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39 Creative Ways to Invest in Your Platinum One Destinations Business

Maria Porter — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:55:21 +0000

38+1 Creative Ways to Invest in Your Platinum One Destinations Home Based Travel Business

You can start your own P1D business with just $148 as a netTrav associate. The following list is mainly for those who wish to make a larger income faster by joining the opportunity at the P1D Silver, Gold or Platinum membership levels.

When most people start a business, the smart ones do NOT use their own money. If they did, they would be taking it from their checking account, savings account, cookie jar, or out from under their mattress.

But most people, when they start a business, use someone else’s money. That’s what we do when we use our credit card, home equity line of credit, or borrow the funds from a friend. It should be no different with joining Platinum One Destinations.

There is important thing to remember . . . and this is always a strong motivation … the cost involved in starting a business is TAX DEDUCTIBLE!*

The TOP way to start with P1D is to ask for a personal loan from www.prosper.com

If that fails, please look at some of the ways that people can get started with little or no money of their own. Be sure and read all 38 ideas. There is going to be one that will help you.

1) Sign-Up with your Credit Card.

That is how many get started but if you don’t have a card,you’ll have to apply for and receive the card first! This is the best option because it gives you 30 days to recoup your investment and you will immediately be able to conduct your business, receive your travel & vacation package & your sign-up bonuses. Here are some choices of credit card companies:

http://www.creditatonce.com/ http://creditcards2u.com/ http://www.100best-credit-cards.com/ http://www.creditcardsmatter.com/

2) Obtain a loan on your 401K.These loans are great if they’re an option for you because there are no turndowns or penalties. The interest rate is 5%…and you’re paying that interest to yourself!

3) Financing is available however it is subject to a ‘Credit Check.’ The loan company is called AG Finance and they give small personal loans to people for businesses or home renovations. Several people have gone thru them for home based travel businesses and they have been approved for $1300 (silver P1D travel package) It’s free to submit your application. Please visit their website for detailed information: http://www.agfinance.com/ AG Finance has many offices all over the US . Each customer puts in their zip code and the nearest location is pulled up. It takes a few minutes, online or over the phone, to complete the application and the customer finds out within 24 hours if they were approved for the $1320 loan. If so they will receive a check in the mail within 2-3 days. Payback varies from customer to customer because it’s determined by their credit score.

Here are a few more sources. We suggest that you actually apply for all of them and if you get approved for them all, just pick ONE to get your financing from. It costs you nothing to apply for them. You can reach all of them at 800-555-1212 or search for them on the web.

4) Small Business Cash Advance Loans: http://www.fastupfront.com/small_business_loans.html?utm_source=YahooBusinessLoans&utm_medium=CPC

5) American General:
https://loans.agfcredit.com/Iaps/Html/AGHome.html

6) Citi Financial: https://www.wamu.com/personal/loans/home_equity/default.asp

7) Beneficial:
https://secure.citifinancial.com/loanapp/gettingstarted.php

(For Canadians) http://www.citifinancial.ca/eng/emain.html .

And some other ideas / strategies

9) Obtain a short term loan from a friend or family member.Borrow $50 from 26 people. Or $100 from 13 People.

10) Obtain a home equity loan.

11) Increase an existing equity line.

12) Sell a car you don’t use

13) Have a Rummage Sale

14) Sell off your old CD/DVD collection to the pawn shop

15) Find two or threepeople or businesses to buy and share the package together.

16) Try: www.eloan.com

17) Get a side job, and work it hard for one month, save all the money. One month is not that big a deal of a sacrifice if you really see what we have here with P1D.

18) Crack open your IRA or CD Account Early.

19) Borrow against your future tax return.

20) Sell a farm animal or farm implement you do not use or need.

21) Refinance the House on a different plan and take some cash out.

22) Find the fat in your budget and put that money aside until you have enough to start.

23) Use your income tax return or the economic stimulus check.

24) Stock Dividends.

25) Borrow from Life Insurance policy.

26) Sell your timeshare. With the P1D membership, you will no longer need it. We have access to timeshare properties in our P1D packages.

27) Get a title loan on your vehicle, boat or camper.

28) The following link is a way for Canadians to obtain a credit card that offers awesome benefits: http://www.banking.pcfinancial.ca

29) Focus on how to become an entrepreneur full time toraise the funds to start your business. What can you sell around you or create
to sell to raise the funds! We have a member who sold gourmet dog biscuits!

30) Sell items on Ebay! Sell items for others on Ebay and collect a percentage of the ales.

31) Get a personal loan from http://www.easyloanforyou.com/unsecured-online-personal-loans.html

32) Start Up Business Loans: http://banking.about.com/od/businessbanking/a/startuploan.htm

33) Write articles or press releases for other marketers and charge $50-$100 per job.

34) Place ads on craigslist, backpage or citynews for other marketers, charging 20-35c per submission.

35) Offer and get paid for your services or talents on www.elance.com or www.craigslist.com

36) Get paid $10-20 for each hubpage or squidoo page you write for other marketers.

37) Offer to make Audio recordings, Videos, or take Photo’s at church, school concerts,games. Make a profit for yourself and give a % of the profits back to the school/organization/church on each sale. A win win for all.

38) Sell your unwanted
old or broken Gold pieces. Gold is near an all time high per ounce.

Bottom line is… IF YOU ARE SERIOUS AND HAVE DESIRE – You will come up with a solution somehow, even one that is not in this list. I said I didn’t have the money when I was prospected, but I found it. I am 10 times over glad I did! We have members who were on food stamps and were able to find the money. If you don’t do P1D to secure your future, what is your Plan B?

As an added bonus, all who join in my team will receive a complementary business opportunity website, from as little as $0/month. Check my website for details: www.1000dollarchecks.com

Cheers

Maria Porter

Platinum Executive Leader

972-881-4694

www.GlobalP1D.com

www.P1D.info

* please check with your tax accountant for full details.

Kuddos for officialcoastaltraining who originally started this list.

Is Platinum One 1 Destinations Giving Coastal Vacations a Run For It’s Money?

Maria Porter — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:27:37 +0000

Hello

No doubt you have read reams on the merits of both Coastal Vacations and Platinum One Destinations and even more information with reports that the other is performing a scam operation ans should be avoided at all cost.

Why it seems that any company who is not yours can not be a viable and good alternative is really beyond me. Negative reporting rarely come ahead as has been demonstrated in the current political campaigns.

Today is Super Tuesday and in my opinion the candidates who can keep calm under pressure, stick to the issues and not revert to name calling inevitably wins in the court of public opinion.

So how is Coastal Vacations doing under the pressure of thousands of their members swinging across to P1D?

The results of a certain few, mainly in relatively high positions in Coastal has been to release YouTube videos, Press releases and articles on why P1D is such a bad choice and that all potential new members should stay clear away.

However, if you scratch away at the surface you will find some good results that have come from the competition that has been thrust infront of them.

It appears that a new member volunteer committee is being formed which will look into the quality of the member packages and how it can be improved. This is a great first step for Coastal Vacations. I would also like to see a retail only Coastal package for those who are performing B2B marketing. This actually would be easy to organize by Coastal having a different mailing address for retail customers, so being able to distinguish between members who need to have marketing information in the packages and those who do not.

I know more good will come from the competition, it always does.

An Update:

The conference call number has been changed (yet again). The new number for the live calls and lunch time training calls is:

712-338-8000 pin 1103#

In conclusion, I think P1D might be the best thing that has happened to Coastal Vacations. Both network marketing businesses have their merits and there are many like me who are promoting both Coastal and P1D. I have never felt that it was an either / or situation.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

Hope this helps

Maria Porter

972-881-4694

www.2ezbiz.org

www.platinum-one-destinations.com

www.p1d.info

75 Ways To Get Traffic And Leads With Marketing

Maria Porter — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:09:07 +0000

1. Leave comments on other people’s blogs with a backlink to your site. (just make them real, and not spam)

2. Write articles and distribute them to article directories.

3. Answer people’s questions on www.answers.yahoo.com.

4. Post in forums and have a link to your site in your signature. (after you join the conversation)

5. Write a press release and submit it to www.PRWeb.com , www.webwire.com , www.openpr.com.

6. Advertise your website in the appropriate category on www.CraigsList.com . (tip: create multiple email accounts for multiple postings per day)

7. Give an unbiased testimonial on a product/service that you have used in exchange for a backlink to your site. (maybe they’ll post your comment on their sales letter?)

8. Start a blog and submit it to the 100’s of free blog directories.

9. Manually submit your website to the major search engines. (or pay someone to do it)

10. Optimize each page of your website for a particular keyword or search phrase.

11. Add a link in your email signature to your website. It’s a free and easy way to get a little more traffic.

12. Make a custom 404 error page for your website redirecting people to your home page.

13. Use PPC search engine advertising. Don’t just use Google Adwords, also use Yahoo Search, MSN and Miva too.

14. Add a “bookmark this site” link to your webpages.

15. Have a tell-a-friend form on your site.

16. Send articles to ezine publishers that includes a link to your website in your bio box.

17. Hold a crazy contest and make it go viral with videos.

18. Give away a freebie (ebook, report, e-course) to keep people coming back to your site.

19. Add an RSS feed to your blog.

20. Submit your site to any related niche directories on the net.

21. Participate in a banner or link exchange program.

22. Create a software program and give it away for free.

23. Purchase the misspellings or variations of your domain name, or those of your competitors.

24. Buy a domain name related to your niche that is already receiving traffic and forward it to your site.

25. Pass out business cards with your domain on them everywhere you go.

26. Start and affiliate program and let your affiliates send you visitors.

27. Start a page on social bookmarking sites such as www.MySpace.com.

28. Submit a viral video to www.YouTube.com

29. Conduct and publish surveys to your website.

30. Find joint venture partners that will send you traffic.

31. Start your own newsletter or ezine.

32. Use a autoresponder or email campaign to keep people coming back to your site.

33. Purchase ads on other sites.

34. Send a free copy of your product to other site owners in exchange for a product review.

35. Sell or place classified ads on www.eBay.com with a link to your site.

36. Post free classified ads on any of the sites that allow them with a link to your site. Write good subject lines, so ads get read and clicked on.

37. Exchange reciprocal links with other related websites.

38. Network with other people at seminars or other live events. Join a meet up group: http://www.meetup.com

39. Purchase advertising in popular newsletters or ezines.

40. Advertise on other product’s “thank you” pages.

41. Create a free ebook and list in on the “free ebook” sites.

42. Buy and use a memorable domain name.

43. Do something controversial.

44. Create an Amazon profile and submit reviews for books and other products that you have read, use your domain name as the review name.

45. Start a lens on www.Squidoo.com.

46. Use a traffic exchange (low quality traffic, but can sometimes be worthwhile).

47. Get referrals form similar but non-competing sites.

48. Create and sell a product with resell or giveaway rights and include a link to your site in it o others pass it around for you.

49. Email your list. If you don’t have one, get one.

50. Buy a pair of sandals; get your website engraved on the bottom and walk on the beach, stomp in the mud or play in the snow.

51. Use Skype and other instant messengers to chat with people all over the world. Look at their profiles, find people like you, with similar interests, see if they are open to new ventures and friendships.

52. Send postcards in the mail

53. Write a nice long copy sales letter, using powerful persuasion and ethical copy to get people to buy your product or service.

54. Buy unused cable TV airtime, from local stations, on leased access, and show a 30 or 60 second commercial or public service announcement

55. Check out other commercials and Ideas for a co-op at www.spotrunner.com.

56. Hire and outsource marketing to places like www.agentsofvalue.com.

57. Join the Chamber Of Commerce.

58. Submit your videos to many video sites, besides youtube and google, there are well over 40 sites out there hosting free videos. Make sure you optimize the titles for keywords.

59. Do your keyword and SEO research which this great free SEO tool. http://tools.seobook.com/general/keyword/

60. Make a WHO IS PAGE, so people learn about who you are, before they buy from you.

61. Pick up the phone and call leads, learn to sell using the phone.

62. Buy a magnetic car sign and stick it on your car, with a short slogan and 24 hour message on it.

63. Wrap your car with a slogan, and 24 hour message

64. Set up a 24 hour recorded message on a toll free number.

65. Hire a call center, or a retired person or a student to close the sales for you, you just generate the leads

66. Hire a virtual assistant to work for you.

67. Put bandit signs (We buy ugly houses) all over town, with a phone # for people to call on it.

68. Put a coupon in VAL-PAK mailing to 1000’s of homes.

69. Go to pizza hut or a pizza shop in town, that is NOT a franchise, and ask if you can rent the space on the top of their pizza box. Pay them .15 a flyer to stick it on the box, with your advertisement on it.

70. ASK for referrals

71. Place classified or display ads in newspapers

72. Make a podcast where you can interview people, experts, or review other people’s stuff via audio or video podcast.

73. Go to old happy clients and ask them for referrals, give them a free gift or incentive for each referral.

74. Go to swap meet or community fairs or fundraisers and peddle your warez there.

75. Do a community fundraiser for a great cause, get lots of advertisers, peddle your warez in the auction or whatever you can with all the pulicity.

Thank you To Justin Michie for her forum post with these great ideas.

Feel free to steal this list and post it in your blogs, pass it on!

Cheers Maria

The Truth Behind Coastal Vacations Press Releases

Maria Porter — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:03:21 +0000

Press releases are literary compositions submitted to the press for distribution by companies and individuals with news worthy content. The releases usually contain creditable information about the release of a new product, expansion etc.

As time has gone by the notion to marketers in small business that the news released needs to be worthy of promotion seems to be dwindling. This method of advertising is rapidly developing into a cunning method of self promotion.

Press releases distributed by some of the larger well known distribution companies have the ability of getting the release indexed on the first page of ‘Google’ in a matter of hours. For this reason, some marketers are distributing them numerous times per month and dare I say it per week for the exposure.

Many business opportunities on the internet follow guidelines set forth by the company they are representing. In the case of coastal vacations where no policy and procedures are present, any individual is able to release as many press releases about anything as they feel fit with impunity.

The larger question is whether the companies releasing press releases are now releasing anything and everything because they are being compensated monetarily and is this leading to a dilution of news worthy content available on the internet?

Will there come a time when the public will simply not take press releases seriously as the content becomes unreliable and of so poor and repetitive quality.

For those marketers who are using press releases as almost their sole method of getting their word out, are they are doing a disservice to their team members, as this method of promotion is not duplicable by the masses?

Would it not be more beneficial for the future growth of the team if the sponsor would distribute marketing and advertising articles with satisfying and trustworthy substance as opposed to self promoting keyword rich non-newsworthy repetitive releases?

Just a thought.