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AGL – A Great Life

I recently came across a new company AGL aka A Great Life that was founded by a good friend of mine and seasoned networking pro Dave Lear who has been involved in the direct sales industry since 1993. I looked over the company website and learned more about the co-owner Wes Wheeler and how he had years of success running multiple businesses. But what really caught my attention was the presentation of the website (very professional looking).

I then looked at their product line to see if it was something that would appeal to the masses and learned that they only currently have one product, but it looks to be all natural and appealing to anyone who drinks tea. And not only is it not your average tea it has all natural ingredients that help you lose weight. Around the world, 2 billion people will drink tea every morning. *Over 158 million Americans will drink tea on any given day. Apparently Tea is the 2nd most consumed beverage on the planet following water. And most of us can stand to lose a few pounds.

Compensation Plan

Finally, the compensation plan really caught my attention as they do a fast start bonus on all orders during the first month and then use a binary cycling pay plan beginning on the 2nd month of orders.

Fast Start Bonuses

The Fast Start Bonus is pretty fantastic as it pays out 3 generations – you get paid on anyone you refer, then you get paid on anyone you refer and they refer up to a total of 3 generations (example lets say you make a sale for $49.95 order = $40 in volume – $20 in commission + $5 in commission to your sponsor + $5 to their sponsor). So basically this can create some nice solid income that is always rolling up to you as long as you work the business and consistently share with others.

Binary Monthly Pay Plan

The is a cycling binary pay plan that pays out weekly on all orders beginning in the the 2nd month of each customer and so forth (re-orders). It goes something like this you will earn $8 every time you have $40 in volume on your left and $80 on your right or vice versus. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but you could potentially be cycling multiple times per day or in some cases per hour. For a pay plan in Multi Level Marketing to be solid on the back end it should be around 6 or 7% of total volume. Lets just take $120 ($40 + $80) in volume and figure that the percentage for $8 per cycle would roughly be around 6.8% so its pretty fantastic being that many companies won’t even pay you until you get at least $200 or $300 in total volume.

Company Pool Bonuses

The company is also taking its total monthly sales and paying out 1%, 3%, and up to 5% in its global pools. This can be another very lucrative way for people to make extra money every month.

It’s quite honestly one of the most simplistic compensation plans that I have come across ever having studied multiple compensation plans.

And if that doesn’t grab you how about to qualify for all commissions your only requirement is that you purchase at least 1 box of product per month $49.95 + Shipping. Many compensation plans will require you to purchase 3 or 4 boxes of product to qualify for top commissions in any given compensation plan. They do have an option to order more than 1 box of product at a discount if you prefer to do 3 or 6 boxes per month, but that is not a requirement – just an option.

My overall take on AGL (A Great Life) thus far is that they appear to have all the makings of a great company. Honest hard working owners who have been in the industry since 1993, a product that is highly consumable product Not Your Average Skinny Tea (weight loss tea). A compensation plan that is easy to understand and appeals to everyone willing to work their business very part-time, part-time, or full-time. And everyone who joins by paying a one time $20 (Lifetime membership fee) gets access to all the marketing tools they will ever need to share their business (Websites, Email follow up, Squeeze Pages, and a contact manager).

To learn more about how you can get started with AGL visit http://healthierwealthier.biz or email me at john@johnlowery.biz

Let’s be frank! Online marketing is not easy. You’re spending money, time, and energy hoping that something sticks and that you hopefully become the next big thing or you get some ROI on your investment. What works for my business isn’t going to necessarily work for another. You have to be creative, diligent, and always be watching to see what is working and what isn’t.

Not only is there a huge learning curve for beginners, but you have plenty of marketers coming after your wallet claiming to be experts in online marketing. If you decide to go at it alone, it will take you weeks, months, or even years to figure it out. If you hire someone you pray you made the right decision and don’t flush money down the toilet.

Personally, I have been marketing online since 2008 and have worked with many individuals and businesses on their online marketing. I wanted to take some time to share with you 5 of my favorite Cost Effective things you can do to market your business online that won’t waste your time or your hard-earned dollars if done correctly.

5 Cost-Effective Ways To Market Your Business Online

#1. Blogging — Even though blogging can takes months or even years to build up any sort of decent following, writing about things that are relevant to your audience can always increase traffic and in return get you more followers and customers for your business. If you choose to blog there are 2 things you will want to always remember — consistency leads to results and you will need to have patience — lots and lots of it. I personally, write 2 blogs for my business weekly (try to anyway). One is tailored for the solo entrepreneur and home based business professional and the other is tailored towards the small & mid-sized business owner. At times if it makes sense — I may share an article like this that could be relevant to both blogs. I have to admit it is harder than it sounds as you always have to scramble for good content and you need to be somewhat of a decent writer. If writing isn’t your thing you can always hire a freelancer to do it for you, or use an employee.

#2. Video Marketing— If you haven’t already consider setting up a YouTube Channel. This will be one of the best ways to reach out to people in your network and beyond. I really think that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) from Video is 10 times what it is for a website at least in speed. I can create a video and get it optimized in days vs. weeks, months, or years with a website. It’s hands down one of the cheapest and most effective ways to market your business. I have seen my clients including myself add hundreds and even thousands of dollars to their bottom line by simply creating a few videos and getting them to come up on the top of YouTube. I will add that this is a very competitive space, but if you learn how to optimize your videos or have a professional optimize them for you-you will be very pleased with the results. I have had a few videos come up #1 out of hundreds for search terms and this can be very beneficial for your business if done correctly.

#3. Email Marketing — Email marketing may not be what it once was years ago with all of the spam filters these days, but I still think that it is an effective way for you to stay in front of your customers and prospects on a regular basis. Like with blogging you will want to be consistent at least once a month, weekly, or bi-weekly. You will definitely want to sign up for one of the many email services to broadcast your emails (MailChimp, constant contact, Aweber, Icontact, etc.) My personal favorite is Icontact.com, but any one should work and they all cost about the same. Don’t be over the top with your marketing as many people will be turned off if you constantly send out emails. The key to email marketing is good copywriting skills (sales copy) and knowing the best times to send out your emails. If you’re promoting your business, probably not best to send out your emails on a Sunday. It’s also important to always be growing your email list. You want your subscriber base to grow so you have more people (hopefully targeted) to reach out to. One of the ways that we grow our email list is by giving away a free e-book on both of our websites.

#4. Social Media Marketing — If you’re running a business and you are not on at least Facebook (over 3 billion active users are now on Facebook worldwide), you are seriously jeopardizing the future of your business in my opinion. Those businesses that are active in social media will thrive in the future. I feel like a few years ago no one knew where it was really going, but today it shapes our lives from the news, to whats happening now, to sharing photographs of our latest vacation. It’s a phenomenon that is not going away anytime soon. Even if you don’t like it (and many people don’t) get involved if nothing less for your business. Your life depends on oxygen and water to survive. Your business nowadays depends on Social Media. Find one or two social media sites that you feel will best represent your business and be consistent and simply put yourself and your business out there. NO one ever made it big by playing it safe. This is your opportunity to share your business with the entire world and really connect with others in a much more personal way. Think of it like a giant party and you have an opportunity to not only promote your business but to make new friends.

#5 Content Marketing — similar to this site or even linkedin.com which now allows you the ability to publish articles. The great thing about using sites like medium or Linkedin to publish articles is it allows you the ability to share content beyond your social media networks, email, or blogs. A lot of times I will write my blog first on medium than copy and paste it to my blog. Make sure if you do copy & paste that you reference the article on your blog. I have found in the past that some of my best-written articles that got the most attention were not from my blogs, but from my articles that I wrote on these other sites away from my blog.

Well, there are 5 cost-effective ways to market online. I hope this helps you with your online marketing whether you are a newbie or a seasoned pro. Marketing is pretty much everything that happens prior to an exchange of money. If done well, it can make you a fortune, if done poorly it can waste a lot of time & money and in some cases even cost you your business. If you feel like you would rather stay away from marketing and focus more on the things you are good at — always feel free to reach out to myself or another online expert for help on making your business stand out in a noisy overpopulated online world.

This article was taken from another article that was posted by John Lowery at medium.com
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