They’ve bought into the ‘don’t need to talk to anyone you know,’ and people will be flocking to you online etc.

I’m not saying you can’t get people coming to you online. People come to me for all sorts of services that I offer and that’s great. I’ve enrolled some amazing people through my online stuff and I think social media is incredible. The world is at your fingertips. 

What I am saying is that if you WAIT for people to come to you, unless you are an absolute legend you probably will take a very slow path to success.

If you’re in a home business that is all online sales and not about building a network then this isn’t an issue for you. That being said it is ALWAYS a great idea to be networking when you’re out and about. Who knows who you might meet?

If your home business is in Network Marketing then listen up because this could change everything for you.

It is comfortable and convenient to buy the online hype about just sitting at home and waiting for great people to come to you but for great people to come to you, you usually need to be a great producer!

How do you get to be great in this business?

By doing the core stuff and learning the fundamentals. So if you’ve let it slide a bit and thought you can just ignore what’s going on in the world outside maybe it’s the right time for you to start talking to more people again.

As much as I love networking online, especially because of my rural location I have to tell you that lately I have been meeting some amazing people on my travels and out and about.

This doesn’t have to be tedious and it doesn’t have to be a chore.

What do you like to do? Go do more of it. Unless your passion is very solitary, the chances are there will be more people for you to network with.

Now at this point take a deep breath. This is not about jumping on people and blabbing on about your AMAZING best in the world company and products.

It’s about creating a conversation and finding out if there is a need. You can do this very quickly and professionally.

You can prospect like a pro if you decide to discipline yourself to practice.

Next time you’re having coffee at your favourite coffee shop or you are in the book shop open your eyes and have a look about you. Be alert for sharp people. They are all around you.

So should you do online networking or offline? It’s all the same really and is about finding out more about people to see if they have a need for you what are offering. I recommend doing both. Online networking is becoming one of the fundamentals as I write.

Be ready to CONNECT with people. If you’re doing the personal development you need to be doing to be successful as an entrepreneur , and especially in Network Marketing then you should be in a good zone.  If you’re not start reading something like Think and Grow Rich every morning, or listen to Jim Rohn. It’s hard to maintain stinking thinking when you expose yourself to these stimulating  ideas every day.

It costs you so much more not to read it than the 30 minutes each day to read or listen to it.  You will attract different people to you when you are positive. It is just the way it is so if it sounds a bit twilight zone for you then continue plugging into the news every day and monitor what you attract. The compare it with a day where you skip the news and feed your mind.

I promise you this stuff works. So are you ready to prospect like a pro?

Next blog will be about how to create conversations that turn into qualified prospects within 10 minutes.  Interested? You should be!

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Thank you and go prospect like a pro cause someone else will!

I captured Randy Gage with my FLIP video, live on stage at his very best.

Some of you may have been fortunate enough to attend some of Randy’s live events or listen to his generic MLM training CDs etc.

If you have then you’ll know how amazing he is, and if you haven’t then let me have the pleasure of introducing you to Mr Randy Gage!

Watch the first video here: Amateurs versus Professionals

In summary there are 4 basic skills you need to develop to become a Network Marketing Professional:

1) How to make and maintain a candidate list
2) How to work your candidate list
3) How to invite prospects to take a look – (probably the most difficult but remember that you can’t look good & get better at the same time!)
4) Following up

Randy explains that these four skill-sets (and practicing them!) can take you to a $100k per year in Network Marketing.

There are 2 Advanced Skills

5) Doing presentations
6) Leadership Development

How are you doing on that? As I keep saying no matter how great you become with attracting prospects to you, you still need to learn the core skills to enrol people and to build a huge group. (And Randy will be the first to tell you that as he becomes very irritated by claims that you can build a group purely online)

So amateurs do things for free and professionals get paid.

Moving on to the final video for today check this out:

Randy Gage asks the Magic Question

It’s a very short video and a very short question! Leave us your comments and let us know your answer at the blog.

p.s There are a few references to my company here but I think you’ll agree that the value of the training far outweighs that, and the fundamentals are the same whichever company you are working with.

Here I am enjoying the top leadership lifestyle champagne & 6 course recognition dinner in Rome. The diamond lifestyle really does take some beating! To listen to Randy’s MLM Rockstar audio go here: MLM Rockstar

Eric really gives awesome value here. Check this one out about getting more confidence in yourself for developing your Network Marketing business.

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Eric routinely interviews the top 6 and 7 figure Network Marketing professionals on his show. It’s incredible he doesn’t charge for this video site actually so take advantage while its still free!