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zaichik99
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#21 · Posted: 6 Jan 2008 15:59
I've been with ITV since August, and have had mixed experience, but am over all optimistic. When I first started I was doing great taking calls, but then there were some problems with the call-routing and scheduling technology, and it was hard for a while to get scheduled to take calls. But, they **fixed that problem** by ditching the vendor they had been using and developing their own system. That is significant to me - it shows that they are willing and ready to make changes as needed, and things are indeed much better now.
In short, the company is growing fast and there are some bumps in the road, but I think it has great potential. The compensation plan is a good one, I think, and it includes the prospect of spillover.
PM me if you'd like any more information. Good luck!
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tracyaustin
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#22 · Posted: 6 Jan 2008 18:47
Hi there,
I am an IBO with ITV Ventures. I joined in August of this year. The company is 7 years old, and added the network marketing component to their business model in 2006.
There have been some hiccups and disappointments for some people since then. Personally I understand that like every business, ITV has to work out the kinks.
That is why the people who get involved early are so richly rewarded. They persist when things get rough, or pan out differently than they thought. They alter their course to fit with what is happening and they reap the rewards as time goes by and things settle into business as usual.
The business model is unique in that they incorporate building a customer base into it. With most MLMs, the focus is on recruiting because you really do not make much commission on the products.
With ITV you make up to 100% commission on the products. So if you sell a product for $49.95, you make $24.50 (on products that wholesale for $25). I have never seen commissions like this in an MLM before.
What some people do not realize is that the Home Agent program, where you take the live in-coming calls from purchase ready customers who just watched an infomercial, is optional. There is an additional cost for this. A one-time fee of $49 for a background check, then $59 per month use the system that routes the calls to your home phone.
Your phone only rings when you are scheduled to take calls, and so there is no way that it would ever ring by mistake when you were not expecting a customer call. You must log-in to the system and be scheduled for specific time slots for the calls to route to you.
One other really significant thing that the President and founder of ITV Ventures, Donald Barrett has done, is offer their next convention via live streaming video. And those who register for it get the same price discounts and special offers as those who go to the event.
This is unheard of in MLM and a major plus for moms like me who just cannot up and leave their family to go to a 3-day convention. It is about time, too, since women make up 82% of the people who join home business opportunities (according to the DSA). Many of us are moms, and our families come first, over everything. But we still want to, and often must, contribute to the family finances.
I greatly appreciate Donald Barrett and ITV Ventures and am having a fabulous time. I am sponsoring more people than I ever have in any MLM I have been in before, and think it is a terrific opportunity to work from home.
Thanks for the chance to share my views!
All the best,
Tracy
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dkaiser
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#23 · Posted: 14 Jan 2008 09:01
Hello,
I have been involved with ITV Ventures for almost year. I think it is an incredible business model, but I agree that there have been some bumps in the road. For those who persist, I think we will be very well rewarded for our efforts.
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nestea
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#24 · Posted: 15 Jan 2008 14:16
I agree with the last post. I joined ITV last month and already have 6 customers on residuals. Since the HAP program opened up today, I will be joining this week. They have done alot of work on upgrading the system and I think for those who stick with it, it can be very profitable. This is the first business opportunity that really works.
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reach4yrdream
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#25 · Posted: 22 Jan 2008 01:14
Hi Everyone,
I have enjoyed reading these post and could not help adding one myself. My name is Andre and I am a stay at home dad of 5 children.
My wife and I joined ITV Ventures last month. Actually I was burned out with MLM's because I burned my bridges when it came down to talking to my family friends and associates.
My wife came to me asking if I would look into ITV. Well I looked into it and researched and finally decided this could be a perfect mix. I liked the Home Agent Program because I like talking to people and I've done call center work which was cold calling. I couldn't see how I could fail with this new sysyem, but I wouldn't know if I didn't try. Well I am glad I did.
We are letting 2008 be a year of miracles for our family. I would enjoy speaking to any of you.
Thanks
Andre
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Bigrich
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#26 · Posted: 22 Jan 2008 13:51
This morning here in CO on the news they reported Trudeu is under investigation by the Feds for faulty practices. They stated that once you give them your info then they keep billing your credit card even if you opted out of the program. Tey also stated that there was a group organizing a Class action suite against Him and his company.
Don't know if it is a local thing or not.
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intheflow
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#27 · Posted: 26 Jan 2008 21:05
I have been in ITV since the very beginning September 2006. I no longer promote it as a good business model for the average person out there. I have watched big numbers of people drop out of ITV because they could not make any money up front. The cost of taking calls, monthly expenses to be on home agent, and other expenses meant a person would have to do a lot of hard upselling to customers. Residual income from selling a customer and putting them on autoship has not been all it's cracked up to be either. We bought 200 autoship customers from ITV when they offered that to us about a year ago, a $5,000 dollar investment. The very first month we saw about a 50% drop out of those customers. That tells it's own story. Sorry guys to sound all gloomy, but just telling you from an experienced point of view.
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MikeB
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#28 · Posted: 29 Aug 2008 11:03
ITV seems to be going down like the Titanic.Call Center is closed and the big dawgs are leaving.I am going where everyone else is going.
Free customers and leads and contacts are by pre-prepared e-mail so NO phone calls.And only about $130 to get started.
PLUS we all jumped on something that is HOT right now.
Sooo, good luck with ITV but I believe the KEY to it all is marketing and my up-line are deep into that.
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annadenise
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#29 · Posted: 29 Aug 2008 11:43 · Edited by: annadenise
I am not in ITV Ventures, but I understand the concerns. I have heard that it is not doing well financially at all presently. In fact people in this are now joining Trivita, which is a true Cooperative Marketing model. I am not stating this because I am in Trivita, but things I've heard on the internet in the last two months and in actual teleconference calls on Trivita where new people they are in Trivita now and used to be in ITV and lost money.
For those that are no longer working at ITV, there is another company out there besides ITV Ventures that runs TV infomercials to sell health and wellness products to the public, and let's us earn money. But instead of us getting leads that we have to follow up with, we get actual customers...people who have actually already made a purchase. This is not a start-up operation....they have been doing this for 9 years, and have gotten over 2 million
customers.
When we help the company up front with their advertising budget, they run the infomercials, gather customers, then lets us profit share on what those customers purchase every month! We never have to contact them, no follow-up needed.......the company does all of that!
From what I have heard, the problem with ITV has been that you did not have real customers already purchasing. You are still following up with leads.
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katiegoes
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#30 · Posted: 15 Oct 2008 15:27
I was very interested in joining ITV...I went to their offices TWICE and sat through the meeting/interview and even the training! And then the company was bought out...or went under...or merged...it's a little vague to me. The long and the short of it is that you can no longer sign on to be a customer service rep. Which is a little disappointing, because I do personally know someone who was making decent money. Ah well!
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TerriTM
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#31 · Posted: 14 Jul 2009 13:35
I hate to say it too. ITV Ventures was a rip off for me. In the ad, it says aftering becoming an IBO you received calls and can take orders at home. What they neglected to say was that you need to pay for additional call credits just to keep the business afloat. The amount of money you expense versus the small residuals equals a loss. Do the numbers. If anyone wants to start a class action lawsuit, I'm in. They owe me money for unused call credits. And I also want a refund of all monies expensed to start this business, as it was a huge misrepresentation.
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jeffathome
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#32 · Posted: 16 Jul 2009 17:09
It's a shame that who ever signed you up for ITV Ventures didn't tell you that you had to pay for call credits. I was with ITV as well and they stiffed me also out of about $600 in call credits. I really did think they were on to something big. What a very unique idea they had. Being able to take your own calls at home. I know the calls were expensive but if you had to pay for you own air time and set up a call center you would've really had to invest a lot of money. If your still looking to get customers from infomercials Beachbody is a great option. They give you the customers for free and you get commission on any reorders. Beachbody spends $100 million a year on advertising. Sure does beat paying $25 per call from ITV Ventures. Just qualify for customers and that's it. I presently average about 1 a day. Not too shabby.
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