I don’t know if you had a chance to see or even know that there was less of both Rick Ricketts and Kim Sorensen at this years Convention. What I mean by “less” is that both men have lost in excess of 25 pounds each. While neither are at their goal weight, each over time have lost this weight due to new eating habits that must be practiced and maintained over time. Losing 25 pounds doesn’t happen overnight.

The key to losing the weight is following a plan. If you don’t change your eating habits, you’re not going to have much success in loosing the weight.

Truth is, if you have a desire to change anything in life, you need to change or do something different in order to attain that goal. If you were doing things right all along, you would have already attained it.

The same goes for business. If you want to become successful, you follow the same principles of those who are already successful and do what they do. If you follow their recipe, you’ll find yourself obtaining the same business success they have.

The lesson of the $10K Challenge isn’t really about the money, it’s about getting into the habit of working your business on a consistent basis. That’s the true secret to their recipe. The concept of handing out 300 DVD’s is to get yourself into a routine or the habit of talking to someone new each and every day. Like the pounds that came off of Rick and Kim, it will happen over time. There is no magic pill or secret shortcut to successfully completing either task.

There are those that claim that nobody can hand out 300 DVD’s. It’s too big. It’s too hard. This one statement is perfect example of how backwards some poeple think.

$10,000 Guarantee.
The $10,000 guarantee is also a joke. You need to distribute 300 DVDs (at a cost of $1200) per year and follow the YTB provided tracking program. This just replaces the Success From Home deal they had before. The $6,000 program never worked.

Sigh…

I can’t even begin to tell you how foreign, backwards and stupid that type of thinking is. How or why anyone sees a problem with this plan of action simply shows me how dumbed down parts of our society are. Why someone would think about the cost instead of the income is astounding. What this illustrates is a concern over spending $4 per DVD. Instead what smart business minds see is clearing $29.33 in profit per DVD simply for handing a DVD someone and getting a name, phone number, and e-mail address. If you were paid $29.33 each time you complete this simple task would you do it? Of course you would. But because there’s a catch of personal responsibility attached to it, all of the sudden it changes from a great deal to a complete failure for those who can’t think through the entire process.  

This idea that the program never worked, is also a complete crock. Back when the “Success from Home” was first launched three years ago, I immediately saw the value of this lesson and was on board at the very start. Because I followed the plan of handing out just one magazine every day, I disqualified myself from the program because I actually made $6000 in income before the program was complete. Because I followed this simple plan, handing out just one magazine each day, I elevated myself to “Coach’s Corner” after a few months. In the process, I made more than $6000 in actual sales because I followed this recipe for success.

While my story certainly doesn’t guarantee that you or anyone else will make more than $10,000 this go around, those that work the plan the way its intended, are guaranteed $10,000 in income by YTB. But don’t take my word for it…let’s look at the number and see if it worked or not with some actual documentation, instead of the lip service that we’ve become accustomed to by our critics.

I went back to look at the SEC filings during the time YTB was handing out the Success from Home magazines.

YTB’s first “Success from Home” was launched in August, 2006. According to YTB’s 2006 Annual Report filed with the SEC, that same year YTB’s sales force grew from 21,385 to 59,836. Due to the HUGE success of YTB’s efforts of handing out these magazines, and tremendous exposure it provided for the publisher, YTB was once AGAIN on the front cover the very next year. As a result, YTB’s sales force again grew from 59,835 to 131,065 active RTA’s. (Based on YTB’s 2007 Annual Report filed with the SEC.)

If that’s a failure, I’d hate to see what some consider success.

Truth is, there are a small band of blow-hards out there that don’t want you looking at the facts, or simply ignore what’s really going on. I’ve yet to see any of them discuss why the class action was thrown out. I mean not a single word about how or why it got booted. Same goes for my challenge to the industry concerning YTB’s travel commission contracts. While there have been a few comments about it, what I’m finding are more excuses and spin instead of the facts, figures, and documentation that I’ve been asking for.

While they’re busy coming up with excuses, I’d suggest following a proven recipe for success that’s been enhanced considerably to help you track those DVD’s and now has the added bonus of a mentoring program. The choice is yours. Personally, I’d prefer being partnered up with those that have proven themselves successful with the help of the YTB Success System. This may be a new program for YTB, but its been proven to work companies like Avon, Homemade Gourmet, and DHL in years past. (And its included with your $10K Challenge)

It’s such a simple and easy step that not only teaches success principles, but enables you to create the habit of a successful business practice. And the best part…even if you don’t make the big bucks with YTB and recruit thousands of people, you’re still $8,800 better off financially for being what some would consider a “failure”.

So go ahead and fail. I dare you. In fact…I double dog dare you. ;-P

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“Your Ticket To Paradise” happens to be the largest organization of active RTA’s in YTB, or YourTravelBiz as it’s also known. We are very proud to be part of this organization and prouder still to be recognized as leaders within the organization, just in time for the National Convention in St. Louis, August 15 – 19.

Last evening, Tim Dominey, a Second Level Director in YTB awarded both Ronda and I with “Your Ticket To Paradise” team jackets. These jackets not only recognize both Ronda and I as leaders of our own team, but leaders in the company as well.

But we couldn’t have done any of this by ourselves. That’s one of the things we love about this company and this business model, it’s about people helping people. With just a few core people that we have personally found, they have found others that have grown our team to over 200 at this time and we are getting closer every day to becoming Directors ourselves. We see it, we feel it, and it’s so close we can almost touch it.

It’s hard not to be proud right now with all the great news that has come out over the last two months about the company. The summer started out with the announcement of YTB International bringing on KCSA Worldwide as Investor Relations Counsel, with our Annual Investors meeting the following week. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders that took place on June 11, 2007. All six proposals submitted by YTB’s Board of Directors to the Company’s stockholders were approved at the meeting, including a 1-3 split of the company stock.

The beginning of June, we also announced the launch of YTB Cars and sales have already been made. While the pilot program has launched with Chrysler, Dodge, and Nissan at its inception, we recently found out that the largest car rental company worldwide, who also has corporate headquarters in St. Louis, has been in and out of our home office since the launch in order to help us expand our program.

Then came the news we all new was coming, but just didn’t know exactly were we would place. Travel Weekly’s Top 50 Power List for 2007. As part of the Power List, YTB was ranked 35th among all travel agencies and included in the top 11 leisure travel agencies. The ONLY Network Marketing Company to ever make the Top 50! To be ranked with the likes of Travelocity, Orbitz, Expedia, American Express, and AAA is so incredibly HUGE for a small, young company like ours. Travel is our business and we expect to handle 900,000 travel bookings representing 1.4 million individual travelers with a customer cost of approx $1 Billion in 2007. On May 31 of this year 57,000 of our 88,000 travel agents had 157,000 paid for travel bookings pending customer travel and commissioning. 80,000 new bookings for 110,000 individual travel customers were entered into our system in May alone!

All this and the National Convention is yet to come! MAJOR Announcements are announced every year at the convention. Two years ago it was the Medical and Life Insurance and our Bill of Rights, and last year it was our feature in Success From Home and our $6000 Guarantee. (Both of these announcements by the way have made their way into other compensation packages with other companies just to keep pace.)

It’s been a REALLY good summer and it looks like it’s just going to get better!

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We just got back from a wonderful and relaxing Seminar at Sea with Carnival and YTB, followed by the Funshine Trade Show in Orlando. We hope you will join us next time. It was so inspiring to meet fellow YTB’ers and hear their success stories. We also learned so much from our Vendors at the trade show, we now have an even better idea of how to increase our travel bookings. We are planning to invite each of you to a Team Seminar at Sea sometime in 2007. We will be working on the details and getting the information out to you soon. 

We learned at the trade show, that YTB has a Directors Challenge for anyone who becomes a director by 12/31/06, YTB will DOUBLE the Director bonuses for life. For example if you have 2000 RTA’s in your downline as a Director you receive $100,000 instead of $50,000 and so on. This has inspired Doug and me to work even harder to reach director by the end of the year. If your goal is to be a Director, you can reach it too. We are here to help you build your business, whether you are interested in booking a lot of travel, building a team and becoming a Director, or just enjoying earning money off your personal travel and the tax advantages of a home based business. There is simply no way you can loose money with YTB.

In addition: YTB now GUARANTEES that you will make money with our feature in “Success from Home” magazine. All you have to do is hand out one magazine per day and log a name, phone number and e-mail address into your back office. If you don’t make at least $6000 in commissions, YTB will make up the difference. Can you use an extra $500 per month for handing someone a magazine?

With that said, we have come up with a Team Challenge for the remainder of the year. This contest is effective 10/1/06-12/31/06. Prizes will be awarded for the following:

● Most personal RTA’s recruited

● Most 3 way calls (more info below)

● 30 total 3 way calls (more info below)

● If you are currently signed up as a Rep and sign up as a RTA for the 1^st time

● If you are currently inactive and reactivate your site by 10/31/06 and keep it active.

We have found 3 way calls to be one of the most powerful tools to building this business. Therefore you can qualify to win prizes by using this tool to build your business.

Here’s how it works:

When you have someone who is interested in the business call Doug and give him a warm introduction, then stop talking and let Doug take it from there. Many of you know this works first hand, because you or someone on your team joined after being on a 3 way call. The team member who gets Doug on the most 3 way calls will win a prize. Also, you can win a prize by participating in thirty 3 way calls between now and 12/31. We have 12 weeks left, so that’s just an average of 2.5 calls per week.

We are looking forward to working with each of you in the coming months. In addition to this monthly newsletter, we are planning to have a monthly conference call and a monthly team meeting beginning in 07. We will have training on topics like “Understanding the benefits of being an RTA” and “Everything you wanted to know about booking travel, but were afraid to ask”. Please feel free to call us if you have any questions or need any help.

To your success!

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Success from Home Magazine to feature YourTravelBiz.com. YTB National Convention announces “Guaranteed Income” for Home Based Business.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) August 15, 2006 – YTB Travel Network announced at the National Convention in St. Louis this past weekend that the company will be featured in “Success from Home“ magazine. More than 40,000 representatives are now poised to take advantage of the credibility and momentum this publication will create. The morning of the convention, YTB announced that it would guarantee commissions of $6000 by using this dynamic magazine.

Home Based Business Owners and Referring Travel Agents in YTB like Doug Bauknight, founder of Just Picture It Now, knows from experience just how important this announcement is for anyone looking for success in Network Marketing. “It’s never been done before,” states Doug “Last year it was The Bill of Rights, Group Life and Health Insurance Benefits, and Stock Options. This year it’s “Guaranteed Income”. People who think YTB is some sort of Pyramid or Scam need to get their hands on this issue.” He continues “Don’t take my word for it, take theirs. I’ll get you a copy and let you read for yourself what type of leadership and company this really is.” Representatives have already placed hundreds of orders with the company to get this National publication into the hands of everyone they can.

Mr. Bauknight continues, “People always ask me, “How do you market your business?” Now we have the answer, simply hand them this magazine and let it do the selling and marketing for you.” After Representatives give the magazine to prospects, they simply log the name, phone number and e-mail address into the system. With little effort, just 5 magazines a week, the company will guarantee that the representative will produce at least $6000 in commissionable sales, or the company will cover the difference.

The founders of this company such as J. Lloyd Tomer also know as Coach, his son Scott Tomer, and J. Kim Sorensen have always come up with innovative solutions for those that have failed before in Network Marketing or those new to the industry, who desire success. They are rapidly changing the way Network Marketing or MLM is run. “These are written contracts” Doug states. “They know it’s Representatives in the field that drive this business, and they want to change what this industry is all about. These documents were written and signed by the founders and can never be changed or altered.”

From what others have experienced in MLM type companies, Mr. Bauknight appears to be correct. Never before in Network Marketing has a company based commissions based on efforts, rather than results. So confident are the founders and leaders of the company, they are willing to pay “Guaranteed Income” because of the momentum phase the company has recently reached and the credibility of YTB that “Success from Home” brings to light.

YTB International, Inc. is a five year old, publicly traded, debt free; internet based Travel Company based in Edwardsville, Illinois. Research has shown in past business models these companies experience exceptional growth from the solid foundation YTB has created. The founders are confident Your Travel Biz is in position right now to hit unprecedented growth and momentum and ensure representatives that this leverage will achieve both personal success in their own Home Based Business, and company success in Network Marketing.

“We spent the last 5 years getting ready for this moment. We’ve taken the guess work out of it.” Mr. Bauknight adds. “We have cities and towns who have just 5 or 10 Representatives in them, and we need hundreds. Ever wish you could have gotten in on the ground floor with Microsoft or Home Depot? Now you can.”

For more information about this dynamic program and magazine, visit www.justpictureitnow.com to get your free copy.

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