Ask Tristram Lodge – MLM Mentor & Coach

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I want to share with you something that I used to do to find prospects and build my business. To be honest looking back now I really can’t believe I used to do this but I did.

First up I want to tell you about the system I was using at the time. It had nothing to do with attraction marketing, but promoted my primary business and only really focused on trying to get people to join the business or sell them a product.

Once I had a prospect the system worked like this. I set it up to schedule in an appointment, they would pick a time and I would call them. Now you may well be thinking so far so good, they pick a time, they are expecting the call and I call them.

Hang on a minute, we’ve not got to the good part yet. The appointments were set to half an hour each, or you could go to an hour if you want.

The system worked like this, I would tell them to go to a website and log them into the website using a unique username and password. They would then follow my instruction and go through a slide show, clicking next when I asked them to. I would be reading the presentation over the phone from a pre-written script.

So I would call the person and start to build some rapport with them. I would then begin the presentation which would last for around 20 to 25 minutes. This would leave no much time for questions or building a relationship with that person.

Now I would get my leads from the job site Monster.com and these people would have no idea what to expect when I called. Most would listen but had no interest in starting a business, they were looking for a job.

Occasional I would get somebody who was interested and I actually signed up two people into my business. However they simply disappeared after a few weeks.

The point that I want to make is I was targeting the complete wrong market. A market that was looking for a job and not a business. A market which would run a mile when they knew it was MLM.

The system I was using was too time consuming, too focused on the business and products and very little focus on the person that matter most in the whole process….the prospect. It was a fishing trip, I might get a bite someday.

Knowing your market and what that market needs is so important. I think you will agree by reading this but so many people fall into this trap and continue to do the wrong thing. After a while I knew this wasn’t going to work and I found a much better way to build a business.

 Was it a mistake to do what I did? Well no it was a good thing because I have learnt from it and more importantly I can share my experience with others who may be thinking of doing something similar.

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Last week I read a great post by Fontella Williams where she is fighting back about the spam that she and everyone receives on Facebook when they get a friend request.

Check out Fontella’s blog post “Warning: YOUR Facebook Requests Are Being Denied!!” and please leave a comment and share her post as it is well worth reading and I guarantee that your Facebook friends will love it.

This got me thinking and yes I am going to get on my soap box here because everyday people are posting the same ads for the same business opportunities in the same groups.

Before I get into the spam and what it really says about you as a network marketer if you can be called that is why on earth would you want to do this type of marketing.

Firstly, you post these ads in groups where there are 100s if not 1000s of other network marketers. Those network marketers, for the most part will have their own business already and they will more than likely be happy with that business.

Now what makes you think that they would give up what they are doing, drop everything and sign up with you?

You don’t offer anything that they already have. They will still have the same problems and the same trials to overcome.

Think about what you are offering, it’s like trying to sell ice to the Eskimos!

Check out these ads below and read what they say in their ads. I have blanked out the names to protect the ignorant.

So what do you think this says about the people who post these types of ads in groups on Facebook. Here is what it really says:

“Hi, I am a new network marketer and I have no interest in you or building a lasting working relationship with you. All I am interested in is how much money you are going to make me. I am completely lazy as I can’t even be bothered to learn how to build relationship with people. I have found this great opportunity that you can make me a lot of money and if this one does not work out don’t worry because I will find another scheme next week to join which I know will let you make me a lot of money. So how about whatever your name is, let’s get started”

Check out the bottom ad, 160,000 people in this person’s smart line! That’s 160,000 lazy people that this person has attracted to him. You post stuff like this and you will attract like minded people.

Attraction marketing works like this even if you have no idea what attraction marketing is because you will attract lazy people to your business and people who are desperate, needy and hopeful.

You don’t need to post this kind of stuff, it will never do anything for you and if you want to build a successful business you really want to be attracting successful people to you to work with.

Now I going to get of my soap box and stop ranting!

Keep posting you blog content, motivational quotes and hints and tips that actually help people and their business.

You know who you are that’s posting this great content, let’s all stick together and educate the uneducated.

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Welcome to day 4, the last day of what I have learnt from my son over the past year.

If you have missed any of the others days, go to “Day 3: What My Son Has Taught Me About MLM – Persistence” and you can read the other posts by clicking the links back to day 1.

OK lets get started with todays post and I want to talk to you about determination and what it means to me and you in our network marketing business.

My son is coming up for 1 year old and he never crawled, but he is nearly walking. So much so that thats all he ever wants to do at the moment.

Through his determination he will be walking around unaided within the next couple of weeks. Yes he will fall over a the start and quite alot I will imagine but he will get back up, dust himself down and go again until he gets it right.

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Welcome to day 3 of what I have learnt from my son over the past year. If you missed yesterday “Day 2: What My Son Has Taught Me About MLM – Routine” follow the link to check it out.

On to today and we will be talking about persistence and how learning from our children and their persistence can help you with your business.

As we know children can be extremely persistence when the want something or when they are starting out learning how to do something. Thie thing that stands out for me with my son was when we switched him from drinking from a bottle to a becker.

Even when he was on his bottle he would try and grab the bottle from your hands and feed himself.

Eventually he got it right, why due to his persistence to learn how to hand the bottle and put it in his mouth.

If at first you don’t succeed, try again. That’s what you should be doing in your business. You will get knock back and there are things you will have no idea how to do but through your persistence you will achieve your goals.

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Welcome to day 2 of my MLM training and what I have learnt from my son over the past year.

If you missed yesterday’s post “Day 1: What My Son Has Taught Me About MLM – “My Why” then go check it out so that you can catch up with the videos.

So back to today, I am going to be talking about routine, and as a parent and network marketer why it’s so important that you have it in your daily business activities.

Just like any small child or baby it’s important to get into a routine so that you can spend more time with your family and get more done on your business.

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