> Richard -

> Well, it did and it didn't. Your concepts
> *can* be applied in some measure outside
> MLM. Those concepts are what a lot of
> affiliate programs are founded on. I may
> well offer an affiliate program once the
> products are done and selling well. But
> that's the issue. Getting the passive
> products done and feeding the bulldog at the
> same time. *g*

> On some of your other points. I followed
> your link to your test ad.

> 1. I'm very much a student of marketing.
> While I'm not an MLM'er for many of the
> reasons you mentioned in your ad, I'm
> willing to learn from anyone who knows what
> they're talking about. It seems you know
> what you're talking about from this post and
> from what I've heard and seen elsewhere.

> 2. I didn't know you were the brains behind
> "Dead Doctors." Even though I'm
> not an MLM'er, I do know that "Dead
> Doctors" did very well.

> 3. I very much identified with your story
> about quitting the "rat race" and
> how it affected your family. I think mine
> has just begun to forgive me for some of
> what happened as a result of my business
> misadventures a few years ago. Plus we're
> just starting to get back some financial
> stability. That's why I want these income
> streams in place. I want to plant the money
> seeds and let them grow like Robert Allen
> suggests. I don't want to worry about them
> if one of the streams dries up. I want
> another one to immediately take its place.

> 3. A tiny constructive criticism about your
> test ad. I was reading along identifying
> very much with your story, (even though I'm
> not an MLM'er *g*), and all of sudden I hit
> a bump. Here's the text I tripped over.

> (I surrounded your text with the
> =============.)

>
> =================================================
> So YOU need to be a product of your product,
> and so do your recruits. If your product
> doesn’t create passion, you won’t have a
> business for long, either.
>
> =================================================

> You had transitioned nicely into the
> "product for your product"
> section. That's when I hit the bump.
> I could see no logical segue from the
> "product for your product" section
> into the RQ section. Maybe it was
> intentional on your part but it was a bit
> confusing to me. *g*

>
> =================================================
> Fighting A “Marriage-Killer”

> Retire Quickly publishes an online course by
> a Chartered Financial Consultant, teaching
> business & personal finance management.
> Is it a product to get passionate about? You
> bet!

> What’s more important? Taking the best
> Vitamin C … or avoiding money stress in
> business & personal life? Financial
> stress is the #1 marriage killer in America.
> Get the finances healthy & the family
> will be more healthy, too.
>
> =================================================

> Thanks for giving me some things to think
> about.

> Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"