a ghost town.

Help came from the fact that it lies on the Great North Road that joins Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city and the Copperbelt in the north. Farming has taken root here. The central business district continues to be a hive of activity. It’s rather a sprawling town center, spacious and lots of room. The largest textile manufacturing company in Zambia is found in Kabwe. It is an example of Chino-Zambia government partnership.

Lusaka, the Capital City

We were back on the road and after one and a half hours of driving brought us into Lusaka. Hello Capital …and the traffic is just dissipating after the morning rush hour. Its 10:00hrs two hours after the factory and office workers had managed to sneak into their work places! (I wouldn’t want them to hear me say that).

Lusaka was once described the fastest growing city in Sub-Sahara Africa. In 1964, at independence from Great Britain, Zambia was born with a ‘silver spoon in its mouth’, or should I say a copper spoon? With the excitement in the air and pride boosting the egos Zambians were a happy lot. The neighbouring countries to the south were all still under colonial rule. The economy was booming buildings were going up everywhere. The government was building schools; in fact a school in every district and a hospital too! Education was free. The times were great. Voila! Wake up Zambia!

The country has fallen on bad luck. Poor policies, high oil prices, etc did get paid to that. Now it’s a struggle for Zambians BUT there are signs that better times are yet to come.

However Cairo road is still a great major street. Beautiful skyscrapers cover the horizons. Shops are in every building. And the people… they’re everywhere. Lusaka’s population is two million people and that’s 20 percent of Zambia’s population… all in one city. Like every great cosmopolitan city in Africa you will find anything you want. The street venders are everywhere selling all kinds of goodies and nice ones too!

When you look at the cars on the main streets of Lusaka no one would blame you if you momentarily thought you were in Japan. Japanese cars are everywhere. And most are brandy new too! Cars from South Africa, the UK, Germany, and France are all found here. New buildings are popping up everywhere and in sundry places as if space is in short supply. Is this country poor, you might ask.

Sorry I digressed… We decided to surprise Molly’s cousin at her home. Well, perhaps I should say we were more interested on the homemade breakfast? Remember we started off without it that morning. After some greetings and enquiries about her children who were then at school and her husband who was busy at work, they were at each other! Chatting and hooting happily like schoolgirls – who ever said schoolgirls do that, I wonder?

Suddenly it was lunchtime and a quick light lunch was served. But we decided to leave before the family was back. We didn’t want a further delay that would result if the family arrived while we were still at their home. Remember the Victoria Falls was still further than the distance we had already covered from Chingola.

Oh, before I forget. Looking back we probably drove through rains twice or three times. You stop to count rainfalls when it’s a daily occurrence. I never seem to stop enjoying this though! Windows closed, a touch of heat from the car AC, my favourite music on – this time it was an African beat by Oliver Mtukudzi from Zimbabwe. The sound of the raindrops and the swishing sound of tires on the wet asphalt road, occasional cars and trucks going the other way! Just imagine that feeling, the sense of security against the elements of the weather – rain and wind as you drive past. Unfortunately driving in the rain gives Molly some discomfort. Poor her! She couldn’t enjoy that great pleasant feeling!

Kafue

Kafue is like a dormitory town being a mere 35 kms south of Lusaka. That was our next town but it took about thirty minutes – what with the heavy traffic and a few turns on the hilly road. The turns are great for those with a dare devil attitude. Imagine, you’re driving down the hillside and then up the slope… and suddenly a speeding truck shoots out of a bend! But I kind of enjoy that. The excitement of danger, you know!

Kafue is a stone throw away from the banks of Kafue River from which the town derived its name. The Kafue River comes out of the Kafue Flats as it meanders on its way down stream. The Kafue Flats are home to Lochinvar National Park, a bird sanctuary situated up stream of the river within the flats. More than 741 bird species have been recorded in Lochinvar and the counting continues! Birders, this is your paradise.

Outside Kafue we cross the bridge over the river. There is a new bridge now. The former bridge was a “transplant” from the UK, a present from the British Overseas Office. Its stay lasted nearly a century on this site. After its usefulness was gone the bridge was replaced with a brand new one – a Japanese technology! And that’s what we drove on.

Mazabuka, the “Sweetest Town”

Hello Mazabuka! The town is nicknamed the “sweetest town” in Zambia due to the sugar cane and the sugar factory. Zambia Sugar Plc owned by the Ilovu Sugar Group has a sugar cane plantation. It’s situated a few kms outside the town on the Kafue Flats.

In it’s meandering the Kafue gets very close to Mazabuka.

Zambia Sugar produces more sugar than the country’s local demand. The surplus ends up filling part of the African quarter on the market of the European Union. Opportunities are great in Zambia. Just recently another sugar company has sprung up on the other side of the Kafue, outside Lusaka.

Mazabuka is now experiencing a lot of activities. The town is growing steadily, perhaps, the ‘sweetness’ is attracting all and sundry. But then Mazabuka is right on the Great North Road in the farming block of Southern Province, once called the maize belt. Large quantities of maize grain used to be grown around here in the 1960’s and 70’s. Not any more, at least not as much!

We are on our way again. This time we were heading for Monze, a small town on the highway. We drove past it without stopping except to slow down a little to avoid the wrath of the traffic police. They “pitched a tent”, I mean, put up a road block to check for car road fitness, driving licences and road tax. So we had to pretend that we were driving below the maximum speed limit through a built up area.

I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that the traffic police are the same everywhere. They’ll delay you unnecessarily. When they stop you just watch them walking towards you slowly and majestically, like they own the world. You get filled with chagrin as you see the minutes tick by. What a torture they’re!

Back on the road and another trading center, a really small town flicks by. We don’t bother to stop because our target the Victoria Falls is still way too far ahead.

Choma

It is now Choma town. Once again right on the highway. The traffic is light at this time of the day. So driving is a pleasure. We stopped for some refreshment. Nothing beats a little stretching after seating in the car for so long like we had endured. Choma is another town I love so much. This love emanates from those old university days as a student on a field excursion – you know, learning rocks and all, geology again!

During my student days and on two occasions we ventured into the Zambezi Rift Valley, south of here, to have a look at a coal deposit and how it was being mined. You know, coal formed under intense heat due to a huge covering layer of rock deposited many millions years ago. Coal is a cousin of black gold, ‘oil’, but unfortunately it doesn’t pull in as much cash. What a pity!

So I digressed again… Choma is a neat town with its main buildings and shops all on the throughway. We took some drinks and a little rest at a popular stop for buses and motorist. And we had to leave. This was only just about half way to Livingstone from Lusaka.

As we leave town it’s raining again and I m pleased to note this. Molly is a ‘touch’ too unhappy. “This horrible rain is back again”, I can almost read her mind and audibly she remarked, “Won’t it ever stop raining?” Bad me I answered to spite her. ” You know, we need the rains, at least the farmers do”. I deliberately avoided looking at her but I could feel the mood. I knew what she thought. I was incorrigible just as the persistent rain itself.

Kalomo is another of those trading centers on the highway. A lot of farming activities in the surrounding area and shops to “siphon” the hard earned cash from the farmers. It’s a two-way thing really. Farmers are happy to buy goods after selling their crops. Again no stopping. We were now kind of tied. Only looking forward to a good night’s rest in Livingstone. Quickly we were past this small town.

Here is a beauty. There is a town, uncomfortably small though, named after me, yes me! Well, it’s only a coincidence. The town is called “Zimba” exactly spelled like my name is. So you see, how proud I feel about it. I actually pretend the town is named after “great” me. What a wish! Sadly our desperation was now heightened and we really wished we could just be up and we’re in Livingstone. But unfortunately we were only driving past my ‘beautiful little town.’

We were now on our last leg. We were driving again, the Toyota Chaser eating up the road with ease, heading to our destination …Livingstone…and the Mighty Victoria Falls!

Don’t forget that! 76 kilometres later and as the French say “Voila” we had arrived in Livingstone and safely too…

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Home Based Money-Making Opportunities in Review – My Internet Business

Today as you search the term “online business,” you are flooded with a myriad of business opportunities that all claim to make you earn thousands of dollars in no time. Some of these opportunities will make you do some work, while most of them will make you write, invest some money, and most of all, sell.

But how effective is selling products via an online networking company? Let’s see what one company has to offer.

Let’s review My Internet Business (MIB).

MIB is a relatively new business that was established back in December 2007 by Darren Gaudry. This online networking company aims to produce more wealth by teaching and motivating people to unleash their entrepreneurial skills and become more business-minded, because we all know that nobody can get rich when he or she remains to rely on being an employee.

MIB’s main goal is to create more businessmen in the different parts of the world by means of teaching them some trade secrets practiced by successful businessmen. If you are to join the network, you will be given lessons in marketing and promotion, advertising, labeling, as well as different online marketing techniques and building self confidence for business purposes. Definitely you will learn a lot, and it is expected that you will be able to use the lessons you learned after you finish reading, listening and absorbing what were in the package materials.

How do you earn from MIB? Simple-just tag your friends to sign up and become members of the network.

Like other companies in the same field, MIB wants to expand its network base, thus it needs more and more members. Every recruit you convince to join the group and purchase a package would earn you $37, and this can actually lead you to riches if you are just diligent. There are no pass-up sales or tests if you can be a vital part of the company. You just have to be you. According to their goals, you can reach up to $10000 even while just at home.

But is MIB a reliable source of income? Since it is still young in the biz, the company is still unheard in the virtual world, unless you give the business the utmost marketing plans it deserves. Well, based on reviews and other reports, it will take time before one becomes a member of the program, as the internet is full of fake people who are capable of robbing you of your identity. MIB apparently reviews their members’ profile thoroughly it will be sometime before they tell you whether you are a member of not.

Their products are not really defined right away, which makes it a bit confusing because you wouldn’t know exactly what to sell until you join the group. So, if you want a more definite product to sell when it to smarter buyers, then you should check out other network businesses to see if they have more reasonable products and techniques needed in your sport.

Global Wealth Trade Review – Is Global Wealth Trade a Legitimate Opportunity?

Global Wealth Trade is a recently launched Network Marketing company that is beginning to get MASSIVE attention from industry leaders. Global Wealth Trade is a revolutionary company offering Designer Fine Jewelry, coupled with an industry leading Compensation Plan.

I watch new Network Marketing companies pop up everyday, some with great products, some with great comp plans. I have seen lots of products come and go. Therefore, when a new juice or health product comes out, it better be revolutionary for me to even look at. GWT is in a whole different playing field.

Global Wealth Trade is the only “Designer/Manufacturing” Network Marketing company in existence. Out of the thousands of different companies, Global Wealth Trade is HIGHLY Unique. GWT distributors don’t need to fight with thousands of other companies to market their products. At the time of writing this article, there are less than 4000 distributors in the company.

Their Products appear to be revolutionary. After some research, it appears they are the only company offering 21K gold Jewelry with Diamond Settings. According to the company, 85% of the world wears Jewelry. If they have the market cornered with 21K and 19K Jewelry, that makes for a good business opportunity. When a market gets flooded with mass produced product, and something unique comes around, people will be interested in it. General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler/Dodge are filing for bankruptcy, while Rolls Royce experienced a 21% increase in sales last year.

All of their pieces are certified by the worlds largest gemological appraisal institute, IGI. That gives me a sense of quality about the companies products.

In Network Marketing, if you are involved with a company that is Unique, has an Innovative product, and has a Strong Foundation, you are joining a company with the ingredients to offer you massive success.

After reviewing GWT, I would have to say that I believe this company could very easily be one of the next Industry Giants.

Global Wealth Trade has all of the building blocks in place to truly become a great company. When you position yourself in a company like this, especially when the timing is right, you can create true life long success in network marketing.

Jewish Wisdom For Business Success – Book Review

By: Rabbi Levi Brackman & Sam Jaffe (2008)

ISBN 978-0-8144-1274-9

Book Price: $24.00

Business consultants

Rabbi Levi Brackman is a popular Judaic scholar, writer and teacher. He has taught on 3 continents, has a weekly TV show, and is published regularly in newspapers and internet. Sam Jaffe has been on the staff of The Wall Street Journal, Smart Money, Bloomberg Markets, and Business Week magazines. Both are business consultants!

Ancient clues to wealth access

Rabbi Brackman and Sam Jaffe express their views in 9 chapters. They discuss such topics as, Patriarchal business models: Creating a blueprint for success (Ch. 4), Making the sale: Negotiation techniques from the Torah (Ch. 5), Spiritual entrepreneurship: Finding the Holy in your work (Ch. 7), and many more ancient clues to wealth access.

Godly business success

Rabbi Brackman and Sam Jaffe share with a personal and forthright style. Referring to moving forward, they say, “A good businessperson never surrenders his or her business to fate. The moment that you start blaming unseen forces (the market, currency traders… ) is the moment that you relinquish control… you are responsible to act… “

The authors use language that connects and relates to readers. They maintain relevant communication stating that, “If you have built your own business you know that to succeed, you need to be a self-starter. For that, pure determination and endurance is not enough. Something else is required to reach your goal-and that is passion.”

Rabbi Brackman and Sam Jaffe display keen insights into business acumen. Discussing negotiation, they share that, “The key to winning a negotiation is knowledge-knowledge of yourself, knowledge of your negotiating partner, and knowledge of the fair value of the deal… Do your homework regarding the other party’s situation.”

Encouraging words aim to lift readers into victory. Authors declare, “While most businesses make mistakes, you should never label your enterprise a failure. When your business seems to be failing, look for the silver lining to it-all successful businesses have been at that stage, yet have overcome.” Success comes to those who don’t quit.

Spirituality is a central theme. The authors declare that doing business to gain wealth should not produce guilt but, “For the spiritual entrepreneur, wealth creation is about making the world a better and more Godly place.”

Business success lessons

Rabbi Levi Brackman and Sam Jaffe share powerful Jewish wisdom for business success lessons.

Big News – Forever Living Products Opportunity Review

Big news and a big product line-up, does this add up to an income opportunity? Aloe Vera nutritional products from Forever Living Products for over 30 years bringing success home. Is this a cool network marketing opportunity or just another in a long line of Herbalife pretenders. This is my review of what this opportunity has to offer.

The founder and CEO of Forever Living Products, Rex Maughan loves helping average ordinary people become millionaires. A prosperous and healthy lifestyle are two major aspirations of this business opportunity. So much of this is common to most all network marketing or multi level marketing companies.

Of course Forever Living Products and their distributors have found some success promoting and selling Aloe Vera and Bee derived natural products. The company is large, doing business in 137 countries around the world and their naturally healthful products can be a fine addition to anybody’s nutritional routine. Forever Giving a charitable foundation dedicated to improving the lives of children around the world is one of the best achievements related to Forever Living Products.

Yes, it is true that for centuries people around the world have used Aloe Vera for it’s health enhancing properties. Also true that Forever Living Products manufactures fine quality products and has garnered the Aloe Science Council Seal of Approval related to product consistency and purity. The product packaging is eye catching and the flavors and nutrients that make up these products are appealing. Overall the company and products do make an attractive presentation on their website.

The bottom line is Forever Living Products offers a genuine opportunity for success. Are the company and it’s products positioned well in an ocean of similar nutritional products? That answer remains to be seen. The key to success in this business will prove to be how well a person can recruit masses of people into the opportunity and in turn help those recruits become successful. Of course the product is essential and people must be enthusiastic about the promotion of these nutritional products. Always be diligent when seeking home business opportunities. Operate your business with a firm belief in developing new skills and marketing ideas in yourself and those with which you share the opportunity. Your business success will rely more on your ability and tremendous effort in promoting yourself as well as mentoring or coaching others into success. Rather than the contents of the product you offer in trade for dollars.

An Ardyss International Review

There is quite a bit of information floating around on the internet about Ardyss International. Most of it is about the famous reshaping garment, the “Body Magic”. But, what really is Ardyss International?

Ardyss International is a health and wellness company that manufactures reshaping garments, skin care and nutritional products to help a person restore their health inside and out.

The Garments

The garments were designed by an Orthopedic Surgeon and Engineer to provide the best results possible. These garments are medical grade and use a material called power net. Plastic surgeons use the garments to help redefine a person’s shape after surgery by compressing the loose skin during the healing process.

Each one of the garments has a specific purpose. Whether it is for back support, lower back support, decreasing the waistline, or enhancing the bust, you will begin to see the benefits immediately.

The Nutritional Products

Ardyss International has been known for the Body Magic 2 Step System. The system is one of the garments plus the nutritional products. The flagship product is the Le’Vive Juice which contains the top 5 antioxidant fruits – Acai, Mangosteen, Noni, Goji, and Pomegranate. There are now three formulas of Le’Vive. The Le’Vive Plus contains Cranberries and the Le’Vive Green has artichoke, milk thistle, licorice, ginger, and alfalfa among other ingredients.

The other nutritional supplements include liquid multivitamins that are easily absorbed into the body at the cellular level. Ardyss also has a detox system, fiber supplements, omega 3-6-9 supplement, meal replacement shake, and digestion support just to name a few. All of Ardyss International’s products work together to provide maximum results in weight loss or wealth maintenance.

The Skin Care System

Most people are not aware of the skin care system from Ardyss. It is made by the same company that makes another name brand line of cosmetics. The system includes detergent free exfoliating face wash, toner, moisturizer, and mask. The main ingredients include jasmine, aloe vera, green tea, vitamin A, and vitamin C.

The Compensation Plan

Ardyss International has a very generous compensation plan. They offer their Distributors a total of 10 ways to get paid. Some of the bonuses include the retail commissions, generational bonus, and the Power Start matching bonus. This compensation plan has given the opportunity for many new distributors to earn five figures within their first six months and advance in rank.

Recently, Ardyss International has added a Mercedes- Benz car program, health insurance, and an updated replicated website and an executive training program for new distributors.

The Marketing

Ardyss International has been around more than twenty years. They are opening new markets all over the world. This company is expanding by leaps and bounds and is also updating their training programs. The launch of the new executive training with Ardyss University will have the Ardyss International team ready to take their business to the next level.

Ardyss International has been featured in Success from Home magazine and has their own magazine called Vive. Their marketing journal, the Ardyss Journal, tells the story of Ardyss and their products. The Reshape, Revive, Restore DVD features testimonies of some of the Platinum Presidents within the company.

The Opportunity

Ardyss International has three ways to start your business. You could become a preferred customer by just paying the membership cost and purchasing your products at a discount. You may also join with their Autoship program where your products will be delivered to you on a monthly basis and you can also build a business under this option. The Power Pack is what allows you to participate in all ten forms of compensation including the Power Start program.

No matter what option you choose, you will be able to upgrade your membership. If you want to upgrade to Power Pack, it is advised to do so within the first 90 days of starting your business.

Giving Back

The Ardyss Cares program provides meals to malnourished children in areas that have a high starvation rate. Each distributor is eligible to purchase a package to help a child in need.

If you are looking for a network marketing company that has the products, compensation, and marketing available to assist you in achieving success, then I have no doubt that Ardyss International could be the company for you.

Review of SFI Marketing – Business Opportunity

About SFI

SFI is a division of Carson Services, Inc., headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska USA. Founded in 1985, Carson Services has a long and successful track record in the publishing and network-marketing industries.

They are a longtime member of the Better Business Bureau serving Southern Nebraska, as well as members of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce.

SFI is the exclusive marketing arm for the IAHBE (International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs) and Veriuni”, a line comprised of nutritional, cleaning, personal care, pet care, telecommunication products, and more.

SFI was launched in 1998. Today, with tens of thousands of affiliates in over 200 countries, it is believed to be the largest affiliate network in the world.

SFI’s unprecedented success has been largely attributed to the unique makeup of its affiliate program-a hybrid combination of the best parts of traditional direct sales and network marketing, combined with the technological

advantages of the Internet. Highly automated, SFI’s expansive core computer system processes thousands of requests a day, around the clock, from around the world.

SFI is revolutionizing the way companies market their products and services. With its enormous base of independent affiliates, SFI has the power to reach tens of millions of consumers and businesses worldwide. SFI affiliates can also aggressively target niche markets with high market penetration.

Carson Services, Inc. and SFI’s founder is Gery Carson. Gery’s success as a entrepreneur has been told in Money Makers Monthly, Upline, Opportunity World Magazine, and in several books and videos. He has authored several best-selling marketing tools and has been featured as an expert guest on live call-in radio shows. Gery was selected to the 1992 Outstanding Young Men of America list and 1997’s Who’s Who in the Media and Communications.

SFI Explained in 60 Seconds – Review

First of all, you need to understand that SFI is very simple:

You basically just have to do TWO things:

Refer people to your SFI Website…

AND

Teach those you’ve referred to SFI how to do the same-creating a growing, profitable

network for you.

We actually provide you with a variety of Websites (we call them Gateway Websites) that you can start using immediately… at NO COST TO YOU.

Why would people want to go to your SFI Website? That’s easy. For valuable FREE coupons and other free stuff! That’s right, as an SFI affiliate we equip you with Websites that offer FREE coupons on money-saving deals, FREE books, FREE CD’s, FREE seminars, and much more.

How difficult is it to give away FREE coupons and other FREE goods? It’s NOT! That’s why SFI has become one of the Internet’s biggest success stories and why making money with SFI is so simple.

You may be thinking, “But I don’t know how to get people to a Website! And I don’t know anything about growing a network!” That’s not a problem because we’ll teach you everything you need to know.

We have extensive training resources especially for Internet “newbies” and we’ve taught people of every age, race, and from every background how to drive traffic to their Websites, make money on the Web, and create a profitable team of fellow home-business go-getters.

Now let’s look at where the income comes from…

Every person you refer to your Website is considered a prospective customer of both you and SFI. Because of this, we’ll be actively marketing to your customers on your behalf. When SFI comes out with a new merchant coupon or new product for example, we’ll let all your referrals know about it. And for any sales that occur, we’ll handle everything: payments, shipping, customer service, everything! And then the best part – we send YOU a commission check for any items purchased by your referrals!

But that’s just the beginning. Millions of people around the world are looking for a good, honest way to earn extra money, and SFI offers one of the best. Because of this, many of your referrals will also decide to become SFI affiliates, thereby joining your team and increasing the size of your network. Now it really starts to get interesting!

Would you like to know two of the biggest secrets of the ultra-wealthy? They are:

1. RESIDUAL INCOME

2. LEVERAGED INCOME

Residual Income is income that keeps coming in, month after month, year after year, from work you do just once. It’s like a royalty where you write a book or record a song and get paid forever on it.

Leveraged Income is earning money through other people’s efforts. The fact is, there are only 24 hours in a day, so there’s only so much you can earn through your own efforts. Hence, a truly smart business is one that allows you to “leverage” yourself through what other people are doing in a win/win way.

Well, Residual Income and Leveraged Income are no longer just for the ultra-wealthy. With SFI, BOTH have finally been made available to you, too!

Here’s how: As an SFI affiliate, you can earn income when your affiliates refer other affiliates to SFI…and when your affiliate’s affiliates refer other affiliates…and so on. By simply referring a few affiliates to

SFI you can eventually have hundreds, even thousands of affiliates in YOUR network, putting money in your pocket around the clock, month after month, year after year. See compensation plan for more details.

Why so many people are succeeding with SFI…

SFI is like a sleek and powerful sports car. Whereas the sports car only needs you to add fuel to go, SFI basically only needs you to add leads. That is, if you can consistently generate new referrals, you can realistically create an income of $500 – $2,000 a month within just one to two years…and much more if you really want to “go for it!”

You can do this two ways:

1. You can use your own promotional efforts (using banner ads, free classified ads, offline ads, etc., that SFI provides). If you’re an experienced marketer, you’ll find generating leads to be an easy task. Remember, all you have to do is give away valuable FREE stuff!

2. If you don’t have the time or experience to generate your own leads, we’ll teach you how. Or, you can participate in the SFI Eagle Co-op. Eagle Co-op pools together the advertising dollars of hundreds of SFI affiliates. We then place advertising on your behalf. Leads generated from the Eagle Advertising Co-op are then rotated equally among all Co-op participants. And, of course, we keep you informed all the way via e-mails and real-time, online activity reports. You can participate in Eagle Co-op for as little as $1.48 a day.

That’s it! Don’t try to make it more complicated.

Maximizing your income

One last thing. You can maximize your earnings with SFI by becoming an Executive Affiliate (EA). Click below to learn more about becoming an EA.

Eat That Frog – A Brian Tracy Book Review

My daughter used to work in geriatric care and one day I spoke to her on the phone, she was depressed. I asked her what was up and turns out she was sad about meeting and making friends with the old people, and then dealing with their deaths. We talked for a while longer, and she said “do you know, when people are dying, they never talk about the things they regretted doing in their lives, it was the things they didn’t do they regretted.”

It’s a shame Brian Tracy hadn’t written Eat that Frog! a hundred years ago! Success doesn’t all boil down to how much money you have either; it’s how others feel about you, how you feel about yourself, and what you do with the money you have.

Procrastination is the mother of failure. If you can never be bothered to get around to doing things, then you will never be a success at anything.

It’s all down to self-discipline. Okay, most of the population get into the habit of the daily work week and can get that together okay, but when it comes down to doing things we really want to do, how many of us make excuses? I’m too tired, I haven’t got the time or I’ll do it after I’ve watched the basketball game.

In the world of internet marketing Brian Tracy’s Eat that Frog! can teach many of us how to get on with our own businesses and use our time to our best advantage. It takes self-discipline, time-management skills and determination to win at anything. It’s pointless simply being in love with the idea of working for yourself from home, as an example, you need to stop talking about it and get on with it! Stop procrastinating today, as none of us knows how many days we have left on this earth.

Getting things done in order of priority, molds character and also lifts a person’s self respect. Were you one of the kids that did his homework as soon as he got home from school, or left it until the last minute, and why? Do you remember how great you felt when you went out after to be with your friends, knowing your homework was completed? Hopefully you are still practicing that discipline now, but if not, grab a copy of Eat that Frog! and begin to understand how much better your life could be, and how much wealthier you could be too, by practicing good habits.

Brian Tracy will tell you, it’s never too late to learn. There’s another excuse “I’m too old.” Rubbish. The truth of it is, you’re too lazy and if you’re happy that way then great. Just stop boring everyone to death with all these plans you have, we all know you’ll never achieve anything.

Overcoming procrastination isn’t easy, but after reading a copy of Brian Tracy’s Eat that Frog! you’ll realize that procrastination happens for a lot of reasons and it’s not always just laziness, sometimes it’s fear of the unknown, or even the fear of success!

So hop off and get a copy now, it comes in every shape and form – hardback, download or an iPhone app, so now there’s no excuse – and don’t put it off until tomorrow!

A Critical Review Of Shopping Sherlock – Is It A Good Company?

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been seeing a lot of buzz being created around a network marketing company called Shopping Sherlock. So to help other people who are looking into the company, I decided to put together a short but detailed Shopping Sherlock review. Before proceeding, I want to make two quick points. First, I’m not a Shopping Sherlock distributor myself so you can be sure that you’ll be getting an unbiased perspective of the company and business opportunity. And second, the service the company provides is pretty straight forward so I won’t be spending too much time talking about it. Instead, I’ll spend more time on the compensation plan and what you’ll need to do to maximize the opportunity should you decide to join.

Who Is Shopping Sherlock?

So first things first, let’s cover the company and what they sell before we go into the compensation plan. Personally, I believe that a company’s stability and service are more important than the compensation plan. Simply put, if the company isn’t solid and the services aren’t marketable, it doesn’t matter what the pay plan looks like since the company probably won’t be around long term. So here’s the good news if you’re thinking about joining: Based on the information I’ve reviewed, it certainly looks like the company is not only solid, but growing aggressively. A few months ago, the company acquired another network marketing company called Vi-Tel Wireless, which exploded their distributor base since they were able to bring over the Vi-Tel distributors. In addition to that, the California-based company looks well positioned in front of the Global e-Commerce Industry, which just went over $1 trillion. And if that weren’t enough, the company has strong experienced leadership in place.

What Does Shopping Sherlock Do?

In a nutshell, the company gives it’s distributors the ability to give away free apps which allow the user to save time and save money when shopping online. From a marketing standpoint, giving away a free app is as simple as it gets. You don’t have to sell or convince anybody to buy anything. You simply give them an app that will look for the best deals for them when they do what they do already, which is shop online.

How Do You Make Money With Shopping Sherlock?

In order to be a distributor, you have to pay a one-time set up fee of $249, and then $34.95 monthly. The actual compensation plan provides 9 ways to earn income. Here’s a simple and quick breakdown so you get an idea of how each way works:

1. Sherlock Usage Income – When you give away the free Sherlock Apps, the company tracks all the sales made by your personal customers and pays you a commission monthly.

2. 20% Override Sherlock Usage Income – The company tracks all the sales made through all the Sherlock Apps given away by your personally sponsored distributors, and pays you a 20% override monthly.

3. Fast Start Bonus – Whenever you personally sponsor two new people who pay the $249 start up fee, the company pays you a $100 Fast Start Bonus. This bonus is paid out weekly.

4. Sales Cycle Bonus – The company has a Binary compensation plan. Whenever you have 2 new people who join your left team through infinity, and 2 new people who join your right team through infinity, the company pays you a $50 Cycle Bonus. These bonuses are paid out weekly. It’s important to note that if you’re a strong personal recruiter, you can get paid multiple bonuses from the same work. For example, let’s say you personally sponsor 2 new people on your left team, and you sponsor 2 new people on your right team. You’ll earn $200 in Fast Start Bonuses and a $50 Cycle Bonus.

5. Subscription Cycle Bonus – This bonus is similar to the Sales Cycle Bonus, except it pays $10 every time two members on your left team pay their $34.95 monthly subscription, and two members on your right team pay their $34.95 monthly subscription.

6. Team Builder Bonus – If you can hit the position of Power Affiliate within 15 days of making your first sale, the company will pay you a one-time $200 bonus. And if you can hit the position of Global Power Affiliate within your first 6 months, the company will pay you a one-time $2,000 bonus.

7. Global Check Match – Once you hit the position of Global Power Affiliate, you’ll earn a 20% Match on the Binary Commissions of everyone in your personal enrollment team down to the next Global Power or Diamond Affiliate.

8. Diamond Global Check Match – Once you hit Diamond, you’ll earn a 10%-30% match on everyone in your personal enrollment team down to the next Diamond.

9. Equity Program – Once you hit the position of Global Power Affiliate, you’ll have the ability to earn on the entire company’s revenue. And then once you hit the position of Diamond, you’ll be able to earn a bigger share of the company’s revenue.

There’s certainly an opportunity to earn income with Shopping Sherlock. Of course, if you’re truly serious about joining, I would recommend that you review the official compensation plan document on the company’s website.

What Does It Take To Succeed In Shopping Sherlock?

In closing, the company is certainly solid and there is a viable business opportunity available. It has all the ingredients to be a winner: a good management team, a marketable service, a generous compensation plan and great timing since the company is still young. With that being said, all those things will play a very little part in your overall success. Why? Because if all those things are in place, but you can’t sponsor new people or get customers, you’ll make little to no money. So in order to succeed in Shopping Sherlock (or any other network marketing company), you’re going to need marketing skills that will help you generate enough leads to sponsor a lot of people in your team. My recommendation is that you use Attraction Marketing in your business. If you can use the right marketing systems in your business, there’s no telling how prosperous your home business can be.