Archive for October, 2009

Color My World

I am contacted almost daily with so much information and I have to reach out and contact others and share information.  It can be a little overwhelming sometimes.  But every now and then something comes across my desk that just really helps or intrigues me.  Now, what I am about to share, most of us have seen in one form or another.  Some trainers break it down by color, some by precious jewels, some just by "personality types" but it is all the same.  Each and every one of us has a different way of looking at our world.  Because of this each and every one of us will need to be approached in a different way.  By realizing what type of person you are and what type of person you are talking to or sharing information with you can do a better job of sharing that information.  What color are you?

 

Yellow: open and indirect A yellow is WAY more concerned for others than for themselves.  They are the givers; they want to help.

Yellows are great listeners, dependable, patient and nurturing.  They love people and are the best team players. 

But they tend to be oversensitive and take things way to personally.  They will always conform and don’t set goals or objectives. So the best way to work with a yellow is to plug them into all the training and support make them accountable; touch base with them often.  If you make them feel like they are part of a team and let them know they have someone they can turn to for leadership they will connect with you and help you all the way to success.

 

 

Blue: open and direct Blues are the party animal and want constant contact and attention. 

A blue will be successful at almost anything they set their mind too; they love to promote, motivate and convince others to do something.  They can see the big picture and are creative dynamos.

They may be able to create it but have a hard time sticking with it; they are unorganized and jump from one thing to the next.

 

So with a blue you want to get this person plugged into the system; make sure they understand the system in order to keep them organized.  Help them to stay organized and watch them take off.  

 

Green: self-contained and indirect Greens have to know it all; have all the information and analyze it to death. 

They are supremely organized and dependable.  They can solve any problem and are persistent with their follow through.

Problem is they can’t make a decision and tend towards being pessimistic. 

 

To help a green; highlight their strengths, show them how their ability to organize and focus is needed and that they just can’t wait or they will lose a chance to learn more.

 

 

 

Red: self-contained and direct Red’s are the confident and self centered center of it all. 

They know what they want and when they want it; independent and certain they are great risk takers, leaders and negotiators with energy to burn. 

But reds don’t like to be coached or mentored.

 

So how do you help a red.  You let them make their mistake; show them specifically how it will not work (with examples).  Once they have failed they tend to be willing to reach out and learn something.  

  Now figure out what color you are; learn from the pros and the cons so that not only do you know what appoach works for you but how to use your personality type to best approach other colors and make a rainbow…

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All the Leaves are Brown…

And the skies are grey…

I went for a walk …

on this foggy fall day…

Trivia questions:  What song did I steal most of these lyrics from (Ok I made up the last line)?

Woke up this morning and got everyone off to school, fed kitties (one of these days I will get a video up but every one I have taken is terrible) and began working on the computer when all of a sudden I looked up and realized I could see my neighbors house.  Now to most of you that means absolutely NOTHING but it tells me Fall has not only settled in but winter is fast approaching. 

You see in the spring and summer we cannot see our neighbor because the leaves block the view but when fall winds down and I see their house I know soon, way too soon, snow will fly again.  Where in the heck did spring, summer and fall go this year?

I know we ask ourselves that every year but every year it seems to go faster.

Great news though this year has been one of the best ever.  I have been home to enjoy my family with very little stress other than wanting to grow the income to the point that there is little to no stress.  But sticking with my view of abundance that I have posted about previously; we have had plenty of money to pay all the bills, eat and have fun so no complaints.   Heck I know those silly kittens eat better than a lot people in this world.  (Remember we can change that just join us in TamPogo and purchase a product to feed a starving child for a week.)  You know I had to do that…

Look around you, find that one thing today that you can be thankful for, that you have in abundance and hold on to that.  Then go out and accomplish EVERYTHING!!!

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The Family Tree Sprouts New Shoots

I haven’t written much about my day to day adventures due to some new additions. Last Thurs. during our 4H meeting one of our members asked if someone would be able to foster 3, two week old kittens.

Well since I work from home, have a big crate and have done it before my kids and I volunteered. Hubby wasn’t too happy about it but that has never stopped me in the past…

So my kids and I have been on 4 hour feedings for 3 days now and while it is tiring for now; it will get easier and face it baby kitties are the cutest!!!

There are 2 males one all grey and one black with a white bib. The grey one we are calling O’Ryan and the Black one is Fable. Then there is one little female called Zelos who looks like she is going to be a long haired tabby.

All are doing well and as soon as my batteries recharge I will make a video and get it up here.

My two Chihuahua’s are freaked out and not quite sure how anything can be smaller then them. I am sure they will love it when the kittens want to play in a week or so. My three older cats could care less and completely ignore them.

For now my son and I are going to go clean up the basement in preparation for our visitor from California coming in November.

By the way work is going fantastic; fast approaching 75 people and things are really starting to heat up.

Stay tuned for more kittie capers and business biops…

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Samples of Email Followups…

Here are some Emails with subject lines to use when contacting prospects. Again, while these are directed towards TamPogo they are great starting points for any business. Remember the fortune is in the follow-up! ______________________________________________________________________

SUBJECT LINES TO USE

1. Have you fallen and you can't get up?!!

2. Sorry You Missed Me Today….

3. You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Work with Me… But is sure helps…

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EMAILS TO USE FOR INITIAL CONTACT OR AFTER LEAVING A VOICEMAIL OPTION 1:

I think the reason that we are having some amazing Success with TAMPOGO is because it is FREE to JOIN….and is SIMPLE to understand…..people see the HOPE…..people can see how Tampogo can help them become Financially Free. Save Money, Make Money and Make a Difference in the Life of a Child

1. FREE to JOIN

2. FREE Website with your own Online Shopping Mall (save 30-60% shopping)

3. PURCHASE one product a month….Feeds a Starving Child for ONE WEEK

4. HELP your Favorite NON-PROFIT Organization make money

Website: www.Tampogo.com/YOURSTORE URL

Corporate Overview 1-641-715-3900 Pin 87448# 5 minutes

The people who have joined my Team….see the "Big Picture" and how Tampogo can change their lives as well as the lives of Starving Kids….

JOIN MY TAMPOGO TEAM TODAY….

Nothing to Lose because it is FREE to JOIN

 

OPTION 2:

Your information came across my desk indicating that you are looking to generate some extra income and I just wanted to share some information with you about a Unique Company called TAMPOGO

What is TAMPOGO

1. It is absolutely FREE to JOIN…never any monthly membership fees!

2. A Unique Opportunity with Unlimited Income Potential

3. Shop online from your free website and get paid for doing so!

To listen to a Company Overview please dial 1-641-715-3900 Pin 87448#

The co-founders of Tampogo understand that families are struggling in this economy and wanted this business to be accessible to everyone in the country for absolutely FREE. When you start shopping, you can make money and save money but by committing to one purchase per month you can make a Difference in the Life of a Child because every purchase made feeds a starving child for a week somewhere in the world.

My personal website is http://www.tampogoirep.com/YOURSTORE URL and if you have any further questions you can reach me at YOUR PHONE NUMBER and My email address is YOUR EMAIL

 

 

Remember if you have something that is working let me know. Let's make this blog a great resource no matter what company or opportunity you are working with. If we help each other we will all succeed!

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This is the information I send to all new iReps when they join. I also copy the iRep sponsor.

STEP Team Call               Mon. & Wed    p.m.

8pm EST        (7pmCST, 6pmMST, 5pmPST)

Sat       a.m.                                          

10amEST       (9amCST, 8amMST, 7amPST)

1-616-597-8000    695865# For those of you who want to FastTrack your income to five figures in 90 days; Isaac, by invitation only, will take us on a 90 day journey and we will follow his bite size Steps to Success…. These calls are mandatory if you want to be on the STEP TEAM- if for some reason you can’t make it just send Tracy or I an email and we will announce you…they record the call so that Isaac knows who has been attending…bring guests to these calls as well.   

 

Corporate Calls

Mon, Tues, Thursday        p.m.  

9pm  EST     (8pmCST, 7pmMST, 6pmPST)  

Saturday     a.m.               

12noon EST            (11amCST, 10amMST, 9amPST)

1-712-432-0075    848299# Join these when you are able….guests are welcome and the experts pretty much do the telling and closing for us…    

TOOLS TO USE TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO TAMPOGO:

Corporate Overview   1-641-715-3900    87448#   5 minutes call-use this for every lead/prospect..it is extremely effective

 

Fox News Features TamPogo

http://www.tampogo.com/videos/5.asp?iframe=true&width=650&height=450

Three Way Calling Contacts: Colleen Rocha- 1-517-294-0295  cell 

1-517-552-9856 home       

colleen.rocha34@gmail.com  Please only call my cell phone if you are trying to reach me anytime after 8:30pm EST in order to be respectful of my kids sleep time.

Tracy Symowoniuk- 1-403-823-3047   travelwithtracy@live.ca 1-403-820-0948  cell

 


Do not try to do it on your own.   If we all help each other we will all succeed.

 

 

  Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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Voicemail Script I Promised to Add!!

Folks, Tracy is kindly sharing with us the tools she is using to create her awesome success. As I always say take what works for you and leave the rest.

Remember take some action today.

Again, this is written with a TamPogo theme but could easily be formatted for any business.

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Hi, _________________this is YOUR NAME calling from my Home Office in YOUR LOCAL. Your information came across my desk indicating that you are looking to generate some extra income and I just wanted to share some information with you about a Unique Company called TAMPOGO

What is TAMPOGO
1. It is absolutely FREE to JOIN…get yourself started for FREE.
2. A Unique Opportunity with Unlimited Income Potential.
3. Shop online from your free website and get paid for doing so.

To listen to a Company Overview please dial 1-641-715-3900 Pin 87448#

The co-founders of Tampogo understand that families are struggling in this economy and wanted this business to be accessible to everyone for absolutely FREE. When you start shopping, you can make money and save money but by committing to one purchase per month you can make a Difference in the Life of a Child because every purchase made feeds a starving child for a week somewhere in the world.

I will forward my website information to you via email
and if you have any further questions you can reach
me at YOUR PHONE#. My email address is YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

We all love to shop so why not get paid for doing so and refer other people to do the same !!!

____________________________________________________________________________

I will continue to add anything that people are finding that creates success so DO NOT BE AFRAID TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH US.

YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY, "IF WE ALL HELP EACH OTHER WE WILL ALL SUCCEED"

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Phone Script to Help You Succeed

If we all help each other we will all succeed. Everyone that spends more than 5 minutes with me knows that this is my mantra.

I get so tired of other networkers throwing up all over me regarding their opportunity and how it is so much better than mine.

Now don't get me wrong I don't mind hearing about other opportunities but it would be nice if rather than just trying to get me to join their opportunity they at least shared some success stories or even issues so we could all shorten our learning curves and make network marketing the valid career choice that is should be.

So now that I got that off my chest let me show you how our team differs.

Every team member shares what they are doing and their results so that we can all take advantage of what is working. Well yesterday my buddy Tracy in Alberta shared her scripts with me.

Fact of the matter folks is that Tracy is bringing in on average 1-2 new reps every day. So why reinvent the wheel let's emulate her so we can all achieve this kind of success.

Here is her initial contact phone scrip. It is set up for TamPogo since that is our primary business opportunity but it could easily be formatted for any business.
Use it, Share it, Tell us if you improve it…
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Hi, _______________this is YOUR NAME calling from my Home Office in YOUR LOCAL. Your information came across my desk indicating that you were looking to generate some extra income. I wanted to contact you to share my experiences and see how I can help you.

Is now a good time to chat and share some information with you. I always like to find out a little about yourself first so I know what information to direct you to!

1. How long have you been looking for an opportunity?

2. Are you currently working from home? Yes – what is it?

3. What do you currently do for a living? How long?
What do you like about it? What do you dislike about it?

4. Are you thinking of replacing your current income of just
Supplementing it?

5. Have you ever owned your own Business? What is/was it?

6. What appeals to you most about operating a Home Based
Business ?

7. Are you doing this solely for yourself or for your family? How many
children?

8. What do you as a family like to do for recreation/fun/relaxation?

9. What in your life is motivating you right now to research your own
business?

10. If life was perfect rite now and money was no object…what
would your life look like ?

11. How many hours per week would you be committed to running
your new business ?

12. What level of income are your accustomed to now?
What kind of income are you looking to generate in the next 12
months?

13. Have you set aside any capital to start your Home Based
Business?
No worries…because Tampogo is absolutely free to get started

14. So if you are serious about making extra $$ are you serious
enough to go to my website and view the information.

15. When will you have time to go to my website?

16. Ok then. So if I called you _______you will have viewed the
information and I can then answer any questions that you may
have.

INFORMATION AND TOOLS TO SEND THE PROSPECTS TO
1. CORPORATE OVERVIEW (4MINS)
1-641-715-3900 PIN 87448#

2. View the Tampogo on Fox News Coverage
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/consumer/conlaw/1002_Con_law_tampogo

3. Use three way calling (Tampogo Team members have Isaac, Colleen’s and Tracy’s numbers)

4. Go look at the videos on our websites
www.tampogo.com/YOURSTOREURL

5. Team call 7:30pm EST Monday – Thursday
712-775-7300 314611#
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As you can see Tracy built upon the email I sent out yesterday regarding 4 questions to ask to attract your prospects to your opportunity.
THAT IS HOW OUR TEAM WORKS.
WE SHARE, WE BUILD UPON EACH OTHERS INFORMATION AND SUCCESSES, WE ACHIEVE REAL GROWTH.

So take what works for you from any of my posts, share your successes with us and let's all help each other succeed!!!

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How to Approach New Prospects and Find a 20%er…

We all know the 80/20 rule right??

You don't… Well it goes like this: 80% percent of people will do nothing while 20% will carry the day and do all the work.

Think about it; doesn't that hold true. If you have kids don't you find that it is the same parents who volunteer to help in classrooms, go on field trips, coach teams and head afterschool activities? At work, don't you find that most people just try to look busy while a certain few get it done? In network marketing haven't you found that 20% of the people you sign up will take advantage of training and opportunities to grow a team; while the other 80% just keep telling you how hard it is and how they just don't have anyone they can talk to.

Ok, so we have faced the facts. Now let's go out and find those 20% to work with us.

Here are some great questions to open the door with a prospect and to get a pretty good feel for which type of person they are.

After you have introduced yourself and begun the conversation, ideally with some open questions to learn about the prospects motivations and needs, try asking these questions:
1. If I ask you to… (get on a call, watch a video, visit a website) would you?

2. When do you think you can do this for sure (get a specific time)?

3. If I call you at (date/time) will you have… (been on the call, watched the video, visited the website) for sure?

4. What is the best time/number to reach you at?

Then give them the information (phone number, website link etc…)

Follow up at the agreed to time. If they have done as they promised great the possibility just increased tremendously that they could be a 20%er, if not move on, do not waste any more time with them.

Just 4 easy questions and you have saved yourself a lot of heartache and wasted time.

Try it and let me know your results…

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Life’s Little Joys…

Good news is that I am feeling better and the cough and breathing issues are just about gone.

Bad news is that my son broke his thumb this weekend and I have to take him to see an orthopedic surgeon because it was right at the joint and growth plates.   Then just to add to my excitement my daughter came down with a 101.6 temperature last night.

Life will always throw these little sidesteps in our path.  It is how we handle them that matters.  In the past I would have spiraled down into a negative; poor me attitude.  Today I am just taking it in stride. 

Will it affect my ability to get my TamPogo growth back on track; yup… 

Will it affect the budget I have so carefully constructed; yup… 

Am I ready for it to affect the budget; nope…

So how do I handle all this???…

I stay focused and get things done.  I was up at 4:30am this morning to get my arms around my budget, emails, advertising and blogging.  At 7:00am I will be calling my daughters school to let them know she won’t be there.  (She is so bummed because she has had 3 years of perfect attendance.)  At 8:00am I will be on the phone to the Orthopedica Surgeon to schedule an appointment.  In between all these times I will contact my team and place ads. 

So while I know this will take me on a path I wasn’t planning on; it is a path I am meant to be on, so now I just need to keep my eyes open for the opportunity I know is coming because of this. 

Are you on a positive path to growth and opportunity or are you feeling sorry for yourself because life isn’t handing you everything you want?  What are you going to do about it?…

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Doctor’s Orders

Folks I am going to be away from the ole desk for a few days.

I have been fighting pneunomia and had to go to the Doctors again yesterday. I have been ordered to bed or it will be the hospital for me.

As my good friend Holly always says, “We need to remember to take care of ourselves too.”

So this weekend I am going to get the kids to pamper me (Ok so we all have to have a dream…) or at least pamper myself by resting and getting some sleep.

I will be back in the saddle by Monday for sure.

Watch out I plan on ending October with a bang or maybe I should say a BOO…

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