"Global Resorts Vs. Other Business Opportunities: Why There's
Just No Comparison"
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Global Resorts Network
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Description
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Timeshare Owner |
Global Resorts Network |
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Typical
Investment
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$7500-$40,000 | $1495-$2995. |
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Annual
Maintenance
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+/- $500-$1,000.00/yr | $0/yr. |
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Added Weeks Fees
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YES | NO |
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Referral
Compensation/
Income Opportunity |
NO | YES! $500-$1000 Per Referral! |
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Cruises/Hotels
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NO | YES |
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Transfer Fees
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YES | NO |
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Quality of Resort
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Depends On Destination and/or Availability | 3-5 Star Worldwide |
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Travel Destinations
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Limited | 5000+ World-Wide |
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Direct Online
Booking
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No | YES |
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Uses 'Point' System
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Yes | No |
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Last Minute Booking
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No | YES |
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Transferable
Membership
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Yes | Yes |
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Customer Service
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Regular Business Hrs. |
24/7
Customer Service/Support |
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Travel
Weeks Per Year
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1-2 max / yr. | 3 to 52 WEEKS/YR! |
Global Resorts Network
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Description
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Other Travel Biz Opps |
Global Resorts Network |
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Typical
Investment |
$1295-$11,000 | $1495-$2995. |
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Annual
Maintenance |
$89./yr + Activation / Processing fees EACH time you use the program | $0/yr. |
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3rd Party 'Mail-in'
Vouchers
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Yes (Certificates have several restrictions and take up to 90 days to activate with additional processing and activation fees.) |
NEVER |
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Cruise Program
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Yes (Thru time sensitive mail-in vouchers with additional restrictions and processing fees) |
YES! (Thru online booking and real-time customer service support) |
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Hotel Program
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Yes (Thru time sensitive mail-in vouchers with additional processing and activation fees) |
YES! (Thru online booking and real-time customer service support) |
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Proprietary
Product |
NO! Product can be purchased almost anyplace (like e-bay) at deep discounted prices. Product is comprised of 3rd party vendors which can be contacted directly for membership without paying additional commissions to a 'director'. |
YES! Global Resorts Memberships are available for purchase ONLY thru an authorized GRN affiliate - protecting the integrity and continuity of the program and the income opportunity. |
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Company Price
and/or Affiliate Regulation
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NO Each member is able to slash prices and make their own offers creating confusion and aggressive competition with virtually no regulation in the marketplace. Memberships are not cancelled due to misrepresentation - allowing questionable business practices to continue unchecked. |
YES! Every member enjoys an equal playing field and works TOGETHER within the company's rules and regulations. Global reserves the right to suspend any members who are not in direct compliance with company policy - ensuring consumer protection against fraud. |
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Book Online
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NO | YES Point and click travel arrangements |
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Compensation
Type |
High
Ticket Aussie 2-up Your members break away from you after two sales - creating more competition and lack of teamwork with no future benefits. Some members choose to wave the 2-up requirement creating NO residual income |
High Ticket Perpetual Leverage
Allows you to BUILD a team of business partners whom you benefit from for life. Creates ongoing teamwork to help your partners generate sales to unlimited width and depth - see payplan here. |
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Compensation
Amount |
$1000-$9600 One Time Commission W/ Two additional sales possible (stop working this program and your income stops dead in its tracks) |
$500 -
$1,000.00 Repeated Sales To Infinity on EVER leg and EVERY level (stop working this program and your income can continue residually off of team sales) |
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Customer
Service |
NONE (Members often contact YOU with any problems or issues related to the product. 'Board of Directors' will redirect their issue to YOU or the 3rd party vendor to resolve on their own.) |
YES! 24/7 Customer Support |
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Ease of
Product Use |
Complicated and confusing. Several vendors and offers change without notice. Must contact vendor directly to resolve issues. Product made to look bigger than it really is with lots of colorful brochures etc. Read the fine print when booking reservations. | Extremely Easy To Use. One stop shop for travel arrangements. Seamless point and click booking technology. Several travel categories to choose from. Full customer support to help you book your travel arrangements. |
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Corporate
Headquarters |
NONE Companies main purpose is to assemble 3rd party brochures into binders and fulfill product orders from a UPS store in Florida. (no joke!) |
YES! Phoenix, AZ. Canada & Mexico |
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Product(s) To Ship
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Yes (+ $25-$75 shipping fees) |
NO |
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Pay Company
Directly |
NO (Members often risk sending their payment directly to individual's homes with no guarantee of product delivery) |
YES (Pay Global Corporate Headquarters directly to ensure membership activation and proper commission payout) |
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Last Minute
Booking |
NO | YES! |
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Product Ready To
Use Within 48 Hrs.
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NO (Members must wait until product ships (+/- one week), then send in additional fees to activate membership - (usually another two weeks!)) |
YES! |
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Transferable
Membership |
NO | YES! |
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Directors Release
Necessary to resell product
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Yes (Many directors offer the purchase of these forms without purchasing the product. This compromises your sales efforts!) |
NEVER |
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Must Pass Up
People To Qualify |
YES At least 2 People AND Their Commissions |
NEVER Each person who joins your Global Business STAYS with you. (see payplan here) |
Global Resorts Network
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STANDARD
INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS |
Small Businesses/
Franchise Investments $60,000-$500,000 |
Global Resorts |
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Land/Bldg/Office
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YES | NO |
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Machinery/Equip
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YES | NO |
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Office Equip
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YES | YES |
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Typical Operating Expense |
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Employee Payroll
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YES | NO |
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Payroll Tax
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YES | NO |
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Workers Comp
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YES | NO |
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Insurance/Inventory
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YES | NO |
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Liability Insurance
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YES | Optional |
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Utilities/Water/Heat
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YES | Minimal/Home |
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Freight/Postage
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YES | NO |
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Ad Valorem Tax
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YES | NO |
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Licenses/Permits
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YES | NO |
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Advertising/Marketing
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YES | YES |
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Telephone
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YES | YES |
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Franchise Fees
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YES | NO |
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Depreciation
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YES | Office Equip |
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Sales Tax
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YES | NO |
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Travel Required
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NO | NO But Encouraged! |
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Additional Considerations |
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Gross Profit
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30-40% average | 33% |
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Net Profit Estimate
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5-10% average | 33%+ Over rides |
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Work Hours /Week
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50-70 Hours + | 5-25 Hours + |
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Risk Factor
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100% | Minimal |
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Leveraged
Compensation
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NO | YES |
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Tax Advantages
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YES | YES |
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Time Commitment
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No Control | Total Flexibility |
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Product Supplies,
Deliveries & Inventory
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YES | NO |
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Fixed Location
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YES | NO |
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Income Potential
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$35-85K average | UNLIMITED |
Global Resorts Network
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Description
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Traditional MLM | Global Resorts Network |
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Typical
Investment
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$49-$1,000 | $1495 - $2995. |
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Monthly
Autoship
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+/- $50-$175.00/mo | $0/mo. |
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Total
Investment
Over 3 Years |
$1,800 - $6,300.00 | $1495 - $2995. |
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Compensation
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1%-8% Average Override + Sign-up Bonuses of $50-$100 average | $500-$1000.00 MINUMUM PER SALE + 100% Matching Bonus On All Member Sign-ups |
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Payment
Frequency |
1-2 Times /Mo. | Commissions Paid Weekly |
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Product
Types |
Everything From Vitamins To Legal Services That Require Extensive Education/Presentations To 'Sell' The Consumer | The #1 $7Trillion Dollar Travel Industry That Requires Very Little Selling, Education Or Convincing. |
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Time It Takes To
Reach $1,000-$3,000/Mo. Income
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1 - 5 YEARS FULL TIME |
1-3 Sales Your FIRST MONTH Part Time (see payplan here) |
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Number Of People It
Takes To Reach $1,000/Mo. Residual Income
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600 - 1,200+ People | 1
Sale/mo. Part Time (see payplan here) |
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Number Of People It
Takes To Reach $10,000/Mo. Residual Income
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6,000 - 12,000+ People | Just
10 of Your Members Each Making Only ONE Sale Per Month Part Time = $10,000.00/Month! (see payplan here) |
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Auto-Ship
Drop Out Rate |
50%+ Drop Out in 3 - 6 Months on Average | NO AUTOSHIP |
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Number Of People To
Train And Manage
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Extremely High | Extremely Low |
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Weekly Or Monthly
Meetings To Attend
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Usually | Never |
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Discount Travel
Program Available
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No | YES |
Global Resorts Network
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Work
Experience and Average Annual Earnings of Workers 25 to 64 Years Old by
Educational Attainment: 1997-2000*
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Non high-school graduate: (40-50+ hrs/wk) |
$23,400.00 |
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High-school
graduate: (40-50+ hrs/wk)
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$30,400.00 |
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Some
college: (40-50+ hrs/wk)
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$36,800.00 |
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Associate’s
degree: (40-50+ hrs/wk)
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$38,200.00 |
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Bachelor’s
degree: (40-50+ hrs/wk)
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$58,200.00 |
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Master’s
degree: (40-50+ hrs/wk)
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$62,300.00 |
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Doctoral
degree: (40-50+ hrs/wk)
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$89,400.00 |
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Professional
degree: (40-50+ hrs/wk)
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$109,600.00 |
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Self
Employed Persons With or Without Any Formal Education, Skill or
Business Background: (Part-Time 15-30+ hrs/wk)
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UNLIMITED INCOME POTENTIAL |
*Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Surveys, March 1998, 1999, and 2000.
| Top 10 Global Resorts Advantages At A Glance: |
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A
solid proprietary product that cannot be sold elsewhere Price
Fixed Memberships Digital
Delivery of Membership Service Strong
and responsive customer support and corporate structure Strong
training available A
solid system of duplication in place making it easy for others to join
in and get started A
highly leveraged compensation plan - with no break-away
components! A
product that appeals to the greatest number of people and is
not limited to a small 'niche specific' market A
product that requires little or no education or excessive convincing to
join |
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Bob Matthews
Global Resorts Mentor
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owned by an Independent GRN Affiliate and is not an official GLOBAL
RESORTS NETWORKS (GRN) website. The owner of this website is
solely responsible for the content of this page. There is no
guarantee of earnings. Every effort has been made to
accurately represent our products and their potential and any claims
made of actual earnings are examples only and will not apply to every
individual or the average purchaser. Your actual earnings,
if any, will be dependent upon your own business skills, work ethic and
dedication. There are no guarantees of income.
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