Earthtiger Systems

Okay folks, here is the deal. If you are so broke that you are sitting on less than half a paycheck in the bank, then sit tight until you have a little bit of money saved up. You are not going to make any headway in working from home on affiliate marketing if you have absolutely no cash to put out on making the thing go. Running yourself further into the hole is not going to help. Besides, the reason you are where you are now is most likely (not always, true) a result of rash buying decisions. Thinking someone is going to show you how to makes millions for $17 is not the way to go.

Quit it. Quit taking chances on $17 promises. Just for chuckles I have spent the last few days working through several offers in order to what was what and whether there was any value whatsoever and, sad to say, there is very little. One of the core purposes of this site is to let you know what works; what I have found to be legitimate, and also what is absolutely hogwash. This means in addition to things I know are working, such as my Nutronix business, my silver bullion and my coconut sap sugar business, I also have to report on what does not work.

One fellow has a new twist and I will play. He says if I do everything he says to do in his newsletter everyday, I will make $1,000 in 30 days. We shall see. I mean, he could be right. I was certain there would be an upsell going in. He did not disappoint. If his steps make me a grand in 30 days, I will recommend him to you and show you the check.

Go to work if you have a job. If you do not, find one. Be frugal, save a little money for emergencies, be practical. You did not get here in a day and you won’t get out in a day. Some folks, more than a few, have managed to have significant money coming in after 90 days. You are going to need a little money for operating expenses as you promote your affiliate site, right? You have to generate leads, do you not? There are ways to do this; this is a business; business means you have costs.

Scenario: You are barely able to meet your needs needs from your paycheck. Creditor after creditor is breathing down your neck. You have $25 in the bank until you get paid on Thursday – you with me? Hard freaking times indeed we are talking here. You are out on the web looking for some help and voila! a by gumption- GAH-ron-TEED program for $17.00!

That is it! $17.00 measely little old dollars, not even the price of Chinese for two folks from a decent hole in the wall place. You think about. Naaaah. You know it probably crap. Still, it might be for real. Maybe. You putter around for the next hour, rereading and rereading and rereading. Hope begins to grow. Finally you cannot help yourself, you whip out your credit card, enter the number and what is the very first thing on the welcome page? Yup…if you REALLY want to be successful, you need THIS!

…whatever this may be. For another $79 you can have it, too! (or $39, or $197 or whatever.)You are burning a little around the ears right now, mostly because you are feeling like Ricky Ricardo when his steering wheel was stolen and the fellow was trying to sell it back to him. It said he would show me everything, did it not? Yes, it did. You are not crazy. You are wrapped in the moth, funnel cloud, two and a half gainer upselling system.  No, you say, then again, hit cancel to again become subject to the next discounted price.

Please do not fall for it when you are dead broke. Admittedly, some of these systems will work if you have some operating capital. If you do not, you are killing yourself and your spirit by one disappointing bad purchasing decision at a time. Besides, I know for a fact if you stand your ground long enough they will get the price of the next sell right. But again, you still have to have operating money to make it work.

Now, I am all for working from home. I want it again so bad I am hitting the sack a lot of times at midnight and getting back up at 2AM. Why? Because this is not easy. Were it easy, it would not be possible for folks to earn $100,000 doing it. The difficulty is what makes it worth the juice. If it were not for the fact that I have an awesome job, I would already be working from home but my goal is to have my online business matching a multiple of my job.

I am here to help you. I don’t want your last dime because if I take you last dime, you will have nothing with which to work your business. This is called stupid and counterproductive. You will get frustrated and my name will be mud and if you have been paying attention you know that is not what I want. If it sounds too good to be true, it might be, but not always. Keep a wary eye on the lookout is all I am saying.

In order to get started, really started in affiliate marketing on some kind of fast track, you are going to have to spend some money and even then you are talking a crap shoot. The best programs I have seen out there from a professional standpoint and what they give you are going to cost you a $1,000.00, period. There may be some programs out there that you can get into and get started but do you really have the time to try to figure out what they are not telling you in the $17 programs? I mean, sure, you will get some value, perhaps even enough to make your money back, but this is not going to be a breakout program like an MLM business that sells a consumable product that actually has a demonstrated benefit and can indeed be started for less than $500 in most cases. Nutronix can be started for less that $50.00.  Actually, that is not entirely accurate. There is no cost to get started, the $50 or so is for your first order of product that will make you feel better anyway. Lord knows if you are living hand to mouth you probably are not getting proper nutrition anyways and this will help.

As for the freebies? Get all you can get and read them. They have value. They are designed to get you on the track to spend money in order to make money. Anything here that is free is designed to help you get started. I recommend them and give them away because in my opinion I believe they will help you get started. You are going to need to dig in and go to your gutcheck and start putting together some financial resources in order to prime the pump.

These things may not be what you want to hear. Some master marketers may find this article infuriating. Everything I have written here is true and based on my experiences since 1995 when I started my own ISP.

There are four main ways to become a millionaire in the USA. They are:

1. Work for Microsoft. As I understand it, Microsoft has created some 3,300 millionaires.
2. Work with a network marketing company. To date, this method has created some 2,700 cash flow millionaires and outright millionaires. These numbers will surpass Microsoft sometime. Will you be one of them?
3. Own a dry cleaning business. Yes, sir. A dry cleaning business has that most beautiful of words in the capitalistic world built right into it. Those words are repeat business. Last I heard the number was somewhere around 1500 or so.
4. Pharmaceutical sales. Yep.

A $17.00 act of desperation is not going to get you rolling in ANY of these fields. So, get hold of yourself, start putting back what you can, READ (I have a list, get them from the library, email me and I will provide it free) and relax. Top Ramen noodles are good and will kill the beast until you can afford better. I know this from personal experience.

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Sometimes you have to just say no and end a relationship. As always, there is the possibility that you are making a mistake. Yet, these decisions have to be made. I say make them and move on. No one decision such as this can make or break a company anyways. I still feel compelled to comment on it, though. Mainly because I am in the hunt to build a company built on good, quality products and services which I am not ashamed to have my name associated with.

If you do not believe me, you are welcome to move on. See, I am tired of the situation we are in as a people right now. No one in my opinion cares as much about doing a quality job as they do about getting paid. I like to think that I, Timothy Lynn Singleton, do care as much.

I sell gold and silver. Why? Because there is no more sure way to protect your savings from total loss than precious metals.

I am in the process of setting up an Amsoil distributorship: Why? Because I want to run it in my own vehicles and it is of Rearden Steel quality by all accounts.

We are proud to be a Nutronix distributor: Why? Because the first two thoughts I have when I saw the product and opportunity were first, I need to get this into the hands of my mother and second, this system is do-able and duplicatable by any and everyone.

We sell coconut sap sugar that has a glycemic index safe for diabetics: Why? Because there are more than a few diabetics around me, I love and use the product, and it helps diabetics to be able to enjoy their food more.

What is the thread holding these products together? Me and my belief in their ability to make peoples’ lives better.

Having worked my way through more than a few supposed systems for using clickbank as a way to make a good affiliate income in the last few weeks, I can tell you now that when you go down the path of looking for a system just be prepared to lose some money in simply bad products.

I am not referring to clickbank products because clickbank has proven itself over time to be on the up and up.

I am referring to the so-called gurus who want to tell you how to get rich from clickbank for $39.95…or $399.95. The really special ones, though, tell you that for $39.95 they will tell you how to be free. You sign up and sure, yeah, you have the bones of a plan…for another $197 they will give you the rest of the puzzle. So, there you find yourself more than a little pissed and having to go through the refund process.

So, having spent some time in the affiliate marketing sphere, looking into all the ins and out of various offerings, I decided to pull the plug on chasing so called experienced gurus. One company was kind enough to try to keep my business by asking me what was wrong:

Thanks for your email. May I ask what features of your premium membership you were not impressed with or what you felt let you down from your expectations? We are so committed to helping our members succeed that we would love to be given the chance to help you out in anyway we can, you name it!

Please be aware that once we cancel your Premium subscription you will have no further access to the Premium area and Premium tools. Your account will have this access level removed immediately.

We are more than happy to cancel your account if this doesn’t interest you. Please email us back and we will process your cancellation immediately.

Hope we can help out.

They were trying to be nice and of service, so I kind of felt bad for some odd reason. Their site was better organized than most. Still, I have the information I needed in a usable format that I can integrate into my business plan. Since I had an inkling of appreciation for their efforts (no one else bothers to listen, they just keep pounding away with cool copy hoping something will prod me into spending money.) I decided to answer them in a complete fashion as it might help them. Who knows? I might return down the road as a customer. Here is my reply:

Information overload, actually.

See, I have looked into a TON of affiliate marketing programs lately. Some will say, “$39 and we will teach you about affiliate marketing. Okay, so I pay and BANG! Right there on the first page is an upsell to ‘really get ALL the secrets.’ I understand about upsell, but do NOT promise me the moon in order to get the down payment and then hold me hostage for another $197…or another $995 in one case.

Not saying YOU did this, just explaining myself in detail in order to help you understand my decision. Moving on.

As I say, I have signed into a number of programs. One I paid $299 for. I saved the money over a number of months because I was determined to do everystep outlined in the program because it said in 90 days I could be generating an income I could live on. Well, guess what? Half the links in the program did not work. Sure, I have no doubt this fellow is making money hand over fist with the number of websites he has out there, but that really does not help me, does it? Regretfully and after five different requests for help in at least making the links work, I requested and quickly received a refund. Please understand, I did not want a refund, I wanted the information so I could work the program.

Now…and this part you are going to love…many of the various programs I have signed into are now trying to cross sell me each other’s programs and products. What the hell is that? I tell you what it is, many of these big dogs are making a killing off of people’s desperation and hopes and it is not right; it is theft by deception in my opinion.

Again, this is not aimed at you, just trying to help you understand why I am canceling.

Besides the upsells that in some cases can total nearly 2 grand and even more in some cases, there is the barrage of emails from the gurus who are desperately trying to find just the right pitch that will cause me to let loose of my money. Which in and of itself is not a bad thing, it is what I want to learn to do to sell clickbank products, too. It is bizarre to pay money for one plan, then have the people you paid that money to try to sell you yet another plan, then, while you are in the middle of digesting that plan, they are promoting a buddy’s plan and finally you have to say, “Hold on, I have repeatedly asked what is THE best way to market as an affiliate on the Internet. You have changed horses three times in three weeks and I cannot think clearly, what is it you are telling me I should do?”

The simplest solution to me is to STOP and get off ALL the horses because you can only ride one horse at a time if you want to get anywhere.  Finally, I come across a plan that explains to me how to market clickbank products in conjunction with several other opportunities and guess what? The knowledge is free. I just had to keep looking and wading.

I have no idea if yours is effective or not. I simply know that I cannot make more than one system work at a time and am so overcome with so-called affiliate marketing systems right now that I cannot continue on this path.

I am sticking to my original plan. Find products and services of good quality and come up with an honest marketing plan that does the product justice and is in no way misleading or overstating of the benefits of the product or service.

I think telling the truth about a good product or service is a good way to sell the product to a person who wants it. I cannot address yours as there is just no way for me to swallow everything in the amount of time I have in a day. I have formulated a system I think will work from the gems I have managed to dig out and I am on my way. I am in the business of moving products and services offered through two main companies, certain clickbank products, and a small but growing number of tangibles that reach a specific level of quality. That’s it.

Please carry out my request for cancellation as I do wish to cancel.

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That in my opinion Keynes was about as deserving of a Nobel prize as, well, Obama is no secret to anyone who has spent more than 10 minutes in conversation with me. Both men were completely convinced of the superiority of their own intellects. The only thing that equals their conviction is the degree to which they were wrong in every possible way.

Check out this video, though, as it is great fun and does a good job of showing the difference between true Austrian school economics verses Keynes wishful thinking economics. I mean, hellfire, even Scarlett O’Hara had brains enough to know that you had to plow a field before you can harvest it.

Opportunities Are Everywhere

Well, maybe. Claims of opportunity are certainly everywhere. The number of programs I look at would probably choke a mule just in the width of their offerings. This is a good thing in life because it means there is something to match everyone’s mood, everyone’s temperament, and everyone’s means. Most are good businesses and will support the person who is right for that business. Now, I know many marketers will say nay, not so, good sir! MY business is right for anyone who will work it.

Well…yeah. So? Not everyone is going to work your business, are they?

Is it for you?

Now, the BEST opportunity in the world means exactly squat to the wrong person. For instance, you pass by a fellow who has clearly been outdoors for months and equally as far removed from the influence of a shower. You say to yourself, “I am going to help this man out.” You give him inside information as to what Goldman Sachs is going to do and say when they reveal their earnings report. You then look at this lucky fellow and say, “To the moon, Buddy!”

Yes, the knowledge is worth exactly nothing for many reasons. One, he is not in a position to take advantage of the knowledge. Also, even if he knew someone who could use the information to good advantage, his homeless state would tarnish the knowledge to the point of again being worthless.

Real Opportunity

Sometimes, though, you come across an opportunity that scratches you just right and makes you breath come just a bit shorter and more rapid. Your brain starts firing off so hard that the hair on the top feels a bit tingly because you can see all the pieces are in place to represent with pride a product you can be proud of and from which you can build a living, thriving long term business to carry you through your life and that you can leave as a legacy to your children.

First, many business opportunities, like Social Security, are nothing more than Ponzi schemes. They sell nothing. They sell nothing but the opportunity to have some hope for an oh, so short moment during which you think to yourself if I can make it, I can get out of my job and be free.

All to often that hope is shortlived and best case is you have some expensive (but still not bad) soap and such in the kitchen while at worst you have spent a month’s income so you would have stock for you business only to find that the exact same product is available at your local Chinese Economy outlet for pennies on the dollar.

Sometimes, though, you come up on something that seems exciting and full of promise. You start reading and you realize that the product is the real deal, that it is at an affordable price, and that the business model is one that can be understood by you, explained by you, and duplicated by those whose ears you have.

You start realizing that you can do this. You start realizing that maybe you can escape that cubicle after all. You start realizing that in the not too distant future you will not have to listen to your boss’s boss’s boss give another speech that makes it crystal clear he has no idea what you do or why you are here.

Why I Decided It Was For me

Because my background is in biochemistry, I have a leg up in understanding the science involved. When I watched the videos concerning the patents granted for this product and the double blind studies that had been performed my first two thoughts were

1. I have to get my mother and dad on this product. I love my mom and dad, see, and want them around to see the children I have delayed for many years grow up.
2. This is something people want and will not be hard to sell. This will make an immediate difference in a person’s quality of life and repeat sales is an easy thing.

Nutronix and SilverSolis today inflamed my imagination on all fronts. As I have said in other posts and in other places, Earthtiger Systems is dedicated to carrying only those products and services that rise to the level of Rearden Steel of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.

To read more about SilverSol and why I am SO excited to be representing it, get yourself a drink, settle in, and go here. This video is interesting and will not be a struggle to watch.

To see the opportunity Nutronix has put together for us, go here.

Tim

Some years ago when I decided I wanted to start my own company again, I wanted to look for something original and unique under which to build my brand. A friend who has since gone her way as people often do helped me come up with the name ‘Earthtiger’ because it was a combination of two types of signs, an earth sign and a fire sign giving it balance in the eyes of the markets in which I am particularly interested, Asian markets.

Unbeknownst to me at the time, there actually is an animal called an earthtiger. It is a large hairy spider native to Asia and has been known to bring down birds. An interesting fellow, the Earth Tiger can grow to 6 to 9 inches in length and some males have been known to have 10″ leg spans. Calling upon my European heritage, I pulled two rampant tigers from heraldry and placed at their center the Holy Grail. I thought this fitting since I am in search of my own holy grail which is making my living working for myself by importing and exporting goods to and from Asia, selling things of real worth such as silver bullion and low glycemic index coconut sap sugar, and writing, writing about, and contributing to informational and training ebooks. The look of my icon as an eight legged chimaera was coincidental. Finding that there were indeed 8 legged Earthtigers out there was a happy event.

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Trying to split out the various factors of a business is sometimes difficult to do. Luckily, as time goes on the universe helps you figure it out. Those of you who follow Bear’s Book Blog from time to time have noticed that I have struggled mightily with how to organize the current three prongs of my business. Selling commodities, selling information, and reviewing books I read for both pleasure and business.

In attempting to engage in Article Marketing, I have found limitations in the http://domain/subdirectory address scheme. No one wants such an address in their articles. I suppose it cuts down on the crap that is out there because it is more problematic and labor intensive to actually own and host a domain. Whether that is it or not, you have to comply because they most likely have good reasons for it.

If nothing else, the requirement helped me to go ahead and commit to WordPress as my platform for Earthtiger.info. In addition, looking around at my favorite websites I have noticed that while the lot of them are very different a large pecentage of maybe more than half are running on WordPress.

Who am I to argue? WordPress works.