Who’s Got Your Back - “Knowledge Is Free At The Library. Just Bring Your Own Container”

Many of us are caught in a constant tug-of-war between work and wellness. Keith Ferrazzi’s Who’s Got Your Back offers a strategy to execute on your most ambitious plans without costing your happiness, well-being, or sanity–in fact his program promises to enhance them by building deeper, more supportive relationships. Read more

3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Choosing a Work From Home Business

So you’ve decided that a work from home based business is for you.   Great!  With so many opportunities out there how does one decide which is best? Read more

Build Your Monavie Business With The Right Mindset

Are you in business to create success that will pay you tremendous rewards or are you in another hobby that costs money and will always be so?   Answering that question will help project where you’re headed.   It cannot be expressed enough how important your mindset must be when building your Monavie business.  If you are looking to serve a lot of people and as a result create an income generating asset that will take care of you and bring into reality life’s dreams than you MUST want it badly enough.  You must take the lead in your business and treat it with the respect any worthwhile endeavor deserves.   It’s not everyday someone tells us “HOW IT IS.”  But the truth is that it will be difficult to climb the ranks successfully if you’re not passionate about your pursuit.  How many businesses have you seen succeed where the owners reached a level of success without being “ALL IN?”  Your head has to be consistently in the game.

ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT:

A championship sports team intends to win every game they play.  They are psyched and ready for action.  Even when they lose a game, which they eventually do, their sight remains on the bigger goal of taking it all.  When they make it to the finals their names will be remembered.  When a team loses this winning positive mentality it could mean the end of the season or just another mediocre year.  The successful players tell themselves they are going to win and their is no other option.

This is exactly how you need to think about your successful Monavie community.  You need to think that there is no other option out there. You are going to win. Rejection is not an option and when it occurs, it’s just a bump in the road.

Write down your goals.  Put them in a place you’ll see regularly - on the fridge perhaps?  At your desk?  Sounds hokey, but it works amazingly well!  Think about it often and more.  Whether you want to make an additional $500 next month or to enroll 5 new distributors next week on your team, make it concrete and specific.  When your thoughts are positive and you believe in your Monavie product and opportunity, your energy emerges to a higher level and so does your “A-GAME.”

This positive mindset produces an environment and an aura about you that is far more convincing and contagious to your prospects.   People will want to hear what you have to say and give Monavie the opportunity it deserves to help them in their lives.

Needless to say it is of utmost importance you maintain the right frame of mind. Remember that positive things attract positive things. The same goes for the opposite, so make sure you are as positive as possible.

Working In Pairs When Sharing Monavie With Prospects

When appropriate and feasible it is a great approach to include another Monavie distributor on your sharing of the Monavie product and opportunity.  The primary benefit and advantage is that of relateability through teamwork of course.  When I go out into the field on a sales call or presentation I study my potential customer as thoroughly as possible trying to learn what interests them, what they are passionate about, where they come from - even what additional languages they may speak.  By having another person the two of you double the range of possible “connectivity” points during your conversation.

You may not be able to relate to a subject such as fishing, but your partner may.  You may not have had experience raising a family and children but your partner may.  In fact, it is even possible that your prospect may approve of you as a business contact but not as a very personable friend contact - this is where your partner may be able to step into it and be that fun and humorous - yet professional too - person.

Another advantage is that after your meeting your partner may have noticed something about how the whole interaction went and give great feedback as to future possibilities or even future improvements/tweaks to how things are conducted with your next future distributor or client.

Of course, it’s always proper to let your prospect know that you will be with an associate/friend when meeting beforehand.  It is highly recommended of course that you counsel with your upline as to what would work best for You and your situation.

What If My Significant Other Is Not Interested In Monavie?

This is not an uncommon issue among Monavie distributors.  When you look at other businesses outside of Monavie you’ll find many couples only “half” involved in the active growth of a new venture.  What happens in many cases is one person takes first interest launching and growing the enterprise while the other, for whatever reason (doubt, lack of enthusiasm, laziness, pre-occupation with other interests/vocations) stands back and chooses not to participate.  Sometimes, it can be less encouraging if your other half is less than positive about your desire for success.

Fear not!  Anything worthwhile encounters resistance and it’s often the friction that instigates growth and development and for some, a tenacious motivation.  In fact, there are many stories, if you dig deep enough, where the other person watches as a spectator and as the success of the business becomes evident (CASH IS ROLLING IN) they magically hop onto the bandwagon - a curious habit of human nature I would note.

So what do you do if you find yourself building your Monavie business without the full active support of your special other?  Here’s what some other business owners have to say about that:

• “Remember why you’re building your business - what goals and dreams do you want to see?  They have to be bigger than yourself and the minor setbacks that throw themselves at you.”
• “The world of success, whatever that definition is to you, exerts a price to be paid.  Be ready to do what it takes.”
• “There are so many stories of a hubby or wife who comes along after you’ve put in your early dues and your success has materialized.  At this point it can really intensify your following success and it’s so worth it!   Don’t give up.”
• “You know…the world is not an easy place to make it.  But it can be made.  You gotta want it so bad it makes you get up early in the morning and what appears like a lot of “WORK” to someone else is really your passion that can’t be denied.  Just suck it up, surround yourself around a supportive group of people who do share your vision and run baby!”
• “Who’s paying the bills!  Someones gotta take charge and it better be YOU.  I choose to make things happen for my family and I instead of letting them happen to us.   If _____________ doesn’t want to help than I’ll have to be twice as smart and twice as good.”
• “Part of the success of my business is reading success stories of many past and current entrepreneurs.  What I’ve found is that someone else has always had it worse than us and they still made it and continue to do so.   This is incredibly encouraging and reminds me to stay the course and make adjustments along the way.”

Many thanks to the business owners who shared their thoughts in contributing to this article.  Perhaps the greatest thing we can do is to remember success is never accomplished alone.  It would be awesome if our significant other was a part of our economic growth.  But if this is not,than FIND A SUPPORT NETWORK OR GROUP who will encourage and help you.  They are out there and when it comes to your Monavie business, think your UPLINE and DOWNLINE.   You are not alone in the awesome future that awaits your arrival.

The Power Of Networking For Home Based Businesses

Business networking, or relationship marketing/building, is one of the most critical skill sets for every business owner, especially work from home professionals. Read more

When Calling Someone Ask If They Are Free To Talk

When was the last time someone called you and as you said, “hello” they proceeded immediately to convey their message (and sometimes a very long one)?  When it comes to good professional business etiquette, it is sometimes a great idea to clear the receiver’s availability for conversation before proceeding with your agenda.  This communicates that you, the caller, understand and respect the other professional’s most precious resource, TIME.  I can remember when someone called me and upon answering, they began to chatter away while I, the receiver, had my primary attention on the task at hand.  A good approach and remedy to this for the caller may go something like:

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• “Hi Joy, this is _______, am I catching you at a good time?”
• “Hi Ricardo, you busy?”
• “What’s up Bobby!  Can you talk right now?”
• “Mr. Zagat, I’m calling in regards to the Preston File.  Is this a good time to speak with you?”

As you think about the nature of a phone call correspondence you may be saying to yourself, “well, if they pick up the phone they must be able to talk.”  This is true, to an extent.  However, as many professional and courteous people on the other end of the call sometimes do, they answer to let you know they are there for you, but will need to call back when they are finished with their current activity.  The odds are pretty darn good that more people will appreciate this simple gesture and be more inclined to listen intently when they are ready to.

Have Monavie Ready In Your Car

How does the old saying go?  “BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT, THAN NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT.”  This rings so true if you are wanting to build your Monavie business quickly and efficiently.  How often during our daily, weekly, and monthly activities do we  run into someone whom we know or have just met and the thought goes through our minds, “Monavie would be a great opportunity for improving this person’s health and/or wealth?  But do you have the product with you handy?  Perhaps not on you at that moment, but somewhere near such as your car?  Alas…I can recall multiple occasions when I was meeting with a business client or stopping by to visit a friend and because I had Monavie ready in my car I was able to “share the bottle” and the message that accompanies it.

Here are some thoughts that are easily forgotten, yet have a profound influence on our ability to be effective promoters of Monavie:

• Always have a full case of Monavie in your car/trunk - as you build your team of distributors and client base you’ll find that many people will need product periodically and sometimes often.  Guess who they could call?  Overtime, as your network grows you may need to have several cases with you on many days.
• Always have a single chilled bottle in your car - a bottle ready for tasting along with some small plastic/paper cups.  It is highly recommended, especially in warmer climates, to have a cooler with ice or a chilled/ice carrying bag/pouch to keep your bottle cold for most of the day.
• Always have Monavie literature such as the SUCCESS MAGAZINE or Monavie tri-fold product information brochure for your interested prospects who are interested.
• Have your business cards handy and be ready for the follow up appointment/phone call.  An idea, product, or service is most often sold in the follow up than the initial presentation.  Do you book the follow up at that very moment with your prospect?  That would be a great idea and most preferred.  If not, a phone call/email the following day(s) is appropriate.

The Power of Who

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Mothers Working From Home, WAHM

Mothers working from home, also popularly referred to as WAHM’s (work at home mom), are leading a surge in the growth of home based businesses.  It’s not an easy task being a Mother.  It’s not an easy task for single Mothers working a traditional job especially.  Balancing the commitments of family and professional duties can be a challenge at times.

First Lady, Michelle Obama  voiced at the annual meeting of the Corporate Voices for Working Families in Washington, “I personally… know the challenges of leading a busy life at work and at home, trying to do a good job at both — and always feeling like you’re not quite living up to either — and trying not to pit one against the other, really trying to balance it so that… I call myself a 120-percenter.”  Mrs. Obama personally related with  the struggles of many Moms who strive to give 120% at being the perfect Mother, Wife, Grandma, Friend and Businesswoman.  In a roar of laughter and sincere applause she continued, “I have a chief of staff and a personal assistant, and everyone needs that — that’s what we need,” “Everyone should have a chief of staff and a set of personal assistants.”

Mothers working from home is an impressive Movement.  Taking full control of their situations by creating opportunities via  flexible careers and implementing technology to discover effective new ways to communicate with the world of business while at the same time, attending to their children at home.

From a recent survey conducted by IDC, a leading market intelligence and advisory services company, the average annual gross income of work from home businesses is $63,000.  A home based business for Mothers is a fantastic means of generating income, expressing creativity, advancing professional skills while caring for your children at home.

For WAHM’s, or Work-at-Home-Moms, the main goal is often to change the way business is done while supporting your family at home.   The trick is to start small so that you can work around your daily activities, family responsibilities, social commitments, exercise, children’s school schedules and nap times.

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