Yesterday a visitor to this blog wrote to me. She asked whether I knew that Viral Content Magic was about to be launched by internet marketing experts Jim Chao, David Michael Wood & Kenny Gregg. I said that’s breaking news… any Internet Marketing tips from these guys would be gold! And you know what I found?

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Bestselling author Steve Chandler and lawyer Scott Richardson show readers how to get the best results from people. They show how leaders must motivate from the top down in order to be effective. Now network marketing is all about leadership . Therefore their book “100 Ways to Motivate Others” is a great read. It the result of many years of experience in successful leadership coaching and training and shares practical methods to inspire and encourage others. Here’s the list for quick reference:

1. Know Where Motivation Comes From.
Motivation comes from within. Good managers get people to motivate themselves by managing agreements, not people.

2. Teach Self-Discipline.
People are not born with self-discipline; they learn to use it. The more they use, self-discipline, the more effective they become.

3. Tune In Before You Turn On.
Leaders cannot motivate if they are not being heard. In order for them to be heard, they must first listen.

4. Be the Cause, Not the Effect.
Managers act as a cause, not an effect. This allows their people to think of themselves the same way – maximizing their potential.

5. Stop Criticizing Upper Management.
This leads to trust problems and encourages disrespect for the organization. A true leader represents upper management and says “we” instead of “they”.

6. Do the One Thing.
No matter how many things have to be done, they will be accomplished one at a time. Motivation requires a calm leader who focuses on doing one thing.

7. Keep Giving Feedback.
Achievements require constant feedback. Depriving people of feedback causes them to create their own, which is usually negative, and leads to problems

8. Get Input from Your People.
Creative input from direct sources is good for the business and highly motivational for both parties involved.

9. Accelerate Change.
Change can be a good thing, and managers should make sure their people see how they can benefit from it. Change can be better managed by understanding the Change Cycle:

1.   Objection: This can’t be good.
2.   Reduced Consciousness: I really don’t want to deal with this.
3.   Exploration: How can I make this change work for me?
4.   Buy-in: I have figured out how I can make this work for me and for others.

10. Know Your Owners and Victims.
Owners own their own morale and their response to any situation. Victims blame the situation and need to be shown how things could be if they were owners.

11. Lead from the Front.
Managers can motivate well by being what they would like their people to be.

12. Preach the Role of Thought.
People are motivated when they think motivating thoughts. Thought, and not circumstance, should rule.

13. Tell the Truth Quickly.
Great leaders tell the truth faster than other managers do.

14. Don’t Confuse Stressing Out with Caring.
People do not perform well when stressed or tense. Caring gives focus.

15. Manage Your Own Superiors.
Leaders should be in harmony with those who lead them.

16. Put Your Hose Away.
A good manager doesn’t look for fires to fight.  He looks for opportunities and leads people into the future.

17. Get the Picture.
Managers should picture themselves leading well. People cannot be led by someone who cannot imagine himself doing a good job.

18. Manage Agreements, Not People.
People cannot be managed. Agreements can, and this creates the basis for good performance.

19. Focus On the Result, Not the Excuse.
Results, and not activities, should be the focus. Positive reinforcement should be given for good results.

20. Coach the Outcome.
Managers must learn to simplify things. Focusing on results is the best way to do this.

21. Create a Game.
By showing their people that life can be a game, leaders can get the motivation of recreation into business.

22. Know Your Purpose.
Good managers always return to their focus, no matter what happens.

23. See What’s Possible.
A person’s performance is a response to who they perceive themselves to be at the moment. They can create new possibilities for themselves.

24. Enjoy the A.R.T. of Confrontation.
The A.R.T. of Confrontation:

1.    Appreciate who the person is and what the person has done.
2.    Restate commitment to the person.
3.    Track the agreement.

25. Feed Your Healthy Ego.
Being self-confident allows managers to inspire the same in their people.

26. Hire the Motivated.
The best way to have a motivated team is to get people who are this way from the beginning.

27. Stop Talking.
When interviewing, managers should let the person talk and just listen to the answers. Great leaders are great recruiters.

28. Refuse to Buy their Limitation.
People must be shown that they can accomplish much more than they believe.

29. Play Both Good Cop and Bad Cop.
Proper motivating demands a combination of both. The latter approach should be used only when all variations of the former have failed.

30. Don’t Go Crazy.
Slowing down allows a better understanding of the way things and people are.

31. Stop Cuddling Up.
A true leader focuses on the practices and communications that lead to being respected.

32. Do the Worst First.
Managing priorities is the best way to deal with multiple tasks. The worst task should always be the top priority.

33. Learn to Experiment.
Experiments never really fail since there is always something to be learned. A better way of doing things might also be found.

34. Communicate Consciously.
Taking responsibility for how communication is done enhances the organization.

35. Score the Performance.
Knowing the score is the first step towards achievement.

36. Manage the Fundamentals First.
Slow things down and do things step by step. The fundamentals should always be done properly.

37. Motivate by Doing.
Managers should be doers, not feelers. The ability to motivate people increases exponentially as the reputation of being a doer grows.

38. Know Your People’s Strengths.
Enhancing a person’s positive attributes allows him to use more of his potential.

39. Debate Yourself.
Questioning personal thinking elevates thought to new levels.

40. Lead With Language.
The language used makes a big difference, and using the right language gets good results.

41. Use Positive Reinforcement.
Positive reinforcement is very powerful in guiding and shaping performance.

42. Teach Your People “No” Power.
People should be able to say no to things that aren’t important. Learning to say yes to things that are important makes it easier.

43. Keep Your People Thinking Friendly Customer Thoughts.
Customers should always be treated as the boss. They make or break the business and bring the money in.

44. Use Your Best Time for Your Biggest Challenge.
Tackle the hardest tasks when you are at your peak time. This increases the chances of success

45. Use 10 Minutes Well.
Good leaders have the ability to produce strong results in the shortest time possible.

46. Know What You Want to Grow.
What people focus on, grows. Priorities should be focused on.

47. Soften Your Heart.
Communication solves all problems, while avoidance makes them worse. Good managers have warm and comfortable conversations with their people.

48. Coach Your People to Complete.
Unfinished things drain energy.

49. Do The Math On Your Approach.
Leaders should always be positive and not negative. This gives them the strength and energy to motivate others.

50. Count Yourself In.
True leadership requires a spirit of buy-in, which comes from a personal commitment to have a great experience of life.

51. To Motivate Your People, First Just Relax.
Being nervous and tense leads to poor performance and affects other people as well. Calm, confident managers motivate better.

52. Don’t Throw the Quit Switch.
Managers should never quit early.  Leaders should never quit as motivators and producers.

53. Lead with Enthusiasm.
Being enthusiastic leads to a highly-motivated team. Enthusiasm is contagious.

54. Encourage Your People to Concentrate.
Distractions can be used to focus on the object instead of on the distraction.

55. Inspire Inner Stability.
Stability comes from within. It is needed to develop enthusiasm for work.

56. Give Up Being Right.
Strong, respected and motivational leaders never have to be always right.

57. Wake Yourself Up.
Change is one of life’s constant things. Good managers should always be aware of how things are changing.

58. Always Show Them.
The best way for managers to teach their people how to do things is to do it themselves.

59. Focus Like a Camera
Leaders should have a relaxed focus that is absolute. This can be done like a camera focusing on a subject, slowly and gently.

60. Think of Management as Easy.
Thoughts create reality.  Use the power of thought to make your job easier.

61. Cultivate the Power of Reassurance.
People look to their leaders for reassurance. Good leaders give it.

62. Phase Out Disagreement.
Instead of disagreeing, listen for the value in what the other person is saying. This has a better effect on morale and ultimately, performance.

63. Keep Learning.
Adding to knowledge increases professional strength and capability, which can then be used to help others.

64. Learn What Leadership Is Not.
The old style of militaristic leadership is not nearly as effective as motivating team members to give good results.

65. Hear Your People Out.
People should be listened to and understood. This allows for a better knowledge of what they really want, which can be tied into the team objectives.

66. Play It Lightly.
Motivated people do not take themselves too seriously. They play for fun and challenge.

67. Keep All Your Smallest Promises.
People are motivated by leaders that they can trust. Trust is earned by small and big things.

68. Give Power to the Other Person.
To get people to agree to work with them, managers must remove fear. This can be done by asking gentle questions and allowing people to make their own commitments.

69. Don’t Forget to Breathe.
The word “inspire” literally means to breathe in. Breathing deeply gives more energy and intensity.

70. Know You’ve Got the Time.
Slow time down to the speed of life by choosing what is to be done. Once this is done, motivating others becomes easier.

71. Use the Power of Deadlines.
Deadlines propel action. They give people a concrete timeframe in which to deliver.

72. Translate Worry into Concern.
Worry is a misuse of the imagination. Turning worry into concern allows leaders to make action plans to address pressing issues.

73. Let Your Mind Rule Your Heart.
Leadership is about making clear and smart decisions. These can only be made through logical processes and not emotions.

74. Build a Culture of Acknowledgement.
People should be recognized for even the little things they do. This motivates them to do big things well.

75. Seize Responsibility.
Leaders must take full responsibility for the entire company. This motivates people more than anything else.

76. Get Some Coaching Yourself.
Managers must be open to being coached. They can explore the upper limits of their excellence this way.

77. Make It Happen Today.
The present is where great things can happen. Every day should be made a masterpiece.

78. Learn the Inner Thing.
Leaders should model being centered. They can radiate the inner life force or the “Ki” within them.

79. Forget about Failure.
Failure is only an outcome. Good things can come out of it if it is studied for the lessons that it carries.

80. Follow Consulting with Action.
Massive action after coaching says much about the willingness of the leader to really make things happen.

81. Create a Vision.
Managers should create a vision of who the team or organization wants to be. Leaders should also live as though the vision is already there.

82. Stop Looking Over Your Shoulder.
Leadership by example, which is the best motivator, comes from independently getting better at things and not from anticipating other people’s opinions.

83. Lead by Selling.
Managers should figure out what their people want to buy into, sell them on the idea, and close.

84. Hold On to Principle.
Following principles earns the respect of people. A respected leader is always a good motivator.

85. Create Your Relationships.
Leaders should not seek to react to their people. Instead, they should shift to creating better situations.

86. Don’t Be Afraid to Make Requests.
The natural tendency of people is to say yes. Leadership can become a system of requests, promises and follow-through action.

87. Don’t Change Yourself.
A big change is not needed. Only a gentle shift is. Reinvention is the result of a series of gentle shifts.

88. Pump Up Your E-mails.
Every e-mail to the team is an opportunity to energize and spread optimism. Good e-mails should have a positive note.

89. Stop Pushing.
Managers should not resist what their people are doing or saying. Instead, they should be guiding their inner energy towards a mutual goal.

90. Become Conscious.
Managers and their people must be fully conscious of what they stand for.

91. Come From The Future.
Only use the past as a springboard to the future. Managers lead people to create the future.

92. Teach Them to Teach Themselves.
Good leaders teach their people how to teach themselves in order to have a great career.

93. Stop Apologizing for Change.
Apologizing for change creates low morale and discouragement. Change should be seen as an opportunity for strengthening the viability of the organization.

94. Let People Find It.
There is never one right way to do something. People should develop their own way, which will probably prove more effective.

95. Be a Ruthless Optimist.
Optimism focuses on opportunities and possibilities, rather than complaints and regrets. A true optimist is not blind to problems.  An optimist is realistic and positive.

96. Pay Attention.
Anything that is given attention grows. If end results are given attention to, they can grow as well.

97. Create a Routine.
Routine eventually becomes a habit. Including good things in a routine ensures that they will be done without even thinking.

98. Deliver the Reward.
Positive reinforcement works better than criticism. Even verbal rewards have good effects.

99. Slow Down.
This allows leaders to prioritize their work and do what is needed at the moment. Slowing down actually gets more done.

100. Decide to Be Great.
Making this decision is the first step towards actually being great. There is no excuse for not being great.

53 Of The Most Influential, Most Respected, And Most Recognized Business Advisors In The World Are Joining Forces To Launch A Monumental Business Altering Initiative: The League of Extraordinary Minds.

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Direct sales opportunities are growing for individuals everyday. But because the industry is still in infancy, we often confuse the jargon. The entire spectrum of the direct-to-consumer industry is set to sweep revolutionary socio-economic change in the coming decade and we are standing at the brink of the revolution . So it does make sense to start getting clarity!

That said, I don’t take upon myself to lay down the rules or proffer definitions. For a simplistic understanding, here are fundamental explanations:

MLM: Multi-level marketing necessitates the movement of a physical product and pays out at various levels based on the total sales of a group of people. For example, if an individual has sold 1000 units of product and has recruited 2 people, each with 1000 units of stock, and they each do the same, there are 7000 units of stock moving through the group. Commissions would be issued to the 4 newest entrants based on the commission %age slab for 1000 units each. Then, for the 2 mid-tier members, commissions will accrue on a %age slab for 3000 group units. And finally, the group originator is remunerated at the 7000 unit %age slab. These tend to get pretty hefty and generally are high returns once the group achieves a critical mass. What I have described here is a ‘binary model’ but there are various strategies (matrices) designed by various companies to make their compensation models attractive.

Network Marketing: I like Jim Dornan’s philosophy which pretty much sums up the definition of network marketing. He says, “we don’t use people to build the business; we use the business to build people”. Network Marketing uses the MLM model and builds atop it leadership, empowerment and duplication. It takes MLM into the B-quadrant at a personal level and as a B-quadrant business owner a network marketers focus is not as much on product sale as it is on empowering others to align with team structure, leadership principles and network building. Contrast to MLM this method earns money slowly but does surely (and hugely); as is characteristic of any business system that is reliant on people’s initiative to learn and grow. Network marketing typically does not operate on a binary model.

Network Building: A relatively new term, network builders operate on the GPT concept of ‘getting paid today ’. This ensures quick returns through product sales and network building up to one or two tiers allows for subscription based continuing income. Like network marketing, network building calls for vision sharing, leadership development and empowerment. But as monies accrue through individual product sales, rather than group product sales, returns are controllable by individual effort. And royalties are controllable by empowerment effort.

As all these involve movement of product directly to consumers… bypassing the traditional distribution supply chain… they all fall under the umbrella of ‘Direct Sales’ and employ Direct Marketing tools such as literature, presentations, roadshows, mailers etc. Corporations have historically employed the direct sales model to sell vacuum cleaners, safety equipment, insurance, computers… the works. Now the individual consumer is getting empowered to do the same and profit from it. That’s exciting!

A common mistake is to confuse the compensation model with the business system. A system is a step-by-step methodology of operation and training and has nothing to do with the network development system set up by the manufacturer or service provider. A ‘business system ‘ is like a franchise you would take to develop your business in a paint-by-numbers fashion by following what works. McDonalds has a system to market its burgers… you too would do well to have an external system to market your opportunity within the gamut of the direct sales industry.

You can find abundant cash gifting scams. “Is cash gifting legal” is a question everyone wants to know… but any cash gifting expert will confirm, those who make cash gifting illegal also call currency exchange online a scam. They’re not exposed to much.

What is cash gifting?

It is an activity that involves looking at cash as the end-product. Since people across society need cash to operate, gifts of cash are passed on within a by-invitation-only community.

Let’s say you join the community by paying the administrator $50 and volunteer a gift of $1000 to your inviter. You would then be in a position to invite many new people and get various amounts; $100, $500, $1000… back from each new member.

Various cash gifting communities have various operative systems that allow for residual income through continuing subscriptions… and 2-tier gift sharing… but these are community-specific details.

At a consciousness level, cash gifters break out of the barriers of limitation thinking ‘at one go’ because they commit to send cash to strangers with no hope or expectation of return. This is a great achievement in tune with the universal ‘law of giving’.

Having a system and a mentor to guide and coach on the steps involved is important. This is because to do this right, one has to understand the cash gifting business mentally, emotionally and financially. Meet a cash gifting expert here.

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For any business opportunity seeker in MLM, a lead is the start. If you are into MLM lead generation, you might buy MLM genealogy leads or opt in MLM leads through an MLM lead automatic responder. But the pleasure of fresh MLM leads is different. Like freshly baked loaves from the bakery. Don’t you love their smell? Their softness? Aah!

So what does this have to do with MLM Lead System Pro (MLSP)? Well, for starters, it is a lead generation and marketing system for MLM. Which means it’s your "own private bakery". But that’s not all. There’s much much more. Do you have an appetite to read?

Great! I will tell you 5 things about this MLM leads pro system.

First, MLSP combines online and offline MLM lead generation . Every leader at MLSP has been a network marketer. And they have learned to become ace internet marketers. Their foremost commitment therefore is to help more network marketers use the internet to succeed. Because today, and more so in the future, the speed of the internet is incomparable for building business.

Second, MLSP can be applied to any MLM . It is like a battery that can be fitted in any toy. Yes, batteries cost money, but what good are toys without them? This analogy might be a little far-fetched, but it will help you remember. Batteries have no competition with toys. Toys generate excitement. Batteries keep them running. Period.

Third, MLSP uses attraction marketing principles . These concepts are radically the opposite of what MLM uplines teach. Why? Because, when you use the internet, your potential "list" is ‘huge’. And from this huge list, professional MLM reps "attract" the best people to them. What does this mean? This means no more cold-calling, prospecting, chasing friends and family, nudging strangers in malls and all those disgusting things! How? That’s point four.

Fourth, MLSP brands You . Whatever your MLM, you would have heard your upline say, "people join you, not your business", right? So why do you pitch your business? Through a customized, branded website with Your videos on Your automatic list-builders on it, You develop Your business; Your list; Your assets; Your reputation; and Your clientele. And you can take them wherever you wish to… all through your life! Need examples? Let me show you 3 different branded capture pages of mine…

http://www.ArriveAtSuccess.com (for marketing any online business)
http://rcm.ArriveAtSuccess.com (targeting a specific networking group)
http://YouCan.ArriveAtSuccess.com (targeting MLM reps anywhere)

And there are more…

Fifth, MLSP helps you build multiple streams of income . This means you need not depend on your MLM checks alone. You can pick up monies from over 15 different product lines which are integrated as affiliates of the system. So the process is simplified. All you do is promote Your branded site. This site brings you leads because it is non-threatening to any MLM (as the examples reveal). And the affiliate products – which offer tremendous value and provide the tools and techniques for internet marketing – bring in steady income.

Finally, let me close with the million dollar question… How are leads generated even for the personalized, branded capture page?

For this, we have extensive training programs . Using a mix of 2 or 3 of the dozens of internet strategies, our top producers generate 50-100 leads per day; 5% of which carry over to their primary businesses (not bad, considering that even offline only about 5% actually convert, eh?)!

I invite you to check us out, feel us, and believe MLSP really is as radical as it sounds! Drop in as my guest at our webinars – every Wednesday 9 pm EST (US) – by popping your details in here.

PS: Your details are confidential. No spam. I will send you mails to familiarize you with Internet Marketing of MLM. You can ask questions by replying to any of them, anytime. You can even unsubscribe anytime…

If you are exploring online business opportunities you would have seen that the internet is huge as an ocean. And lot of people are writing blogs and encouraging you to do so as well. So what are the right things to do in blogging? This is a huge subject but here are the top 3 todos that would benefit you.

One , if your blog is pointing to your business (highly recommended, but ask me about this separately) your blog posts must be structured on keywords. Do you know how to find good keywords ? Click and read. Keywords are like the skeleton of your business… giving the frame for money to be pegged on. Keywords – with search engine optimization (SEO) techniques – help you to be found… and what can be found can be bought. Simple.

Two , get backlinks for your blog. Backlinks are like bridges from the mainland to an island. If you imagine the internet as an ocean and your blog as an island, you would use the links to your blogposts as ‘flares’… which you send out to catch the attention of passing ships and people on the mainland. They would then follow the direction of the flares and build a bridge. But here’s the catch! Not everyone who sees your flares would be an engineer. Which means they might not be qualified to make a good bridge over which a search engine could drive. So spend your time putting your flares (links) on sites that have these two facilities:

1. The offer back links (they are do-follow sites)

2. They have a high page rank / Alexa rating

These two concepts stumped me as a beginner, but they’re easy to understand really. Sites having page ranks closest to 10 – or Alexa ratings closest to 1 – are indications of ‘authority sites’. An authority (obviously) would build a strong ‘bridge’. But most high authorities ‘do not follow’ links. For example, Facebook is ‘Alexa 3′ but no link you post on it will be recognized by search engines. So you’ll be shooting flares all day and night and nobody will be seeing them!

On the other hand, an article site like ezinearticles.com offers an author resource box that backlinks to the (blog) site specified by the author. Since ezinearticles has a page rank of 6 and an Alexa of 162, it has a very good rub-off on your blog. So the time you spend posting articles on ezinearticles, with good links in the author resource box, is time well spent.

I must clarify here, that page rank (PR) is scaled from 0 to 10 and by and large all sites are zero. A PR of 2 or 3 means your site is in very elite company. Alexa on the other hand ranks upto 22 million or so, and any count below a million signals a respectable site. Now you see why I’m showing off mine at 587,238

To get the tool bar you see in this picture, download the SearchStatus bar free here . This bar also tells you whether the site you are on is a ‘do-follow’ or not. The best way to waste time is by posting links on a high Alexa no-follow site. A good thing to do is post comments on Alexa 1 million and below blogs, so google’s attention comes in the direction of your blog as well. Get the idea?

And three , get a diagnostic report on the health of your website in SEO terms by visiting www.websitegrader.com This is a phenomenal free service that runs a scan and exposes your blog’s skeleton, tissues, fat and everything in minutes. Consequently you know exactly what needs work. Visit the site now and say wow. You can even use it to know what your competition is doing right!

That said, I’ll wind this up here. Trust you have developed your gameplan for how to market online . Else click (<) for tips. If you find inputs like these useful, pop your details here and I’ll put you on a 30 day program to have you dancing on your ‘Malibu island’ online. No worry – I won’t share the list and don’t spam See you around!

Marketing online has grown faster than everything on the planet in the last 12 months. New people are finding markets online and business opportunities for marketing online are growing. So here’s a brief insider report on how to market online and tips on online marketing.

How to Market Online

For a beginner, online marketing is about using an hour or two everyday to make money online. How? Various ways. A post on how to do online business on this site explains. Broadly, you could:

Start selling products online : There are various training programs on internet business available to find your customers and connect with them. That is what web2.0 is about. Here’s a reliable program.

Be a marketing affiliate : In case you do not have any product to sell, you can represent some companies and learn to become an internet marketing professional. This book trains you at home .

Join an MLM company : Distribution of goods and services has gained a huge fillip with online connectivity. As MLM is about empowering consumers, opportunities in this area abound.

Run a lead marketing system : Anyone marketing online needs a training and operational system to be successful. Why? Because the systems available with corporations are not available to home business owners. So people who work at home must use systems that you could operate and/or market. In finance, online trading is an example. And here’s a customizable system for network marketers .

Get a data entry job : These are the type of offers companies make to outsource posting mails, filling forms, doing surveys, transcribing, writing, designing etc. Here you work from home but don’t really run an online marketing business.

That said, let’s look at some things you should know…

Tips on Online Marketing

To market online, knowledge of internet marketing is a must. This is possible to learn with a good coach. It is much like learning car driving. Once you learn well, you can drive any car on any road. Likewise you can market any product anywhere online!

However, since the online market has grown so fast, a lot of business offers have mushroomed. Not all are garbage, so here are 5 key questions to ask yourself:

1. In which of the 5 categories above is this offer? Do you want to pursue that category?
2. Is there a live person making you the offer from their website? Call them or search them on google / facebook and connect with them. Don’t just go by what friends recommend… they might not have done any background checking either.
3. Can you find at least 2 good references about the people and companies involved on the first page of google? There will be many ‘scam reviews’ by competitors, but a good internet marketing company will have at least 2 good reports on itself, right?
4. Is the opportunity customizable… meaning can you build YOUR reputation with it? If not, you might make some money but in the long run it won’t add up to much.
5. And finally, how much is the investment? Typically anything free is useless… as in real life so on the internet. However, an ideal investment would allow for a trial and a refund. Honest internet business people believe in winning trust above making money. Use that to your advantage!

In conclusion, there is a lot of money in online marketing . Learn how to tap into it and your own market online will always be up!

CarbonCopyPro, ranked among the top internet marketing education companies, based in USA, has established its leadership in India. Through CCPro’s India representatives Carbon Copy Pro is now in 162 countries worldwide enabling budding entrepreneurs to learn internet marketing as they work from home.

Home based business opportunities are many, especially on the internet, but Carbon Copy Pro’s online business model is unique. The company has a proven business system for anyone from corporate executives, college professors, teachers and work at home moms, to doctors, accountants, architects, business owners and corporate CEOs. Anyone can plug themselves into the online business system which operates at 3 levels.

The starting point (level 1) is the application kit which enables serious applicants only to be members of the ccpro community. For applicants a 30 day student program opens out online, to study the basics of web2.0 marketing. With the help of their business mentor they can develop their business strategy and internet marketing plan. Applying is a risk-free investment of about $50. If the application is disapproved the money is credited back. Also if the applicant is not satisfied with the student program online and / or the material received by courier, they can opt out with a refund.

Level 2 is where entrepreneurs can earn while they learn. With an investment of $500-700, Carbon Copy Pro and its affiliated companies issue materials to practically apply the internet marketing education using the ccpro business system known as Business-in-a-Box (BiB). A BiB owner learns to use internet to market any product worldwide. The BiB investment gives:

• a customized website with branded domain name
• access to top tier internet marketing coaches
• access to a huge online back office and support
• an automated site response management system
• a relationship and database management system
• access to over 500 man-years of online business techniques
• multiple streams of income through various affiliate products

The subscription to all these services is about $200 per month. Obviously revenue generation is substantially higher since Carbon Copy Pro’s entrepreneurs have found it a highly profitable business operating system since 5 years.

At level 3, the ccpro business owner can associate with WMI, Wealth Masters International, which is the world’s top-tier wealth education company. With the knowledge of internet marketing of the quality CarbonCopyPro delivers, its associates can market anything online. However WMI’s M1 consulting products  – in financial planning, tax planning, asset management, credit repair and associated areas – are in high demand in the current recessionary times.

WMI also arranges offline speaker conferences for specialized investing training, addressed by the who-who of global business and industry. These are M2 and M3 consultant engagements. It has a compensation plan for its associates that helps generate passive residual income through leadership empowerment without being a multi-level marketing plan. For any entrepreneur planning high return on investment, WMI’s M1 consulting status is the starting point. BiB is only preparatory. An appropriate investment outlay is $3000-4000.

Carbon Copy Pro internet marketing education and WMI’s financial planning products & services can be accessed at http://DoOnlineBusiness.com