Best way to build a GDI downline

I doubt you will get much help in this forum as IMHO, the GDI commissions suck!

The main problem is that marketers who you will find on here can achieve a far higher income affiliating some of the better hosting accounts than the plan that GDI offers.

I may have just put my head above the parapet and get shot down - so come on, take your pot shots and if I can be convinced I will sign up beneath you . . .

Kevin

well, i'm not here to convince anyone... the $1/person commission IS low, but I think the selling proposition is strong. Good, quality website for only $10. Beats GVO's price, if someone was only looking for website with an MLM pay structure.
Of course, GVO is really a different market, with all the tools they have...

I've been estatic with my GDI service, and that's one of the big reasons I'm still with them.
just my $0.02

when I was in GDI I did the following.... (Actually techinally I may still be in GDI but haven't marketed it for years. I think I get like a $20 check every other month or something I should look into that.)

Anyway my goal was to get the weekly bonus $100. What I would do is advertise I would pay the way of someone. They got in the program themselves using their billing info etc.. Once they are in for the 7 day period I would pay them $10 back. usually most of those didn't stay for month 2. But then again so many mlmers drop out anyway.

So if I got 5 in that costs me $50 and GDI gives me a $100. So $50 profit. I would sign up 10-15+ a week. So a nice small income nothing you are going to live on but if you have more time then money can be done.

The trick is to use a funded proposal mlm systems like MLM Lead System Pro, Magnetic Sponsoring, Renegade Pro or 7 Figure Networker.

Learn (and implement) the Internet marketing techniques taught in them. Promote the system to other struggling GDI people and other networkers in other companies (your two main targeted market), hopefully make commissions off the system and the people who sign up into your mlm system under you.

If you sign up GDI folks, good. You're making money.

If they are involved in another mlm opp, you can promote GDI to them, maybe they'll switch. If not, you still made money.

If they join (1-10% chances), you made money AND you recruited effortlessly!

THAT is how you work mlm!

The end.

Hi Jon,

Like you I too love GDI and there is a program that I use to promote GDI that does not involve canceling your present account there.

It does however involve looking at my signature. LOL.

Hope this helps,

David

Thanks Dave, but I'm already an APS member. i find it as hard as GDI.

As far as i am concerned. GDI works best when offline marketing techniques are used. Simply because people who're not very used to internet marketing get extremely facinated when you show them projected income with GDI calculator. The 7 level deep system can do wonders afterall!

Its a great business model, it just needs to be done right, and if you can communicate well with your downline - You'll rock!

I have found the best way to market GDI is to join the team I am on which guarantees everyone gets 6 in their downline. We have 2 of our own forums where we exchange ideas. The best part is that everyone knows that it may take a long time but we all can rely on each other and the system.
I am trying to expand the team's horizon of where we and how we advertise. I wrote a blog post and then rewrote it a bit and then changed the title and the link in the title. All of my three blog posts have ended up on the first page of Google for the major keywords in the title. Ofcourse,that is a testament to my blog but it works for promoting GDI.
The reason I am on this post is because after I wrote my last blog post I went back to Google and found some of the other posts for those keywords and this thread came up, so here I am and this very post will end up as another link on the first page of Google for the keywords I chose for my third post.
I also found another way to advertise GDI is to use a system called GDI Buzz.
It was created by ..Tomei. The great thing about this system is that you can plug in your GDI ID and then join other list building,internet marketing programs or use your
own ID for those programs. Every person gets their own affiliate .php program that
mimics the original. It is very aesthetically pleasing.
This is my third time with GDI and I am very pleased. But I have learned a lot by
querying the keywords I used in my three blog posts. Here is the real whopper of
an opportunity.....once you have your team get other people on the team to be
interested in your best other MLM program and BOOM....you've got your downline pre-made from your upline,your colleagues on your level in the structure and ofcourse,your own downline. It is a very beautiful idea.

Do you get any support from your upline? I called all my upline and they offered support...well the ones I could reach. pick thier brains. Do you have a website, maybe you could do pay per click or article marketing.

Desmond

It's not the opportunity that you may be having a problem with. Obviously GDI supplies you with the system, landing pages ETC. I am not aware of the type of training that they have. I once took a brief look at them and turned away because of the low commissions.

It sounds like it's the marketing that you are struggling with. It doesn't matter what you are trying to market. A professional marketer can market anything.

The problem with these 'low cost' opportunities is that they do not offer enough valid training can teach you how to leverage all web2.0 traffic streams and paid advertising.

There are systems like lead systems pro by Brian Finale and Norbert Orlewicz and Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring that can offer you a funded proposal option.

However, you will still be faced with the same problem that you have right now. Marketing and Promotion.

What you need to do is find one (1) good marketing method that works for you. Most new marketers may try 10 and quit with info overload.

Pick one method that you think you will really enjoy doing and keep on doing it!

Here's how I built my GDI Downline: "HomeBody"

"Learn Do-Cycle"

1. When I started back in 2010 I knew nothing about building websites or online marketing. I asked some people I knew offline to try this website program and I offered to pay if need be. I was able to use the weekly bonus to pay for my next 6 months of learning. For the 1st few months I promoted the program like everyone else, on and offline with No real success. As I continued to learn and document what I was learning I realized the best way to promote this program was to keep learning online skills and train others willing to learn what I know.

2. I sorted everything I was learning and the resources I was gathering on one of my GDI hosted sub-domains. I began to create videos that could promote for me 24/7 around the world. I embeded some of those videos on my primary domain and embedded the key trainings on my Members Only sub-domain. I made that sub-domain with all of my trainings and resources password protected. I started to provide the password to my new sign-ups and offer access for their teams as well. I built the first version back in January 2011 and my downline exploded. I started back in June 2010 so it took me about six months to create the first version. It's been growing ever since. I post Warm leads for my team daily. We now have hours of step by step tutorials and free software for the entire team to leverage.

3. I than started a video Marketing Campaign showing people all of the resources that I created and provide when they joined anyone in the HomeBody GDI Team. I place my Face, email, and phone number on many of my videos where others will not stand behind there claims. This has allowed me to do Zero Recruiting and focus all of my time on developing and training my team. My prospects ALL FIND ME. Via Phone, email, or Skype. Our team continues to grow and promote and add to the our collective resources. This strategy continues to introduce me to like minded people around the world.

I've been continuously performing those 3 steps since 2010 and helping others do the same. I have created a visual representation called "The HomeBody Learn-Do Cycle" to help our members avoid info overload and analysis paralysis.

Step #1. Learn- The program and resources available
Step #2. Value Add - Organize what you have learned to create content and add value.
Step #3. Leverage what you have learned and the value that you add to recruit and train.

This model emphasizes "Getting Paid To Learn" and "Adding Sponsor Specific Value" to your Offer. It works for any similar online program.

We have created a culture on The HomeBody GDI Team to encourage The "Sponsor Specific Value" to compound. (Example)

I encourage other seeking to join GDI not to join me but members of my downline because no matter were you join in my GDI network, level 1-5 get the same support and access to The HomeBody Team Resources. Other members of my team have just as much value to add as I do, specifically if you will need training or support in other languages.

Learn Real Skills (Not Just Income Opportunities)

The benefit of this approach was that I really learned, and now teach my team, the 3 Core skills required to make money online with any program.

1. Website Development - This skill set will make you money with or without GDI
2. How To Rank (SEO) - A stand-alone skill, what good is a website no one can find?
3. Website Monetization - How to make money from your website traffic, multiple ways!

I now also make A LOT of money every month building websites for friends and family members referred to me by my GDI downline. Because not everyone wants to learn how to build websites, I have a system to build quick, attractive, customized websites for any member in our network. This has led to many friends and family members requesting website development services of my downline. When the member learns how to build websites they can keep this as added income, until they learn how to build websites, they often refer that business to their sponsor.

I use GDI and their resources to promote me and the HomeBody brand instead of letting it work the other way around. I'm still an active GDI affiliate and currently one of the top GDI trainers in the world. GDI has allowed my brand to develop it's own hosting company, and free affiliate program, and have Huge success in other programs like MCA too.

Some key pieces of advice are be willing to work, be willing to learn, and see GDI for the big picture, not just the $1 a month. Let GDI pay to build your Brand. It's always about the Sponsor and the value that sponsor can add, not the program. I use video marketing because it creates Know, Like, & Trust, and can be seen 24/7 by viewers around the world. Note, don't count money or make false claims in your videos, you'll just end up with a team of tire kickers.

You will probably pay about $10/mo. for website hosting anyway, if GDI doesn't meet our teams hosting needs we allow them to use the name servers on HomeBodyHosting.com at no additional charge.

GDI allows you to network with sharp like minded individuals. Since 2010 I was able to become 100% self employed thanks to the skills, network, and resources, I was able to develop with GDI. I hope this post is of value to current GDI affiliates trying to grow their brands and anyone else that's considering the Global Domains International web package.

K.A. Robinson - founder of the HomeBody GDI Network