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Network Marketing Opportunities That Work

ewwink — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:08 +0000

Network marketing opportunities that work not only exist, but are also doing quite well for themselves and their representatives. Some people will no doubt scoff at the notion. It’s understandable considering the number of businesses that pose as reputable top notch network marketing opportunities.

To give you a better idea of what network marketing is and what it isn’t, let’s look at some of the basics of network marketing. Network marketing isn’t an industry in and of itself. It’s a method of distribution for various products and services.

Network marketing organizations rely on their representatives to promote and sell the company product or service. This saves the company the huge expense of marketing themselves.

Also, because network marketing allows reps to recruit and train their own sales team, they receive a portion of the revenue generated by their sales team.

When most people hear the terms network marketing or multi-level marketing, they tend to immediately think “oh no…! Not another pyramid scheme.” It’s good to have a basic understanding of the fundamental difference between the two.

Point blank, pyramid schemes are illegal. Besides that however, pyramid schemes don’t rely on the sale of a product or service. Instead, these organizations focus heavily on recruiting and provide give little or no value to the new recruit aside for the promise of big bucks.

So, if the business opportunity you’re looking at doesn’t have a clearly defined product or service, or relies heavily on fancy recruiting systems to “do all the work for you”, it’s most likely an just another attempt to dazzle you with lots of hype.

Believe me, I speak from personal experience. “Everything that glitters, ain’t gold.” Use good judgment, and be sure to do the proper background research before you spend your hard earn money on a potential business opportunity.

Network marketing opportunities are a legitimate means to provide some additional income at low cost and limited risk.

Cleaning Business Opportunities

ewwink — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:03:13 +0000

If you are looking for a business venture to get into, then a cleaning business opportunity could be right up your street. In today’s busy world more and more people are turning to hiring house cleaners to take care of their homes. The cleaning business provides several options and opportunities to start and run a successful full or part time business, big or small.

People want and need all types of cleaning, from regular full general house cleaners to laundry specialists, carpet and upholstery and janitorial services.

The cleaning business is one business which provides a vast array of opportunities to get your foot into the door of the business world.

Good general house cleaners are always in demand, with more people following careers rather than staying home, reliable, professional cleaners are worth their weight in gold. The lay out costs are relatively cheap, with cleaning materials, equipment and reliable transport being all that’s really needed to get you started. Of course you will have to promote your business, but this can be done by advertising locally to begin with.

Another way to get into the cleaning business is to choose to go commercially. Hospitals, schools, restaurants and day care centres all rely on good hard working, professional cleaners to keep things in tip top shape. Although there will be a little more cost involved if you choose to go commercially the start up costs are still relatively small.

The hours you could work might differ from going into peoples homes, as offices, schools e.t.c could prefer night time or very early morning cleaners.

Specialist services such as carpet and upholstery cleaning is also another popular business to get into. The majority of these start out being run from home and then expand. The cheapest way to get into this specialist area is to start residentially rather than go for office cleaning, as this will need larger and more specialist equipment. Along with carpets many businesses also supply upholstery, fabric and drapery cleaning services.

As you can see there is a whole choice of cleaning business opportunities out there, it’s just a matter of choosing the one most suitable to you.

Review Of Business Opportunities At The Franchise Exhibition

ewwink — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:06:16 +0000

The venue for the franchise exhibition was the GMEX. It has a lovely location, situated in the heart of Manchester and surrounded by beautiful buildings both old and new. There are lovely restaurants, bars and cafes all within easy walking distance.

The exhibitor list at the franchise exhibition in Manchester was wide and varied with businesses opportunities available starting from as little as 5000 pounds all the way up to 100,000.

Most of the exhibitors used standard shell schemes and stuck their posters on the wall ready to greet potential franchisees. A few had spent a small fortune, with bespoke stands, purpose built for the exhibition that really stood out from the crowd.

The attendee list of franchisors had all the usual suspects including Cash Generators, My Home, Punch Taverns, Chips Away and of course CityLocal.

There were a couple of really interesting franchises that captured my attention. One offered a beauty treatment that promised a tighter belly after a few treatments. They were doing free treatments to anybody daring enough to lie on their bed and expose their belly in front of the public.

There was another unusual franchise which stood out in my mind. It was a tiny van, emblazoned with logos and specially built to provide sandwiches & coffee to business parks. I can imagine people queuing to buy lunch from this well designed business on wheels.

The exhibition was really busy on Friday until around 2:30pm. Then the crowds slowly started dispersing and the exhibition closed at 5:00pm. Fran Info the organizers laid on free drinks and snacks for the exhibitors after the venue closed and this was our chance to talk to the other franchisors.

I find that on Friday you meet a lot of serious punters whilst on Saturday you get a lot of “tyre kickers” attending. People have to take time out from their normal work routine to attend on Friday and are therefore more serious about starting a business, whilst on Saturdays you get some people attending that have no intention of ever buying a franchise.

Later that night, we ended up in a beautiful Italian restaurant just across the road after a busy Friday. Gio (5/7 Mosley Street – Tel: 0161 228 2030) has to be the best Italian restaurant in the UK. The food was excellent, the service exceptional and the bill for all 6 of us including drinks came to 120 pounds. It is well worth driving to Manchester just to eat in this fabulous restaurant.

On Saturday the exhibition did not start until 10:00am so we had time to check out of the hotel, dump our luggage into the car and have breakfast at McDonalds.

Saturday was a lot busier than Friday but fortunately for us the exhibitions finished at 4:00pm. No sooner had the last attendee left then everybody started dismantling their stands and within an hour most of the exhibitors had finished and were heading home.

We were in our car and reached Leicester at 8:00pm just in time for some lovely home made cooking courtesy of Zak’s lovely new wife Auzma.

All in all, the exhibition was well worth attending, although not as busy as Birmingham. Our next exhibition is in Doncaster and we hope to see you there.