Alan R. Bechtold has released the latest issue of ‘E-Wealth Report’ newsletter. This featured article is titled “What Should You Be Doing Right Now?”. [E-Wealth Report]


Alan Bechtold’s latest ‘E-Wealth Report’ newsletter article:

What Should You Be Doing Right Now?

Last night, I broadcast another one of my new Breakfast With Alan Ustream online TV shows. As usual, it was a LOT of fun.

This time around, it was even more fun, because I wound up outlining a set of steps we can all take right now, to ensure our financial futures. I didn’t plan it that way – it’s just the way my discussion, between video clips, turned out.

Effectively, here’s what I said – please comment if you agree or have a different take on things (or – heck – even if you agree!):

Right now, I’m hearing reports that sales are down, even in the home business opportunity market (a major category of Internet marketing, among other disciplines). Ordinarily, economic downturns actually INCREASE sales in the home business opportunity market.

Not this time.

This time, things are so dramatic and so much larger than ever before that poeple are more worried than ever. Worried people hang onto their cash, taking a “wait and see” attitude before they start spending again.

As I pointed out on my show, this creates a natural pent-up desire to buy.

Most people WANT to buy. But, this desire is being held in check by many people right now. It’s human nature.

Ask yourself – are YOU holding off on purchases and thinking through what you buy right now? If you’re not sitting on a large reserve of cash, you probably should think that way for the time being.

People love to spend money. Who doesn’t? Even when we’re fearful and holding back, the desire is there. And it generally gets stronger the longer we wait.

So – what are we to do when sales are down, while we’re waiting for them to again climb?

First – look at what IS selling. See if you can find products that people are still buying right now. After all, money is still changing hands. People are still buying things. They’re just being much more cautious about what they buy right now.

Find something that fits inside that “caution zone” and you’ll still be making sales.

One thing I’ve seen reported by my colleagues is a decided uptick in the sales of lower-priced items. Do you have some low-cost or even free products you haven’t been promoting much lately?

Now could be the perfect time to roll them out BIG-TIME.

Look at this period in our economic history as a time for building. Set up some GREAT free offers and low-cost products to attract new buyers. Even in these tough times, people are still spending money – they’re just a lot more reluctant to cough up hundreds or even thousands.

Use them to build a list, then build your rapport with that list.

Then, when things turn around – and they WILL eventually turn around – you’ll be positioned to rake in some nice fat sales and profits when your list is ready to release that pent-up desire to buy.

This is also the perfect time to hunker down and learn new skills, or to create new products. We all know we should be doing this anyway, but right now, while sales are down, you could use the additional time to build up for when the dam breaks.

Still, without cash flow, hunkering down might not be an option. That’s why you also need to build in those low-cost items that WILL sell.

If you’re also conserving cash, this is also a great time to go back to the basics that I teach most of my clients when we’re just getting started. Focus on traffic generation techniques that take time rather than money, including (but not limited to):

* Social Networking
* Online Classified Ads
* Article Marketing
* Teleseminars
* Online Videos

One other option, of course, is to find another product that’s selling and apply your marketing savvy to make it sell.

I’ve found one product I believe is absolutely perfect. So far, the response from people I’ve been selling it to has been nothing short of phenomenal. I mentioned it last time around – but here’s a link to the first call I did promoting this absolutely ideal product:

http://www.BreakfastWithAlan.com/mattress

I’ll tell you up-front this is a network marketing company. I’ll also tell you up-front that, normally, that fact makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Most network marketing companies are built to primarily benefit the owners. They create a thing called “breakage” – hoops you have to jump through month after month to “qualify” for the commissions you’ve earned. Because most companies build their pay structure so that breakage falls into the owners’ pockets, I don’t like most network marketing companies.

This company has designed their payout structure so that ALL commissions due are paid to representatives somehow. First – you only have to qualify once, then you STAY qualified. Second – if you ever fail to qualify in any given week for whatever reason, commissions you would have earned from that qualification move UP to the person who brought you in. Or to the person above THEM, if they no longer qualify.

Most network marketing companies hold onto your money as long as they can, delaying payouts of commissions for sometimes up to 60 days. This is yet another reason why I don’t like most network marketing companies.

This company pays every seven days by automatic bank deposit! I was paid my first commission within three days of signing up. Seven days later, another commission. Every seven days thereafter? Still more!

And it’s growing QUICKLY.

This means you can literally join this company, promote the opportunity and product to your list, and pocket your first commissions within 7-10 days.

Finally, most network marketing companies sell products that almost no one would ever really want to buy, unless they were forced to buy them to qualify for commissions. Because they force you to buy cases of juices and auto-shipped junk month after month just to stay qualified, I don’t like most network marketing companies.

The product I found, however, is truly needed by anyone who owns or rents a home or who drives a car. It’s a membership that saves you tons of money, then gives EVERY DIME you paid in back if you stay in ten years, 50% if you stay in five (you don’t HAVE to stay in, but if you do…ALL or HALF your money back).

Think of the ramifications of THAT!

A product that fits in your back pocket and you’ll be glad to have, that also generates loads of cash and includes a solid incentive for everyone who joins under you to stay with the program for five to ten years.

VERY easy to sell AND profitable.

But – don’t take my word for it. Check out the call I held where I was joined by my sponsors and we walk through the entire thing. It’s literally awesome.

I honestly believe you’ll decide, like I did, that this is ONE time when you can make an exception and give a network marketing opportunity a try. What you know about Internet marketing can be applied to this opportunity, building huge revenue without talking to anyone if you don’t want to.

If you’ve ever been in any other network marketing companies before, you’ll immediately see what I mean when you give the call a listen.

http://www.BreakfastWithAlan.com/mattress

I’m building my team five wide and infinite levels deep. I hope to do 100 members this month and 50 per month ongoing. Get in now and you’ll get people placed uner you by me automatically. Period.

The sooner you get in, the more people I’ll put under you. The way I’m building my downline (and the way I’ll show YOU how to build YOUR downline) is the absolute best way to maximize every dime that my downline earns, increasing MY earnings because of the 100% matching bonuses, so I truly make more money helping my downline make more money.I’ve simply never seen anything like this before.

Next – don’t forget to check out the latest edition of my Breakfast With Alan online TV show now.

http://www.BreakfastWithAlan.com

The show features screencasting expert Lon Naylor, impact master and best-selling author Ken McArthur, blogging expert and best-selling author Deborah Micek, the “Godfather of Internet marketing,” best-selling author Mark Joyner – and much more!

I’m sure you’ll enjoy it and there is no cost.

– Alan R. Bechtold, author, Will Work for Fun: 3 Simple Steps to Turning Any Hobby or Interest Into Cash

and…

Co-Producer and star of The FUNdamental You!

‘E-Wealth Report’ Newsletter

*IMNewswatch would like to thank Alan Bechtold for granting permission to reprint the latest article.

Sharing is caring