Monthly Archives: December 2011

Alivemax Business Is It Really Worth It?

If you look around the internet and the MLM industry, there has been a ton of interest surrounding the AliveMax business, the newest “big thing” in the industry. What really is the truth inside the company and is all the interest justified, or is it all just smoke and mirrors? Taking a step back, what does AliveMax claim to be all about as a company? Having only been founded in April 2009, they claim on their web page that they “”… we are passionate about making a positive impact on both your health and financial well being. ” While that sounds all well and good, what really does AliveMax sell for profit? When you look into it, the company is a nutrition based one, with a very different product line. Unlike many other competing companies who promote vitamins or juices, their particular form of nutrition is given in the form of an oral spray. The company says that this give a much higher, 98% in fact, absorbtion rate of the nutrients.

The AliveMax products are sold in 3 different assortments, a multivitamin, anti-aging, and vitality sprays. If you really look at it, AliveMax does have quite a number of great products. All right, lets take a comprehensive look at the AliveMax opportunity. When you look at it, the compensation plan has seven seperate ways to make money, ranging from: anging from: welcome bonus, retail profits, fast start bonus, dual team building cycle bonus, matching bonus, infinity and leadership bonuses. All that is great, but this looks just like a pretty normal MLM industry payout plan. In summary, is AliveMax a fraud? No, absolutely not. It looks like a really good business opportunity with a generous compensation plan, along with a really original product line. Time will only tell though whether or not the consumer will support yet another nutrition company or not. But, as is the case with any MLM opportunity, the real deal for the AliveMax opportunity will be the marketing that its distributors do. The marketing really determines any business success, not the excellent products or compensation plan that is offered. If you are an AliveMax business builder, I highly suggest you learn how to effectively market either the business or product in order to be really successful. Learn something like pay per click marketing, electronic magazine ads, or video marketing. This is what creates prospects, leads and downlines. If you really want to learn how to grow your AliveMax business, read below and click on the link for more information.

10 Frequently Asked Questions on Loan Modifications

Q) Is unemployment considered a hardship?

         A) Unemployment is considered a hardship but the lender will also want to make sure that the borrower will be able to make the modified payments. While social security and other payments can be factored toward the monthly payment, there is such a thing as too much hardship. If the homeowner cannot make his monthly payments as a result of becoming unemployed, the loan modification will probably be denied.     

Q) What if I have a bad credit score?

         A) Loan modifications do not rely on credit scores to determine eligibility. The lender’s highest priority is to be sure that the borrower can make the new monthly payments. If the low credit score is due to excessive unsecured debt the mortgage lender may ask for that debt to be settled for the loan modification to be approved.   

Q) What if I have received a Notice of Default?

         A) In most cases, an attorney can get the foreclosure process stopped as the negotiations on your loan modification are started. In most states, if you have received an NOD (notice of default) there is still plenty of time to achieve a loan modification before the Trustee Sale date if you qualify.

Q) I took out a second mortgage 8 months ago. Can I modify my first mortgage?

         A) Yes. As a rule, most lenders require 6 months seasoning between taking a second mortgage and applying for a loan modification. 

Q) Can I modify a loan on an investment property?

         A) Yes. Most lenders will accept loan modifications on investment properties. However, a loan modification under Obama’s Home owner Relief Plan does not include non-owner occupied properties.

A Fun And Effective Way Of Making An Internet Business Plan

A lot of people are intimidated by the prospect of making an internet business plan. But there are ways to make them less daunting and even fun. The key to a fun way of making an internet business plan is adapting a different attitude towards it and employing these two methods:

Make a Personal Plan
This is where the fun is, and this will help and motivate you through the entire process of making your business plan. Write about the changes you want to happen to your life and list down feasible goals such as places you want to visit, food you want to eat and stuff you want to buy. List down everything you can think of until you exhaust your brain. Put the list aside for now. Think of this list as the rewards you will reap if your business plan becomes a success.

Make the Business Plan
Make up three separate lists of things you have to learn and accomplish to generate income. Name your list as follows: 4 months, 8 months, and 1 year. In each list, write down the things you want to accomplish within 4 months, 8 months and 1 year. Be as realistic as possible and take your strengths and weaknesses into consideration. Say for example you are still in the dark about internet marketing and SEO, list them down as one of the things you have to master in order to generate lots of income online.

When you suddenly find yourself slacking off or losing heart, remind yourself of your personal goals by reading your personal plan, and ask yourself an important question: “What I really want and where I am heading to?” This will put your heart back in your game plan and motivate you to make an effort to accomplish and scratch an item off your business plan.

So You Want To Start A Blog?

Everyone is blogging now. It seems to be the “in” thing to do. People start blogging for a number of reasons. Sometimes they want to try to make some money off of it, others just have a big mouth and want to be heard by people. The latter usually turn to blogging because they are shunned from friends and family because no one wants to hear their unusually strong opinions on were to find the best tapas in the city.

You’re blog wont be like that though. Why? Because your reading this article, and you obviously want to do it right. So here is what you should do:

First, figure out what you like talking about. If it is sports, then write a sport themed blog; if it is interior design, then write a home decorating blog.  The more comfortable you are with the subject, the more fluid your writing style will be. Also your content will read as much more genuine if you sincerely like what you are talking about.

Also your blog doesn’t just have to be written, a popular format today is the travel photography blog.

Second, Research. Go online and read a whole bunch of different types of blogs. Read everything from pet blogs to parenting blogs. You will find great ones and of course you will find complete duds, but learn from them. What makes the great ones great and the bad ones bad. Once you begin to figure that out you will have a good idea of your do’s and don’ts.

Third, figure out how you will post your blog on to the Internet. There are a number different types of websites that make it very easy. Research this as well. As you are going about step 2, you will see the more popular way blogs are constructed and who hosts them. Make a note of it and when you are ready to build your blog you will know what to do.

Dear ESPN, You’re Ruining Sports

Dear ESPN, you’re ruining sports

by Zak Kertesz,
The Sports Complainer
written on 06/16/09

http://www.sportscomplainer.com

—-Plaxico Burress’ hearing is delayed. Donte’ Stallworth is sentenced to jail time. Ryan Leaf (Ryan Leaf?) is eluding the police. courtTV, right? Uh-uh. It’s the present day ESPN. (Note: courtTV is now truTV.)

When Bill Rasmussen, the creator of ESPN, developed the idea in 1978, was his idea to televise scofflaws or sports? I cannot state for certain, but I naturally assume the “S” stands for the latter.

ESPN calls themselves the leading destination for American convicts, I mean sports. So where’s the actual sports coverage?

Sports aficionados don’t want to see the amiss in sports. They “witness” (No LeBron, I’m not talking about you) society’s turmoil everyday when they get out of bed. They don’t need more bedlam and they certainly don’t want it either. They want stats. They want scores. They want actual sporting events.

We, as an aching nation, as a wounded world, want to see things like Michael Jordan’s game winner over Bryon Russell in the Finals. We want to see things like Kirk Gibson’s limp-off home run over Dennis Eckersley in the World Series. We want to see things like USA miraculously beating the Soviet’s in the 1980 Winter Olympics. (“Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” – Thanks Al Michaels)

We want to see things that make our body succumb to horripilation (goose bumps). The joyous feeling that begins in our thoughts but travels to our hearts; the feeling that makes our eyes water and our speech stutter. That’s why we watch sports. That’s why we love sports.

But what does ESPN give our nation, our world, instead? Scandals. Trials. Convictions. Imprisonments. All resulting in further defamation of our beloved sports.

Free Sports Picks

Many handicapping sites offer free sports picks or newsletter service options to their visitors who show interest in their services but don’t want to commit to the handicapper on the first meet. Professional handicapping services are plainly overflowing with useful betting knowledge which could be given away to people for free. This is a very positive aspect of handicapping services as free knowledge shows that the handicapper has adequate knowledge regarding the business and also, their business’s USP lies much more beneath the knowledge. This in-depth knowledge and statistics could not be availed from anywhere except professional handicappers. Also, there are many self-proclaimed ‘gurus’ and ‘masters’ in the betting business who are really scammers.

This is why a visitor should always check a handicapper’s track record and market reputation before selecting them. Another thing which a bettor can do is to check whether the handicapper’s sports picks have been listed by professional sports monitoring services. This is a great indication of how various handicappers feel regarding their own free sports picks. If a visitor has any difficulty in checking them, then the handicapper might not be worth the risk. The customer is paying for valuable betting information and he/she should make sure that their money is well spent. Also, a customer should also avoid any website or handicappers who are offering ridiculous claims for getting successful and even display incorrect examples and records. It can be easily judged by the percentage they are advertising. Handicappers with success rate around 55 to 60 percent are reasonable, particularly when they are advertising for NFL and other football games.