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Member since: 3/25/2010 Last login: 8/25/2012 |
Hello and welcome to my world! I’m a network marketer and visionary, specializing in helping others develop their true self and integrate success from the inside out. Visit my blog to learn more about me, and how I may just make an impact in your life, for the better.
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Stacy Zahn
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stacyz has posted 17 comments with an overall 88.9% helpful rating...
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stacyz's comment on Empower Network ...
Empower Network Wins
I just joined Empower Network less than a month ago and I am already seeing great results. I actually saw the program about one year ago, but did not sign up because I did not do my research on it. Then, I just kept hearing all the feedback about people making money with this.
I joined the team I am on because there is extra support, training, and bonuses. It makes a difference when you join a team that actually cares to help you get started, but not only to get started, but to give phone support and help you make your first commissions.
Dave and Dave are awesome and definitely know their stuff. I am “All In” now because I am a very passionate person, striving to help others. I plan to make this business my full-time career. This business is a people’s business. When you call in to support, you don't have to try and talk to a robot (hah)... because a real person helps you. I did all the upgrades because I wanted to be able to help my team in the best possible way and how I can do that is by knowing absolutely everything.
I love the ability to earn residual and passive income, plus take 100% commissions. It just is so impressive that the owners are not only teaching but they are doing what you will be doing, too! That goes to show their passion as well.
You do need to get your own merchant account, but keep in mind that it is worth the very low monthly fee. Paypal was unreliable and charged more, the more you made, so really, eWallet is awesome. You can use another merchant account, but they cost a lot more. Trust me, you wouldn’t want to be using Paypal either when you’re making $25, $100, $500, and $1,000 commissions… what if Paypal suspends your account? That was what apparently was happening to people’s accounts! It would make me scream and I'd probably break my leg kicking the fridge or something...
Honestly, I don’t have anything bad to say about Empower. The products are great. The customer support is great. The social mastermind group is great.
A cool feature of Empower Network is the contest portion of the program. Also, there are huge events that any active member is invited to. This is a real company helping real people.
I love Empower Network!
Stacyzahn,
Happy Empower Network member.
stacyz's comment on MonaVie ...
A typical product and business
MonaVie is a good product and is healthy for you. I was brought onto the team through Craigslist I believe. (It was long ago) and the guy seemed to be so focused on making money that I felt a little bit uncomfortable during the meeting.
I was offered a sample of the juice. I tried to not have to buy the product myself but I was told I need to buy it the month thereafter. I tried to get people to buy the product but no one wanted to buy it because they can just go to Costco and get a whole case for a fraction of the cost, apparently.
The guy scribbled down a diagram of the compensation plan, which he should have had printed nicely. When you look closely at the compensation plan, it is MLM and you don't get the full profit like a program I am using offers. It is the best program out there, in my opinion and my blog explains the review as to why. However, with Mona Vie, I would have had to chase down people to offer them samples of the drink so this is why you yourself must buy the packs each month. About 10 days later, I had to tell the guy that I am not going to join because it just wasn't for me.
You are just making the owner wealthy by promoting this.
stacyz's comment on Write Your Own Paychecks ...
Ewan Chia gives great information
I came across this ebook through a search and I was hesitant to make a purchase, but I did, because there were great reviews by other people claiming to make money applyinf the techniques.
I was surprised at how great the content was about niche marketing. Ewan Chia offers in detail, proven, straight to the point information, and now I am able to trust his other products, as I feel would also benefit me. Although, I was not able to make my own paycheck of $1,000 or $5,000 a month, I made a few hundred in my first week, so I cannot really complain.
I hope others get better results using Ewan's method, but I give this product a B because it helped me to make money online.
stacyz's comment on The Rich Janitor ...
Had no success
I liked the idea of being able to get hundreds of articles and submitting them. I did not get the results like how the sales page says, but then are there any sales pages that show honest results? Probably now. I was confident to purchase this because it's through Clickbank and they have a 60 day money back guarantee.
I did not make a penny, and yet I followed the system. I know someone that also tried it for 50 days and not a penny. I think the owner just makes money off the sales of the product, and not actually by doing the work we are doing.
I also promoted this product and it was terrible for getting any conversion. The sales page looks like other "scammy" sites, so maybe that is why.
I have found a program that works and it is very easy to convert, as set out in a review on my blog, which is what Rich Janitor did not offer.
I give Rich Janitor a C grade because I did not make anything with it and I followed the instructions.
stacyz's comment on GOT Safelist ...
Was okay for getting traffic
A few months ago, I used Got Safelist to promote one clickbank product in the emarketing/computer section and I received the 1200 guaranteed traffic, plus more, but the uniques were only 43%, so it was not satisfying to me and I lost out on over $60.
So, you're probably not going to get 1200 UNIQUE visitors.
I tried the guaranteed unique visitors traffic option, which was $19 and again, the uniques are low, at 49%, so it's clear their members just click and click and click but don't buy anything. It was a waste of my money. If you have the money, then try the safelist because everyone will have a different experience.
stacyz's comment on Traffic G ...
I give credit to TrafficG because it's awesome
This is an awesome way to get traffic to your web sites and/or blog! TrafficG is quick to register with, then you get emails on set up instructions, such as setting up your sites. This is helpful because it shows the staff and owner really do care about your success.
I love the rotator and classified ads. I try to utilize all the great options offered on the site. You don't need your own web site to promote either, so you can use an affiliate url.
With Traffic G, I realized how powerful a traffic exchange program really is. I tried safelists and those didn't seem to work and I spent more money than I could ever make back.
stacyz's comment on Global Domains International ...
GDI is just another low paying MLM program
I was a member of Global Domains International and had a busines name. I had a few reasons for leaving the program.
1. The email . ws got blocked by most email providers, so my emails were not going through and when they did, they ended up in the recipient's spam/junk folder. I realized .com's are the best.
2. The program was difficult to promote because there were no free products, well at least not when I was a member. Infinity Downline offers 1000's of dollars in products and this is why I am in the business and to stay. Information can be found on my blog.
3. The website templates were nice; however, the limit was 10 pages and was promoting an online store, so I needed separate categories. GDI is meant for a small website promotion.
4. The site builder was not flexible at all. I suggest you get a blog.
and 5. It is a MLM Pyramid program, so the person at the top gets most of the money. This is mostly why I decided to be in Infinity Downline, because it replaced MLM and you're paid member to member 100%. Plus you get 2 pass up referrals per team member, so the money you make is significantly more than GDI.
If you are considering GDI, it's $10 a month, so you don't lose anything when you try the program out. I am happy to be in the program I am now in, as set out on my blog for a full review, but GDI is good if you are into MLM.
stacyz's comment on Project Payday ...
Was not worth my efforts
I was a member of Project Payday and the sales letter looked so great and made it appear easy. I had trouble finding offers that were actually free. I was not going to take the chance of not being paid after I charged my credit card with a trial offer, so I left. Now, it appears this site is more honest and not taking Canadians. I am from Canada and I had a hard time with offers. Maybe that was why. Nothing is "free" on the site for Canada.
I hope others get better luck out of this one.
There was an article online, MSN Sympatico, about how Project Payday is a scam.
stacyz's comment on Infinity Downline ...
Infinity Downline honest review
I must say that I LOVE Infinity Downline! Like all businesses, this may not be the business for you, so here is a review. There are some things the sales page won't tell you because they just want to make a quick buck from you, but I believe that is a bad tactic.
I just joined a specific team, a very top-notch team, set apart from the other competition type of team, and the first day I marketed the program, I got a sign up within 4 minutes of someone I don't personally know. This is one of the easiest to promote because no one can tell me they cannot afford the $25.
Once you join ID, you are given hundreds of videos, products, and resources to help you grow your business. I joined under one person because there was #1 training involved for the team, in addition to what ID offers which included a free unique capture page that is not the company replicated page (because these are difficult to find success with), free autoresponder campaign emails to capture leads, free video creation software, free directory submitter software, free advertising co-op where the advertising is done for you and you get 2-8 leads each month on auto-pilot, where to advertise for f. r. e. e and paid services like ezines, SEO, PPC, forums, safelists, and much, much more. I went into this business wanting to make money by helping my growing team, so when I knew I was able to give my team members the exact same training I was given upon joining, I knew I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. You deserve to know the full, honest truth about Infinity Downline, so that is why I put a full review on my blog.
Infinity Downline pays you directly by Paypal, AlertPay, SafePay, Google Checkout, and a few more, so you never have to worry about not having a payment processor. When someone signs up to your team, you get 100% of the profits, as there's NO ADMIN FEE. You may be asking, how does the owner of ID actually get profits then if it's member to member? Well, there's options to buy daily leads, autoresponder services, post cards, business cards, and more. I didn't use any of the services they offer, as I found 3rd party services such as Aweber for capturing my leads and building a list a more reliable source.
You just have to bring in 4 people on your team, and you keep the first to break even on the membership price of $25, which is residual income for you, so this means the program is f. r. e. e. Then there are two people you pass up, using the reverse 2-up system. This is the most powerful system that allows you to make money off your team member's leads because when they bring in 4 people each, their 2 of the 4 get passed up to you, and then this continues to infinity, so it never stops, ever. This is the power of 4, as I like to call it. Members can sign up f. r. e. e and then check out the program before upgrading. You can't make any money while a f. r. e. e. member, so if you bring someone into the program, that person gets passed up right away. As a paid member, when I get a team member signed up with you, then you are paid INSTANTLY, so there is absolutely no waiting time through the company. This is great because I hate waiting 2 weeks to get a paycheck.
... and there you have it - a fantastic home business.
stacyz's comment on List Joe ...
Not much luck from this
I have tried promoting some of the top products on Clickbank, using short, dynamic campaigns and I have received many hits, improving traffic to my sites. I did not like the rotation speed, as it comes down to the members being able to keep clicking for credits day after day, causing the unique click rate to be around 50%. Hopefully others have better luck and I would suggest promoting very cheap or free products because these people are not interested in buying much, if anything.
stacyz's comment on Web Traffic Marketing ...
It doesn't work
I tried this and sent out emails over a week period with a bunch of promotions for top products on Clickbank. I sent out emails with ads made by top marketers. Not one single hit to any of the ads. I even offered F. R. E. E. stuff and not one hit. It seems to be a red flag because with over 2.7 active subscribers, surely, you would get at least 10 hits, if not hundreds. I advertise the same ads on ezine publisher lists and get great results with 300-500 hits every time ... and those lists only have 30,000 to 50,000 maximum subscribers.
stacyz's comment on Directory Submitter ...
Effective software but there's many "bad" links to directories
I have tried the free version and did not upgrade. The reason for this is that 1 out of every 4 or 5 directory links either were no longer existing or they required reciprocal links (you must put the directory's link on your own website and then submit to the directory). This is not favorable if you are looking to promote some affiliate sites, even if you purchase your own domains and forward them, you are likely not able to put those links on the sites and even if you could, it would make your website appear "trashy" with hundreds of links, just to get into the directories.
Submitting to directories does increase traffic but you should also pay attention to other traffic methods, and together you'll see great results.
Overall, I think the Directory Submitter should be given a try by everyone that comes across it.
stacyz's comment on Copy N Profit ...
No luck with CopyNProfit
I am not a member anymore to CopyNProfit, but I tried the system for the 30-day trial and a few days before it was up, I got refunded. I did not make a dime and I kept the hoplink from the backoffice (any one person can market their product and not be a member, as staff from CopyNProfit told me), so I marketed it. I did not make any sales. PPC advertising is costly, so you need to set your daily budget. Also, one problem is that this can become saturated with 100's of people promoting the exact same campaign, and this also increases pricing in Google PPC keywords. Overall, I did not find this business opportunity (if you can call it that) helpful, but if you know how to market this without using PPC, then you should definitely give this a try because they live up to their money-back guarantee.
stacyz's comment on Miracle Traffic Bot ...
Miracle Traffic Bot FULL REVIEW
I have tried Miracle Traffic Bot for about one month and I was disappointed as per the results. First, installing the software, I had difficulties because the page they supplied did not work. I went to Google and typed in . Net Framework 2.0, as I already had . Net 4.0 but it was not allowing me to download the MTB software. I was finally able to download, install, and access the MTB. I had to create accounts first with each site, which is fair. Then, once you are signed up and confirm your email address with each website (example: buddymarks, mixx, delicious, youtube, etc. ) then you simply enter your user name and password for each into the MTB software itself. It is simply set and forget. You don't have to keep inputting this information, which is convenient.
This is why I have refunded for the MTB software:
1. I was not pleased to see that there were only about a dozen directories, a dozen bookmarking sites, and a dozen video sites. When they advertise "dozens of article directories, bookmarking sites, and video sites", it gave me the impression that it was a couple dozen for EACH. I felt that was misleading.
2. For the bookmarking sites, I came into a problem using the MTB automation software. On different days, 4-6 of the sites were not working. Some worked some days and then some worked other days and then maybe not on different days. Overall, I was only able to submit to 5 or 6 of the 11 listed, which is not good because there already is such a strict limit on the number of sites to submit to.
3. If you want more sites added, you have to pay $39/MONTH. You will only get 2 new sites added.
4. When you enter keywords, you can only enter 3-6 keywords, depending on how long they are, as there is very limited space for input on the MTB software. For example, if you want to advertise for Miracle Traffic Bot Software, you can only put a couple keywords people search for, such as Miracle Traffic Bot, website traffic, traffic generation software, and then that is the only room you have, so you are unable to put many keywords that would improve your success, such as free website traffic, miracle traffic bot review, and more.
5. I have received an increase in traffic, from 0 visitors to 12-15 per day, but if you are not a beginner marketer, then you know sales is a numbers game, and 100 to 1,000 visitors to your site per month is not going to be very effective.
6. Another downfall is that when you are in the MTB software submitter, and you go to "New Project", all of your previous work will be permanently deleted and lost. This is undesirable when you tried submitting to 11 bookmarking sites and 2 are down for maintenance at the time you submitted and one suddenly won't get the captcha (verify that you're a human submitting your video, article, or URL), causing the submission to fail, so without the option of saving your work, you either have to re-write out the keywords, URL, titles, descriptions, etc. or forget about it and submit a new submission.
For the price, the MTB does not offer what intermediate and advanced marketers need. If you are using the software and receive great results, then that is great. I don't understand why anyone would pay $77USD for a software that sends to like 12 directories and 11 bookmarking sites when you can get submitted (FOR FREE!) to Easy Submits, for over 30 social bookmarks (the social bookmarking sites that are in the MTB software are in Easy Submits, and you get thousands of directories to submit to (and you don't have to pay $77... or ANYTHING. The directories, you don't have to sign up, but the bookmarking sites you do, which you would have to for MTB software anyways. The sites offered on Miracle Traffic Bot are not even the "top" ones as they claim, because when you type them into Alexa's ranking, they are not the highest ranked, and there are many, many more with much higher rankings that MTB failed to put into the system. Another free directory submitter is DirectorySubmitter, but you can find some for free or less than $20. If you still want MTB, then by all means, go ahead and buy it because as I did not find any use out of it, your experience may not be the same.
Overall grade: C
stacyz's comment on Directory of Ezines ...
One of the best investments
I became a member of the Directory of Ezines and must admit that it is one of the best investments I have made.
There are so many different rewards and options available. There are free banner ad listings, unlimited free article submissions, free listings with high traffic sites and you get major discounts in solo ads (emails sent to subscribers using other people's lists). It also saves days of researching for good publishers in the category you wish to promote, as this is perfectly laid out for you. You will see the circulation (number of subscribers on other people's lists), the cost of the ads, if other types of ads are offered (like free ads), exactly what the newsletter covers and who are the targeted subscribers. You will also see other information such as the contact information and how to submit your ads. This is the only way I find I can actually make a real full time income working just a few hours per week. I have tried countless of other programs, services, and unfortunately, they have all failed me.
stacyz's comment on Internet Secrets ...
Not A Good Program
Many people accuse Internet Secrets to be a scam on Scam.com and Ripoff Report.
This is my experience with Internet Secrets:
In November, I joined the program, thinking this was my answer to making some good money online. I paid the cost of the domain and hosting, which was $17USD for the first month and then $9.97USD each month thereafter. My website took over one week to be built and when it came back, it looked unprofessional in every way possible. It was not appealing and the only navigation to the 300+ web pages (344 in total), was through a "Site Map", which no one would likely click on because it was in a tiny link at the bottom of the web page. The communication with support was terrible. I would get one word or one short sentence responses and some questions were not addressed, so I felt that my e-mails weren't being fully read. I had to re-send e-mails constantly. This is part of the reason why I left the program. The other part of the reason was that half a year went by and I did not make a single penny in either one of my Clickbank or Google Adsense Accounts. The 300+ web pages are not backlinked, so there was no hope to earn any money at all.
In conclusion, I did not make a single penny in half a year of using the program and I had major problems trying to submit the web site to search engines, so I had stopped using the program altogether.
stacyz's comment on 30DayWealth ...
My experience with 30-Day Wealth so far
I came across this program on IM Report Card and thought I would give it a try. I purchased the program and the Jump Start Package, after the first purchase for the video tutorials. The videos are detailed and it's nice to watch click to click progress on how to make money online with information products and a web site. The videos and readings are very simple to follow along and this program is suited for anyone looking to start making an income online or to supplement an already existing income. I recommend you purchase the Jump Start Package for $20 after you purchase the first product with the video tutorials. You will learn, in the videos, how to use basic sales pages and free methods/services for your information product(s). If you really want to succeed, you should invest some money to get the proper eBook cover page software, get your own domain with an excellent sales page, etc. In the Jump Start Package, you will get information on selling with eBay, information on EZine, business tips and secrets, real estate secrets, and much more.
My only negative feedback towards this program is the phone conversation with the junior associate trying to "qualify" me to invest more money with a credit card. I politely said I am not interested and cannot place any investment onto my own credit card, and in return, I received an unprofessional response from the associate trying to keep me on the phone by basically asking me why I can't use my credit card, if I am crazy, and more. He appeared desperate to get information about my credit and credit card information too, like my limit for spending. About 99% of the information I told the associate was false, which soon came to be a wise choice to protect myself. I did this because straight from the start of the conversation, the associate appeared "scripted" and I felt uncomfortable. Please be careful when dealing with a stranger over the telephone and NEVER give your credit card information out when it is not safe and secure.