Mentoring: Passing the Torch of Success
It is a great feeling to achieve your goals. You plan and work hard until success is assured. What now? It is time to pass on your philosophy for success to another person or group of people who needs help with personal development.
Whenever you begin goal setting for your life, it can be a scary thing. You might not know where to start or even how to define what you really want to accomplish. Mentors are quite helpful in that way. They have been there and can help you avoid some of the same pitfalls they experienced on their way to setting personal bests.
As a mentor, you will inspire others to do their best and not to give up on their dreams. You’ll be surprised to know that it is not the major obstacles that stop your goals but a series of smaller ones that chip away at your resolve. Over time, they make you weaker instead of pushing you forward towards your goal.
Succeeding at mentoring can be another goal for you to achieve. To mentor another on personal achievement, here are some tips.
- Establish the boundaries of your relationship. A mentor can be a friend but they are first and foremost, a teacher. If you want to keep the relationship on a professional level, send that message at the beginning. It seems easier to take criticism from a teacher than a friend.
- Set your expectations. Mentoring is challenging work. Let your mentee know what you expect them to be able to do as a result of your mentoring process. If your expectations are the same, you can work together. If they are not, you’ll know before you get too far into the process.
- Offer feedback to your mentees. Everyone wants to know what type of progress they are making. On a regular basis, discuss your impressions of how the mentoring is going. Give positive complements when they are due so that the mentee is not just hearing about their mistakes and what they need to work on.
- Track their progress. Are things going smoothly or is there a problem? Make time to discuss any difficulties the mentee is having and solutions for solving them. Maybe a lack of a thorough plan is keeping them from finding success. You will teach them to flesh out their goal plan a bit more to account for more variables.
- Share some of your setbacks. Let them know about your road to success when appropriate. Mentors are human too and showing that human side helps your mentee to identify with you more. It could be that the same issue that hindered your success is also hindering theirs.
Do you have a method for achieving goals that you’ve developed over the years? Pass this information on to someone else who wants personal goal success to be a part of their life.
To your success,
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Pay-Per-Click Advice For Network Marketing Marketers
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 5 years you have at least heard of pay-per-click marketing. Pay-per-click marketing (commonly referred to as PPC) is one of the most effective ways to market Network Marketing, period.
There is no other marketing method on the planet that allows you to do a little keyword research, find a niche market, create a simple capture page, throw an ad on google and start generating traffic within minutes.
In fact you will be able to tell whether or not your Network Marketing business is going to be profitable using pay-per-click marketing in about a day or two. Google allows you to track down to the exact keyword where your sales are coming from, which is vital information if you’re going to be an internet marketer and will be the difference between failure and success online.
If you haven’t used pay-per-click marketing for your Network Marketing business and you’ve never done any research on how to effectively market using ppc, you will want to make sure you do that as quickly as possible. PPC can be one of the best converting methods for your business in terms of ROI, but if you don’t know what you’re doing you can lose THOUSANDS of dollars overnight.
One of the best trainers on the subject of PPC marketing is a gentleman named Perry Marshall. He is known as the “guru” online for PPC marketing. Soak up everything you can from this gentleman and at the bare minimum take his free 5-day course to google adwords. Click The Link To Signup For Perry Marshall’s 5-day Free Course.
This will arm you with the knowledge to explode your Network Marketing business and crush your competition utilizing one of the most powerful forms of marketing, pay-per-click marketing.
To your success,
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10 Steps To Success In Network Marketing
Every year thousands of men and women across America sign on with direct selling firm-Network Marketing, MLM, or a direct sales company-hoping to make money enough for new draperies, a new davenport, or some new clothes. They sell a little merchandise to a few relatives and close friends. Then they are through. They quit before they give themselves a chance to learn the basics of success in sales. “I am simply not a born salesperson,” they often say.
No one is born a salesperson, any more than one is born a doctor or born a lawyer. Sales is a profession. To be successful in any profession one must learn not only the basic techniques, but also how to apply those techniques. Success in sales makes use of all the abilities one is born with, plus all those acquired through education and experience.
If you are looking for a Network Marketing opportunity or “extra income” to help with the family budget, direct selling offers you dream-fulfilling possibilities. However, you must give yourself time to learn the techniques of sales. Ask yourself. “How long does a doctor to be study? A lawyer to be study?”
WHAT IS DIRECT SELLING?
Direct selling is marketing a product or Network Marketing opportunity directly to the consumer with no middleman involved. Most reliable firms are members of the National Association of Direct Selling Companies. They bring to the public fine products that are modestly priced in order to insure mass consumption.
Most direct selling companies furnish their representatives with a starter kit and essential supplies below-cost prices. In many instances the investment is under $100.
There is an old adage which says “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
Many of them were able to change their lives for the better. They took their families on nice vacations. They purchased a piano or an organ and provided music lessons for their children. They saved money for college education. They redecorated their homes, bought needed furniture. One highly successful saleslady built a new home.
The rewards of direct selling are many:
1. You can be your own boss.
2. You can set your own hours.
3. You can own your own Network Marketing businesses with little or no investment.
4. You can pay yourself more than any boss would ever pay you.
5. You can give yourself regular raises as your business grows.
It is only fair to tell you that there are failures, too. There are people who will not work for themselves. When working for a boss, they rise early, are well-groomed, and get to the office on time. However, when they are their own boss, they are still in a bathrobe, drinking one more cup of coffee at 11:00 A.M.
If you can be your own boss and discipline yourself to do what has to be done when it has to be done, direct selling offers a most unusual earning opportunity.
THE TEN STEPS
Here are ten steps that will assure your success in Network Marketing:
1. BE A GOAL SETTER. What do you want to accomplish? Do you want to save for college education for your children? A new car? A new home? You can have whatever you want, but you must want it enough to do the things that have to be done to get it. Whatever your goal, write it down and set a target date for reaching it. Divide the time period into blocks of achievement that are reachable. Work consistently toward accomplishing each day, each week, each month what you set out to do. Goal-setting is a must in every area of life. Little is ever accomplished without definite goals.
2. BE A LIST MAKER. Each evening list all the things you want to get done the following day. That gives you an organized approach to each day. As each task is finished, mark it off your list. It is amazing how much gets done when one works with a “things-to-do” list. Also, have a notebook listing appointments, potential clients, repeat clients, and referrals, and keep it with you at all times. You will be adding to it constantly.
3. BE ENTHUSIASTIC. Enthusiasm is the high-octane “fuel” that salespeople run on. Enthusiasm generates its own energy. Energy and good health are synonymous with busy, happy people, people who are achieving.
4. RECOGNIZE THAT THE MAGIC WORD IN SALES IS “ASK”. In direct sales we don’t have to wait for business to come to us. We create our own Network Marketing sales by asking for it. Ask for appointments, then you can do business. Ask for business, then you will close sales. Ask for referrals, then you always have a full list of potential clients. Be quietly, yet firmly aggressive.
5. EXPECT NO’S. Realize that no’s are not personal. In Network Marketing sales, as perhaps nowhere else, the law of averages works. Every no gets you closer to a yes. Keep track of your ratio. It will help improve your techniques. Are you getting ten no’s to one yes? Is your ratio five to one? Remember, the yes’s are your income. Also remember that “no” does not necessarily mean “no.” Often a “no” is simply a stall for more time to think. It may be a request for more information about your product or your service. What your client is actually buying is assurance. Assure here by your helpful attitude and your complete honesty, that you want what is best for him or her. They will most likely respect you and do business with you.
6. SCHEDULE TIME WISELY. A schedule is the roadmap by which salespeople travel. It takes the frustration out of the day. It assures that the necessary things get done and get done on time. Plan your work then work your plan.
7. BE POSITIVE IN YOUR ATTITUDE. Success in Network Marketing, as in all areas of life is 90 percent attitude and 10 percent aptitude. All of us must work at developing habits of constructive thinking. I am proud to be a salesperson. Sales make the wheels of our economy turn. Bernard Baruch, adviser to several presidents, is quoted as saying, “If every salesperson sat down and took no orders for twenty-four hours, it would bankrupt our country!” Every company that manufactures any kind of product depends upon salespeople to move that product. Without salespeople business would be paralyzed.
Remember, sales is one of the highest paid of all professions. Statistics show that good salespeople enjoy incomes far above the average.
8. HAVE AN OFFICE AREA. Most Network Marketing salespeople work from their own homes, but it is essential to have a place where you can work in a organized and efficient manner. An office plus a strict working schedule gives you dignity. Both are absolutely essential for efficient operation and accurate record keeping, so important to the success of any business.
9. BE INVOLVED. Most sales organization offer contests to stimulate production. Include winning contests as part of your business goals. Contests make your business fun as well as adding considerable dollar value to your income.
10. LEARN TO HANDLE MONEY INTELLIGENTLY. A regular nine-to-five job usually means a paycheck at the end of the second week. Direct sales “reps” handle money constantly. Direct sales in Network Marketing is instant income and constant income. Therefore. it is absolutely necessary to become an efficient money manager.
Deposit every penny collected from clients into a checking account set up especially for its business. Since bank statements show an exact record of all monies collected, and business expenses can be verified by canceled checks, record keeping becomes simple and accurate. Everything except a few “petty cash” transactions can be directly taken from bank statements.
Money saved regularly and put at interest, soon develops a second income in addition to earned income. A long-term goal, which is realistic in direct sales, is to be able to live in retirement off the interest earned on savings.
Would financial security mean a lot to you? If so, ask yourself these questions:
* Am I honest?
* Do I really like people?
* Am I willing to learn?
* Am I willing to work?
* Am I capable of being my own boss?
If your answers are yes, find a good product for the direct sales market, one that you like, one that fills the need of a lot of people, and go to work for yourself! You can turn dreams into reality.
To your success,
If you’ve always failed online, understand it’s not your fault. You just haven’t been shown how the game is really played. Today that changes! Go here NOW! ==> Give Me The Secrets!
Nurturing the Relationships in Your Life
You are not alone in this world. You interact with several different people on a daily basis. It could be family, friends or coworkers but each person offers a unique relationship that can add to your life if you let it.
Ti is not easy cultivating relationships. Think of a garden. In order for the plants and flowers to grow well they need love and attention. Turning over the soil, adding mineral nutrients and watering are all a part of the relationship that you want to nurture.
There are several ways to keep the relationships in your life well tended. When they are, you’ll find a wealth of support and knowledge to help you achieve your personal goals.
1. Show empathy. Empathy is being able to understand where a person is coming from. You can see the person behind the emotions. Ask them about their day or how things are going with their families. Empathy doesn’t judge another person but accepts them for who they are.
2. Communicate often. It is easier these days to lose touch. But, there is also a variety of ways to let someone know they are special in your life: cell phone, telephone, letter, texting and email besides face to face meetings. Let the special people in your life know you haven’t forgotten about them even though the years and miles keep you apart.
3. Invest in someone’s future. It could be as simple as teaching them to paint or plant flowers. When you share your knowledge with friends and family, you are equipping them with a new skill that they can use in their life.
4. Spend time with others. We all need human contact. Going out with friends or inviting people over to your home can lead to outbursts of laughter, reminiscing about old memories and new memories created. Don’t neglect people for things. Relationships are always going to be the more valuable of the two.
5. Know yourself. It is hard to be a part of a group if you don’t know what you bring to it. Each of us has unique talents and skills. Sharing these traits in common with another begins a relationship. When you are secure in who you are and how you feel it is easier to share a part of yourself with others.
6. Define your commitment. Relationships take time and commitment. Are you willing to invest that time? When you put in the time, you notice things about others such as when they are not well or need your help. These non-verbal cues develop over time. If you want friends you have to learn to be one first.
Relationships will wither away without proper care. It doesn’t take much to start a relationship but keeping it going requires commitment to share yourself with others to the benefit of both of you.
To your success,
If you’ve always failed online, understand it’s not your fault. You just haven’t been shown how the game is really played. Today that changes! Go here NOW! ==> Give Me The Secrets!

