Abundant Freedom

I’ve recently been experimenting with a lot of Web 2.0 technologies and ways that they might allow us to meet more people online.  Social Networking is a relatively new online phenomenon that is creating incredible opportunities for people to connect with existing and new friends.  Along these lines, I have started using a tool that is exposing me to a whole new world of qualified prospects.  It’s a great little social networking tool called Twitter.

Twitter is considered a “micro-blogging” tool.  What the heck is a micro-blog?  Well it’s a way for you to write very short posts “micro blog posts” (140 characters max) about what you’re doing and those posts will be seen by everyone that’s “following” you on twitter.

You could think of a “follower” as someone that has “subscribed” to your posts.  Someone that cares about what you’re doing.  I know it sounds crazy.  When I first heard about this, I thought “who in the world would take time out of their busy life to read what other people are doing?”.  Well I was blown away to find out just how many people do read these posts and write their own posts.  It’s a whole other world and let me tell you the people that use Twitter and other social networking tools like it, have higher IQ’s and higher net-worths than most of the people out there.  These are people for the most part that are “in the know” and well connected and networked.  These are perfect prospects for our business.

If you have any questions about Twitter or other social networking tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. , let me know.  I’d be glad to discuss them and their business potential with you.

Today I came across a blog post on another blog that contains a Powerpoint Presentation and a recorded Conference Call discussing ideas on how to market Chi3 Energy more effectively.  It’s worth taking a look at and a listen to.

http://thrivewithgoji.com/2008/10/23/how-to-market-chi3-energy-training-call/

Eben Pagen

The best and worst thing about having your own business is that we don’t have a boss.  With everything that’s going on in our lives it’s very easy to be so scattered and distracted that we don’t get much accomplished by the end of the day.  Now that I work full-time from home, it’s certainly something that I have struggled with and I’ve been looking for ways to boost my productivity.  I came across this resource today that I felt was worth sharing with you.

This information was really designed for Infopreneurs, but there are some great time-management tips here that everyone can use no matter what business someone’s in.  Eben Pagen gives some very good action steps that you can take to greatly increase your productivity.  I would recommend taking notes while you watch this 30 minute video.  You have to opt-in first to see it but it’s worth.  And if you like the first video, he has others you can watch for free.  Let me know what you think about it.

WakeUpProductive.com

Jonathan David Thomas

Since we’re in the middle of hot-n-heavy election season and I’m in a very patriotic mood right now, I thought it appropriate today to post a photo of a fine young American that I’m very proud of; my son Jonathan.

I hope everyone is going to vote two weeks from today.  We’ve got to do our best to make sure today’s youth has a chance at a decent future.

I spent Saturday and Sunday this past weekend attending Podcamp Pittsburgh 3 held at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.  It was an incredible event.  I probably learned more there in two days than I’ve learned in any 2-day period in the last 20 years.

Me sitting front and center at PodCamp Pittsburgh 3

It was an “Un-conference” revolving around Social Media.  I learned about the many different uses for sites like Twitter.com, Plurk.com, LinkedIn.com, Facebook.com, Talkshoe.com, Libsyn.com, Blip.tv, Viddler.com, as well as blogging and podcasting technologies and best practices, video compression tips & techniques, SEO optimization of blogs, got to meet some real celebrities of the blogging and podcasting worlds and many other cool sites, tools and people too numerous to mention.  It was also a fantastic opportunity to network with some very sharp creative people.  My brain is spinning with ideas on how to apply many of the things I learned to both my business and personal life.

This is an event that I would recommend to anyone that enjoys communicating and interacting with others.  They are held all over the world so check one out if you ever get a chance.  Podcamp.org

If you know me, you’ve probably heard me say many times that in my experience in network marketing, after one year, someone who consistently puts 10 hours every week into their business will come out way ahead of someone who puts in 40 hours this week and then nothing for the following 3 weeks and then 40 hours the next week, etc.

Even though the net hours invested in their businesses would be the same after one year, the person who worked their business just 10 hours every week, even though it seems much less “explosive”, will be much further ahead due to one principal…

Consistency

Why is consistency so important?  The overriding principle that determines how a network marketing organization is going to grow is a concept called Momentum.  Momentum is an extremely precious thing in network marketing.

Momentum is what makes it easy for a diesel engine on a train to keep that train moving hundreds of miles across the country in a single day.  Once that train stops, how much energy does it take to get it moving up to cruising speed?  A lot!!  But keeping it moving once it’s moving is very easy.

It’s the same with your our business.  Once it’s moving, the most critical thing is maintaining a consistent activity level that will KEEP it moving.  You can’t let it slow down or stop because it takes a lot more energy to get it back up to speed than it did to just maintain the speed you already had.  Be consistent and do something for your business every day!

Is the glass half-full or is it half-empty?

So how do you see the glass?  I think you can probably guess how I see it.

The glass is definitely 1/2 full.  Starting today, we’ve still got 16 days in the month to take our businesses to the next level!  What if you talked to only 5 prospects per day?  What if every business builder on your team talked to only 5 prospects per day?

Let’s look at an example…  Assuming you have 5 business builders on your team.  What if each one of them talked to only 5 prospects per day.  Including you, that’d be 30 prospects per day.  180 prospects per week taking Sundays off.  What would happen to your business if our opportunity was put in front of 180 people per week…Wow!

Remember, it’s not just about what you’re doing, it’s about what you’re leading your team to do.  Work with your team to encourage them to be consistently prospecting and in-turn motivating their team to be active prospectors.

Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing more detailed thoughts on consistency.  Let’s make it a great October!

In this economy, there are a lot of people that are already, or soon will be, SUFFOCATING.  Suffocating from lack of means to get by.  If your friend was suffocating from a lack of oxygen, would you offer them a deep breath from your full, fresh oxygen tank?

Our business opportunity is a full tank of fresh oxygen.  It’s a fresh supply of life that you can offer to everyone that you care about.  I was just on a training call that encouraged people to call the folks on their “chicken list”.  They said that now, more than ever, it’s time to call those folks and just ask them how they’re doing.  Ask them if the economy has had any effect on their business or their job.  Without a doubt, it will open a conversation that you can take wherever you want it to go.

The next 24 hours are yours to use as you see fit…make the most out of them!

It’s always a positive sign when your company is hiring.  Even in a sluggish economy.

Check it out for yourself…

http://tinyurl.com/4z62rc

Is the check you receive tomorrow going to be as large as you want it to be?

Mine isn’t.  I doubt I’ll ever be satisfied with any check I get.  That’s just the nature of always wanting to achieve more.  So what’s the quickest way to make our checks larger?

…Enroll Marketing Executives and create Star DIrectors…as fast as we can!!