Prosperity Central

I was thinking about it today as I have had so many leads coming in the past few weeks for my network marketing business that there has been no way for me to follow up with everyone. I personally, never rely only on email auto-responders to do my biz. I like to give everyone a follow up call just seeing if I can be of assistance and interview them individually to see if they qualify to be on my team (plus they can see that I am a real person, unlike 95% of the other online network marketers). So what if you could use a system to score your prospects and do the sorting for you, based on their activity on your website??? For example in my system a score of 400 would be off the charts (your joining), 200 would be very good (your going to join after I answer a few questions), 100 good (good chance), and 50 or below probably not worth following up with. They get scored every time they open an email: 10 points, watch a video 50 points, listen to trackable opportunity call 50 points, etc... This system rocks!

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Time Management and why email & social media can waste it

I was just going through my emails this morning and noticing with all the marketing messages, how I could possibly have time to read them all, unless I wanted to spend my entire day reading emails. This goes for social media as well.

How much time do you spend per day reading your emails? How much time per day do you spend on Social Media? If you're spending more than a few hours per day on either, your probably wasting time.

Time Management will make you or break you in business. It also applies to network marketing. Unfortunately in network marketing we don't get paid to look at emails or spend all day on Facebook. We get paid to prospect and teach others to do the same.

Here is a tip for you. Make a schedule of your day before you start your day and try to stick to it as closely as possible.

Make it a great day!

The Fortune is in The Follow Up!

I wanted to share a few experiences with everyone as I think there is way too much hype on the internet these days as it pertains to recruiting for network marketing professionals. Having personally sponsored well over a 150 people in my short network marketing career (over 30 in a single month), I can honestly say that I have only ever enrolled 1 or 2 people without following up. Yes, you have to hear the truth and it will set you free. If you expect people to join your business without following up, your sponsor, partner, mentor, whoever that may be - is leading you astray. It will never, never, happen, at least not in network marketing.

So where does that leave you? You must overcome your fears of the telephone and follow up with your people. Not only with your prospects, but also your newest recruits. 2 things happen when you follow up that you must know: 1) It creates a sense of urgency, 2) It helps people make a decision much quicker and not forget about you. Now I'm not saying you call people 5 to 7 times and chase them down until they die or buy. That is not network marketing, that is sales. The point of difference between the two will make you or break you.

So where do you end the follow up? I would end it when you feel the person is no longer responding to your requests or returning your calls - have a sense of pride. I usually will not call anyone more than 3 times ever. Again, I don't care if people join my business or not, truthfully the harder they are to enroll, the harder they are to train. So look for those who move pretty quick and remember "The Fortune is in the follow up"

Can you do your business sometimes?

I've heard many tell me over the years that I am just going to do my business when I get some free time. Although 90% of the people starting out in this business are not in a financial position to do this full-time, or any business for that matter. Let me just say this, you can do your business part-time or full-time, but you cannot do it sometimes. You will fail by doing it sometimes. If I opened up a family restaurant and decided I would just go in there every other Saturday to check on my employees, my business would be in serious trouble quickly. I would say that the minimum time commitment that someone could put into their business to become successful would be at least 10 to 15 hours per week. Start treating your business like you have put your house on the line for it, or your car, or your bank account. That is the sort of dedication it will take you to get into profit.

What to do with your 2 to 3 hours per day? As Randy Gage says, if your phone isn't ringing off the hook from your downline, you should be prospecting. Let's face it gang, regardless of all the hype on the net these days from all these so called guru's telling you that you don't have to talk to anyone. We get paid to prospect. It's that simple. If you're not prospecting and your team members aren't prospecting none of us are going to make any money.

The Secret, Thoughts, and your bad habits!

When I was 18 I first got introduced to “The Secret” through a book called, “You Cannot Afford The Luxury of a Negative Thought”. 20 years later, I’m still using the same techniques I first learned (20 years ago), which was usually trying to avoid filling my mind with anything negative (my christian upbringing made this exercise fairly easy). Of course, I had to learn other techniques to control my obsession for nose candy, nicotine, women, and fast cars. I also had a huge problem with spending way more money than I had coming in and was bankrupt by the age of 27. Does this sound familiar? If so, I would love to hear of some of your struggles in terms of overcoming your addictive behaviors.

You are great!

I was thinking about it today when in conversation with a close friend - that we are all great. Unfortunately, most of us don't feel that way as we have been programmed for mediocrity since we were just little kids. Many from the day we were born. Our parents, siblings, churches, teachers, and even our spouses have told us false stories about who we really are.

We look at life based on who we think we are, or worse yet, who we are told we are. But that is not who you really are. You are much bigger than a piece of paper, your career, your education, and your bank account. One of my all time favorite quotes that I want to share with you is by a man who is now in his eighties, but a very very wise man. His name is Zig Ziglar, and If you haven't read his biography "ZIG", I highly encourage you to (this one book will change your mind). Here is the quote, "Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness." If you like that quote you might want to jot it down and keep it close to you - Because you are great. You really are. You may not be great at everything, but you are great at something. Find your passion, find your heart, find your everything, and be great!

Your friend in success,

John Lowery
Top Trainer & Social Media Expert
http://www.johnlowery.biz

All You Need is Love?

While attending a new moon ceremony this evening, I had a breakthrough moment. I realized that leadership isn't about looking good, or what you can get from others, but what we can give. Giving your time, energy, and expertise without expecting anything in return. Unfortunately, this is not the way that most operate in our world today, but if we could all make that shift, we would find greater peace in knowing that our future on this planet isn't about what we can get from others, but what we can give. Once we can see that we can affect many people through our thoughts, words, and actions, it allows us to move into a contagious space.

I personally have hurt a few individuals in the past and placed blame on others for my failures, but the truth is that Love is the one thing that all great leaders possess. I've seen it firsthand in politics, business, church, school, and family life.

"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."
Nelson Mandela

To your success!