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.