Questions From the Mail Bag:
Hi -
I am VERY interested in this system. I do not own the Renegade Book but I did listen to the 3rd webinar and I would very much like to join at a Professional Level now.
Questions re:
1. Does the professional level walk you through how to set up your affiliate links like Renegade University?
2. Does it show you what to say in your-emails and how to respond and how to set up auto-responders?
3. Does it show you what to say to prospects when you call or they call?
Do I really need to purchase the book first if I feel I have a basic understanding at th is point of attraction marketing or can I just join at the professional level now?
Please let me know asap as I am ready.
Thanks.
Anita K.
Answers:
Good Afternoon Anita,
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The first problem with network marketing (MLM)...How Can Internetwork marketing help.
The Network Marketing, MLM, Sales and Marketing, Direct Sales industries have two major, major problems.
The first problem is how to get more leads.
Advancement in technology have helped to make the Internet a more friendly place for even a novice to start attracting high quality leads.
Thanks to people and like Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring (review) and Ann Sieg's The Renegade Network Marketer, you can get complete automated systems loaded with all the bells and whistles. But they only solve half the problem.
Now that you have some people to talk to and your filling your pipe line, eventually you will have to get on the phone.
This is where many people, in and out side of MLM and Network Marketing drop the ball.
If you don't master the art on conversation to will still be wasting time and money on marketing.
Whether you are on the phone or face to face these are 3 stages of conversation you need to remember:
1. Discovery: What problem to they have? How long have they been looking for a solution. What made them answer your ad? Let them get very specific.
2. Reflecting: Let them know you hear what they saying and understand where they are coming from by rephrasing and restating their point of view as you understood it. This gives them a chance to correct any misunderstanding and you can confirm you are talking to the right kind of person.
3. Presenting: It's important to customize your presentation to specifically speak to what your prospect unique problem. If they are excited about all the fun they will have working with you, don't lead with all the information you have. Talk about the fun. If they Don't want to travel don't lead with all the different places you get to go to. Talk about how they can work conveniently from home!
Focus on what's important to them.
Don't Push Your Own Objectives And Agenda
If your primary company promotes hard for the warm market but your potential partner doesn't want to talk to their warm market give them some other options.
If they can't or don't want to go to office on Thursdays and Saturdays don't force it.
Also, if they tell you they are looking to start a home based business in the nutrition field and your primary business is in financial products, recommend them to a colleague in that field.
On the other hand, if you have specific standards for your team and they don't fit your criteria let them know. Thank them for their time and move on quickly.
Don't be afraid to turn the sale down first!
Is that a new concept for you?
For more tips on how to talk to the prospects you are attracting subscribe to my Xtreme Marketing Makeover Boot Camp
The first problem is how to get more leads.
Advancement in technology have helped to make the Internet a more friendly place for even a novice to start attracting high quality leads.
Thanks to people and like Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring (review) and Ann Sieg's The Renegade Network Marketer, you can get complete automated systems loaded with all the bells and whistles. But they only solve half the problem.
Now that you have some people to talk to and your filling your pipe line, eventually you will have to get on the phone.
This is where many people, in and out side of MLM and Network Marketing drop the ball.
If you don't master the art on conversation to will still be wasting time and money on marketing.
Whether you are on the phone or face to face these are 3 stages of conversation you need to remember:
1. Discovery: What problem to they have? How long have they been looking for a solution. What made them answer your ad? Let them get very specific.
2. Reflecting: Let them know you hear what they saying and understand where they are coming from by rephrasing and restating their point of view as you understood it. This gives them a chance to correct any misunderstanding and you can confirm you are talking to the right kind of person.
3. Presenting: It's important to customize your presentation to specifically speak to what your prospect unique problem. If they are excited about all the fun they will have working with you, don't lead with all the information you have. Talk about the fun. If they Don't want to travel don't lead with all the different places you get to go to. Talk about how they can work conveniently from home!
Focus on what's important to them.
Don't Push Your Own Objectives And Agenda
If your primary company promotes hard for the warm market but your potential partner doesn't want to talk to their warm market give them some other options.
If they can't or don't want to go to office on Thursdays and Saturdays don't force it.
Also, if they tell you they are looking to start a home based business in the nutrition field and your primary business is in financial products, recommend them to a colleague in that field.
On the other hand, if you have specific standards for your team and they don't fit your criteria let them know. Thank them for their time and move on quickly.
Don't be afraid to turn the sale down first!
Is that a new concept for you?
For more tips on how to talk to the prospects you are attracting subscribe to my Xtreme Marketing Makeover Boot Camp
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
How Do You Warm Up Your Cold Market?
Lets start with reinterpreting what consists of warm market.
I've heard it to mean- people who you have met, who you know or who
know you.
For the past few months I've been doing a lot of research on
on-line marketing. The information can be head spinning.
Primarily, because I've have been in the dark ages for a long time.
It's a lot like being in doors all morning and then rushing outside
in the mid afternoon without sunshades!
Or like waking up from being in the matrix and realizing you are
THE ONE.
These are some of the things I've found to be consistent from many
different on-line guru's, self made millionaires, and others when
it comes to building lists and farming for friends who are our
Potential Partners.
Why you shouldn't buy leads from a lead generation company?
Well for few reasons, to include:
1. You have no idea what those people responded to in order to
become a "lead" for who ever you are buying it from.
2. You can generate your own leads and have full control of what
information they respond to and modify as needed to improve your
response.
3. The leads you should buy if you want the same effect in reason 2
would cost you a lot of money, as much as $10+ per lead, if you
consider how many you will need to build a good pipe line.
4. You don't know them, nor they you. They do not fit the definition
of warm market (see above)
So how do you get your own leads who are warm?
Good question! This is where creativity comes in.
For years you have been sticking to off-line warm market and
"friendship farming" for new prospects= harassing folks with our
enthusiasm and excitement!!!!!!
How has that been working out for you?
For me, OK at best. After 9 and 1/2 years I'm just about to hit
the customer count
for 7 level commissions and still have yet to produce 3 TCs in
separate legs.
By giving yourself permission to take your business on-line as well
as continuing the productive off line efforts you can truly take
it to the next level and only talk to the ones that have
"warmed up to you".
People are out there or rather on here looking for you and what you
have to offer as far as your business and product/services. If they
don't find you, they will find someone else, like me!
Or worse, find another inferior company or, (gasp!) find get rich
quick scam cloaked as a legitimate networking business that blows
up in their face. Now they are leery of even us, poor souls, and you
can help others avoid the same pain.
Did I mention almost 80 million people will or are actively looking
to start a business over the next 5 years?
How many will find you?
Where will they find you?
The first thing you would need to do is identify your target market.
Believe it or not, my target market may not be your target market
in all the same campaigns, for instance look at your Myspace pages.
Your friends are very different from mine and vice versa. Let me
bring that to life for you. Models have models as their friends,
college students have college friends, weirdos have other weirdos,
mom's have other mom's, and other network marketers.....well
you get what I am saying I hope.
Like attracts like through the law of attraction.
Focus on the dominant traits you have that you will use to to do the
things that you are passionate about and decide how you will wield
the power of this business help you to accomplish that and speak to
those who want the same= the END of rejection and attrition?
For example in this letter, My target market is:
A. Network marketers
B. Small business owners
C. People who want to stop buying leads
D. Those who want to market there business online.
If you meet all the above criteria then I can relate to you and you
to me because I am all of those things too. Even better, You may
only be able to relate to a few or none then you are farther away
from my "target"
Yours could be:
A. Any college aged person who
B. Is not excited about the job market after graduation
D. And is actively seeking alternative opportunities to include
E. Starting their own business.
So, if you were to post an ad, or put on your facebook page exactly
who you are and who you are looking for and someone doesn't "get it"
or respond, they are telling you "I am not who you are looking for".
That will help you in deciding what to say to your target market to get
their attention. (checked out my head/subject line?)
You will let those "targeted" people know you have/ had a good deal
in common. You can help them discover how to get more of what they
want and faster by following the plan you have gone before them,
done the hard leg work and labor on their behalf and finally, after
some trail and error you've found IT.
On behalf of all the others just like you and me, You found an answer
and all you want to do is give them what they have passively agreed
( by simply answering your ad or opting in to receive more info by
emails or news letters, etc.) they have been looking for, all
cleaned up and stream lined! They will be very "warm" to you.
Because you obviously understand them and can relate, you've walked
in each others shoes.
OK, now you decide who your target then ask yourself: "where are those
people looking for the things they want?"
Be where the fish are biting! Be where they are looking and/ or have
really, really attractive offer.
First, You, the fearless leader
(((ROAR))).
Second, your Simple Duplicable System and third, your
industry/products/services/company (in that order).
I've heard it to mean- people who you have met, who you know or who
know you.
For the past few months I've been doing a lot of research on
on-line marketing. The information can be head spinning.
Primarily, because I've have been in the dark ages for a long time.
It's a lot like being in doors all morning and then rushing outside
in the mid afternoon without sunshades!
Or like waking up from being in the matrix and realizing you are
THE ONE.
These are some of the things I've found to be consistent from many
different on-line guru's, self made millionaires, and others when
it comes to building lists and farming for friends who are our
Potential Partners.
Why you shouldn't buy leads from a lead generation company?
Well for few reasons, to include:
1. You have no idea what those people responded to in order to
become a "lead" for who ever you are buying it from.
2. You can generate your own leads and have full control of what
information they respond to and modify as needed to improve your
response.
3. The leads you should buy if you want the same effect in reason 2
would cost you a lot of money, as much as $10+ per lead, if you
consider how many you will need to build a good pipe line.
4. You don't know them, nor they you. They do not fit the definition
of warm market (see above)
So how do you get your own leads who are warm?
Good question! This is where creativity comes in.
For years you have been sticking to off-line warm market and
"friendship farming" for new prospects= harassing folks with our
enthusiasm and excitement!!!!!!
How has that been working out for you?
For me, OK at best. After 9 and 1/2 years I'm just about to hit
the customer count
for 7 level commissions and still have yet to produce 3 TCs in
separate legs.
By giving yourself permission to take your business on-line as well
as continuing the productive off line efforts you can truly take
it to the next level and only talk to the ones that have
"warmed up to you".
People are out there or rather on here looking for you and what you
have to offer as far as your business and product/services. If they
don't find you, they will find someone else, like me!
Or worse, find another inferior company or, (gasp!) find get rich
quick scam cloaked as a legitimate networking business that blows
up in their face. Now they are leery of even us, poor souls, and you
can help others avoid the same pain.
Did I mention almost 80 million people will or are actively looking
to start a business over the next 5 years?
How many will find you?
Where will they find you?
The first thing you would need to do is identify your target market.
Believe it or not, my target market may not be your target market
in all the same campaigns, for instance look at your Myspace pages.
Your friends are very different from mine and vice versa. Let me
bring that to life for you. Models have models as their friends,
college students have college friends, weirdos have other weirdos,
mom's have other mom's, and other network marketers.....well
you get what I am saying I hope.
Like attracts like through the law of attraction.
Focus on the dominant traits you have that you will use to to do the
things that you are passionate about and decide how you will wield
the power of this business help you to accomplish that and speak to
those who want the same= the END of rejection and attrition?
For example in this letter, My target market is:
A. Network marketers
B. Small business owners
C. People who want to stop buying leads
D. Those who want to market there business online.
If you meet all the above criteria then I can relate to you and you
to me because I am all of those things too. Even better, You may
only be able to relate to a few or none then you are farther away
from my "target"
Yours could be:
A. Any college aged person who
B. Is not excited about the job market after graduation
D. And is actively seeking alternative opportunities to include
E. Starting their own business.
So, if you were to post an ad, or put on your facebook page exactly
who you are and who you are looking for and someone doesn't "get it"
or respond, they are telling you "I am not who you are looking for".
That will help you in deciding what to say to your target market to get
their attention. (checked out my head/subject line?)
You will let those "targeted" people know you have/ had a good deal
in common. You can help them discover how to get more of what they
want and faster by following the plan you have gone before them,
done the hard leg work and labor on their behalf and finally, after
some trail and error you've found IT.
On behalf of all the others just like you and me, You found an answer
and all you want to do is give them what they have passively agreed
( by simply answering your ad or opting in to receive more info by
emails or news letters, etc.) they have been looking for, all
cleaned up and stream lined! They will be very "warm" to you.
Because you obviously understand them and can relate, you've walked
in each others shoes.
OK, now you decide who your target then ask yourself: "where are those
people looking for the things they want?"
Be where the fish are biting! Be where they are looking and/ or have
really, really attractive offer.
First, You, the fearless leader
(((ROAR))).
Second, your Simple Duplicable System and third, your
industry/products/services/company (in that order).
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Ads on Craigslist For Your MLM Business Getting Flagged?
Craigslist is NOT a friendly place for MLM or
affiliate marketers. As a matter of fact, Craigslist
is not friendly to InterNetwork Marketers. Period.
This is primarily because they think the are protecting
the poor, unsuspecting, uneducated consumer from savvy,
slick, snake oil marketers like me and you.
So what happens is when you post, the want to limit you
to just one city or state. They are catering to people who are
targeting a specific local region.
Whether it's hiring a cashier for your local grocery store or
you are major company looking for local talent, posting ads
for your small business can seem limiting.
Unless you know a little known loop hole in the CraigsList
law your ads will be flagged (and deleted) or "ghosted".
WHATS THE LOPE HOLE AND HOW DO I USE IT?
Well thats easy, as discussed in building on a budget, your
ad needs to to be a little different each time. Your headline
too. by at least 20%.
How will you know how many words sentences make up 20%?
You really have to use your own judgment. It's best to have
a few different variations on file so you can just cut and paste.
The other way to get more ads posted is using a autoposting
service which I personally don't promote because it cost
money to use the service even if your ads still get flagged
or removed.
Your best bet is to turn your ad into an image using photo
bucket. then all you have to do is modify your title by using
a few weird symbols in the suffix of prefix like:
%%Business developer/ Trainer++
or
^^^^Business Trainer //
To learn more about this watch the "top secret" Craigslist MLM ad posting on this page video now.
affiliate marketers. As a matter of fact, Craigslist
is not friendly to InterNetwork Marketers. Period.
This is primarily because they think the are protecting
the poor, unsuspecting, uneducated consumer from savvy,
slick, snake oil marketers like me and you.
So what happens is when you post, the want to limit you
to just one city or state. They are catering to people who are
targeting a specific local region.
Whether it's hiring a cashier for your local grocery store or
you are major company looking for local talent, posting ads
for your small business can seem limiting.
Unless you know a little known loop hole in the CraigsList
law your ads will be flagged (and deleted) or "ghosted".
WHATS THE LOPE HOLE AND HOW DO I USE IT?
Well thats easy, as discussed in building on a budget, your
ad needs to to be a little different each time. Your headline
too. by at least 20%.
How will you know how many words sentences make up 20%?
You really have to use your own judgment. It's best to have
a few different variations on file so you can just cut and paste.
The other way to get more ads posted is using a autoposting
service which I personally don't promote because it cost
money to use the service even if your ads still get flagged
or removed.
Your best bet is to turn your ad into an image using photo
bucket. then all you have to do is modify your title by using
a few weird symbols in the suffix of prefix like:
%%Business developer/ Trainer++
or
^^^^Business Trainer //
To learn more about this watch the "top secret" Craigslist MLM ad posting on this page video now.
Discover why your upline is afraid of Magnetic Sponsoring and Attraction Marketing....
Many Network Marketers feel Magnetic Sponsoring and the Attraction
Marketing principles it promotes are what this industry sorely needed.
The majority of the industry top dogs who built their businesses
using the traditional "show and tell" technique find this new model
to be a threat to their very system and therefore incomes.
Either they are afraid of it or they just don't support it because
they know they haven't yet started to feel the "squeeze" that
attraction marketing on the Internet will irreversibly have on the
way the world does MLM.
I started doing the numbers and it all started to make more sense!
(sort of)
Lets say your upline has 10,000 reps in their organization. If just
the reps on auto-ship buy product, their set for the month.
If the team of 10,000 recruit only one qualified new prospect each,
you may or may not get a bonus but your upline will every month for
those 10,000 new recruits!
All while the new and middle level reps are doing an almost job-like
feat of the daily approach and pique, home party and office meetings.
Your upline is already driving the car that they want and living
their dream life.
Basically, they don't have enough of an incentive to change unless,
course the are like a $35k+ a month earner named Jake In YTB that is
just burnt of using the old school selling and telling to maintain
and grow this business.
More often than not he/she is unwilling to entertain
anything that requires them unlearning all of the antiquated
techniques that worked best before the Internet became the "go to"
place for business, recreation, and information combined (web 2.0).
This leaves many reps straddling the fence when considering marketing
their businesses on line.
Just this Friday I was talking with a rep named Micheal who came to
my site and sent an email to me saying, "The only reason to ever go
cold is to get into someone else's warm [market]."
He only gets it half way.
One misconception is that If a prospect is not related to you or
knew you before you started your Networking business, there's no way
to build a relationship with them if they came through your marketing
campaign.
I've found it to be the complete opposite because I have way more in
common with someone who found me through my attraction marketing
because they can relate to almost everything since we're in the same
boat now!
Another misconception is that if they don't join your primary
thats the end of everything...."NEXT!"
With so many affiliate programs that offer the perfect solution to
two major problems in MLM (solid marketing/sales training and
constant stream of free prospects), you're doing yourself and your
team a major disservice by not retailing these options.
This is because Micheal and reps like him have not fully understood
power of the attraction marketing and still see themselves just as
Network Marketers and not fully independent business owners with
multiple streams of income along side their primary MLM.
It's the loyalty to benevolent uplines and pain from the "squeeze"
which is not yet fully realized that keeps some rep in a form of
hybrid fantasy.
The world as we know is calling for new more innovative ways to
build a home based business on that can actually be done from home
or anywhere you can use an Internet connection to make a warm
connection :-)
Marketing principles it promotes are what this industry sorely needed.
The majority of the industry top dogs who built their businesses
using the traditional "show and tell" technique find this new model
to be a threat to their very system and therefore incomes.
Either they are afraid of it or they just don't support it because
they know they haven't yet started to feel the "squeeze" that
attraction marketing on the Internet will irreversibly have on the
way the world does MLM.
I started doing the numbers and it all started to make more sense!
(sort of)
Lets say your upline has 10,000 reps in their organization. If just
the reps on auto-ship buy product, their set for the month.
If the team of 10,000 recruit only one qualified new prospect each,
you may or may not get a bonus but your upline will every month for
those 10,000 new recruits!
All while the new and middle level reps are doing an almost job-like
feat of the daily approach and pique, home party and office meetings.
Your upline is already driving the car that they want and living
their dream life.
Basically, they don't have enough of an incentive to change unless,
course the are like a $35k+ a month earner named Jake In YTB that is
just burnt of using the old school selling and telling to maintain
and grow this business.
More often than not he/she is unwilling to entertain
anything that requires them unlearning all of the antiquated
techniques that worked best before the Internet became the "go to"
place for business, recreation, and information combined (web 2.0).
This leaves many reps straddling the fence when considering marketing
their businesses on line.
Just this Friday I was talking with a rep named Micheal who came to
my site and sent an email to me saying, "The only reason to ever go
cold is to get into someone else's warm [market]."
He only gets it half way.
One misconception is that If a prospect is not related to you or
knew you before you started your Networking business, there's no way
to build a relationship with them if they came through your marketing
campaign.
I've found it to be the complete opposite because I have way more in
common with someone who found me through my attraction marketing
because they can relate to almost everything since we're in the same
boat now!
Another misconception is that if they don't join your primary
thats the end of everything...."NEXT!"
With so many affiliate programs that offer the perfect solution to
two major problems in MLM (solid marketing/sales training and
constant stream of free prospects), you're doing yourself and your
team a major disservice by not retailing these options.
This is because Micheal and reps like him have not fully understood
power of the attraction marketing and still see themselves just as
Network Marketers and not fully independent business owners with
multiple streams of income along side their primary MLM.
It's the loyalty to benevolent uplines and pain from the "squeeze"
which is not yet fully realized that keeps some rep in a form of
hybrid fantasy.
The world as we know is calling for new more innovative ways to
build a home based business on that can actually be done from home
or anywhere you can use an Internet connection to make a warm
connection :-)
Friday, March 21, 2008
Letter to an ass**** (MLM) Rep: The dangers of bad prospecting....
I was searching the search engines for some good keywords to write some articles on and decided to type, my primary company's name in. What I found disturbed me for two reasons. 1 reason is it wasn't much about me or my team on there...yet. The 2 reason was what I did find is very damaging to our industry!
It was a compliant that was cc'd to the main head quarters and blasted in an on line forum. Now, it was a few years old but the sad and current truth still today....
The whole thing is here, without editing. It's very detailed but pay attention to the end as it shows the dangers of bad prospecting...
Dear Guy,Let me begin by apologizing for becoming argumentative with you on the phone today. It is a tendency of mine to become argumentative when someone is argumentative with me, and I'm sorry I let that overcome me.
Let me also point out that this email is being CCd to ACN.
Let us go back in time a bit to the first time I learned of your existance. I was working the front desk at St. Louis Workout at the time. There was a large argument taking place between Mike, who was working in the manager's office, and yourself. In fact, it was such a disturbing event that you were banned from the Union location for a month due to that incident. That argument happened because Rob told you he was uninterested in what you had offered him.
In time you approached me and aked me if I was interested in an opportunity. I think you mentioned the word 'success' several dozen times, often several times in the same sentance. I tried to say no, but you would not stop. I relented and agreed to look into the company.
I did a bit of research into the company on my own time and again said that I was not interested. And here is where, looking back, I notice a dangerous trend. You asked, 'Why?' I replied that I could not find much information about the company on the internet. It appeared that they were telecommunications resellers and I was not interested. To which you called me, and I quote, 'stupid' for turning down such a great opportunity just because I couldn't find enough information about them on my own. You didn't speak to me for a month.
After a month or so, you again approached me, pushed ACN relentlessly, and I agreed to look into the company a little more. Again I researched the company, this time more thoroughly. I told you that I needed information about revenue streams and how the company is setup before I could make a decision, and you pushed a DVD at me heralding that Donald Trump had endorsed ACN and I should watch the DVD before making a decision. (While also telling me that if I didn't join I would have to pay you back for the DVD.)
After some more time we setup a meeting at Chevy's to go over more information about the company. When we met for the ACN overview we spent maybe 30 or 40 minutes going over some of the paperwork you brought. About half of it was taken up with you showing me 'Special Advertising' sections or quotes from magazines that were several years old, as well as other marketing material. Then finally you pulled out some general overview paperwork about how the company actually works and revenue breakdowns, which I had been asking you for for months.
Earlier this week you called me to tell me about an ACN meeting that was happening here in town today (Saturday) at 10:00 AM. When I told you that I had been working long hours at work and would probably be too tired to attend, you started saying that this was more important than sleep. To be completely honest, that I when I decided not to go.
Today (Saturday), you called back. I told you I wasn't interested. Here it comes again... you asked, 'Why?' I told you that I don't need to give you an explanation, it was my decision. You, of course, took the defensive and started berating me for making the decision I did, stating that I you deserved an explanation. I took the bait and argued back. Relenting, I finally gave in and mentioned that, for one, I don't want to be a salesman. At which point you started going off on 'Well then you misunderstand! It's not selling!' To which I replied, 'It's 'network marketing!' By it's very definition it's selling.' I love your response, which was, 'We don't sell, we ask people to do us favors. Did you read the script?'
A rose by any other name is still a rose. By the same token, bullshit by any other name is still bullshit. The whole premise of the company is selling services and/or selling the company itself by trying to recruit other ACN representatives. Telling me you're not in sales is like telling me your shit doesn't stink.
(Let me also say, as an aside, that that is not the only reason. That is one reason. One of many. Another is I am applying to become a in the United States . Use your imagination to figure out why I might not want to start up with ACN if I'm going to be joining the military.)
After that began the personal attacks. You asked me how much I make. I absolutely refused to tell you. Then you pulled some number out of the air and made the laughingly wrong assumption that I make in the ballpark of $XX,000 per year. Let me tell you something... I haven't worked at a job where I've made less than double that since 2002. And I graduated in 2001.
Which brings me to another point. When we had our meeting at Chevy's, you were on your break from your job. Not only that, during our meeting you were called by your gym and asked to hurry up and get back to the front desk. To pull a number out of the air (say... the amount I get when I pick up a shift at St. Louis Workout...) You make somewhere in the ballpark of $XX,000 (Author's note: not a big number)before commissions. I also know that you were moved from the Chase gym to the Crestwood gym because you were not performing as well as expected, which tells me your commissions can't be all that much either. Not exactly an ACN success story. You also tried to wow me by telling me how much money one could make in ACN in a short time, and when I asked you how much you made personally you said 'about half that.' That statement lead me to believe you don't even come close to that amount, and made me even more skeptical. So, to tie these last two points together, don't project your personal career failures to me.
Continuing the personal attacks on the phone call, you asked me how many friends I have. Again, I laughed at the question. When I wouldn't answer you asked what I was doing tonight. Why I bothered to answer, I don't know, but I replied I am going out with friends, at which point you accused me of lying and made more statements implying that I have no friends because I am such a horrible person. At which point I laughed again. I said it on the phone and I'll say it again now. If you don't believe me, come to The Pepper Lounge tonight and you will be able to see me and probably a dozen of my friends hanging out, having a good time, and celebrating the birthday of the wife of a very good friend of mine. (She happens to be a very good friend of mine too, by the way.)
Which brings me to my next point about friends. The only reason I live in St. Louis at all is because of this particular very good friend of mine. He not only informed me of a position that his company was hiring for and lobbied to get me the position, he also let me live with him and his family for 3 weeks while I was apartment hunting. As a matter of fact, the only reason you and I ever even met was because another good friend of mine, Mitch Buckner, was short staffed and needed some help filling in some time slots at his gym. I offered to help him out since I was between contracts at the time, and I just so happened to be there when you had the argument with Rob that got you banned from the gym.
You ended the phone call by accusing me of things such as being egocentric and bigheaded (redundant, I know). You accused me of being a bad person and lying and said you don't have room for me in your life. I admit, I countered with the same things. However, I truly don't need you in my life; I am self sufficient without you. You needed me to become one of your ACN representatives, and that is not going to happen. Furthermore, I don't profess on all my online community websites to be a good upstanding Christian like you do. You sir, proved beyond a doubt, that you are neither good nor upstanding. People like you are why I don't consider myself a Christian anymore. And I feel badly for your 'friends.'
To be honest, you always sounded more desperate than successful. You push money making potential above all else. (Which I find amusing, since you seem to earn almost none.) What I've read from ACN's literature is they promote self-sufficiency with the added bonus excess wealth if you want it. Your actions since the first time I ever saw you have been an intimidating style of bullying and/or pushing rather than selling. If you can't learn to calmly let someone say 'no,' your ranks will be filled only with those who allow you to beat them into submission.
I never should have given in to your incessant begging for me to look into this opportunity. Alas, sometimes being kind has its price. I'm sure most of the people who make up ACN are not like you, but because of you I will never use nor recommend their company or products. It is only because of my own personal research into ACN that I will not actively denounce their products and services.
In closing, I am informing you to not contact me again, with one condition. The only correspondence I will read from you will be a full apology with this letter in its entirety included in the body of the letter CCd to your immediate supervisor at ACN.
Sincerely,
vafarmboy
PS
You might try to counter the story about your argument with Mike at the gym by showing that he is now a member of the ACN community. Let me preemptively remind you that you were not the reason he joined ACN. He went to the national meeting in Detroit with you, and it was that meeting which inspired him to join, not you. The only reason he went is because you would not leave him alone about it.
Author's note: The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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THIS IS NOT TO COMPANY BASH!!
What was interesting is that with almost every Network Marketer in all type's of different companies I've spoken to, this is an all too common occurence in our industry. That why I have so much respect for Magnetic Sponsoring and all the other attraction marketing leaders and up and coming leaders.
We have to all continue to do our part to improve ourselves, our companies and our entire industry. We may never totally illiminate situations like above but we sure can make it the exception and not the rule. Even though this instance maybe a bit extreme, to some degree there are WAY too many occuring everyday.
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Malika Duke has been an Network Marketer and business developer for 10 years and has dedicated her career to improving the industry throgh professionalizing prospecting through practicing and teaching InterNetwork Marketing skills and attraction marketing. If you would like to learn how to master the internet, the written word and the phone to improve you business connect with her through the resourses below:
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