Houston, TX
What a great way to start 2012

Live Workshop: Icebreakers – Learn how to get prospects to say,
"Please tell me about your product or business."

Workshop to be conducted by Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter

If you say and do the right things, prospects are attracted to you. This is a great way to avoid rejection.

Learn how to create great first sentences that will get prospects to say, "Please tell me about your product or business."

We will also learn how to explain to our distributors how and why beliefs make a difference in our results, and how to quickly change beliefs.

Houston, TX
Wednesday January 25, 7pm-10pm
Holiday Inn Houston Reliant
8111 Kirby Drive
Houston, TX 77054
Cost: $20 at the door.

Remember as a member of the Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group,
YOUR cost is $10.00 (cash or check) at the door.

You don’t want to miss this great kick off for the year 2012, so RSVP today and we’ll see you January 25, 2012 !!!!
Call me if you have any questions or concerns.

Jennifer Fisher
Organizer

Wednesday September 7, 2011

7pm to 10pm
Hotel Indigo
5160 Hidalgo Street
Houston, TX 77056
Cost: $20 at the door.

Shy people and confident professionals can all benefit from these tips and ideas to help you sell more in these uncertain times.

Don’t want to be a salesperson? Then just take the time to make your presentations natural, easy, flowing and more profitable every single time.

Learn from Australian Master Presenter Mark Davis ( formerly known as GOOGLE Super-man ) as he shares presentation techniques for selling your products and services in front of any audience.

You need fresh ideas, new catchphrases and memorable sayings to get into and stay in the mind of your customer.

The difference between selling a little and a selling a lot depends on the words coming out of your mouth, how you look, and how you understand the responses from your audience.

Learn to speak like a professional, and you will have the audience, whether it’s one or one hundred, eating out of the palm of your hand.

You don’t have to be an expert, either. Just master these simple ideas that have been taught and proven around the world. As a trainer and speaker, Mark makes the art of powerful presentations in any situation appear effortless. And at the end of the session, you will know how to do the same!

Once you get the basics under your belt, the rest will be like pressing the button on a money-printing-machine.

Wednesday September 7,  2011

7pm to 10pm
Hotel Indigo
5160 Hidalgo Street
Houston, TX 77056
Cost: $20 at the door.

Be sure to RSVP – And we’ll see you there.

~Jennifer Fisher
Organizer
281-354-3919

The First Skill All New Distributors Should Be Taught.

Here are the notes from James Trower’s training at the Houston Network Marketing Meetup July 07, 2011

There is a huge difference between Needs and Wants.

Everyone Needs to go to the Dentist every 6 months, but do we Want to? NO!
Everyone Needs to get up an hour earlier and Exercise, but do we Want to? NO!
Everyone Needs to watch their Diet and eat healthier foods but do we Want to? NO!
Everyone Needs to pay Taxes, but do we Want to? NO!

So it’s perfectly normal for people to Need things, but not Want them.

And when you get home you’re going to find out that your family, friends and co-workers are perfectly normal.

When you get home you’re going to be listening to a relative complaining about……….
And at some point you’re going to ask them “would you like to do something about it?”

And they’re going to say things like, I am under a doctor’s care, I am allergic to all liquids, powers, and pills, I’ve tried everything and nothing works for me. All these excuses are “code” for NO!

You know that your relative Needs your product or service but doesn’t Want it and that’s perfectly normal. Your business is only with the people who Want it.

When you get to work your going to hear your co-worker complaining about not having enough money for………………….
And at some point you’re going to ask them “would you like to do something about it?”

And they’re going to say things like, I don’t know anyone, I am not a sales man, that’s a pyramid, I am only 45 years away from retirement. All these excuses are “code” for NO!

You know that your co-works Needs your opportunity, Needs the extra money but they don’t want it and that’s perfectly normal. Your business is only with the people who Want it.

Restaurant

It’s like owning a restaurant. What’s your favorite restaurant? (XYZ). Do you think everyone should try the food at XYZ’s Restaurant at least once? (Yes). Does everyone Want to? NO, for what every reason 99% of the people in (Your town) do not go to XYZ’s Restaurant, but does XYZ’s Restaurant have a great business with the 1% that does? Absolutely, you see XYZ’s Restaurant understands that their business is only with the people that want to go there.

BOB
Imagine you have a job looking for people named Bob, and you walked up to me and said "hey James what’s your name" and I say "James".  Then you say "wouldn’t you like to be a Bob.  My life would be a lot easier if you where a Bob.  You look like a Bob. Do you feel like a Bob?  You can sign this application and change your name to Bob. Would you please be a Bob!"

Would you do that? NO, you would simply go find someone else and ask them if their name is Bob. And if you where really smart you’d ask them do you know anyone named Bob. Our business is only with the Bob’s of the world.

This story will help shield your new distributor from what’s going to happen when people say NO who shouldn’t.

So when someone says NO to them instead of them feeling rejected and wanting to quit they will understand that it’s perfectly normal for people to Need things but not Want them.

Not everyone who Needs our products and services is going to Want them and that is perfectly normal. Our business is only with the people that Want to.

Learn all the skills you need to grow your business at http://www.fortunenow.com

A HUGE thanks to Tom "Big Al" Schreiter for teaching us the skills for success and encouraging us to pass them on. Thanks to the members of the  Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group for your support and interest in learning the skills to build your business and for passing those skills on to your teams.

James Trower
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Sure, when they say "No", it hurts. But it also releases you, lets you go on your way.

The most painful word is actually a sentence: 

"OK. Sounds good. Let me think about it."

THAT one is like a never-ending toothache. It can tie you up for days or weeks or months or … years?

A leader makes decisions. Go with your gut. Do it. Right or wrong, it really does not matter. You can always change it later. The longer you think it over, the more time & mental energy you waste.

Have you ever noticed how tough it is for pr0spects  to decide?

On Saturday night, May 14th, at 7:55 pm Central time,

Richard Dennis will talk about how to ease the pain of decisions … and ramp up the pain of indecision … for your prospects AND for yourself.

You’ll find the dial in information at the meetup site.

What you learn on this teleseminar can make a real difference in your f1nancial future. Hope you’ll join us!

~Jennifer Fisher
Organizer
281-354-3919

Houston, TX
Monday April 11, 7pm to 10pm
Holiday Inn Reliant Park
8111 Kirby Dr.
Houston, TX 77054

You can make contacts, build a list, create prospects and sponsor 24 hours a day. Social media never closes.
But is it worth the time playing "pen pal" with 1,000 friends?
Does anyone read your Twitter "tweets"?
We will concentrate on low-tech, easy-to-do ways to build your contacts and create a stronger relationship with your contacts.
No programming, no tech skills needed.
And wouldn’t it be great to have more of your contacts in your local area instead of in Bangladesh?
This workshop is three hours of hard-core tips and ways to make the time you invest in social media pay off faster and with better results.

Join us April 11th & take your Social Media up a notch.

Cost: $10 at the door for Meetup Members – all others $20 at the door

See you there – Rsvp at the Meetup site for the discount

http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Network-Marketing/events/17095438/

To YOUR Success
Organizer
~~Jennifer Fisher
Other places to find Me:
My Generic Website
Facebook
Twitter

Thanks to those who came and participated in our monthly generic workshop in March.  The discussion was on time management.

I told you all I would provide the information presented and apologize for taking so long to get to it.

The only resources we have are time and money…. Until we have earned enough to hire someone to do the busy work, then we have to learn to manage our time effectively.   

Effective vs. Efficient – Effectiveness  is doing the right job right.  Efficiency is simply doing some job right. (There is a world of difference)

A quality networking marketing internet business must have an amazing time management plan for it to be successful.

How much time DO WE HAVE per day to build our business? 

When helping your partners find time in their day, remember our coloring exercise.  Here is the template we worked from:
http://houstonnetworkmarketing.com/hnm/doc/15min-glance.pdf   Help your biz partner isolate even 15 minute slots they did not realize they had.  We can do A LOT in 15 minutes, read, listen, make a follow-up call, get something prepared for mailing, etc….. We can’t eliminate excuses though, we can only help them see their day in a different light.

We talked about the different time management personalities.  Here is the link to that document:  http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/timemanagement/a/timetypes.htm

Strategies for mastering your productivity with email

including the link to http://lessemailsplease.com to send to your "pass this on" email fanatic friends.

There is ONE thing I do NOT recommend as suggested in the article.  I DO NOT recommend Boxbe.  Boxbe is the best way I know to LOCK your email out of receiving emails from friends, clients, prospects, etc….. and is, in my books, as devastating to your business as a trojan virus on your computer. 

When planning our activities for building our business:
What is the pay off for what I am doing right now?

1. Important and urgent
2. Urgent but not important
3. Neither

Zero or negative value activities as:
1.      Worry
2.      Making up excuses or reasons why things aren’t working
3.      Idle chatter
4.      Surfing the internet
5.      Checking email
6.      Instant messaging
7.  Going into Convince mode when prospecting

Low Value Activities
1.      Attending “same old” company trainings and meetings
2.      Errands for businesses
3.      Repetitive/Administrative work
4. Getting ready to get ready

High value activities –
1.      Generating your leads and following up with them
2.      Creating your ad copy or marketing
3.      Talking with prospects.

Prospect, Connect, Repeat….. Prospect, Connect, Repeat…..

8 Time wasters:

Eliminate Timewasters:  (HUGE issue- it is so easy to let these things suck up your time)

a) Constantly checking email.
b) Telephone interruptions – answering the phone EVEYRTIME it rings – let it go to voicemail !!
c) Lack of Objectives – not knowing what our real goal or objective is
d) Crisis Management – the fireman syndrome
e) Attempting too much at once – learn to break big projects up into smaller ones
f) Personal disorganization –
g) Procrastination
h) Lacking the ability to say no – Know your limitations – we cannot do everything

Causes of procrastination – The essence of procrastination is very well reflected in this quote by Bernard Meltzer: "Hard work is often the easy work you did not do at the proper time."

What are typical reasons why you procrastinate? Here are a few of the most common situations to consider in your anti procrastination efforts.

It can be as simple as
·       Waiting for the right mood
·       Waiting for the right time

Then look at the way you organize your work. You may notice other reasons for procrastination like
·       Lack of clear goals
·       Underestimating the difficulty of the tasks
·       Underestimating the time required to complete the tasks
·       Unclear standards for the task outcomes
·       Feeling as the tasks are imposed on you from outside
·       Too ambiguous tasks

And there are also many connections with
·       Underdeveloped decision making skills
·       Fear of failure or fear of success
·       Perfectionism

Procrastination – adds stress – Stress often comes from things that we are not doing anything about! Procrastination also leads to negative emotions such as guilt and negative self-esteem – JUST DO IT!

Cool Tools –

http://www.softpile.com/Business/Notes_and_Reminders/Review_07317_index.html

You can use it as a stopwatch, for an alarm clock, as a countdown timer and more.

http://www.softpile.com/Business/Notes_and_Reminders/Review_07317_index.html

Hootsuite
HootSuite – Social Media Dashboard

With HootSuite, you can monitor keywords, manage multiple Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Ping.fm and WordPress profiles, schedule messages, …
hootsuite.com/

Great Stress Relief Tips: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-relief/SR00037

We had some great discussions on all the points of time management.  If you weren’t there, you missed it.  Hope to see you at the next one.To YOUR Success
Organizer
~~Jennifer Fisher
Other places to find Me:
My Website
Facebook
Twitter

“The Magic of Momentum! How to Influence your Distributors and Prospects to Take Action Now!”

Ready to learn some new skills for your network marketing
business?

If you want to increase your influence and your ability to change the world … then take advantage of this opportunity to attend a special all-day workshop with
Jerry “D’Rhino” Clark and Tom “Big Al” Schreiter February 05. 2011.

You have great products.

You have a great opportunity.

You have great ideas, but …

No one believes you.
No one takes action.
No one sees things from your point of view.

Why?

Because you don’t have “influence!”

Influence is a skill that can be learned and mastered.

Would you like to be able to influence others? To influence
them to change? To influence them to be better?

Would you like to influence your downline to take advantage
of the opportunity they have?

Politicians have influence. Television personalities have influence. And people you now have influence.

So what about you?

Bring a [b]huge notebook[/b] and get ready to
grow your influence with others.

Join me in learning these great skills from Jerry Clark and “Big Al”  for an all-day live training:

Cost is $20.00 at the door.
10:00AM – 5:00 PM

Houston, TX
Saturday February 5, 10am-5pm
Holiday Inn
8111 Kirby Drive
Houston, TX 77054

Be there!

~Jennifer Fisher
Organizer

How to sell your prospects without giving a single sales presentation

Ready to learn some new skills for your network marketing
business?

Big Al will conduct trainings this month on how to sell your 
prospects without giving a single sales presentation.

Here’s the scenario:

Your brand-new distributor is shy, untrained, scared of his
uncle …

and now you ask him to sit down, pretend to be a salesman,
and read a flip chart to the prospect.

The reality is this: Even though we force our new
distributors into making the list of friends, family and
prospects – they will never call them. It is just too
intimidating.

And it gets worse.

Even if your new distributor gets a chance to read the flip
chart to his prospect, is the prospect really listening? Of
course not.

Solve this problem now and make your new distributors
instantly productive with a brand new way to do your
business. Stop your distributors’ pain now. Let’s spend
three hours to see how the pros do it.

Join me for a Big Al live training:

Houston, TX
Tuesday November 16, 7pm to 10pm
Hotel Indigo
5160 Hidalgo St
Houston, TX 77056
Cost: $20 at the door.

PLEASE NOTE:
Cost for Meetup Members is $10.00 at the door.
So RSVP Today !

See you then,
Jennifer Fisher
Organizer

There is a lot of competition in life between individuals, Corporate businesses and yes, even Network Marketing, when we are out there building our businesses from home.

Everyone has the ‘best’ plan, the ‘best products/services’ …. face it … the best of everything there is to offer.  

So what makes this meetup group THE BEST?   You!  I am not sure you realize just how unique you truly are.

We all share a common direction and within this Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group we are building a community where we are willing to cross those company lines, drop the competition, drop the ego and come together to help each other.

If you would take 3 minutes out of your busy day and watch this video, I believe you will see that when you bring your energy and your knowledge to our workshops, YOU also bring additional ‘uplift’  to help us all soar.  YOU help create the synergy that will get us all where we want to go faster than our ‘flying’ solo..

http://www.pullingtogethermovie.com/

Thank you so much for your continued participation in this group.

I appreciate each and every one of you!

Jennifer Fisher
Organizer
Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group

Thanks to Raquel Joya for bringing "Listening by Design" by John Milton Fogg to the meetup group.

Below are links to the ebooks and the complete information that was provided at the workshop. 
Get your copy of the Greatest Networker in the World at (you will also find the mp3 format on the site):

http://thegreatestnetworker.org/free-stuff/tgnbook/

Just want the book?   Click here

For a copy of Conversations with the Greatest Network Marketer – click here

For a copy 55 Questions to Ask Someone You’ve Just Met by Scott Ginsburg, the "My Name Is Scott" guy – click here

At the end of the workshop Chen provided the name of a free book he believed might be of benefit in regard to ‘culture’ and ‘core’ values.
Get your Free Zappos book – click here  (I ordered mine Wednesday morning and received it Thursday afternoon)

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Here is a little more food for thought when thinking about our listening skills.

Thanks for attending.  YOUR participation makes these workshops effective.

~Jennifer Fisher