Many of us were hurt by the fallout from failed banks, failed mortgage companies, and failed financial strategies. First home prices fell, then salaries fell - and shortly thereafter we realized that we were :
In the best real estate buyers market ever with no way to take advantage of it - OR-
Carrying a mortgage payment that we could no longer afford
Before we go any further let me make one thing clear - millions of people across America didn’t just wake up one day and each make the same bad financial …
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Any network marketer, who is actively building their business, has heard this question. Whether in person, on the phone, or via email the prospect usually asks the question with just a little bit of attitude, as if they’ve caught you taking a stance that you will in now way be able to justify.
You could say something like “well if you were opening a video rental shop you would have to invest in a space, inventory, employees ” blah blah blah. I don’t like that response, the person you …
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It’s summer, I’m traveling, I have Marching Band camp and I’m launching a new application at work. Finding myself in this blogging topics dead zone I checked Mamapedia to see if there were any questions that struck a chord. I stumbled upon a Mom whose 18 year old son told her that he is gay. I thought to myself ” well there’s a topic with teeth “; why? because I have been there and done that and quite a few years of experience that I can bring to …
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The ability to dream sustains us for the long haul, gets us through the rough patches, carries us over the bumps in the road - or at least that’s what it should do. But I got to thinking the other day, that sometimes just when we need our dreams, our faith, and a strong belief system that’s when we lose them.
I had a business partner who was doing great, recruiting new team members, marketing our products and services and just movng up in pin levels and income like crazy. Joe …
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What if you found a great product that you wanted to introduce to your family and friends , but realized that you couldn’t, because they would see you coming (and run the other way!)? Chances are that back when you started your first network marketing business, you initially pitched your family and friends on everything. So what have they done? They have tuned you out when it comes to network marketing opportunities and products.
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As the recession deepens more and more people are beginning to feel the effects. Those who retired with a healthy pension or 401K are seeing those accounts dwindle. Creditors have no sympathy for the unemployed and the newly underemployed who in the recent past fearlessly accumulated debt that did not match what they had saved. Are you afraid to answer the phone because you know that a creditor is on the other end of that line? Do you gaze fondly upon the things in your home and worry that you …
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1. Follow your plan to the best of your ability. Weight loss is like network marketing - being persistent and consistent (aka small actions compounded daily) will get you to your goal a lot faster than sporadic fad dieting.
2. Speaking of sporadic fad dieting, people who have trouble losing weight are sometimes the same people who cannot finish what they start. So if you’re going to lose weight, then you have to stop being a quitter.
3. If you cannot exercise (though honestly, unless you are bedridden, why can’t you move …
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In Business Momentum is Everything
The summer business season started well enough, how was I to know that things could slide so far and so fast? All the business development books talk about momentum in your business and how important that can be . In network marketing what’s really crucial is your pipeline, you have to keep filling your pipeline with personal contacts, leads, and highly qualified prospects.Ellie Drake once gave me a great visual of a pipeline as an actual pipe where prospects go in one end and wander around …
