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TRY Doesn’t Cut It In Network Marketing.

Guest post by: Andy Acciaioli

Article Overview: The prospects you are talking to about your business – even some of your team members – will oftentimes use the expression “I’ll try…”. I have learned that whenever a person uses the word “try”, whatever they say they will “try” to do will not get done.

TRY Doesn’t Cut It In Network Marketing.

First grab your dictionary (for those 20 somethings who are products of the internet age and are reading this, a dictionary is a bound book of pages containing practically every word known to man).

Locate the word “try” in your dictionary and cut it right off the page.

That simple word will stands between you and the success of your network marketing business.

When you talk to a prospect on the phone and guide them to the next step of watching your online video presentation and they respond I will TRY to get to it. What you should interpret that as saying to you “No, I will not look at your presentation.”

When your new team member tells you that he/she will TRY to be on the team training call. What are they saying? “No, I will not be on the training call.”

In the days of doing home presentations when I would receive a call from someone requesting that I do an opportunity presentation, I would always ask how many people are definitely committed to attending. If I received an answer like “I’m trying to have 6 people there” I would always tell them to cal me back when they have people committed to attending.

About a year and a half ago, I was scheduled to do a hotel business presentation for a large group that would require a six our drive, each way. I called the team member daily during the week before the presentation to be sure the meeting would be a success for him. Each time I was assured that the conference room would be packed. The night before my scheduled morning departure, I contacted the rep that I was doing the opportujnity meeting for and asked him for a final count just so I would have enough sales material and applications to pass out. He told me that in spite of TRYING he had no definite at that point. Had he told me earlier that he was TRYING and had no definite, I would have pulled the plug on this meeting and had him focus on another date.

I know how difficult it is when you are first starting out. You want everyone to join your group. That is why you are so accepting of a person when they tell you that they will TRY to do something: TRY to go to your online network marketing business presentation, TRY to get back to you after they talk it over with their spouse, TRY to get the money together to join, etc.

In time as you gain more experience, you will learn to posture yourself. If you are talking to a prospect after making a statement along the lines of “view our online presentation tonight and I’ll give you a call tomorrow night. What time is better 7:30 or 8?”, if his/her response is “I’ll try to get to it tonight”. This indicates to me that I have a wishy-washy prospect on my hands so I throw the ball in their court: “After you view our presentation, give me a call cand we can discuss it further.”

One wise network marketing trainer from years ago told us to realize what we are offering: a gift, a financial solution to their financial problems. Who would not want to tear open a gift as soon as it is given to them? As a giver of that gift, how would you feel if the person you were giving the gift to said: I’m really busy but I’ll TRY to open it up when I get around to it? He said the same thing applies to our business opportunity. If our gift is refused, yank it back.

Years ago I was fortunate enough to attend a training session led by a very wise network marketer. He asked us to think about what we were offering a prospect. Look at it as a gift, he said. A gift that will solve their financial problems. As the giver of that gift, how would you feel if the person you were giving the gift to said: I’m really busy but I’ll TRY to open it up when I get around to it? He said the same thing applies to our business opportunity. If the prospect will TRY to open our gift, yank it back from them and offer it to someone else.

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