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Nothing Ventured..Well That’s Shame On You!

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It amazes me how people know that they need to make a change, but almost refuse to in the same breath. But you, as the professional must remember at all times this…

The world programs us all to be cows, not rhinos.

So now that you are a rhino in the jungle, and you meet another cow, you must always remember that and know, the mind didn’t get that way overnight, and you and your awesome business won’t get it the other way overnight either! :)

One thing my mom always taught me was to go for it…to just do it..to do whatever you want to do, no matter what. She taught me that nothing ventured is nothing gained. And all I can say is I am so grateful for that programming. And I urge each one of you do practice the same. But, if you are so happy where you are, that progress and development is not necessary, then stay where you are. That choice is up to you!

However, despite those teaching and beliefs, I want you as marketers, whether online or offline to know, that people will not join you until they are ready. Do not force, do not beg, do not even “handle objections” in a loose sense. See when you do those things, people see you as being in opposition of them, and that is never a position you want to be in.

You want to always be a team player and you want them to see you as that as well. Let them observe you, which means you must be working the business actively. Let them see and hear from those you have helped along the way, and that means you must be actively working the business. Let them see that you don’t NEED them, but to do that you must be actively working the business.

So to wrap this up, be sure of what you do, be sure of who you are and be sure of who you’re looking for. With those energies floating around you all day, when the time is right, that person will join! Until then, keep it movin and keep prospecting!

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I am so excited to share this message with you today. See, the man you are about to watch is my Frat Brother, the husband of one of my beautiful Sorors, and a Man of Power and Inspiration.

I saw his video and thought I would be crazy not to share it with you. So please enjoy and be sure to leave me a comment on your thoughts about the message delivered in the video!

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Many times I see that people confuse Advertising with Marketing. Believe it or not, they are NOT the same thing. While in school attaining my MBA in marketing, I took tons of classes on the subject matter and just couldn’t bring myself to giving you all the details in one blog post.

Instead, i thought I would share with you a wonderful article I came across that gives a very clear breakdown if I must say so myself.

Check it out here!

It should help you figure out why your advertising may not be working…

Do Your Closing Skills Suck?

I will be the first to tell you how much I love our industry. But I can’t help but notice that many people still come into the game like it’s not serious enough to take time out to learn some essential skills.

While in L.A. the last weekend in Sept, I heard a very successful mlm entrepreneur say that our industry takes everyone, and how true that is. Medical schools don’t take everyone, colleges don’t take everyone, and McDonald’s doesn’t take everyone either who simply “wants” to start a franchise.

But for some reason, network marketing does. And as a result, people come in, with no training and expect miracles to happen…just not so.

So the one skill that in my opinion is more important than anything else, is the art of closing. See you can have all the leads in the world. But if you can’t close them, or sign them up, no money for you.

So the question of the hour is, how are YOUR closing skills? If they are great, then you should be signing people up left and right. If they need a little tweaking, then get with someone who you can speak with who can tighten you up! And if you don’t know how to close at all, then my friend, go get some training first!

Once everyone understands that millionaires in this industry are made by sealing the deal, and that you must learn how to do it properly, I think we can overall help more people to succeed and achieve their wildest dreams!

I know, you are probably wondering what being color blind has to do with being successful at prospecting. Well for your information, it is CRITICAL to your success in the network marketing industry.

You may have heard before that there are different personality types. And as a network marketer, YOU must be aware of them and be able to identify them quickly in order to make your prospecting phone time a highly converting time period where you sign up more distributors.

Now, Robin Williams, one of the leaders in our elite marketing community, put together a powerful powerpoint to graphically demonstrate the personality types. Her interpretation of the personality types concept is second to none so click on the play button below to watch and learn what she has clearly mastered!! Enjoy!

(Here is a short written version for you as well)

Yellow: Your yellow prospect is very open and indirect. That means if you ask them a question they at least will give you the answer, but are not likely to elaborate. They will give you what you ask for and not much more. In other words short and to the point. Yellows tend to be teachers, nurses, care-takers, etc. People who are very helpful and concerned with others. What makes the group happy is what makes them happy.

Blue: Your blue prospect is very open as well but is direct. This person will give you what you ask and a whole lot more. Your blue is very talkative and loves to have fun. They enjoy being the life of the party and are open to trying anything at least once. Blues will be your entertaining people and those who are less likely to be selfish.

Green: Greens are Closed and Indirect. That means that if you ask a green a question, they may not even really want to answer it, and even if they do, you won’t get much more from them. These are your analytical and numbers oriented people. Accountant, engineers, computer geeks and the like will most likely fit this category.

Red: Reds are closed and direct. Now your reds are special. These peeps are self-centered and will let you know how well they have done and how much money they have made right out the gate. A red is generally selfish and may know how to do something but can’t always show others how to. They are more likely to believe they were born with “it” than to try to understand where and how they learned it so they can show others how they can have the great success they have had. Reds would be your CEO’s, your successful salesman, and your cocky egomaniacs (sorry reds, that’s just who you are..but I still love you).

So as you can see, not everyone you talk to on the phone will lay down and be easy. Some you will have to pull info out of (yellow), some you will have to take back control of the conversation (blue), some will want to research and research and research some more (green), and some will try to tell you how great they are so much that you have to remember they opted into YOUR site because they just might not know it all (red).

I want you to keep in mind that we all have a very unique mix of these colors, but when propsecting, you are looking for the dominant color. In fact, I suggest you determine which color you are right now, and be honest with yourself. You will find that you will attract more of yourself. If you are not happy with the types of people you are attracting, reflect on self..you are most likely just like who your are attracting!

So, get good at identifying and matching your prospect’s color and watch your sales and sign ups go through the roof. I know, because once I implemented this skill, my numbers shot right up the leaderboards!

How To Dominate Without Using Google Adwords!

I am so excited! Why? Beacuse I am a social media marketing buff and love to find ways to market online for little to no cost.

As you know, getting on the first page of google for highly searched keywords can mean more business than you can handle. But, most people fight with achieving this task. Without the cash, Pay-per-click is out of the question. And without knowing SEO, doing it the organic way is a no-go too.

So, the only choice left, is money is tight, is to learn SEO! Learn it enough to get ranked. Learn it from the right people though, or although you will get ranked, your content will be on page 1 today and page 10 tomorrow.

So here is an example i wanted to share with you. I posted one of my videos last night and it is already in the top position on google and guess how much I paid to get it there? Zero, Zip, Zilch!!!

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One of the weirdest things that I see happen in the network marketing industry is when someone asks you to do them “a favor” by going to look at their business opportunity.

HUH? Since when did “them doing you a favor” benefit them in the form of a real, life changing business? If someone does you a favor, it is just that. There is no intention of the person to buy or join anything. I know you many use this approach because they think that if they can just get that other person to the site, they will see how great the biz is for themselves and be interested. Well, not so fast soldier!

This little tactic may have worked back in the day..but no so much now.

See, so many marketers still don’t understand target marketing and attraction marketing. When you offer someone the very thing that they are looking for, they don’t have to do you a favor, in fact, they are doing themselves a favor! And that is how you find and build leaders. This way you answer the “What’s In It For Me” question and not envoke the “What is this all about” question.

I’ve even had people who needed what I had, asked me for it and actually purchase from me. Ironically they have then gotten upset with me because I would not do them a favor and buy what they had in return.

But what if I don’t want or need what you have? If I bought every darn thing on that principle I wouldn’t be able to find my bed at night due to all the useless products I would’ve purchased.

The best thing is to give people what they ask for. If they don’t ask for it, and through questions you don’t uncover that they need it..let them go!!

As a professional in this industry I recognize a newcomer a mile away! Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with being new. At some point we all were new. But the approach that the newbies are being taught will just repel the sharks they want away from joining their team. An oxymoron at it’s finest.

So what does a newcomer do?

- Well first, stop asking people to do you favors. No one in this business owes you anything..especially out of the gate.
- Second, get to know people and find out what their wants, needs and desires are..genuinely.
- Third, if you have a solution to an identified problem, offer it.
- Fourth, point them in the right direction to obtain the solution and let them take the first step..whether it is to opt in or subscribe or whatever.
- Lastly, move on to the next prospect and repeat.

If you use this formula for network marketing success, the sharks you want will be jumping out of the water to work with YOU!

Just Do What You’re Told!!

A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from a friend of mine in the network marketing industry who also happens to be a top producer. He liked some things I was doing and wanted to basically say “awesome job”. As we started talking, he mentioned he would like my help on something and guess what…I needed his help on something too! That’s called a mutually beneficial relationship!! So we agreed and shook on it.

In that conversation he shared some things with me and I realized I had some inefficiencies in my process that I needed to tweak. He told me what to do and I implemented what he said immediately.

The results???

Well if you look at the picture below, you will see the proof and hard-core results.

Moral of the Story: Do What You Are Told To Do!!!

MLSP Leaderboard 1 6-25-09

MLSP Leaderboard 2 6-25-09

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Now, if you want to know EXACTLY what I was told and by who, WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW!

I can help you achieve results like these, if you want them! There is a specific routine that I created to help me as well, and nobody else is using it!!

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The Positivity Fast

This morning, I woke up with an idea. And that idea was to create a way for me to work on changing my thoughts to being more consistent in thinking and doing positive things.

As a result, I decided to do a Positivity Fast!

For the next 5 days, I will be keeping track of all the times that I think a negative thought like “maybe that’s not possible” or “I can’t stand that”, etc. At the end of the 5 days I will tally up the number of times I “slipped” and be able to have a better grasp of how much time I spend thinking in the positive direction versus the negative direction.

Now here is the cool part..

I shared this concept with my friends on twitter and Facebook and boy did it pick up some momentum. In fact, my friend Michaela has termed us the “Circle of Positivity”..thanks Girl!

So I invite you to join this circle. All you have to do is follow the guideline I set above, be true to yourself and keep accurate track of your results. Only you will know if you’re being honest with yourself..

If you want to stay abreast of how the “circle” is doing, add me as a friend on Facebook and Twitter and let’s get this party started!!