Archive for the “MyJetStream” Category

I have decided to dis-continue marketing all the items I have been pursuing and focus on one opportunity. I am going to stick with MyJetStream.

I have temporarily stopped my automatic delivery of products while I buckle down and start to focus on promoting my opportunity. The first order of business is to identify my personal prospects and send them my opportunity.

I know my family is against MLM so I’m starting with my friends. I’m also trying something radical on TrafficSwarm, instead of having people sign-up to receive my FREE product, I am giving away my product (A report I wrote about MLM.) and asking them to sign-up afterwards if they like what they read. I figure I have to be different, but we’ll see how it goes. I realize all the experts say create a squeeze page, give something free in return for contact information, cross-sell and upsell, and then market your opportunity, but I just want to try something different.

Here is an update for the month of November.

Univera Monthly Cost = $300 Last Check = $0 My wife and I are seriously considering dropping this opportunity as we do NOT do any advertising or marketing for this opportunity. I do drink the product, but I could probably get the same results by exercising and eating healthier. I thought my wife was going to actually give this opportunity a try, but she’s not doing anything. No marketing at all.

Xango/MyJetStream Monthly Cost = $269.47 Last Check = $78 ($28 commission + $50 Sold a couple Bottles of Xango Locally) I stopped actively marketing Xango/MyJetStream. My ads still appear in a few banner/traffic exchanges, but that’s about it. I did join a monthly training program called 180DaysToGreatness. I was lucky and got in when the program was on sale; therefore, I pay less than $10 per month. The regular price is almost $100 per month. The problem is I don’t follow the program as closely as I should. Maybe the program is priced high so people put more effort into the program? I know I’m not putting much effort into the program because I didn’t spend that much…shame on me!

EyeEarn/SFI Monthly Cost = $29.95 Last Check = $19.32 EyeEarn/SFI continues to be my best earner (cost vs. profit) and the easiest program to market. I do NOT do any paid advertising for this program. My ads appear in only traffic/banner exchanges and on this blog. I don’t get many hits on the traffic/banner exchanges and I don’t get much hits to this site. For the amount of effort and work I put into this program, I think I’m getting a pretty good return.

MyWorldPlus Monthly Cost = $19.95 Last Check = $2.80 I haven’t tried using the discount card for this program, and I haven’t done much advertising, so obviously I’m not making much money (no sign ups). I’m going to start promoting this program on a few traffic/banner exchanges for one month. If I don’t see any results, this program will be dropped. To be honest with you, I found a better discount book locally. It’s only $19.95 for a 1 year membership and there’s a wider range of vendors and a better discount.

Success University Monthly Cost = $57.90 Last Check = $0 After much consideration, I dropped out of Success University. Advertising on a major site and a nationwide home business magazine I got only a handful of prospects, but no sign-ups. I actually spent $99 on the magazine ad, but my $99 was refunded to me because I caught an error in another ad.

The only program I recommend for other noobs like me is EyeEarn/SFI. The risk is very low at only $20 to start and $29.95 a month, and the results are almost immediate.

Of course my results are unique to me, but so far EyeEarn has shown the best rate of return for the amount of work that I actually put into the program. I get less than 150 visitors per month for this site, and my banners only appear on the TrafficSwarm exchange, and those ads get less than 100 clicks per month. I think I’m doing pretty good for the amount of traffic I am generating.

I am currently promoting several online opportunities with the hopes that a few of them will be successful.

Univera Monthly Cost = $300 Last Check = $0 This is my wife’s MLM venture. She does NOT actively promote Univera. We do not spend any money on advertising. We simply “Gift” products to a few people every once in a while.

Xango/MyJetStream Monthly Cost = $269.47 Last Check = $78 ($28 commission + $50 Sold a couple Bottles of Xango Locally) This is my main business. I have spent hundreds of dollars promoting MyJetStream/Xango and have only received one sign-up so far. MyJetStreamHawaii ads are currently on this site and a few traffic exchanges. I decided to stop buying into the advertising coop as I haven’t had a really good return on investment.

EyeEarn/SFI Monthly Cost = $29.95 Last Check = $8.98 I have not spent any money advertising this program, but this opportunity has the highest rate of return so far. The ad for EyeEarn appears on this site and a few traffic exchanges.

MyWorldPlus Monthly Cost = $19.95 Last Check = $2.80 I have not spent any money advertising this program. In fact, the only link I have on the Internet for this program appears on this site. The $2.80 is strictly from “Vertical Acceleration” or a single downline leg. Not one person in my downline was personally sponsored by me (Not yet at least). The cool thing about this opportunity is the discount card. I just received my card yesterday and will be seeing if the card works this weekend.

Success University Monthly Cost = $57.90 Last Check = $0 I spent $100 to place a banner on CWAHM.com. I received 5 leads but no sign-ups yet.

As you can see, some of the business opportunities I am trying require very little work and very little advertising. I would suggest starting with one of these smaller programs before stepping into something more costly such as Univera or Xango/MyJetStream.

I will be running ads on my site shortly to recoup my advertising efforts, and I may dabble in some affiliate marketing.

Today’s Lesson: If you are looking at a MLM / Network Marketing opportunity, try a low cost opportunity first to get your feet wet, then step up to more costly opportunities.

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.

I received my first check from Xango yesterday. The check was in the amount of $18.00.

The check doesn’t come close to what I have spent to promote MyJetStream/Xango, but I still have several good leads. Now that I have one person on my team, things can only get better.

I checked the date on the check, and the commission period is listed as 9/1/08 to 9/30/08. I’ll have to wait until next month to see if my new team member had any impact.

My first check from Xango…