Answers To Some Common Questions.


Well I was going through the mail box today and found a few questions that should be addressed, as it seems MANY of you are struggling with the same problems.

Let's jump right in and solve these issues today...

-------------------------Question 1-----------------------------

"I just can't get up the excitement I'm supposed to have about my or any MLM any more. I just don't believe it is going to make it big where I live. My warm market is all exhausted and uninterested.

I know this is a blockage to the success of my business but if I don't see results, how can I get enthusiastic? My upline is supportive but, in the end, I am alone with a couple of reps to inspire. Where do I even start?"

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You're simply making excuses to justify your non-involvement for another reason. It could be fear of success, fear of being judged, or self-pity... I don't know. But in the end your reasons are not reasons at all, they are excuses. Where you live has nothing to do with anything when you have access to the internet and I'm sure that you know that.

You can make excuses or you can make money, but you can't do both.

Enthusiasm has nothing to do with it. It's desire. Do you think I was enthusiastic when I was living in my crappy apartment with no furniture, and waiting table for 2 years while I earned my stripes?

Of course not. I hated every moment of it, but it's that hate and fear of failure that drove me to do whatever it took. Enthusiasm had nothing to do with it.

The last part of your question is also a concern... "I am alone with a couple of reps to inspire."

If you want to find yourself depressed and unmotivated, keep trying to inspire your reps.

That's no your job or your responsibility. Becoming emotionally attached or involved with your rep's success is a recipe for disaster because 90% of the people you sponsor will end up quitting.

The good news is that you only need to find 5 to 10 who won't.  They are the people who produce and they never need your inspiration... Just a great example to follow.

Be that example and you've won.

-------------------------Question 2-----------------------------

"The network marketing company that I've gotten into, which is ********, has very strict policies and procedures. Is the book going to tell me to do a bunch of stuff I'm not going to be allowed to do?"

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I've written about this before and it still drives me nuts.

Why in the world would you choose to build a business with a company that doesn't allow you to advertise when they are plenty that will?

It's like you were given a set of rules to follow and you've just decided to accept them by default. I don't know if this stems from a past employee mentality or what, but it doesn't make any sense at all from a business standpoint.

You need to evaluate and join an opportunity based on actual business criteria, and not just because you think it's a good idea or because you like the products.

This is marketing business. Remove the handcuffs. Find another company that will actually let you market and you're taking one giant leap towards success :)

-------------------------Question 3----------------------------

"Why is it that you still have people who don't trust this business? Why and what about it do they see wrong that we see right? How could people let this kind of opportunity go."

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Here's the real question... Why are you emotionally attached to their opinions and views?

Why do you care what they see or don't see?

Why do you care what they say or do?

What do those people have to do with your life, your future, and your prosperity in any way at all?

Why are you wasting your time and emotional energy worry about what they think?

It just doesn't matter.

Period.

You see, it takes ALL kinds of people to make the world go round.

When it comes to your pursuit to be an entrepreneur, 90% will NEVER agree with you, share your views, or support you.

Why?

Because entrepreneurs are leaders, and leaders only make up 10% of any given society.

The rest will either follow you because they aspire to be like you or have what you have, or they will resent you because they believe they can't have it or don't deserve it.

The bottom line is that you're focusing on something that is completely irrelevant and just doesn't matter at all.

When you're finally willing to just let these people go... Just let them be who they are. You'll start to attract others who are like you and see the world the way that you see it.

You'll become a member of our growing little club where the world is filled with limitless possibility and abundance.

Let them be grumpy and wallow in self-doubt, pity, and fear.

The best thing you could ever do for them is to live out your life to it's fullest potential, and the only way to do that is to approach your life without fearing what others say or think about you.

They are here to test you and to bring down the weak who dare to achieve great things.

So how do you win?

Easy...

Ignore them. They disappear :)

-------------------------Question 4----------------------------

"Hi Mike my name is Tony and how do you get people to switch from typical shopping to catalog shopping or online?"

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You don't.

One of the hardest things in the world to do is to change the buying habits of a person.

That's why all the big "internet malls" that plagued this industry during the .com boom fell on their faces.

You don't try to change someone's habits, you cater to their current ones.

That's Marketing 101.

Could you imagine trying to get the average person who's been shopping at the same grocery store for 10 years to start buying their food online?

It would never happen.

People are creatures of comfort and habit. It's a safety instinct.

Trying to push someone out of that zone into new, unknown territory is, on an instinctual level, a very uncomfortable experience that has the potential to put them at risk in some way.

Find out what they do now, and just enhance that experience. Cater to their habits.

To pick up a copy of Magnetic Sponsoring today, go to the "learn how to tab" at the top of the page. 

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About the Author: Mike Dillard

 
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Comments



Let them be grumpy and wallow in self-doubt, pity, and fear.

Mike, I love your straight talking. Who the heck cares about a bunch of people who aren't able to see what's right in front of them?

Will you worry about them when you're off on vacation, driving your new sports car, dining at your favourite restaurant?
I don't think so! So why worry about them now?

susan coils — Tue, 02/19/2008 - 11:39am

You tell 'em!

I have to agree with Susan's comment. I'm learning this more & more each day...only care about what God thinks of me & His plan for me. And it's like you've said before...others only are negative b/c I'm taking action to change my future when they aren't. They'd rather sit in that pit of self-pity/depression/etc. The "Why Me-ers." Your straight forward attitude...I'm working to develop more of that kind of attitude myself. Thanks for your example & truly awesome words of "plain-n-simple" wisdom!

Jennifer Valencia — Tue, 02/19/2008 - 3:57pm

Mike
I have read and understood your concept, but I still can't figure out how to get them to switch to my main business. I educate people about the hole not the drill. Also get them to keep buying from you and you build trust and they make a decision to get into your main opportunity.I have the concept right? So what am I missing here?

Elaine Nadya White — Tue, 02/19/2008 - 7:38pm

SPOT ON!!!

Mike,

You definitely hit the Target on this one!!!

I have been a part of the Magnetic Sponsoring Group for the past 6 weeks and it has been one hell of a ride... The information you produce is outstanding and will help any business owner out there... They just have to believe and employ your concepts...
As for your post, the biggest word that jumps out is FEAR... This little four-letter word will make or break a small business owner in the network marketing business. Why? Because we let it!!! Usually, it is due to individuals worried about failure, which I was one of them. Why was I worried? Because my friends and family kept judging me and expecting me to fail... Why was that? Because they were afraid that I would actually succeed in an MLM Opportunity... Can you believe that??? People around you expect you to fail because of FEAR... They are afraid that you will actually succeed in a world full of SCAMs and Failures...
I can tell you this... I would have been one of the many that believed my friends and family members if I were not given your information and not dove into Magnetic Sponsoring and the MLM Traffic Formula, which I am using in order to educate myself, position myself as a leader and mentor... I am not finished with everything yet. However, I am beginning to employ the concepts because they are truly making sense, which will turn into $$$...
My point is that people need to stop making excuses and start taking the bull by the horns in order to make changes...
Bottom line... Thanks For Being Blunt and to the Point!!!
By the way, excuse the web site it is still in draft form... I failed miserably at building one myself so I contracted it out...

Brian Rupp — Wed, 02/20/2008 - 10:15am

Spot on!

That's hit the nail on the head, why worry about what others think, I simply smile and walk away as there are plenty of people out there who can see what you see.

Tristram Lodge — Wed, 02/20/2008 - 12:31pm

You CANNOT push Ropes !!!

Hi Mike ,

With out a doubt You can not push ropes ...If they are not  prepared to learn and want to learn...The Key Here is WANT..just walk away find someone who has a huge why and work with Them..

As you would know you  only need 5-10 people who are willing and coachable ..Saves burn out ..

And the rest becomes Easier ...

wayne

Wayne Iremonger — Mon, 01/26/2009 - 12:34am

What Someone Else Thinks is NONE of YOUR Business...

Worry is misusing and abusing your imagination. Why worry about what you think someone else thinks about what you do? What you say? What you wear? Where you're going? WHO you go with? Why do you really care? It's not guilt is it? Do you owe them money? On and On and On!

NEWSFLASH - It's all in YOUR head. Nobody cares about any of that. What makes you think they do? Are you hiding something? You don't want to get caught someplace with someone - maybe in the empty tool shed over at Home Depot? (LOL) 97% of what you worry about never happens and if it does, it's not as bad as what happens in your head.

BIGGER Newsflash - TELL 10 people about your problem... SEVEN won't give a rat's apple (they're busy that day) and the other THREE they listen carefully but what you don't know is they are SECRETLY GLAD for you!

Next time someone starts questioning you or telling you what you should do, tell them you're too busy to listen to their personal opinions because it's really none of your business what they think....and then tell your friend you hope they feel better later walking towards the door, or say BYE and hang up.

Unless that person is paying 1/2 the bills or your mother, forget about it. Moms and Grandparents get a free pass. Dad - you never say much anyway!!

Leah thriftgirl62 — Sat, 09/26/2009 - 10:11am