TVI Express Scam- Real Opportunity Or Simply A Scam

If you’ve spent any amount of time online over the past 12 months, then you’ve probably come across a company called TVI Express, or Travel Ventures International.

They are shattering Network Marketing records all over the show, and are one fastest growing network marketing opportunities in history.

The problem is, currently as TVI is getting ready to spread its wings out of “pre-launch “at the same time there is a growing amount of evidence and talk about TVI being an outright Scam, or an illegal pyramid.

Is TVI Express a Scam?

Well the jury's still out on that one, but ones things for sure, you dig just a liitle, and some things are not adding up...

I know there will be A LOT of people in TVI who will read this post and rubbish it, but I ask you stay open to what I’m going to discuss here and realize that I’m only sharing this information in hopes of protecting people like yourself from investing HUGE amounts of time and money into something that you’re pinning your retirement on.....like I did once upon a time....

From a personal note, 1 year and half ago I was involved with a well know Network Marketing Company that merged with a rapidly growing Travel Company. I not only lost  thousands of dollars of advertising money, Many months of hard work, but also my entire pay structure and most of my downline (fortunately some are still with me today), all at the same time.

As you can imagine after 2 years of my life dedicated to this company- I was left feeling absolutely devastated and cheated.

I was disillusioned to the companies culture, and leaders convincing speeches of world domination.... and believed whole heartedly that MY network marketing company was poised to become  as the old clichéd  statement goes;

“A house hold name”

If never occurred to me that I could lose- EVERYTHING.

But I did.

And that’s what made me realize that relying solely on your network marketing company for your income is like playing Russian Roulette with a fully loaded Glock pistol!!

Seriously if you think YOUR network marketing company is going to be your saviour and replace your 401K at the end of your working years- think again....

Most Network Marketing companies don’t survive their first 1-2 years in operation.

And I’m worried TVI could be one of those.

In fact while you are thinking- do some more reading about how to NOT rely on your MLM Company @:

http://www.switchedonrecruiter.com/

And in essence, that’s WHY I write this review.....not to debunk the reputation of TVI but to share some of my observations I’ve made about “what” and “who” TVI are, and more importantly what exactly it is, that they offer

You may have seen in my earlier video’s about my initial concern of the lack of credible evidence of a stable and transparent Corporate Profile.

For the record; there’s no evidence at all of an owner, CEO, Founder or executive team for that matter on their main corporate website:

http://www.TVIexpress.com

Who are the people behind TVI, and why after 12 months in business, no one seems to know who owns or runs this company?

A bit strange wouldn’t you say?

Yes they display pictures and quotes from Warren Buffet (who owns network marketing companies) Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki and even Bill Clinton- all advocates of Network Marketing. All advocates of the industry- but in reading their quotations on the site, NONE of which correlated to any resemblance of an endorsement of TVI by these people.

To me it kind of looks like they are “borrowing” the credibility of these business & world leaders, because perhaps they are not prepared to promote their own credibility or lack there of....

...maybe- who’s to say.

That in itself that doesn’t mean a company is a scam I understand, but it certainly has the aroma of a forgotten opened can of sardines in the back of the refrigerator...

That aside- there is many other “red flags” that are making a lot of people in the industry uneasy about TVI.

Most importantly the product.

So what is the product?

And why are we so worried about the clarity of the product?

Well  folks-when a company that grows as fast as TVI is currently growing, breaking all sorts of records and gaining a whole lot of attention from the industry and public-  has no doubt the honour of ALSO gaining attention from regulating bodies such at the FTC, the BBB(Better Business Bureau) & DSA (Direct Selling Association) to name just a few.

And when an agency such as the FTC starts investigating a Network Marketing company (which eventually happens to ALL opportunities) to see if it’s FTC compliant, the first thing they are going to be looking at, and asking is:

 “Is there a legitimate, retail- able, high value product, for the end consumer?”

And unfortunately in the case of TVI it’s not looking too good.

More to the point, the actual product itself does NOT appear to be much of product.

What I mean by this?

Well let’s take a look at what you get when you sign up as a distributor for TVI:

6 night, 7day stay at 4-5 star luxury resort, with a free companion flight.

Well that sounds pretty attractive.

To become a distributor and take advantage of this offer, you are asked to pay $250.00

I mean that sounds like an AWESOME deal does it not?

The problem occurs when the actual product is starting to sound like the opportunity.

You see for your $250.00 you get this “amazing” offer for becoming a distributor, but that aside, upon looking over the main http://TVIexpress.com site I fail to see “WHAT” the actual product really is...

For starters there’s no tab for “product” on their actual site, and when you go into the tab “Media Centre” and “downloads” you can find a 74 slide power point presentation which normally would give you a fairly good indication of what the product is.

(good tip before joining ANY Network Marketing company- watch the PowerPoint)

Unfortunately, out of 74 slides only 5 of which describe any resemblance of a product.

They use terms like:

*Universal appeal

*First to introduce Free Holiday & Flights concepts

* New Category creator

*Various ongoing promotions

*Infinite scope for extension

VERY generalized terms......

I mean come on guys, does this really give you a clear idea of “what the product is”....I don’t know about you but I’m still confused here.

You see you can get your $250 dollar holiday and flight package/voucher for becoming a distributor- (and I’m not going to get into why at $250.00 you’re getting severally ripped off I’ll save that for another post).

 But you CAN”T also have that as your opportunity, I mean at the end of the day, by default you are actually getting paid to recruit!

And that my fellow marketer is what makes Network Marketing illegal.

When the lines get fuzzy between what is your product and what is your opportunity- when the two get moulded together then we’ve got ourselves a problem.

And unfortunately, it appears this is exactly what is happening with TVI.

I’m sorry if I’ve ruffled a few feathers here, but as someone that has been previously negatively affected by the disintegration of a major Network Marketing company, and an active internet marketer, I feel that It is my duty to warn others of possible collapses of other companies because of their unscrupulous dealings.

When the FTC investigates and shuts down Network Marketing companies that are non-compliant, it not only goes after the owners and founders, but people like you and I- people who are distributors for that particular opportunity- especially top income earners....

So Top income earners be warned: “KNOW” who you are representing!

To protect yourself from being at the mercy of your Network Marketing company I highly recommend visiting and reading:

http://www.switchedonrecruiter.com  and discover why and how it’s important you understand how to stand independently from  your opportunity and prosper online no matter what company to choose to represent.

At the end of the day, I actually hope everything I say here turns out to be incorrect and unfounded, and that TVI keeps thriving. Any collapse of ANY Network Marketing company, keeps tarnishing our wonderful industry’s reputation and simply makes it harder for the average person outside of the industry to take us seriously.

Again, this is not an attack on TVI, it is simply my own observations, and my opinions based on simple research that ANYONE can do online.

I advise you to do the same.

Anton Leyland

PS Check out my latest Video describing the controversy surrounding TVI travel vouchers, and why the FTC is about to investigate and crack down on the company:

Robert Kiyosaki's "Invisible Skyscrapers"; The Power of the Unforseen

In Robert Kiyosaki’s book “Prophecy” he mentions the term “Invisible Skyscrapers” to describe what is now happening with the evolution of business from the industrial age into the new era now named the information age.

Small now seems to be the new BIG.

With the dawn of the internet, and the access of information that was once reserved for people with power or specialized knowledge, the “little guy” can now compete on an even playing field with big business enterprises and corporations.

With the advent of the internet, change is business is now occurring at much faster speed and more often.

 Larger companies are now struggling to make those necessary changes fast enough, simply because of the complexity involved with decision making, company procedure, protocol and politics among other things, associated with change in big business.

While the “Big Fish” struggles to manoeuvre in this new world of constant change, it’s the smaller more mobile businesses and entrepreneurs that are taking advantage of instant access to information via the web, and advancing faster in business compared to there larger more cumbersome counterparts.

Because of their size, these smaller businesses adapt faster to change, therefore grow faster.

The problem has grown so acute for big businesses that many large corporations are now scrambling to fracture themselves up into smaller corporations.

In some companies they have established that no more than 200 people should be needed to effectively run a single business operation, and that anything over that figure, would be disadvantageous to the growth of that company.

No longer is it necessary to run a successful corporation from a visibly impressive 100 story skyscraper. Some of the most powerful businesses of the new millennium have few employees, and yet their power is really their ability to be “invisible”.

Take for example Google & YouTube.

These two companies utilize the power of the internet; probably the most important invention in the history of business and communication

The Internet has changed business forever, and information is now the new currency of business

“Bigger is better” was an industrial age idea. Perhaps the attack on the world trade centre in New York in 2001 was the signal that this era had finally come to pass.

In Robert Kiyosaki’s ‘Prophecy” he tells a story about how he returned to New York after 9/11, and was speaking to a friend who had moved his office out of the Empire State Building, into a smaller office building. His friend told him “My staff are quitting, because they did want to sit in the next target”

After he made that comment Robert Kiyosaki realized in that moment we had officially entered the information age, where being invisible is better.

Robert then goes on to talk about how the network marketing industry is an Information Age business, because it is an invisible business.

He talks about the difficulty of trying to explain this structure of business to people who still think with Industrial Age minds, because they “see the business with their eyes, not their minds”

He then goes on to say;

“It would be hard for a terrorist to attack the network marketing industry simply because the business offices are also invisible. Most network marketing businesses are hidden in homes throughout the world. There are people who are running massive businesses from their homes that are invisible. But if you could see their business, it would look like invisible skyscrapers rising from neighbourhoods all over the world”

I have to admit, I tend to agree with Robert, if someone were to see my network marketing business today, they would simply see a spare bedroom, with a laptop, printer, wall planner and cell phone sitting on my desk.

But if they could somehow look “inside” they would see a huge and growing network of fellow distributors referring products and services and duplicating my efforts, over and over again.

Because my choice of marketing for my network marketing business is via the World Wide Web, I now utilize the most powerful medium of communication in the history of business.

An invisible medium- that when used correctly, can produce astounding growth in any type of business venture.

Like a giant iceberg, drifting at sea, network marketing combined with internet marketing is a powerful unforeseen force, which lies just beneath the surface.

As all great religions teach- there is power in the unforeseen.

To find out more about how I build my network marketing business on the internet please email me at: anton.works.from.home@gmail.com

Or visit: http://tinyurl.com/ljxqea

To YOUR success

Anton Leyland

Internet and Network Marketing Consultant

Why Your Target Market IS Network Marketers

Target Market.....you may have heard this term quite frequently uttered in internet marketing circles, but probably haven’t realized how and why these two terms are crucially important in attracting prospects and leads to your internet and/or network marketing business.

As distributors in Network Marketing are now beginning to come online to look for ways to build their organizations, one thing becomes clear to me where most of these people are failing to realize where they are going wrong.

The world of online marketing can easily become one very confusing ride- and with mountains of different information out there, is pretty easy for a newbie to become confused and ultimately throw the towel in before the y even begin.

What seems to happen is, the newbie online ends up following someone else’s system and starts marketing to any and everyone online who is looking to make it “rich quick”.

People end up just “pitching” everyone else; offering little value or content, and in the end, the level of responsiveness of most of these types of prospects and exchanges is appalling.

Herein lies the problem.

The quality of prospect you attract is highly likely to be as useful to your business as a hacker installed virus is to your laptop.

You see, not everyone online is suitable to be part of your downline, or even capable of duplicating what you are doing.

The typical person who is searching online to make money, generally speaking is not aware of what it really takes to succeed, or is not prepared to put in the work in to make their business prosper.

If it’s a network marketing organization you say you want to build- then your best possible target market IS:

network and/or internet marketers.

To build a solid residual income producing downline, you need to be going after other network marketers who already agree, that network and internet marketing can work.

Trying to convince someone to join you, who been sceptically looking at your website and someone else’s over inflated income claims for the past couple of days, is far harder to convince than someone who’s been in the game for 6-18months or more who’s looking for extra direction and information.

If you can position yourself as a potential leader and offer some unique information and guidance for this more responsive market, then you’re far more likely to build a strong team and income, than wasting your time with people who never really believed in the industry in the first place.

And to position yourself as a leader is far easier than you probably think it is.

Just knowing 5-10% more than those you wish to lead is enough to make you “attractive” and ultimately a leader worth following.

So stop pitching like 90% of other people online are doing, and stand out from the crowd and differentiate yourself from the competition.

A successful business online or offline, becomes successful through being just a little bit different than everyone else...

At the end of the day it’s pretty easy when only a small handful of us are doing it!

To learn how to differentiate yourself check out: http://tinyurl.com/ljxqea

Speak to you soon

Anton Leyland

Renegade Professional Reopens After 2 & Half Months Behind Closed Doors

It's official as of June 22^nd , Renegade Professional, the brain child of Internet Marketing Stars; Ann Sieg and Mike Klingler, reopens it’s doors to the public for the first time in 2 & half months.

The much awaited reopening comes as over 38,000 people on the waiting list anticipate grabbing a slice of the action at 9am EST this morning.

So what is Renegade Professional, and what’s all the fuss about anyway?

Renegade professional is arguably the most forward thinking and revolutionary internet marketing education platform online today.

Developed and brought together through a Joint venture partnership of “Attraction Marketing Superstar” Ann Sieg, and one of the worlds best internet marketing trainers Mike Klingler, Renegade Professional is an interactive “Virtual University” that focuses on teaching Network Marketers and business owners how to build their businesses through the powerful attraction marketing process.

The Platform contains hundreds of hours of video training that takes the user/student literally by the hand” click by click, step by step through all the latest attraction marketing methods that are currently producing unheard of results in the network marketing industry.

Renegade Professional focuses on developing the actual network marketing affiliate, into becoming the “ACTUAL PRODUCT” instead of the traditional line of thought of “your product will sell itself”- and “stick to the script!”

Renegade Professional differentiates itself through teaching how to use social marketing and web 2.0 tactics.

The video tutorials spearheaded by Mike Klingler demystify these; what some might call- “complicated” & time consumingmethods, and breaks each one of them down into an easy and understandable way of doing business.

Because of the ease of the learning techniques students are having very quick, impressive& tangible results.

The process lends itself to quick implementation- which is where most network marketers fail as they usually experience analysis paralysis and info overload and eventually 9 time out of 10 end up throwing the towel in.

Not with Renegade Professional.

Because of the way the teaching is formulated, by incorporating all ages and experience levels- from the newbie, to the leader who wants more out their business...renegade Professional has geared its training to also include the massive migration of “Baby Boomers” that are making their way online in their MILLIONS.....to find ways to secure their financial future and retirement.

Renegade Professional moulds each user into becoming a “magnetic sponsor” by positioning the student as a potential leader and as someone who can mentor the masses of people who are currently looking for or are making their way online to search for someone who can shed light on the subject of making money online.

In over 3 years online, I have NEVER experienced a more exciting, thought provoking, intensive and visionary education system for the network marketing professional.

If you are tired of “chasing” and “pitching” like 90 % of the people online....and are even 1% curious about how to implement “attraction marketing” in your internet marketing strategy; then you need to take a closer look at Renegade Professional.

Doors are open right now, that doesn’t mean they’ll always stay that way....

"The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity"

Come take a walk with me......

Click here to secure your place:  http://tinyurl.com/ljxqea

Renegade Professional is about to change marketing online forever,join the movement now!

How To Capitalize During A Global Economic DownTurn

The worldwide economic downturn we're having right
now, is the worst it's been since the Great Depression.

Millions of jobs have been lost- with still more
millions to come. Home values are the lowest they've
been in decades, stock markets have plummeted to the
lowest levels in almost 20 years and consumer confidence
is at an all time low.

 It seems that everywhere you look, the forecast for
the near future is one of doom and gloom.

In light of these negative messages that you're being
bombarded with from televison, radio and print media,
I'd like to share some light on your greatest opportnity
to prosper...

You may have heard that the Chinese Symbol for "Crisis"
is actually made up of two characters. One represents
"danger" and the other.... "opportunity"

The wealthy of the world realize that during this economic
"crisis" there is an even greater "opportunity" for those
who choose their business ventures wisely.

There are two facts, i'd like to share with you, to help
you "rescession proof" your mindset, and give you an even
greater optimisim than ever before...

The first fact is simply realizing that there is the EXACT
same anmount of money during a recession, than there is
during a global economiv boom. Let's face it, it's not as
if billions of dollars have simply vanished, been burned or
dropped into the bottom of the sea??

Those billions of dollars have been taken from the hands
of many and been re-approriated into the hands of the few.

 So the question that begs an answer is this: "How do YOU become the few?"

That leads me to the second FACT which should give you
more excitment about the possibily of taking control of your life and finances...

The home based business and Network Marketing industry thrives in economic downturns.

To understand why read my article: "Why NOW is the Best Time to be a Network Marketer"