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What Your Prospects Know That You Don’t!

25. May 2010

You need be in the driver’s seat when interacting with a lead. If you lose control of a prospecting conversation, you’re just one objection away from hearing the dial tone! But your prospects know more than you do. Even if you’ve been in network marketing since the dark ages, you still don’t know this one [...]

Are You Tweeting in Vain?

24. May 2010

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Is your husband the only one reading your blog? Do you retweet your own stuff just to make it appear like you’ve got followers? Are you embarrassed that your Facebook Fan Page has one fan… and it’s YOU? Hey, I’ve been there. I knew it was important to have an online presence, but like any [...]

Grown Men Can Be So Pathetic

20. May 2010

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Let me tell you about Dave, a man in my organization whom I met in Southern California. Dave had started his business with me a couple years ago so that he could bring in an extra income and be a better provider for his family. He has a wife named Christy, and together they have [...]

Did You Buy Your Lottery Ticket Today?

13. May 2010

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You are delusional if you believe that a network marketing sponsor has one responsibility: to sign people up! Perhaps you have heard this and believed this, and as a result you unknowingly practice mudslinging instead of recruiting and training. Mudslinging means you recruit as many distributors as you can into your opportunity, and then wait [...]

Did Your Sponsor Lie To You Too?

11. May 2010

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No doubt you have been dazzled by incredible income stories in network marketing. In fact, these amazing tales were what attracted me to the business in the first place! After hearing incredible rags-to-riches stories of high-school drop-outs turned world travelers, and stay-at-home-moms becoming millionaires, I figured that there was no way I wouldn’t be a [...]

Who’s Your Daddy?

3. May 2010

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If you had a choice, would you prefer to learn how to play basketball from Michael Jordan or from a benchwarmer on your local high school junior varsity team? The answer is obvious: there is tremendous value in learning a skill from someone who already has it mastered. Many multi-level companies offer mentoring or [...]

Why Your Prospect Treats You Like A Bill Collector

30. April 2010

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If this hasn’t happened to you, then you must not be in network marketing… or you’re brand spankin’ new! No biggie! But if you have been around for a month (or even a week!) then you’ve certainly experienced the pain of having a prospect not answer the phone. “But we had an appointment!” you [...]

Hello, My Name Is Melissa And I Am A Mudslinger

8. April 2010

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Welcome. This is a safe place. Are you a mudslinger too? It’s nothing to be ashamed of… Go ahead: Profess to the world once and for all that you are a mudslinger. Perhaps you were a mudslinger in the past. Or, maybe you are mudslinging and don’t even realize it. Allow me to explain… [...]

Why Hotel Meetings Aren’t Dead

8. April 2010

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Web 2.0 is amazing. Obviously, we’re both using it this very instant! But there is something special about live events that surely take place within your network marketing opportunity that you don’t want to overlook. Maybe it’s the handshake. Maybe it’s the eye contact. Maybe it’s the body language. Maybe it’s the power of [...]