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Networking 101
Networking is not about using people. It's about taking advantage of all available resources to make sure you get remembered - in a positive way.Many projects today go to firms who have personal connections to managers or other decision makers. Only a small percentage of projects are awarded to unknowns - fewer still to persons without good relationships to the client.To build relationships you need to be an effective networker.To be an effective networker...Keep in touch. You probably have a bigger network than you think -- people you knew in school...coworkers... parents of children's friends...acquaintances at church... etc.Check in with these people regularly, not just in times of need. Should you find yourself in a weak economy, your network will be in place.Create "favor banks." Do nice things for people. Always acknowledge the people who encouraged your career.Send a thank-you note -- or even a gift -- when someone does a favor for you. Let people know that you appreciate them and don't take their efforts for granted.Make a list of all the people you have helped -- by writing letters of recommendation, for example, or introducing them to decision makers. They owe you a favor -- and probably will be thrilled to come through when you need their help.Always follow through. Never say that you are going to do something unless you are prepared to do it. Networking is about building trust as well as relationships.Let's sa

ystem had to be easy to use and require no time from me helping newbie’s coming into my businesses down line. It had to have a good non-flushing payment system. A flushing pay system takes commissions that you may not qualify for now and pays it to your up line. “hence, all those at the top get rich.” a non-flushing pay system keeps the points or dollars waiting for you to qualify. I like to think of this type of a system as I do an annuity. When you qualify you get paid the money that your group or down line has generated. Last but not least, the monthly fee or auto-ship had to be low and affordable.

Well here is the scoop of a lifetime. I was ask to head up the marketing for a new home-based business. The company is up and running and is in pre-launch as to today’s date. The official launch date is july 4th. 2007. If you are reading this down the road do not despair. The fact that you are just reading about this and you are seeing it for the first time means that the market is still ripe for you to get your share of the wealth. The cost of the business is free. The cost of the custom web site is free. The product is great. The qualifying is simple and will cost you only $1.33 per day and you can drink the product, as it is coffee. You only need two personally sponsored people and you are in. Full commission. The best tasting coffee at an affordable price. This is one of the easiest and most profitable companies that I have been associated with. They have a 24/7 healthy coffee hot line and 4 nightly training and opportunity call per week. All the products are 100% guaranteed. Coffee blends, teas, cocoa, and full company support. Just use the product and share it with your friends and associates.

Understanding Body Language: An Effective Sales Tool
There is no question that people can speak volumes without uttering a single word. Non-verbal communication, including body language, can be a powerful sales tool if one is able to understand its signals. However, when you realize that the human body can perform over 700,000 unique movements, the idea of comprehending all those signals would seem like an unrealistic endeavor. Do not despair because just having a rudimentary knowledge of some basic signals and gestures could greatly improve your ability to sell.“I need my space”There are four types of space: public, social, personal and intimate space. Most selling usually occurs in personal space where one-on-one conversations are more likely to occur. People need to understand that personal space is significant for two reasons. First, it is defined differently for each person. Secondly, if you invade someone’s personal space without their permission, chances are they will shut down and stop listening.One visual signal someone can give you that you have indeed invaded their personal space is the loss of eye contact. If they have maintained eye contact up to the point that you began to move toward them, and then the other person looked away, chances are you’ve just stepped into their personal space.“I can see it in the eyes”The old saying that the eyes are the windows to our souls may or may not be true. However, for many people, being able to look into someone’s eyes helps them to determine how h

Let me ask you this. How would you like to get a $6,000 to $8000 raise this year? Can you use some extra cash every month? Would you like to put something together for your retirement other than an ira or money market fund? If you can answer, yes to any or all of these questions, then you should take a look at a home bases business. Read on and I will tell you about the guaranteed raise at the end of the article.

Let me break this down for you and strip away all the hype that you see on television or on the web. I am sure that if you watch television you have seen the ads for home bases business’s. They show some gal or guy standing in front of a huge home and nice high end car while telling you that they could not pay their mortgage payment a year ago and now they have this huge swank home and new sports car. Can this be the truth? Where would you get the skill or mindset to make it all happen? Is this possible? Absolutely it is. Here are some facts about the explosive home-based business market. 13 million americans are involved in home-based businesses with annual sales in excess of $30 billion. Fortune magazine says, “it’s the best kept secret in the business world.” “an investor’s dream… an industry with steady annual growth, healthy cash flows… forget your paycheck; your w-2 days are over. It’s a 1099 world now.”

The first thing that one should consider prior to jumping in to this market is the investment of dollars. Most of the home-based businesses have a one time sign-up fee. This can run from $50 to many hundreds, and well over a thousand. Many have a monthly fee or a minimum monthly order set up as an auto-ship. (Products are sent to you monthly and are charged to your credit card on file). Many of the companies pay commissions to the person who referred you into the organization. Many also pay you a percentage of the monthly auto-ship of all those below you also. You may have to have a minimum of people who you need to personally refer into the business to qualify. Many companies will sell you leads for you to call or e-mail. I don’t like these too much as momentum is hard to keep up when people in your down line cannot get qualified. These common traits are not a negative if your earnings are greater than the yearly cost of being active in the company. It also depends on how much cash you have to throw at the business every month as you are building it or waiting for it to mature.

The second thing you need to consider is the time factor. This is the most popular negative answer that I get when I approach someone on joining one of my many home-based businesses. They work so hard at the job that they do not have any spare time to spend building a home-based business. You cannot push anyone who thinks that they have no time at all to spend on a home-based business. They see my wife and myself taking trips, cruises, and enjoying the good life and whine that they cannot afford to do these things on the money that they make. They have no time for a home-based business but they sit around every night watching television hour after hour. On the weekends they do the same and maybe go out to dinner. It does take a commitment of time to get a home-based business working for you. The time required varies as too the nature of the business and the products or services that they provide.

I have 6 home-based businesses that I reap money from every month. Three of them are nutrition-based business. I had a run it with diabetes six years ago. I have used whole-food products and liquid supplements to fend off that disease. My blood sugar level is good and I check them every morning. The companies that I use for these products are mlm (multi level marketing) structured companies. I got involved in my first one when I was earning my living with my venture capitol business. I did not want to get into any pyramid business scheme or scam. The products worked great and the whole family felt and looked great. I finally got tired of purchasing my products form my doctors web site and decided to join the company and get my products for cost. I never intended to make a dime with this company. I just liked the products; they worked great for my family and myself. I was working as usual one day when my wife called to ask about a check that had come from the nutritional company. What should she do with it? I told her to put it into the bank. This was the first of many checks to arrive at my home. What was I doing to earn money with this company?

I had to backtrack myself to find out what had happened. I was taking the products while on my fund raising trips. Many of my business associates and friends saw me taking the products. I was sharing the results of taking the products as I had tons of energy and lost over 30 pounds by that time. After going to dinner with the gang I was going to the workout room at the hotel and taking a swim and them meeting everyone at the bar. As it turned out I did give one of my buddies from dallas the link to my custom web site that was provided by the company. He as many other had done before, ask me what was I taking every day and how could he get some to try. Come to find out, he started to use the products and shared the results with his circle of fiends and associates. I was getting commission from him and others in his group. He had shed some pounds, his skin cleared up, and he was working-out at the gym and riding his bike again. Things really took off when he shared this with his church group. I was making some major cash every month and getting my products for free. Could there be something to the mlm business programs after all?

I am 59 years old and wish that I had given the mlm marketing approach a chance a few years earlier. I can only thank god that I am earning my living with the help of mlm marketing now as you know making a living and getting set for retirement is a daunting task. I wish I had started a good home-based business instead of several of my ira accounts. You might be thinking to yourself about now, “is it too late for me to get into a home-based mlm?” most people know that you have to get in early to make the big bucks as the people at the top make all the big money. This is true to an extent. Some companies have been around for years. Amway now quickstar is one that comes to mind. I know several people making a seven-figure income with this company. It took some years to get there and I am not sure that it is that easy to get there now. I am in one other nutrition company as I like the products and I am earning profit with that company also. It took me a year to see the profit, as I was not or never have sold anything to do with that company. I am in a travel company also, and am doing great with that company also. It took me a year to see a nice return but the commissions come during travel peaks during the year. I wanted to find just one more company that fit these priorities. One more money machine generating cash every month to insure a fruit full golden retirement. I wanted also to be on the ground floor of a new start up with a great product with these features.

It had to have a product that everyone used now. This would make it much easier for people to accept. “many people still do not see the need for nutritional products that cost $100 or more every month”. The company would have to be internet based as I am very lazy and only like to spend a few minutes a day on the pc to see how much money I am making. I did not want to have to keep any inventory or make any kind of deliveries. The one time fee or start of cost would have to be low. “people do not want to invest much in there future”. The company would have to have a duplicatable marketing system. The qualifications for commissions had to be low and easy for anyone new to the mlm world to achieve. The system had to be easy to use and require no time from me helping newbie’s coming into my businesses down line. It had to have a good non-flushing payment system. A flushing pay system takes commissions that you may not qualify for now and pays it to your up line. “hence, all those at the top get rich.” a non-flushing pay system keeps the points or dollars waiting for you to qualify. I like to think of this type of a system as I do an annuity. When you qualify you get paid the money that your group or down line has generated. Last but not least, the monthly fee or auto-ship had to be low and affordable.

The Positive Power of Competition
I left my mobile telephone in a taxi and went sheepishly to buy a replacement. The people at the telephone company were patient as I selected a new mobile phone.One week later I realized I had chosen a new model a bit too big for my liking. I tried to sell my (almost new) phone at a steep discount to someone else, but found no one eager to buy.I called the telephone company to ask where people go to sell their mobile phones. The staff quickly offered to take back the (almost new) telephone and replace it with another model. I was amazed.I was even more amazed by the service at the counter. The staff took back my (almost new) phone, batteries, charger and carrying case at full price value. They worked with me patiently for 40 minutes evaluating other phones of smaller size. Then they calculated that they still owed me $14 in the exchange. (I bought an extra battery to even things up.)The phone company wasn’t always this way.Then I recalled the recent arrival of a feisty competitor on the scene. To stay in business, the telephone company must keep customers happy. That means doing things differently and better than before. Key Learning Point -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vigorous competition may be the best thing that ever happened to customer service. It wakes people up and makes them serve you better. Action Steps -----------------------------------------------------

rsonally refer into the business to qualify. Many companies will sell you leads for you to call or e-mail. I don’t like these too much as momentum is hard to keep up when people in your down line cannot get qualified. These common traits are not a negative if your earnings are greater than the yearly cost of being active in the company. It also depends on how much cash you have to throw at the business every month as you are building it or waiting for it to mature.

Closing Sales Tips To Use Because You Owe Yourself
George Burns is quoted as saying, “ The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.” Helping the customer to buy is like having that attention getting sermon. Then the congregation leaves, they actually act on the word of the sermon.Why are sales so often lost?Is it because of the product or service? Not from the research.Does it have anything to do with the buyers fears? Often it does.The number one reason sales get lost is because the salesperson doesn’t ask the customer to buy!In the workshops I do, I often ask participants, “what are some words you can use to describe a salesperson?” Words captured on a flip chart might be, “pushy, dishonest, unethical, out for himself,” and the list goes on.Maybe some people who sell harbor this belief about themselves. If so it can hinder your fulfilling your role which is after all to get the sale.The buyer likely has a similar perception. It’s normal for the buyer to be fearful; they likely have some experiences with unscrupulous salespeople along the way.When a salesperson comes from a place of confidence and congruency, the only next logical question from them to the prospect is something like, “And when would you want to start?”Have you earned the right? If you have determined the client needs your offer, if you have listened to their wants, if you are talking with the decision maker and if your presentat

e whole family felt and looked great. I finally got tired of purchasing my products form my doctors web site and decided to join the company and get my products for cost. I never intended to make a dime with this company. I just liked the products; they worked great for my family and myself. I was working as usual one day when my wife called to ask about a check that had come from the nutritional company. What should she do with it? I told her to put it into the bank. This was the first of many checks to arrive at my home. What was I doing to earn money with this company?

Tough Reprimands -- How To Handle That One On One Discussion With A Sales Person
All companies are in constant need of aggressive, creative and resourceful salespeople to have their products specified, accepted and used by customers. Without informed and capable field salespeople, no distributorship could hope to compete in the marketplace today.How often have any of us stopped to consider the fact that good salespeople, the kind who can help a company really grow, don’t just happen to come along by chance or fate. There is no such thing as a “born salesperson,” because selling ability is much more than an intangible given that a person either has or doesn’t have.Selling does require certain attributes in a person. He or she should, for example, be basically outgoing in manner and capable of making a genuinely favorable impression almost immediately. Also, the person must be intelligent, able to grasp ideas and details easily, retain them and recall them for use whenever necessary in selling situations. These factors and many others relating to personal and emotional characteristics are contributing elements in the makeup of the successful salesperson.Non Performance ---- Now What?So, all that being said, what do you do when one of your sales people just isn’t performing up to standards? The key to answering that question is determining the cause of the non performance. Start by reviewing the obvious. A sales person must have adequate tools, resources and leadership to maximize their effectiveness.The review process is a critical compon

rement is a daunting task. I wish I had started a good home-based business instead of several of my ira accounts. You might be thinking to yourself about now, “is it too late for me to get into a home-based mlm?” most people know that you have to get in early to make the big bucks as the people at the top make all the big money. This is true to an extent. Some companies have been around for years. Amway now quickstar is one that comes to mind. I know several people making a seven-figure income with this company. It took some years to get there and I am not sure that it is that easy to get there now. I am in one other nutrition company as I like the products and I am earning profit with that company also. It took me a year to see the profit, as I was not or never have sold anything to do with that company. I am in a travel company also, and am doing great with that company also. It took me a year to see a nice return but the commissions come during travel peaks during the year. I wanted to find just one more company that fit these priorities. One more money machine generating cash every month to insure a fruit full golden retirement. I wanted also to be on the ground floor of a new start up with a great product with these features.

Web Site Copywriting - Tips On Writing An Out Of This World Sales Copy
One of the key skills required for your online business is conversion of visitors into sales, leads or clicks in the case of ads on your website. The most important and most effective way of doing this is having a phenomenal sales copy and this is the information on your website or landing page that just mesmerizes the visitor from start to finish and efficiently highlights what you are offering to them and why they should choose this product from you and not from anyone else.For a sale to happen generally it takes enthusiasm about the product, belief in the product, passion and persuasion. If these key elements can be highlighted from you to the customer that's a great win. However all these elements mean nothing if you do not really understand the reason why humans act the way they do. Find out key reasons behind human beings and why they buy things or don't buy things and use this knowledge in your sales copy. Humans are centrally the same no matter where we are from we all still have the same values and wants that our forefathers had thousands of years ago.Its vital when you are writing the sales copy to realize that even though you are communicating through the internet you are communicating with a human being. This is someone who has certain wants and values and fears. A good tip is to make prospects to your site feel comfortable with you and you can do this by various ways. One of these ways is by making whatever you are selling whether its information or a physical prod

It is a non-flushing binary commission system. It is not a pyramid scheme. When I am ask that question I always answer it this way. Corporations are really pyramid schemes, as they have a head at the top the ceo, everyone else is below. A network marketing company is designed to bring you up to the top, not keep you at the bottom. A true net- work marketing business does not succeed if it does not bring people up to the top. You can get free samples and your free custom web site to send your friends and family to. You will need to check this one out before you hear about it a year from now at the office. Some one else will be offering you a taste of healthy coffee and telling you that they are giving notice and getting out or the rat race due to the earnings form there home-based healthy coffee business.

I told you at the top of the article that I would tell you about the guaranteed raise that the federal government gives you. This is the home office home-based business tax deduction that you get every year. Think about this for one minute. Take your total cost of your home or apartment. This includes your utilities, insurance, and all costs to keep that roof over your head. Now take the square footage of your living room as your home office. Multiply the cost per square foot and that is your home office deduction. Also. Your cell phone as long as you have it listed on your home-based business site. Your internet costs. You get to take just under $.50 per mile for fuel cost. Your start up costs. Your monthly home-based business expenses, products or samples and many more.

I am not a tax person. I use a professional who is familiar with home-based business deductions. I also have my tax bible. “lower your taxes” by sandy botkin. He was an irs attorney and senior tax law specialist. I would suggest that after you get into your new home based business you get his book.

If you want to get on the ground floor of my new home-based business go to my forbes guy review web site. Scroll down and you will see it. It is the second item on the site. Please take a look as this business as it is free to join and it is new.

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