Building and joining a team

When some marketers have learned and earned a lot, they often like to share the wealth and get a group together and show them just how they achieved success.

An option for getting the word out and showing others how you became successful is to start a team of internet marketers that would like to achieve the same success.

Building a team takes dedication, determination, and a plan of action. There are many ways a team can be built. A membership site is a common tool that many online team builders use. The site will need a good script, training material, planning, and members who know how to set everything up.

Some teams start as small groups getting together to discuss advertising strategies and business goals.  This can often blossom into a full blown project.  Members are added as successes and milestones are crossed. If a new team needs to know how to work with membership site scripts and set up, the team will seek out and invite members with those skills.

As the team grows, so will membership. As more members join and begin working toward the same goal, the team will see more success. Each member of a team has a responsibility to do whatever you can to promote, support and help your team reach specific goals. Attend meetings, and trainings. Participate in groups and forums. Show team loyalty whenever possible. The more visible the team is as a unit, the better results for everyone on the team.

It takes a lot of hard work and determination to create a successful internet business. It can be easier to work as a team. Goals can be met faster with several members working together. There are so many opportunities available online to earn an income. Once you find that opportunity, are successful, share your experience, and grow your business even bigger by creating and nurturing a team to success.

What to do when there is no one to work for?...Work for YOU!!

I would like to personally thank all members of The Grand Retirement Plan! You have taken an important step to start earning a good paycheck!

Everyone has to find their own way to earn a living working online. There is a lot to learn. It can take the average person a few years to learn what to do to make everything work and to build an online reputation. There are millions of people floundering around desperately trying to earn a living to replace the job they had for 30 years or more. As more fall off of unemployment eligibility, more are going to flood the internet with no clue what to do. I tell my husband every day, “if this internet marketing was easy, everyone would be doing it!” It all takes time and persistence. Most of all, the right products to promote and earn from.

We will teach you what you need to do to advertise and earn a paycheck from your efforts. There are so many ways to advertise. Once you learn how to promote and advertise, you will see positive results. Rest assured the programs and products we endorse on The Grand Retirement Plan membership site are honest, long standing programs. We have all had some success with everything on our site!

Again, welcome and thank you so much for joining us. We are here to insure your success! If you have any questions, or just want to chat, email, katrinaoakley@gmail.com, Skype, kats_tool_box, or call, 2603502366. I will be happy to get to know you and help you get your online education.

Success or Scam?

Success or Scam?

Know the Stages of Team Development

Team building involves several stages and processes. A new team will encounter several developmental stages. Every stage has its challenges. Understanding these processes before starting a team, is helpful for leaders to guide the team to their goal.

The first stage of team building is development. As the team is chosen and gathered for the first time, the members are getting to know each other. During the first stage the leaders will discover individual talents the members bring to the team and how best to use them. The leaders will coach members to utilize individual skills. The team will be learning about each other and how to work together. The team leadership should guide the team to unite.

With good leadership, in the next stage of team development, the team discover what their duties will be. The team commences to work together. Each member has his specific job to perform. Members may change roles as skills are better assessed. Team meetings will result in achieving specific goals. This is the time when teams can break apart and accomplish nothing, or go gang busters and get every project finished to perfection. Experienced team leaders will lead the team past this and into successful completion. This stage is also the "make or break" stage. Many teams fail during stage 2. Communication and dedication often fall apart and nothing is accomplished. Without strong leadership, a team will get passed the learning phase.

When a team passes into the next stage the team members have made a commitment to make the team a success. Assignments are carried out. Once stage 3 is obtained, the team will work well together and the project run like clock work. The members embrace the diversity of each other and work together as one. Once the team is up and running smoothly, new members may be shunned by the existing team.

The team may take quite some time to get to the final stage. By this stage the team is working like a well oiled machine. The entire team is witnessing the fruits of the effort that all are putting into the project or process. The individual members have learned how to work together and use the talents of the entire group to work as one. During this stage, the leaders can step back and need only offer advise when asked.

New members entering can tend to slow the team down. They may even revert back to the first stage for a time. But, typically the group gets back on track quickly.

Forms of Internet Advertising

So, you're starting to learn to earn online. Of all the things one can learn about internet marketing, advertising is one of the most important lessons. There are many ways to advertise for online and offline business. The world wide web has opened a torrent of potential paid and free advertising sources.

In conclusion, wherever an opportunity places ads, the most important thing that is needed is paying customers. If your customer base is internet marketing, There are many places to get varying results. Join our team discussions about the best advertising techniques.

First Meeting of the Grand Retirement Team!

First team meeting

The first meeting of the Grand Retirement Plan was a success. We introduced some new members, touched on some advertising techniques. Some of us have our own blogs, some have web-sites.

There were a total of 13 signed up for our team, we had 9 members present. There was a lot of chatting about advertising. Everyone was added to the team capture page rotator. We are already getting prospects from it!

Some members were prepared with suggestions for advertising and places they are having success at. Got some really great information.

Maurice stopped by and gave some great suggestions, and shared a very nice, new capture page that he created. Looking forward to seeing what team ideas come out of it.

Members who attended Monday's meeting are, Lauren, Brenda, Stacey, Gwen, Kat, Maurice, Len, Dan, and Thomas.

Can't wait to see who shows up next week! Come in on Monday and join us for success!

Key Points to Effective Team Building

Key points to effective TEAM building.
A TEAM needs effective leadership and communication. Prioritize goals, support members, and share resources to take the entire group to the top.
Know what each member has to offer and assist them in using their ability to the betterment of the entire TEAM.
The members of the TEAM should be committed to the same goals. Participation is vital to any TEAM online or offline. Each member adds something unique to the makeup of the TEAM.
The leaders support and encourage the group to develop individual skills for the benefit of everyone.
A group generated mission and vision statement defines the goals of the TEAM. Communicate the goals to the entire TEAM. Insure that all members are in for the same reasons. To succeed.
Give the members freedom to express and implement ideas and solutions. Be clear with expected results. Have leadership in place to foster the ideas and solutions of all members.
A TEAM is a group effort. All members should participate and contribute.
Hold members accountable for their own efforts. Establish duties to be performed by each member.

Start Date Change

Due to a death in one of our members family, we have to change the start dare for our team.

We also need to change the time for some other members.

The new date and time will be, May 3rd, 2010 at 10:00am Eastern Time!

Reserve your spot today!

Grand Retirement Plan

We are putting together a skype team training group.
It is our goal to help everyone succeed and set up their
Grand Retirement Plan, hence the name of our group is
The Grand Retirement Plan.

The team group is being set up by Katrina Oakley, Stacey Whitney,
Gwen Maillet and Brenda Kruse

We invite everyone to our skype training.
In order to keep it fair for everyone we have a few terms
for you to follow to be added to the training.

You agree not to post any links unless agreed upon by one
of the leaders.
You agree to follow your sponsor with any links that are
posted in the skype chat.

We want to keep it fair for everyone, so it is important that you
agree to the terms, they are very simple.

The training will be held each Monday at 10:00 a.m Eastern time,
beginning May 3, 2010. If you are unable to attend at that time,
you will be able to have access to the skype training at any time by
joining the group and adding the group to your skype contacts. You
will also be able to chat with any of the leaders at any time when you
have questions and they are online.

We are excited and ready to get started, we hope you are too!
Let us know by sending an email to bkgroupf5m@gmail.com

In the subject line put, I’m ready to join the Retirement Plan

In the body your name, email address and sponsor
and indicate that you agree to and will follow the terms.

Warmest Regards,
The Grand Retirement Plan Team