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WEEKLY OPPORTUNITY CALLS IN FULL SWING...

Don't forget to involve your new prospects in our two weekly business opportunity calls. Get them to the calls and let our top Seasilver distributors make the presentation for you!

This should be a primary recruiting tool for you. The most successful distributors understand the technique of "promoting the event". The "event" is always the next opportunity call. If you get into the habit of promoting the next event to all of your prospects... your sponsoring will skyrocket!

Here is the schedule for the free weekly opportunity conference calls...


Opportunity Calls:
Each week we will be doing 2 Opportunity Calls. Get
your business opportunity prospects on these calls
should be the prime focus right now of your recruiting.
These calls will be on Tuesday and Thursday at 10 pm
EST. We will be following each opportunity call with a
short Quick Start training

Number: 512-305-4655PIN#: 59952#

SEASILVER CUSTOMER NOTICE REMOVED...

GREAT NEWS... The requirement for the "customer notice" has now been removed from all online and offline ordering mechanisms. All third-party telephone ordering systems have been notified that the notice is no longer required and the notice has been removed from the company telephone systems and the company websites.

This is fabulous news! If you have existing distributors who own retail stores, healthcare & fitness centers, or any other retail outlet, they can now resume sales without any bothersome notices to worry about.

In addition... you can now resume your sales and sponsoring activities to potential retail store outlets.

Your own retail sales of Seasilver can be accomplished without the need for any signed retail forms and notices.


WE'RE BACK! :-)

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CORPORATE AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE CALLS TOMORROW...

Don't forget the Corporate Conference Call tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 6th, 2003) and the Opportunity Call by Brett Rademachers group.

Conference calls are set for every Tuesday starting at
6:00 PM PST (NOT EST). Please call one of the
following numbers:

212-990-8000
646-519-5860
646-519-5800
347-534-1700

You will be asked to enter a 4 digit PIN number: 7063.

Each call is recorded and made available for playback
by calling 212-461-8600.

The information is also located here:
http://www.seasilver.com/corp/corpcall.html

Opportunity Calls
Each week we will be doing 2 Opportunity Calls. Get
your business opportunity prospects on these calls
should be the prime focus right now of your recruiting.
These calls will be on Tuesday and Thursday at 10 pm
EST. We will be following each opportunity call with a
short Quick Start training

Number: 512-305-4655PIN#: 59952#

SEASILVER LITERATURE REPLACEMENT...

If you call Seasilver Customer Care at 1-800-299-8256 NOW and tell them you need your replacement literature they will ship immediately.

I emphasize doing this immediately...because this is going to be announced on the corporate conference call tomorrow (Tuesday)... and once it is announced Customer Care is going to be inundated with calls, making it very difficult to get through.

THE "SENIOR" RESOURCE...


Seventy percent of workers who have not yet retired report that they plan to work into their retirement years or never retire, and almost half say they envision working into their 70s or beyond.

Source: AARP


What does this mean to a network marketer? With the ever growing population of senior citizens in the U.S., there is a wellspring of potential prospects for your MLM business opportunity. The added factor that the senior market is the fastest growing segment of the population who is embracing the internet... adds icing to this cake--especially for health and wellness products and services.

How do you reach online seniors? Try SeniorNET... http://www.seniornet.org

PROSPERITY...


If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain.

If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.

If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.
- Chinese Proverb

HOW THE NATIONAL "DO NOT CALL LIST" COULD BE A GOOD THING FOR YOU...

Here is an interesting article on how to turn the national "Do Not Call" list into a lead generation system:


http://tinyurl.com/pb9m

THE POWER OF "THANK YOU"...

When is the last time you sent a "thank you" note to your customer base?

Nothing fancy required... just a simple thank you note that you can pick up at any Walmart or stationery store.

Customers are buried in bills, invoices, dunning notices, solicitations, etc. A small personal note of thanks goes a long way to establishing you as a caring person to do business with... and will result in increased customer retention... and continued business. That translates directly to PROFITS FOR YOU.

Try doing a quarterly mail out program to your customers... include something useful like a pen, keychain, small calendar... with your contact info "courtesy of" and your "thank you for your business" message. Make sure you include your business card with each mailing.

You will notice an immediate increase in your customer retention rate... and an increase in referrals!

ADAPTABILITY... THE KEY TO MARKETING SUCCESS IN TODAYS WORLD...

Being successful in todays marketing environment means being flexible enouth to adapt to changing conditions.
We are indundated with advertising and marketing messages that compete for our attention...each one of us is bombarded by 3,500 marketing messages per day?

That's 24,500 advertisements per week.... 1.27 Million Advertising messages per year... and growing!

In order to cut through the clutter you need to fall back on some tried and true methods that capture a prospects attention. The trusty old telephone gets you one-on-one with your potential new customer or distributor.

Other more direct ways of reaching your prospects are wise strategy also... try sending more direct mail letters, post cards, etc. Get the prospect involved with your materials and you will carve out a bit of mindshare that you might not gain with online techniques.

THE ONLY ONES WHO LOSE... ARE THOSE WHO QUIT...

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

-- Thomas A. Edison

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CALL TODAY...

There will be an opportunity call Tuesday and Thursday this week at 10 pm EST.


Number: 512-305-4655, PIN#: 59952#

CORPORATE CONFERENCE CALL TODAY...

Don't forget the Seasilver Corporate Conference call TODAY...

Conference calls are set for every Tuesday starting at

6:00 PM PST (NOT EST). Please call one of the following numbers:


212-990-8000

646-519-5860

646-519-5800

347-534-1700


You will be asked to enter a 4 digit PIN number: 7063.

Each call is recorded and made available for playback by calling 212-461-8600.


The information is also located here: http://www.seasilver.com/corp/corpcall.html

SEASILVER LITERATURE TIP...

Seasilver intends to ship a replacement of literature for all distributors who have ordered literature after April 1st, 2003. However, there is no published timeline for this to occur.

I strongly recommend that you order a supply of literature NOW. Do NOT wait on the literature replacement program. You need literature now in order to get your sponsoring and sales programs back in full swing.

According to Seasilver, literature is now stocked in all warehouses and available for immediate shipment. Call-in your order today to: 1-800-299-8256 and get a supply of the new literature shipped to you ASAP!

When the replacement order is finally shipped it will just be icing on the cake.

GREAT PEOPLE VS EVERYONE ELSE...


The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.

The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing.
-- Michael Gerber

TEMPORARY EMAIL CHANGE...

I am experiencing some email issues due to forgetting to renew several domains before the deadline. I expect these to reconcile themselves by this weekend. In the meantime, please use the following email address to contact me should the need arise:


kaubizAThialoha.net

Note: I am using AT instead of the @ symbol in order to eliminate the spam harvesters from grabbing this email address.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POOR AND BROKE...


Being broke is a temporary condition.

Being poor is a mental attitude.

There is no shame in being broke...but to accept being poor is to resign from life."

BACK IN THE SADDLE...

Well, the move went as well as any move can be expected go. Lots of confusion, disorganization, hard work, and aching muscles.

I am back in the saddle again... back online, and cranking. While I was in the throes of the move I managed to sponsor two more Seasilver distributors into our SuccessWithSeasilver Team. :-) Nice to be building again!

According to last weeks Corporate Conference Call all the past bonus checks have been paid, new literature is shipping, a new video is on the horizon warehouses are stocked, and new product is flying out the door.

We are close to full reconciliation of all issues and the future looks GREAT!

Over the next few weeks you will see a lot of new content appearing on the www.MaxxMLM.com site so make sure you check in every few days and read the new materials and tap into the new resources. We're "ramping up" quickly now as we are headed into the best time of the year for MLM activity and sponsoring. The kids are back in school, cooler weather is hitting the U.S. mainland, folks are spending more time indoors and on the internet. The end of the year holidays are just around the corner...and folks are needing more money. Corporate downsizing is still on a rampage... and people realize that "if it is to be...it is up to ME".

All in all... we have a lot to be thankful for. I for one am re-energized, re-newed, & re-invigorated, and totally enthusiastic about Seasilver!!! This is going to be a fantastic ride over the next few months.

INSPIRATION OR DESPERATION-?

"We generally change ourselves for one
of two reasons: inspiration or desperation."
-- Jim Rohn

How to get prospects to join 10 minutes before your
meeting starts... or on the telephone...by "Big Al" Schriter

One of the most requested forms from my SuperSponsoring Workshops was the form I used to get prospects pre-sold, leaning forward, and wanting desperately for the meeting to offer a way for extra income.


Many prospects who filled out the form wanted to join even before the opportunity meeting started.


I think you could even use this form on telephone calls. Simply ask the prospect the three simple questions on the
form, and wait for the prospect to say:


"I sure hope your opportunity can solve my problem."


Would you like a copy of this form to use for your business?


Just download this free form at:


http://www.fortunenow.com/freetraining/3questions.htm

HURRICANE... ALL CLEAR..:-)

WE DODGED THE BULLET... after a tense night of watching the pathway of Hurricane Jimena alter itself several times, we ended up with nothing more than some heavy rains and winds. The brunt of the storm slid further south than expected. Thanks for all your messages of concern.

Thom

COMPANY CONFERENCE CALL ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 2nd, 2003...

Don't forget about the company conference call on this coming Tuesday.

Conference calls are set for every Tuesday starting at
6:00 PM PST (NOT EST). Please call one of the
following numbers:

212-990-8000
646-519-5860
646-519-5800
347-534-1700
You will be asked to enter a 4 digit PIN number: 7063.

Each call is recorded and made available for playback
by calling 212-461-8600.

The information is also located here:
http://www.seasilver.com/corp/corpcall.html

HURRICANE ON THE BIG ISLAND?....

I have received a number of concerned calls about the prospects of a hurricane hitting the Big Island.

First, let me thank each of you who has shown concern for my safety and well being... it is very heart warming.

As it stands now hurricane Jimena is headed straight for the Big Island with sustaining winds of 100+ miles per hour. This could change directions or speeds very quickly so it is really too early to tell what, if any, problems this might generate for those of us who live here. If it does hit, and we go offline, it could be days before we are back online.

For those of you who would like to track the storm online you may do so at: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/hnl/cphc/pages/cphc.shtml

LIVE TELECONFERENCE TRAINING, TUESDAY...

Dani Johnson will be doing a LIVE Teleconference training for us this Tuesday Sept. 2nd at 10pm EST:


Number: 512-305-4655


PIN#: 59952#

Sample of Dani Johnson Training...

“How to turn customers into distributors, how to make
people fall in love with you, how to increase your
reorder ratios, live roll play, motivating referrals,
script to turn existing customers into distributors”

Listen here:

http://www.danijohnson.com/members/index.html

username: freedom

password: now

JUMP START TRAINING FOR SEASILVER DISTRIBUTORS...

JUMPSTART Training Seminar in Carlsbad, CA on August 23rd.

Dani Johnson is one of the most dynamic generic
trainers in the network marketing industry. And she has
been most gracious to offer a power packed seminar for
us.

Event Date & Time:

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 9:00 am
to 9:00 pm
Location: Carlsbad, CA - Olympic Resort & Spa
6111 El Camino Real
(760) 438-8330

Fee: 1 FULL day--reduced fee of ONLY $50 per person!

For more details click the link below:

http://www.myseawealth.com/seminars/index.html
If you are spending the night, rooms are $99 per single
and $109 for a double. Tell reservations you are with
the Seasilver group

NEW FAX RULES COULD CREATE PROBLEMS FOR MARKETERS...

Network Marketers shoud be aware of new fax regulations scheduled to take effect August 25th, 2003. Under the new regulations, a business will be required to have a signed permission form on hand prior to faxing a recipient. Penalties for violating these new regulations range from $500 to $11,000 per fax.


If you market by fax, please take these new regulations into account, and revise their marketing plans accordingly.


The American Society of Association Executives is leading a grassroots campaign to stop these new regulations from taking effect. For further information, please visit the link below:


http://capwiz.com/asae/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=2957766


For more detailed background information, you may also visit www.legalfax.org.

SEASILVER ALCOHOL CONTENT...

According to an answer that I got regarding the alcohol content of Seasilver (attributed to Bela Berkes), the alcohol content of Seasilver is .76 percent. That is... slightly over 3/4th of one percent.

Consumers suffering from the disease of alcoholism are cautious about any product which contains over 1 percent alcohol. This puts Seasilver about 25% UNDER the one percent concern level.

Remember, that we cannot make medical claims for Seasilver... so we can not, and should not, state that Seasilver is safe for alcoholics.

What we can say is that Seasilver contains ".76 percent alcohol". The consumer will have to make his/her own decision regarding the use of the product.

SEASILVER CORPORATE CONFERENCE CALLS...

Seasilver Conference Call

Conference calls are set for every Tuesday starting at 6:00 PM PST. Please call one of the following numbers:

212-990-8000
646-519-5860
646-519-5800
347-534-1700
You will be asked to enter a 4 digit PIN number: 7063.

Each call is recorded and made available for playback by calling 212-461-8600.

EXCITING NEW SALES AIDS FOR SEASILVER...AVAILABLE NOW...

Here are some excerpts from the F.A.Q. regarding NEW marketing materials:


"We are in the process of completing new marketing materials - Product Brochure; Success System brochure; and 44 page 4-color photo essay booklet entitled "Decade of Dedication". These materials will be available the week of August 4 - samples will be sent out to all Business Builders and we will be able to immediately fill all orders. For now, these materials are the only marketing materials approved by the Company. If you ordered sales materials from the Company on or after April 1, we will automatically replace these materials with new ones at no charge. No action is required by you- we will do it automatically."

" The New Video Tour of the Company's facilities- "Feel the Spirit"- will be available for purchase next week. The Company is also developing radio and television commercials that will be available to distributors in the next 30 days. "

NEW SEASILVER CORPORATE F.A.Q...

As promised in last Tuesday's corporate conference call, Seasilver has posted a F.A.Q. for Business Associates on the corporate website. Here is the direct url: http://www.seasilver.com/corp/faq_ba.html

I strongly recommend that every distributor read the F.A.Q. in it's entirety. There is some very positive information in it.

SPONSORING JUST ONE PERSON PER MONTH...

Here is some dramatic food for thought on the sponsoring process.... Can you sponsor one person on your first level every month for a year? Can you train your team how to duplicate that effort?

If so... you will end the year with over 4,000 in your downline.

Now... carry this out a bit further... if all 4,000 of your downline are case qualified, how much do you think you will be making at the end of the year?

How simple can it get folks?

FEEL + FELT + FOUND ...

TRAINING: One of the smoothest and most disarming methods of handling a prospects concerns (objections) is the simple use of the FEEL... FELT... FOUND... dialogue. It can be applied to almost any situation. Indeed, it is a universal technique used by some of the top salespeople and negotiators throughout the world. Here's how it goes:


The customer has just voiced a concern about business opportunity scams or pyramid schemes... or any one of a hundred other possible concerns...

"John, I know how you FEEL.

I FELT that way once myself.

But, I FOUND something very different here... I'm not saying it is for you... but it is something I have lost sleep over just thinking about the possibilities...and I would like your opinion of it...."

(Note: The FEEL and FELT phrasing is always the same as above... the FOUND dialogue is customized to the situation.)

I once overheard an old mentor of mine using this exact technique with his teenage daughter and it worked like a dream. You see... this simple technique can be used in almost all human interactions. It is especially useful when making presentations... because it is such a logical and un-emotional method of directing a conversation to go where you want it to go.

Try it... you'll be amazed at how effective it is.

NEW SEASILVER LITERATURE...

New literature is being produced for Seasilver and is expected to be available on or about Monday August 4th, 2003. The new booklet is a multi-page, four-color, piece. Each distributor will be mailed a copy of the new material.

According to the information stated on this evenings corporate call, anyone who has ordered company sales literature in the past few months will have that literature replaced with the new materials. It will be shipped automatically on the basis of sales records from the company.

The company instructs that all old sales literature must be either returned to the company... or destroyed. Do NOT use any of your old brochures, or other literature.

F.A.Q. TO BE POSTED AT CORPORATE WEB SITE...

A new F.A.Q [Frequently Asked Questions] page will be loaded to the corporate website [ www.seasilver.com ] in the next day or so. It will cover many of your questions regarding the new operational standards, processes, and policies that govern the Seasilver re-start.

SEASILVER CORPORATE CONFERENCE CALL EACH TUESDAY...

Seasilver corporate plans to hold a company wide conference call each Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM, [PST]. The call will last approximately 30 minutes and will cover matters of importance to the distributor network.

You can access the conference call by dialing any of the numbers listed below:

212-990-8000
646-519-5860
646-519-5800
347-534-1700

Distributor PIN (attendees) 7063

You may submit questions to the company at: http://www.seasilver.com/corp/corpcall.html. Questions will either be answered individually or covered on the next conference call when possible.

MAJOR FRONT PAGE EXPOSE OF THE FTC/FDA ATTACK ON SEASILVER...

Aloha...

Media Bypass Magazine www.mediabypass.com is publishing a major analysis and article on the recent FDA/FTC attack on Seasilver. The article is titled: "Sharks Circle Seasilver".

Seasilver will be on the FRONT COVER of the August 2003 issue. The article will deeply analyze the various agendas of the parties involved and clarify a lot of issues surrounding this situation. I spoke with the editor/publisher of Media Bypass and the article will be very sympathetic with the company and the distributor network.

I am buying several cases of the magazines [ 90 copies per single case for $100.--shipped free] for distribution to my distributors, customers and new prospects. Smaller quantities are available. I see this as a way to pro-actively counter the negative aspects of the Seasilver situation... and do so in a very credible way.

The publisher has done, and is continuing, a deep investigative reporting process about the Seasilver situation.

Orders can be placed for copies of the publication by calling 888-218-1167... or you can email the publisher at: paul@mediabypass.com The publisher is ordering an additional 10,000 copies of this publication and has negotiated a rock bottom price for sale to distributors and others interested in this issue. They accept MasterCard or Visa.

Don't forget you can coop the purchase of one or more cases with your downlines. You can order two cases for $173.00.

My strong recommendation to every Seasilver distributor is to call the toll free number TODAY and order what you will need to distribute to your organization.

SEASILVER RE-OPENS ON MONDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 2003...

To: Seasilver Business Associates and Customers

Re: Seasilver Re-Opens Monday Morning July 21, 2003

Effective 8am PST, Seasilver will begin the initial resumption of operations. The Carlsbad Call Center and the Seasilver.com website will both be operational to take orders. The Company has brought back over 300 employees to man the call center and other administrative functions, but we will not yet be at full force.


Effective 8am PST, Seasilver will begin the initial resumption of operations. The Carlsbad Call Center and the Seasilver.com website will both be operational to take orders. The Company has brought back over 300 employees to man the call center and other administrative functions, but we will not yet be at full force.


Since we do not yet have a full staff, please use the website as much as possible to place orders. We will post on the website on Monday July 21, 2003 detailed FAQs regarding the FTC and FDA actions as they relate to the resumption of business. In the meantime, please do not ask call center personnel questions about these legal matters - call center personnel are not authorizeAn important aspect of the Stipulated Preliminary Injunction with the FTC is the requirement that Seasilver take steps to insure d to field such questions.

We are proceeding to ramp up production and hope to be in a position to ship product within 5-10 days.

that no customer places an order without first hearing or reading the SEASILVER PURCHASER NOTICE, the contents of which is set forth below. We have implemented detailed procedures to deliver that Notice by automated message to all phone orders and by a written Notice on all Order Forms. We will be communicating with all Business Associates as to further details on these requirements. No order will be processed without strict adherence to the requirement that all customers first hear or read the Seasilver Purchaser Notice. Please click here to read the contents of the Seasilver Purchaser Notice.

We look forward to a smooth resumption of business and thank you for your patience and cooperation.

NUTRITION AND KIDS PROGRAM... PERFECT COMPANION TO YOUR PRIMARY WELLNESS PROGRAM...

I am excited about the synergy between the NUTRITION AND KIDS program... Seasilver.

Here's the perfect companion to any wellness or nutritional company. Nutrition and Kids™ is a hot fund raising program based on a unique CDROM game which teaches children about good nutrition. It is getting rave reviews from school systems, local governments, etc.

Not only will you make a great income promoting the Nutrition and Kids™ program... you will also generate fabulous leads for your primary wellness programs. This is positive synergy at its best!

It costs less than $20 to get signed up as a distributor... and the promotional tie-in with wellness products is fabulous. Worked properly this could be a powerful lead generator and profit maker.

LOTS OF CHANGES AT THE MAIN SUPPORT WEBSITE...

If you have not visited the main support site you may want to click on over to WWW.MAXXMLM.COM and see all the changes that are taking place. Lots of new content and a complete revamping of our logo and identity.

In addition, you will find new articles in the Health & Wellness section and additions to the Opportunities section.

The Seasilver situation looks like it is beginning to reconcile itself... :-) ... so, hopefully, we will all be able to fire up our marketing and begin building again soon.

Your loyalty and patience during this ordeal is very much appreciated.

NEW FightForSeasilver DISCUSSION LIST....

A new discussion list has been created that will allow all Seasilver distributors and customers, who want to insure that Seasilver continues to be available to the public, to openly discuss the recent actions of the FTC against Seasilver.

This list is FREE and you can subscribe now by sending any blank email to:
fightforseasilver-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

ARE THE SEASILVER NEWS REPORTS ACCURATE...????

by Phil Zulli...


I think it is very important that distributors and customers hear all the facts regarding the FTC action against Seasilver.

Several newspapers and TV stations across the country have picked up the story. The reportage until today has been largely negative and often inaccurate and incomplete. Remember that bad news sells newspapers.

Some of the inaccuracies include statements of company earnings vs. gross sales, and confusing Seasilver with colloidal silver products, which contain inorganic metallic silver. One newspaper reported that Seasilver PILLS were seized. The reports of “sanitation problems at the company's production facility last year” fail to mention the new 36,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art manufacturing facility built this year. And before Seasilver has had its day in court, and before the company has been found guilty of anything, some newspapers are reporting it as health fraud !

Many of the inaccuracies are due to the inflammatory FTC press release issued on Thursday. In it, FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan is quoted as saying, "This is the sort of intolerable health fraud I had in mind when I announced six months ago that the FDA will take vigorous actions against firms that prey on consumers and patients by selling worthless dietary supplements as cures for serious and chronic diseases and conditions."

It is hard to understand how an FDA official can refer to organic aloe vera, sea vegetables, Pau D’Arco, and cranberry concentrate as a “worthless dietary supplement”. Anyone interested in the truth could do a simple internet search and in just a few minutes discover the acknowledged benefits of these ingredients. Or they could just ask some of the tens of thousands of satisfied customers how they feel about Seasilver’s benefits.

Healthcare professionals who regularly recommend appropriate nutritional supplements for their patients recognize these FDA tactics. It was very common ten years ago for supplements to be subjected to these kinds of attacks. That changed when the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, passed unanimously by the 103rd Congress on Jan. 24, 1994, found that “the importance of nutrition and the benefits of dietary supplements to health promotion and disease prevention have been documented increasingly in scientific studies; and that there is a link between the ingestion of certain nutrients or dietary supplements and the prevention of chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis.”, and that, “although the Federal Government should take swift action against products that are unsafe or adulterated, the Federal Government should not take any actions to impose unreasonable regulatory barriers limiting or slowing the flow of safe products and accurate information to consumers”.

It is my opinion, and the opinion of untold numbers of healthcare professionals, nutritionists, healthfood store owners, and experts who have studied the issue that pharmaceutical companies and other interests wield undo influence when it comes to regulatory activity. The FTC action, and FDA comments regarding Seasilver this week seem to indicate a return to pre-DSHEA era tactics to limit the sales of beneficial nutritional supplements. It was a strong public response that was responsible for DHEA being passed in the first place. I hope to see a similar public response to the latest regulatory abuses.

I would also add that it is my belief that some of the specific statements made by Seasilver in its literature and on distributor websites were not to the letter of the law. However, I do not believe that it was an attempt to misrepresent the benefits of the product. Instead, I believe that is was simply keeping pace with the general tone of claims and representations made in today’s marketplace. Many well-known companies have become a little lax in their strict adherence to the letter of the law regarding claims. And if you look at the really outrageous claims made for some of the poor quality nutritionals and health products on the internet, on TV shopping networks, and in direct mail pieces, you have to wonder why Seasilver was singled out and attacked so strongly.

As distributors, we know that Seasilver was in the process of voluntarily revising its product book and that the distributors responsible for the infomercials were in the final stages of producing new ones. So why the strong-arm tactics by FTC? My conclusion is this – Seasilver produces great results for the people who use it and its fast-growing popularity threatens certain business interests that have the ability to affect regulatory action. That is my opinion, having seen this type of thing happen frequently over the last 20 years.

As the news stories continued, they have become more fair and balanced. Today’s article in the North County Times, which serves the San Diego California region where Seasilver has its headquarters, reflects some of the popular support for Seasilver. The article states “Seasilver has its supporters. Many callers have told reporters that they were angry at the publicity of the last week because the dietary supplement, in their view, had worked wonders in their lives.”

The article talks about the layoff at the factory due to the FTC freezing the assets of the company, and quotes a representative from a local temp agency that supplies 200 customer service reps for the Seasilver company. “Seasilver paid its bills on time but the receiver appointed to take over the company's assets put a stop to that, she said.”

The article also reports, “Almost without exception, even when they say nothing else, employees express affection and admiration for the father-and-son team (Bela and Jason Berkes who run the company).”

For the complete news article, use this link - http://www.nctimes.net/news/2003/20030620/60654.html

I am looking forward to next Thursday’s court date when Seasilver has its chance to defend itself against the charges. In the meantime, if you are a satisfied user of the product, I encourage you to write a short email about it. Don’t include any disease condition that may have improved during your use of the Seasilver product; just write that you are a satisfied Seasilver customer who enjoys using the product and that you want to make sure that you can buy it again quickly. Send the email to your congressman, to the FTC, to the FDA, and to your local newspaper. Send a copy to Seasilver! Use your rights as an American citizen to stand up for what you believe in. We are fortunate to have those rights. If you don’t express what you want, someone else may decide it for you.

Be sure to tell all of you customers and distributors about this issue. And when this is all over in a week or so, you can be proud that you showed your support. Soon, everyone will have the chance to hear about the true benefits of this remarkable nutritional supplement called Seasilver.

PHIL ZULLI

SEASILVER'S FUTURE... AND YOU...

My name is Phil Zulli and I want to offer some comments on the significant events that are happening with Seasilver this week. Once you understand the history of these kinds of actions, and the way Seasilver has responded to the challenge you'll be excited about our future.

Big success never comes without setbacks.

I have been a full-time networker of nutritional and natural health products for more than 18 years, and a national trainer since 1989. I produced and hosted the top recruiting conference calls for some of the fastest growing companies in the early 90's. I have also served as VP Sales for an MLM company, and I do consulting work for the industry. I have experienced first hand what happens both out in the field, and inside a company during the ups and downs of the network marketing process.

I am a brand new Seasilver distributor. I joined last Thursday June 12th, so I have no downline or customers to protect. And no one from Seasilver asked me to write this. My comments are unbiased, based on my years of experience.

I finally made the decision to join Seasilver after watching its growth for 3 years. I am excited to be a part of a solid well-run company, with a truly beneficial whole-food organic product that has captured the imagination of the American consumer. I have always been a strong advocate for natural health, it is my passion.

My marketing challenge in recent years has been to create an awareness of, and desire for, quality nutritional products in a marketplace where cheap, inferior products sell off the shelves in Wal-Mart and local supermarkets like hotcakes.

As I watched Seasilver explode in sales 2000% in the last two and a half years I was impressed. It's not just the product; it's the total package. Seasilver's remarkable attention to servicing its customers and distributors has set a bold new standard in our industry. The compensation plan is simple to understand, provides up-front money without ripping people off on "training" expenses, and provides a very significant residual income for anyone who consistently works the business by introducing new people to the product. And the smart investments on infrastructure, like multiple distribution centers and phone centers, ensure the long-term vision.

Seasilver is an amazing 21st century company!

I write this to speak to visitors to this forum who are trying to understand what this FTC action means to their business. I want to tell you that I am Certified by the American Nutraceutical Association to train MLM distributors and others on proper marketing methods and language under DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Education Act of 1994.

It is my opinion that the marketplace in general has become very lax regarding claims made for nutritional and natural health products. There are many companies that are way over the top when it comes to health claims. Seasilver was not singled out because it's claims were the most grievous violation of the written laws, they are not. This action comes because of Seasilver's high visibility and success in the marketplace.

Also remember this; it is not an issue of whether the claims are true or not, it is simply an issue of whether the law permits it. There is a big difference between those two things. I believe that Seasilver's health claims are true.

There is also a difference between claims made by the company, and claims made by distributors in the field. The internet has given an international voice to anybody who can type. As distributors, we must respect the law and protect our opportunity. If you have a website that promotes Seasilver, please remove all claims and testimonials until the company approves your site. And please comply with requests to send your brochures or literature back to the company for replacement if asked. These things will help us get back in business quickly.

FTC again announced this year its intention to clean up false claims made on the internet. This is a good thing when it actually protects the innocent people who use the internet to make buying decisions. The action against Seasilver is a part of this larger campaign to send a message to all companies. Seasilver, by virtue of its phenomenal growth, was an irresistible target. When Seasilver reaches its agreements with FTC regarding labeling and marketing materials this week or next, it will be back to business, with a smooth clear road ahead of us. That is exciting!

I am glad it happened now. It is very common for big nutritional MLM's to go through this process. I personally experienced it with Herbalife, Nikken, and a few others. Amway and Nu-Skin had their share of regulatory challenges as well. And all are billion dollar companies now. Seasilver will weather this storm more easily than those examples, I predict, and we will return quickly to bringing the Seasilver Foundational Health Program and opportunity to the consumers, who need it badly.

Be proud to be a part of the Seasilver phenomenon. Be happy that this inconvenience to us happened now instead of later. Be patient in these next few days while the details are being worked out. You know what Seasilver is and what it can do, and that won't change. The wonderful contents of the bottle were never in question; just the marketing materials. Remember that some of these regulators still reflect the same thinking as the pharmaceutical companies did 20 years ago; that nutritionals don't work. Today, of course, the pharmaceutical companies are starting up nutritional divisions as fast as they can. I wonder why the big pharmaceutical company owned nutritional companies never get caught up in regulatory action? Hmmmm

Seasilver will still give the same powerful results as it always did. We will still be able to tell people about its unique benefits. The major change will simply be the specific language we use to tell the Seasilver story, and the company will tell us exactly what is permissible.

I am more excited about the coming years with Seasilver than I have been about anything since the beginning of my career. I encourage you to keep a positive perspective and do your best to make sure that your distributors and customers who are concerned about the FTC complaint have all the facts. On the FTC website it states clearly that "The complaint is not a finding or ruling that the defendant actually has violated the law. The case will be decided by the court." That court date is next Thursday and when Seasilver is given the chance to defend itself, this bump in the road will be behind us. The new labeling is already being printed.

The phenomenal growth of Seasilver is supported by the vision and actions of Bela Berkes and the excellent team he has assembled; but it is driven by us, the distributors. It is our enthusiasm for the product results, our desire to help the people around us understand the power of this foundational health program that has made this growth possible. Don't lose that enthusiasm to a regulatory action based on the FTC complaint. Remember the results you have seen with your own eyes and felt in your own bodies. And get ready to share that knowledge with everyone you can.

Most importantly, don't forget how it made you feel today when you thought it was over. Go back to work next week with a new appreciation for this wonderful opportunity that we have to really change peoples lives. I can tell you that it is rare, and precious.

Best wishes to you all as you help others to discover the wonderful benefits of Seasilver!

PHIL ZULLI

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28-pg SEASILVER BOOKLET IS BEING REVISED AND IS ON BACK-ORDER...

According to the Seasilver Order department this morning, the 28 pg. booklet is being revised and is on back-order. The new booklets are expected to become available in early July. Brochures are still available.

SEASILVER ORDER DESK NOW OPEN 24/7...

You can now place Seasilver orders 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.

NEW ARTICLES & SECTIONS AT SWSTEAM.COM ...

You'll find several new articles in the Marketing & Sales Articles section of the SWSTeam.com training site. Also a new section of Health & Wellness articles. Check them out.

SALES TIP: TOLL FREE NUMBERS...

People are 7-times more likely to call if the call is Toll Free.

Why... because toll free is also risk free! The risk of the expense of the call has been transferred to you.

It is an old axiom in selling that to increase sales and lead generation we need to offer our prospect every possible means of response to our offers. The telephone is a universal response device.. Everyone has access to one. Toll Free calling eliminates stumbling blocks to response such as: expense, no calling card, no long distance carrier, no change for the public phone, etc etc. etc.

SALES TIP:

According to a recent ABCNEWS report... "In two income families the second income earner needs to earn about $30,000 per year to justify working."

What a great recruiting tool that little tidbit is. Makes a pretty strong case for starting your own Seasilver business at home, doesn't it?

Here's the full article: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/US/workingmoms_hobson_030509.html

$10,000,000 SEASILVER TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONTEST...

I have reprinted Dr. Friedman's letter (with his permission) at: http://www.e-comprofits.com/tenmillion.html

This is the most dynamic and lucrative contest I have ever seen in my 30 year marketing career. Fabulous cash prizes, a $14,000 trip for two to the Grand Wailea resort on Maui. What more could you ask for????

Add in the new distributor websites, the management area websites, the Celebrity Golf Tournament alliance...and you have the most dynamic and profitable business opportunity in America...hands down!

We all start on the same level playing field as of June 1st, 2003. Everyone has an equal chance to win!

Once in every persons lifetime (if you are lucky) an opportunity appears that simply cannot fail... Seasilver is such an opportunity. You are lucky indeed, to be a part of this organization.... and this organization is lucky to have YOU. This company has gone all out to help you be successful...now it is up to YOU and me to use all the tools at our fingertips to achieve TOTAL FINANCIAL SUCCESS WITH SEASILVER.

"NEW SOLD HERE SIGNS SHIP TOMORROW...

Our new SEASILVER SOLD HERE signs arrived today and will ship tomorrow. If you have not ordered yet and want signs you can order using PayPal at: http://www.swsteam.com.

SHORT DELAY IN SHIPPING OF NEW "SEASILVER SOLD HERE" SIGNS...

The printer informed me a few moments ago that they have had to special order our brilliant yellow cover stock and that our signs will be available for shipment on Friday, June 6th, 2003. I will ship everything by Priority Mail. Sorry for the delay...could not be helped.

If you have not ordered your signs yet you can still do so at the SWSTeam.com site and I they will go out in our first shipment next Friday.

NEW DOMAIN NAMES...The new domain for our Success With Seasilver Team training site is: SWSTeam.com. This change is in keeping with the new Seasilver corporate policy regarding the use of the trademark Seasilver™ in any distributor web site domain names.

The old url will be re-directed to the training site and will still work.

The same is true for my retail site. It's new url is: http://www.WellnessFromTheSea.com. This replaces our old www.SeasilverWellness.com url.

I will be making additional changes to our other related urls over the next week or so and will notify you of the changes as they occur. Note: Even though a new url has been redirected properly... it still takes up to three days to fully migrate to all ISP's around the world. SWSTeam.com is now loading properly from most of the pockets throughout the country... but there may still be localized situations where it does not load for another day or so. If this is true where you are, just go to the old www.successwithseasilver.com url and that will take you to the training site.

DO YOU MAKE THESE 7 MISTAKES IN MLM?...

Find out by reading the newest article in the Marketing & Sales Articles section of the SWS training site. The direct link is: http://www.e-comprofits.com/sws7mistakes.html

NEW HEALTH & WELLNESS ARTICLE SECTION...

You'll find our new Health & Wellness Articles section at: http://www.e-comprofits.com/swsheal.html

There are a half dozen great articles that you will want to review. I will be adding to this section over the next few days so stop by often and check out the new material. These articles make great sales materials... just print out the articles and forward to your offline distributors and customers.

UNLIMITED LEADS FOR ONLY $9.95 PER MONTH...

GOLEADS http://www.goleads.com may just be the best kept secret in direct mail leads. For only $9.95 per month [or $99.00 per year] you can download unlimited leads from their online database of over 12,000,000 U.S. businesses. You can select by industry classification (SIC Code), Geographic area, City, Zip Code, etc.

For example: You could download all the chiropractors in California. Or osteopaths in New York... or "healthcare practioners" in Utah... you get the idea. Put on your thinking cap and you will think of dozens of uses for these lists. All this for only a low monthly subscription charge of $9.95 per month with a modest $29.95 set-up fee.

What can you do with these leads... how about a post card mailing to all chiropractors in your selected zip codes. Or build a telemarketing list of all the health practitioners in your city... or use the lists to identify and invite selected business owners to a Seasilver Business Briefing that you are holding.

Note that these lists do not come with email addresses but they come with lots of other helpful information such as number of employees, etc. These are business lists... not consumer lists. Here is a way to save a fortune on mailing lists... with unlimited downloads. You can import the lists into standard contact manager software such as ACT, or GoldMine... or you can create a excel file. Download the lists, print them out on self-adhesive labels, attach the labels to your mailing piece...drop at the post office. What could be easier... or cheaper? This truly is one of the "hot finds" of the direct mail business.

If you have been thinking of doing a direct mail campaign to targeted business... but were reluctant to pay the huge fees charged by some list companies... then GOLEADS is perfect for you. Instead of paying high fees for a one-time rental of contacts...download all you need for only $9.95 per month... and reuse them as many times as you like.

REVISED "SOLD HERE" SIGNS...

The new retail point-of-purchase signs described in the blog entry below have been revised and improved. Instead of the one-sided sign with the "Sold Here" message in English only... we are now printing a two-sided, dual-purpose sign which has the English version on one side... and a Spanish language version on the reverse side.

We have also upgraded the paper stock to a heavier weight (80# cover stock) which will make for a sturdier re-usable sign. These signs are for interior use. They will not hold up under exterior use. If you need them for exterior use we could explore the possibility of lamination... or you can take them to a local copy shop and have them laminated yourself. For simple interior display purposes, however, they do not need lamination.

We should be shipping the revised dual language sign, to all who have already ordered, about mid-week. Cost for the signs remain the same. Order Here: http://www.e-comprofits.com/swssoldhere.html

NEW 11"x17" 'SOLD HERE' SIGNS AVAILABLE....

Many of you have requested a simple "Sold Here" sign for use in setting up your retail store accounts (health clinics, gyms & fitness centers, health food stores, etc. ).

We have created a new 11" x 17" sign which has a large picture of the Seasilver bottle on the left side of the sign...and the phrase "SOLD HERE" in very bold letters on the right hand side of the sign. This sign is perfect for putting on the inside of the stores windows... or on the wall near the product. Stacking several cases of Seasilver up on an end-panel with several signs posted nearby will invite impulse buying...and guide customers to the product.

The sign is printed on 60# brilliant yellow stock in bright red ink. It is designed specifically to get the attention of buyers, and alert them to the fact that the store has Seasilver available for sale.

These signs are modestly priced at only $20. for a minimum order of 15 signs...that's only $1.33 each. We ship these Freight Free and you can order through PayPal at:

http://www.e-comprofits.com/swssoldhere.html

You will find volume purchase discounts as well.

Retail accounts are great volume movers of our product but you have to provide the "sell through" tools they need to make their customers aware of the product.

With the massive amounts of radio advertising being done for Seasilver, there are lots of potential buyers looking for a place to purchase the product. Many of these folks are NOT online... so they are actively looking for a vendor to purchase from.

Sponsoring & Distributor Support Tip: Consider supplying every new distributor you sponsor with at least five (5) [enough to set up one new retail store] of these
attention-getting signs. You will see a rapid growth in the number of retail stores being set-up... which will result in a lot more cases of product moving through your distributor network. That means more profits for everyone.

If you market at flea markets, consumer shows, etc. you will find these brightly colored signs will attract a lot of attention... and promote $ALE$!

If you are holding business briefings / meetings... put a display of product at the front of the room... with several signs attached.

Here is the url to order the signs again:

http://www.e-comprofits.com/swssoldhere.html

Good luck an GOOD SELLING....

TOP RESOURCE FOR ONLINE DEMOGRAPHICS...

As an online marketer you know the importance of staying informed about market segments and demographics. One of the premier sources of such information is CyberAtlas. Currently, you will find some interesting insights into the senior (baby boomer) market, the hispanic market, the black market, and other interesting marketing segments at: http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSUMER SHOW FOR THE OVER 50 CATEGORY...

If you live in California and are interested in exhibiting our Seasilver product and business opportunity at a consumer show focused on the "over 50" crowd (a prime target audience for Seasilver) then jump over to: http://www.primetimeexpo.com/ and check out the possibilities.

The next show is November 7th & 8th at the San Diego Convention Center. Southern California is a fabulous market for Seasilver and a booth there might be a powerful marketing opportunity. Consider doing a coop for a booth with several of your upline and downline.

MARKETING FACTOID...

Every day 165,000 people surf the web... FOR THE FIRST TIME!

FREE PPC [Pay-Per-Click] SEARCH ENGINE TRAFFIC...

If you go to PayPerClickSearchEngines.com and look in the "other search engines" category you will find hundreds of (about 500) PPC search engines... all clamoring for your advertising dollar.

Dozens of them will allow you to set up an account FREE... and give you a free money deposit for signing up. There are several which will give an automatic $50 to $100 deposit to use for bidding on search terms and phrases. At $0.01 cent per click that would result in a huge amount of Free Traffic coming to your web sites. Your only investment is the time it takes to load your search terms and phrases. So... if you are cash poor... and have more time than money to invest...this could be your way to boot strap your business.

Use the earlier blogger entry on Free Tools For Evaluating PPC's to determine which of the PPC's offering freebies are worth your time and effort.

You will find other enticements as well: deposit bonuses, matching deposit bonuses, etc. These "second tier" PPC's will not give you a fraction of the traffic that the top ten will... but, remember that this is a pure numbers game. The more PPC's that you have working for you at low cost-per-click... the more cost efficient your lead generation system becomes. Individually these PPC's may not create much traffic... but cumulatively they can be very important lead sources.

Also, consider that you will be diversifying your lead sources... which is always a prudent move. You don't really care where the lead comes from...you just want them to come consistently...in sufficient quantity & quality to build your business quickly.

Try this action plan... set up one or two of these PPC's per day for the next week... at the end of the week you will have from 7 to 14 PPC's workinig for you...and you did not have to spend a penny of your cash to set them up! You can evaluate them for FREE... and decide which are worth investing your money in later.

FREE TOOLS FOR EVALUATING PAY-PER-CLICK ENGINES...

If you are attempting to evaluate the potential traffic from any PPC [Pay-Per-Click search engine] (or assess the importance of any website), there are two important desktop tools that might be helpful to you.

The first is the Google Tool Bar. Using the Google Page Rank system you will get a relative feel for the importance of a given website. Note that this measurement is not precise. In fact, it is really nothing more than a brilliant marketing ploy by Google, but it does give you some feel for whether or not a given PPC is worth your time submitting to. Google uses a complicated algorithm to determine page rank (PR) but the main consideration is the number of incoming links to the site in question. I strongly recommend that you download the Google Tool Bar to your desktop and refer to it.

The second, and perhaps more important, tool is the Alexa Tool Bar. This tool will give a numerical ranking of any web site based on the actual traffic to that site. Any PPC which falls below the 200,000 range is probably not worth your time submitting to. They just do not have enough real traffic to do you any good.

Using the combination of these two free tools will allow you to better judge which PPC's you should spend your valuable time submitting search terms and phrases to. Recognize that these are just rough tools ... your judgement should always be the deciding factor. Some PPC's, because of the highly specialized nature of the target audience, will not do well in either the Google Page Rank or the Alexa traffic counts. They still might return good results and be worth your efforts.

SEASILVER CORPORATE POLICIES ON PDF...

With all the changes going on with regard to trademarks, advertising guidelines, etc. it makes sense for every distributor to review the current policies as sent to me today by Jason Berkes, the President of Seasilver. Here is the url: http://www.seasilver.com/pdf/policy_procedure.pdf

TIFFANY & JARED SEAMONS WIN AUDIO TESTIMONIALS CONTEST...

Congratulations to Tiffany & Jared for winning the contest. 3-Imprinted Golf Shirts will be shipped soon...enjoy!

Remember... you can still leave your audio testimonials anytime at: 1-800-609-9006 X 3864.

HELP... WE STILL NEED AUDIO TESTIMONIALS...

As of this writing we only have four audio testimonials. Folks... please help me to help you! This is a Win/Win project that I hope all of my first-level distributors will participate in.

Tomorrow--Saturday-- is the last day for the contest...your chance to win 3-Imprinted Golf Shirts... but you (and your downlines) can still provide audio clips at any time in the future.

Re-read the message left on 5/6/2003 on this blogger... and PLEASE leave your testimonial at:
1-800-609-9006 x3864

NEW ARTICLES ON TELEPHONE TECHNIQUES...

I have just loaded two new articles on great telephone selling techniques by an old friend and colleague, and the worlds most recognized authority on the subject... Art Sobczak. You'll find them in the "Marketing & Sales Articles & Tutorials" section of the SuccessWithSeasilver.com web site. Enjoy and Learn!

AUDIO TESTIMONIAL CONTEST....

I am in the process of building an inventory of recorded audio testimonials from our SuccessWithSeasilver™ team members...and I need your help! For each member of the SuccessWithSeasilver team who provides a testimonial they will automatically be entered in our AUDIO TESTIMONIAL CONTEST. Our contest expires on Saturday, May 10th, 2003. Please make sure you inform your downlines of this contest. Everyone who leaves a testimonial should understand and agree that they may be used in an open online audio feed on our SuccessWithSeasilver website and that you are granting unrestricted use in perpetuity for that purpose.

Here's what I need:

• Comments about the levels of support you have gotten from the SuccessWithSeasilver team
  
  
• Would you recommend that others join the team?
  
  
• Responsivness of your team leaders to your questions and training needs.
  
  
• Comments about the various tools and resources you have enjoyed as a member of this team.

You get the idea.


Here is how to give your testimonial:

• First... write down your comments on a sheet of paper in outline form so you will be able to keep on track as you record your comments... about 30 seconds to 1-minute maximum.
  
  
• Call this number: 1-800-609-9006 x3864 to record your testimonials.
  
  
• Start by giving your name and home city.... then follow your written outline to give your message.
  
  
• Don't panic if you stumble or goof up your message... you can always do it again.

Every downline member who offers their testimonial will be entered into a drawing for the Grand Prize... 3-Seasilver Logo Golf Shirts. These are high quality white golf shirts with the Seasilver bottle imprinted in full color with the selling line: "Have You Had Your Seasilver Today?". They are a natural conversation starter, great to wear at a Seasilver meeting, or in the booth at your next consumer show.

PROTECTING YOUR RETAIL CUSTOMERS THAT BUY FROM YOUR INVENTORY...

If you sell product retail to folks locally... and fill the order from your own inventory... you need to protect yourself in the case where that customer decides later to call the company and order directly... or who is approached by another distributor.

According to Suzanne at the marketing department of Seasilver, we can no longer call the customers information in to the Order Department and log that customer into the system without an order being placed at the time.

In other words, unless you place an order for that retail customer and get a new customer number assigned to that person, you are at risk of having the customer go somewhere else to purchase his/her product...and you will lose the commission.

You should plan, therefore, to call in an order for your new customer and get the customer numbers assigned showing YOU as the sponsor.

If you have local retail customers who pay you in cash or checks... who do not want to order online...or who do not have a computer and are not online... (about half the American population)... then you need to take action to prevent the customer loss. If they pay you in cash or by check then simply call in the order for the customer and pay for the order with your credit card. This will get the customer number assigned under you and protect any future commissions and/or distributor sign-ups.

Don't forget that every retail customer and distributor has now been assigned a unique Seasilver customer number. You should have received correspondence from Seasilver recently with your number. If not, call the company and get your number... and then make sure it is placed on any labels you use on your product, literature, tapes, etc. Don't forget to add it to any websites you have for Seasilver also.

HAWAII DISTRIBUTION CENTER OPEN...

According to Suzanne at the Marketing Department of Seasilver, the Hawaii Distribution Center is now open and shipping product. :-)

This is GREAT NEWS for all distributors... especially those of us based in Hawaii. Should make it a lot easier to sign up new retail customers and distributors in the Aloha State.

FREE PAY-PER-CLICK (PPC) MASTERS CLASS...

Peter DaVanzo from Search Engine Blog has taken the time to provide a virtual roundtable discussion with some of the best PPC minds in the biz: Ammon Johns, Andrew Goodman and Jim Banks.


This five-part pay-per-click masterclass is must reading for anyone who wants to know the answers to questions like: Why should you undertake PPC? What tactics should you use? How do you get the most out of your PPC campaigns? And many more.


This is great stuff, but I warn you, there's a LOT there. You will probably need a break (or a drink) between each part! As you all know, I highly recommend the use of PPC's for promotion of your 'myseasilver' websites. This course will lay the groundwork for you to profitably master this important advertising vehicle. Read it all for free here:http://www.searchengineblog.com/interviews/pay-per-click-part1.htm

MAGIC FORMULA FOR SEASILVER SUCCESS...

Succeeding with Seasilver is as simple as following the "Magic Formula":

• Auto-Ship: Get everyone you sell or recruit on Auto-Ship immediately.
  
  
• Advanced 'Myseasilver" Make sure every new distributor is immediately signed up for the paid version of the 'myseasilver' websites.
  
  
• Drive qualified traffic to your sites through DCLs (Dirt Cheap Leads) & PPC's (Pay-Per-Clicks)
  
  
• Let the technology do your sifting and sorting.
  
  
• Follow-up with every qualified prospect until they either sign-up as a distributor, order product, or qualify themselves out.
  
  
• Repeat the process... and train all your new distributors to repeat the process.

Remember that this is a numbers game... the more traffic you generate to your web sites...the more people will qualify themselves in...the more retail sales and distributors you will sign-up. Simple! Easy! Duplicatable! Cost Effective! Profitable!

CHRISTINA CASTILLO WINS AGAIN...

Congratulations, Christina. Your answer of DCL's & PPC's is correct and you win the copy of the "Wellness Revolution" video. It will be shipped tomorrow.

NO WINNER YET...

I'm still looking for a winning answer the contest question...

NEW CONTEST FOR "WELLNESS REVOLUTION" VIDEO...

The first SuccessWithSeasilver™ team member who responds to me at contest@successwithseasilver.com with the correct answer to the question below will receive one copy of the full color video entitled "Wellness Revolution". This tape is a great addition to your training library and is perfect for use at distributor meetings, or to explain, in a credible way, the most important trend in the world... wellness.

QUESTION: What are the two most productive ...and least cost.. methods of generating qualified traffic to your 'myseasilver' websites... according to our SWS training & recommendations?

If you are not on my first level then you must identify your sponsors so I can verify that you are in the SuccessWithSeasilver team.

THE COMING NETWORK MARKETING BOOM...

Len Clements, one of the network marketing industries sharpest minds, has just completed an article for "NetworkingTimes" entitled "The Coming Network Marketing Boom". You'll find it at: http://www.networkingtimes.net/nt/01/01/15.phtml

Do yourself a HUGE favor and read this. It is the most lucid case for network marketing that I have read in a long time.

This material is also available as a CDROM for use in your distributor training programs.

HAPPY EASTER...

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and that you will be spending time with your families.

One of the beautiful aspects of this business is it allows you "Time Freedom" in addition to a great income. It's that time freedom that allows us all to savor the important things in life.

Warmest Aloha To You All...

AUDIO RESOURCE FOR YOUR PERSONAL WEBSITES...

Some of you are creating your own websites to promote Seasilver.. in addition to your 'myseasilver' sites. If you want to add audio clips to your personal sites (you can not do this with your 'myseasilver' sites) here is an interesting new resource the you might find helpful: http://instantbusinesstools.com/audioservice/. You can test this system for only $1.00 for a thirty day trial. I am getting ready to test the system myself for a month to see what, if any, added response I can get through my websites. Take a look and see what you think.

DIRT CHEAP LEAD TRAINING TUESDAY...

Tuesday night at 9:00 pm EST (4/15/2003) there will be a Dirt Cheap
Lead Training call. This call will cover many of the
questions that have been created with the Jim Lenig
training calls. Jim has done an excellent job of
working with the Dirt Cheap Leads and has done a great
service by sharing his knowledge with everyone.

To get the answers to the questions you have been
asking about Dirt Cheap Leads be on the training call
Tuesday at 9:00 pm EST. The conference line and access
code are:

512-305-4655
The access code is: 59952#

NEW ARTICLE ON HOW TO WRITE POWERFUL HEADLINES...

Yanik Silver, one of the most respected copywriters in the online world, provided us a great article on headline writing. The article can be found in the "Marketing Articles" section of the SuccessWithSeasilver(tm) site at: http://www.e-comprofits.com/swshead.html

FREE SEARCH TERM SUGGESTION SOFTWARE...

Here's a great little piece of FREE software that will give your Seasilver keyword selection process a profitable boost: http://www.goodkeywords.com .

It is only a shade over 500K so the free download is fast and you won't eat up a lot of hard disk space. This software has rave reviews from some of the search engine gurus so don't miss it.

NEW KEYWORD SUGGESTION TOOL...

Here is a great new keyword search suggestion tool that will return dozens of related search terms in a matter of 60 seconds or less:

http://www.markusallen.org/cgi-bin/kws.pl?A=198460450&I=198460450&R=19940656&PC=keywordsleuth-demo

In 60 seconds (or less), KeywordSleuth dredges you up to 500 related popular keyword phrases... closely related to the main keyword phrase you type into the search box. This new tool is much easier to use than Oveture's Keyword Suggestion Tool and cheaper than WordTracker. Although not as comprehensive as WordTracker it is still a good way to identify terms to promote your Seasilver business in Pay-Per-Click search engines.

NEW EZINE ADVERTISING RESOURCES FOR SEASILVER DISTRIBUTORS:

You'll find a new article in the "Online Marketing" section of your www.SuccessWithSeasilver.com (tm) site dealing with ezine advertising. It contains numerous links to ezine directories where you will find targeted ezines and newsletters which are great places to advertise your Seasilver product and business opportunity. You'll find the article at: http://www.e-comprofits.com/swsezines.html

NEW ARTICLE ON PPC SEARCH TERMS & PHRASES LOADED...

I just finished loading a new article with PPC search term suggestions to the "Online Marketing" section of the SuccessWithSeasilver (tm) website. You'll find it at: http://www.e-comprofits.com/swsppcterms.html

DIRECT MAIL FOLLOW-UP = SUCCESS & HIGHER INCOMES...

Are you following up with your retail customers and distributor inquiries by direct snail mail? If not, then you are leaving a lot of money on the table. Mailing to your customers and prospects monthly will lock-in those high reorder rates that make you so much residual income over time.

Doing regular post card mailings to bizopp prospects, who have not signed up yet, will result in lots of converts over time. Remember, just because a person does not say "Yes" today does not mean that they will continue to reject your opportunity. Circumstances change constantly...and the offer that fell on deaf ears today will get another reaction some time later. Prospects are always going through "changes in circumstance" that result in new attitudes and/or needs. You take advantage of that natural condition when you constantly follow-up.

Direct mail... both email and snail mail... are powerful rejuvenators of leads.

TIP: Use the "first level downline report" (you have to ask the company to send this to you monthly) to add customer contact data to a simple mailing list program. Use this program to print out mailing labels and mail your follow-ups. Follow-up mailings can be almost anything which reminds the customer to order, re-order, or re-consider the bizopp. Place this activity on your "activity calendar" and get in the habit of mailing monthly... you'll be amazed at the growth that occurs from this one simple action.

10-FREE LEADS...

I stumbled across this great online offer and I want everyone to take advantage of it!

Cutting Edge Media is offering 10 Free Leads to active network marketers! Each lead comes with the answers to 4 survey questions, which made it easier to present the opportunity to them. Plus, the leads are on the list because they are looking for more information on home business opportunities - these aren't junk leads!

You have nothing to lose if you try them out, so click on the link below to request your 10 Free Leads right now!

http://www.10FreeLeads.com

WE HAVE A WINNER...CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTINA CASTILLO...

It pays to read our team blog... Christina Castillo from California was the first person to respond to our contest question below. Christina will receive the 86 minute video "Brilliant Compensation" absolutely FREE.

As it turns out Christina is in the middle of reading "The Wellness Revolution" and she agrees with me that it is a great book for Seasilver distributors.

Remember to put a short-cut on your desk top for this team blogger and visit at least once per day for the very latest helpful business-building information. The next contest will be open to ALL downline distributors in the SuccessWithSeasilver (tm) Team... so make sure you inform your downlines to come to this resource daily!

QUICK DISTRIBUTOR CONTEST...

Let's have some fun... the first SuccessWithSeasilver Team frontline distributor who sends me the answer to the question below will receive a free copy of the fabulous 86 minute video... "Brilliant Compensation". This video is one of the best explanations of the network marketing process and why it is the only reasonable way to make serious money in the new century. You can use it educate yourself, play at business briefings & meeting, etc. Send your answer to the question below to contest@successwithseasilver.com. Here is the question:

What is the name of the author of the "must read" new book entitled: "The Wellness Revolution"?

First person who gives me the correct answer at the email address shown above will win a free copy of the video. You will find the answer to this question somewhere in the earlier posts to this blog. The winner will be announced here.

USE YOUR PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS...

If you have a professional degree or certification you might want to consider using that fact to boost your credibility with prospects.

For example: we have a number of Registered Nurses, Dentists, Chiropractors, Attorneys, etc in the network. If you are one of those... or have any specialty certification in a relevant field... add that designation to your signature files, on your brochures, booklets, labels, etc. By adding RN, DDS, MD, JD, DC, etc. to your name you gain an instant shot of credibility and believability that you might not have otherwise... at least initially. You paid a lot of money and worked hard to earn those designations... you might as well use them to your advantage.

As an aside... you should know that the fastest growing group of people joining network marketing companies are "professionals". You'll find a great book on the subject entitled "The New Professionals" in the book section of the www.successwithseasilver.com website. This highly educated group is fast becoming disgruntled with "tradiing time for dollars"... and are seeking alternative revenue streams with residual income and, most importantly, time freedom.

I found "credentials" useful recently when I was discussing some elements of soil depletion and nutrient loss with a distributor prospect on the phone. I mentioned that I had a BSc degree in Agriculture and that part of my academic experience was in soil analysis. That led to a brief discussion on the importance of supplementation because of depletion and downgrading of the nutrient value of foods. When the prospect heard that I had a level of knowledge and experience directly related to that fact he became much more open and conversational on the phone.

By the way... he is now a new Seasilver distributor. :-)

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS THIS SUNDAY --4/6/2003

Daylight Savings time begins on Sunday, April 6th, 2003.

You may want to mark you calendar and pay attention to the new time differences when making your follow-up calls.

Please note that my state (Hawaii) does not use Daylight Savings Time. The time differentials will increase by one hour when calling to Hawaii after Daylight Savings Time is implimented on the mainland. Example: There is a current time difference of four (4) hours between Hawaii and the Central Time Zone. After the changeover on Sunday that time difference will increase to five (5) hours. Hawaii will be five hours earlier than the Central Time Zone. If it is 12:00 Noon your time in Chicago...it will be 7:00 AM here in Hawaii.

RECYCLING YOUR DIRT CHEAP LEADS (DCL'S)...

On the Dirt Cheap Lead training call yesterday there were some excellent points made regarding the "recycling" of your DCL's:

1. DCL's are automatically sent a series of autoresponder messages from the 'myseasilver' system... 9 messages over a 35 day period.

2. Don't expect instant response from your DCL's. It takes from 4 to 7 messages before you "get their attention" and start getting orders and serious inquiries. This is in keeping with all of my experience. An old rule in sales is that it takes a minimum of five attempts to "close" before prospects begin buying. With email this is extended. That is why we send multiple messages... we know it takes several times before a prospect takes action.

3. Consistancy is the absolute key to success with DCL's... buy one or more units of DCL's when ever they are available. Because of the multiple messages which are sent to each group of leads you can have thousands of lead follow-ups occuring each week. This activity will result in a steady stream of orders and bizop leads. Combine this system with PPC's (Pay-Per-Click) search engines and you have a totally automated online marketing system that will grow your business quickly and profitably.

4. When the initial 35 day cycle of autoresponder messages has been completed... wait about a week and "recycle" them into the autoresponder series again. You do this in your advanced contact manager. I just recycled 9,000 DCL's and instantly recieved three bizop leads.

5. You can expect a about a 4% opt-out on the first mailing, 2% the second week, and about 1% per week from then on. Overall you can expect a total opt-out rate of around 9 to 10 percent. These "opt-outs" are good. That means you are not wasting time following up on them.

TIP: Buy only the DCL's that do NOT come with telephone numbers... if they are available. Unless you plan on doing telephone cold calling to these leads (not recommended) there is no need for the telephone number... and you pay extra for these leads. Since you will no doubt get the telephone number and/or email address of any responders to your DCL's through your lead capture page, you might as well save the money you would spend on those with telephone numbers. If the DCL's with the telephone numbers are the only leads available, however, I would buy them instead of going without leads.

FREE CONFERENCE CALL CENTER...

When your Seasilver downline gets to the point where you would like to initiate your own conference calling program, then you are in luck. www.FreeConference.com offers a totally FREE conference calling system that you can use to set-up and operate your own call-in training or marketing programs. As those of you who have participated in any of the 'myseasilver' sponsored conference calls will attest... conference calls are powerful marketing and training tools for Seasilver distributors.

There are some restrictions on the maximum number of participants... I think that is 32 now with some options to increase from this base number. This is probably ample for setting up calls to your front line distributors... (first level)... you might consider holding separate calls for supporting your first level people, biz op presentations, etc.

FreeConference.com does not charge any surcharges, or special toll fees. The only cost to your call participants is the long distance fees they pay to join the call. They can call-in through their regular long distance provider. The service is totally free and will be supported eventially by online advertising. You should register at the site and seriously consider doing some informative conference calls with your downline and their prospects.

MY UPLINE'S WEBSITE... MLM411.NET:

My immediate upline, Chad DeFerrari, runs a quality MLM oriented website at www.mlm411.net. You will find inexpensive advertising (tell Chad that you are in Thom Reece's downline and you will get some special offers), and quality content. Chad is also head of CDF Media... which counts Seasilver Corporate among his client list for media services.

FREE TRAINING BY CUTTING-EDGE MEDIA...

Most of you are familiar with Cutting-Edge Media... they are one of the prime sources for leads, magazine advertising, card deck advertising, etc. in the business opportunity marketplace. Unless you have ordered and used CEM leads, however, you may not be aware of a great free training site from CEM: http://www.cemleadcoach.com/. The CemLeadCoach site is full of high quality training materials that will help you understand the entire lead generation process, how to properly follow-up on leads, telephone scripts, etc. It is a valuable free resource that you should consider visiting often. Bookmark the site and use it to help train yourself... and your downlines.

DIRT-CHEAP LEADS TRAINING...

Thursday night at 9:00 pm EST you can listen to Jim Lenig, Seasilver distributor from Florida who has been having great success with Dirt Cheap Leads.

Jim will be sharing his ideas and techniques for making high returns on his Dirt Cheap investments.

9:00 pm EST
512-305-4655
The access code is: 59952#

Be sure to join Scott Warren and Jim Lenig for new ideas on working Dirt Cheap Leads.

THIS WEEKS TRAINING REMINDER...

Myseasilver Certified Instructors are now conducting FOUR weekly training sessions for the MySeasilver System; TWO for New Users and TWO for Advanced
Users!

Many who have plugged into this training have told us this is some of the greatest training they have ever had. Join us and see for yourself... (and watch your business grow, too!).

Basic Training:
When: Every Wednesday
Time: 2:00 PM EST & 9:00 PM EST

Advanced Training: When: Every Monday
Time: 9:00 PM EST
When: Every Tuesday
Time: 2:00 PM EST

You must be in the WebEx conference room AND on the phone to take advantage of the training. You will need to enroll for the particular WebEx class you wish to attend.

Seating is LIMITED. We ask that you only enroll if you are SURE you will attend. If you enroll and do not attend, you have deprived someone else of this valuable training who could have enrolled if the seat were available.

Please login to your admin panel and click on Training Calls to see the current schedule There you will also find the link to enroll for the WebEx training events.

SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH AOL EMAIL DELIVERY...

If you are on AOL...or if you are trying to respond to inquiries from prospects who use AOL... you need to be aware of a serious non-delivery pattern with AOL. AOL's servers, in an attempt to filter out spam, are dumping thousands upon thousands of legitimate email messages every day. To a lesser extent this problem exists system wide with most ISP's, but AOL's problem is especially significant as they have over 35 Million users.

I now have several prospects who have been sent numerous follow-messages by me personally... and the myseasilver autoresponder system... that indicate to me that they have not received any follow-up from me. In one case I have had to fax information to the inquirer after sending multiple emails to his AOL address and finding that none of them arrived.

This is not an isolated problem. I moderate several industry discussion lists (Amazon-Affiliates) and the problem with AOL email has been plaguing us for months. If you are an AOL customer you should seriously consider picking up a separate free email address (Yahoo for example) and use the non-AOL address for your essential correspondence. Otherwise you may find that your business suffers because important messages are arbitrarily being dumped by AOL and other ISP's. You might also consider vigorously complaining to AOL for their filtering practices. In a recent article on the subject one AOL spokesperson bragged about the AOL system filtering out over 850 Million messages that day. I wonder how many legitimate pieces of correspondence were included in that number? How many of yours?