TrafficWave - OceanSwell TEAM Update (#12)

Among the benefits of being on a TrafficWave Team, effective ad designs are a big plus.  Collective advertising with Team Ads, plus permanent Team URL placements on sites like this blog (for example), have far more potential to help build affiliate downlines than anything that you can do on your own.  Since there are several TrafficWave Teams that will be actively promoting in 2011 and beyond, you might as well choose one and join if the affiliate plan interests you.

I have my own designs for my OceanSwell Team, but I also happily produce custom, individual ads for Team Members who want one, such as Mr. Sam Prindle.  You can see his new ad here (new window).  If you want one like Sam's, just ask!  Why does this matter?  Because links inside safelist mailings, or ads in TE's, should never ever link to standard affiliate pages.  No one pays attention to them.  Advertising is far more effective when it promotes business-building systems and/or is personalized with a name and a face.

Speaking of Team benefits, it's that time of the month again!  Every month, I pay a $40.00 cash bonus to a random Team Member who is actively promoting, according to the weekly page-hit requirements that we ask of everyone.  To have a chance at it, you have to be doing your part.  That's only fair, right?  This month's recipient is Mr. Paul Rose.  Paul has been with our Team a long time.  TrafficWave is his autoresponder of choice, but he's also an active affiliate promoter and a great Team Member.  Congratulations Paul, you deserve it!

Last, but not least, that picture in the top left corner is (of course) me and my sweetie - Rusty - in front of our lovely tree this year.  Both of us wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year!  We have big plans for expanding Team OceanSwell that will definitely reward everyone who's stayed and grown with us.  Expect some exciting things to happen in the coming months...

What is 'Get Referrals Fast'?

First and foremost, Get Referrals Fast is a downline-builder for TrafficWave.  It's overall purpose is two-fold:  To create passive, recurring income with an automated system (no HTML skills or hosting required!)
and to provide ongoing training and advice to get the most out of the TrafficWave product and email marketing in general.

The systems that they have in place are very well thought-out.  Just fill out a few forms and you have everything you need to build your list with your TrafficWave autoresponder.

* You get professionally written & designed squeeze pages

* The 'thank you page' and download pages

* Mouth Watering BAIT (to encourage opt-ins)

* Member's only conferences

* Rebranding rights to TWO streams of income

* A pre-written email series with your affiliate membership

It's all good stuff for TrafficWave members to make use of.  That's why I recommend for everyone who understands the awesome power of list-building and what it means for your financial future.  Did I mention that it's Free to join?  Chest it our today:  Get Referrals Fast

You must have the proper mindset in order to succeed with online business

My years of experience with Internet Marketing have caused me to see the world differently. As a result, I have gradually come to understand Albert Einstein's famous quote: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." That quote can mean different things to different people. But what it means to me is that working at your same job, year after year, and hoping for a raise or a promotion is a waste of your most valuable asset... your mind. Likewise, if you are struggling with Internet Marketing, it may be because you are neglecting to use your greatest asset. That's right... your mind!

You can join Team OceanSwell (and that's a good idea!) to get help with promoting the affiliate plans of TrafficWave and Global NPN, but your ultimate success is still largely up to you. This scares and frustrates people who want & expect someone else - i.e. some outside force - to do it all for them. But the fact that it's up to you is actually good news when you have the right mindset. What I mean to say is that, on the Internet, you don't have a boss, a time-clock, office gossip, a 'glass ceiling' or any other kind of discrimination. The ONLY thing that prevents you from having a successful online business is a lack of knowledge, desire, creativity and faith - all of which are mental traits.

I still have my job here in Houston, but I have shifted my thinking and now realize the beauty and wonder of being able to create income streams online that can last a lifetime. What's more, I realize that it could not have come at a better time for me and my family. I don't focus my thoughts on politics, 'the economy', or 'how hard' Internet Marketing is. Instead, I focus my thoughts on the infinite possibilities that online business provides. Things happen so fast online, and that's why I keep using that word, 'focus'. The right mindset keeps you from getting distracted and discouraged, but it also keeps you ready to accept ( and act upon!) new discoveries that suddenly come before you.

Yes, it is difficult. Anyone who ever told you that owning your own business was 'easy' wasn't being truthful. But is that such a bad thing? All transitions have their challenges - like graduating and entering the job market for the first time, or looking beyond the limits of your career to having a home-based business. But when I talk about 'mindset', I think it just boils down to one common factor - that this industry is not for everyone. It takes a special kind of person (with the right attitude) to build an online business from scratch. These are the kinds of people we want as Team Members. Think you might be one of them? If so, then we're waiting for you.

Join Team OceanSwell today!

How do I get people to join TrafficWave?

More basically, the question is, 'How do I get people to buy?' There is an old saying, “You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.” What does that even mean? It means that you can't make him drink water if he isn't thirsty for it!

But (in the context of the old saying) you have two choices of how to handle the stubborn horse:

1) Show the horse how cold, wet and refreshing the water is.
2) Try a different horse.

But here's something to consider. Maybe the horse just doesn't like water. Maybe it likes orange juice or beer instead! So what point am I trying to make (LOL)? What I'm saying is that you can't jam a product like TrafficWave in peoples' faces and expect them to simply join as users and affiliates because it's there. Instead, present a menu of long-term benefits that email list-building and automated, email marketing provide to any online entrepreneur. Let them select for themselves the reason/s to use the product and become an affiliate.

Because you know what? Internet Marketing tactics are becoming stale and overused. People today are becoming much more savvy to sales tricks of the trade. They are immune to most tactics and are even completely put off at the first sign of hype or high-pressured sales. Remember, people like to buy (power of choice), but people do NOT want to be “sold” by someone else. Only by selling themselves have they retained the power of choice.

Any business worthy of your attention will first explain the direct benefits to you well before asking you to plop down your hard earned cash. That's why you should incorporate the 30-Day FREE Trial into your marketing message. It does not “sell” anything... and doesn't have to. The prospects sell themselves after having the benefits explained over the course of 30 days. It's not 'selling' (or forcing a horse to drink!), it's educating - through which the buyer has the opportunity to sell himself. Try this approach and I promise that your results will improve over time.

Is TrafficWave a SCAM?

Of course, it isn't. But looking around on Google, I've seen some blog entries, 'reviews' and such claiming that TrafficWave is a scam operation. Well if it was, I certainly wouldn't be involved with it and neither would thousands of others, including many well-known industry pros!

But when it comes to affiliate marketing products and companies, it's my opinion that people will too often label this, that or the other thing as a 'scam' simply because they didn't succeed with it. In fact, I think most who complain about scams are really 'scamming' themselves. Why? Because they didn't take the time to learn this business and spend the time that it takes to establish yourself. For example, my husband and I first got started with Internet Marketing in the Fall of 2008. We didn't have a clue about what we were doing, but we were very excited, curious and driven to make it work. And you know what? We're STILL learning and (gradually) getting better and better at this.

But before you start calling programs like TrafficWave (or ideas like Team OceanSwell) a 'scam', here are a few pieces of advice that I hope you will take to heart:

1) You aren't going to earn any money online unless you have something to offer in addition to whatever it is that you are promoting. It's not enough to simply promote a product or service like TrafficWave and expect to be rewarded from that activity alone. I mean to say that people like to buy, but nobody likes being 'sold'. I have found that being a teacher, a giver, a helper (and even a friend!) pays more then simply throwing up affiliate links and hoping for sales, downline growth, etc.

2) It's vitally important to make a real commitment to your business and treat it like one. I think that, deep down, a lot of people don't think that Internet Marketing is 'real'. That's why they might be so quick to label everything a scam, when it really isn't. So the very first thing that you have to do (and keep doing forever!) is believe in yourself and believe that what you're doing is real... because it is.

3) Please accept and understand that there isn't any 'fast, easy' money online. It simply doesn't exist. Online business is like any other and requires investments of time and money. Successful businesses are the result of hard work, sacrifice, sweat and tears. Just because they're online doesn't make them any different. I think that one reason people lash out is because they've been lead to believe that there's a 'magic secret' out there that will unleash the floodgates of Internet money if they just join enough Free programs. But, of course, it never happens because that's not reality.

4) Last, but not least, stop blaming your failures on everyone else. Successful people don't make excuses. They get educated, they find out what needs to be done (now matter how much work it is!) and then they get it done - no matter what it takes. If you're the type that's always pointing fingers and making up excuses, then you'll never get anywhere with anything. I can promise you that.


So if you're interesting in online business and email marketing (as you should be!), then join TrafficWave today, contact your sponsor and then contact me, Juli Lopez. With the right attitude, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

TrafficWave - OceanSwell TEAM Update (#11)

Do people really make a good income with TrafficWave and Team Oceanswell? That's a question I get asked occasionally. What happens quite often with our Team Ads is that the results they produce aren't always new affiliates and Team Members joining TrafficWave (or Global NPN). Instead, they frequently generate inquiries such as 'how much will I earn?', 'how long will it take?', 'can I join with an existing account?', or 'I was in TrafficWave before and it didn't work for me, so why is this any different?'

New subscribers and, of course, new Team Members receive a letter series that I feel answers the important questions - honestly and directly. But what some people demand to know is, 'how much and how soon?'. If I could answer that, I would be a psychic and not an Internet Marketer. All I can tell you for certain is that collective-recruiting through team-builds like ours is the best chance you've got at establishing and growing an online affiliate business. Will it happen quickly? Probably not. But it won't happen at all if you never even try! And remember that TrafficWave is first and foremost an autoresponder service. That's a product that any serious online businessperson needs - and 'how much you can earn' is largely influenced by the energy and creativity that you put into building your email contact list over time.

But to answer the very first question in this blog post is that yes, you can earn a nice monthly income with TrafficWave and Team OceanSwell. Six(6) OceanSwell Team Members are now consistently among TrafficWave's top-earning affiliates on a monthly basis, and I'm not even one of them. But guess what my goal is... and guess why I will never quit? By the way, did I mention that Team OceanSwell is only one year old? Where will it be this time next year, or five years from now? It's going to be a whole lot bigger, that much is for certain! And as far as autoresponders and list-building are concerned, very few people understand just how valuable their email contact list really and truly is. I mean that everybody 'hears' that it's important, but I don't think that very many people actually get it. Ask anyone who's been doing this business for years and they will tell you that their list is their most valuable asset. It's like virtual real estate! And to build it, you need an autoresponder like TrafficWave.

But as we all know, TrafficWave also happens to have a potentially lucrative affiliate sales plan. And to build an income with that aspect of the product, the help of a team-build like ours is a good thing to have. Speaking of help, the recipient of November's $40.00 cash bonus is David Glassey. David can consider it two free months of TrafficWave, use it purchase a large safe-list mailing or buy a share of Brian Rooney's January co-op. That's up to him. But the point is that he's receiving another benefit of being part of the now-famous Team OceanSwell.

So that's all I can tell you. If you want to build a large and productive email contact list, then TrafficWave is your autoresponder. If you want help with building your affiliate downline, then you should join TrafficWave through Team OceanSwell. Those are facts. But if all you want to know is who will make you the richest in the least amount of time, the 'answers' that you will find online will likely be something other than factual.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Enjoy the time with your families and friends and be SAFE on the roads!

TrafficWave - OceanSwell TEAM Update (#10)

Fast, easy, money online doesn't exist.

I wish I could say otherwise, but I'd be lying. And while I'm no 'expert' on Internet Marketing, everything that I've ever read and everything that I've ever done (i.e. anything that works) always leads to the same conclusions. First of all, it takes years to become an online business success. Secondly, it takes a little money and a whole LOT of effort and sacrifice before you will see any results at all. But, of course, nobody wants to hear that. What they want is a full-time income 'online', with little to no effort, for no cost and they want it NOW - oh, and they want somebody else to do all the thinking for them. That's like walking up to a university and expecting a degree within 30 days, with someone else attending classes, doing all your homework and taking the tests for you... for Free. I'm sorry, life just doesn't work that way - online or 'offline'. There's no 'fast, easy' way and there's no free rides. In my experience so far, I have found two (and only two) things that work - email list building with my TrafficWave autoresponder and the OceanSwell Team-Build for the TrafficWave affiliate plan (which also builds downlines in Global NPN). Additionally, I promote My Money Fish, Peoplestring, 3x6surf and GDI, but I only do it with advertising that links to my autoresponder.

That's because growing your opt-in mailing list accomplishes two things at once: It automates your marketing and allows you to communicate to a large group all at once. Everyone who markets online with the fundamental goal of list-building uses the same basic system. That's because there aren't any new fundamentals. And, in my opinion, list-building should be the #1 thing every online marketer focuses upon - day in and day out. Because upon that single activity rests everything else. There is NO other thing that you can do that will benefit your business more. Everything you do online should involve your goal of list-building. Online, everybody wants 'traffic' (naturally). But once that traffic comes to your ad or website, it should be directed toward your opt-in form. That way, you will have continued access to that traffic forever, rather than just one time! Understand? If you don't understand it, then you NEED to understand it.

Of course, getting traffic to your page and then getting opt-ins are two different things. Basically, you must give your visitors a compelling reason to join your email contact list right now.... and without 'selling' anything. Remember this: Everybody wants to buy, but nobody wants to be sold. In my OceanSwell series of Marketing Tips, I offer suggestions about where to go for webinars and other material related to the subject of list-building. It's an art-form unto itself and mastering it is a learning process that takes time. But learn it you must, if you wish to be a success in this business.

Anyway, working full-time and trying to do so many things online can sometimes make it hard to stay in touch with my OceanSwell Team Members, thus this update has been a little late in coming. But the winner of the $40.00 cash bonus in October was Team Member, Frank Novak. Speaking of Frank, he is one of those who is opting to promote a personal ad page in addition to my regular Team Ads. You can have a look at his unique ad here. If you would like a custom ad yourself, please contact me and I will see that you receive one asap!