As far as finding enough people. There are so many ways in which to bring your self into contact with people from free and purchased lead list, to opt in pages, to joining social groups online and off. From volunteering, helping at church, to you your weekend walk at the lake, and more. But we are not addressing how to find people in this post (we will in my next post) but, instead how to avoid rejection from those you do make contact with. As that is such a large stumbling block for so many.
It is really so easy if you shift your thinking from offering or selling or anything about you and change it to solving problems bringing solutions and providing help to those that need it. How do you do that? You ask questions, you talk to people and you listen to what they say. You have a real, yet casual and no agenda conversation.
People will, in an unguarded relaxed conversation unfold to you (and themselves) what they need, if anything. Whether they are looking for something, want something, would be open to a new business, or if they are fine where they are.
The conversation could be brief and a one time visit or go over several days, weeks, every other month, matters not the conversation will dictate the course. But each one will be welcome.
They will begin to think highly of you and tell others how great you are because you listened to them, even if you tell them nothing about you, they like you because of how you made them feel. as I mentioned in past post Ya Gotta Have Heart, the importance of making someone feel special and listened to. Because really listening to someone else is a rare gift. Most of us are not active listening we are passive listening. When you are keying in to words in which to reply, so as to just look like you are following a conversation you are NOT. If you are forming your own response as they talk and only looking for a place to interject you are NOT listening either.
If you listen Then YOU will not face rejection because you will not bring up your business if it would not be what they are looking for, or the right time, or the right conversation. And remember when you do feel it is the right time and right person to talk about what you do, we ARE in a business NOT an opportunity we are a legitimate business and not just an industry we are business professionals and not just Network Marketers. We are problem solvers NOT salesmen.
And by not bringing up the business just to bring up the business you take a pleasant conversation to the next person, be it that day or not, picking up the phone, answering email you will be set to go and in a positively charged mindset because you are not coming off something dreaded and just gotten through that made you feel bad. You instead feel great ready to move on! And who knows maybe you will speak with that person further as they will certainly be favorable to you when you talk again. And as you build that relationship and grow your worth to them doors can open up that would have been slammed in your face had you blindsided them with unwanted opportunities and unwelcome pitches in your first (and most likely last) conversation. And you take that smile and feeling of well being to the next person you talk to, which will be another warm visit to access who they are what they need (if anything) and if they let you know and you might hold the key they are looking for. Then you can open up and see if there is a match.
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Next Monday: I Called all the people on my warm list, Now I DON”T KNOW ANYONE to talk to.
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