Houston Network Marketing

Coach Mark Davis is coming back to the United States to
show network marketers how to use the latest tools to
get high Google rankings. Get seen by thousands
of free social networking members.

Let your competition pay for low-quality leads and
prospects while you spend your time with the hottest,
pre-sold, exclusive leads that you easily created with
FREE marketing campaigns to the hundreds of free social
networks on the Internet.

You’ll love it.

Now you can be talking to real people, with real needs
that your product, service or opportunity can fill.
Stop cold-calling and lead-chasing forever.

You don’t have to be an Internet or computer expert
to do this. If you can hold a mouse, you can follow
these easy step-by-step instructions to create your own
marketing campaign.

This is a "live" and interactive, hands-on training
with limited seating.

The details:
    Master The Art of Online Selling through Social Media
  7 strategies for immediate results!

  Workshop presented by Mark Davis
  Houston, TX
  Wednesday November 4, 7pm to 10pm
  Indigo Hotel Galleria
  5160 Hidalgo Street
  Houston, TX 77056
  Cost: $10 at the door  – for members of the
Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group

Please reserve your seats by RSVP’ing.  Also feel free to
invite your team members or friends to come along.

It is easy to be a success when you have an unlimited
source of prospects and leads.

And if you know how to use free social networks to create
these leads?

The world is yours.

If you live in the Houston area, you’ll want to be
there. If you have downline associates in the
area, be sure to let them know.

We hope you can attend Mark’s training.
~Jennifer Fisher

What a great event.  Tom "Big Al" Schreiter shared some killer 1st sentences for starting a conversation, starting a presentation, closing a presentation.

Here are some pictures from the event.

The next meetup has already been scheduled.  Mark Davis will be the guest.

In order to build a successful business, we’ve got to keep learning new skills.  The Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group is a great way to do that without being pitched on someone else’s ‘deal’.

See you at the next event.

~ Jennifer Fisher

Oct 15, 2009 7pm-10pm

Tom "Big Al" Schreiter – Back by popular demand. 

Prospects make an immediate decision based on the first sentence out of your mouth. If your first sentence is good, your prospect will look for reasons to join.

If your first sentence is bad … well, your prospects will look for reasons not to join.

Learn this important skill at the live workshop! There is a small fee to attend this workshop $20.00 (to help cover the cost of the meeting room.) If you are a member of the Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group (http://www.meetup.com… ), the cost will be $10 at the door.

Because seating is limited, please reserve your seat as soon as possible by RSVP’ing

As soon as "Big Al" confirms a location, we will get it posted.

~ Jennifer

The next meetup is Thursday, October 8, 2009
Topic — Everything You Wanted to Know About Online social networking -

If you’ve been wanting to take the online social networking plunge, here’s your opportunity. We will discuss the basics from customizing your profile, online  ‘netiquette’, how to brand yourself, and much more.

If you’ve already taken the plunge, feel free to share any online strategies that are woking for you.

Location
Monterey’s Tex Mex Cafe 
12520 Greenspoint Dr
Houston, TX 77060
(281) 876-4309

Be sure to RVSP over on the Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group site

To YOUR Success,
Your Assistant Organizer
~~Jennifer Fisher
Other places to find Me:
My Website
Facebook
Twitter
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Pics from the 10-08-09 Meetup

The One Minute Presentation

Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone we invited to an opportunity meeting actually showed up, eager and ready to take action?

Let’s look at where that system is breaking down. It’s before we ever get to the presentation meeting

We spend too much time trying to convince unqualified people to join
It is not true that every one breathing on their own, who has a pulse – is a prospect We do the show up and throw up system – too much information.

What do you NOT need in your 1 Minute presentation:

1. The Company P&L statement
2. Who is the President
3. If you were the 33^rd fastest growing company anywhere
4. How many millions of dollars in sales the company did.
5. What percentage of growth the company had last quarter
6. Details on the comp plan.
7. How many colors/sizes/features/prices/bps/cvs, etc
8. How much time and money is spent on the quality assurance
9. Money back guarantee
10. The corporate Jet, building, # of customer service reps

Here are some questions prospects WANT to know:

1. What do I have to do?
2. Tell me a little about the product or service
3. Is it reasonably priced
4. Will others want this?
5. Can I do it?
(Watch your terms- linear, residual – consider using on-going until you explain “Rock and Roll” income or “Mailbox” money.All the things a prospect does not need to know in a 1 minute presentation is something they should get as "training")

If you start with the attitude that …. here’s the facts…. that’s it.  Then the decision is up to the prospect.

Many prospects think they must become a salesperson to do Network Marketing, when in truth Network Marketing is about building relationships, referring and recommending…… not "pitching, pushing, prodding, convincing, or selling".

So, here’s the format for the 1 Minute Presentation:

1.  Let your prospect know they do not need to change.  The prospect does not have to become something he/she is not,  just continue to refer and recommend just like they always have – movies, books, shopping, etc….

2. Let your prospect know WHAT your company has to offer, for multiple services or products, just give them 2-3 ideas based on the ones you like and ask if they think they could find however many they liked and feel comfortable recommending those?  Remember that we do not all have to like the same things.

3. Ask your prospect if between everybody they talk to and everybody they talk to, so on and so on, does your prospect think with your help and your team’s system that they might could find X number of people who looked forward to using Company ABC’s products/services on a regular basis?

If the prospect leans forward and says ”tell me more", then you can take one of several paths:

1. Ask questions such as:  What would you like to know – don’t assume you know

what they want to know.

2.  LOAN the prospect a third party tool, like your company DVD, CD, Magazine (let the person know you will need to get the ‘tool’ back from them within a reasonable period of time)

3.  Invite them to the ‘training’ session that is coming up (you know -  that presentation meeting). 

If the prospect says "no", then leave him/her alone.  No need to spend time trying to convince someone to be interested.  Remember, we can’t ‘make’ someone want to have a dream or see the vision in Network Marketing that we do.

Thanks to everyone who came for making it a great, interactive Meetup. 

~  Jennifer Fisher

Those who attended the Houston Network Marketing Meetup Thursday evening learned a valuable technique when ‘listening’ to others.

If you would like the notes Shari used during the presentation, click here and save to your computer.  Click here for a ‘completed color chart’.

Good questions to ask in helping you determine a person’s personality:

1. What type of work do you do? What do you like best about it?

What do you like least about it?  G Y B R

2. What is the most fun thing you do in your normal day?  G Y B R

3. What would be your ideal way to earn a living?  G Y B R

4. Tell me about your level of self-confidence? G Y B R

5. Tell me about your closest friend. G Y B R

6. Are you more of a people-person or are you more comfortable being by yourself?
G Y B R

7. Tell me how you make decisions? (What process do you go thru?) G Y B R

There are also other resources available that can help us go from learning that this ’secret language’ exists to near mastery.  However, as Tom “Big Al” Schreiter says, if you can get it right 50% of the time, that’s good too.

You might want to add this to your Network Marketing Skills library.

From Tom “Big Al’s” site. (clicking will take you directly to his site)

Learn the secret language of prospects, that INSTANTLY goes to their minds and to their hearts . . . so that you can say just a few sentences and your prospects will want to join!

There is also a 100 page E-Book available.  Contact Jennifer Fisher, for details.

Please note the Organizers do NOT receive any financial benefit from the sales of any skills tools from any source.

Happy Networking !
Jennifer Fisher
Assistant Organizer

RESPECTFUL PROSPECTING

Unless you truly believe in your product or service, you aren’t going to be a good Prospector.

Some people don’t like the word Prospector because it creates visions of jumping out at people in the dark to get their attention long enough for you to tell them about your product.  But, a Prospector is just someone looking intently for something of value.  Your Prospect could turn out to be valuable to you if your approach is respectful and dignified.

If you approach someone in the first place, you obviously are of the assumption that whatever you’re offering will be of value to them.  So, keep it simple.  If you tell someone about a good restaurant you went to, do you call and read the menu to them?  If you see a good movie, do you call and read the script to them?  Of course not.  You just say that you ate the best steak you’ve ever put in your mouth and think they’d enjoy it too.  Or you say you saw a really funny movie and think they should go see it and have a good belly laugh.  Use this same strategy when prospecting.

For instance, you might say something like…"Prospect, I’ve been taking XYZ  Supplements for two weeks and I threw away my glasses yesterday.  You might want to try them and see if they help you too."

Then you drop it.

Hand them a business card or give them the website address or a sample with your contact information on it.  Then change the subject.  If they’re interested in knowing more, they’ll start asking questions. If they’re afraid to ask questions for fear of getting trapped in a 3-hour conversation, you’ve given them the option of looking at your information on the sly and making a decision before they approach you about it.   If they aren’t interested in knowing more, you’ve salvaged a friendship.

If they should start asking questions, just answer that particular question.  Don’t go into the history of the company and the scientific data behind the product’s creation, etc.  And don’t give them answers to questions they haven’t asked yet!  You most likely don’t have all the answers, so you’ll just stir up a whole can of worms and make yourself and your company look slimy.  They’ll eventually get all the information they need.  Why do you think we spend 12 years in school?  We need time to absorb what we’ve taken in to make room for more.

Basic strategies:

•  Don’t exaggerate.  People don’t like to be tricked.  Besides, your product should speak for itself, so you shouldn’t have a need to enhance it.

•  Don’t try to skirt around the issue or deliberately leave out information about the product, company or marketing plan that you think the Prospect might not like.  They will find out eventually.  Re-read that last sentence.  Who’s going to look bad?  Who’s going to be the big loser in the game of manipulation?  I’ll cheat and give you the answer…it’s not the Prospect.

•  Don’t manipulate people for short term gain.  It leads to long term pain.  Mainly for you because nobody will ever listen to you again.

•  Don’t try to make the sale at any cost.  It gives the Network Marketing Industry  a bad name.  It’s best to wait until the Prospect is comfortable with their decision rather than push them into something you may both regret.

A few thoughts to ponder…

*  Tell a Prospect and they’ll forget.

*  Show a Prospect and they just might remember.

*  Involve a Prospect in a comfortable conversation and they’ll understand."

Mentoring is not about teaching people.  It’s about helping them to understand and learn. It’s an on-going relationship that encourages the learning process.

Candy Turner

Candice Turner is an active member of the Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group,.  Learn more about Candy and what she is doing by visiting the Meetup Group site.  Better yet, come meet her in person at a Houston Network Marketing Meetup.

If you would like to submit a generic article to the Houston Network Marketing Blog site, contact Shari, the organizer, or myself (Jennifer).  To contribute, you must have attended at least one of the Meetups.

When:  June 11, 2009
Where: Monterey’s Tex Mex Cafe , 12520 Greenspoint Dr, Houston, TX 77060

What: Learn the Language of your Prospects

Most successful Network Marketers know you have to talk to people in order for them to either be interested in your product(s) and/or services or your business opportunity. However, what most don’t realize is that if you say the same thing to four different prospective clients, it’s very likely you will get four different reactions.

Join us May 21, for a more in depth study of the 4 primary personality types. Come and learn how to spot different personalities, what their main interests are, how best to tailor your offering to their ‘hot spots’ and how to determine a person’s personality before you even speak to them.

If you are in any type of business, this information will be of benefit to you and your entire organization.

As you know, these Meetups are all generic. So bring your friends and business partners.

Join us at 6:30 for dinner.  The meeting will start promptly at 7:00 PM.

Bring the most guests and receive a free CD Set from Tom "Big Al" Schreiter’s Collection.  Visit the Meetup group to RSVP and to get the location.
Your Assistant Organizer
~~Jennifer Fisher
Other places to find Me:
Myspace
Facebook
Youtube
Hubpages
Twitter
To YOUR Success

Thanks to everyone who attended the Meetup on May 28th, 2009.  We had a great workshop talking about the Secret Language of our Prospects and after wards got to test what we had learned on each other.  If you haven’t made it to one of the meetups yet, I strongly encourage you to come out. 

If you’re not a member of the Houston Network Marketing Meetup Group yet, we’re a Generic group of Network Marketers, all in our own companies, so we don’t come together to pitch each other our deal.  However, we all understand the importance of learning new skills and keeping those we already know tuned up.

So, if this interests you, then click on the logo on the right side of the page and join.  It’s free! 

Here are a few of the pictures.

Your Assistant Organizer
~~Jennifer Fisher
Other places to find Me:
My Website
Myspace
Facebook
Youtube
Hubpages
Twitter
To YOUR Success

What: 2 Simple Life-changing Tricks
When: April 11, 2009 8:00 PM
Where: Tele-Seminar
Meetup Description: If you use the internet for lead generation then Shari and Jennifer
would like to invite you all to listen in on a live tele-conference
hosted by a generic training group called Mentoring For Free.
Check the information below for the details. The call will only last
one hour.
2 Simple Life-changing Tricks
Cruel fact #1: If you want to build a big inc0me online, you need
to be able to do some writing.
Cruel fact #2: Most people can’t write.
Cruel fact #3: Those who do write … usually do it wrong.
On Saturday night, April 11th, at 7:55 pm Central time, Richard
Dennis, author of the book, "Evil Medicine", will demonstrate the
two simple life-changing tricks, along with several examples, that
will have you writing magnetic stories within minutes. You’ll also
get the url for a very useful file you can download.
This training could be worth a lot of m0ney to you. To listen in,
just contact Shari or Jennifer and we’ll
give you the call-in number. Hope you’ll join us!
you can also email one of us
Shari – shariheinly@yahoo.com
Jennifer – complus1@yahoo.com
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Network-Marketing/calendar/10158401/