Broken Leg Networking

Well, here I am sitting with my broken leg elevated. Not exactly what I had in mind when thinking about how to spend my springtime. I have recently discovered while speaking with my brother-in-law, I’m not even going to be able to stand on my leg once my cast comes off…much less walk. It’s going to be quite a while before life is back to normal. Thank goodness for the Internet!

Even when you can’t really leave your house, networking is still possible in these modern times. Of course you can (and should) interact with others on the web even if you aren’t laid up.

Working your network marketing business from your computer is definitely efficient and cost effective. There is no need to be forced into it. It should be embraced. You can reach people you would never have had any other way of meeting.  How wonderful is that? There are no boundaries!

Your business can even expand to other countries using this medium. The possibilities are practically endless.

They are always coming up with new sites where you can connect with like minded people.  Each social networking site attracts all kinds of different folks with a wide variety of interests…and most have many subsets within each category. There is something for everyone.

Don’t wait to break your leg to get involved in networking with others beyond your own backyard.

How To Get Other People To Want To Work With You

Step 3:  Create winning situations that tune into everyone’s favorite radio station: WIIFM – Otherwise known as What’s-In-It-For-Me.  (This actually should probably be step 1.)

There is a way to ensure that other people will want to work with you.  They must be able to see what’s in it for them. This is absolutely critical.

In order to do this, you must really understand what is important to them.  The only way that you can find out is by listening. Do not try to figure out what they mean when they tell you what their desired outcome is, ask them what they mean…clarify.

Seek first to understand.  Once you comprehend where they are coming from,then you can tailor what you offer to meet their needs.

Make sure that everything that you do is Win-Win-Win.  It must be a win for all or it won’t be a win in the long run.  Your reputation and your conscience must remain in tact to be able to have great success and keep it.

Another way of saying this would be that you and your message must be congruent.  Have high integrity.  Keep high standards for yourself.  Be concerned with how you interact with others.  Show them that you care.

What goes around, comes around.  Karma…you know.

It is important to understand that it is not up to you to determine if what you are proposing will be a win for the other person.  That is up to them to figure out for themselves.  We can not superimpose our judgments onto others.  It is their responsibility and their life.  Our job is to make sure that the potential to win is always there for them.

What they will do with their opportunity it is definitely up to each individual.

It is your responsibility to give a hand up…not a hand out.  Don’t give them fish, teach them how…but only if they are willing.

Run together.  You can’t drag anyone across the finish line because then you will both loose.

Of course you want to win.  The best way to be successful is to be sure that you give others the chance to win also.  The more people that you can help and give support to, the closer you will get to your goal.

Network Marketing Can Be Easy

Step 2:  Market Yourself!

The best way to expose people to your network marketing opportunity is NOT to.  You read that right.  Don’t lead with your products or service.  Of course they are fantastic, but people join other people.  They don’t join companies.

This is called branding.  You want to brand yourself.  There is only one of you…anywhere.  You are unique and special.  You are your own brand.  You want to sell yourself.

Even if it seems inconceivable right now, you may change companies down the road.  You want to distinguish yourself from your company.

You also want to distinguish yourself from the other representatives who are also prospecting for people to join their down-line.

You will want to give people a reason to join YOU.  This could be because of the great support that you give to your associates.  Perhaps they see you as giving and caring. It could be that you have an excellent system to help them prospect and recruit.  Maybe it’s your specialized knowledge.  It might be that they just like you because of your personality and charisma.

Whatever their reason for joining, it is best to have as many points in your favor as possible to help them choose you.

It’s all about working smarter NOT harder.  That’s the easy part because marketing yourself is SMART!

Use Social Media to Meet Prospects for Your MLM

My friend Glen Woodfin explains about Attraction Marketing.

Step 1:  Be a real person!  Be genuine.  The same rules apply online that work in real life.  Get to know people.  Let them know about you and your interests.

Why pay for leads when you can meet like minded people for your network marketing business.

Network marketing can be a long uphill battle when you go about it in the traditionally taught way.   We are told that exposing everyone that you know and anyone that comes within three feet of you is the way to get the word out that we are “In Business”.

Everyone that I am aware of that has used this practice has burned out their friends and family on the idea.  When this approach is tried, the “victim” says to themselves “Can I do to others what was just done to me?”  Invariably, the answer is most often “NO”!

A much better way to let people know what you are doing is to let it come up naturally.  In most conversations with people that you know, the topic of what you are up to will come up.  This is not the time to “throw up” all over the other person.  It’s not natural.  Don’t do it.

Instead say something intriguing and leave it at that.  Let them pursue you if they want to.  Everyone is NOT a candidate for your business.

When meeting strangers, make them into friends.  I like to think that everyone that I meet has friend potential.  Time will tell if you will become really close or not.

During most conversations with people that you meet for the first time, the topic of what each one does usually comes up.  It can be hard for someone to listen when they are eager to speak…let them.  If you find out about what others are interested in first, most people will be more open to listening to you.

Just think of social media such as facebook, myspace  and twitter as an extension of the regular networking that you do.  It is networking on a larger more leveraged scale with people that you would be unlikely to meet any other way.