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Meeting a Mentor – Part 4 of My Online Journey

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Hi Again! Click HERE for Part 3 of the story if you missed it. Sorry, that’s the only pic of Dick that I could find. Funny how the web and time just wipes you away. This thing was HUGE in the late 90’s, first part of the new millennium.

Still on the DHS Topic, a little after the shake up described in Part 3 I was still part of the organization when I heard that the Owner Dick Burke was going to be at the Springhill Suites here in Pittsburgh. Man, this was great, I was going to meet the man that founded this legendary organization and he was going to give me all the get rich tips so I could quit me 9-5. Now granted, in 1999 and 2000 I was flying high with a major retailer and was named Manager of the Year both years and it was looking like I’d be moving into Senior Management and maybe a Store Manager position in due time. But heck, I’d rather work from the comfort of my home, right? 🙂

So, I went to the conference and boy, I was nervous. I didn’t really know what to say to anyone. I was especially nervous to say anything to Dick. Maybe I was star struck? I don’t know??? Eventually I warmed up a little and I listened to everything he said and took copious notes. Boy, this stuff is great. I am going home to apply it! Then he said something that changed my online life. We were chatting in the lobby with a few other VIPs and DIck said…“You know, building this business has really been great. It’s given me kind of like a mailing list. You know, except email addresses not paper in a rollodex. I never had that when I just had downlines.” I chuckled politely, then went home and woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.

Holy Mother of GOD. Build your list first, not someone else’s!

Ok, am I saying I invented this idea? Maybe. LOL. You will see soon what I did with this information as now it was time to exit DHS and go build my own brand. Mentors can give you great tips. Thanks Dick!

Just as an aside, DHS is now Club Shop Rewards and I am in like my 3rd stint with them in a fairly passive position. You can check them out here, especially if you like to earn rewards from online shopping. They also have a crypto called Tangicoin. Jon Olson, if you are reading this, look it up. Until next time…

Rob Gehring â€“ Owner of Trafficleads2incomeVMand Leader of Team Massive Success

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Build that Downline – Part 3 of My Online Journey

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Hi Again! Click HERE for Part 2 of the story of you missed it.

So, it’s the start of the New Millennium and I was continuing to roll with DHS Club. I would advertise anywhere I could, and also learned to use AOL Messenger to chat with prospects and downline. That would be a skill I would utilize greatly for years to come! My downline was growing large, and at that time the hook was join FREE and watch your downline grow. So with that, you were given members in addition to your own personal efforts. The end of the month is where the rubber met the road, for if you did not upgrade by 1159pm; your downline was lost forever! I would stay up and watch to see what would happen; and yes, some would upgrade and I would celebrate and maybe move up a rank. There was ranks like Team Leader, Team Captain, Managers, and even Directors! I was in heaven with all this as I dreamed to replace my career with a work at home career.

One day, my upline Executive Director Tom called with an offer. When Tom called, it was like deep throat in the Watergate days, as he spoke kind of in a hushed monotone. You had to catch it the first time, as there was no repeating! The directive was to join his ad co op (Point of Irony, I run a Co Op now). I believe a share was $25 bucks, and yes, I would get leads/signups etc. So I swallowed hard and anted up. Well, it started good but then there was an issue. In hindsight, Tom was probably shut down for spamming and such so he needed to refund the money. I ended up getting a check from Tom which bounced and the bounce fee basicly wiped out most of my commissions. Tom was later ejected from the organization when former owner Dick Burke cleansed his organization of these types of leader/snakes and redid his team structures, comp plan, etc.

Ok, so this was my first of many stingers but I kept going and next week I’ll tell you about meeting Mr. Burke in person. Just as an aside, DHS is now Club Shop Rewards and I am in like my 3rd stint with them in a fairly passive position. You can check them out here, especially if you like to earn rewards from online shopping. Until next time…

Rob Gehring – Owner of Trafficleads2incomeVM and Leader of Team Massive Success

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