Dieing doesn’t have to Hurt the Environment – Enter Banana Coffins.

DENVER, CO – Ecoffins USA is an upandcoming new eco-firm – Sister company of The SAWD Partnership which is helping fuel the ‘green’ funeral movement in the UK.

Ecoffins unique product? Banana Coffins – no these aren’t for eating!

Banana coffins are quickly biodegradable taking six months to two years to biodegrade.

Joanna Passarelli the company’s Marketing Director says the company has sold $40,000 worth of eco-friendly coffins to funeral homes last year alone, and that number is sure to rise.

There are currently at least 14 funeral parlors that offer Ecoffins USAs products.

Passarelli said that “We either get an ‘Oh, my’ or ‘That’s very interesting’” one funeral director even commented saying “Wow, I guess you can go to hell in a handbasket now.”

Passarelli contends that bamboo and banana coffins, are better for the environment than cremation, but only science will tell us if that’s true.

Till then this is definitely an interesting product, and as a benefit if for some reason you’re buried alive like in some soap opera, where you’re only in a deep sleep – now you can eat the banana sheaves to stay alive.

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Why did you join this particular company?

I was laid off from my job, the economy is hard right now, and this is something I’ve always wanted to try.

Can you tell us the name of the company, you work for?

I’d be more than happy to tell anyone who’s interested in becoming a consultant or host. The company has a strict online advertising policy, and I don’t want to jeopardize my standings with the company, so I’d rather not announce it in this interview.

What kind of products does the company sell?

All kinds of gadgets, and tools for people who love to cook, such as: stoneware, knives, cookware, and even bamboo items for those interested in helping the environment.

What incentive is there for hosts to host shows with you?

Hosts can earn many lucretive benefits including upto $200 or more in free merchandise, major discounts on hot products, and much more. If you book a show in the next 30 days you get a free gift – just for booking!

Why would someone want to become an Independant Consultant, like yourself?
Well the money is pretty good. It’s not necessarily something that will make you rich up front, but working an extra 10-15 hours per month I’m able to make $600-$1,000 extra in monthly income. Which really helps pay the bills.

Most consultants work the business part time, as a way to supplement their income.

Consultants also receive many free rewards for reaching goals. As someone who loves cooking, this was just an obvious choice. I get to throw super fun parties, share my love for cooking, and show off some of the best kitchen gadgets ever created. Its hard to believe that I actually  get paid to socialize with a bunch of friends, and I get free kitchen products to boot.

What could be funner?!

Oh and best of all – We all have the opportunity to win a full expenses paid trip to Disney World in 2010!

This sounds pretty exciting – how does somebody become a consultant or host?

Just drop me an email, or phone call and I can go over the whole program!

Elka Curl
Elkacurl@gmail.com
(937)660-4950

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Fact#1 : Thousands are making money from Ebay Daily.

Fact #2: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to be an Ebay Powerseller!

Fact#3: No huge investment required to become an Ebay Master!

Fact#4: You can quit your full-time job in as little as 1 month!

Is Network Marketing a Viable Home Based Business?

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How does it stack up against Franchises, and other Small Businesses?

Right now the economy is in crisis, people are losing their jobs left and right. Now more than ever people are looking for an opportunity, they need to find a way to earn money immediately.

Before joining my network working company(MyWorldPlus), I researched many different home based business opportunities. The advantages of network marketing far outweigh any other home based businesses that are out there.

Here are just a few things that made network marketing stand out for me:

Business startup costs: In most traditional businesses and small businesses start up costs can be a bit daunting.

For instance franchises like McDonald’s are great businesses but they cost over $100,000 just to get started. On the other hand joining a reputable network marketing company, you’re looking at startup costs as low as $50 in some cases.

While some home-based businesses may also have low start up costs, there generally is a requirement to keep buying supplies and you will always have overhead. In network marketing you will need few supplies and hardly any overhead.

Business sales: In network marketing you are generally able to start making sales on the first day. With most network marketing companies you don’t even have to worry about taking payments customer enters in their own information into the company’s website and that’s about it.

Not only is order taking easy, but so is order fulfillment. Most network marketing companies handle all the packaging and delivery, so that you can spend most of your time making sales, signing up new distributors, and training your downline.

On the other hand if you’re in the business completely on your own, it is your responsibility to set up the system to take orders, process those orders, package your products, ship the products and many times even make the product. On top of all of these items you need to make the sale as well. If you can manage all that great, but most people with that lifestyle have no time for themselves or for their families.

In a traditional home-based business as your business grows your free time disappears. As your customer base increases you have to increase the amount of time and effort that you put into your business. For instance, if you own a cake decorating business it is exciting to get a new customer, each new customer means more time in the kitchen and less time doing the things that really matter in life.

Legal: Laws govern just about every business transaction, it’s important to make sure that your home business follows these laws. Most businesses you will have to pay to register your business, get insurance for your business, incorporate, file business license, etc. In network working if you choose a reputable company and follow their policies, you will generally be within the law.

But these are just a few of the reasons the network marketing is by and large the easiest and best way for a person to start their own home business and begin getting paid today.

If you’re ready to try Network Marketing, why not give MyWorldPlus a shot? Take a free Tour Today!

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ElfYourself 2008: 3 Days till ElfDay!

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Just a year ago OfficeMax debuted its highly successful holiday hit website: ElfYourself.com.

ElfYourself.com was a promotional viral video with a twist – users could upload their own pictures and create dancing elves to send to family and friends as e-cards.

Sounds pretty simple, eh? That simple site got over 100 million unique visitors throughout the 2 month campaign.

Enter Greg Spiridellis, CEO of JibJab Media. He saw ElfYourself and saw some great potential. ElfYourself.com resonated with him because it matched some of the offerings of JibJab which also lets people personalize e-cards with their own images.

Spiridellis looked up ElfYourself’s traffic stats in Quantcast and saw the following:

In the one month that ElfYourself.com debuted and got hammered it rivaled facebook in traffic, which is pretty darn extraordinary. JibJab’s ceo thought they could do it a few bits better. In Februar Greg Spiridellis cold-called the chief marketing office of OfficeMax proposing a partnership.

Under the partnership JibJab would create new dancing elves around its ‘Starring You’ platform. JibJab is planning not one but three different dances including: Disco Elves, Country Elves, and Jazz Elves.

They are also planning on capitalizing on the opportunity to sell digital downloads of the videos, and printed images on cards, mugs, mousepads, and more.

Elfyourself.com could turn from an expensive marketing ploy into a huge money-maker. OfficeMax agreed to JibJab’s proposal and is scheduled to relaunch in about 3 days.

[Source: TechCrunch] Disclaimer: I’m in no way being compensated for this post it’s purely an interesting blog post – however if you work for OfficeMax and would like to compensate me by all means drop me a message.

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How to Make your first Dollar in Network Marketing.

That first commission check is the most important in a Network Marketer’s life. It is the make or break of becoming successful.

Many Network Marketers say to themselves, if I could only make that first check, I know I could be successful.

The sad thing is most people never make it that far.

We all dream of being the epitome of success. We all dream of making $10,000 per month. To reach $10,000 monthly we must first meet $1,000 per month. Before we can reach $1,000 we must reach $100. Before we can reach $100 we must reach $1.

How do we get that first dollar?

With everything in life there’s a process. I’ve been in and out of Network Marketing for many years. I’ve never really had much success myself until 2008.

When we begin our network marketing career we lack the confidence to talk about our opportunity. I kept saying to myself: “Sure if we had a ferrari everyone would listen to me, but nobody is going to take me seriously in my crap car.”

I’ve wasted maybe 3 years of my life trying to be successful in many different programs. I say it was a waste, but instead perhaps it was just an education. One that I just hadn’t planned on.

You know, it actually took me 8 years to make my first dollar in Network Marketing?

During the 8 years I’ve made many changes in my life, I got married, I buckled down at a day job that I hated, but that I needed to pay the bills.

I’ve spent hundred on self-help materials thinking maybe I just don’t have the right mindset, people are being successful -what’s wrong with me. Why can’t I do it?

Enter Social Media.

In 2007-2008 I found a new business. Blogging. I first started out writing my blog, and monetizing with affiliate programs and ad networks like google adsense.

I made a few dollars here and there initially. Then I started getting more and more traffic. Eventually I was getting 40,000 hits per week.

It was about this time that I was introduced to MyWorldPlus. It was also about this time that things were tanking for the economy as well.

MyWorldPlus caught my eye because their powerline structure is extremely powerful as a marketing tool, and I saw this potential. However, the selling point wasn’t the commission structure, or the business opportunity – the seller was the product.

In order to make money, online or off, you must fulfill a need. Who became the richest during the gold rush – prospectors or the people who sold them their supplies?

Right now we aren’t in any goldrush by any stretch of imagination, but if you target your audience and focus on what they need,  you will win as those gold mining suppliers did.

Today the gold mine is helping people save money. It just so happens with this business opportunity you can also help them make money.

First let me talk about saving money.

MyWorldPlus is a savings card that lets you save money on goods and services that you would buy everyday. MyWorldplus also offers money-back from purchases at hundreds of stores. This card literally pays for itself each and every month.

Sure there’s a monthly fee but it’s nominal and the money saved is about 5-10 times what I’m actually spending.

In this crappy economy saving money is a gold mine, or helping people to live more frugal.

Now lets talk about The Opportunity.

MyWorldPlus is a great company where you can make money almost immediately – you’ll very likely receive downline members via the powerline, and you can receive a percentage of the global pool by only referring 3 members.

Some people only refer three people themselves and make decent income.

Back to earning your first dollar.

I joined MyWorldPlus and had a number of people placed below me before I even joined. I didn’t think I’d really make any money off these people. The first month though, I made a whopping $2.50 just off the people placed below me.

Now sure you say – $2.50 isn’t anything to get worked up over. When it comes to my failures in Network Marketing it was a LOT to get excited over. It was essentially my first $2.50 – after 8 years of trying.

I had my first taste of success, and I became an addict. I worked hard placing ads all over the place, posting in forums and putting the link in my signature, and blogging about it.

Now I have a loyal following of blog readers, and I didn’t want to bombard them with batant ads and make them stop following me. Some people have been burned out by Network Marketing before, and have an almost religious crusader attitude against all things Network marketing. I myself have always kept an open mind, believing that it was my own failure that was the issue – not the company.

Having learned many things in my 8 year marketing experience, blogging and social media was the biggest catalyst. I have learned how to build a following.

The key to success is learning to build relationships. It’s all about relationship marketing – it always has been – it just so happens that social media and social networks make it a lot easier in this day and age to build relationships.

Some other tips to successful relationship building via Blogging:

1. You absolutely must master twitter – of all social networks right now Twitter is the best. While you’re at it – why not follow me on twitter.
2. Be conversational – @reply to a lot of people on topics related to your niche – it will make you stand out as an authority. A good tool to see conversations related to a certain topic, and reply is monitter. Just enter some search terms and it will show live twitter results for those keywords.
3. Participate in online forums. Some of the best forums are forums for work at home moms. The members are very active and they’re usually more friendly and honest than a business opportunity forum. Also they’re a lot less spammy.
4. Write like your life depends on it. The bottom line to successful blogging is the more content, the more traffic. Period. That is the biggest secret – to be truly successful you should be writing at least 3 blog posts daily.

Lastly – Never give up – your time will come and if it takes longer than you are hoping then you will be that much more grateful and thankful when it does. Never give up hope.

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Today I’m gonna review a new product on the market called “Commission Blueprint” which was created by Steve Clayton and Tim Godfrey.

Commission Blueprint is a training program on how to maximize affiliate profits using Clickbank and Google adwords.

The authors of the program state that the couse is a “no-holds barred step by step course showing every last secret” that they know.

The product consists of a one time $77 charge for 14 videos and more than 3 ebooks that provide extensive details and examples of the more technical material discussed in the program.

The second part of the product is a $67 a month membership site that the authors promise will continue to provide more training on maximizing affiliate profits. The membership site includes some nice resources such as templates, and sample landing pages for marketing campaigns.

A $4.95 trial membership is being offered to those who purchase the video package.

I highly recommend at least trying out the monthly membership, and definitely putting everything you got into making this video series work for you.

I’ve been using a lot of the same techniques myself for years, and have learned many more techniques that are making me a lot more money than I was before.

The Creators of Commission BluePrint:

Steve Clayton is an expert in marketing and technology and has served as VP for a fortune 500 company in Burlington, NC. Steve currently manages over a million dollars in adwords campaigns each year.

Tim Godfrey is an internet marketer who has been successful in the health and golf niches, and has run a very profitable online gambling site.

Commission BluePrint: Product.

The 14 Videos are narrated by Steve Clayton. There are over three hours of video explanations that show how Steve was able to become a super affiliate with Clickbank.

The product teaches step by step training on how to find the bst clickbank products and what you need to do to milk the products for every nickel and dime.

The videos start out a little slow, but by the end they cover a gold mine of information. Be sure to have a pen and paper handy to take some detailed notes.

Some of the topics covered include:

Keyword Research:

How to find 4-6 products and test them for profitability. Also an overview of the different statistics and definitions related to clickbank and adwords.

Domain Names and Hosting:

Choosing the right domain and hosting plan.

Creating Landing Pages:

How to setup and build good looking, high converting landing pages.

Managing Adwords Campaigns:

How to combine the statistics from adwords and clickbank to manage keyword ad campaigns. Steve also covers how to determine which keywords are producing and which aren’t.

Scaling your Affiliate Business:

Steve explains here how to increase your daily commissions, and optimize bids to increase profitability. Steve also explains when to copy your campaign over to msn and yahoo.

Steve also explains when to use email campaigns or JV with other marketers, how and when to use SEO, how to use opt-in pages, and how to create Thank You pages.

Cash Flow:
This section explains how clickbank pays out its commissions, so you can budget your money to better manage your adwords campaigns. Steve also explains why it may be beneficial to get a tax advisor or accountant.

What I liked Best:
Overall the information was very well organized and very thorough. Each part was presented in a logical method and order.

I enjoyed videos 3-14 the most as they contained the most useful information for me personally. I also enjoyed the free templates, and attractive opt-in page template which all looked very professional.

What I didn’t like:

The video takes a little bit of time to get to the real meat and potatoes so to speak, but once it hits ya, a major lightbulb comes on and you can start making some really decent money almost overnight.

I give this product a high mark, and definitely recommend trying it out for yourself.

Purchase Commission Blueprint Now!

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Everyone would love to work from home. In a troubled economy, many may even be forced to find a way to earn a living on their own terms.

Here’s a list of 26 great home business ideas to start.

1. Tutoring. Tutoring is a good recession proof home based business. Men, women, and children will always be going to school, and many need help to bring their grades up. You can advertise your tutoring business at schools, ymca’s, recreation centers, libraries, etc. If you have children – you can network with teachers in your area to build your business.
2. Yoga instructor. If you love yoga, you can make a decent living teaching yoga to the community. There are a number of great resources online depending upon which school of yoga you would like to teach. The Yoga Alliance web site is a great place to get started finding out about yoga schools, certification, insurance, etc…
3. Home Inspection. Get paid decent money to inspect homes. Find out more about getting certified as a home inspector at the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors.
4. Remodeling. If you know your way around a tool-box, and are a good carpenter or contractor, then remodeling may be the business for you. The SBA provides loans to experienced contractors looking to renovate homes in order to sell them.
5. Interior Design. Have an eye for design? Perhaps this is the perfect career for you.The American SOciety of Interior Designers provides resources for those aspiring to become interor designers, including state requirements.
6. Horse Riding School. If you have the barn, land, and horses this is a great business to start. Equisearch.com is a great starting point with resources and articles on Horse Riding Schools.
7. Cleaning Service. Professional cleaners are always in need, especially for offices and small businesses. Two good cleaning franchises to look up are: CleanNet-USA and JaniKing.
8. Computer repair. If you’re the one people call when they have a computer problem, then this is a great business for you. Two great franchise opportunities include Geeks on Call America, and Rescuecom.
9. Personal Shopper. If you have a flair for shopping, and an eye for people’s personal styles you can offer your services to those less inclined. You may also provide a gift shopping service for those too busy to shop themselves.
10. Personal Trainer. This is a great job that pays very well for those who are fitness minded, there is a certification process for this job, to find out more check out the National Federation of Professional Trainers.
11. Medical and legal transcription. If you have the skills and equipment, you can easily work from home for a variety of transcription companies. Check local colleges for transcription training courses.
12. Web Design. If you’re good with graphics and building web sites, you might want to give a shot at going professional.
14. Medical Claims Billing. This is industry is a huge work-from-home business.
15. Accounting. There are many opportunities and franchise possibilities for certified public accountants. If you’re interested in becoming certified take a look at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for information on state requirements.
16. Business Coach. Have experience with management, or business development, or another specialized business skill? Share it by becoming a business coach. Feel free to check out the International Coach Federation provides certification and a referral service for it’s members.
17. Consulting. Are you a self-proclaimed expert? Why not start a consulting business?
18. Desktop Publishing. Are brochures, flyers, and newsletters your thing? You can offer your own desktop publishing services to small businesses in your area.
19. Photography. If you are photographically inclined, or gifted with a camera – you can open your own photography studio. You will need to have space enough to shoot the pictures, as well as really good equipment and photo processing software.
20. Catering or Personal Chef. If you love to cook this is a great business. You can also set yourself apart from the competition by focusing on a style like low-carb cooking, or vegetarianism. Catering does require a ‘food establishment’ license, and a commercially equipped kitchen that meets all state and federal health requirements.
21. Gift Baskets. Gift basket building and delivery is a great home business to start, you can sell your services to individuals and businesses.
22. Wedding Planner. If you’re skilled at organizing events, and designing parties. Wedding planning may be a great opportunity for you. Having a Rolodex full of contacts will make you even more successful in this field. There are numerous online certification courses including one from Weddings Beautiful.
23. Concierge. This is a great high energy business for those who are great multi-taskers.
24. Custom Jeweler. Designing custom jewelry can be a lot of fun,and extremely lucrative. Make sure to always wear your own creations to gain new business.
25. Carpet cleaning service. There are many great franchises that allow you to start your own carpet cleaning business. ServiceMaster Clean, and ChemDry are two of the biggest.
26. Home Child-care service. If you love children, and are good handling children this is a great popular home based business.

These are some of the best traditional home-based businesses, but one that I left out is Network Marketing, which is still a very viable method of earning money. If you’d like to try an easy, affordable home based business why not give MyWorldPlus a shot. I Highly recommend it! Read my blog post about it: “8 Reasons why MyWorldPlus is the perfect business in a down economy..”

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MyworldPlus – The perfect recession-proof business.

Fact: More and more people are losing their jobs. American express announced today that they are going to be cutting 7,000 jobs.

With this economic climate it’s scary. People are afraid – you may think your job is secure, but find out next week that you were wrong.

Of course I hope Barack Obama can fix things when he gets in, but that won’t be till January – and the whole next year may be worse than it is now.

Why did I start my network marketing business (MyWorldPlus)? I’ve been researching an opportunity for quite awhile, I’ve looked at several.

5 major reasons why I joined MyWorldPlus:

Reason #1: The product. The product is a card that saves you money at hundreds of thousands of stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, etc… you also can receive cash back on purchases at over 600 online stores. These are stores that you would be shopping at anyway like target, sears, etc..

Reason #2: The cost: The monthly cost of running this business is less than $20. That’s less than the cost of a nice dinner out with my wife. However, when you add the savings from the discount card, it practically pays for itself.

Reason #3: The easy system: Their system is as easy as pie. You can give it a try before you buy so to speak.  I was already in profit before I joined the company thanks to their powerline structure. I had 134 paid members below me – before I even joined! The system is easily duplicated.

Reason #4: The upline support: The upline members are top-notch. They hold weekly trainings, and really know how to build this business. I can pick my sponsor’s brain anytime I want to, and that’s what I like about this business.

Reason #5: Easy qualification for big money: Myworldplus has an easy plan to promote. All you need to receive the first pool is 3 personally enrolled active members – which I can easily help you with, and teach you how to do.

I highly recommend you giving the plan a try – it’s free to try out the system. I’m absolutely positive you will like what you see.

3 reasons why this business is perfect in a slowing economy:

1. People are hurting for money – helping them save money is like putting more money in their pocket.

2. Building a home business is a recession proof way to build job security. Wouldn’t it be nice to be earning just an extra $1000 per month every month – that could weather the storm if you did lose your job?

3. Many people are living lives of desperation right now. This could be their salvation. You could help a single mom get back on her feet by offering this business to them, you could help one of the million plus people who’ve lost their jobs this year.

I’m not saying this just to get you to join my team – I know that things are hard, they are hard at my home too, I’ve lost a job back in May, and know what it’s like.

Give MyWorldPlus a shot, I’m positive you won’t regret it!

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I want to own my own Pizza Restaurant, I have the theme worked out, and some unique twists here and there that will make it unlike any Pizzeria in the world.

It will be a pizza place for a new generation. The Web2.0 of Pizza.

Why? I can’t really divulge, someone might steal my ideas, but I can say that it’s no small thing that I want to build.

This is why I’m using the secret, this is why I’m here, tapping into the Law of Attraction, to build my Pizza Chain, w/ the perfect pizza and the yummiest wings you ever tasted, honey barbecue, and sweet hawaiian teriyaki.

I can taste it now… My first big manifestation, is going to be enough to open my own Pizza store. I’ve done some research and designed a business plan, and I believe I can do it for roughly $20,000 which includes some working capital for advertising and marketing, and wages.

Stay tuned for a related MEmE.

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