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[Harry Fassett Contribution Level: 4]

I see it now about the lady linking to the post for what reason and had mistaken it for you Jagan but again, you guys make claims, and then don't back them up with facts and figures and just sit there and laugh like you didn't say anything!? I don't get you, really. Make a claim about your keyword terms ranking really well and they are great terms and blah blah blah, back it up with information, Jagan, and Co.

Don't sit there like you never said it. And so I had a little mistaken identity with you Jagan with this other person interjecting and not really making any sense, or giving much of any reason for what they are saying, so no big deal and you could have pointed that out, because I do a ton of things at one time and don't always catch the thread, miss the person who wrote it, and you just happen to be there 99% of the time, so you could have said, hey Harry that was such and such who said that not me...instead you gave your "I'm laughing and rolling..." or whatever and whatever. Sad, and you could have helped me out with my mistake but you continued to go the way you went, the low road, and that is too bad. Chiao. HF

[Christina Milburn Contribution Level: 1]

Me (the person who takes GREAT offense at being referred to as "the lady")
I am in Empower Network.
I am skeptical.
I was excited to have a post on the first page of Google.
I am trying to research and learn, not only about EN, but other things discussed here.
I was rolling and laughing because you're too concerned with boasting about yourself to actually read.

Jagan (the person attacked because you're busy with other things)
Is NOT in Empower Network.
Does not want to be part of EN and does not promote it.
Has explained his point of view many times.
Sees the benefits that EN can offer, but still does not endorse it.

That help at all?

[Harry Fassett Contribution Level: 4]

Why are you laughing Christine, you made the claim? What keyword terms? Anyway, it just sounds like you either A) don't know what you are talking about, or B) you don't have the goods and can show anything to back up what you say. So be it...

So you have issues with EN, why not mention that? ....... Oh, and again for the fourth time, please provide the keyword terms you claim to be "killing the competition on" with EN?

I am ROLLING with laughter!!!

[Christina Milburn Contribution Level: 1]

*pretends she didn't see that*

So, does anyone else have any first hand experience with Empower Network? Good OR bad?

[Harry Fassett Contribution Level: 4]

Again, I asked you for keyword terms that you claim are ranking well in the Search Engines and you keep avoiding the issue and talking about my demeanor, which has nothing to do with asking you a simple question about showing keyword terms. btw; you can let Jagan say it and you don't need to say it for him Christina, Jagan's a big boy now, he can answer for himself without your help.

Btw Jagan, I asked another lady this who claimed she was ranking well in two days for good keywords, and I told her to list them here so I could do some analysis on them, and she vanished.

She didn't vanish. In fact, she's right here. *waves* I just decided that because of your demeanor, there was no reason to continue the conversation on the thread that (as I stated before) you created with the sole purpose of trying to degrade your fellow BN users.

And seriously, if you're not going to read what's being said, then don't comment. Jagan isn't part of EN. He said "Personally speaking, I am NOT in EN nor do I want to promote it." He is not promoting it, not saying it's a good idea to join and it seems that he would actually advise against it. He's simply saying that it shouldn't be tossed away as useless. And, again with the self promotion and "me me me"?? Really?

So.... with that said. I wish you the best and will no longer be responsive to your replies. If anyone else would like to continue the conversation about whether or not Empower Network is a good or bad system, and the why, then I'm all ears. (or eyes I suppose)

[jim wel Company: Wealthworld Contribution Level: 2]

I am still on the fence with Empower Network, not sure. Like any
opportunity, you're still going to market just to bring in prospects
to take a peak and maybe join and that's where alot of us fall short,
become frustrated and move on to the next opportunity.

The entry level to join EN is $25.00 monthly for the blog platform
plus an additional $19.99 (administration fee to process credit cards)
and receive commission checks via direct deposit to your checking
account.

Every other level, you lose that 100% commission and it goes to your
upline. Example: Level One (you the sponsor receives 100%)
Level Two (100% goes to your sponsor)
Level three (you the sponsor receives 100%)

Higher level products of $100, $500, $1,000 also have a 100% commission
attached and you lose those commissions if you remain at the $25
entry level. That kinda forces you to upgrade if you start losing those
higher level amounts.

The two founders of the EN are also affiliates of their own company.

Seems that there is a bit of hype with all their live seminars that
they have been hosting. More income comes in for everyone who also
invites their friends to attend these seminars. The seminars are not
free.

Hope this info helps

[Christina Milburn Contribution Level: 1]

Hi Jim.

Thanks for posting your review of Empower Network.

Just wanted to point out a couple things that came to mind. One of the higher level products that you mentioned is approx. 11 hours of video that was filmed during a seminar that was held before Empower Network was started. Ticket prices to that seminar were $3,000. So, the $500 price just blows me away!! LOL

"Every other level, you lose that 100% commission and it goes to your upline."
I just wanted to clarify that statement for anyone who's reading. "Every other" commission isn't passed up. You don't lose 50% of your commissions. The commissions that are passed up are 2,4,6,11,16,+5, +5, +5.... So, the majority of your commissions stay with you. Also, you don't passup a customer, only the commission. Each product has its own individual pay line. You might have to pass Bob's $25 payment up to your sponsor. But later, Bob's $1,000 payment might go straight to you instead of being passed up to your sponsor.

Jim, how long have you been part of EN? I know you said you're still on the fence about it but, are you seeing any success at this point? Are you using it (as intended) to market your other opportunities or other personal business? If yes, is it helping?

[jim wel Company: Wealthworld Contribution Level: 2]

I'm still on the fence meaning I haven't joined yet. I know the
highearners have joined, because they already have a list and
a following, so it's pretty easy for them to earn some quick
dollars.

The problem is with someone starting from scratch with no
list. This takes time and nobody wants to hear that it's going
to take years like I've heard from some old school marketers.
With the bad shape that the economy is in, high unemployment,
nobody wants to hear old school marketing training.

Newbies just want a legit successful mentor who can put their
money where their mouth is and show them the way, even if
it's just to cover their monthies to get started so there is no
out of pocket expense.

If and when I join EN, I will get involved with all levels of products
available so I don't lose those 100% commissions of $100, $500, $1,000.

[Christina Milburn Contribution Level: 1]

Ohhh I see. I (obviously) misunderstood what you meant about being on the fence. =D

If/When you sign up, I wish you the best of luck!!! For now, if you haven't, you should watch the free bootcamp videos. I actually recommend those for people who NEVER want to sign up. Not because I think it will talk them into it, but because there's so much information in there that I'd never heard before. Stuff you can apply to absolutely any business (even offline).

Good luck to ya and if you join, come back and let us know what you think. Whether that be good or bad.

[Michaelangelo Flores Contribution Level: 1]

I am with Empower Network and yes I was skeptical for a long time about it.

To my mind, it was just another affiliate program, another funnel, another thing you had to promote, etc.

People kept freakin spamming it like no tomorrow in my inbox, my Facebook feed, Twitter feed, you name it. I've been pitched hard by a lot of people until I saw one of my friends online was having some huge success in it which sparked my interest, needless to say. This guy never spoke to me at all about Empower (ironically) and in fact, I was the one who approached him and he eventually became my sponsor.

Some things to keep in mind:

100% commissions is nothing new - There have been other programs in the past that did that. But Empower's pass-up plan in conjunction with this takes a whole new spin on things. Whether you see this is as good or bad doesn't really matter - what matters is that you have the ability to market the opportunity properly anyway. I did break even right away on the second day and started to profit within a week.


Empower Network is not another MLM - It just happens to feel that way since a LOT of the MLM industry seems to be using the blogging system. A lot of spammers post their MLM-related articles on there like it's another Ezine Article directory. But in it's entirety, EN isn't an actual MLM company but more of an affiliate marketing platform I'd say. Like I said though, a lot of people in different MLM companies or direct sales opportunities are blogging on it to promote their stuff (whether I'm all for or against that is another debate in itself)

The training system seems to be catered to newbies : I've bought all the products and here is a breakdown.
$25 - you get the blogging system. Pretty self explanatory. You pay that and start blogging. It's pretty much a Wordpress blog with the Empower Network theme. You also get some preloaded social media plugins plus SEO Pressor (which they added back on).
$100 - you get access to an audio library filled with 1-2 hour long interviews with some top producers and gurus. They update this every once in a while also. It basically takes a look into each leader's story and what method of marketing they prefer. They also have some recorded coaching sessions for members who were struggling in there too.
$500 - You get a set of videos from a retreat that originally cost $3k to be a part of. There are a lot of concepts about communication modalities, selling techniques, outsourcing, SEO training, network marketing etc. Multiple leaders speak in it.
$1000 - You get a set of videos teaching you specific marketing strategies. They teach content marketing, mass syndication, SEO, paid media, offline stuff, leadership, etc. The videos are way longer and there's a lot of ground to cover and you probably won't soak it all in within a day.

Like I said a lot of the training here I'd say is catered to more of the newbie sort of market. I mean, people like us who have been in the game probably already know what Solo Ads are, how to set up a PPC campaign with good copy, how to mass syndicate our content, backlinking and on-page SEO stuff, etc. etc.

But for the average joe who's new to IM or AM, the training is pretty simple to understand and can set you off implementing it straight away.

Current Empower ban on Facebook - Currently, there has been a ban on the Empowernetwork domain on Facebook due to a lot of spamming. I'm not sure whether this will be lifted or not but I still have ways to be able to share my blog posts on there using a special app. But just keep this in mind in case you wanna post something and then suddenly go huh-what's-going-on.

Niche blogging using Empower Network - What I found was that I got some decent traffic from blogging about things outside of MLM, IM or even making money. The banners and ads seem to convert at a level where I can blog about something random (e.g a movie trailer, cars, lifestyle, music, etc.) and pull some leads out of them (although not the most targeted) and convert them on the back end once you get them in the funnel. As I said though, this may not be very targeted, but it's worked for me a few times. I'm just sick of a lot of the MLM spam that's always join this or join that that comes out of most people's blogs.

Authority of Domain Name - This may or may not seem obvious to some. But because the company is growing and lots and lots of people are blogging on the same domain and sending traffic to this it's Alexa ranking changes very quickly. At first I didn't think it made sense at all. But the thing is, the system itself tells you to blog daily and syndicate and share your posts. I thought to myself, if every single member is told to do this, then the domain itself would get a galore of traffic pretty quickly. It made sense.

My verdict? Well I'll be open and admit that I'm not yet making $100k a month or anything from this. But so far I've had a good experience in using this to boost my primary business due to the training (although I haven't been blogging on it for very long to get more significant results other than 3-4 leads per blog post about music or move trailers) about syndication and content marketing (which is more my style even though they teach a galore of direct response).

Needless to say, I still have my own personal blog in my own personal domain (which is pretty much my name . com) which I focus mainly on but I ride off of the empower domain and use the trainings to apply to what I'm currently doing. So remember, if any of you are thinking of getting into this deal - be CLEAR of what your intentions are first and, like with all programs out there, you will never get any desirable results unless you run with it. You can't just say 'oh i'll try it for a bit and see if it works' and then expect some big result overnight (although I did get some decent results in a week, but some might say that was just pot luck - either way I'm not complaining).

Anyway, I'll continue diving into this and update you folks with some more info. Hope this cleared up a lot of things.