Greetings Everyone..Thanks Bruce for the invite to this thread.. As an Empower Network Affiliate, and a Blogger.. I actually owned 2 WP blogs prior to empower ever hitting the scene.. I would love to clear up some misconceptions. (Yet understand this is my perspective and as a marketer I'm learning EVERYDAY.) I tell my Dad.. the older I get the less I know.. I swear I knew more at 18 then I do now.. LOL..smile.
Let's start with the "authority" issue, Empower Network brings Authority to Interne
This is how big guns work ... create a list of people who doesn't know any about internet and then provide them the training to create blogs, use youtube etc ... 98% people who are looking to make money online doesn't know how the technical side of the internet works .. I have my own blogs .. which costs me $10 a month and that too for auto responder and hosting ...
I agree 1000% with David Smith's comment a few posts above and also with Ana Hoffman's blog post which reveals what EN really is and how it really works. Forget the hype from EN and its affiliates.
As David and Ana point out, not only will it be far more economical for you in the long run to set up your own WP blog with your own domain and hosting, you will also have total control over the entire setup and, if you regularly publish QUALITY CONTENT, you could end up earning MUCH MORE than you co
I cannot speak on this personally but I have a good friend in the cooperative who is an amazing marketer and she uses empower. Her name is Shalonda Gordon (http://shalondagordon.net/). I will see if she has two minutes to loan this topic a word - however I strongly encourage you to reach out to her.
In my opinion, EmpowerNetwork is a money game in a blog format. The fact the owners live in Costa Rica has always bothered me! I suppose there are people making good money if you put enough money into it. To each his own.
EmpowerNetwork IMO is the front door to take your money and give nothing in return. You can join for free, then it cost $25 a month, The to get anything else you have to shell out over $100 and you learn nothing of real value.
Joe and Terry, here's an article you might find enlightening, it's not a referral link, nor is it my blog, it's just a blog post by someone I like a lot, Ana Hoffman:
Agree with you, however, the answer lies in the definition of an authority site: Here are some definitions:
1. A website which has many incoming links from other related expert/hub sites. Because of this simultaneous citation from trusted hubs an authority site usually has high trust, pagerank, and search results placement. Wikipedia is an example of an authority site.... My note: wikipedia is authored and edited by people who theoretically may know nothing about the subject matter, but yet it
Website Design, Graphic Design, Internet Marketing
@Joe "... what is clearly an authority site..."
What are Empower Network an authority on? As Terry mentioned in his last comment, they have "... such a generic audience and everyone blogging about everything." That is like calling Wikipedia.com or Britannica.com authority sites, when, in fact, they are just places for random people to post random articles about random opinions on any topic. It is just to random and too opinionated to be an authority on anything.
Not having yet had any response from what is probably a large group of Empowerment Network members. Statistics provided by websiteinformer.com are as follows:
PR4, 540,684 visitors daily and 3,974,024 page views per day. It seems the individual member benefits from being plugged into what is clearly an authority site and lots of free Google traffic. It would be so nice if one of the really successful Empowernetwork site owners could give us some feedback..! That individual will simply double his
I think this is the $68 mill question, Lisa. I suppose you should've joined October 2011 when they launched and ride the wave of the thousands of people who signed up, because the adverts were all over the place. It seems the money they now make (and they claim to have members that make $50,000/m..!!) is from selling David Wood's training programs, some of which go for $997.. ouch!
Website Design, Graphic Design, Internet Marketing
Instead of getting scammed by Empower Network, why not just set up a blog on your own domain?
All you get at Empower Network is a free blog. You can get that from WordPress.com and Blogsopt.com. And, with those two, you do not have to have SOMEBODY ELSE'S huge advertisement at the top of your page. I don't know how either of them are with marketing, though, which is why I mentioned having your own domain.
From what I hear, Empower Network costs something like $25-$150 per month (correct me
Comments (57)
Shalonda Gordon
4
The On-Line Marketing Angel
Greetings Everyone..Thanks Bruce for the invite to this thread.. As an Empower Network Affiliate, and a Blogger.. I actually owned 2 WP blogs prior to empower ever hitting the scene.. I would love to clear up some misconceptions. (Yet understand this is my perspective and as a marketer I'm learning EVERYDAY.) I tell my Dad.. the older I get the less I know.. I swear I knew more at 18 then I do now.. LOL..smile.
Let's start with the "authority" issue, Empower Network brings Authority to Interne
Shaishav Sood
7
Affiliate, Blogger
This is how big guns work ... create a list of people who doesn't know any about internet and then provide them the training to create blogs, use youtube etc ... 98% people who are looking to make money online doesn't know how the technical side of the internet works .. I have my own blogs .. which costs me $10 a month and that too for auto responder and hosting ...
Oswald Rodrigues
11
writemaster.gumroad.com
I agree 1000% with David Smith's comment a few posts above and also with Ana Hoffman's blog post which reveals what EN really is and how it really works. Forget the hype from EN and its affiliates.
As David and Ana point out, not only will it be far more economical for you in the long run to set up your own WP blog with your own domain and hosting, you will also have total control over the entire setup and, if you regularly publish QUALITY CONTENT, you could end up earning MUCH MORE than you co
Bruce Bates
16
Cooperative marketing
I cannot speak on this personally but I have a good friend in the cooperative who is an amazing marketer and she uses empower. Her name is Shalonda Gordon (http://shalondagordon.net/). I will see if she has two minutes to loan this topic a word - however I strongly encourage you to reach out to her.
Roosevelt Evans III
10
Home Business Entrepreneur
In my opinion, EmpowerNetwork is a money game in a blog format. The fact the owners live in Costa Rica has always bothered me! I suppose there are people making good money if you put enough money into it. To each his own.
Todd Perry
8
Honest ways
EmpowerNetwork IMO is the front door to take your money and give nothing in return. You can join for free, then it cost $25 a month, The to get anything else you have to shell out over $100 and you learn nothing of real value.
Philippe Moisan
16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
Joe and Terry, here's an article you might find enlightening, it's not a referral link, nor is it my blog, it's just a blog post by someone I like a lot, Ana Hoffman:
http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/empower-network-thumbs-down/
Joe Henning
11
Your Profit Connection
Agree with you, however, the answer lies in the definition of an authority site: Here are some definitions:
1. A website which has many incoming links from other related expert/hub sites. Because of this simultaneous citation from trusted hubs an authority site usually has high trust, pagerank, and search results placement. Wikipedia is an example of an authority site.... My note: wikipedia is authored and edited by people who theoretically may know nothing about the subject matter, but yet it
David Smith
10
Website Design, Graphic Design, Internet Marketing
@Joe "... what is clearly an authority site..."
What are Empower Network an authority on? As Terry mentioned in his last comment, they have "... such a generic audience and everyone blogging about everything." That is like calling Wikipedia.com or Britannica.com authority sites, when, in fact, they are just places for random people to post random articles about random opinions on any topic. It is just to random and too opinionated to be an authority on anything.
Joe Henning
11
Your Profit Connection
Not having yet had any response from what is probably a large group of Empowerment Network members. Statistics provided by websiteinformer.com are as follows:
PR4, 540,684 visitors daily and 3,974,024 page views per day. It seems the individual member benefits from being plugged into what is clearly an authority site and lots of free Google traffic. It would be so nice if one of the really successful Empowernetwork site owners could give us some feedback..! That individual will simply double his
Terry Warner
10
My Leads Call Me
I have my own blog. I was just curious how they get "hits" with such a generic audience and everyone blogging about everything.
Joe Henning
11
Your Profit Connection
I think this is the $68 mill question, Lisa. I suppose you should've joined October 2011 when they launched and ride the wave of the thousands of people who signed up, because the adverts were all over the place. It seems the money they now make (and they claim to have members that make $50,000/m..!!) is from selling David Wood's training programs, some of which go for $997.. ouch!
Lisa F.
14
Real Estate Agent, Internet Markete
I never joined Empower Network but so many people are in. The advertisements are everywhere. Is it a good program?
David Smith
10
Website Design, Graphic Design, Internet Marketing
Instead of getting scammed by Empower Network, why not just set up a blog on your own domain?
All you get at Empower Network is a free blog. You can get that from WordPress.com and Blogsopt.com. And, with those two, you do not have to have SOMEBODY ELSE'S huge advertisement at the top of your page. I don't know how either of them are with marketing, though, which is why I mentioned having your own domain.
From what I hear, Empower Network costs something like $25-$150 per month (correct me
Joe Henning
11
Your Profit Connection
I also wanna know the answer to Terry's question, please.
Terry Warner
10
My Leads Call Me
I wanted to share this and get it back to the top in hope of some replies.
JT Marketing
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Wanna Make Money With US !!!
In empowerment We need to blog everyday to make money or what ?