You never know when you are going to have an opportunity to stir up some interest in your product or the business opportunity you represent. I have never been one who could approach strangers and start talking about my business or products. Maybe you feel uncomfortable with that too. Most of us feel that way.

There is a way to make talking with strangers feel natural and comfortable. If you approach every stranger as a friend you haven’t met yet and just smile and say “HI!”

The key is to ALWAYS BE READY! Always ready to connect with people. That begins with being friendly and having a warm approachable energy that you sending out.

When you are standing in a line at the grocery store or sitting in a waiting room or a variety of other places, there are often opportunities to stir interest in your product or business opportunity. Are you aware and watching for these opportunities?

There are 3 things that will help you attract prospects wherever you go:

1. Have a warm friendly smile on your face.

2. Be conversational with people around you. Look people in the eye and say “Hello. How are you today?” Just be friendly and talk to people. If you appear stressed out and closed off, people will not want to talk. You will also find it difficult to talk to them. You must truly be in a warm and friendly mood. If not, you will repel people rather than attract them.

3. Use a product in front of people. Does your company have a hand lotion or some other product that you could use in front of people? For those of us who market essential oils, this is a super easy tool. I carry an oils pouch and often open it and apply an oil in front of people. My favorites are the ones that are mood uplifting. People will comment on how great it smells and I tell them, “I need an emotional pick me up.” Then I wait for more questions. If I feel more chatty I often ask if they are familiar with medicinal grade essential oils.

Does your company have any products that work well to use in front of people? Another option is an article of clothing, jewelry or accessory with a company slogan or a product slogan. I remember a wonderful pin we used to have that said, “May the Immupower be with you!” That one was great for getting people to ask questions. People were constantly asking what that meant. It was an easy opening for a conversation.

For oily distributors, there are a few more ideas here:
http://crowndiamondtools.soundconcepts.com/c/apparel

Think about what your company has that you can use to generate questions and have something prepared to say when people ask questions.

When you get a spark of interest, make sure you are prepared to share a brochure other marketing piece with your web site address on it. It’s best if you can also get their phone number but at least get something in their hands.

I particularly like the info newspapers that have third party articles related to your field. Sound Concepts is one company that produces these newspapers and other tools for several companies. Check with your upline to see what is available for your products.

There is a spot on the back page to put your contact information. Don’t forget to do this. Be sure to include your web site address.

For Essential Oil related newspapers from Sound Concepts, go to http://www.essentialproductinfo.com

Well, there you have it. There are lots more but hopefully these ideas will help you get the wheels turning. Have fun!!

Here we are again starting another December. This is the 14th December in my primary network marketing company. Very early in my network marketing career I saw the need to keep momentum going through the months that most people let their business activity slow down or even come to a complete halt. One of the biggest times some go inactive is through the holiday season.

Slowing down your business activity during the holiday season is a HUGE mistake.

1. Smart, professional network marketers know that December is actually the month you should be picking up the pace and getting ready for the best time of the year for business.



This is the time many are thinking about increasing their income and are making goals for the new year. This actually starts on the 26th of December but January is a HUGE month for attracting new distributors. People go online and start searching for business opportunities. This is another reason you are insane if you aren’t learning how to improve your online marketing skills.



2. While so many network marketers are snoozing in their business, it is much easier for you to get noticed, especially if you have been learning attraction marketing skills.



3. Most people are more involved with social events and getting together with friends and family. This can present all kinds of opportunities to share your products or the business. Have you prepared a very brief “30 second commercial“?

If you slow down or stop business activities for large blocks of time, you backslide. If you are serious about building a successful network marketing business, you will be consistently working through ALL months. This is the way we make progress. Some months we make small steps forward and some we make large leaps.

I just got yet another phone call from a marketer who paid good money for my name and phone number as a lead who is “looking for a way to make part time income from home.” Exact words! I wrote them down because I wanted to drop everything and write a blog post on it.

I am already making FULL TIME income from home and I’m NOT looking for another income opportunity! The poor girl has been ripped off. So has the many hopeful network marketers who bought my son Brandon’s name as a lead. I get postcards every week for him. Guess WHAT!! Brandon hasn’t lived here in 10 years!! They are still selling his name as a lead.

I admit, I have bought my share of leads over my years in this industry. I know from experience the leads are usually bad. A long time ago I decided I would not ever buy network marketing leads again.

It really makes me flaming mad that unscrupulous lead companies are ripping people off with leads that are not really leads. They go online and get info on network marketers, then sell that information as leads to people who have a dream to improve their life. When their efforts fail because they are not working effectively in their business, they drop out thinking that it is the network marketing industry or their company that is at fault.

For several years I have been teaching people how to generate their own leads. Lately I am on a mission to get people to hear that message. You DON’T need to buy leads. There are plenty of ways to generate your own real leads. That’s one thing I love about MyLeadSystemPro. They are the best Attraction Marketing System and Training on the planet.

I wish I had found MyLeadSystemPro 14 years ago when I first began with my primary company. It would have made things go much faster. I have been teaching similar things to my downline for several years but not on the scale they can learn from MyLeadSystemPro. I am giddy with delight that I discovered what they were all about. I thank my good friend Diane Hochman for putting me on to them. Now I have the best tools to share with my team.

I have built a great full time business in network marketing and I really love to help other people experience it for themselves. With MyLeadSystemPro I know we will be helping so many more people, not only survive this economy but actually thrive.

Hey, if you want to try out MyLeadSystemPro, you can take a 14 day trial. I’m sure you will be as impressed as I am. With 16 years in the network marketing industry, I have seen a lot and very little impresses me. I’m sure that’s why it took someone like Diane Hochman to wake me up to MyLeadSystemPro. Let me tell you, I AM IMPRESSED!!

“Find something you love to do, and you’ll never work a day in your life” – Harvey MacKay

In the first network marketing company I was involved with, I did everything they recommended for building my business. I made my list of 100 friends, family and acquaintances. I did cold calling, 3 way calls, stalking people in the mall, set up both at trade shows and fairs, I even did hotel meetings.

I really failed in that company. I did sponsor people but it was a stairstep breakaway compensation plan and when my people broke away, it became really difficult for me to continue.

The reason it was difficult to continue is because I absolutely HATED what I was doing. I was really depressed and I just couldn’t bring myself to do any more cold calls, 3 way calls or anything else associated with network marketing.

I had just given up. Forget this! If I don’t at least like what I am doing a little bit, no way I will be able to be successful.

That was long before I learned about the Law Of Attraction and how the way you feel affects your success.

Anyway, I was really depressed because we were in financial dire straits. We had nearly lost our house to foreclosure that year a couple times. I had thought that network marketing could be a solution to our financial problems but that failure was devastating. At the time I had no hope and I was seriously wishing I could commit suicide but would never hurt my family that way so I was just a non functioning pile of bones.

It was about that time my mom, Bonnie Muhn, came over with a product from a company she had just started with. The products were very anti-depressant and I felt the effects within minutes.

If it weren’t for that experience, I would NOT have returned to network marketing. I liked that product so much I decided to give network marketing another try.

That was 14 years ago. I had spent 2 years learning how NOT to promote my business. This time I would do it differently. I kept thinking about how conventional businesses promote their business. They don’t make a list of 100 people, they don’t do 3 way calls, they don’t run around the mall asking people if they are happy with the amount of income they are making, most don’t do cold calling.

I started studying conventional businesses. I looked at the Yellow Pages, newspapers, magazines. I started with direct mail, leave behinds and placing small ads in penny saver type newspapers and anything else I could find to do.

Not long after that I discovered the internet. I got a web site and started my first newsletter. That was 12 years ago.

I studied online marketers who were successful I learned and applied marketing techniques that would cause people to COME TO ME and get on my list. As I learned these techniques, I shared them with my growing downline. I called it Remote Marketing. Little did I know, I was using and teaching Attraction Marketing all that time.

So you may be asking, “What does that have to do with loving what you do?”

Well let me tell you about that. Previously I was using network marketing techniques that made me feel crappy and unmotivated. When I started using marketing techniques that get people to come to me, I actually started to LOVE what I was doing. In fact, I love it so much that I find myself having trouble quitting for the day.

I know my success in the network marketing industry is entirely because I love what I do. There is no way I would have made it to full time, fully supported by my network marketing business using the old techniques. No Way, No How!

So what do you choose . . .

I hope you choose to learn Attraction Marketing so you can Love What You Do.

These days, with the economy the way it is, there are more and more people in scarcity mode. Take a moment to listen when you are among groups of people. You will hear people talking about gas prices, inflation, job security, and the list goes on.

One thing that disturbs me is that I am hearing some network marketers talk from scarcity thinking. This is detrimental to your business. I have heard some say people are broke and can’t afford products.

This is NOT the time to be caught up in scarcity mindset. Don’t you realize people need what we have with network marketing? People are looking for answers. Many are looking to supplement their income. Thinking that people can’t afford to buy is pretty much insuring that you will never have any success in your business.

The network marketing industry thrives in economic down times. Smart network marketers will position themselves in front of those who are online searching for ways to supplement their income. Those who are applying Attraction Marketing will be ahead of the game.

Attraction Marketing is something I have been applying in my business and teaching my downline since I started with my primary company 14 years ago. I called it Remote Marketing. Nowadays we call it Attraction Marketing.

I had used conventional network marketing in a prior company and hated it. I knew there had to be a better way. I started thinking about how conventional businesses operate. They don’t do 3 way calls on their list of 100 friends and family. They don’t stalk people in the mall. They DO promote their business with lots of free and paid advertising.

OH, by the way, I recently started using and recommending MyLeadSystemPro. They are the number one trainers of Attraction Marketing on the planet. I have seen a lot and spent a lot of money on training over the years. They are the best.

They teach you how to generate YOUR OWN LEADS rather than buying leads. Believe me, I have bought a lot of leads over the years too. I have found that the only leads that are any good are the ones I generate through Attraction Marketing – using marketing techniques to get people to come to me.

Anyway, Now is the time to GET SERIOUS! You can’t afford the luxury of playing around at being in business. I love how Eric Worre ends his videos: Become a Network Marketing Professional and go out and tell the world because it is a stone cold fact that we have a better way!