Overcoming Home Business Dream Crushers

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Three Simple Ways to Sponsor People and Build Your Network Marketing Business

Sponsoring is without doubt the key to success in network marketing. If you want to make money and build a strong business, you need to learn how to sponsor effectively.

Many people fail to achieve their goals in network marketing because they take a passive approach to sponsoring. As much as we would all love it, prospects for our business don’t just show up magically. We have to find them.

Here are three simple things you need to do.

1) Talk to people. I know this seems so obvious, but many network marketers are (deep down) scared to talk about their business. Putting signs on your car, advertising in the paper - things like this are great and you need to get the word out. Just be prepared to talk to as many people as you can about your business, whenever you have the opportunity.

2) Talk to the right people. Look for prospects who are open minded and excited about starting a home business and improving their lives. You’ll run into plenty of negative people who make it a habit to find the bad side of everything. Don’t try to convince negative people that they are wrong - this just drains your energy and wastes your time. Spend your time talking to people who are open and willing to listen and learn more.

3) Focus on your prospect, not on yourself. Remember what the people you talk to are thinking. They are interested in what your business can do for them, and what it will take for them to be successful. If you have someone who is really interested, make it a point to find out what they want from a business. Is it an extra $500 a month, or maybe a full-time income? Focus on what they want, and show them how your business can take them there.

To be successful talking to people about your home business, you don’t have to talk their ears off, or have a special “gift of gab”. You just need to communicate in your own way, with belief in yourself and your business. Belief and attitude is what drives success in network marketing.

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Encourage and Support Your Downline Associates - Three Quick Tips

Have you encouraged your downline associates lately? Because network marketers are so motivated to recruit and sponsor, it is easy to slip and forget to give attention to your most valuable assets - the people who are already on your team. It is important to contact them from time to time and offer encouragement. Recognition. Nobody likes to sign up and be left all alone.

Independent and Motivated

Some of your downline members may seem very self-motivated and, frankly, not much in need of your attention. The fact is, though, even the most motivated and independent business builder on your team needs to know you appreciate them. They need to know that you recognize their achievement and are standing behind them completely. Everyone appreciates recognition.

Encouraging Your Group

Here are three simple, easy ways to support and encourage your group.

1) Pick up the phone and call them. In our fast-paced world, more and more network marketers are trying to go electronic. By “go electronic”, I mean using email as virtually the only means of communication. Or, using autoresponder sequences as your primary training tool.

I believe it means more in this day and time to receive a personal phone call than ever before. So many won’t bother to do this. You can make a difference in your group if you take time for personal communication. A phone call just to say “hello” and offer your time to help with their business is priceless.

2) Consider publishing a regular newsletter that goes to everyone in your group. In your newsletter, talk about what’s new and offer business building tips. Most important - establish some sort of recognition for the achievers in your downline.

You can have a “Top 10 in Personal Sponsoring” for the month, and other achievement categories as well. You can welcome each new member of your downline by name. Granted, this is a lot of work, but can be an excellent way to keep in touch - particularly when you have a larger group.

3) Watch for activity that shows an associate (especially someone who is new) is doing the right things. When you see that one of your downline people has just sponsored someone, pick up the phone and congratulate them. Offer your support. This tells them you are noticing them - and it goes a long way toward encouraging them to keep on rolling.

This is the key. Don’t forget to encourage and recognize your downline associates for their achievements. Even the little things. It will make a big difference in your business.

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Four Quick Ways to Stop Paper Clutter

There is a sneaky little monster that creeps into our home offices and brings us grief, lost time, and lots of stress. This monster is known as paper clutter.

Not too long ago, I read an interesting article about organizing your home office. The author referred to home office clutter as a consequence of delaying decisions. This made a lot of sense to me.

Your Home Office Can Be Anywhere

As a home business builder, you have an office somewhere. It might be a small desk in the corner of your dining room, or a spare room where you keep your computer and business tools. Some have their “home office” in the back seat of their vehicle. Regardless of where your home office is, it is the base from which you run your business.

Take a look around your office. Do you see paper? Why is it there? Some of your papers may be there to remind you to do something. Perhaps you printed some information you will use in presenting your business opportunity. Much of this paper is just creating unwanted clutter, and should be filed or tossed.

Not Making Decisions is the Problem

Many of us have a tendency to “delay making decisions”, which causes stuff to pile up and creates paper clutter. We really do mean to tackle our pile of papers that need sorting and filing, and soon, but feel we have more important things to do. Our plan is to file that paper “when we have time” (delayed decision). The problem is, the paper can quickly overtake your office. It can be very depressing when you have to sort through a bunch of papers to find what you need.

Four Easy Ways to End Paper Clutter

Try these four ways to reduce paper clutter in your home office. Pick up each piece of paper, and make one of the following four decisions about it.

1) If the paper can be quickly filed, or is a reminder to do something you can do right then, just do it. You’ll feel much better.

2) If the paper represents a task that cannot be done quickly, or has to be done some other time, make a “pending” folder and put it there. Make a note in your planner or organizer for the day it needs to be handled.

3) Whenever possible, delegate tasks. If the paper represents something that can easily be done by someone else, then ask them to do it. Conserve your valuable time to do the most important things to build your business.

4) Keep information that you can really use in the future (file it immediately), but toss anything you won’t need again. I think we are all guilty of printing stuff to read, then hanging on to it “just in case” we want to look at it again sometime. Get rid of the stuff that isn’t really important.

It takes a lot of self-discipline to go through your papers like this. It can be quite painful to throw things out, especially if you are a pack rat. However, once done, you will feel so much better and productive.

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