MOVING ON

Now finally ready to shipment at the nearest USPS location Sold this to a school in Colorado Sold this to a library in Princeton, New Jersey Today's been another milestone in my online business. At the Stapleton Public Library in Staten Island, I happened to be working on completing the shipments of two orders that came through my Amazon.com online storefront. Using one of the available computers here, I proceeded to weigh each of the items, measured them with the weighing scale and measuring tape respectively, and which tools I thoughtfully brought with me in my backpack. Earlier, I bought clear tape from a nearby 99-cent store, so I could pack properly the orders.  Alas, I found out soon that I could not print unless I have to pay by card or my change (without using penny coins). I did some quick thinking, and went out shamelessly to ask a nearby lady who's using the nearest computer from where I was standing before the printer. She was surprised at my request...

Today, I am grateful and happy to share news that I've reached another milestone in my Market America online franchise business. Take a look at the attached screenshot and you'll come to note that I've got at least $600 of commission income from this area of my online business. I have 2 areas in my online business, one of which is my jeromebaladad.com storefront that includes my Amazon.com storefront, while the other area is through my Market America online franchise business. I've been doing my jeromebaladad.com business 6 years now and it's been growing in terms of income, too, but I've been doing most of the jobs that are entailed in doing, growing and expanding it. That means I have to do mainly by myself all the activities required to engage in successfully make profit from selling, marketing, managing, operating my jeromebaladad.com storefront. The earlier description can't apply completely with my Market America online franchise business. This is ...

Today, I'm humbled to have received a gift-in-kind from one of my Amazon.com storefront customers who bought his book, which he expected was in German, from me. I failed to see that the book's description was supposed to be in German when I was listing my copy for sale. And so I sent my customer the wrong one. He messaged me to let me know about the fact. I apologized and offered to refund him his payment plus the shipment fee if he would kindly return the wrong item to me as soon as possible.  He said it's OK and that he would keep the book. I'm amazed at this development. I'm remain grateful for the experience of having met an online customer who chose not to make so much fuss about his  buying experience with me. And I'll cherish the honor of having met such a customer. Thank you, again.

If you've been engaged in any form of network marketing these days, you'll be helped a lot by reading this book by Mark Yarnell and Rene Reid Yarnell: Your First Year In Network Marketing . I've been doing and working on my franchise business with Market America / shop.com for nearly a year then when I got the chance to hear about this book from one of the leading partners who came to town in Flushing, Queens to share his experience. And so I was prevailed to order my copy and begun reading it as soon as my second hand copy arrived. It's an easy read but I didn't finish reading it right away because I got myself caught up in activities I've been doing for my online businesses as I continue doing my part-time jobs mainly for cash flow reasons, in addition to a long list of books I've been reading as well because I'm a writer and a bookseller.  As expected, the book didn't really cover much about Market America and its difficult-to-copy compensatio...

In August 1987, Franks was indicted on federal drug charges as part of a so-called "Yuppie" drug ring allegedly operated by a Philadelphia dentist from 1981 to 1983. In September 1987, Franks pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine and conspiring to distribute cocaine. He admitted that he had participated in a drug ring that had sold cocaine to Philadelphia Eagles football players. In November 1988, Franks was "spared a prison sentence" and instead was ordered to spend 52 weekends in a community treatment facility, allowing him to continue with his job in Monterey, California, where he had moved. In 1999, Franks was one of the first group to be inducted into the Behtel Park High School Hall of Fame. Franks was later employed as an executive vice president at Market America , an Internet marketing and product brokerage company. At Market America, he helped develop the company's "Mall Without Walls™" and supported its "health...

I've been having brief discussions with some people I've met who behave toward me as if I'm a leper or that I'm just taking them for a ride. This situation is particularly true especially when they realize I'm working hard and focused in building my business (so my goals would be accomplished now or sooner), and that I'd like them to consider exploring this opportunity, specifically with Market America ( www.shop.com/jeromebaladad ) to become entrepreneurs themselves (or share the idea to their followers). Most of these people are religious or those who belong to some types of  organizations that they think and feel are much bigger than themselves. Along the way, they express, although not necessarily in the most verbal way, how much they despise everything about being in business, as if  it's the business person's fault that supply and demand of materials we love and look for these days behave most strangely (hello? such situations have been around ...

Oh, well, the title is long; it carries the entire message of this posting. I was inspired to share here about some persons I've met, known and invited to explore opportunities I see with my franchise business with Market America ( shop.com/jeromebaladad ). Probably, they don't see yet in me the benefits of having explored those opportunities that I've been telling them these past few months. Or they're just not interested for now. I've learned not to take things, including rejections, personally.  But still, I wonder why some of them have refused to explore. One of them includes a roommate. He's an American, born and raised in Brooklyn. Good looking, still healthy, relatively young, not really busy as it seems to me, does part time jobs to meet and pay his bills, he could be a very good prospect who could build his business for starters as he's not even employed full time. But I got the chance to clarify a lot of confounding observations on him when he k...

Last night's mobile home business presentation (m-hbp) at my place in Stapleton, Staten Island, NYC brought forth a host of critical lessons I have to continue improve on so I'll go very far in accomplishing my goals in my franchise business with Market America / shop.com with the help of my teammates. My senior partner Eugene asked me about my style in closing in confirmations from those I've invited to my events. Apparently, I've been lacking in doing more powerful follow ups. I said, my style depends on the person I'm talking with. Now I am seeing that I have to learn more about disqualifying people who show up in my network so I'd save my precious time as well as their own. I'd be very forthright with my intentions, especially when I have to invite them to take a look into this business opportunity with Market America / shop.com . I'd have to learn to ask for their commitment in attending and showing up in my events, such that I don't really...

  Last night's (first!) mobile home business presentation (m-hbp) at my place in Stapleton, Staten Island, NYC brought forth a host of critical lessons I have to continue improve on so I'll go very far in accomplishing my goals in my franchise business with Market America / shop.com with the help of my teammates. And in the process, allow myself to get duplicated by those I'll be sponsoring to join me in this business. My senior partner Eugene asked me about my style in closing in confirmations from those I've invited to my events. Apparently, I've been lacking in doing more powerful follow ups. I said, my style depends on the person I'm talking with. Now I am seeing that I have to learn more about disqualifying people who show up in my network so I'd save my precious time as well as their own. I'd be very forthright with my intentions, especially when I have to invite them to take a look into this business opportunity with Market Am...

Weeks ago, I was tasked to present part of the home business presentation (an overview on what the business is all about in an hour or two with guests and partners around) before a crowd in a room somewhere in White Plains one evening. I have done many similar presentations before when I was still leading a corporate life as well as during MBA school. I'm saying this experience is really nothing new to me. I'm grateful, though, that my partners have thought well of me to consider asking me to present part of the program we have to help create stronger awareness among our prospects, partners and customers about our very awesome network marketing business (contact me, if you want to know more about this). And during the presentation, I soon found myself delivering my message in a trembling state. Minutes before the presentation, I took 4 capsules of Bliss , following the suggestions of my partners. I had around with my partners. But still, I was overcome by fear. I failed even ...

I got a negative feedback as an online seller on Amazon.com ('2 out of 5') recently, and she said I was 'very rude.' I'm copy pasting the exchange of mails we had here, which you have to read from the bottom of the message, for those curious on what went on before the feedback was given. Please feel free to judge for yourself. I guess the damage on both our sides have been done so the next wise move to make is to move on from this horrendous experience. I pray I get more profits from this online business so I can provide support as well to those seeking help from me, one way or another.  In the meanwhile, I have yet to receive the LP with the album cover (after a week as of this writing), which she said was a wrong one from what she ordered. Prior to her sending me her last message shown below, I've already refunded her plus gave her $4 for shipping back costs. You & I may have similar ideas about her (& of course, on me as a seller ha ha ha ha). In t...