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Here is a quick update on my advertising efforts, as of 11/3/08 07:30 PM HST.

Total Contacts - 103
True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 23 Contacts (6 New)
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 13 Contacts (2 New)
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 1 Contact
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 2 Contacts (1 New)
AdMinder.com - $89 - 7 Contacts
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 25 Contacts
HBC Ad - $250 - 27 Contact (23 New)
Unknown - ??? - 4 Contacts (3 Deleted)
Blogpost - $0 - 1 Contact

Unsubscribed from the Email - 25
True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 5 Contacts
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 6 Contacts
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 0 Contacts
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 1 Contact
AdMinder.com - $89 - 1 Contact
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 5 Contacts
HBC Ad - $250 - 6 Contacts
Unknown - ??? - 1 Contacts

Unconfirmed Leads - 11 (Signed up, but did not login)
True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 3 Contacts
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 0 Contacts
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 0 Contacts
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 0 Contacts
AdMinder.com - $89 - 0 Contacts
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 7 Contacts
HBC Ad - $250 - 0 Contacts
Unknown - ??? - 1 Contact

I received one sign-up via the HBC Ad.

The biggest waste of money was the Shoemoney ad. The ad brought in many contacts, but most were just curious to see the information.

The next biggest waste was the Adminder ad. Most of the prospects via the Adminder ad left a phony telephone number, which already tipped me off that the people responding were not really interested. On a side note, I tried using Adminder for other opportunities (Success University one month and EyeEarn.com for another month), both received only 1 or 2 leads. DO NOT use Adminder!

The next waste of money was the purchased leads. I thought it would be different because MyJetStream recommended the company, but I should have listened to almost every other site that said, “don’t buy leads!”

Today’s Lesson: Don’t reinvent the wheel! Advertising is not cheap! Test your advertisements before trying more expensive advertising methods.

Here is a quick update on my advertising efforts, as of 10/8/08 14:30 PM HST.

Total Contacts - 63
True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 17 Contacts (12 New)
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 11 Contacts (5 New)
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 1 Contact
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 1 Contact
AdMinder.com - $89 - 7 Contacts (1 New)
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 25 Contacts
HBC Ad - $250 - 4 Contact (2 New)
Unknown - ??? - 7 Contacts (5 New)

Unsubscribed from the Email - 9
True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 2 Contacts
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 3 Contacts
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 0 Contacts
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 1 Contact
AdMinder.com - $89 - 1 Contact
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 1 Contact
HBC Ad - $250 - 0 Contacts
Unknown - ??? - 1 Contact

Email Address Failed - 5
True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 2 Contacts
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 0 Contacts
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 0 Contacts
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 0 Contacts
AdMinder.com - $89 - 0 Contacts
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 2 Contacts
HBC Ad - $250 - 1 Contact
Unknown - ??? - 0 Contacts

Unconfirmed Leads - 9 (Signed up, but did not login)
True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 2 Contacts
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 0 Contacts
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 0 Contacts
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 0 Contacts
AdMinder.com - $89 - 0 Contacts
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 7 Contacts
HBC Ad - $250 - 0 Contacts
Unknown - ??? - 0 Contacts

Two of the unknown sign-ups were my tests.

From a total of 63 contacts, 39 are still active. Of the 39 active contacts:
One person from the Shoemoney ad is interested. My one contact from FreeTrafficBar is interested. One contact from the HBC Ad is interested, and one contact from MLMLeadGenie is interested.

Here is a quick update on my advertising efforts, as of 9/30/08 20:00 PM HST.

True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 5 Contacts (4 New)
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 6 Contacts (1 New)
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 1 Contact
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 1 Contact
AdMinder.com - $89 - 6 Contacts (1 New)
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 25 Contacts
HBC Ad - $250 - 2 Contacts (1 New)
Unknown - ??? - 2 Contacts

Only two days, and 8 new contacts. I think that’s pretty good.

I spoke to my upline today, Julie, and she said we have a couple of people who are very interested. She advised them to go back online to view all the videos available before making a decision. This just reinforced my belief that I had joined the right group.

One of the prospects is actually interested in Xango’s new skincare line called Glimpse. Julie is part of the team responsible for spearheading an effort to recruit 100 new representatives in 180 days. If you ever wanted to be on the groundfloor of an opportunity, this is definitely it!

Julie also mentioned that the HBC Ad is the advertising coop I signed up for and they actually put in my name to early. I’m not supposed to be receiving prospects for the HBC Ad until next month, good for me, but unfair to those in the previous coop.

Here is a quick update on my advertising efforts, as of 9/28/08 2:00 PM HST.

True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 1 Contacts (1 New)
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 5 Contacts
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 1 Contact
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 1 Contact
AdMinder.com - $89 - 5 Contacts (4 New)
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 25 Contacts
HBC Ad - ??? - 1 Contact (1 New)

I received a lead with a tracking code of “HBC Ad”, but I have no idea what this is.

Unfortunately still no sign-ups.

A while back I mentioned that my sponsor placed someone under me in MyJetStream, well I actually have several people under me through the power of the MyJetStream system, and I should be receiving my first check in October (Crossing my fingers, but not holding my breath as it will most likely be a small check. Less than $50.). I have 9 people under me, 1 on each level. The crappy thing is that I only make money off of the first two levels until I start sponsoring people and achieve a higher level.

My goal is to reach the next level by November.

Here are my advertising stats so far…

True Wealth Magazine - $150 - 0 Contacts
Shoemoney Ad - $350 - 5 Contacts
BizOpZine.com - $29 - 0 Contacts
FreeTrafficBar.com - $19 - 1 Contact
TrafficSwarm.com - $0 - 1 Contact
AdMinder.com - $89 - 1 Contact
MLMLeadGenie - $79 - 25 Contacts

As you can see, I am trying all sorts of methods to advertise.

-The Shoemoney ad is for 30 days on a site that gets over 20,000 unique visitors per day.
-BizOpZine has a readership of over 80,000.
-FreeTrafficBar and TrafficSwarm are link exchanges. I received 25,000 advertising credits on FreeTrafficBar when I purchased a 1 month ad on BizOpZine.com. The credits were for text ads; therefore, I decided to purchase banner ad credits for $19. The 1 contact was from a Text Ad.
-AdMinder.com will be showing my capture page 10,000 times. The problem with AdMinder.com is that I didn’t see anyway to target a particular market.
-MLMLeadGenie.com supplies MyJetStream with leads, and I purchased 25 leads.

My Dream Team
Unfortunately, not one person has joined me, but I’m not phased. I am looking to build My Dream Team. I want team members to specialize and work on their strengths. For instance, if you’re good on the phone, but horrible at advertising, if you join me, I would do the advertising for the both of us and you would do the calling.

I know I can’t do it all, my strength is not the sale, my strength is the Internet and learning how to advertise on the Internet.

I am looking to build My Dream Team and I need the following types of people:
-Technical - Understand the Internet, SEO, Link Exchanges, Etc.
-Advertising - Build the ads and Banners, a copywriter
-Sales - Will be doing all follow-up for the team
-Training - Train the Xango and MyJetStream back office. I’ll also need trainers for each of the items listed above.
-Testimonial - About Xango, About MyJetStream, About our Team

Obviously you can do it all on your own, but why? Traditional methods of Network Marketing do not work, so I’m thinking out of the box. Of couse, there will be those who don’t do anything and just leech off of the hardwork of others. I’m not sure what to do in that case, it’s not like I could fire that person. I guess that’s what the testimonial group will be for?

Take a chance, join me, the Network Marketing Noob! All you have to do to start is click on the MyJetStreamHawaii ad on the upper left-hand side of the screen and fill out your information.