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1. New Member CORE Checklist
Welcome to the Empower Network!
Print this worksheet off, and follow along with the assignments, as you go
through each Fast Start Video. None of these steps is more important than
another; however, each one of them should be completed in the order listed
in this checklist.
Before you do anything - PLEASE setup your merchant account following
the instructions in the first video. It will ensure you can start collecting 100%
commissions as soon as possible.
The SOLE PURPOSE of this Fast Start Series is to help you make a LOT
more money in your business, and have a MUCH easier life.
If you commit to follow the 8 Core Commitments as outlined in these videos
- I PROMISE you that it will change your life for the better. When you apply
these steps in your business it will grow faster AND stronger than you ever
thought possible.
Simply print off this document now, and check each box as you complete
the relevant assignment.
Print the document now.
Getting Started Assignments:
I have printed off this document, and have it in front of me.
I am in front of my computer, ready to learn, take notes, and complete
the ENTIRE fast start series in one sitting.
I have watched the Quick Start Video, and am ready to get started with
Empower Network immediately.
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2. Core Commitment #1: Setup Your Merchant Account
The first core commitment is to set up your Merchant Account, so you can
have your customers pay you directly into your bank account. Please, do
not DO ANYTHING else before your merchant application is
submitted.
We have a merchant agreement setup with the largest Credit Card
Processor in the world, First Data, where we can get 99.9% of you
approved quickly, whether you have good credit or not.
This is the only ʻslightlyʼ complicated part of the Empower Network
set up process - and they get deposited into your bank account straight
from your customerʼs credit card.
Having a merchant account is required to get commissions, and the first
time you have money deposited into your bank account - youʼll be amazed
at how good it feels.
This is the only ʻslightlyʼ complicated part of setting up your business - and
there is no way to short cut this step - the whole process, from set up to
getting your account up and running will if you follow
the instructions in the video and this document EXACTLY.
Once you have your own merchant account - no one will ever be able to
control the amount of money you make again - nobody but YOU.
NOTE: The first video is a complete tutorial that walks you through
the entire merchant account set-up process.
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3. Simply go to this link:
http://www.fdis-dfw.com/en and click the button
that says ʻGet Started Todayʼ that looks like this:
Simply click the button, and
looks like this:
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4. ***VERY IMPORTANT: The next page just looks tricky - please, read the
paragraph at the top of the page before you do ANYTHING. Even though I
had warning when I first filled this form out - I still didnʼt do it right.
The page you should be on is an instruction page to follow along with as
you submit your application - you need to open the application link in a new
window and follow along, screen by screen. The instruction page looks like
an application, so it isnʼt perfectly clear unless you know that when you go
there - after that, the process is point and click. Open the link in a new tab
that says “CLICK HERE TO BEGIN APPLICATION” to open the actual
application, it looks like this:
After that - the process is literally point and click - the instruction page will
tell you, screen by screen what answers to put in. Make sure to follow the
setup instructions for each page, and it will be up and running easy and
fast! Remember - this is the only ʻslightly complicatedʼ part of setting up a
business with us - everything else is pre-built into our system.
Your merchant account can be automatically approved as soon as the next
business day. It may take 2 or 3 BUSINESS DAYS. Check your email every
day (including your Spam folder!) for an approval email from First Data.
That email contains the final instructions to activate your merchant account,
and it usually takes less than 5 minutes - simply follow the instructions, and
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5. from that moment on, youʼll be able to use our order pages built into the
system to deposit money into your bank account, instantly.
IMPORTANT: While youʼre on the phone with Linkpoint verifying your
account, have them guide you into your online store, and download your
PEM file - be sure to save this to your computer in a place youʼll be able to
find - thereʼs only one more step in activating your account.
There is one final step to activating your merchant account - youʼll need
your store number and PEM file. You should have had LinkPoint guide you
on the phone directly to downloading that file - if you havenʼt - call them,
and have them walk you through it - it takes less than 2 minutes.
Then, all you need to do, is upload your PEM file to the right place in the
members area, and insert your store number, and youʼre done!
Hereʼs how to do it:
First, login to the members area here: http://empowernetwork.com/
Members/
After youʼre logged in, youʼll be taken to the ʻMy Trainingʼ tab and the
screen should look like this:
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6. Click on the ʻMy Accountʼ link at the top of the screen.
It should load this screen:
Scroll down, and youʼll see 2 fields to insert your Merchant
Information:
Simply put your Store number in the first field (should be around 7 digits,
and will have come in your welcome email)
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7. FINALLY:
Click ʻChoose Fileʼ and navigate to where you saved your PEM file. The
file should look something like 1234567.pem (or yourstorenumber.pem).
After you have inserted the file scroll to the bottom of the screen and hit the
button that says ʻUpdate Profileʼ.
Bamb! Youʼre done - that is the most technical thing youʼll ever have to do
at the Empower Network, and the whole process takes less than an hour.
Make sure that you DO NOT go to the second video until this step is
completely done. Your merchant account needs to be in place to get your
100% commissions.
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8. Here is the Checklist to ensure your merchant account has been
completely setup :
Step One: I have gone to http://www.fdis-dfw.com/en/, and have
completed the entire merchant application, following the instructions
exactly.
Step Two: I have received my Merchant Approval emails from First
Data. If you donʼt get them for any reason by Noon ON THE THIRD
BUSINESS DAY following your application - please call (877) 274-7915,
and First Data will assist you with the status of your application.
Step Three: I have called and activated my Merchant Account with the
instructions received in my emails, and while I was on the phone, I had
customer service help me login, and download my PEM file to a place on
my computer that I remember.
Step Four: I have logged in to http://empowernetwork.com/Members/
clicked on ʻMy Accountʼ, entered my store number in the appropriate field,
and uploaded my PEM file and hit ʻUpdate Profileʼ
Thatʼs it! Congratulations, you can now proceed to the Second Core
Commitment. Your payment pages will now automatically work, and your
customers will be depositing payments right from their credit card into
YOUR bank account - weʼll do all the ʻhard sellingʼ you just need to follow
steps 2-8 to get traffic and build your team.
Please continue to Core Commitment #2: Blog Daily
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9. Core Commitment #2: Blog Daily
This is the second commitment of being a part of the Empower Network -
blogging every day. As youʼll see, this is a lot simpler than setting up your
merchant account.
Our blogging system is built into WordPress - so if youʼre familiar with
WordPress - you donʼt even really need to spend any time learning
anything new here - just commit for the next six months, to write one new,
unique blog post per day, and post it on your site.
Thereʼs only one way to login to your blog on our site - first, you have to
login to the members are here:
http://empowernetwork.com/Members/
Second - when you login, you should see a big green button
that says ʻLogin & Start Bloggingʼ - it looks like this:
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10. When you hit that button - it will take you to your wordpress members
area. There are two options to view the members area:
1. The Normal WordPress Members area.
2. The ʻSimple Viewʼ
Since this is targeted at people who donʼt understand WordPress - Iʼll focus
on the Simple View.
You can navigate back and forth between the two viewing methods by
clicking the blue button on the upper right hand of the screen. Hereʼs
where the button is in the ʻsimple viewʼ:
When you click the button, it will load a more complex interface designed
for people already familiar with blogging, it looks like this:
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11. This is the ʻadvancedʼ members view - which youʼll probably like better if
youʼre a bit more familiar with WordPress. If you find yourself on this
screen - just hit the button that says ʻActivate Easy Adminʼ to go to the
more simple view.
Hereʼs what you donʼt need to do to blog with the Empower Network:
1. Customize a theme
2. Install any plugins
3. Learn how to ʻconvertʼ traffic better on your pages.
Weʼll do all that for you - you just focus on blogging daily, and weʼll work on
getting you more sales, more money, and an easier life.
Letʼs go back to the Easy View. Hit the button, and letʼs write your first
post.
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12. Your screen should look like this:
If you scroll your mouse over any of the question marks, youʼll get a popup
description of what to do in each field - letʼs keep things REALLY simple,
and I actually want you to write your first blog post - right now, about why
you got involved in The Empower Network, and what your vision is with it -
whether itʼs to recruit people into another business, or you just want to
make a six figure income here - whatever you want to do, wherever you
want to go - we have a place for YOU in the Empower Network, because
this company was built to help YOU rise to the top.
There are 4 important parts of a Blog Post - Iʼm going to briefly talk
about each of the 4 sections.
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13. Remember - the part that makes this whole system work is a MASSIVE
group of people posting QUALITY content each day.
If you blog daily - every day, for the next six months - it will take you about
an hour each evening to do, and there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that will
create a more sustainable business online than just consistently focusing
on getting better, and better at blogging.
The best part? There really isnʼt anything technical about it with us - itʼs
easy, and all you have to do is...
...be consistent.
Most people in the internet marketing niche think that they should only blog
about their ʻtopicʼ and Iʼll tell you from experience - thatʼs full of it. People
want to know about you, your passions, your ideas, and what makes you
tick.
One time, I wrote a post ranting about the Government on my personal
blog, and it brought in over 250 leads in a couple of days because it
sparked interest in a whole group of people that donʼt usually visit my site.
Write about whatever you want, and youʼll get better - just do it, daily.
So here are the 4 important parts of a blog post:
(itʼs important to blog EVERY DAY, 7 days a week, feel free to write about
whatever the heck you want - youʼll get better, and inner circle members
are going to have access to a course called ʻBlogging Basicsʼ that weʼre
working on right now...)
1. The Title: This is easy - just write what your post is about - make it a
short sentence. Your first one could be as easy as “Why I got involved in
The Empower Network” or “My Ultimate Plan To Get Money” - leave the
quotations out of it.
2. The Body: Just write a 500-700 word article. Mix up the body with
short paragraphs, quotes, and feel free to pop a video in there from
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14. YouTube that helps you illustrate your point, or gives you some
inspiration. If you ever take content from someone elseʼs blog posts or
articles - make sure to reference the source and post a link to the
original authorʼs article. If you want some good examples of Blog Posts,
you can visit the corporate blog that myself, David Sharpe, and other
good writers in the Empower Network will be posting to every single day.
You can visit that blog here: http://empowernetwork.com
3. The Call To Action: The ʻcall to actionʼ is the part of your article where
you tell your visitors what they should do next. Depending on your post -
this could be in the middle of your post, what I prefer to do is put it in a
P.S. line. Essentially - you want people clicking on the images on your
blog to the capture pages, and then watching the video presentation to
sell them on the basic $25 Empower Network membership. I like to put
that in the P.S. line, because after 2 years of blogging and getting
millions of visitors per month on my personal site, Iʼve noticed that if I put
a call to action in the middle of a post, that people donʼt comment,
because they donʼt want their friends to see something ʻsalesyʼ. I also
notice I get higher conversions if I make it more subtle - because better
content attracts more repeat readers.
4. The Tags: This is in the lower right of the posting area, and most
people who are new miss it, and donʼt put any tags in. Basically, tags
are just one or two word groups that describe what a post is about, and
they help sort information from Search Engines. Honestly, theyʼre less
important than they used to be - just write 5-7 groups about what your
post is about, and weʼll get more involved in how to do it better in the
ʻblogging basicsʼ course in the Inner Circle membership.
If youʼre writing a post about the Empower Network, for example, it might
look like this:
empower network, join, make money, blog daily, online marketing, easy
While that may be overly simplistic - I really want you to just have enough
info to write your first post and get started for the next 30 days.
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15. Really, there are no special ʻtricksʼ to know when youʼre getting started -
good, quality original information attracts traffic like bees to honey, you just
need to be consistent.
So hereʼs what I want you to do:
Login to http://empowernetwork.com/Members/ - click on ʻLogin and Start
Bloggingʼ in the members area, and write your first post.
Hereʼs the checklist:
I understand how to login to my Empower Network blog.
I understand how to navigate between the ʻEasyʼ and ʻAdvancedʻ
blogging area
I have written a short, descriptive title to my first blog post.
I have written a 500-700 word blog post about ʻWhyʼ I got into the
Empower Network.
I have included a ʻCall to Actionʼ in my article.
I have included 5-7 ʻtagsʼ in my post, and have published it.
Publish your post by hitting this button:
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16. Thatʼs it! Now, I want you to sign this personal commitment, to post AT
LEAST one new blog entry per day, for the next 100 days:
“I, _______________, am committing today, (date) ________________,
that for the next 100 days, I am going to spend one hour posting a unique,
high quality article to my personal blog on the http://empowernetwork.com
website. My hundred day challenge ends on _____________________
(100 days from today).
Signature___________________
Core Commitment #3: Market Daily
This is where you can really get creative. Iʼm going to teach you the core
concept of how I was able to build a business so quickly, without spending
a dime of my own money, only re-investing a small percentage of my profits
back into marketing.
Iʼm going to give you some advice here - and you donʼt have to listen, I just
wanted to pass along something that one of my mentors told me. He said:
“If you want to be RICH, then take 20% of ALL the money you make, and
re-invest it back into marketing... It doesnʼt matter what budget you start
with - what matters is that you commit, RIGHT NOW, to always do this in
your business...”
So hereʼs what Iʼm going to encourage you to do - if you make $100 in the
Empower Network - re-invest $20 back into some kind of marketing - be ok
with making mistakes. Try stupid stuff with it. If you make $1000, re-invest
$200. If you make $10,000, re-invest $2,000.
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17. Hereʼs the key:
Your marketing wonʼt suck forever.
Eventually, youʼll get really, really good at turning one dollar invested into
marketing into five dollars in revenue.
If you can do that consistently - do you really care how much you spend?
Youʼll want to spend as much as you can, as fast as you can, when youʼre
good.
Thatʼs all Iʼm going to say about marketing. Commit that starting right now,
youʼll take one hour per day and solely focus on marketing your business
and getting it in front of new people.
Try everything - and hereʼs the rule:
If something doesnʼt bring in as much as you spend on the front end, after
3-5 attempts:
Stop it, and try something new.
Most people fail at marketing because they just keep doing the same stuff
that doesnʼt work any better in a year than it does now.
Test things - find your niche, and in a year, itʼs unbelievable where youʼll be.
One hour per day, and 20% of your revenue, and youʼll be unstoppable in a
year.
How do I know? Because I did it.
For those of you who have become a member of the Inner Circle, and have
purchased the Costa Rica Mastermind Intensive, youʼll learn more about
marketing than you thought possible.
Learn, do, teach - thatʼs the formula for marketing greatness.
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18. You need to aim to have every dollar spent bring in three - but until youʼre
there, feel free to test, experiment, track, and improve your results.
Imagine being able to spend $20,000 per month on marketing. How fast do
you think you can grow your business? It really is unlimited.
That would make most people feel ʻnotʼ comfortable - but you realize, that
youʼre not spending $20,000 per month out of your own pocket - youʼre re-
investing that money from revenue - when you realize that, youʼre thinking
like a real entrepreneur.
The Checklist:
I have watched the 3rd fast start video, and understand the concept of
ʻDaily Marketingʼ in my business.
I commit to spend one hour per day, and 20% of my business income
in increasing and ʻscalingʼ my marketing campaigns, until Iʼm earning the
income that I want to earn, and then Iʼll re-evaluate it from there.
Core Commitment #4: New Member Coaching
This is one of the simplest and most direct commitments.
Simply call your new members who get started, and make sure they go
through this training.
Make sure that they have been through the Fast Start Training, and
understand the value of upgrading to whatever package is appropriate to
them.
ALL of your new members should buy the Inner Circle membership if at all
possible.
The better your communication is with new members when they are just
getting started - the longer theyʼll stay around, the more money theyʼll
make, the more pass up sales theyʼll generate for you, and the more
ʻresidualʼ your income will become.
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19. Hereʼs the cool part though - if you call your new Members, about 80% of
them will upgrade to the Inner Circle Membership, which will increase your
residual income by five times, per member that upgrades.
The thing that makes it easy to upgrade people, is when they realize that if
someone they sponsored upgrades beyond the level they personally are at
and as a result they donʼt get the 100% commission from that product
simply because they donʼt own it themselves.
You will need to have purchased the upgrades in order to get paid on them
when someone you bring in upgrades. If not, the commission will pass up
to the next qualifying person above you that has purchased the upgrade.
This goes for the $100 upgrade as well as the $500 upgrade and any other
upgrades or products that will be introduced later.
This gives you the incentive to upgrade your personally sponsored people
by having a conversation with them about this and letting them know that
itʼs perfectly okay to stay at the lower level but the upgrade commissions
will not be available to them. And if they donʼt upgrade thatʼs ok because
anyone they bring in at the higher upgraded level will pass to you for the
100% commission.
Just in case you donʼt want to miss out on any higher commission
opportunities the links to purchase these core upgrades are listed below.
Core Commitment #5: Tune Into “The Empower Hour” Every Week
Every Monday night at 9pm Eastern Standard Time (6pm PST) we will be
hosting “The Empower Hour” where weʼll train and coach you on how
to build your business with Empower Network and what the top
producers are doing to get big results.
All new products and upgrades introduced to the system will be introduced
in real time on these webinars and the initial offerings will be live on those
webinars.
This means YOU MUST be on these calls when this happens because if
you are not on these calls and you do not upgrade before someone in your
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20. organization below you then you miss out on the 100% commission
opportunity from those people.
The “Empower Hour” will also give you the chance to hear all the
most important updates and training before anyone else.
Core Commitment #6: Listen To A Daily Audio
Daily audio training is absolutely transformative. Most people think that they
donʼt have time to listen to an audio training every day amidst their busy
lives. However, if you realize that your audio time can “fill in the gaps”
and “be done while doing other things” then youʼll realize that you
really do have plenty of time everyday to listen to an audio training.
This kind of task can be done while driving in the car, cleaning your
house, or doing some mundane repetitive task like jogging or working
out. The “brainless” tasks that you do everyday can become an
opportunity to improve your education, your skill sets and your
quality of life.
Why listen to audio training you ask? You actually have the chance to
listen to influential people and you get to learn how they speak. You begin
to understand the science of how they present their teachings to an
audience. Not only do you learn what they are teaching you but you begin
to understand language patterns, as well as using the right tone of voice at
the right time. You learn how to “paint a picture” or a metaphor that relates
to all people from all walks of life. This is truly the way that you learn to
influence an audience of people and ESPECIALLY the following of people
that you will create.
ALSO: Every Video or Webinar Training posted in the Empower Network
will have a downloadable audio version in MP3 format for you to transfer to
whatever music device you have, whether itʼs an ipod or you burn it to a CD
to listen to in your car. You will first want to watch the videos and webinar
and then listen to the audios from it over and over so as to not forget what
you have learned and really drill home some of the concepts and teachings
that didnʼt “click” with you the first time around.
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21. Every Day in every way you will get better and better – if you listen to an
audio training ever day.
Core Commitment #7: Read Daily
“Leaders Are Readers”
“There is absolutely no way to increase your income
quicker than reading 30 minutes a day”
~John C Maxwell
Obviously the best way to learn writing skills for your blog is to read books
and learn from the best writers. When you can read what the leaders and
teachers write, you can then learn how they write and incorporate that into
your writing.
Now we donʼt expect you to read from a book every 30 minutes. We
actually only ask that you read something for 15 minutes every day. In
todayʼs technological world and the advent of the internet, we can read
blogs from other bloggers inside of the Empower Network as well as other
well known experts in the internet marketing industry.
Get comfortable reading an article a day by someone else in the industry.
The most asked question by bloggers is “what should I blog about”? The
easiest way to get ideas on what to write about is to read what others are
writing about from multiple sources and then formulate your own informed
opinion of the subject matter. Then writing an article is easy. But the
wheels need to be turning in your brain to have the creative juices flowing
in order to create good quality content.
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22. Core Commitment #8: Attend All Events
The events are where everything comes together. There is something that
you canʼt get sitting in front of your computer. There is something that
solidifies in your mind about what is happening and you begin to
understand the power of being in the same room with producers who are
making more money per month than most people in a year. The personal
interaction with the teachers and leaders in the Empower Network is
exceptionally important.
The difference between most events and Empower Network events are that
our events are not geared to be a “pitch fest” like most events. These are
all geared around training and content that actually help accelerate your
business by 6 months at the minimum.
You will have 90 Days to plan to be at a live event. You will have adequate
time to prepare so that you can make it without any scheduling conflicts.
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