In yesterday’s post we covered part 1 of the 3 step recruiting process, make a friend. The next crucial piece is to find a need/problem or desire while engaging in the relationship building process. Here’s a reminder. People usually don’t buy products and services because they want a product or service. They buy because of …
Over the years I’ve been blessed to sponsor quite a few customers, reps & affiliates into various projects I’ve been involved with. Throughout my failures and successes, I started to notice a simple pattern. Something that when followed, seemed to produce great results, and when ignored, not so much. I call this the 3 step …
A while back, after playing basketball with my sons one day, they wanted to go out for some ice cream. My 8 year old Camden, had a $5 bill and wanted to treat his brothers to a cone. We get there, place the order and the total comes to $4.18. Camden says, “Dad, should we …
My greatest source of inspiration for daily blogging is Seth Godin. He never told me to blog daily, I just see him do it, and it inspires me to do it too. Sometimes what we do, speaks more effectively to the heart, than what we say. In any case, some of my readers have asked …
In the book Tribes, Seth Godin recommends many things that can strengthen your movement. One of those things is to publish a manifesto. A document outlining the soul of your tribe. A flag on a pole your group can wave as they ride into battle, together. Where are you going? What do you believe? What …
A friend is someone with whom you can share, anything you have on your mind. A friend is someone who will lift you ahead, when you have fallen behind. 🙂 I’m blessed to have several ‘best friends‘ in my life ( of course my beautiful wife Corene is at the top of the list) , …
When I finished up the books for 2017 and saw that our little company had sold $177, 990 in products and paid out $152,248 in commissions for the year, my first thought was “Wow, I know some people who earn in a month what our little company earned in a year.” Sigh. Then I thought about …
Yesterday when I picked my kid’s up from school, there was a line of cars that must have been half a mile long. I pulled up to the rear and said to myself, “hmmmmmm”, …at which point I pulled out and proceeded to drive around them all and moseyed all the way up to the very front of …
Looking for a simple way to stand out? Here’s one idea. Care more. My business partner was testing out a new email service the other day. It’s a company that just received a few million in startup from investors. My partner bought the service & guess what… He received a short personalized video from one of …
Perfectionism can be a hidden form of selfishness. It causes you to keep the best of what you have away from the people who need it the most. In the past, I would agonize over each blog post before sending. Was it perfect? Would people like it? What a waste of time. I’ve learned that …