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The Perfect “I Want to Own My Own Home- Based Business,” With Li�le Cash to Start

1

2 I will Teach You How to Turn What Others Already Know Into a Stable, Reliable and Growing Income

What You Think You Know About Star�ng Your Own Home-Based Business is All Wrong

I Can Just About Guarantee You’re Working WAY Too Hard

3

4

Look How the Money Quickly Adds Up:It Did For Me

5

I am 99.9% sure I have a unique Business System; the details are given in this

book about how, as a single mom of four kids, I earn $10,465 from a home-

based business. I am also 99.9% sure that you will a�empt to read this book

and will NEVER finish it. U.S. Reading Sta�s�cs - jenkinsgroupinc.com

You’ve probably a�ended one of my online webinars and we’ve talked

already... and now you picked up a copy of my book and thought, “Why

not?” Maybe you think I am one of those people with a lot of “HYPE” that

tries to sell stuff. You may never let your guard down, and I understand.

The Perfect “I Want To Own My Own Home-BasedBusiness,” With Little Cash To Start

Perhaps, you’ve tried following the advice of others to start or grow a

home-based business believing that, “It seems to be working for them so,

it should work for me.” You might have had some success, but nothing BIG

enough to brag about... and now you’re here hoping that this may be the

answer. But, just like so many other promises you’ve made to yourself, your

life (lack of ‘drive & determina�on’, other ‘more important’ things to do,

cell phone, kids, boyfriend, girlfriend, your husband or wife...) interrupts

you halfway through my short book and you will NEVER pick it up again.

How I did it... EXPOSED

SMART SUCCESS

Chapter 1

...TRUTH IS, NOT EVERYONE CAN SPOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

WHY?

I think it all depends... Are you all ‘talk’? Or... are you FED UPwith a JOB that doesn’t promise a payoff that matches yourhard work, brains and ambi�on?

Why do YOU think?

You may have always felt uncertain about how to harness technology

or the Internet beyond the basics. Therefore, you’re already telling yourself

that anything that I have to say will ul�mately be “way over my head,” OR

will not work for you because you’re not a “techie” person. Well, you should

know that I am not tech-savvy. I’m O.K. with a li�le healthy skep�cism, and

nervousness — that’s natural, AS LONG AS it doesn’t interfere with YOU

taking ac�on. In other words...

You may have a fear of failing — like everyone else, you don’t want to screw

up. If your life has been anything like mine, you’ve had failures/setbacks

— it’s a good thing, it means that you’re a doer and not a talker.

Look, I know you have a MILLION things to get done in a day... go to work,

run errands, pick the kids up... and you can’t get enough �me, money, or

energy to come up with a plan that will poten�ally increase your income by

500%. I get that.


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You’re doing everything you know how to do, but it’s not enough, right?

You want a BIG payoff for your hard work. You CAN do it, but you can’t do

it alone.

I know that you don’t want to make wrong decisions, so trus�ng someone

else or another resource is ‘out of the ques�on.’ As a result, you’ve become

perfectly comfortable with a job or side projects that “pay the bills” with

some le�over and have given up your dream of having a real six-figure

home-based business.

2.

How many of those things have you actually go�en to? How many things have you put off un�l “someday?”

The four excuses I men�oned are all very good excuses. Me personally, I’ve

used ONE -- O.K. MAYBE TWO -- of the excuses above on a regular basis.

3.

) : .


I’ve ALWAYS been open and MOTIVATED to try any

business opportunity, except mul�-level marke�ng.

What I’m trying to say is...

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Luckily, I never was afraid of change. And I never wanted to be ‘just average.’

Most importantly, I was never too skep�cal about things that truly helped

myself or my family. I’ve always known that companies have to sell stuff, but

if the company was 100% legit and the stuff provided an incredible value,

worth 1000X more than what I was paying, then it wouldn’t ma�er what it

costs.

You already know things have changed in the way

The one that keeps grabbing a hold of us all is that quiet ‘small voice’; you

know the one, that FEAR of failing ‘Doub�ng Thomas’ voice that speaks to

our conscience mind, paralyzing us. It’s that voice that keeps us from taking

ACTION even if there is no logical reason NOT to take ac�on, therefore we

remain ‘just average’ in life with average dreams, goals and income.

... It’s not about making jewelry, blogging or selling stuff on Amazon anymore.

way you earn money from a home-based business

I can remember as a kid thinking big, really BIG...

a cool job, 2 cars, 2 kids ( I have 4 kids — my boys

are iden�cal twins)... and of course a handsome

husband was all I needed. Anyway, that’s a story

to tell in another book.

The future of jobs in the U.S. is here — and it sucks.

4.

Deep in my heart I always knew I had to have my own profitable business

and not rely on receiving income from a JOB for the rest of my life. I also felt

that if I knew where to go to learn from other successful business people

who had real-world experience, I’d be alright.

I did NOT come from a rich

family — I’m s�ll not rich, just

comfortable from working

SMART and HARD.

I’ve always known ins�nc�vely that you do NOT have to be a genius, have

a lot of influen�al contacts, or a lot of money to start or grow a profitable

business. I’ve since co-founded a socially responsible company called

Ci�zenshare. My company has created a unique so�ware pla�orm called

Crowdsys. It’s a so�ware solu�on that combines Crowdfunding, (the new

online peer-to peer fundraising model) for impact causes with short video-

based classes. These classes are taught by everyday people with skills to

share in the areas of Business, Culinary, Film, Technology, Photography...

and more. The so�ware helps anyone raise the funds they need to pay

for important causes and life events. I believe it’s the next step in modern

fundraising.

People look at my life today and think I

inherited everything or somehow got lucky.

I did NOT come from a rich family — I’m

s�ll not rich, just comfortable from working

SMART and HARD.

I’m one of three kids from a Chris�an home, and my Dad, a former pastor,

started his own auto parts business on the side to support the family. My

mom stayed home and managed the household.


SMART SUCCESS

Citizenshare.com

Since the online educa�on market got started, I’ve always been obsessed

with online learning. I always believed the tradi�onal way of educa�on is

broken, and a one-size-fits-all solu�on - take it or leave it.

This healthy obsession has lured me to be in the educa�on/crowdfunding

business in a unique way. There are no other opportuni�es to start a home-

based business that compare to the one I will share with you in this book...

5.


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My mission is simple and two-fold. I want to make educa�on accessible using

the internet and impact the lives of millions of people. I also want to help

people raise money for things like church mission trips, landmark building

renova�ons, cancer treatment, volunteer projects, rebuilding family homes

burned by fire... you get the idea. Why? Fundraising is a 300 Billion Dollar a

year industry and only 10% of dona�ons occur online. It’s a BIG market with

MILLIONS of people that need help. I know it’s a HUGE goal, but I believe I’ve

been successful so far because my business taps directly into what the media

has been calling the new sharing economy.

GUARANTEED.

I believe you can learn from anyone — which means we’re all teachers.

We all have skills and know things that we want to share with the world.

If you’ve taken the �me to engage in any ac�vity or pursuit for more than

a few days, you have acquired some awesome and valuable knowledge to

share.

6.

Everyone is a teacher and has a skill to share


Chapter 2

I Will Teach You How to Turn What Others AlreadyKnow Into a Stable, Reliable and Growing Income

SMART SUCCESS

Wouldn’t you agree that the world is a be�er

place when people share the knowledge and

skills that they have? Our progress on earth

depends on us SHARING our knowledge with

one another. It makes sense, right?

Our progress on earth depends on us

SHARING...

Right under your nose the en�re �me.

...

You don’t have to a be an expert, an author, a guru or have a PhD.

OK, here’s what’s in it for you — A UNIQUE HOME BUSINESS. If you

have a ‘know-it-all’, ‘seen-it-all’ a�tude, then I’m bound to make things

a li�le interes�ng — at the very least illumina�ng. The lucra�ve market

of fundraising has been...

I set out to make a name for myself in business with six years of experience

in Accoun�ng and posi�ve reinforcement from friends and family. I started

nellylivingston.com to teach students from around the world how to use

Microso� Excel. The business model was that each student pays me $20 per

�cket to a�end my Excel class online.

What You Think You Know About Starting YourOwn Home-Based Business is All Wrong

7.


Chapter 3

1 Subject: Microso� Excel for Business 30 Students / mo. $7200 /yr. (all by Word of Mouth)

Clearly, I needed a new business model...and that’s where you come in.

SMART SUCCESS

I closed down nellylivingston.com and worked with my team to re-brand

Ci�zenshare’s flagship educa�onal so�ware pla�orm. We added on a robust,

fully integrated crowdfunding module called Crowdsys.

2008: My Business Timeline!

2012:I earned very li�le revenue from my business that year. That may have

something to do with raising four kids as a single mom. I figured things out later

on, but running a business by yourself with no real plan is not recommended.

I vowed to have people I can TRUST as partners in my next company to help

me, and in return I would share the profits with them.

2013:

8.

I Can Just About Guarantee that You’re Working Way Too Hard


Chapter 4

SMART SUCCESS

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”African Proverb

It’s easy to do what everyone else is doing to start or grow a business. I’ve

been there, done that. I know it feels safe and proven, but by now you’ve

realized it is 1000 �mes harder to start or grow a real home-based business.

I know you want a six-figure income, right? Let’s team up.

Sounds good, right? But, how much money can I earn, you ask?

This �me you’re FINALLY in the right place at the right �me, with no wannabe

compe��on. Ci�zenshare partners with serious and professional people

called Branch Managers, who work with people they hand-pick to implement

short online classes. These classes serve as high-value rewards and a�ract

higher dona�on amounts. We make it easy to get in on the lucra�ve educa�on/

fundraising market, genera�ng real profits quickly and efficiently.

We provide you with the best-in-class so�ware, access to payment processing,

access to business mentors, teacher templates, a built-in social media referral

system... and so much more. You will receive a fully supported system that

enables you to launch an innova�ve educa�on/fundraising pla�orm.

You generate revenue when dona�ons are made via your crowdfunding app,

you keep 5% as your service fee deposited directly into your bank account. I

will show you how this all works with a so�ware demo.

9.

Look at How the Money Quickly Adds Up: It Did For Me


SMART SUCCESS

Chapter 5

It’s really a no-brainer...

Crowdfunding campaign pages are shared between family and friends through

email and popular social media channels, that spread the word and collect

dona�ons fast.

Everyday people who are passionate about what they do — people like you,

your friends, family and your colleagues who want to make an impact teach

30-60 min. bite-sized classes for free, and invite people they know to take

their classes. It’s similar to the network effect that results in thousands of

people mee�ng up to run in a 26-mile marathon, to support Breast Cancer

Awareness. Dona�ons start coming in fast. People teach for a good cause

because they care, it looks great on a resume, it gives them exposure and

posi�ons them as a professional authority.

Social Media

$20

$10 $80

$5$40

$100

Local Family of Hit-and-Run Vic�m... Let’s raise $18,000 to help the Ryan family out. Together, we can raise the money. Let’s help them out guys. Go Dolphins!

Actual Fundraising Campaign:

Twitter Facebook Linked in

Take a look at this... it’s not Magic, it’s Math.

You earn a total of $5000 every month!

$10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

fundraising campaigns a month at $10,000 each

You earn 5% as a service fee.

BMs are paid bi-weekly and are solely responsible for taxes.

10

Campaigns ... ... ... ... ... ... ...


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10.

You’re saying to yourself ‘$5,000 a month is not a lot ofmoney these days’, right? Fair enough.

Campaigns You Believe in.

Creative Project, Health,

Build a Supporter Email List:

Everyone Donates:

Teachers, Students, Friends

e.g. Nurses - Specializing in Caring For at Home Intravenous Drug Patients

Get Campaign Influencers to Help Spread the Word

This is How I Did it...

Home Infusion Drug Therapy Patient Fundraiser

Twitter Facebook Linked in

YOU

Supporters Ready to Donate $1 Once a Month.

The average donation is $20.

of Influencers, Colleagues...

Mission Trips, Children’s

OK., take a look at this... email list building

Remember this: Everybody These Days Has a Network. Everybody!

Theatre Renovation...

Come Up with 5 Crowdfunding

Go Out and Invite

They Invite Students

Friends, Family and

Teachers to Teach.

Professional Colleagues...

Imagine Having an Email List of 10, 20, 30 Thousand

$$ $


SMART SUCCESS

11.

You will be assigned a business mentor to work with you. Perhaps, you’ve

already met Tony Sa�e. Tony is a super successful, down-to-earth business

execu�ve with many years of experience in growing a business. I con�nue to

learn a TON from him everyday. I wish I had access to Tony a few years ago as

my mentor when I was struggling to grow my tutor business. The tac�cs and

strategies he shares, you won’t learn in any MBA program or find it online.

Topic: How to a�ract teachers with a ready-made fan base of poten�ally

THOUSANDS to increase dona�ons exponen�ally.

This technique involves going to a bookstore and compiling a list of authors

who have wri�en interes�ng books on a variety of topics. The informa�on

needed is not available online. We frequently use taskrabbit.com to hire

people very, very inexpensively. ) : .

Once we have our list of authors and contact info, we contact them invi�ng

them to teach. Each teacher uses their large list of fans to get the word out

and we earn a percentage on the fundraising campaign. Smart, huh?

Tony Sa�e

Linked inMarketing & Business Development Expert

Favorite Quote: “Never Let Fear Determine Your Fate.”

tonysa�[email protected]

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tonysatie

Here’s one tac�c Tony shared with me during a 15 min. phone call. We’ve

used this tac�c at Ci�zenshare to a�ract teachers with a HUGE following.

You’ll also learn how to partner with companies and offer your services,

mo�vate their employees to teach and promote classes to their customer base.

12.

Fast, super-easy setup

Launching your own educa�on/

crowdfunding pla�orm is easy with

our so�ware and easy point & click

instruc�ons.

Visitor stats

Track sales, visitors, referring URLs, search

engine terms and orders all through your

website’s easy-to-navigate dashboard.

Get paid the easy way with PayPal

Accept payments with PayPal or use

our direct payment system to accept

payments from all around the world.

Fully integrated online classroomMul�ply your reach, impact and revenue

fast with your online classroom. Teachers

invite their friends, family and collegues

to take their class to help raise money for

a good cause.$1,800

Earned12,500Pageviews

8Campaigns PayPal


All the Technology Features You NeedDone-For-You

... and so much more

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Teachers

Profiles StudentsHelp

Settings Tutorials Launch

Page Name & Description

Page Settings

Background, Links, Footer

Advanced Settings

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Look out for my email.

13.

Here’s what you need to know...

So, AFTER reading my book... what’s the next step?

Currently, our so�ware engineers are in the background performing upgrades

and running so�ware tests. We are gradually phasing out our in-house branch

teams as we bring on new Branch Manager Partners. (Believe me, your friends

and family will be surprised, even jealous when you tell them what you do

— especially when you’re at home and they are commu�ng to a 9-5 job.)

I scheduled a so�ware demo for you; seeing is believing, right? Also, in about

2 weeks we will be re-launching Ci�zenshare and ‘opening the doors,’ invi�ng

new Branch Managers to join us. The best part is, our plan MAY include YOU.

We Do Have a Major Problem:

We are only allowing a LIMITED number of people like yourself to become

Branch Manager Partners. Also, we will be open ONLY un�l we fill the available

posi�ons, and we will not accept any more people for another year or as spots

open up. We expect to close down within a couple of hours. So, my advice

to you if you “get it” by now, and you’ve been looking for an ethically unfair

advantage to make more money, is to Register Early!


We want to help every single new Branch Manager (ONE-ON-ONE) to achieve

se�ng up and genera�ng money FAST. Therefore, in order to accomplish this

and maintain a high-quality BM partner program, we can ONLY accept a limited

number of people on a first-come, first-served basis — no excep�ons.

SMART SUCCESS

Ready to partner with us in a really cool business...and not “go at it alone,” spending money figuring out what type of business really works?

I hope the informa�on in my book is valuable to you. But, just wait un�l you

join us. As our partner, you get all kinds of cool gi�s like, chances to enter to

win all-expenses-paid cruises, win a new Apple laptop... and so much more.

Our goal is to change your life while having some fun along the way when

you partner with us — I will contact you by e-mail when the invita�ons are

ready.

We can only accept a LIMITED number of very lucky people willing to work

as hard as necessary to earn a six-figure income. Be prepared to give an

impromptu gi� to yourself and your family. Sign up to partner with us

and enjoy a rewarding career suppor�ng worthy causes. This is truly the

opportunity of a life�me.


P.P.S. I added a few pages at the last minute. Take a look.

Talk Soon!

SMART SUCCESS

P.S. I am incredibly busy these days, but If you have any ques�ons, I will be

available to answer them up un�l re-launch. Send me a quick email.

NellyMy email: nlivingston@ci�zenshare.com (My gi� to you for reading my book)

Please do not share my email address or Tony’s with anyone.


My first Crowdfunding Campaign!

SMART SUCCESS

A�er the beta version of of our so�ware was completed in 2013, I created

my first crowdfunding campaign from scratch.

2013

Step 1 Step 2 My Crowdfunding Campaign Idea:

I asked my friend who was a Nursing

Assistant and studying to become a

Registered Nurse, if she had any

in-home pa�ents who were insulin

diabe�c.

My friend arranged for me to talk

with Marcia on the telephone. I

learned that Marcia is diabe�c of

38 years with complica�ons.

A. Good storyB. Marcia had a problem coming up with money to cover medical expenses.C. Marcia had a lot of friends & family that love her and will support her fundraising campaign.

Step 3 I reached out to the owners of my

favorite local coffee shop and told

them Marcia’s story. I asked them if

they would help by crea�ng a 30-min

video-based class on how to correctly

brew a gluten-free delicious cup of

coffee and share it with their customer

base.

Step 4 I created Marcia’s Crowdfunding

campaign online.

Goal

Raise money for a Diabetes pa�ent

Here’s what I did:


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Fundraising Goal: $4,000

Start Date: February 2013

Marcia’s Diabetes Fund

Supporters: 63

Raised: $8,839

End Date: April 2013

Class: How to brew a gluten- free delicious cup of coffee

Tipping Spoon Coffee House

Recording Method: Video

Students: 23

Reviews: 19

Category: Culinary

Be Confident in Knowing You Can Do What I Did.

I will show you how to come up with or get people to list a crowdfunding campaign

on your website, you’ll learn how to find someone who will teach what they know

for a good cause, I will help you design your class, record your class, publish your

class... and so much more.

If you don’t follow your dreams, you’ll con�nue to work for someone who did.

My 5% Fee: $441.95


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Pick a meaningful cause or niche and collaborate with the people that work or

par�cipate in that niche. Later, word-of-mouth will bring customers to you.

This is really not rocket science...

Be a change agent for good and a hero in your community.

TIP: Get one of your campaigns featured in the local news and your business will

EXPLODE. I will show you how. e.g. a Human Rights Campaign...

Do not approach the media un�l you are ready to handle the large amount

of traffic media a�en�on generates. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Warning:

Women’s Causes

Educa�on

Human Rights

Kids & Family

Film Projects

Medical School Tui�on

Crea�ve Projects

Clubs & Community

Run/Walk/Rides

Sports & Teams

Trips & Adventures

Weddings & Honeymoons

Senior Care

Fun & Special Projects

Bus. 101


Medical Expense Crowdfunding Campaigns

SMART SUCCESS

$26,500

Lead Source: Craigslist

With the cost of medical treatments, emergency procedures, medica�ons, and therapy on the rise, many people struggle to pay their bills even with two-income households. Offer families a method to raise money to support vital medical treatments.

Millions of people in the U.S. or someone they love are dealing with an expensive medical condi�on.

Your fee is 5% or $1,325.00

This Opportunity is Literally Limitless!

$16,400Animal Medical Crowdfunding Campaigns

Lead Source: Facebook Ads, Meetup.com

Most emergency procedures for pets cost a lot of money. Animal lovers enjoy coming together to support pets. Offer pet lovers a way to raise money for their pet’s treatment, rehabilita�on and recovery.

Animal lovers abound across the na�on that have pets with medical condi�ons that require expensive medical procedures.

Your fee is 5% or $820.00


Memorial & Funeral Crowdfunding Campaigns

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$43,850

Lead Source: Facebook Groups

$12,325Military & Veterans Crowdfunding Campaigns

The cost of an average funeral in the U.S. is between $8,343 and $10,000, not including cemetery costs. Help grieving families relieve some of their financial stress and heartache as they go through a difficult �me.

Millions of people experience the loss of a loved one that causes unexpected financial and unexpected emo�onal stress.

Lead Source: nationwideadvertising.com

You can help to honor the families of our na�on’s heroes as they go through hard �mes. Offer funds to support disabled veterans in need.

Millions of current and former military servicemen and their families are in need of financial support.

Your fee is 5% or $2,192.50

Your fee is 5% or $616.25

I bet you’re already coming up with a few ideas to approach your contacts with, right?

There are Literally MILLIONS of People That Need Our Help, Seriously.

Texas family raised $6,202 for colic surgery for their family pony..


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Dog owner raised $28,089 for ongoing Glaucoma treatment for family pet (Bruce)..

...

A mother raised $12,984 for marijuana alterna�ve pain treatment for her son.

Husband rasied $37,210 for cancer treatment for his wife.

More of my past campaigns

There are Literally MILLIONS of People That Need Our Help, Seriously.

Medical Expense Crowdfunding Campaigns

Animal Medical Crowdfunding Campaigns

Pretty Cool, Huh?You haven’t seen anything yet.

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