A busy time!

Like most of you (not that there are that many readers I’m sure!) I have a lot of projects I’m working on:

First and foremost is my home based business Watkins. This is a “self employment” process that I have been working for roughly 10 years now, and when I am active, it does good, and I’m active again, or at the beginnings of being active anyway! If you are interested in working for yourself, go here. An income stream that I control per say.

TDBell Enterprises, Inc., the second part of my self employment in which I do two things: Help Start Up business find money, and fix computers (software mainly, but hardware too). Again, a revenue generating practice to increase my income flows via multiple streams of income.

While it is on hiatus at the moment, Circular Wind Ryu, which is my martial arts school. Another self employed job. Here teaching martial arts. I plan on re-opening this aspect of work in the very near future.

ExsposeYourBlog.com. I am the owner and one of the admins of this blog exchange where you sign up (free and paid options), surf five blogs (read five blogs) and then post your blog or blogs on the site for others to read. Each day (hopefully ) you surf a few blogs, leave comments on those you like and earn credits so others can come see your blog when they surf. With this project I also have up a forum I work on, and both aspects take time in coding, fixing, monitoring and surfing. (GREAT blogs there worth reading on a daily or at least weekly basis!)

During they day, Monday through Friday I work as a OR Supply Technician until I can get into the IRM (Information Resources Management) department. This, for now, is my main income source. Not what I want to be doing, but hope to change that soon. (See top three jobs listed here. )

I am a Sir Knight (4th Degree Knight) with the Knights of Columbus, which takes up several hours a month in various functions and events, and I’m the web master of our site (http://www.kofc1487.org).

And I am studying theology on the side via reading and researching. I plan on taking this up formally once my income stabilizes and I have enough left over each month to take the next step.

What does your week look like?

Watkins Products.

I don’t normally post much on this blog about Watkins or it’s products, I do that on “Watkins Ramblings“, but I thought I’d bring the business and products out here as well again. (I’ve done it before, most recently here, but will try not to do it too often… )

Watkins is a 141+ year old company that has great “Green” products for home and personal care, and some of the best spices and flavorings you will ever find. Once you buy any of these products, you will never go back to store bought products!

Now, comes the good part, for a fee of $39.95/year, you can become an Associate and receive a 25% discount on all products you buy for yourself, and you receive at least a 25% commission on any products you sell. You can sell in person, over the Internet, by mail, etc. There is no need to buy products and store them in your already full garage. You take your orders, send the order in and three to seven days later the products are either delivered to you, or if you want, directly to your client/customer.

As you get clients that like to buy a lot of products each month, you talk to them about becoming an Associate themselves, giving them a 25% discount on the products from what they were paying you for them, and they begin saving. At the same time, you receive from 1% to 15% commission on their use and sales of product, provided you are still using or selling the products yourself. (There is no commission just for having a person sign up. Both you and the new Associate need to buy or sell product to earn a commission!)

You can also go straight to a person and share the business concept with that person and have them start out as an Associate. The same principles work here.

Now, the secret, and it’s not a secret, but that is what draws people in right?, is to USE THE PRODUCTS yourself. One, the products are great. The food products taste good, and are of the highest quality and of the best production. The household products are made to Green standards, are all natural and will not cause health issues to the users, or kill pets, etc. The personal care products are great as well. (I know, I may be prejudice, as I’m a Watkins Associate, but it was the products that sold me on it, and caused me to join over 8 years ago.)

Now, I know I’m going to get the nay sayers who are going to say that this business is nothing but a Pyramid Scheme. First off, all business are pyramids in pay structure for the most part. The person at the top makes more money than the person directly below them, and they make more money than the person directly below them, all the way down to the bottom person in the company. In Watkins, you can be “under” someone and make more money than them, by building your client base and selling more product and/or by building your “sales/use” team bigger than that person above you, making you more money than they make. And you don’t make money on the person joining. ONLY when they buy (or sell) product is there any upward commission.

This is not a get rich quick scheme either. It will take you from three to ten years to make a strong business of it, based on a 5 to 20 hour work week. Meaning, you work the business for 5 to 20 hours a week talking to people, and sharing the products. It can be done quicker if you work more. (But in today’s world, who can always put more time in a “side job”?) The first key to this business is to use the products yourself. If you do this, first you get great products that do a great job, and you get your volume in. (If you use the supplements, house cleaning products, and/or personal care products on a daily/monthly basis, you will reach your needed volume without any sales, to earn commission on those you bring into the business. Sales brings you added volume and revenue, so never overlook a sales opportunity!)

Like any business, this business requires money. But not alot. You can start out by buying products you normally buy from the local store from yourself. You can advertise for free through blogs, free websites (and, if you join under me, you are giving, at no cost to you, access to some great marketing tools such as this which help you get leads), letters and emails to associates, etc. You can always purchase leads through various sources, and your best avenue is just sharing the products with others, or products made from Watkins products.

This business is fun, you get a great support team through me, and my up line, which includes access to a great training system (again for free) with tons of tools and information about building your business.

For the past 8 years, my focus on this business has been to use the products I like in my daily and monthly life and acquire new associates who are wanting to do the same, and make money while they are at it. Before becoming a Friar, I had over 300 people in my team, and because I quit being an active user of the products, allowed about 280 of them to go to another team. Twenty some stayed with me, and I’m now growing that team up again.

Here is how I do it. I am on a round of sponsoring 10 people that I will keep directly under me. The next 10 people I sponsor go one each under those 10, and then the next 10 go under them again in a round robin system. Those that follow the system of at least using the product, I continue to place people under as I sponsor more people., putting the next 10 under me, following the above pattern for those 10, then I will start placing the rest under those 20, or at least the ones that are active.

Are you ready to be one of the first 10 in this next round of growth for my business? If so, drop me a line here, and I will help you get started. If you would like to research the business on your own, before talking to me, go here.

I look forward to working with you in building your second income, which may become your main income should you wish to make it so!

Wow, what a two weeks…

This past two weeks has been pretty busy for me. And, while a lot of that busy has been on line, I really haven’t been able to surf much on ExposeYourBlog!, post here, post on Watkins Ramblings, or Daily Readings. I’ve been busy working on the back end of ExposeYourBlog! (some surprises coming in the near future there!), and on the Council web page for the Knights of Columbus that I belong to.

Add on to that all the work at work, restarting and re-building my Watkins business, working on Circular Wind Ryu building it up, and then last weekend and this weekend going to Knights of Columbus related events (last weekend doing service work at a Missionary Church, and this weekend going to Knights of Columbus training). Busy times.

Monday of next week, I will get to (I wish I could say back to, but I just haven’t been doing it!) doing daily postings on both Watkins Ramblings and Daily Readings. With Daily Readings I plan on going back in and filling in the missing days, all the way back to the first day I started it. (That will take some time though… )

See you all Monday!! Be safe and have fun, and if you have a blog, be sure to come to ExposeYourBlog!

A new product at Watkins!

Watkins has recently released a great new product! It is called Immunergy, and you can pick it up here!

What is ImmunergyTM?

Watkins ImmunergyTM (02285) is a drink mix physician formulated to provide natural immune support plus a caffeine free energy boost using only all-natural ingredients, colors and flavors. Its blend of eight fruit and herb seed powders and D-Ribose supports your natural defenses and energy levels so you can feel your best every day.

Watkins ImmunergyTM *:

is 100% all natural.
supports immune function.
increases energy level.
is formulated by physicians.
contains only natural ingredients.
contains 8 individual servings — great for travel!
tastes great!

Be sure to go here and type in 02285 in the search box to order your first order now! Remember, Watkins and I have a 100% satisfaction guarantee on our products!

Catching up with myself…

A very good friend of mine in California complained that all I write about now is related to religion… This post will have some of that too, but basically I will honor her request and update what has been going on this past 12 months or so…

Last year I was accepted into the Brothers and Sisters of Reconciliation as a Friar. I would have started my Seminary studies this past August (2009). Roughly in October of last year the Archbishop of Miami decided that the Order had not been set up properly or supervised by a (Arch)Bishop correctly and that the Order was to be closed effective immediately and that any and all vows given were to be released effectively immediately. I applied to two Franciscan Orders, both of which decided that I was too old. (Most Religious Orders stop accepting a person after they turn from 25 to 35, depending on the Order.)

During this time of discernment with the Orders, a VERY good lady friend (at the time), Debbie and I continued to talk about the possibility of getting together. About the time the Orders were starting to get back to me, Debbie and I decided to get married. The great day of our Marriage was March 4th, while I was visiting from Florida. I returned to Ashland in April, and we got married in her Church on May 15th. I now live with her in Ashland, KY.

(Very pretty up here, pretty much year around so far! People are friendly, and all speak English!)

At the end of April or beginning of May (can’t remember!!??) I began working at Crisp Dairy Treat so that I could continue to pay Child Support and other bills. I work as a short order cook, ice cream maker, and food issuer. (Hand food to the customers, and take their money. )

I have re-opened my martial arts school, Circular Wind Ryu, Inc. here in Kentucky and am open for business. I have also gotten more active, yet again, with Watkins and am selling those GREAT products! (Check out the products at http://www.watkinsonline.com and when you “sign up” use my Associate ID of 335373!!) I am also available to fix computers, install software and train people on how to use their computers and software. TDBell Enterprises, Inc., now a sub-unit of Circular Wind Ryu, Inc. is open for business in IT Operations, Business Operations and Business Plan Development consulting on an hourly basis. (http://www.tdbellenterprises.com)

I am aggressively looking for a job with at least a bit better pay, and mainly for one that has medical benefits. (I know, deep request in today’s world…) I am looking for a job in IT Management, Business Management, or IT technical areas. If you know of any such openings in the Ashland, KY/Huntington, WV area, let me know!

I am still very involved in a Secular yet Religious life, and very much still in love with the Church (Roman Catholic, but Christian faith in general), and still active in the Church. (As if you couldn’t gather from my post here…)

In Christ!

E-Commerce Store Down, for good.

Not that anyone was looking at it, I took down the E-Commerce store here that allowed you to buy Watkins products from me. The software was VERY buggy, and those bugs were pretty serious in many cases. If you are interested in great personal and house care product and/or great spices and flavorings, please go to http://www.watkinsonline.com and use my Associate ID of 335373 for your order. You will love the products!!

More Information

Yesterday I posted on becoming a Watkins Associate. Today I will point you (since I forgot to yesterday) to a web site that will give you some information about being a Watkins Associate under me. Please click this link.

Watkins can be a great residual income stream if you run it right, and with as little or as much time as you want to spend on it. Granted, you get more if you spend more time.

You never need to store products, and, if you follow the Summit Group’s success, you basically spend your time USING those Watkins products you like, and sharing the concept of buying form yourself to others, who do the same once they join, use the products, and share the business opportunity with others. Each person that does this builds a VERY solid residual income.

Working for Yourself, in this economy and job market…

As our economy continues to be pretty weak, and many people are without a job, it is time to look at history and see what one can do to make their life better and to help bring money in.

Over the last several years, I have have occasionally talked about working for yourself. Several years ago TDBell Enterprises, Inc, my company became a Watkins Independent Associate and opened that portion of my business. When I actively worked it, I had over 200 down line Associates (people under me) and had made Manager. I allowed life to get in my way and I pretty much let the business tank. I now have 25 Associates under me as I have not sponsored, or worked the business for almost 3 years for the most part.

First, what is Watkins? Watkins is a 141 year old Direct Sales company that can say they are the start of the Network Marketing system! Watkins is best known for their spices, especially their pepper and cinnamon, and their vanilla extracts!

Now, when I say Network Marketing, over half of you readers will probably run away screaming, and some of you may never come back. I hope not, I only have a couple of Readers! But, Network Marketing is not all bad folks. And this one is not a get rich quick scheme either. It takes time and patience, and a like of the products. Speaking of the products, with few exceptions, and there have been a couple of exceptions, the products are pretty dang good, and in most cases, they are “green” products (as the company is).

After some heavy review of my life and where I am in life, I have decided to get back fully into the Watkins business again. What does this mean? This means that I am looking for any of you that are interested in building a side income from using and selling great products as well as in building your own team of Independent Sales Associates.

I am going to add the next four people I sponsor into Watkins directly under me, and then as I sponsor more people into Watkins I will be placing the new people under these four and two others I already have directly under me. In doing this I build my team and yours, so one in every 6 people that I sponsor (and I use to be good at this, and am betting that I still am!) will end up on your direct team (which is still part of my team, so it is a win win situation), growing your team and your income levels.

Now, what does being an Associate entail? Well, first and foremost, it means you should be buying the spices, personal and home care products that Watkins has from yourself instead of the store down the road. This is the first step. You get a 25-39% discount of the listed prices up front. Next, you should begin selling product to others, via the catalog or on line (http://www.watkinsonline.com/ Associate 335373 if you just want to buy some product from me now to check it out, or if you want to see what is available), in which you get 25-39% commission, paid monthly if purchased on line, 25% paid immediately if your customer buys directly from you (you may be eligible for the remaining up to 14% more which will be paid monthly).

Now, to begin making even more money, you start sponsoring more people under you. Now, keep in mind, that I will be helping you build your down line, but you still need to do the same thing. As you build your team of self users and sellers, your total volume goes up and you make more money. Your goal is to have at least six people directly under you that each have at least six people directly under you that have at least six … and on.

Now, this can take some time. I had over 200 people under me in under two years, some of which I sponsored, and some of which others that I sponsored sponsored, and those sponsored, etc. *** NOTICE *** This is not typical for all teams. *** NOTICE *** It takes work, I worked about 30 hours a week on my Watkins business some weeks, 10 other, and 40 other weeks. It takes USING THE PRODUCTS! Which means it will take some money! Now, this money comes from not buying the same product types from your local store, and redirecting that money to “your own store”. Now, this can be a slow build up or a fast build up. YOU get to set the speed in which you build your business, income, and team.

If you are not interested in being an Associate, I would very much like it if you went to http://www.watkinsonline.com using Associate ID 335373 and check out the products and potentially buy some. For those that do I will send a $10.00 gift certificate on your next order, provided you spend at least $10.00 in the first order, excluding taxes/S&H.

Watkins is a long living, successful company based on Christian principles and one that can help you in making your ends meet.

If you would like to talk about it feel free to drop me a line here, or send me an email. (Drop me a line here, and I will send you my email address.)