Alright folks, there were some big changes announced on the Family Chat call tonight.
Beginning December 17th, anyone that gets their own My Power Mall business will be required to make at least one purchase a month through their mall. There is no set amount that has to be spent, but just one and any purchase. Could be a $1.99 I-tunes even.
I am over joyed by this actually. I was getting tired of bringing people in and seeing my downline growing but very few people shopping. After all, by people shopping is the only way anyone gets paid. With the number of people in my downline, my commissions should be almost $100 per month, but because people aren't doing what needs to be done to actually make it work - some people spend way too much time complaining than doing - then it's not working.
But the mandatory purchase will change that. I am SO happy.
So my point is this, if you get My Power Mall and don't plan on buying one thing per month, then plan on it being deactivated the next month.
Here is the explanations including Q & A of the mandatory purchases by My Power Mall.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
The Money Question
Often times people ask me how much I am making from My Power Mall. It's a question that I won't answer specifically. Why? Basically it not legal to answer such a question. See the FTC rules and regulations.
Someone posed this question to me today:
How many people do you have under you and how much money did they have to spend for you to get $25.00?
I currently have 304 people under me and the amount of money spent by myself and my team varies, as well as, the commission percentage paid by each store and on each level. So there is no way I could actually answer this question, even if I wanted to, it's a complicated thing.
Plus, every team is different. Some team members are much more actively shopping than others. Can't make money if people aren't shopping, it's the foundation of making commissions.
This is what I tell people if they decide to join My Power Mall.
Be in it for the long haul. No one is going to get rich over night. But with time and persistence, anyone can achieve financial freedom if they are committed.
I don't sweat the small stuff like how much money has to be spent in order to get my commissions or when my commissions are going to be paid - it takes between 60-90 days for the stores to pay My Power Mall...so I just consider the money as being in the pipeline.
I just shop in my own mall and give malls away to people that truly see the big picture of what My Power Mall is offering folks.
I truly believe in My Power Mall. It's so EARLY yet. The naysayers (and I understand and respect them all the way) will look back at the success of MPM and wish they'd joined and/or stuck with it
Someone posed this question to me today:
How many people do you have under you and how much money did they have to spend for you to get $25.00?
I currently have 304 people under me and the amount of money spent by myself and my team varies, as well as, the commission percentage paid by each store and on each level. So there is no way I could actually answer this question, even if I wanted to, it's a complicated thing.
Plus, every team is different. Some team members are much more actively shopping than others. Can't make money if people aren't shopping, it's the foundation of making commissions.
This is what I tell people if they decide to join My Power Mall.
Be in it for the long haul. No one is going to get rich over night. But with time and persistence, anyone can achieve financial freedom if they are committed.
I don't sweat the small stuff like how much money has to be spent in order to get my commissions or when my commissions are going to be paid - it takes between 60-90 days for the stores to pay My Power Mall...so I just consider the money as being in the pipeline.
I just shop in my own mall and give malls away to people that truly see the big picture of what My Power Mall is offering folks.
I truly believe in My Power Mall. It's so EARLY yet. The naysayers (and I understand and respect them all the way) will look back at the success of MPM and wish they'd joined and/or stuck with it
Saturday, December 8, 2007
My Power Mall &Tree Giving
In our weekend My Power Mall update, there was a letter to the CEO, Ginny Dye, from one of the members.
Ginny recently lost one of her beloved labs and one of the members did something that was very touching....and did it through My Power Mall, which seems so very appropriate.
She and members of her team had a tree planted from Tree Givers in the name of Ginny's lab, Sable, to be planted in the spring of 2008.
My Power Mall Weekend Update
Ginny recently lost one of her beloved labs and one of the members did something that was very touching....and did it through My Power Mall, which seems so very appropriate.
She and members of her team had a tree planted from Tree Givers in the name of Ginny's lab, Sable, to be planted in the spring of 2008.
My Power Mall Weekend Update
Thursday, December 6, 2007
MPM Update
I haven't posted in a while...basically because life has been kicking me in the butt.
The state agencies here changed the rules and only interviewing/hiring people that already has a masters....so that knocked me out of the running for staying here.
I've been scrambling for paid internships in other states.
Discovered a cheating husband..so now heading for divorce court.
And going through everything I have accumulated to see what I will and won't take with me, especially since it's probably going to be a permanent move rather than a temporary one like previously planned.
Such is life.....
But I thought today's update was important as it contained specific information about the debit cards and how that will work.
Here it is folks: http://corporatempm.homestead.com/Update12-6-2007.html
I hope everyone had a grateful Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays.
The state agencies here changed the rules and only interviewing/hiring people that already has a masters....so that knocked me out of the running for staying here.
I've been scrambling for paid internships in other states.
Discovered a cheating husband..so now heading for divorce court.
And going through everything I have accumulated to see what I will and won't take with me, especially since it's probably going to be a permanent move rather than a temporary one like previously planned.
Such is life.....
But I thought today's update was important as it contained specific information about the debit cards and how that will work.
Here it is folks: http://corporatempm.homestead.com/Update12-6-2007.html
I hope everyone had a grateful Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
My Power Mall Update - 11/19/07
The family chat was amazing. This company is going to explode and we are all going to reap the benefits.
Starting next year (no dates yet) not only are we getting a debit card, but our business is going to expand into everyones local market. Even overseas.
Powermall is going to get LOCAL businesses into Powermall. Your local grocery stores, card stores, resturants any stores that want to join and with your debit card you will make money!
You can also get businesses to join yourself. If you are instrumental in getting a business to join you will get commission on each sale from that business in addition to your regular commissions.
There will also be infomercials on local cable channels telling everyone about My Powermall.
It was a lot of information to absorb, so I may have missed something in the above, but everything that Ginny is doing is helping us to make money.
Even if you can't afford to shop in the mall, everyone has to buy groceries, and by doing this with your debit card you will be getting rebates.
My Power Mall is making sure that everyone can be successful. This is the greatest business ever.".........
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Friday, November 16, 2007
My Power Mall Members Q & A
Q. I guess what concerns me is if everyone is working out of their house (as I do), then where is the huge computer operation located that's necessary to keep track of & pay hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) of independent operators like me. Who do you bank with? How do I know that I'll be accurately paid, etc.? If this is going to grow the way you want it to, there's got to be a large office & staff someplace. No matter what you say, this IS a 9 level MLM plan. That means HUGE #s of people & that NEEDS a large staff to support it.
A. Okay, I'll admit I smiled when I read this one. :) People just seem to have to put a label they are familiar with on My Power Mall. Just because MPM "smells" like an MLM; we are NOT an MLM. Just because we "smell" like an Affiliate program, we are NOT an Affiliate program. MPM is a brand new business model that is going to turn the MLM/Network Marketing industry on its head because it is so very different!
I also believe that if I'm giving all our members a chance to gain financial freedom from the comfort of their homes, I'm never going to ask my "team" to clog up an expensive corporate building. I couldn't work in overalls if I did that! :) Our servers are the same ones that handle EBay and PayPal - powerful enough to handle whatever we throw at them. As we grow we simply add Servers or processing capability. The beauty of a "system" is that once it is properly built and created, whether we have 10 members, or 10 million, it doesn't really matter from a "system" perspective. It always does the same thing, all the time.
Our banking relationship is solid and of course all funds are insured. We do have a large staff, that will grow as we grow, but I will still give people the joy of working from home. If I'm going to send someone work to do on their computer in a stuffy cubicle, what's the difference if I send it to them at home where they can work in their pajamas? Does Customer Service have to sit in a building? Don't you think you'll get more pleasant service if they are happily working at home? I do!
Monday, November 12, 2007
My Power Mall Review - Not Mine
I recently came across a review blog that put their 'spin' on My Power Mall.
NOTE: The link to the review site is at the bottom of this post. I put it there as I would very much like for you to read my blog before navigating away from it. Then go read to your hearts content.
If, after you read the review you are interested in joining My Power Mall....DO NOT...I repeat....DO NOT consider joining through their site. Who wants an upline sponsor with such a poor view of a business opportunity when they clearly haven't looked at everything My Power Mall has to offer?
Come back here and join under someone that believes in My Power Mall or find someone else that is a 'positive' member.
As usual people try to bash something that they really don't understand. What is it they say? We are fearful the unknown? (So better to say something negative in a review of something you don't understand than nothing at all - when you are doing a review, that is.)
After you read the review, I also want you to notice that they STILL have their business mall. I wonder why that is if they think that My Power Mall isn't so great? Oh, wait, they are keeping it so that you can see what the mall looks like. But I am also wondering how many of their readers are still signing up under them and their downline is growing. Hmmmm...interesting......that's some reverse psychology for ya folks!
They are definitely not painting a full picture. I like the way they made the comparisons of buying something from the mall and buying something for an offline store.
Here's a couple of my comparisons to negate their product purchase review:
1. Best Buy: Digital Recorder $89.00 order through My Power Mall - paid the same in-store price - received $5 instant rebate (I would have had to mail in for the rebate if bought directly from the store). Picked it up at the store so I didn't have to wait for shipping, therefore NO shipping charges. And my team got paid the rebate commission.
2. Drugstore.com - Yes there are some items that cost a few cents more, but usually when they have items on sale, it is comparable to if you went and purchased it at an offline store. The first time you make a purchase, it's free shipping on $25 . Each time after that free shipping doesn't start until the purchase equals $49 or more. But again, I'll buy from them with free shipping...it's definitely cheaper than paying $3 a gallon for gas to go into town.
3. Beauty.com. I used skin care products that cannot be found in offline stores in the USA. So I buy often from beauty.com anyways. I get the same shipping deal as drugstore.com (they are connected) and now my team gets a rebate/commission.
4. Zappos.com - Where can you find this store offline?
5. itunes - need I say more?
Something very important to keep in mind about review sites. They are popping up all over the place. ALOT of these review sites are actually 'affiliates' giving you a little push to purchase something or 'business opportunities' doing a review in an actual attempt to get you to join their opportunity. You 'think' they are being helpful, but truth be known, they are NOT. It's all about them not you. In fact: The guru online people will tell you that a 'review site' is the way to go to promote affiliate products and many of them have affiliate review sites themselves.
Rosalind Gardner has Sage-Hearts.com a dating review website.
Affiliate Scout
Affiliate Programs
People provide the reviews for one, in hopes you'll make that one time purchase, such as sage-hearts.com or in the case that you are looking for an affiliate program to support and you will sign up for an affiliate program through them (alot of affiliate programs offer 2 tier - meaning they make a small percentage of sub-affiliate makes a sale)
Point being: I have this blog so that people can read about My Power Mall and I hope that they consider joining under me. How many people actually say that?
Back on track here - after reading the review site (I Tried That link below.), make sure and scroll down to the comments. Ginny Dye actually made a comment herself.
Hooray for Ginny!
I am going to post her comment just because I think it really says alot about My Power Mall.
It is much better after reading a review site to visit a discussion forum about the product or business you are researching where you can actually get an exchange from a real person that is in real time and is unbiased.
To me, nothing speaks louder about My Power Mall than these Testimonials.
It's going to be interesting to see all of the 'want something for nothing' & 'wanna get rick quick ' folks bash My Power Mall, while the rest of us shop in our malls, build our team and watch our commissions grow over time.
This is just my thought for the day as I sit here wearing my facial mask purchased with My Power Mall commissions from Beauty.com.
The Review Website: Here it is: I've Tried That
NOTE: The link to the review site is at the bottom of this post. I put it there as I would very much like for you to read my blog before navigating away from it. Then go read to your hearts content.
If, after you read the review you are interested in joining My Power Mall....DO NOT...I repeat....DO NOT consider joining through their site. Who wants an upline sponsor with such a poor view of a business opportunity when they clearly haven't looked at everything My Power Mall has to offer?
Come back here and join under someone that believes in My Power Mall or find someone else that is a 'positive' member.
As usual people try to bash something that they really don't understand. What is it they say? We are fearful the unknown? (So better to say something negative in a review of something you don't understand than nothing at all - when you are doing a review, that is.)
After you read the review, I also want you to notice that they STILL have their business mall. I wonder why that is if they think that My Power Mall isn't so great? Oh, wait, they are keeping it so that you can see what the mall looks like. But I am also wondering how many of their readers are still signing up under them and their downline is growing. Hmmmm...interesting......that's some reverse psychology for ya folks!
They are definitely not painting a full picture. I like the way they made the comparisons of buying something from the mall and buying something for an offline store.
Here's a couple of my comparisons to negate their product purchase review:
1. Best Buy: Digital Recorder $89.00 order through My Power Mall - paid the same in-store price - received $5 instant rebate (I would have had to mail in for the rebate if bought directly from the store). Picked it up at the store so I didn't have to wait for shipping, therefore NO shipping charges. And my team got paid the rebate commission.
2. Drugstore.com - Yes there are some items that cost a few cents more, but usually when they have items on sale, it is comparable to if you went and purchased it at an offline store. The first time you make a purchase, it's free shipping on $25 . Each time after that free shipping doesn't start until the purchase equals $49 or more. But again, I'll buy from them with free shipping...it's definitely cheaper than paying $3 a gallon for gas to go into town.
3. Beauty.com. I used skin care products that cannot be found in offline stores in the USA. So I buy often from beauty.com anyways. I get the same shipping deal as drugstore.com (they are connected) and now my team gets a rebate/commission.
4. Zappos.com - Where can you find this store offline?
5. itunes - need I say more?
Something very important to keep in mind about review sites. They are popping up all over the place. ALOT of these review sites are actually 'affiliates' giving you a little push to purchase something or 'business opportunities' doing a review in an actual attempt to get you to join their opportunity. You 'think' they are being helpful, but truth be known, they are NOT. It's all about them not you. In fact: The guru online people will tell you that a 'review site' is the way to go to promote affiliate products and many of them have affiliate review sites themselves.
Rosalind Gardner has Sage-Hearts.com a dating review website.
Affiliate Scout
Affiliate Programs
People provide the reviews for one, in hopes you'll make that one time purchase, such as sage-hearts.com or in the case that you are looking for an affiliate program to support and you will sign up for an affiliate program through them (alot of affiliate programs offer 2 tier - meaning they make a small percentage of sub-affiliate makes a sale)
Point being: I have this blog so that people can read about My Power Mall and I hope that they consider joining under me. How many people actually say that?
Back on track here - after reading the review site (I Tried That link below.), make sure and scroll down to the comments. Ginny Dye actually made a comment herself.
Hooray for Ginny!
I am going to post her comment just because I think it really says alot about My Power Mall.
It is much better after reading a review site to visit a discussion forum about the product or business you are researching where you can actually get an exchange from a real person that is in real time and is unbiased.
To me, nothing speaks louder about My Power Mall than these Testimonials.
It's going to be interesting to see all of the 'want something for nothing' & 'wanna get rick quick ' folks bash My Power Mall, while the rest of us shop in our malls, build our team and watch our commissions grow over time.
This is just my thought for the day as I sit here wearing my facial mask purchased with My Power Mall commissions from Beauty.com.
The Review Website: Here it is: I've Tried That
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Hi Joe,
I woke up at 3:00 AM to honor Labor Day by laboring for the 39,000+ people who have joined us since March 19th when we launched. One of my members sent me your post, incensed that you would say what you did. I read it and smiled.
Not because I’m glad you’re unhappy, but because I realize it is not possible to make everyone happy and because no matter what I do someone isn’t going to like it. I’ve decided to accept that and just keep moving forward - trying to create the best business opportunity possible. I just appreciate honest dialogue so I thought I would share some… 
Oh, and by-the-way, I didn’t go in a shut your Mall down. 
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and who knows - you might change yours in time.
Do we have improvements to make? My gosh, yes. Will we make changes? Of course. I listen to my members every day and keep working to make it better. In the interest of fairness, however, let me respond to some of your points:
1)You say that people can make more money if they just get their own Affiliate links. Is that true? Of course it is! The issue becomes, how many people are actually able to create a Mall that has over 1000 stores in it? Not many. How many people have the ability to create a system that will give everyone the training they need and give them access to every thing My Power Mall has? The only people who make real money with their own Affiliate Marketing are those people who are pros in E-Commerce, website development, Search Engine optimization, and other things that the average person simply won’t be able to succeed at. We do all that for you, and then GIVE you the system.
Does My Power Mall keep a % of every purchase made? Of course we do. How else do you think we could offer a Free Mall?
The % we keep pays for our systems, Free Malls for our members (currently 39,000+ and growing about 500 a day), the 60+ people who keep it going, the One-Child-At-A-Time Foundation and the Together We Can Change the World Foundation. I hate to disappoint you, but by the time I have taken care of everything I keep a very tiny %. I happen to believe that a company should make money WITH their members, not from them. Will I eventually make a lot of money. I hope so.:) I have 3 Foundations of my own that I am building in order to help make things better. The key, however, is that I can’t make money until I am FIRST helping a lot of other people make a lot of money. For me, it’s the right way to do business.
One thing you didn’t mention is that My Power Mall is just one part of my company called Together We Can Change The World, Inc. Ahh… you probably didn’t read enough to know that because you got so angry with the SPAM.
Come on, Joe… SPAM? You signed up for a company and gave me your email address. I even include an Unsubscribe link at the bottom of each one so you can stop receiving them any time you want to. The thing is… I have members who love to receive them and look forward to them. I’ll keep writing to them, and not be offended if you don’t care for me and choose to delete me from your life. 
10 years ago I wrote down what I wanted my life to be… I want to empower others to fly to their dreams and then give them a way to do it. I truly believe My Power Mall is the answer. It’s okay that you don’t…
Do I try to motivate people? Of course. Most of us need some motivation when the world is spewing negative stuff at us all the time. I know I do; so I try to share it with the people who are building my company. I make no apologies for trying to be a bright spot in their lives. 
Now, let’s address the comment about artificial over-inflated prices. The key thing here is that there is not one thing on My Power Mall that belongs to us. We are simply a portal for 1000+ (over 1100 right now)Merchants like Sears, Eddie Bauer, Lands End, Ink Jets, ShoeBuy.com, and on and on. Is everything a great deal? Of course not. The websites belong to each merchant but as consumers we all have the right to ferret out great deals.
Though I could send you tons of testimonials on great deals, I’ll just stick with my own:
- I needed some deck furniture this summer and had done some shopping around in the Mall and locally - just to see what people had. What I wanted was going to cost me about $1000. I found what I wanted on my Mall through Home Depot. I got 40% off and FREE shipping. Instead of $1000, I paid $600 and had UPS bring it directly to my house - saving me a lot of time and a lot of money. Plus, I made a % back. Cool!
- I buy Ink Cartridges all the time. I roamed around in my Mall. I could have bought them through Office Max, but instead I went through MrInkMan because I got them at 50% off, got FREE shipping, and didn’t pay any tax. Not to mention, I received 22% back!
- I used to traipse to the Mall to Eddie Bauer. Then, most of their retail locations disappeared, mine included. No problem. They are on my Mall. I can still buy my clothes, I can wait for the sales, I can have it shipped directly to me, and I make money every time.
- One more. I needed some luggage for a trip I was making. I went to Overstock.com and bought a $500 set of luggage for $210. I paid $1 for shipping and it was delivered to me by a chained UPS truck in the middle of a snowstorm. AND I made money back. Sweet!
I could keep going, but I think you can see my point. The reason for 1000+ stores is so that smart consumers can find the very best deal, save time & money, get things delivered directly to them, AND make money.
Oh, and if you still need the Western Digital 250Gig external hard drive you were looking for - try Tiger Direct on the Mall. Instead of the $79 you were looking at, you can buy it for $74.00 - and make some money back.
Just trying to help out… 
Sure, it takes a lot of people buying to make money. I have never touted My Power Mall as a get-rich-quick scheme. It is a business - one that will take time to build. We do, however, give people all the tools they will need to build it, we run contests to reward buying, AND we have a whole team of people who do nothing but look for the best deals on My Power Mall.
Are we perfect? Of course not - no business is. Would I rather make money and have the chance to build a large team of people who can generate residual income, over gaining points through MyPoints.com? Well, yes, but that’s just me. Everyone gets to make their own choice.
And now, if you’ll please excuse me, I have some work to do to make My Power Mall even better for those people joining us every day. Thanks for allowing me to dialogue with you. If I can ever help you in any way, let me know.
Have a beautiful day!
Ginny