Showing posts with label mentorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mentorship. Show all posts

Monday, May 19, 2008

Grow Your Business With Training and Support

No matter what home-based business you're growing, one thing is certain, you need training and support. Let's be honest, some sponsors are simply better than others. So, what do you do if your sponsor has abandoned you?

There are only so many books you can read. And no amount of reading is going to get people joining your team. Do you really want to spend alot of money on leads that probably aren't even fresh? I bet you answered "no" to that questions. Well, I suggest you take a look at Success Blueprint Mentorship Group. Success Blueprint is a training and mentorship group that is committed to changing the 97% failure rate in our industry to a 97% success rate.

After joining Success Blueprint a few months ago, I was contacted by a training and mentorship program that costs upwards of $3000.00. That program offered one-on-one training and mentorship and some of the other things provided by Success Blueprint, the only real difference seemed to be the cost. What if you could get training and support for less than $300.00? What if you could learn how to grow your business with techniques that are FREE? Well, with Success Blueprint that's exactly what you will get!

Whether your business is EDC Gold, Little Guy Network, My World Plus, YTB, Ignite, Xango, Reverse Funnel System or one of the many others out there, it just doesn't matter. Success Blueprint can help you take your business to the next level. The training and support is awesome. Success Blueprint offers an array of live webinars and teleseminars each week including Viral Youtube Traffic, Video Editing, and MySpace Marketing.

In my opinion, the three part webinar on web videos is invaluable, especially if you'd like to learn how to make videos that will get traffic to your website. I made this video and I probably never would have been able to do this without Success Blueprint!

As a part of the training it offers, Success Blueprint teaches its members how to get unlimited targeted prospects contacting them each day. Imagine no longer wasting money on leads or wasting time on free classified advertising. Imagine earning daily cash flow of $200-$600 while learning Success Blueprint's techniques to grow your business. And remember, Success Blueprint is not trying to switch you. On the contrary, Success Blueprint wants to help you make whatever your primary business is successful.

The other great thing about Success Blueprint is the relationships I've formed. I have met some of the nicest and most helpful people since I joined. The one thing we all have in common is the desire to succeed and be prosperous. That common goal is the foundation for a very supportive network of friends that I wouldn't trade for the world.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Building Relationships

One thing that has become apparent to me over the past few years is that big corporations seem to have utter contempt and disrespect for their customers. I can't even count the number of times I have called customer service at a company and been treated rudely. To make matters worse, the credit card companies charge exorbitant fees, the banks charge you to make ATM withdrawals, and the phone, utility and cable companies will disconnect your service despite the fact that you've paid the bill! Let's not even discuss what the oil companies are doing to us right now. The bottom line is that these large corporations have forgotten they need us, the customers.

So, as a home-based business owner, how will you distinguish yourself from these big corporations? Will you sponsor reps into your business and then forget about them or will you provide mentorship, support, and training? If your product is a lotion or potion, will you keep in touch with your customers and make sure they are satisfied with the products they are buying from you?

Building relationships is key in building a home-based business. You want to create a bond with your reps and your customers. You want your reps and your customers to trust you and to feel that you have their best interests at heart.

In order to gain trust with your reps, you must communicate with them. Make sure they understand the product and how to market it. Provide advice and assistance. Don't be selfish with your knowledge. Remember, by educating your reps, ultimately, you will benefit!

To build trust with your customers, you must be knowledgable about your product. That means committing your time to participate in training calls and workshops. Read any training materials provided by your company about the products you are selling. There's nothing worse than being unable to answer a question about a product you're selling!

Follow up is important whether you are dealing with a rep or a customer. As far as your reps go, set a follow-up schedule. Decide whether you are going to contact them weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Whether you contact your reps by phone or e-mail, regularly let them know you are there for them.

With customers, send out a handwritten thank you card thanking them for their order and letting them know how much you appreciate their business. Every month or two, call them or e-mail them to make sure they are using the product correctly and to answer any questions they might have.

When your reps and customers know that you care about them, they will trust you and continue to do business with you, even if you move on to a new venture. So be consistent and always remember that relationship building is the key to success.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Working to Achieve A Dream

When I joined NuLegacy, I was so excited. I shared the opportunity with all of my family and friends, just as most of us are instructed to do when we start a new home business. Well, I soon learned that most of my family and friends, just didn't value the notion of having an additional stream of income the way I did. I was, quite frankly, surprised and a little disheartened. But I began looking for different ways to build my business.

My search led me to free classified ads and traffic exchanges. I spent countless hours posting free classified ads and surfing on several traffic exchanges, but I didn't get any sign-ups from these efforts. I did however, get a response to one of my free classified ads from a guy named Chris. I called him and we chatted and he seemed like a pretty nice guy. During our conversation, he asked me to take a look at his website and to listen to the opportunity call for his business. I didn't know it at the time, but I was about to embark on a completely different path to growing my business!

Well, I checked out his website and listened to the call and checked out the website again. What I heard and saw was awesome! The idea that I could actually get prospects contacting me rather than my chasing them down was amazing to me! Even more astounding to me was that I could get unlimited training and mentoring for less than $200.00. So, I joined Success Blueprint.

Within the first week, using the Success Blueprint Manual, I had a sign up for NuLegacy. I was ecstatic. Now what I'd like to emphasize is that Success Blueprint complements any home business. Whether you are in EDC Gold, Little Guy Network, GBG, YTB, Ameriplan, Pre-Paid Legal, Reverse Funnel System, My World Plus, Liberty League, or any other home business, Success Blueprint can be bolted on to it and help you grow your primary business and generate daily cash flow in the process. Success Blueprint is not going to try to switch you. The goal of Success Blueprint is to turn the 97% failure rate in the network/internet marketing business into a 97% success rate by mentoring, training, and educating its members.

The tools that have been made available to me by Success Blueprint and the training and mentoring I have received are invaluable. I feel so blessed to have found Success Blueprint and I love sharing it with others and positioning them to succeed rather than fail in this business!