Preparing Monavie Business Builders and Prospects For Rejection

How many times have you shared the Monavie product and business opportunity with someone, who seems extremely excited to sign up and move forward - than they go home, talk to their spouse or family - and than when you meet again (or you could get a phone call) they’ve changed their minds for some supposedly uncertain reason.  No doubt that rejection by family and friends is one of the first major hurdles new excited prospects (who could potentially be huge business builders) must overcome.  Monavie is a great product to share in its health benefits.  But when it comes to sharing the business opportunity side most people are quick shoot an excited prospect down before they ever have a chance to take off.

Here is a typical dialogue but a common end-result outcome with a prospect you just shared the business opportunity with:

• Prospect: “honey, I just found a great business called Monavie.  They have a great health functional beverage and their is huge potential to make a lot of money.”
• Prospect’s spouse: “After all these years at the company, you’re going to do what?  You know these things never work.  Don’t waste your time.”  Or how about “Does it involve signing people up under you?  Scam!  I don’t want anything to do with it - and you shouldn’t either!  Don’t be an idiot.”  (OUCH)

The above dialogue is typical and just a small sample of a common person excited about a new  business opportunity and wanting to tell the world about it.  It is our closest friends and family, who likely are well-meaning, that can hurt our future success the most if we are not prepared for it beforehand.

So to say it bluntly, A MAJOR REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE FAIL IN NETWORKING MARKETING (A BUSINESS SUCH AS MONAVIE) IS BECAUSE OF THEIR INABILITY TO COPE WITH REJECTION AT THE INITIAL OUTSET WHEN THEIR EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM IS MOST PRECIOUS AND VITAL.

As an experienced distributor it is up to you to prepare your prospect for the inevitability.  How does one do this?  Below are a few thoughts and examples.  As always, check with our upline support team to learn what works best for you and your situation:

• At the close of the first initial presentation / tasting / meeting let your prospect know what some common responses could be and why they are so
• Lead with the product first more than the business - once the product works it’s easier to explain the business after
• Explain the importance and need of learning as much about the business first before sharing what they think they know with others
• Explain the fact that most people respond negatively due to their ignorance and a lack of information (life’s tough and has had it’s fair share of dissapointments so how can we blame them?) - it’s up to the prospect to get enough of the right information from the people who are successful in the business.
• A HUGE ASPECT FOR OUR PROSPECT TO CONSIDER is the fact that the we often have one chance of making a good first impression - to share the opportunity with others in the not so most effective way could potentially destroy the chances of them ever joining.  Once someone says to the prospect, “You’re a fool for doing that,” how could they possibly join unless the admit they are wrong?  It’s still possible but why take such a chance?  This being said it helps if the spouse, family member or friend can hear it directly from the original business presenter too.
• When you are planning to open a restaurant and tell your friends and family they will likely tell you all the pitfalls and what could go wrong and why you shouldn’t.  BUT if you already have MADE THE COMMITMENT they are just supportive and will likely say, “so when is the grand opening or when can we stop by for lunch/dinner?” - it’s amazing people’s reponse to you when they know you have committed.
• UNTIL YOU ARE INVOLVED FINANCIALLY many people will not treat your business seriously or with respect
• Master your own confidence, knowledge and attitude first and others will follow!
• Remember that rejection is necessary to it’s opposite positive response - it’s the law!  If you’ve ever dated you’ve been rejected - it’s no different in business.  So get a grip and move forward.   Success is worth it!!!!

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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.

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.

How to Find Time For Your Monavie Business

How often do you hear the the phrase, “I don’t have time,”  or “I’m so busy?”  For most of us who begin our Monavie home based business we also bring with us a day time vocation or J-O-B.  And that means we are struggling to find enough time in the day to launch our new economic interest successfully.

The following are some ideas different distributors have used and applied to remedy the classic “I don’t have time,” issue (granted time really is the issue and not just an excuse):

1) Take a full week and track every activity you do and are involved in.  This starts from the moment you start the day to the time you go to bed.  It includes commute time, television, hobbies, sports game attendances, ect.  Than add the time and up and see which activities are most important to your long term goals.

2) Try getting up an hour earlier - or going to bed one hour later for one month.  It’s amazing how much more an extra hour can help you accomplish when you compound this say….5 days were week.  At 4 weeks that’s an extra 20 hours per month of productivity invested into your future.

3) How about the time you have for lunch?  Could you use that to invest studying more about your business or performing misc administrative activities?  Perhaps it could be a valuable client/prospect meeting?  Lunch hours are the usual work hour mindsets for many people and can be very productive and fruitful if utilized correctly with an engaging future customer/prospect/distributor.

The above possibilities are all going to require some ’sacrifice” of personal time.  For many people, it’s not really a sacrifice but an investment and “re-allocation” of energy into a much larger and more fruitful reality of tomorrow.

Does Giving Away Monavie Bottles Work?

Does giving away Monavie bottles work in attracting new distributors and sponsoring them?  In theory it should since the Monavie product sells itself some will say.  In theory it should be worth it another argues considering the potential returns of a successful distributorship.

There are successful Monavie ranking distributors who promote such a strategy and have the results within the company to prove it.  On the other hand there are success stories where giving away bottles is not supported for the most part - simply because it’s not easily replicated and can get expensive.

We do believe that giving away Monavie bottles correctly can work in creating enough return customers/clients and eventual sponsorships.  It has to - the product works (or we wouldn’t be in this business) and there are more people out there who need what we have.

Does Giving Away Monavie Bottles Work?  It can some say:

• If you have a business plan and strategy behind it
• If you give the bottles away to people who have health issues that Monavie can help with
• If you give the bottles away to people who have the financial means to purchase in the future
• If you have the thousands of dollars necessary to invest in so many bulk orders
• If your target demographics’ culture and habits are open to a new product and the price that accompanies it (some cultures are not open to the Monavie product and though they may have the money, do not wish to invest it in something new and premium)

If you’ve answered yes to all the above pre-suppositions than it can - as some Monavie high ranking distributors have proclaimed.  Our team has sponsored people into the business by selling a bottle first and we have sponsored people whom bottles were given to.

If you have a lot of cash and can afford to do so, than it’s a personal choice and likely to grow your Monavie business more quickly.  If you don’t have the cash to invest in giving away bottles than it’s best to take a more pragmatic and methodical approach.  It is highly recommended you contact your upline and strategize according to your specific situation and goals.

*This article was contributed by a fellow Monavie distributor in the Portland Metro area

Monavie is Too Expensive?

“The MonaVie product is too expensive.”  This is a very common yet understandable concern/objection for many people.  There are multiple ways to consider responding to this:

$ COST OF MONAVIE PER DAY @ 4 OUNCES = approx $5/day

• EXPENSIVE?  COMPARED TO WHAT?  Eating all the necessary fruits on a daily basis bought fresh at a grocery store is much more expensive
• What’s your time and convenience factor worth?  Consider the time and energy it would take to go to the grocery store, purchase all the desired fruits (at today’s market price$), than consume it.  Or 2 ounces twice a day with MonaVie
• Is your health and wellness worth it long term?  To consume the nutritional antioxidant and phytonutrient benefits of MonaVie as part of your daily diet, would your body and immune system be able to function at it’s peak capacity?  Is preventative medicine a smarter and less expensive choice compared to reactive medicine after your body has acquired a health issue?

OR A METHODICAL AND BUSINESS RESPONSE:

• EXPENSIVE?  What are you currently spending your money on that is expensive and detrimental to your health?  Perhaps the over consumption of Alcohol and Tobacco products?  Or perhaps the lavish luxuries of non-necessities at the expense of your long-term health?  EXAMPLE:  What does a pack of cigarettes cost a day x 7 days a week?
• EXPENSIVE?  What is the cost of running and operating most business’s?  What business can you get started for several hundred dollars or less, and as part of your recurring “investment dollars” the very product you share is what you consume for your own health and benefit?

In the end there is no 100% full-proof counter measure to every objection.  Some prospects, for whatever reason, truly do not want to buy the product or participate in the MonaVie business and will find ANY EXCUSE not to.

If you believe you have answered each of their objections and they continue to find new ones, than you must ask yourself, “IS THIS PERSON REALLY WANTING TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK?  OR IS THIS PERSON JUST WANTING TO FIND ANY EXCUSE TO GET AWAY?”

The above suggestions are meant to help aid you in your arsenal.  Each situation is unique and is likely to require a different or altered approach / response.  With consistent practice and the application of the above ideas your rate of success can improve.  Not everyone we ask out on a date says yes.  As long as you keep swinging you’re bound to knock a few balls out of the stadium!

Learn From Other Monavie Organizations to Grow Your Business Faster

One of the best ways for your Monavie team to grow is to learn from other Monavie organizations outside your immediate upline.  It’s simple - they know things that others do not.  The Monavie business is about helping others succeed and in the spirit of this there should be little hesitation on our part to take that step outside our team’s lines.  Should we council with other teams regarding our specific business details?  Probably not.  At least not without our upline’s concerted participation.  What I’m saying is that there are great ideas and techniques that everyone can teach.  Why make a costly  mistake if someone has already done so and wishes to share their experience so others may navigate more efficiently?

Attend other team’s tastings and training functions.  Learn what principles, techniques, methods and tools they are using.  Than reflect on your situation considering what could be altered or implemented to hasten your advancement.  What you’ll find is that the most successful business professionals in all industries seek out and associate with other success oriented individuals and share ideas and knowledge.  There’s always a win-win for everyone involved.

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