I love this time of year, it brings back great childhood memories.   March Madness wraps up and baseball season is here. 

I have a nine year old nephew, Taylor who has recently started practice for this years Little League baseball season.  Taylor is on a good team, and has come to the conclusion that he needs to bulk up a little to fulfill his potential this season. 

So he got his hands on a couple of 5 pound dumbbells and proceeded to go in his room and do arm curls while watching TV.  His mom would catch him in his room from time to time checking himself out in the mirror.

After one week of this ritual, he came home from school yesterday afternoon and asked his mom for a cupcake, specifically a cupcake “on a plate”.    He then explained his strategy to his mom. 

He said mom I have been lifting these weights every night for 10 minutes for a week, and I can’t see any improvement in my muscles, so I am going to start lifting every night for 20 minutes.  I am going to go in my room and set my timer for 20 minutes, and when I finish, the cupcake will be my reward.  He then proceeded to sit down and do his arm curls with the cupcake “on the plate” in front of him on the floor.   How brilliant is that?

2 quick points I would like to make.  Number one, learn to celebrate small accomplishments and number two set short term “activity goals”.  There is a difference between, production goals and activity goals.  

In network marketing, consistent effort doesn’t always bring consistent results, but it ALWAYS creates success.   We need to learn to congratulate ourselves for consistently doing the activities necessary to develop or organizations.  

We cannot control who joins, and who doesn’t.  We are all looking for the RIGHT PEOPLE at the RIGHT TIME in their life.  The only thing we can control is our own activity.  Too many times we worry to much about results, and not enough about consistent activity. 

Learn to relax and accept the fact that if you consistently perform the prospecting and recruiting activities, that success will come your way!  In the meantime learn to reward yourself not just for production, but also for activity. Discover what your cupcakes are, and learn to how to consistently earn a cupcakes and success is guaranteed. 

Dale

PS  What is the number 1 activity you must consistently do?  PROSPECT for new
distributors!  PERIOD…END OF STORY.  If you need help prospecting, check out
http://www.LocalMLMLeads.com

Putting The "Service" Back In "Customer Service"

The future of customer service is here. Technology has made seeking out support faster and easier than ever. But, has your digital age company sacrificed true service in the name of automation?

Today, finding customer support is as simple as writing an e-mail or picking up the phone. But, even though you're not face-to-face with your customers, you still leave a lasting impression. Do you come across as caring and competent, or menacing and mechanical?

Offering stand-out service on the Internet isn't as hard as it is rare. Take these simple steps towards old-style service in the digital age:

Give Each Customer a Personal Response
Be Clear, But Sincere
Offer Live Customer Support
Make Sure Your Support Reps Have All the Answers

Give Each Customer a Personal Response

When a customer sits down to e-mail your company, it's because he needs help. He chooses e-mail because it's quick, but his request still warrants a satisfying and personal response!

Companies eager to save time and money often take automation too far in their customer support. Each customer has a unique question, and deserves a unique answer. Even if you save time by copying and pasting stock replies, change the opening and closing to make the message sound less robotic.

Be Clear, But Sincere

When responding to customers' e-mail, be sincere and to the point. Before sending a message, try turning the tables. Ask yourself, "Would this answer satisfy me if I were the customer?"

Take that extra moment to give your customer the help he deserves. It might mean the difference between a satisfied customer and a credit card chargeback!

Offer Live Customer Support

E-mail has become an acceptable form of communication. But, live customer support is still necessary. The plethora of information available online can be overwhelming to customers, especially those new to the Internet!

Single your company out from the crowd by providing customers with a real person to talk to. Live phone support is an invaluable way to foster trust. When your customer has reached the end of his Internet rope, and just needs help, your toll free number is the answer he's looking for.

Make Sure Your Support Reps Have All The Answers

The presence of phone support will do no good if your staff doesn't know your product! Customer support reps should be warm and friendly, and willing to help with any aspect of your product.

What a good feeling it is to talk to someone who feels confident in his product. It's even better if he's knowledgeable enough to solve your problem without transferring you all around the company!

Provide Stand-Out Service; Gain Lifelong Customers

Too many e-businesses skimp on customer service, hiding behind web sites and message boards. Customer support is an integral part of every company, even those operating solely online. Be one of the few to offer stellar service, and gain customers for life!

Customer Service is becoming a lost art, but Sean Cohen wants to make sure that never happens at AWeber Communications! Find out what service is meant to be.

Got a question for you.

Do you know multi-billionaire Rupert Murdoch?

Well, he just paid $580 million for a tiny 2-year old start-up website called MySpace.com last August.

Australian-born Murdoch is Chairman and CEO of New Corp an international media and entertainment company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE ticker symbol: NWS) with $25.33 billion in revenue.

Rupert Murdoch is no dummy when it comes to making money.

You may already have heard of MySpace. Like me you probably thought it is a place for teenagers to hang out.

Wrong.

A savvy investor like Murdock doesn't pay $580 million to buy a playground for kids but to make money. Lots of it.

Fortunately, you don't have to be a billionaire to make at least 3 figures a day net on MySpace. I'll tell you how in just a minute.

In less than a year MySpace has become the most visited website on the internet, ahead of Yahoo. And get this - over 80% of MySpace 121 million users are 18 and older, most between 22-34 years. MySpace is adding users at a breath taking pace of over 550,000 new users a week!

Most people don't know this. Their ignorance is a great opportunity for you to make an unbelievable amount of money before your competitors do.

Never before in the history of Internet marketing has it been possible to get instant access to over 121 million people without spending a dime on advertising, AdWords, AdSense, PPC or other money sinkholes. Before I go any further and reveal the *secrets* of:

• Getting instant access to over 121 million customers…
• Making hundreds of dollars a day on auto-pilot without advertising
• And how you can finally do the same;

Do yourself a favor:

• Grab a cup of tea or a can of Coke (or whatever you prefer).
• Switch off your cell phone.
• Sign-off your Instant Messenger.
• Ask your spouse or significant other to leave you alone for 10 minutes
• Then read every single word of this page and get ready for
• How To Make Money on MySpace

ARTICLE AND INFORMATION CONTINUED AT:  Http://tinyurl.com/3853gh

Dale Calvert
http://www.DaleCalvert.com   If you have talked to everyone on your list and you have nobody left to talk to you have made a  terrible mistake, the best advice I can give you is don’t let knew members that join your team make the same mistake. Let me explain.   The foundation for every professional sales system is based upon referrals.  Unfortunately very few new MLM distributors are taught how to obtain referrals .   They blow through their warm market and run out of prospects in the process.  Internalize and teach this phrase and it will make a powerful positive impact on the growth of your organization.  If you were going to do this business, who would be the first person you would talk to?  Who would be the second?  Who else do you know that I should talk to?   Ask this question with pen in hand and be ready to write.  Here is the concept, you expose an opportunity DVD to 10 people none of them have an interest right now.  You ask each person the above series of question and end up with 20+ BETTER PROSPECTS to contact.   Here is another brain tweak on the topic of referrals.  The odds of the person you are exposing the business to being the one you are looking for is slim to none, the odds of them KNOWING the person you are looking for is extremely high! I would rather work 10 referals than 30 leads that I had to beat the street to create!  Learn how to obtain referrals and teach this to your organization and it this will make a major positive impact on your business.   If you would like a free audio CD that explains this concept in detail email your request with your postal mailing address to DTCalvert@aol.com. With that said, I realize that the above concept doesn’t help you right now.   So you need to create leads this week?  What do you do?  Ladies and gentleman its not that easy.  You must MASTER LEAD GENERATION right now!  

I have seen people who have been involved in this industry for 5 , 10, 15 years and longer and have never Mastered Lead Generation.  That is sad, it is very sad.  That is like  a dentist who doesn’t know how to do a root canal.  Every professional network marketer should have the ability to make their phone ring with fresh prospects at will. 

It is time to become self educated and master lead generation right now.  Here are a couple of courses that should be part of your library. 

• How to Recruit Distributors with Newspaper Ads
  Course available right here:  http://stores.ebay.com/Network-Marketing-Support

*      How to Create Leads with Online Auctions and Funded Proposals
       Course details at http://www.FundedProposals.com

 *     21 Ways to Create Leads in Your Local Community

http://www.LocalMLMLeads.com

 You should have a route in your local community where you place:Bulletin Board Flyers,  Company Magazine & Literature in waiting rooms,  Mini-Billborads, etc.  You should also be using Advertising Buttons, Sun Shades  and small classified ads in local pick up papers. Ladies and gentleman,  Master Recruiting.  Don’t become a network marketers who 3, 5, 7 years down the road, hasn’t mastered lead generation.