How do I know this is the company for me?

Another great question today from another prospect.  There are so many network marketing companies available to work with, how do you know which one to choose?

Like any other business, which MLM company to work with is strictly a matter of personal preference.  I would suggest you start by researching the companies you are most interested in.  Compare the compensation plans, initial investment required, product base, and try to get the overall "feel" of the company.  Then pick the one that fits best with your interests, values, and goals.  I chose FHTM because I can support the products and market them proudly, the comp plan is one of the best in the industry, and the company - or at least my team - is made up of good, Christian, trustworthy and helpful people.

I have written many posts in this blog about the products and the start up costs.  The comp plan is readily available to anyone who wants to see it and so I'm not going to post it here.  But I will talk a bit about the overall character of Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing.

Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing began business in 2001. Eight years later the company is still debt free, stock holder free, shareholder free and excceds 500 million in annual revenue. Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing does business in all 50 states, Canada, England and Puerto Rico.

In the first year of business, FHTM did $16 million in business and was said to be the fastest growing company in America by Forbes Business Magazine. By 2005, Fortune had revenues exceeding $125 million and already created more 100k per month earners faster than any company in the history of relationship marketing. Fortune Hi-Tech pays 98% of their revenues to all of their reps in the business.


Fortune Hi Tech Marketing has merged the network marketing industry and corporate America into one. This merger is allowing average people to capitalize on the billion dollar infrastructures of cell phones, high-speed internet, home phones, TV, auto club, nutrition, beauty care, travel and more with name brand companies like Verizon, DishTV, Travelocity, GTE, AT&T, and many others.

Paul Orberson and his staff are dedicated to the success of the representatives. Their desire is to help people achieve their financial goals and dreams.



Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing is a great vehicle by which one can accomplish great things for their family and others. They're a solid company with a sound compensation plan and have established themselves for long-term success. 

Many people hear MLM and think "pyramid", "that's illegal", or "I'm not doing one of those".  However the MLM industry has changed and is quickly becoming a great way for the average individual to be in business for themselves and create a lasting financial asset.

No matter which MLM vehicle you choose, you will be most successful if you have a positive attitude, take advantage of the collective knowledge of your upline leaders, take all the training you can find, learn to use the internet to promote yourself and your business, and devote true time and effort to your business. 

Travel FHTM

One of the things that sets Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing apart from so many other network marketing opportunities is the wide range of products and services we offer.  As a FHTM business partner, you can be part of the lucrative travel industry through our partnership with Travelocity.

Travel FHTM makes booking your next vacation or get away easier than ever. Now you can book airline tickets, hotel and resort rooms and rental cars with the click of your mouse. Browse the travel portal for package and destination ideas, discounts and price comparisons. Everything you need to plan the perfect vacation is all in one place. With more than 60 airlines, 55,000 hotels and resorts and 28 rental car companies you can find the perfect match for your travel needs.

Even if you don’t know what your perfect vacation is, Travel FHTM will help you find it. With the travel portal, powered by the Travelocity Partner Network, you can find vacation destination ideas, package deals, activity suggestions, popular vacation cities and discounted last minute trips. It is easier than ever to plan the perfect vacation.

The travel market is one of the fastest growing world markets.

$7 Trillion Dollar Industry!
12.9% of ALL Customer Spending Worldwide
842 Million Trips booked Worldwide
79 Million Trips booked Online!
2.6 Million US Hotels are Sold EVERYDAY
43 Million Airline Reservations booked
21 Million Rental Cars booked
29 Million Theme / Travel Packages booked
5.7 Million Cruises booked

Get Your Own TRAVELFHTM.COM Web site and get access to:

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60 + Airlines
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Click here to become an FHTM rep and become part of the money-making travel industry!

Money Back Guarantee?

When I became serious about network marketing, one of the first things I did was take some training - specifically Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring Course.  Part of the course deals with answering objections.  One of the objections I thought I'd never have to worry about - until today.  Someone asked me today if I would guarantee that they would make money!  Mike mentioned that as a possibility but I didn't really believe it.  How can I guarantee that you will make money?  That's like opening a restaurant and asking the chef for a guarantee that people will like the food.  Or opening a retail shop and asking your vendors to guarantee that you'll have customers to buy their merchandise.  How silly would that be?

I do want to say thanks to Mike, though.  Because as soon as I recovered from my initial disbelief that someone would ask such a thing, I remembered exactly what to say - NOPE!

I can't guarantee you will make a dime.  I don't know your work habits.  I have no idea how persistent you are.  Are you serious about building a business or are you looking for a get-rich-quick scam?  Are you trainable?  Will you take suggestions from me and the rest of the team?  Will you quit the first time you get a rejection?  Do you understand that network marketing is a great way to start a business or are afraid of being laughed at?  Will you promise not to hound your friends and family and then quit when they tell you no?  Will you let us teach you how to generate real leads for your business and not settle for the first warm body through the door? 

I can't answer any of those questions.  Only you can.  So only you can guarantee that you will make any money.  But I can guarantee you something.  If you keep doing what you have been doing - what you know isn't working - then next year, 5 years from now, 10 years from now, you'll be exactly where you are today.  How's THAT for a guarantee?!

If you think you are ready to make a change in your life, check it out!  Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing is a great network marketing opportunity.  Not sure?  Go to WealthTogether! and learn more.

Building a Team

One of the key ingredients to a successful network marketing business is a good team.  While it is possible to make money just by selling the products produced by your company, the fastest way to success is to build a team of like-minded business partners.  Since you receive a percentage of everything they sell as well as the profit from your own sales, you can see how this quickly adds up.  My team consists of almost 500 business partners which makes a huge difference in my income each month!

If you've been in network marketing before or are currently involved with a company, then you know that most organizations encourage you to recruit what they call your "warm market" first.  That's your family and friends.  While I'm not saying that friends and family can't make good recruits, I encourage my team members to look at other methods.  Friends and family can be a tough sell.  They know you and they may want to wait and see how successful you are before they climb on board.  Or, if you have been like me, and tried several different opportunities in the past before finding the right one, they may think this is just another of your latest "schemes" and that, as usual, you will drop out as soon as it gets tough.

If you don't pursue friends and family, how do you find prospects.  That's easy.  Start treating your business like a business.  What do other businesses do to attract customers?  Advertise and market.  Start advertising and marketing your network marketing business and you will attract qualified and interested prospects - without hounding everyone you know personally.


The first thing you need to do to start marketing is to have a website.  Yes, most companies have websites they provide.  Some of them are actually pretty good.  The problem is it's the same website all 100,000 reps in your company are using.  You need something different that will set you apart from the rest of the crowd.  It can be as simple as a blog like this one.  Or it can be a simple website like the one I have at http://wealthtogether.web.officelive.com/.  It doesn't have to be fancy.  You just need a place to put your presentation online, provide a way for prospects to contact you, capture the contact information of those who may want additional information, and follow up with them.  Having your presentation online makes it available for viewing anytime someone wants, 24/7.  It means you can have unlimited viewing instead of being constrained by now many people can fit into your living room for a DVD presentation. It allows people to contact you anytime, night or day, whether you are immediately available or not.  And if you have an autoresponder, it follows up with your prospects automatically. 

Next, you need to know all there is to know about your business.  People want to do business with leaders.  Experts attract others wanting information.  If you can't answer their questions, they may not come back a second time.  If you have to go to your sponsor everytime I ask a question, why don't I just save time and go to your sponsor myself?  Know how the comp plan works, what the products are, how promotions to the next level are earned, and everything else that may be of interest to prospective team members. 

Learn how to market your business effectively and teach this to your team members.  Skip the weekly "Rah-Rah" meetings unless you really enjoy them and learn how to master online marketing and prospecting.  Use conference calls and teleseminars to teach these skills to others on your team.  Word will quickly spread tha your team is the one to join because you know how to attract and train great people.  Once you master these skills and then teach your team to duplicate them, you'll be amazed at how quickly your downline grows.

Once you master these skills, your business will be easeir, more fun, and will duplicate faster and better than any team that's dependent on the old methods!  If your interested in joining a team that teaches these skills, go to http://wealthtogether.web.officelive.com/ or www.fhtmus.com/wealthtogether.

How Much Will I Make?

I'll be honest...I don't have a clue! How hard are you willing to work? How much time are you willing to devote to building your business? Are you going to follow the advice of your trainers and upline? Are you going to stick with it when it seems like no one is interested in your products, services or business opportunity?

I love it when prospective business partners ask me this question. I want to pull out my magic crystal ball and give them an answer. But honesty is really best in this situation - for two reasons. First, they don't expect it and so it gives me an opportunity to show them that I really am legit and I am not going to make promises that neither of us may be able to keep. Second, it shows them that the income they earn is largely dependent on what they do...or don't do!

I have team members who are millionaires. I have team members who are making $60K or more a year. I have team members who are only making an extra $1000 or so a month. And I have team members who haven't made a dime.

I now have over 400 people on my team. Most of them are at least moderately successful. Some of them are not. And I'll admit - some of the successful ones took me by surprise. And a couple that I really expected would do well are getting ready to quit. What made the difference? Effort. Listening to me and other upline leaders. Persistence. Faith.

How much will you make? I don't know. You could change your life. Or you could continue as you have all these years. All I do know is if you don't do it now, when will you?

Ready to find out how much you could make?

http://www.wealthtogether.web.officelive.com/
http://fhtmus.com/wealthtogether

Read this...PLEASE...and live!

I received this from a friend and wanted to pass it on to you, as it is exactly what Paul Orberson, founder of Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, has been trying to pound into our heads. (A sample of the information that saved his life and helped him beat cancer.) This is by the author of the book "The pH Miracle," which Paul recommends, along with "Alkalize or Die" by Dr. Theodore A Baroody. I have both, but like the second book best because it includes food charts that assign numerical values to the different foods according to what they do to your pH balance.

Please, please "alkalize!" It takes some effort, but isn't your family worth it? You know they want to have you around for years to come! If you don't alkalize, you are a walking time bomb for cancer, as well as other "diseases!" I can tell you where to order pH test strips if you need them. (Be sure you test urine, and not saliva, which is unreliable!). I'm sure you are probably aware that "Mineral pH", one of our True Essentials products, was formulated at Paul's request specifically to help us alkalize ourselves. But it can't do it all by itself if you don't also watch what you eat! That is why it is so important for you to test your pH! There's nothing like seeing the reading "Dangerous Range. Seek the assistance of a licensed professional" to wake you up!

One word of warning: You can actually get a false "alkaline" reading if you are HIGHLY acidic! That is because your body is pumping all the minerals out of your bones, and your liver and other organs are working overtime pumping out whatever it is that they pump out to battle the acidity. All those substances that your body is pumping out are what cause the false alkaline reading. SO . . . if you indulge in meat, dairy products, sugar, bread, pasta, and/or carbonated beverages, and still get a very good, "alkaline" reading, I wouldn't trust it! You need to eat 80% fresh vegetables and fruits, and only 20% of all those other things combined! (And what American does that??)

Read this, and help Paul spread the word!
Melodieann

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Subject: a different "slant" on what disease really is! Please read

The following is something I have come to believe after many years of "study and experience". IT MAKES SENSE if you really think about it! I do hope you will read it for your self and analyze what Dr. Young is saying. This area of physical life is intriguing to say the least! I also agree with what Sandy writes below! Sincerely, Carolyn Hook

I hope you will take time to read this article even though it is lengthy. It is by Robert O. Young, Ph.D. He is a nationally renowned microbiologist and nutritionist who speaks to audiences around the world on health and wellness. The content is actually what we have been teaching for years and very much believe in what he is saying. Becoming better informed allows all of us to have a better quality of life. I am so thankful that someone informed me about the Sunrider foods and all of the other high quality products. When Dr. Young speaks about eating good food or drinking good water (alkaline in nature), we already have that in Sunrider. Our other food choices are very important, also. At least that is what I have learned, experienced, and shared over the past 17 years in Sunrider. Sandy Besemann

There is no Disease by Robert O. Young
Disease names like diabetes and osteoporosis are misleading and misinform patients about disease prevention. There is a curious tendency in conventional medicine to name a set of symptoms a disease. I was recently at a compounding pharmacy having my bone mineral density measured to update my health stats. I spotted a poster touting a new drug for osteoporosis. It was written by a drug company, and it said exactly this: 'Osteoporosis is a disease that causes weak and fragile bones.' Then, the poster went on to say that you need a particular drug to counteract this 'disease.' Yet the language is all backwards. Osteoporosis isn't a disease that causes weak bones, osteoporosis is the name given to a diagnosis of weak bones. In other words, the weak bones are the result of excess acidity, and then the diagnosis of osteoporosis followed. The drug poster makes it sound like osteoporosis strikes first, and then you get weak bones. The cause and effect is all backwards. And that's how drug companies want people to think about diseases and symptoms: first you 'get' the disease, and then you are 'diagnosed' just in time to take a new drug for the rest of your life. But it's all hogwash. There is no such disease as osteoporosis. It's just a made-up name given to a pattern of symptoms.
As another example, when a person follows an unhealthy lifestyle that results in a symptom such as high blood pressure, that symptom is actually being assumed to be a disease all by itself and it will be given a disease name. What disease? The disease is, of course, 'high blood pressure.' Doctors throw this phrase around as if it were an actual disease and not merely descriptive of patient physiology. This may all seem silly, right? But, there's actually a very important point to all this. When we look at symptoms and give them disease names, we automatically distort the selection of available treatments for such a disease. If the disease is, by itself, high cholesterol, then the cure for the disease must be nothing other than lowering the high cholesterol. And that's how we end up with all these pharmaceuticals treating high cholesterol in order to 'prevent' this disease and lower the levels of LDL cholesterol in the human patient. By lowering only the cholesterol, the doctor can rest assured that he is, in fact, treating this 'disease,' since the definition of this 'disease' is high cholesterol and nothing else. But there is a fatal flaw in this approach to disease treatment: the symptom is not the cause of the disease. There is another cause, and , this deeper cause is routinely ignored by conventional medicine, doctors, drug companies, and even patients. Let's take a closer look at high blood pressure. What actually causes high blood pressure? Many doctors would say high blood pressure is caused by a specific, measurable interaction between circulating chemicals in the human body. Thus, the ill-behaved chemical compounds are the cause of the high blood pressure, and therefore the solution is to regulate these chemicals. That's exactly what pharmaceuticals do -- they attempt to manipulate the chemicals in the body to adjust the symptoms of high blood pressure. Thus, they only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

Or take a look at high cholesterol. The conventional medicine approach says that high cholesterol is caused by a chemical imbalance in the liver, which is the organ that produces cholesterol. Thus the treatment for high cholesterol is a prescription drug that inhibits the liver's production of cholesterol (statin drugs). Upon taking these drugs, the high cholesterol (the 'disease') is regulated, but what was causing the liver to overproduce cholesterol in the first place? That causative factor remains ignored. The root cause of high cholesterol, as it turns out, is primarily an over acidic diet. A person who eats foods that are acidic will inevitably cause the body to go into preservation mode and produce more cholesterol to neutralize the excess acid, thus showing the symptoms of this so-called disease of high cholesterol. It’s simple cause and effect. Eat the wrong foods, and you'll produce too much acid, which will cause the body to release cholesterol from the liver to bind up that acid which can be detected and diagnosed by conventional medical procedures. You see it is not the cholesterol that is bad. It is the acid producing food we eat that is bad. Reduce the acid producing foods like beef, chicken, pork, dairy, coffee, tea, soda pops, etc and you will reduce the protective cholesterol that is saving your life from excess acid foods. Yet the root cause of all this is actually poor food choice, not some bizarre behavior by the liver. If the disease were to be accurately named, then it would be called Acidic Food Choice Disease, or simply AFCD. AFCD would be a far more accurate name that would make sense to people. If it's an acidic food choice disease, then it seems that the obvious solution to the disease would be to choose foods that aren't so acidic. Of course, that may be a bit of simplification since you have to distinguish between healthy alkaline foods and unhealthy acidic foods. But at least the name AFCD gives patients a better idea of what's actually going on rather than naming the disease after a symptom, such as high cholesterol. You see, the symptom is not the disease, but conventional medicine insists on calling the symptom the disease because that way it can treat the symptom and claim success without actually addressing the underlying cause, which remains a mystery to modern medicine.

But, let's move on to some other diseases so you get a clearer picture of how this actually works. Another disease that's caused by poor acidic food choice is diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the natural physiological and metabolic result of a person consuming refined carbohydrates and added sugars in large quantities, undigested proteins from beef, chicken, and pork without engaging in regular physical exercise that would compensate for such dietary practices. The name 'diabetes' is meaningless to the average person. The disease should be called Excessive Acid Disease, or EAD. If it were called Excessive Acid Disease, the solution to it would be rather apparent; simply eat less sugar, eliminate all animal proteins, eggs, dairy, drink fewer soft drinks and so on. But of course that would be far too simple for the medical community, so the disease must be given a complex name such as diabetes that puts its solution out of reach of the average patient.

Another disease that is named after its symptom is cancer. In fact, to this day, most doctors and many patients still believe that cancer is a physical thing: a tumor. In reality, a tumor is the solution of cancer, not its cause. A tumor is simply a physical manifestation of bound up acidic cells so they do not spoil other healthy cells. The tumor is the solution to cells damaged by acids not the problem. The truth is cancer is not a cell but an acidic liquid. When a person 'has cancer,' what they really have is a latent tissue acidosis. They are absorbing their own acidic urine. It that would be a far better name for the disease: Latent Tissue Acidosis or LTA. If cancer were actually called Latent Tissue Acidosis, it would seem ridiculous to try to cure cancer by cutting out tumors through surgery and by destroying the immune system with chemotherapy. And yet these are precisely the most popular treatments for cancer offered by conventional medicine. These treatments do absolutely nothing to support the patient's immune system and prevent the build up of acids in the tissues. That's exactly why most people who undergo chemotherapy or the removal of tumors through surgical procedures end up with yet more cancer a few months or a few years later. It's also another reason why survival rates of cancer have barely budged over the last twenty years. (In other words, conventional medicine's treatments for cancer simply don't work.) The main reason is current medical science wrongly perceives cancer as a cell when in reality cancer is an acidic liquid, like lactic acid. This whole situation stems from the fact that the disease is misnamed. It isn't cancer, it isn't a tumor and it certainly isn't a disease caused by having too strong of an immune system that needs to be destroyed through chemotherapy. It is simply latent tissue acidosis. And if it were called latent tissue acidosis disease or urine in the tissues, the effective treatment for cancer would be apparent.
There are many other diseases that are given misleading names by western medicine. But if you look around the world and take a look at how diseases are named elsewhere, you will find many countries have disease names that actually make sense. For example, in Chinese medicine, Alzheimer's disease is given a name that means, when translated, 'feeble mind disease.' In Chinese medicine, the name of the disease more accurately describes the actual cause of the disease which is caused by acids or urine on the brain, whereas in western medicine, the name of the disease seems to be intended to obscure the root cause of the disease, thereby making all diseases sound far more complex and mysterious than they really are. This is one way in which doctors and practitioners of western medicine keep medical treatments out of the reach of the average citizen. Because they sure don't want people thinking for themselves about the causes of disease! By creating a whole new vocabulary for medical conditions, they can speak their own secret language and make sure that people who aren't schooled in medicine don't understand what they're saying. That's a shame, because the treatments and cures for virtually all chronic diseases are actually quite simple and can be described in plain language, such as making different alkaline food choices, getting more natural sunlight, drinking more alkaline water, engaging in regular physical exercise, avoiding specific acidic foods, supplementing your diet with green foods and green drinks and alkalizing nutritional supplements and so on.
Western medicine prefers to describe diseases in terms of chemistry. When you're depressed, you aren't suffering from a lack of natural sunlight; you are suffering from a 'brain chemistry imbalance' that can only be regulated, they claim, by ingesting toxic chemicals to alter your brain chemistry. When your bones are brittle, it's not acidic brittle bones disease; it's called osteoporosis, something that sounds very technical and complicated. And to treat it, western doctors and physicians will give you prescriptions for expensive drugs that somehow claim to make your bones less brittle. But in fact, the real treatment for this can be described in plain language once again: regular physical exercise, vitamin D supplementation, mineral supplements that include calcium and strontium, natural sunlight, and avoidance of acidic foods such as soft drinks, white flour and added sugars. In fact, virtually every disease that's prominent in modern society -- diabetes, cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, clinical depression, irritable bowel syndrome and so on -- can be easily described in plain language without using complex terms at all. These diseases are simply misnamed... As a result, ...it furthers the language of separation. Separation never results in healing. In order to effect healing, we must bring together the language of healers and patients using plain language that real people understand and that real people can act upon. We need to start describing diseases in terms of their root causes, not in terms of their arcane, biochemical actions. When someone suffers from seasonal affective disorder or clinical depression, for example, let's call it what it is: Sunlight Deficiency Disorder. To treat it, the person simply needs to get more sunlight. This isn't rocket science, it's not complex, and it doesn't require a prescription. If someone is suffering from osteoporosis, let's get realistic about the words we use to describe the condition: it's really Acidic Bones Disease. And it should be treated with things that will enhance bone density, such as nutrition, physical exercise and avoidance of acidic foods and drinks that strip away bone mass from the human body to neutralize the excess acids in the blood and tissues.
All of this information, of course, may be rather shocking to old-school doctors and practitioners of western medicine, and many don't like the idea of naming diseases in plain language that patients can actually comprehend. It may be that if the simple truths about diseases and their causes were known, health would be more readily available to everyday people, and that would lessen the importance of physicians and medical researchers. Although not all physicians are ego driven, there's a great deal of ego invested in the medical community, and they probably don't want to make sound health attainable to the average person without their expert advice. Doctors who want to serve as the translators of 'truth', will balk at any attempts to educate the public to either practice medicine on their own.

In reality, health is attainable by every single person. Health is easy, it is straightforward, it is direct and, for the most part, it is readily available. Don't believe the names of diseases given to you. Those names are designed to be obscure, not to inform. They are designed to separate you from self-healing, not to put you in touch with your own inner healer

The $299 Business Opportunity

I asked some friends of mine who are all business owners what it cost them to start their ventures. Are you ready?

The Business Broker: $16,000
The Event Planner: $7,000
The Day Care Center Owner: $33,000
The Computer Expert: $550
The Caterer: $1,100
The Pizzeria Owner: $65,000
The Personal Trainer: $2,700
The Organizer: $25,000
The Personal Shopper: $2,500
The Landscaper: $5,000
The Housekeeper: $500

Most of these women started their businesses a few years ago, so with the economy the way it is right now, I'm sure the costs would be higher.

What if I told you there was a business opportunity that only required a $299 investment? And for that $299 you received everything you needed to be successful - the products, training, a great support network. Sounds a little bit too good to be true, doesn't it? Now, what if I told you that you didn't have to worry about invoicing your customers or collecting payment. You don't have to worry about stocking and delivering products. You don't have to purchase a pricey sales kit or buy "X" number of products yourself. And what if I told you that the products were all nationally known, name brand products and services that most people are already using anyway? From companies like AT&T, Verizon, DishTV, GTE, Travelocity, True Essentials, and Peter Lamas Cosmetics? Is it possible that such a company exists?

Well it does. It's called Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing. And yes, it's network marketing. Why network marketing? What other business can you invest only $299 in and have everything you need to be up and running right from the start?

It's tough out there right now. Although the news media keep saying that the recession is ending and the economy is getting better, frankly, we're not seeing it here. I know people who are still out of work and can't find a job. I see people who are still struggling just to pay bills and feed their family. I talk to people everyday who want something better and wish they had my luck. It's not luck. It's work, it's a business, it's a $299 investment that changed my life.

Would you like to start your own $299 business? Join my team! http://www.fhtmus.com/wealthtogether (and yes, it's the company website? Why reinvent the wheel?)