"I'm completely overwhelmed!" This phrase is, hands down, the one I hear the most often in my coaching and training practice and from my friends, associates, fans on Facebook, pretty much everyone in my life or business. Let's face it… we're all busy. Me included. Between being newly married and the mom to two teenage boys, creating products and programs for my business while managing my … [Read more...]
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The MLM Rule of Life
Here is a sad rule of life that all network marketers must accept: "Most people resist change in their life." You will find this out quickly in MLM. Why? Mainly, when change has entered a person's life in the past, it usually came in the form of a loss, not a gain. It carried with it pain, not pleasure, so most people equate change to something negative instead of something … [Read more...]
January 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
YES Is the Destination, NO Is How You Get There
What happens when two professional speakers find themselves with too much time on their hands? After some serious brainstorming, we decided on our next big Go for No project: We decided to make a movie! We're not talking about a big-budget Hollywood movie, or even a movie like The Secret. We decided to make a personal development, documentary-style video, starring 58 top performers in a variety … [Read more...]
January 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How to Brand Yourself an Expert in Network Marketing
I want to start this off by asking you a few questions and I want you to seriously ponder them. What is your objective as a network marketer? Why did you get into network marketing in the first place? Have things changed regarding what you want to do since you joined? I ask those questions for good reason. From where I stand, I get a pretty good look at the profession at large. I'm on … [Read more...]
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Zig on… Pa-ZIG-ative Thinking
People who are doing better than good will be sensitive to the needs of others and do the little things that make a big difference. Sometimes little things can make a big difference. One morning at IHOP, one of the places at which the Redhead and I periodically enjoy a late breakfast, we were served by a lady from India who was pleasant and effective. A brief conversation revealed that her … [Read more...]
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Take a Risk
When you think about it, every single time in your life that you accomplished something that you were proud of, it was a moment of growth. And what preceded that growth was a moment that you decided to step off into... the unknown. Stepping off into an unknown arena is otherwise known as risk. When you straddled a bicycle for the first time, the first time you put your hands on the steering … [Read more...]
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A Brief History of MLM
Direct selling, where merchants or sales people go door-to-door selling goods, is a business model that has been around for hundreds of years. Part 1. The Beginning of MLM. Direct selling, where merchants or sales people go door-to-door selling goods, is a business model that has been around for hundreds of years. You can go back through history and read about the Silk Road, the extensive … [Read more...]
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How to get your prospects to read your Brochures and Sales Letters
Do your headlines and first sentences drive your prospects away with boredom or, do your headlines and first sentences draw your prospects' attention and motivate them to read your materials with enthusiasm? Have you ever read a newspaper? How do you read the newspaper? Do you start at the upper left-hand corner and read everything until you get to the bottom right-hand corner of the last page? … [Read more...]
