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Casual Articles - Lesson 15 - Meeting the Prince with More Reputation than Power
A prospect reads your business advertisement and is pumped about a new opportunity that is going to bring them personal and financial freedom for life. They join the program and are suddenly filled with enthusiasm, energy, passion, and a drive to build their new network marketing business. Nothing will stop them and they take action right away by contacting prospects, sending email welcomes and support, buying ezine solo ads, and joining a few of the biggest traffic exchanges available. They get a few prospects in their downline within the first few weeks, and business is looking good.Then comes the dry-spell…No prospects are visiting their site, no one is signing up to their program, their downline is not growing, money is being put in with no results
It can be so frustrating when you get a number of people that volunteer to do something and they do not do it and it lands right back in your lap. Volunteer organizations are not the only ones to have such a problem; it exists in many businesses today. I worked for one of the top five companies in North America and part of my job was to gather information from various sources. I would ask at meetings for someone to forward the information to me and often got parts of what I needed from a variety of people. About eighty percent of the volunteers would get the information to me by the deadline I set. The others invariably let me down and I had to chase them for the information. We all have things we do not like to do and this puts us at risk for procrastinating ab
Business has a habit of testing us as individuals and as entrepreneurs. Several years ago I retained my first entertainment agent to represent my business and me. This was at a time when I was coming closer to the threshold of gaining national attention for my speaking and writing business. Retaining a qualified agent had become necessary for representation purposes in particular.
In the weeks following the initial meeting with the new agent, he introduced me to a woman named Sherry who owned a newspaper in Richmond. I contacted Sherry on his recommendation and referral. After weeks of talking and establishing a solid relationship with Sherry, she became impressed with the work that I was doing. As our relationship developed she agreed to make personal introductions to resources that could sponsor my national youth program.
Weeks before the time came for me to host a panel discussion at the University of Virginia, Sherry led me to believe that she could make the introductions I needed for my youth program. Because I was coming into town she told me that she was having a cocktail party at her home where these introductions would be made. Finally, after many years things were beginning to fall into place I had an agent to represent, lead, guide, and refer me to people who coul
Corporate America is missing a HUGE opportunity! Most companies, regardless of the improved economy, are still searching for ways to reduce their costs and become more competitive.Many companies have outsourced several functions to reduce costs. Of course, the most obvious outsourcing activity has been the customer relations call centers. How many of us have tried to call a customer service number only to find that we have difficulty understanding the person at the other end of the line.Now, here’s the opportunity that has been wasted. The largest customer for most of our Fortune 1000 companies is the Federal Government. Ask any of them and they will tell you that each one offers their “most favored” pricing to the Government. Ev
In the weeks following the initial meeting with the new agent, he introduced me to a woman named Sherry who owned a newspaper in Richmond. I contacted Sherry on his recommendation and referral. After weeks of talking and establishing a solid relationship with Sherry, she became impressed with the work that I was doing. As our relationship developed she agreed to make personal introductions to resources that could sponsor my national youth program.
Weeks before the time came for me to host a panel discussion at the University of Virginia, Sherry led me to believe that she could make the introductions I needed for my youth program. Because I was coming into town she told me that she was having a cocktail party at her home where these introductions would be made. Finally, after many years things were beginning to fall into place I had an agent to represent, lead, guide, and refer me to people who cou
Sometimes when you want to improve your business and earn money online, the first thing that you have to do is to improve the way you think and the way your behave...Here are a few self improvement tips that can help you see more success and have more freedom in your personal and business life.1. Make sure you don't become a workaholic. Your mind and your soul need some time away from your business routine. This will help your brain think more clear while working. The best time to get profitable ideas is when you're not thinking about them. They just pop into your brain.2. Create and follow short/long-term goals for your business. The short-term goals can create early success and the long-term goals can create future success. Design each goa
Weeks before the time came for me to host a panel discussion at the University of Virginia, Sherry led me to believe that she could make the introductions I needed for my youth program. Because I was coming into town she told me that she was having a cocktail party at her home where these introductions would be made. Finally, after many years things were beginning to fall into place I had an agent to represent, lead, guide, and refer me to people who cou
Your CV (Curriculum Vitae) – Resume for our American friends sells you to your prospective employer. It has to be straight and too the point. However too many CV’s contain irrelevant information. What are the ten things that you shouldn’t write in your CV?1) Don’t use first person in your personal profileIt sounds too informal if you use the word ‘I’ too often. If you see CV’s that say ‘I am good at this’ or ‘I have experience at this’ or ‘My skills include’ it sounds extremely amateurish. However, if you use the third person, it denotes a certain amount of respectability, authority and value to your previous experience. For instance, you would be better off saying ‘David’s core skills include…’ or ‘He graduated with an MBA in 2005’.2) Don’t
Weeks before the time came for me to host a panel discussion at the University of Virginia, Sherry led me to believe that she could make the introductions I needed for my youth program. Because I was coming into town she told me that she was having a cocktail party at her home where these introductions would be made. Finally, after many years things were beginning to fall into place I had an agent to represent, lead, guide, and refer me to people who cou
When you have a coaching appointment, you should always have a testimonial-building question at the end. This is the most efficient way to build a current and complete collection of testimonials. Use something like this:What did you learn from this session?How is your life better today?What have you accomplished from this session?The idea is to ask open-ended questions that cannot be answered yes or no. When you get an answer, you reflect it back, maybe with tighter phrasing. Write down the response and, if it is particularly good, ask the client whether you can use this response as a testimonial. If they agree, tell them you will send them what they said in an email for their approval. Also ask if you can use their nam
It was a great feeling to know that after years of handling all aspects of my business on my own I no longer had to wear multiple hats in promoting my business, or so I thought.
In fact, I received no help, no introductions, and my group of three were the only people to attend her cocktail party. I had been mislead and lied too for weeks. I was in disbelief that a person could fabricate such unprofessional lies during a business social activity. Moreover, she trampled on the hopes of others.
Later that year, I was asked to do a book signing at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Legislative Weekend’s Annual Convention. Once there, I was standing and greeting people who were stopping by my table to browse through my books. The foundation’s committee had placed me in a centralized and highly traveled traffic pattern in the convention hall. I was fortunate to have met many people that day.
A man walked up to me, handed me his business card, and proceeded to talk about his business. He was well dr
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