Twitter is Crazy!

One of the hottest websites on the net today is Twitter. As of this morning Twitter was number 27 as reported by www.alexa.com that is up quite a few spots from where it was a few weeks ago. My prediction is that Twitter will hit the top 10 within the next few months, and be among some other big players in Social Media (Facebook, MySpace).

What is Twitter? Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each other's' updates, known as tweets. Pretty simple, you can send these tweets from your computer or mobile phone throughout the day.

If you haven't yet made the leap into twitter I highly recommend it. This is a great way to connect with other like-minded individuals who have an interest in you, your business, or your hobby. The other great thing about Twitter just like MySpace & Facebook, is it is FREE. So how do you get started on Twitter? It's pretty simple go to www.twitter.com and set up your profile. You can use generic backgrounds are get more creative at www.twitbacks.com. If you couldn't be bothered with setting up your own profile, there are sites that will do it for you for anywhere between $50 - $250. I highly recommend you get a custom looking site, as this will attract more followers.

Once you get your twitter page set up, then it's just a matter of trying to find people to follow and hope that they follow you back. You might start by looking for people you already know, then you can start going after people that either have an interest in your business or hobby. One site that I highly recommend to build your Twitter Following is www.twollo.com. You just simply put in keywords that are relevant to your interests and Twollo will automatically follow those people for you.

That's about all I have time for today, but if you want tips and strategies on how to build your Twitter following, email me at john@sellingwithintegrity.net for a free consultation. I know how to do it, as last I checked I had over 21,000 followers on one account and currently have a grand total of 27,000 followers with my other 2 accounts combined. If you would like to follow me on twitter go to www.twitter.com/homebiztrainer

Your Vehicle Means A lot

OK, so you've started a sales job, or recently became a distributor with a network marketing company. How do you know you got into the right vehicle? You could be the greatest salesperson or network marketer in the world, if there is no hook for your network marketing company, or market demand for your latest sales product/service - you could be in trouble. It's kind of like trying to get to Hawaii, would you be better off flying there on an airplane or trying to drive there? Let me just give you a few examples of how this has worked for me in the past.

Sales Job #1 - sold software over the telephone domestically made a few thousand per month. Moved into Next Sales Job with same company and sold overseas, made over $10K per month. Was it me? Partly, but mainly it was the customer base and demand for my product overseas, was much higher than in The US.

Sales Job #2 - Went to work for a fledgling real estate office. After 4 months had finally made my first sale, and the office went bankrupt. Shortly thereafter I went down the street to the largest Real Estate office in town, and made double the number of sales in a shorter period of time.

Network Marketing Opportunity #1 - spent 60 days marketing my business and only enrolled 1 person. Network Marketing Opportunity #2 spent only a few days and hours and enrolled my 1st person.

You see, you are going to be told by your up-line, boss, manager, whoever, to hang in there, when you could be losing thousands by sticking around. Make sure that there is a need for your product/service and see what type of response you are getting from your prospects. Sometimes your talents are not always as important as your company/product/service.

Team Work

I was watching the final game of The NBA Finals tonight between The Lakers and The Magic and was thinking to my self that whoever showed the most confidence would win the game. Let's face it, most NBA Players are the best in the world, they can shoot, dribble, and slam dunk. These guys make millions and are probably doing what they love to do. But every NBA player just like most everyone I have ever met who is successful in business, or sales, has a competitive streak. It's in their blood. Your probably saying, what does the NBA have to do with direct sales, or network marketing? I say it has a lot to do with it. The reason the lakers won tonight's game is they believed that they could. They were up 3 - 1 in the series, and I can almost guarantee that about half way through the game when they took the lead, they knew they were going to win it. That not only reflected in the final outcome of how well they played, based on maintaining self confidence and good posture, but also on the ability of the teams leader Phil Jackson. So here is what I am getting at. If you want to go big in network marketing or sales, you need a great mentor, a great team, and a product you can feel confident in sharing with others. If you have all the above and believe in yourself (Self Confidence) you can go very far.

Why 97% Fail in Network Marketing?

There are a few reasons why most people fail in Network Marketing. But the number of failures vs. success' is astronomical - they say 97%. Out of the thousands of people I know that are either in MLM or have tried it, only a handful are successful. Why is this? I believe the number reason for failure is that the companies we represent and most leaders teach people how to be salespeople not mentor/trainer/leaders. Most people cannot sell, so if someone has no sales experience, they will have a very tough time doing MLM in just about any capacity. If you want to find out if your good salesperson, just go and buy a bunch of leads, or start calling people out of the phonebook and try to sell your juice, hand cream, or healthy chocolate.

So how do you do MLM if your not a born salesperson, or want to be a salesperson? The answer to that is simple. Work on yourself and try to attract people to you. If your just starting out in MLM this could take some people a few years. But if you want to move faster than that, than your best place is going to be the internet (Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Lynked in, blogger, Youtube, and the list goes on). I recommend picking just a few social media websites and master them. I then recommend that while you are building your following that you EDUCATE, EDUCATE, and EDUCATE. Become like a sponge to webinars, training, etc... Over time you will have a wealth of knowledge to share with others through blogging & article writing. Once people see you and trust you, they will automatically want to join your business, or buy whatever it is you are selling.

Your Business will only grow with you?

I heard a successful network marketer say this the other day and I thought of a few of the business owners I know who haven't been to a personal development seminar in years. These are the same people who think that spending any money on furthering their education is a waste. You know them, they were probably given a business or just got somewhat lucky and think they can walk on water. I personally, feel that excelling in business takes not only guts, but also constant on-going training to prepare yourself mentally for the challenges that lie ahead. The truly successful will be in a constant motion of training for the rest of their lives.