Glen Palo

Unfortunately, I live in a state that has not approved STP.

I can see my money at https://payza.eu; I just can't get at it. This is making it difficult to operate in the IM niche. First PayPal and now Payza. STP is not approved in all states (at least in mine). So STP is not an option for many. Hopefully, website owners will start accepting credit cards. Crypto is not a very good option because it is difficult to determine "value." Website owners must constantly adjust their prices if they use Bitcoin for example. I know of one site where the upgrade is priced in BTC. They have not changed the price in years. The upgrade is still priced at .05 BTC, which is 422.50 USD at the current BTC price.

People who do well with MLM understand the business model behind the MLM concept. The corporate or business entity that decides to use the MLM business model does so based on their company strategy, mission statement, and/or business plan. The bottom line is that the responsibility for recruiting, developing, training, and motivating the sales force has moved into the "field." Those that excel at recruiting, training, organizing, and motivating their sales team make the most money. I am not in or affiliated with any MLM business.

No. 1. Price is too volatile for BTC to be used in commercial transactions. Buyers and sellers have a hard time determining value of products and services. 2. Digital currency exchanges are too vulnerable to hacks and BTC theft. 3. Digital currency prices are manipulated through Pump-and-dump and other schemes. 4. There are too many scams that scare off investors. 5. There are too many excessive fees associated with exchanging/buying digital currencies. Banks/credit card processors are now treating digital currency purchases as cash advances with associated fees. Until the digital currency markets can self-regulate effectively, bitcoin price will not hit $50,000.

Bitcoin investment company, USI-Tech, was hit with a cease-and-desist order by the Texas State Securities Board on December 20th. Consequently, USI-Tech has closed marketing operations and direct sales in the U.S. and Canada by terminating distributor agreements with it's U.S. and Canadian sales affiliates.

The Texas State Securities Board issued a cease-and-desist order to BitConnect on 4 January 2018. Basically, BitConnect is a ponzi scheme.

The exchanges for U.S. dollars and other currencies are regulated. The digital currency markets are self-regulating, which makes them prone to fraud and manipulation. Some of the digital currency exchanges have been subject to pump-and-dump schemes to artificially price the cryptocurrencies.

Yikes!

They didn't seem to have any problems with my account as I identify my website glenpalo.com and under company/organization name I listed "internet marketing" Hmmm. Maybe they will reconsider and cancel my account.

I wrote an article awhile back about business models and home businesses. Here is a chart from the Harvard Business Review I used:

Having been doing this for 20 years, I have had too many worst experiences! My current pet peeve are the list building type programs being promoted that integrate with only several autoresponders. Usually GetResponse or AWeber. The program won't work with your autoresponder. So you either have to get another autoresponder account or not use the program.

That is NOT in the Wealthy Affiliate training. But unfortunately, many members have taken that approach. I don't see the need to trash a program to make mine look better. Many of us provide reviews without making a subsequent recommendation to join Wealthy Affiliate. As an example, here is my Prosperity Marketing System Review.

All things being equal, I will choose someone using a picture rather than an avatar.

Is this Easy Cash 4 Ads? It is hard to tell the programs apart these days because so many names are similar.

Aspire/Digital Altitude members do the same thing. It's making it difficult to find honest reviews of programs.

My favorite is Prosperity Marketing System. The ability to add other programs provides flexibility that other systems just don't have.

I don't join anonymous programs. Just too risky not knowing who is behind the scenes.

For existing downline members, tell them the benefits to them for upgrading and how upgrading has helped you. Don't be subtle. For potential new members, promote the ugprade. Look for people willing to spend money, not just join free programs.

Empower Network is going into bankruptcy. David Wood has posted a 45 minute video on his Empower Network Facebook page explaining how they have no money and the pending bankruptcy. The link is: https://www.facebook.com/empowernetwork

I signed up and tried it. At the present time, there is insufficient inventory of available mails to read. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to accumulate 150 ads in the system for free members to view.

Why?

For starters, I do not join programs that do not provide information about the people involved or running it. There are too many anonymous websites that end up being scams. But in general, a program looks scammy to me when it: 1. Offers guaranteed returns 2. Requires payment to make money. 3. Offers payment for signing up without explaining how you would receive payment or what the qualifiers are. 4. Offers to do the work for you 5. Has extravagant displays of wealth 6. New with no track record of performance 7. Has an anonymous website registration showing in whois. 8. Requires social security number (U.S.) to sign up A new program called Cryptocurency Bank MLM appears to be a scam. (the spelling is theirs, not mine). They offer $50 in cryptocurrency for signing up. But does not say whether it is in Bitcoin or other. It may be that they are creating their own cryptocurrency. There are a bunch of other "red flags" to make this a pass for me.

Treat Pinterest like it is a search engine. Your pins should be descriptive with keywords. Pinterest is graphics/image oriented so use Pinterest sized images.

Any idea why it is down again?

It's gotten to the point where it is rare that I take an upgrade lifetime or not. And trying to pick a winner out of all that have started recently is difficult. I am sticking with the proven owners who have stood the test of time. (Maryanne M., Darren O., Marty P., and a few others).