[nabentre] What does everyone do

Harley Cannon hcannon at iglou.com
Wed Feb 3 18:39:45 UTC 2010 

I appreciated this post, because although I'm not in Network Marketing, I'm 
still a salesman of sorts!
I took courage from the message below, and will strive to incorperate these 
elaments into my "sales life as they apply to being a self-employed 
Musician!"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Ellen" <gabias at telus.net>
To: "'NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List'" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [nabentre] What does everyone do


> You asked what each of us does in our entrepreneurial lives. I assist my
> husband who is an independent wellness consultant for a company called
> Nikken. Nikken is from Japan and markets a variety of wellness products,
> including systems to help improve sleep and products to relieve 
> discomfort.
> Our web site is www.nikken.com/paulgabias or you can phone 250-491-7256 
> and
> talk with Paul. Our products have been mentioned in the Monitor because
> studies have shown them helpful in relieving the symptoms of proliferative
> neuropathy associated with diabetes.
> My purpose isn't primarily to write a commercial for our business, though
> I'm always glad to do that. I wanted to comment on all the questions about
> how to find prospective business partners or customers.
> Paul met a couple while walking through a park in our city. He does it
> simply by saying hello whenever he hears someone else walking near him on
> the path. Sometimes all he gets back is a friendly hello. Sometimes the
> person he meets wants to help him in some way. Sometimes a conversation
> about the weather turns into a longer chat. Often people disclose that 
> they
> are walking for their health. If the conversation lasts more than a few
> seconds, Paul always carries CD's with him. He asks permission to give a 
> CD
> to the person and takes the phone number. Then he phones back in a few 
> days
> to continue the conversation and to see if the person has had a chance to
> listen to the CD. It's very soft selling, but in November he met an older
> couple who were interested in improving their health. They got relief from
> our products and began telling their friends and relatives. The result has
> been approximately seven thousand dollars worth of business in the past
> three months.
> Paul likes this approach because the very worst thing that can happen is
> that the person doesn't say hello when Paul greets him. It's always a
> permission based process. Would you be interested in listening to this CD?
> May I have your phone number? What did you think? Would you like to know
> more? At any time during those conversations the person can just say "NO"
> and they revert to talking about the weather, the local government's last
> blunder, what makes kids do the things they do, or whatever else they 
> might
> want to discuss. Paul makes new friends and prospecting fits into life
> instead of being a chore.
> This is probably old information to many of you, and not of interest to
> those of you not in network marketing. There may still be some newbies who
> can use it, though, and I know I would have appreciated some tips when we
> were first starting. I spewed information all over people in the 
> beginning,
> whether they wanted it or not. I don't think I lost any friends, but I
> probably failed to make new ones because they were afraid I was going to
> sell them something every time we met. I'm much more relaxed now because I
> realize my job is just to check for interest. After all, much as I love
> baseball, I don't talk about it to people who don't like the game. In my
> heart of hearts I believe they're missing out on something wonderful, but 
> I
> don't tell them that. I don't need to hear all the remarks about people
> going to baseball games to watch the grass grow since that's the most
> interesting thing happening on the field. Let them remain oblivious to one
> of life's simple joys if they choose to deprive themselves.
> It's the same with Nikken. My job is to let people know it's there to
> explore. If they want to explore, I help them do so. It was a relief for 
> me
> to understand the difference between prospecting and recruiting. 
> Prospecting
> is nothing more than checking for interest. Ninety per cent of prospects
> don't have an interest, just as ninety per cent of people at a shopping 
> mall
> might not have an interest in a particular store on any given day. No
> problem. Just talk to enough people until someone is interested. That's 
> why
> marketing, especially network marketing, is such a numbers game. I think 
> the
> reason most people quit is that they don't understand the difference 
> between
> prospecting and recruiting, push too hard, and get their emotions all tied
> up in what people say to them. If you know that you may need to talk to a
> thousand people to find ten really good ones (plus many customers) you 
> just
> relax and go through the numbers. After all, it's no reflection on me or 
> my
> relationship with a person if he or she turns me down flat.
> Sorry for this lengthy post. I suppose I write about this issue because it
> was one of the hardest things for me to get my head around. Perhaps I'm 
> the
> only one who has struggled with this one. If so, I appologize for going on
> at such length.
>
> Mary Ellen
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: February 2, 2010 6:53 PM
> To: NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List
> Subject: [nabentre] What does everyone do
>
>
> I am not sure of all the people on here, how many of us on the list and 
> what
> types of business do you do or have you done.
>
> Who is part of the actual division and who are the officers, and what has
> the division done.
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> Independent Contractor
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: The Elf<mailto:inthaneelf at roadrunner.com>
>  To: NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List<mailto:nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:27 PM
>  Subject: Re: [nabentre] Good morning all
>
>
>  hello,
>
>  there are a few sites with real work from home jobs, but most of these
> that
>  I have found are things like tech support, and a few other specialized
>  things
>
>  of course telemarketing, which although not a good job, some of them are
>  real, and oddly though not "real" the tele-psychic lines are a real job,
>  just not an honest one.
>
>  I haven't wanted any of these so have not retained the links to them, but
> if
>  you want to do it, you can ferret out the companies handling such jobs.
>
>  HTH
>  elf
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "slery" <slerythema at insightbb.com<mailto:slerythema at insightbb.com>>
>  To: "'NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List'"
> <nabentre at nfbnet.org<mailto:nabentre at nfbnet.org>>
>  Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:56 PM
>  Subject: Re: [nabentre] Good morning all
>
>
>  > Unfortunately, to get the legitimate work-at-home jobs, you either have
> to
>  > have your own business or start out at a company before going that
> route.
>  > My
>  > sister was able to transfer to work-at-home but she had to work in the
>  > office first at Humana.
>  >
>  > One job that is always work-at-home from the ground up is medical
>  > transcribing. You would need to do classes/training first. There is a
>  > company that will work specifically with blind people and using JAWS to
>  > access their training materials but sadly, I do not remember which
> company
>  > that is. If interested, you could ask David Andrews to post a request
>  > message across NFB lists that might be able to come up with the answer.
>  >
>  > HTH,
>  > Cindy
>  >
>  >> -----Original Message-----
>  >> Behalf Of Jennifer Aberdeen
>  >
>  >
>  >> Yeah, I've been trying to find some kind of work-from-home work;
>  >> legitimate
>  >> work doing data entry or some kind of office administration type of
> job.
>  >> So
>  >> far I haven't found anything that isn't a scam.
>  >
>  >
>  >
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