Gary & Viktoria’s Treasure Chest …Online Business Success!

We are frequently asked many questions about how to successfully develop and grow a downline, how to get new prospects and how to earn a really great residual income. 

 

 

Our strategies come from our 30 years in business both off and online and from those leaders along the way that have taught us what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur in any business …

 

 

Growing your own marketing business can be frustrating. The following tips will be essential for you to help grow your business and have a successful business.

 

30 Ways to Help You and Your Downline Grow Successfully …and Have a Successful Business and Organization …

 

*  These are things we’ve learned along the way that kept us motivated to continue learning and teaching others.  These are ways to become a true leader and a good sponsor to the members in your downline and create a good reputation and success in your business.

 

• Get to know the people in your downline, introduce yourself.
• Make sure the people in your downline have your contact information. 
• Take notes on special occasions and dates like birthdays, anniversaries, illness or other and rank promotions for each member in your downline and send them eCards or phone them with congratulatory messages to show them you really care about them as a team member in your downline.
• Call your team members in your downline weekly when convenient to do so.
• Find out if any one of your team members in your downline needs help with anything and offer your assistance.
• Schedule a weekly training, question and answer call with the team members in your downline.
• Know all about the products and services that are in your business. 
• Understand all that is involved with your business, products or services.
• Study and learn your company compensation plan …be prepared to explain it to a potential new member or an existing one that may have problems understanding it.
• Know who your direct upline and company leadership is and be ready to assist them if they request you to organize a business or training call or create flyers for an upcoming event etc. 
• Know your support team and the appropriate phone numbers to call and eMail address when you or the members in your downline need assistance regarding their autoships or needs of one of their customers or team members.
• Study and learn your website and back office, know how to navigate and explain this to each of your new team members when they join your business.
• Have ready answers and talk to the members in your downline about the business, products or services and be able to explain how things work wether it be the compensation plan, autoships, rankings, leadership or anything relative to the business.
• Be available for the members in your downline for 3-way calls with prospects.
• Have resources available to help the members in your downline with advertising & promoting.
• If you don’t have the answers you need, ask your upline or research the questions online and find the answers to share with your downline.
• Be able to assist your downline with problem issues or objections.
• Never ever get involved with downline gossip, rumor or company politics.
• Avoid competitive, argumentative discussions with any of the members in your downline, remembering that you are first and foremost a team and the company is who you represent together.
• Don’t get involved in games or situations that would do harm to the reputation of yourself, another member or your company and leadership.
• Represent your company with pride and always show respect to your company leadership.
• Don’t make a habit of calling your company leadership with questions or problems, try to resolve questions, answers and issues on your own.
• Respresent your business, products, services and team members with respect and be a team …be professional, honest and ethical in all your conversations, prospecting and transactions with your downline and people interested in becoming a part of your business or purchasing your products or services.
• Find and study online marketing business ethics and etiquette.
• Never cross-promote to someone new to another business or join another business and cross-promote one with the other members in any of your businesses, this is unethical. Teach this to the members in your downline.
• If you have an issue or problem with your leadership or another member in your downline or on another team, be honest and ethical enough to discuss it with them privately and try to resolve the issue in the best interest of the company and its members. 
• Never speak unkindly about your leadership or another member to the members in your downline …this is what’s known as spreading “poison”  or “cancer” in your downline and can be destructive to your business and your reputation as a leader, sponsor or ranking member in your company. 
• Discussing or being the perpretrator of rumors and gossip getting around to other company members, outsiders and potential prospects can literally ruin any possibility of those people wanting to be a part of your business. Avoid being involved in such at all cost. When in doubt, take the “High Road”, remove yourself from the situation completely, ignore the issue protect your reputation and credibility and that of your business.
• Above all respect your direct upline and company leadership …they are the ones helping you to succeed.  Remember your reputation and credibility are perceived by the way you act, react and are proactive in your business and relationships.  Do a good job and you’ll succeed and accomplish your goals in life and in business!

 

 

What Everyone in a Business Needs to Understand …

 

 

Understand that people need a reason to do your business!  Simply telling someone that you like your business, product or service and that its a good one won’t give them a reason to do the business.  You must engage yourself and learn ways to approach and communicate with others and give them a real reason why they should become a part of your business and sell the product or service you have to offer! 

 

 

First you must find out for yourself what it was that made you want to become involved with the business you’re in.  What was it about your business that attracted you?  Was it the product or service, the leadership, the reputation of the company, the sponsor, the potential income, the number of friends that were in this business?

 

Both you and your downline need to understand why people would want to purchase what you are selling in your business.  Having a Full understanding of your business, products or service will  make it easier for you and your down -line to find the right people for your business when they ask questions or show interest in your business, product or service.

 

For example, if you are marketing a health & wellness program, your target prospects or audience will be people who are interested in health & wellness. If you are marketing advertising services, leads or ways to promote a business, your target audience would be those who wish to purchase advertising services like voice broadcasting, autoresponders, eMail systems etc. for their business. If you are marketing music, books, videos etc., then you would be targeting those that enjoy and want to purchase and share those interests.

 

Having an Effective Prospecting System …

 

An effective system is also a very important aspect in your growth and the growth of your downline.  Whether or not you will be able to grow your marketing business will be decided by whether or not you have an effective system.  Finding the right people and attracting them to you and your business will be easier if your system has been set up effectively.  Teach your downline all you know about attracting the right people to your business, product or service.

 

Organize and plan how you want to proceed once you find a business you want to become involved with.  Forget about making a list of your friends and family.  Instead focus on ways you can attract people in the online industry to what it is you’re doing and how you can get them to notice you and your business!

 

When prospecting using eMail campaigns, instant messaging or by using your phone to call people, try different methods of approach and good communication.  If one doesn’t work, keep trying until you find one that does …never give up!

 

To Insure that Your Business Will Grow to the Greatest Levels You Must …

 

• Be familiar and comfortable with the telephone and the process of calling people, both one-on-one and 3-way conference calling. 
• Be able to speak with prospects and people who are interested in your product or service is the most crucial element in making sure your business is successful. 
• Be able to meet new people online through social networking and instant messaging or eMailing are others ways to get new people into your business.
• Be knowledgable about online ethics and etiquette, telephone manners, how to treat others in any given situation and how to handle difficult issues or objections in business.
• Have a “Take Charge” attitude and give more than you take.
• Give yourself credit, work smarter not harder.  Organize your time and maximize your efforts. Remember to help others and continue to learn everything you can about your business, people and personalities, online functionality and find people online that already have some level of success and follow what they do and how they manage their business and success!

 

How to Meet New Prospects and Promote Your Business …

 

Never lead with your business opportunity …build and create a relationship first. When you first meet a prospect … 

 

• Send them an eMail or message using an instant messaging system. 
• Communicate at least 2 or 3 times before presenting your business, product or service.
• After the 2nd or 3rd message with them, ask them for their contact information. 
• Call them and properly introduce yourself. 
• Be a good listener and learn what makes them tick.
• Find out as much as you can about your prospect and their interests.
• Learn what their interests are and what you have in common.
• Find ways to match your business, product or service to their interests.
• Realize that not every prospect will be a good match and when  rejection comes (and it will) the operative word is NEXT …!
• Request the prospect meet with you again by phone if possible or communicate through eMail or Instant Messaging.
• Follow up – send them a nice “Thank You” note for taking time to talk with you.

 

Growing a business becomes much easier to develop and maintain when you have everything organized and ready to present.  For example, if you speak with twenty people a day with the intent of getting at least five of those people to become interested in your business, products or services, that is twenty-five new people a week into your business. But you must be persistent and consistent in the manner in which you plan, organize, approach and communicate with new prospects to your business.

 

Article Writing and Blogging About Your Business, Product or Service to Attract New Prospects …

 

Being an good writer is a very good way to get people interested in what you are selling.  You can accomplish that by being able to reach many people and give them all the information they need to draw their interest.  That can be done by using articles or blogs, but excellent writing skills will be a total necessity for this to work. 

 

• Practice your writing skills. 
• Get the online Mirriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus.
• Place the shortcut on your desktop.
• Have it available for spelling.
• Use the Thesaurus, type in the word you think you’d like to use and find different ones with the same meaning varing your language and descriptions of your products or services.
• Diversify your language skills using the Thesaurus.
• Find words that attract online marketers in your articles and blogs.

 

 

No one is going to read your articles and blogs about your business, products or services if you can’t spell or use grammar correctly.  If you can’t describe what you’re trying to sell effectively, how will anyone be convinced to buy it?

 

No one will pay attention to you or your business if you don’t make the effort to make yourself known in the online communities and industry.  No one will be around you or helping to promote you if you have a negative “I can’t do it” or needy personality. 

 

Perceptions are everything in the online industry. If you’re perceived as someone who only cares about the money and could care less about other peoples goals and dreams or if you’re a person who doesn’t take time to help others with something they need, you might as well hang it up and go find a hobby or something else you like doing.

 

Be a good person, a good friend and a good helper. Let your talents and skills be known online. Share good information and resources.  Give of your time and effort and find ways to help others succeed in their goals. Strive to learn everything you can and if you can’t find an answer to a question, ask someone who knows. 

 

There’s always someone that will help you if you are open, honest, ethical, kind and friendly. Helping others online is a good way not only to promote yourself and your business, but you will find great rewards in building and creating good relationships and working together to succeed in a long term, financially successful business.

 

The success of your business depends on your ability to study, learn, communicate effectively, handle objections, be professional, maintain a positive attitude, be consistent, persistent and committed to what you’re attempting to accomplish. Find your passion, take action and have a good blueprint or plan of how you’re going to succeed in business …it’s your choice as to how you’ll make it all happen!

 

Now you know some things, but not everything it takes to be a leader and have a successful business.  Things are always changing and there’s much more to be learned in the world of online business and marketing.  Continue to learn, visit us often and ask questions or make recommendations, we welcome them all!

“To Your Health & Prosperity in 2009!”

 

Gary & Viktoria Affron

Gainseville Area, Florida

Owners, P.I. Marketing Systems / Ad Systems Direct /Business Trainers / Guest Speaking & Hosting / Social Networking Specialist / Product Development / Best Business Research Partners

PH:  (386) 438-8056 or EM:  dearmarketers@gmail.com

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What Should Your Goals Be for This New Year?

Every New Year we all resolve to do better in our lives and in our businesses., but somehow we lose track of the goals and resolutions we make from year to year.

As we rang in this New Year and elected a new President, we thought of how we could stick to our resolutions and make this New Year a better one;  how we could achieve our goals and help others achieve theirs too.  This New Year, we have just inauguralized a new President and Commander in Chief and a truly historical one.  We as Americans have come together and achieved what some thought impossible.  We all have much to look forward to in this year and years to follow. 

Regardless of our economy, history proves that we flourish even in troubled times.  Why?  Because we try harder, we make necessary changes, we accept things easier and we have that sense of togetherness in most everything.  We make a point of always helping others and we make sacrifices for the good of our families and communities.  In tough times we bond together to achieve our goals and we are stronger.  We strive to maintain a “Whatever it Takes” attitude in everything we do! 

This is the year of change for the U.S. and for the world. This is your year to create a truly remarkable and “Positive” change.  Stick to everything positive, have faith and believe …it can happen for you and it will!  Together we can all make this year our year the greatest year ever.  We must stay on course, stay focused, be committed, be consistent, help each other and yes …even make a few sacrifices.  These are the things that help us achieve our goals in life and in business.  Use this year to your advantage and remember to help others along the way. 

Spark the “Positive” in yourself and everyone you meet and talk to.  Share all the best of everything that happens and share the lessons you’ve learned along the way. Reward and compliment others for their achievements.  Help others and you will be rewarded more than you could ever imagine.  Here are a few ways for you to stay focused and make this your best year ever:

• Supercharge your self belief. Is it a book, music, a certain person, a favorite thing you love doing?  Look to those things that inspire you.  No matter what happens in your day, find ways to stay up beat!
• Convince yourself that you truly do deserve to “Have it All”. We are all endowed with the right to achieve our dreams in life wether it be something material we want or a top position in a company. Rise to your highest level and then take one more step each time assuring that you can achieve your goals beyond your imagination but keep it realistic. 
• Give yourself the motivation to go make it happen. Find ways daily to stay motivated.  Look for those things you love doing and that make you the happiest, then go and do them.  Don’t go for unrealistic goals, do everything one step at a time and one day at a time.
• Create a stress free zone so that you can focus on what is truly important to you. Regimen and organize your work days, always taking time for breaks, meals, sleep and quiet time. Turn off your phones and Instant Messaging, don’t get trapped in negative converstations or chatting with people that bring you down and attack your sense of well being and positive living.
• Activate the optimal thought patterns to bring financial prosperity to you. Think and attract only the positive in life. Optimize your mindset and use only the positive that comes into your life daily.
• Keep you healthy so that you can maximize your opportunities. Eat right, pay attention to nutrition and proper minerals and essential health supplements.
• Fine tune your thinking so that you not only know what it is you want, but you will also know exactly how to achieve it.
• Unleash your own abilities to manifest the life of your dreams. You’ve been blessed with certain talents and skills of your own, use them to your advantage.  Find that one gift, something your passionate about.
• Give yourself the optimism vital for maintaining the perfect state of mind to create even more successes. Find ways to think and do positive things only.  Stay away from politics in business and negative people. 

Regardless of your goals, these are the Essential Steps that provide the key components vital for creating success in your life and in your business.  Use these steps to your benefit and share them with others.  Whatever your goals and dreams are in life and in business …go out and make it happen!

Whatever your needs be it a friend to talk to, needing postivite motivation or your business questions and needs …you can count on us.  We’re here to help you achieve your goals this year.  If you have something you’d like us to address and blog about …feel free to contact us by phone or email.  We welcome all suggestions!

 

Gary & Viktoria

Florida – USA

 

Owners, P.I. Marketing Systems / Ad Systems Direct /Business Trainers / Guest Speaking & Hosting / Social Networking Specialist / Product Development / Best Business Research Partners

PH:  (386) 438-8056 or EM:  pimktgsupport@gmail.com

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