July 2010

Luck – prosperity or poverty thinking?

by Charlie on July 30, 2010

Are you still looking for the four leaf clover or the rabbit’s foot? Of course not because you know that the harder we work, the luckier we get – you don’t need that stuff. We are all true network marketing professionals. I wonder…..

Do know how a lie detector machine works? You tell a lie and someone hears your words but the machine picks up more subtle things like heart beat. Those subtle signals reveal the truth. So where does this fit with luck?

Believing in luck is rooted in a mentality of lack – poverty thinking.Of course you don’t believe in luck, but just maybe your actions betray that. [click to continue…]

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Setting your goals too high can be a recipe for frustration and disappointment. But hey, what about all those dream boards filled with pictures of beautiful mansions and exotic holidays?

We often tell newbies in network marketing to set big goals. You know the stuff about it being impossible to ask for too much. I’ve done it. I still do. That’s the big dreams and that’s fine. But how you get there is by working day to day on the small stuff.

So you want to earn 10K a month or even just 5K. But have you ever seen that kind of money? Do you know what it feels like? If you or your new team members are like most people, that’s like funny money – to begin with. [click to continue…]

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Take a Break – are you out of steam?

by Charlie on July 24, 2010

When do you keep pushing on? Sure you have to work like crazy to get your network marketing business into top gear, but do you never stop?

Some days you wake up feeling uninspired. Well I used to believe that actions followed emotions. You know the old excuse – ‘Well I’m not in the mood so I’ll wait till inspiration strikes.’ That’s a bit like getting struck by lightening, which is pretty rare.

If you make yourself start on a project or some of your daily business building activities, then inspiration and energy begin to flow in. You feel better and your momentum builds up. The emotions have changed because you took some action. But sometimes this doesn’t work. [click to continue…]

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Tell me a Story

by Charlie on July 21, 2010

The teacher in my karate class last night really captured my attention……are you wondering what is coming next?

They say stories sell – well maybe not quite but they catch people’s attention. We don’t see them as a sales pitch so we are listening to what follows. You know how it is when you are stuck for inspiration for an article or a video. You want something original and everyone else you read seems so good but nothing comes.

Marketing you and your business should fit naturally into your life. Less effort, more natural, more effective. So go to your life for inspiration: [click to continue…]

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Prospecting MLM – did I hear you right?

by Charlie on July 19, 2010

“When you focus on yourself, you increase the tension but when you focus on the other person, you decrease the tension.”

Sometimes this is easier said than done even though I’m sure most of you are familiar with Zig Ziglar’s oft quoted saying “Help enough other people to get what they want and you can have everything you want.”

The trouble is that it is easy to say these things but sometimes we fall short. I know I do which is why I often talk about this in different ways! After all we are all human. You know how it is when you have had a lean patch in your business; maybe growth has slowed right down. So someone comes along who seems like a good prospect for your opportunity and the network marketing fangs come out! [click to continue…]

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Network Marketing Tips – celebrate all the way

July 17, 2010

Climbing the ladder of MLM success is a step by step process. Have you ever tried to climb a ladder 2 or 3 rungs at a time? Not a good idea. Most of you here may be well on the way to building a big business. But I believe these principles still apply and certainly [...]

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MLM Secret – improve presentation skills, pt 3, the end

July 14, 2010

In my previous post we reached a point where your prospect realises he wants to make some changes and he asks you what you do. Try the magic words ‘which means’ to connect your business to one of your products or services: “I am in the skin care business which means that we have this [...]

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MLM Secret – improve presentation skills, pt 2

July 12, 2010

Most people – about 90% – are sales resistant, even if they are prospects for your business. So how can you overcome this? In my last post I shared a question that Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter suggested as a way to get people to open up and say genuinely whether they enjoy what they do [...]

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MLM Secret – improve presentation skills, pt 1

July 10, 2010

I went to a workshop with Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter a couple of days ago. Chatting with him afterwards, he said “I don’t really believe in the Law of Attraction that much.” Well that floored me when you think how much we all talk about attracting the right people, positive attitudes etc. but he went [...]

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Network Marketing – a risky business

July 7, 2010

We can’t avoid risks in life. Although network marketing is low risk, too many people make the mistake of thinking it is risk free. One thing that contributes to that is that the start up cost in most companies is very low. But don’t forget you will have to make monthly product purchase in most [...]

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