Making Your List And Calling It Twice

You have undoubtedly heard of the traditional making a list campaign that most all network marketing companies subscribe to. Yeah, I know, who wants to make a list and pester their friends and family? Unfortunately sometimes we have to get uncomfortable to get comfortable. Think of it this way- If you were starting a restaurant or any other type of brick and mortar business, wouldn't you want your friends and family to know about it? Of course you would.It's much easier to sell to someone that already knows and trusts us versus someone who we have just met. I prefer that my new IBO's only contact those on their list that they think would be most receptive to the concept of leverage through network marketing. The others on their list I would prefer them to first introduce the product and not the income opportunity.


Before I got involved in the mlm industry I would never have imagined I would be talking to friends and family about a network marketing opportunity. I was totally turned off by the idea of network marketing. To me networkers were just a bunch of believers that were being brainwashed. Oddly enough things changed and I was now in Network Marketing and I was excited about hosting a PBR (Private Business Reception) at my home with all the people my wife and I knew. We were excited and making our list and writing down all the names we could. We were going to pack our living room full of people and make some money! We didn't care if our friends and family thought we were crazy or not. All we knew was that we were excited and sick and tried of being sick and tired!

So we called down our list and we got less than 10% to show up for a living room presentation that was put on by our upline. We ended up making almost $2000.00 that evening. Just enough to almost cover what it cost for us to start our business. We were pretty much at a break even point and accomplished this in less than one week. We then later went back to our list of people that we hadn't gotten a hold of. Within 48 hours we had personally sponsored 22 people from that list. We were now making some decent money. We had our upline cheering us on. It felt great and we were on top of the world! We made our list and checked it twice.Making a list worked well for my wife and I, however that doesn't mean it will work for everyone. There will be those people that will never approach anyone they know until they feel they can say they are successful. There will always be secret agents in your organization. That is why it is helpful to have other resources and tools available for the secret agents who are not ready to tap into their warm market yet. It's important that you don't push them to tap into their warm markets. The opportunity you choose should have more than just list making in the tool box. Afterall, you can't build a house with just a hammer.Tools and systems play a key role in achieving success in mlm. I will talk more about tools and systems in a later post.

Make it a Great Day,

Jeff
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The Energy Drink Craze

Have you ever noticed how many people are turning to energy drinks for that instant pick me up? In fact the craze for energy drinks is so big right now that in 2005 energy drink sales grew to $ 3.3 Billion dollars. Sales for energy drinks have gone up 700% over the last 5 years, and in the July 2006 issue of Fortune Magazine it was stated that for the first time ever soft drink sales have fallen in large part due to energy drink sales. Energy drink sales have become the fastest growing segment of all beverage sales. They are expected to out sell all other categories of soft drinks over the next several years. Interesting isn't it?

What does this say about our society? What it is happening that we need to dose ourselves up with tons of sugar and caffeine to get through the day? I don't know about you, but it doesn't sound like too many people are living a live of design to me.

Money will come and go, but our health is our biggest asset. Unfortunately for many it's not until they have comprimised their health that they make a conscious decision to live a life of design. Don't procrastinate another day. Make a conscious decision to live a life of design!


Kind Regards,


Jeff

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The Classic MLM Tortes and Hare

I find Network Marketing to be quite synomonous with the classics story of the Tortes and the Hare. The Hare in Network Marketing seizes the opportunity and engages very early on. The Hare will work the business more than 7-10 hours a week and will have will have visited just about every Starbucks in their local area. The Hare will have 3 footed every employee at their local grocery store. They will have worked the system and utilized all the tools at their disposal. One would expect that the Hare would win the race down the road to success, however often this tends not to be the case.

So why is the hare greeted with failure and not success? Most of the time it's because the Hare had a sponsor that over hyped the business and sent them on a sponsoring binge. They were not fully prepared for the objections that they would encounter on the path to success. Success is a process in which one must endure and overcome failure through a course of time. Perhaps Thomas Edison said it best when he said "I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process." It took Edison 2000 failures before he was successful at creating the incandescent lightbulb. Edison saw each failure as an opportunity to start again. When you sponsor a Hare you must explain to them the fundamentals of the industry. You must make sure that their goals are realalistic and obtainable. If you pump them with hype and high expectations they will exhaust themselves early on. The truth is that they didn't really fail, they just didn't see their failure as a process leading to success. Henry Ford said it well when he said "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

So what about the Tortes? The Tortes will stroll drown road to success and take in the scenery. They are just as excited as the Hare, but are equipped with realalistic expectations and goals. They know that success is a process. The Tortes knows that they will most likely have to endure some failures along the way. They will take the time to improve themselves through books, CD's, company meetings, and mentorship. The Tortes knows that amateurs convince while professionals sort. The Tortes will look for the people that are looking for them. Through a course of time your Tortes becomes your Hare, but this time you have will have armed your Hare with a bullet proof shell.

Carpe Deim "Seize The Day",

Jeff
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The Fearless MLM Builder

General George Patten summed it up pretty well when he said "Fear Kills more Men than Death." What separates the 5% ers from the 95% ers in Network Marketing is simply a persons ability to overcome fear. We all have a choice, we can either let fear cripple us or let fear motivate and propel us to new heights.

I remember my very first network marketing experience. I had just recently joined the fist company I was with when I received a 3-way call from my sponsor and a top income earner. I remember what Mark said to me as if it were yesterday. The reason I remember it so well is because what he told me has held true throughout my time in this industry. What he said was "you will find that the people most likely to build a business with you, are the people that are truly sick and tired of being sick and tired". Boy, was he ever right.

People that are truly sick and tired of being sick and tired are not idled by fear. They have turned fear into a constant driving force. They will not buckle under criticism or rejection. They are tired of living a life of reaction and are looking for a life of design. They start their business knowing that it won't be easy and that their belief will likely be tested along the way. These are the people that I refer to as the heroes in Network Marketing. These are the people you see on stage at your companies events. These are the people that your listening intently to and taking notes on as they speak. These people did what most people can't do. What is that you ask? They overcame their fears.


Respectfully,

Jeff
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MLM - Hard or Easy?

In my opinion MLM is both easy and simple. The actual work and concept is easy, however the results are often hard. I think it is just the human nature of people that makes it so difficult. Many times have I sponsored someone who was genuinely looking to change their lives only to later have them fall victim to the microwave mentality. People are people and there is no getting around it. I don't care how easy you make the opportunity.

There will always be people that will join just to quiet that nagging voice deep inside. It is the voice that's been saying "you need to make a change". Most people ignore that voice until it gets so loud they finally do something about it. So what do they do? They sign up in your company and expect instant gratification and then quit within 90 days. They bought themselves a dose of hope and can now arrogantly tell that nagging voice "see, it just doesn't work".

As long as people procrastinate and are resistant to change they will always be where their at. That is one reason why so many people fail in this industry. MLM often requires us to get uncomfortable. People resist getting uncomfortable all the while expecting that things will happen. The turth is that you have go out and make things happen. Your income will only exceed your personal growth in this industry.


Respectfully,

Jeff
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Respectfully,

Jeff
http://www.xelr8withus.com
620-294-1610.