It’s pretty exciting to be in the same company as “The Donald.”

Who would not want to be a millionaire or billionaire or whatever Donald Trump might be these days.

Of course, the love isn’t just limited to me.  I think Donald Trump is giving you the eye also.  And, your friends, family and neighbors.

I signed up out of curiosity to receive emails from the “Trump Network” — some sort of Donald Trump MLM business opportunity. Donald Trump meets Amway — it is worth setting up a filter to capture the messages in my Gmail account.

From a recent “Trump Network” email:

Chris,

“When opportunity knocks – you want to be sure you open the door!!”

The President of the revolutionary Trump Network will be coming to a city near your home over the next few weeks – get registered NOW for this one-time 2010 event in the city nearest to you: …

Who can resist a one-time event in a city nearest to ones residence?

Today an acquaintance at church gave me a DVD from a group called ACN selling telecommunications business opportunities. On the cover of the DVD holder is a picture of Donald Trump with a video phone.

Some people are skeptical — such as my wife and Fox LA which ran this report about ACN titled “ACN: Good Opportunity or Pyramid Scheme?”

I’m going to withhold judgment at this point, but I’m also not going to invest any money in either ACN or the Trump Network.

I’ve known a lot of people who have been involved in MLM businesses over the years and none of the programs have seemed to make any difference in the individuals’ lives.

I could be missing something, so if you know of success stories or tales of horror, let me know by leaving a comment sharing your experience.

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Think again.

Google is offering television advertising through its Adwords program — some of the ad rates seem relatively inexpensive.

Need to advertise electronics? Spend $150 and you’ll get 820,000 impressions on 8 television networks, according to Google Adwords.  Not too bad.  There are many other demographics and categories available so that reaching a target audience is made easier.

If you don’t have an ad, Adwords even has a program where they’ll reimburse some of the cost of producing a television ad.

Simply log in to the Ad Creation Marketplace, select a specialist, and create an ad to use in your TV campaign. We’ll reimburse the cost of creating your ad through our Ad Creation Marketplace, up to $2,000. You’ll receive a credit in your Google TV Ads advertising account after it airs.

You’ll need to drop about $8,000 — Google is requiring a minimum $2,000 weekly ad buy with a four week commitment to run by June 30, 2008.

Pretty interesting stuff.

It shows that Google continues to be a huge factor in the advertising world.  And, while it is easy to burn through money using Google Adwords incorrectly, using it the right way could produce increased business and profits for those businesses using it.

I’ll have to keep an eye out to see if I notice any Google television ads in the coming months.

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When I saw the headline, I thought it was because I wrote about my IPASS in an iZoom world woes.

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