How much do you like it when someone calls up to sell you something? Most people put up their salesmen approaching alarm. That’s how just about how every one feels when you mention the words home based business or network marketing. Nobody wants some pushy, aggressive salesman using techniques to close them into their affiliate program. Knowing how most people feel about pushy, aggressive techniques, you sure as heck would never want to do that yourself.
So why would you ever think you could build an MLM business by selling? That is still the business-building and marketing technique that most MLM gurus teach – sell and close. You know how nobody wants to sell or be sold to, so how will you ever make money or have success getting others to take a look at your opportunity that way?
In my experience, what works is investing the time to talk with people. Find out why they are seeking a business opportunity. What their
dreams are. Do they want to travel? What are their cash flow and money frustrations? It’s important to really listen so you learn what really motivates a person, and what they see as the stumbling blocks. Then talk to them about how you can work together as a team to solve that problem. Focus on building a close relationship with the person, which you will never do if you try to sell them. Then you have a team building system.
You probably already know the failure rate is high in most businesses and your MLM opportunity is no different. If you can avoid sounding like a pushy, aggressive salesman and build relationships, then you have a real chance to make a long-term living from network marketing, maybe even achieve the “retirement” dream.
Just the other day a friend of mine asked me “What was the worst thing you ever spent your money on?” I have to admit it was the thousands of dollars I spent on training from one of those “gurus” and buying leads from their lead generating company. I spent so much, that I’ve never admitted the total to my husband. Do not make my same mistake. Not one person joined me in my business from all the leads I called using their “closing” techniques. Take a few moments of your time and read the book Success in 10 Steps. It’s definitely a book worth reading. The money I never spent! It’s free.
Your power likes in taking action. I encourage you to enjoy a mug of root-beer and take action on something your read here today that inspired you.
Expect Success – Debi Talbert
When a circus elephant is a baby, small and weak, one leg is tied with a rope to a wooden stake. In the beginning this baby tries to break free of the rope; however the rope is too strong. So the baby is convinced and trained that breaking free is impossible. Years later, when the elephant is grown, big and strong, the elephant is easily constrained by a rope. The limitations have been ingrained from the time the elephant was a baby; therefore the elephant does not even try to break free. The elephant believes that what was once was true will always be true. The elephant is imprisoned in the limiting belief that the rope is too strong, even though a fully grown elephant could easily and effortless break free from the bond to it’s leg.
About three years ago, I was like the Circus elephant; bond to my limiting beliefs. Convinced and trained that what was once true, would always be true. That is about the time I found the book Success in Ten Steps. Through the book I found Mentoring for Free and through Mentoring for Free I found “The Tribe”.
My life changed in a moment.
Since that time, I have been reborn. In his book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill describes using imaginary council meetings to achieve his voluntary rebirth. When I downloaded that book, I came across a real live voluntary counsel. This counsel was the beginning of my network marketing education. By keeping myself in consistent touch with this counsel, my limiting beliefs have disappeared one, by one.
“The Tribe” has helped me learn to use autosuggestion in the form of self talk to make new impressions on my subconscious mind. I stay connected to the knowledge that is shared each week and continue to learn how to build my network marketing relationships. I’ve also learned how to pass on what I’ve been learning to others. This sharing has helped me to reinforce my new skills. My progress at times seemed slow; however now I am in possession of the power that enables me to throw off discouragement, ignore fear, overcome procrastination and freely act upon inspiration that comes to me. These days in my head there is no longer negative chatter. What actually goes on in my head are amazing ideas, thoughts; inspirations. I act on them and miracles are happening.
Some moments in life you know right away are life changing; birth of a child, marriage, death, graduation, divorce. Others take a little longer to realize that the act was a life changing moment.
The Elephant is free…..
Remember, there is no such thing as failure; only feedback. – Debi Talbert
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