I remember several years ago when selling insurance we were told to keep track of the number of calls we made each week. Then we also kept up with how many sales we made. The idea was if it took 100 calls to make 1 sale and you wanted to make 5 sales a week then you knew you should make 500 calls.
I've noticed with myself and with others who I have observed that 75% of the people you talk to are not going to be interested. This can get a little discouraging. Maybe 1-2% of the people you talk to will sign up immediately. The other 23% tend to be like most of us who like to think about it before we commit ourselves to something.
Unfortunately, where I've found most people get really discouraged is not with the 75% who are not interested but with the 23% who talk like they are interested but then decide to think about it maybe for several months before they buy. What is really unfortunate about this is that because many get discouraged while waiting for a decision, they quit and never see the success.
You have probably heard that the first year or two can be difficult but if you can hang on for two years you generally have it made. The reason for this is that the trick to being successful is having enough of the people who are in the process of making a dicision that some of them are making the decision on a daily basis. Thus the very thing that tends to discourage is also the very thing that will ensure your success in the long run.
Just don't quit before you see the seads you plant bring forth fruit.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Great Things Are Done One Step At A Time
I remember a song that I learned when I was a child listening to a christian artist called Patch the Pirate. It had the lyrics
Little by little, inch by inch
By the yard it's hard
By the inch what a cinche
Never stare at the stairs, just step up the step
Little by little, inch by inch
You know you can take alot from those words in running a business. I've watched many people who fail although they set their goals. You really do need to write down your goals and at what date you want to have met that goal. But you also need to write down your baby steps to getting that goal.
OK so you want to be making $100,000 a year in two years. Where do you need to be one month from now? Or how about a week from now? I know in my business if I can do $100 of business a week then in two years that would put my residual income over the $100,000 mark. Also $100 a week is a lot easier goal to comprehend than just a $100,000 a year level within 2 years.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Little by little, inch by inch
By the yard it's hard
By the inch what a cinche
Never stare at the stairs, just step up the step
Little by little, inch by inch
You know you can take alot from those words in running a business. I've watched many people who fail although they set their goals. You really do need to write down your goals and at what date you want to have met that goal. But you also need to write down your baby steps to getting that goal.
OK so you want to be making $100,000 a year in two years. Where do you need to be one month from now? Or how about a week from now? I know in my business if I can do $100 of business a week then in two years that would put my residual income over the $100,000 mark. Also $100 a week is a lot easier goal to comprehend than just a $100,000 a year level within 2 years.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Advice On How To Choose A Network Marketing Company
Have you ever considered working at home for yourself but you really just don’t know what to look for in a company? There are many companies out there that are scams. For example, for awhile it seemed like anytime I got on the internet I would have an ad pop up a some point advertising a business opportunity where Google was paying people to type in links from home.
You may have seen the ad. Usually it would give the testimonial of someone from Ft. Payne who was making big money doing this. Seems like it said the lady was making $77 per hr if I remember correctly. Now I had never heard of the lady but lets face it, I don’t know everybody in Ft. Payne. I travel a lot. Some of you may know that about me, others not. But I do. When I traveled I would still access the internet and I found it interesting that I still had that same ad pop up, with the exact same testimonial, right down to the amount they were making every week. But with a different name and location. What I really found to be interesting was one day the same picture of the lady came up with a different name and location.
Come to find out Google was just the latest name this company went with. They pick a well known company's name and use it. They advertise that you can get everything you need for this business for only $1 and then once they get your account number you have all kinds of other charges that are charged to it. They have now dropped the google name but I still see the ad quite regularly. It always starts out with something about how you’ve seen this opportunity featured on CNN, FOX and so on.
So why talk about this. Well because number 1 you need to know when a crook is targeting you. Number 2 because the fact is people like these give even the true business opportunity a bad name. So I’m writing this today to give some advice on some things to consider when picking out a network marketing company to build a business with.
First, I would advise you to pick a company where you can actually talk to an individual who has used it. This could even be one of the network marketers but you want to talk to someone who knows if the company actually pays up when business is written. Someone who can tell you if there is actually business to be written. Let’s face it, the customer service dept of a company is not going to be very helpful when gathering this kind of information. All they know is what the company tells them to say to everybody. They don’t sell the product. They draw a paycheck for showing up to work for a certain number of hours and reading a script to callers on the phone.
Doing this will go a long way in insuring that you are not getting ripped off. Talking to a person who is actually working the system will allow you to find out if there are hidden charges that the company pulls from your account. You might want to ask them if they have had problems getting paid for business they wrote. What kind of tools or training is provided. Ask them about the product and if they have ever used it themselves. These are just some of the examples of questions you might ask.
Secondly, I would pick a company that has been around for awhile and has a set business plan. Many companies go out of business within the first few years. This doesn’t mean you would not have made any money with them but lets face it. You don’t want to spend two to three years building up your income and then just suddenly have the company go belly up. Pick a company that has been out there for awhile and has been successful. Look for one that can provide testimonials and again try to find someone to talk to that has been in business with them.
Everybody talks about getting in on the ground floor. The thing to remember is that where this company may have been in business for awhile, you are starting a new business. You are getting in on the ground floor regardless. A company that has been around for awhile and established itself is going to be able to provide better support and is going to provide a better chance for success than a new company.
Last, but definitely not least, know what products the company deals in. Is it something truly useful, or is it really just a fad? Consider, is there really a market for the product? How unique is it? If the product is useful, and there is a market for it, but it isn’t something that you see everyday, then there is a good chance you can become very successful selling it.
So I believe that about covers it. There are a lot of true business opportunities out there. I’m involved in one myself and have friends that have literally become millionaires using some of these home business opportunities. But you do want to be careful that you are looking at the real deal. There are a lot of companies out there who specialize in ripping people off. So remember, find someone who is actually working the business to talk to, pick a company that has been around for awhile, and consider the product.
If you follow this advice the only thing that will determine your level of success will be you. See you at the top.
Alex Hartline
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
You may have seen the ad. Usually it would give the testimonial of someone from Ft. Payne who was making big money doing this. Seems like it said the lady was making $77 per hr if I remember correctly. Now I had never heard of the lady but lets face it, I don’t know everybody in Ft. Payne. I travel a lot. Some of you may know that about me, others not. But I do. When I traveled I would still access the internet and I found it interesting that I still had that same ad pop up, with the exact same testimonial, right down to the amount they were making every week. But with a different name and location. What I really found to be interesting was one day the same picture of the lady came up with a different name and location.
Come to find out Google was just the latest name this company went with. They pick a well known company's name and use it. They advertise that you can get everything you need for this business for only $1 and then once they get your account number you have all kinds of other charges that are charged to it. They have now dropped the google name but I still see the ad quite regularly. It always starts out with something about how you’ve seen this opportunity featured on CNN, FOX and so on.
So why talk about this. Well because number 1 you need to know when a crook is targeting you. Number 2 because the fact is people like these give even the true business opportunity a bad name. So I’m writing this today to give some advice on some things to consider when picking out a network marketing company to build a business with.
First, I would advise you to pick a company where you can actually talk to an individual who has used it. This could even be one of the network marketers but you want to talk to someone who knows if the company actually pays up when business is written. Someone who can tell you if there is actually business to be written. Let’s face it, the customer service dept of a company is not going to be very helpful when gathering this kind of information. All they know is what the company tells them to say to everybody. They don’t sell the product. They draw a paycheck for showing up to work for a certain number of hours and reading a script to callers on the phone.
Doing this will go a long way in insuring that you are not getting ripped off. Talking to a person who is actually working the system will allow you to find out if there are hidden charges that the company pulls from your account. You might want to ask them if they have had problems getting paid for business they wrote. What kind of tools or training is provided. Ask them about the product and if they have ever used it themselves. These are just some of the examples of questions you might ask.
Secondly, I would pick a company that has been around for awhile and has a set business plan. Many companies go out of business within the first few years. This doesn’t mean you would not have made any money with them but lets face it. You don’t want to spend two to three years building up your income and then just suddenly have the company go belly up. Pick a company that has been out there for awhile and has been successful. Look for one that can provide testimonials and again try to find someone to talk to that has been in business with them.
Everybody talks about getting in on the ground floor. The thing to remember is that where this company may have been in business for awhile, you are starting a new business. You are getting in on the ground floor regardless. A company that has been around for awhile and established itself is going to be able to provide better support and is going to provide a better chance for success than a new company.
Last, but definitely not least, know what products the company deals in. Is it something truly useful, or is it really just a fad? Consider, is there really a market for the product? How unique is it? If the product is useful, and there is a market for it, but it isn’t something that you see everyday, then there is a good chance you can become very successful selling it.
So I believe that about covers it. There are a lot of true business opportunities out there. I’m involved in one myself and have friends that have literally become millionaires using some of these home business opportunities. But you do want to be careful that you are looking at the real deal. There are a lot of companies out there who specialize in ripping people off. So remember, find someone who is actually working the business to talk to, pick a company that has been around for awhile, and consider the product.
If you follow this advice the only thing that will determine your level of success will be you. See you at the top.
Alex Hartline
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Show Me Your Friends, A Lesson From The Bible For Life And Success
I used to be the youth director in my home church. Now I teach the smaller children. But when I taught the youth, one thing that I tried to teach them and instill in them was the fact that, show me your friends, and I'll show you what you are, or what you soon shall be.
This is a fact of life that can work for you or against you. In the Bible you find an example of Amnon, David's son, lusted after his half sister, but he couldn't bring himself to harm her. But Amnon had a friend, the Bible says, and this friend influenced Amnon to rape her, and this ended up causing his death. In the book "Think and Grow Rich" Hill mentions the fact that when men are first introduced to crime it repulses them, then after awhile they grow to accept it, then after some more time, they practice it.
Thankfully, this can also work for you. In Proverbs the Bible tells us that as "Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." Have you ever noticed how easy it is to do right when you are around others who are also doing right. I believe that this can be carried even further.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you should only talk to, or be around people who are successful. But, I do believe that if you spend the majority of your time around people who have a positive attitude, you will have a positive attitude. If the folks you hang out with have a negative attitude, guess what, it's been my experience that negativity is also catching. If the individuals you spend all your time with are those who do nothing, you are very unlikely to accomplish anything yourself, but if you spend enough time around successful individuals, you will yourself become successful.
Show me your friends, and I'll show you what you are, or what you soon shall be.
Alex
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
This is a fact of life that can work for you or against you. In the Bible you find an example of Amnon, David's son, lusted after his half sister, but he couldn't bring himself to harm her. But Amnon had a friend, the Bible says, and this friend influenced Amnon to rape her, and this ended up causing his death. In the book "Think and Grow Rich" Hill mentions the fact that when men are first introduced to crime it repulses them, then after awhile they grow to accept it, then after some more time, they practice it.
Thankfully, this can also work for you. In Proverbs the Bible tells us that as "Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." Have you ever noticed how easy it is to do right when you are around others who are also doing right. I believe that this can be carried even further.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you should only talk to, or be around people who are successful. But, I do believe that if you spend the majority of your time around people who have a positive attitude, you will have a positive attitude. If the folks you hang out with have a negative attitude, guess what, it's been my experience that negativity is also catching. If the individuals you spend all your time with are those who do nothing, you are very unlikely to accomplish anything yourself, but if you spend enough time around successful individuals, you will yourself become successful.
Show me your friends, and I'll show you what you are, or what you soon shall be.
Alex
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Great Advice For Success In Business And Life
Hey Everybody,
I just happened across this video today. The advice contained in it is so simple and yet powerful. If you are looking for success whether it be in business or in everyday life, you must watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2uFH0NCMY4&NR=1
If you want to see the speech in it entirety, it can be found here.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/Videos.html
I hope you find this as helpful as I did.
Alex Hartline
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
I just happened across this video today. The advice contained in it is so simple and yet powerful. If you are looking for success whether it be in business or in everyday life, you must watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2uFH0NCMY4&NR=1
If you want to see the speech in it entirety, it can be found here.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/Videos.html
I hope you find this as helpful as I did.
Alex Hartline
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Two Interesting Statistics That Reveal The True Secret To Success
I like looking at the statistics of things that I am involved in. I've recently found one that I had wondered about for awhile but was unable to find. The other is one that you can find posted everywhere on the internet where people are trying to get you to sign up for reports, that will supposedly teach you how to be one of the coveted 3%.
When you look at both of these statistics together though, I believe you don't really need a report to see what the secret to being successful in any MLM business is. In case you don't already know MLM (Multi Level Marketing) is what many people just refer to as a Home Business.
So what are these two statistics. Well the first one is widely known. 97% of individuals who get started in MLM opportunities fail. Like I said this is a widespread statistic that is known by many. Many have used this fact as a great copy writting tool. One thing that inspires many to act is fear. So you find somebody who has started a business, and is looking for advice on how to build their business, tell them have only a 3% chance of making it, then sell them the "secret" for being part of that 3%. Neat huh?
When you look at the other statistic though I believe the actual difference between the 97% and the other 3% becomes very clear. I really aught to do this like they do on the other sites. THIS INFORMATION IS WORTH THOUSANDS, BUT FOR TODAY I AM PRACTICALLY GIVING IT AWAY FOR ONLY $300. LOL. Just kidding. I'll go ahead and tell you for free.
It is true that when you lump all the MLM opportunities together you rate of failure is 97% but according to statistics, 95% of individuals who stick with the business for 10 years are millionaires. Did you read that correctly. I'll repeat. If you stick with the MLM business, what ever it is, within 10 years there is a 95% chance that you will be a millionaire at the end of that period. That is about as close to a guarantee as real life genearally gives.
You know I really should have sold this, but I'm really just too lazy to figure out how to stretch it out to make an e-course out of it. But seriously, do you want to know the secret to success? If you haven't figured it out yet, it's simple. Don't quit.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
When you look at both of these statistics together though, I believe you don't really need a report to see what the secret to being successful in any MLM business is. In case you don't already know MLM (Multi Level Marketing) is what many people just refer to as a Home Business.
So what are these two statistics. Well the first one is widely known. 97% of individuals who get started in MLM opportunities fail. Like I said this is a widespread statistic that is known by many. Many have used this fact as a great copy writting tool. One thing that inspires many to act is fear. So you find somebody who has started a business, and is looking for advice on how to build their business, tell them have only a 3% chance of making it, then sell them the "secret" for being part of that 3%. Neat huh?
When you look at the other statistic though I believe the actual difference between the 97% and the other 3% becomes very clear. I really aught to do this like they do on the other sites. THIS INFORMATION IS WORTH THOUSANDS, BUT FOR TODAY I AM PRACTICALLY GIVING IT AWAY FOR ONLY $300. LOL. Just kidding. I'll go ahead and tell you for free.
It is true that when you lump all the MLM opportunities together you rate of failure is 97% but according to statistics, 95% of individuals who stick with the business for 10 years are millionaires. Did you read that correctly. I'll repeat. If you stick with the MLM business, what ever it is, within 10 years there is a 95% chance that you will be a millionaire at the end of that period. That is about as close to a guarantee as real life genearally gives.
You know I really should have sold this, but I'm really just too lazy to figure out how to stretch it out to make an e-course out of it. But seriously, do you want to know the secret to success? If you haven't figured it out yet, it's simple. Don't quit.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Two Things Missing That Are Vital For Success
As I look back at times that I've failed in business, or times that I've watched as others have failed, I can see two things that were missing in my own life at the time. I know that the failure rate in MLMs is up around 97%. I've also heard all the excuses, as have you all about how they were not trained well enough by their upline, or maybe a lack of skill got the blame. I could write this whole post on the reasons people give why they failed. These days most people don't want any of the blame so the biggest reason that everybody fails supposedly is because what ever they were trying was a scam.
Let's face it, A lack of training can be compensated for through a variety of ways. These days there is no real excuse for a lack of knowledge if you are willing to learn. You can recieve training through books, the internet, or possibly even by finding someone in your business to mentor you.
As far as a lack of skill goes, it's been my experience that with most things in life, when it comes right down to it, you have to be bad before you can be good. True you have the individual that is a natural, but that is the exception rather than the rule.
No I believe that really just about all the failures you see in this business come about due to the lack of two simple things. Determination and the ability to spot opportunity when it strikes.
Determination, I would say is the single most important key to seeing success. Many people get into business then when they don't find success in the first couple of months, or maybe they even hang on for a year, but they quit. If you really want success you have to approach your business with the attitude that it may take a year, it may take 15 years, but if it takes you the rest of your life, you are determined to go out successful.
If you don't approach it with that attitude you're not going to be successful. You may find some level of success, but eventually hard times will come and you will quit. I've had some very successful businesses in the past. I can't say that I've had one yet though that didn't have hard times. As a matter of fact I can't think of any that there weren't times that I felt like a complete failure. Determination is needed to get you through those times.
Secondly, you need to practice developing your ability to spot opportunity when it surfaces. Many times when opportunity presents itself, it kind of sneaks in the back door, possibly disguised as misfortune or even disaster.
We tend to look for opportunities when things are exciting but we really need to remind ourselves to also keep an eye open for it when things are bad. When things just really are not going your way, and maybe everything just seems to be falling apart, sit back and try to figure out a way to benefit from the misfortune. I've been amazed at how many times things seemed to go wrong, but then those very situations opened up avenues that would have been closed to me otherwise.
In closing, maybe you are going through hard times right now. Maybe you are even considering quiting. Before you make any big decisions, I'd like you to sit back, relax for a moment, and think back to other times in your life when it seemed like everything was going wrong. I'll bet you can remember times when you really didn't see how you could make it through the month. Maybe things that you thought were secure just seemed to fall apart in your hands. But now that you are on the other side of it, looking back, was it really as hopeless as it seemed at the time?
Just remember, things are rarely ever as bad as they seem to be. Make up your mind to stick with it. Look for opportunities even in the bad times, and you will be successful.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Let's face it, A lack of training can be compensated for through a variety of ways. These days there is no real excuse for a lack of knowledge if you are willing to learn. You can recieve training through books, the internet, or possibly even by finding someone in your business to mentor you.
As far as a lack of skill goes, it's been my experience that with most things in life, when it comes right down to it, you have to be bad before you can be good. True you have the individual that is a natural, but that is the exception rather than the rule.
No I believe that really just about all the failures you see in this business come about due to the lack of two simple things. Determination and the ability to spot opportunity when it strikes.
Determination, I would say is the single most important key to seeing success. Many people get into business then when they don't find success in the first couple of months, or maybe they even hang on for a year, but they quit. If you really want success you have to approach your business with the attitude that it may take a year, it may take 15 years, but if it takes you the rest of your life, you are determined to go out successful.
If you don't approach it with that attitude you're not going to be successful. You may find some level of success, but eventually hard times will come and you will quit. I've had some very successful businesses in the past. I can't say that I've had one yet though that didn't have hard times. As a matter of fact I can't think of any that there weren't times that I felt like a complete failure. Determination is needed to get you through those times.
Secondly, you need to practice developing your ability to spot opportunity when it surfaces. Many times when opportunity presents itself, it kind of sneaks in the back door, possibly disguised as misfortune or even disaster.
We tend to look for opportunities when things are exciting but we really need to remind ourselves to also keep an eye open for it when things are bad. When things just really are not going your way, and maybe everything just seems to be falling apart, sit back and try to figure out a way to benefit from the misfortune. I've been amazed at how many times things seemed to go wrong, but then those very situations opened up avenues that would have been closed to me otherwise.
In closing, maybe you are going through hard times right now. Maybe you are even considering quiting. Before you make any big decisions, I'd like you to sit back, relax for a moment, and think back to other times in your life when it seemed like everything was going wrong. I'll bet you can remember times when you really didn't see how you could make it through the month. Maybe things that you thought were secure just seemed to fall apart in your hands. But now that you are on the other side of it, looking back, was it really as hopeless as it seemed at the time?
Just remember, things are rarely ever as bad as they seem to be. Make up your mind to stick with it. Look for opportunities even in the bad times, and you will be successful.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The Lesson Of R.U. Darby (true story)
An uncle of R.U. Darby was caught by the “gold fever” in the gold-rush days, and went west to dig for gold and get rich. He staked his claim and started digging with a pick and shovel. It was hard work but he was determined to find gold and after weeks of digging he was rewarded with the discovery of gold.
He needed machinery to go deeper so he quietly covered the mine and went back to his family in Maryland to raise the money for machinery. After telling his family and some neighbors about the strike, the money was raised, and he and R.U. Darby headed back to Colorado to work the mine.
The first car of ore was mined and shipped to the smelter. The results proved that they had one of the richest mines in Colorado. A few more cars of the ore would pay off all the debts and then would come huge profits.
Needless to say the hopes of R.U. Darby and his uncle were very high but then the vein ran out. They drilled on for a while but never found anymore gold. Finally they decided to quit.
They sold the equipment to a junk man for a few hundred dollars. The junk man checked out the mine and brought in an expert who told him that the vein should continue on. He told the junk man that he wouldn’t doubt that the vien continued only a few feet past where they had stopped drilling.
Sure enough after the man who had bought the equipment started drilling again, he found gold just three feet past where R.U. Darby had stopped. He ended up bringing out millions in gold because he knew better than to give up before seeking expert advice.
R.U. Darby paid back every penny of the borrowed money to his family and neighbors and latter did find much wealth himself, selling insurance. He said that the owed his success to the lesson he learned through that one mistake. He would always remind himself “I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say ‘no’ when I ask them to buy insurance.”
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
He needed machinery to go deeper so he quietly covered the mine and went back to his family in Maryland to raise the money for machinery. After telling his family and some neighbors about the strike, the money was raised, and he and R.U. Darby headed back to Colorado to work the mine.
The first car of ore was mined and shipped to the smelter. The results proved that they had one of the richest mines in Colorado. A few more cars of the ore would pay off all the debts and then would come huge profits.
Needless to say the hopes of R.U. Darby and his uncle were very high but then the vein ran out. They drilled on for a while but never found anymore gold. Finally they decided to quit.
They sold the equipment to a junk man for a few hundred dollars. The junk man checked out the mine and brought in an expert who told him that the vein should continue on. He told the junk man that he wouldn’t doubt that the vien continued only a few feet past where they had stopped drilling.
Sure enough after the man who had bought the equipment started drilling again, he found gold just three feet past where R.U. Darby had stopped. He ended up bringing out millions in gold because he knew better than to give up before seeking expert advice.
R.U. Darby paid back every penny of the borrowed money to his family and neighbors and latter did find much wealth himself, selling insurance. He said that the owed his success to the lesson he learned through that one mistake. He would always remind himself “I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say ‘no’ when I ask them to buy insurance.”
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Thursday, December 17, 2009
My Mistake
I started my business this last year. When I got started I was very excited. I have a friend who had been doing this for about 9 years now and has become a millionaire several times over. I'd seen him take the last two years off to deal with some family problems and still bring in around $30,000 a month consistently.
So I jumped in and almost immediately bought a $200 course on marketing my business online then I spent another $200 to get the advanced membership to this forum and invested money here and there.After a few months I realized that I've spent time and money doing everything I can think of to get my business ready for the hundreds of people that might be looking for what I'm providing, while neglecting to just get out there and start talking to some people and making even that first sale.
Now I can say I have found that for my own business, there just doesn't seem to be any substitute for just simply talking to people. I haven't given up on getting a presence on the internet. But I think many times we focus so much on doing all the big things and getting ready for where we want to be in a couple years that we forget to do the little things that all the other big things are built on.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
So I jumped in and almost immediately bought a $200 course on marketing my business online then I spent another $200 to get the advanced membership to this forum and invested money here and there.After a few months I realized that I've spent time and money doing everything I can think of to get my business ready for the hundreds of people that might be looking for what I'm providing, while neglecting to just get out there and start talking to some people and making even that first sale.
Now I can say I have found that for my own business, there just doesn't seem to be any substitute for just simply talking to people. I haven't given up on getting a presence on the internet. But I think many times we focus so much on doing all the big things and getting ready for where we want to be in a couple years that we forget to do the little things that all the other big things are built on.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Route To Success
You know I've always found it interesting when I talk to people about the reasons they choose to do one thing or another in their business or for that matter just in life itself. It's interesting how many times we choose to do certain things simply because it is easier or maybe cost less. By doing this we many times make descisions that either just don't work or even if they do eventually get us to our goal it takes us much longer than it should have.
Personally I've found the best way to think of business or even life is to treat it like a trip that you might would take in your car. When you are going somewhere you sit down first of all and look at where you are wanting to go and how you plan to get there. As you drive along and come to a stop you don't look at the condition of the road straigh ahead and to either side and decide which way to go according to how smoothe one is compared to the others you take the road that is going to take you to your destination. Above all when traveling if I do manage to get lost somewhere along the way, you won't come along and find me just sitting there on the side of the road deciding whether or not to quit. I might ask directions or consult a map, but one way or the other I keep going until I reach my destination.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Personally I've found the best way to think of business or even life is to treat it like a trip that you might would take in your car. When you are going somewhere you sit down first of all and look at where you are wanting to go and how you plan to get there. As you drive along and come to a stop you don't look at the condition of the road straigh ahead and to either side and decide which way to go according to how smoothe one is compared to the others you take the road that is going to take you to your destination. Above all when traveling if I do manage to get lost somewhere along the way, you won't come along and find me just sitting there on the side of the road deciding whether or not to quit. I might ask directions or consult a map, but one way or the other I keep going until I reach my destination.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Advice From The Bible For A Happy Life
You know I have always believed that the only person that can ruin your day is yourself. I mean others can do things or say things to you that are agravating but when it comes right down to it, only you choose what you are going to focus on that day.
I know a preacher that once told me that you can't help it if birds fly over your head but you don't have to let them roost in your hair.
Today while reading my Bible I read this verse.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
I've never been one who believes that positive thinking changes what happens but I do believe that what you focus on can make a big difference in your ability to handle the bad along with the good.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
I know a preacher that once told me that you can't help it if birds fly over your head but you don't have to let them roost in your hair.
Today while reading my Bible I read this verse.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
I've never been one who believes that positive thinking changes what happens but I do believe that what you focus on can make a big difference in your ability to handle the bad along with the good.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Friday, October 30, 2009
Why Do Some Fail While Others Succeed
Why do some people fail in this industry, while others succeed to levels that most people only dream about. You have many people who live their dream lives with the income that they make from this industry, many have even attained millionaire status just simply working the system while others never sponsor more than 1 representative or customer.
On the surface the reason may seem very obvious. They quit, or they didn’t plug in, or maybe they didn’t participate. These are not the reasons though, but rather the symptoms of the reason.
The reason for this though, really is very simple. The difference between the two cases is simply a difference in the core desires of the individual. On one hand you have an individual that their core desire or their passion is to be successful and boss free. They don’t care what it takes, how long it takes they are going to be successful. It’s really not a question of if, it’s just a question of when.
Others simply don’t have the desire at a level to push them to accomplish their goals through their new business. When you come right down to it, in their mind they didn’t really purchase a business they purchased hope, mainly to quiet that part of them that keeps nagging them to make changes in their life.
Once they buy the business, and they don't make $1,000 in the first week, they can then justify their fear of change with the "logic" that it just "didn't work", and that they knew it was a scam to begin with... This is especially true with opportunity seekers.
Let me ask you a question. If you are in a business are you investing your money and your time to make yourself better equipped to succeed in that business. Are you just willing to give it a shot for a month or so, or are you willing to stick it out even through hard times, rather than suffer defeat. Basically do you approach your business with the attitude that you are going to succeed no matter how long it takes or what monetary sacrifices you might have to make.
If this is your attitude then I know of a business that it really won’t take all that long before you can see great success, if it’s not you attitude though I would advise that you just keep working for somebody else, not because you can not make it, but rather because you will not make it.
I’ve talked to people that say, “Some people just don’t have what it takes.” On one hand I would disagree with them. Anybody can be successful in their own business. It just takes work and a willingness to stick with it long enough to see the fruit of your work. If you plant a field full of vegetables and then give up and move because you can’t see where it has accomplished anything, you have not only lost the investment, and the time spent in work, but also the fruits of your labor that you would have benefited from if you had only stuck around.
Many people, as a matter of fact I would say most people that get into their own businesses, invest money to start a business. Maybe it really takes off immediately, but sometimes it doesn’t. They work at it, they talk to others about it, but nobody seems to be buying anything. Maybe for a whole month, they don’t make a sale. And they get discouraged and quit. What they don’t look at is that all those people they talked to that month, they’ve been planting seeds. Not only would they have benefited from the people that would have been customers if they had only kept on, but the ones that were not interested would have one day had a need that they could have filled, and if they had only still been working at it, guess who they would have come to.
Like I said though on one hand I disagree with the notion that “some people just don’t have what it takes,” but on the other hand I’ve got to agree with them. What they lack though is not the skills, those can be learned. It’s not the money, that can be earned. Really what some people lack that they need to succeed, is simply the drive and passion to succeed that is needed to push them to success and keep them going in the bad times leading up to that success.
I would like to say one last thing before I sign off. Maybe you are reading this today and you are just ready to quit whatever business you have gotten into. Now I don't know what you might be doing, but before you just write it off as a scam, look first at your product. Is it a good product that there is a real demand for? Look at others in the same business. Are they making money. If the product is a good one, and others are making a good living selling it, then it isn't a scam. I'm not saying that the problem isn't that you haven't worked hard at making it. But I would like you to consider something before you just quit, and cut your losses.
There are some people who can start a business and make $1,000 the first week, without even seeming to have to try. There are others who have to work hard to get a business off the ground. Most businesses take a lot of work getting established, but if you stick with it until it is established you've got it made after that. And if you think about anything that you've done in your life, remember that with most, you have to be bad at it before you get good at it.
I've worked in offices with groups of others who were also self employed, and I've been part of other groups that maybe didn't meet in an office every day, but were all also business owners. It has been my experience that the ones that fail, generally do so for one of two reasons.
Most of them just simply did not have the self motivation to work if somebody else wasn't looking over their shoulder. They would do their business full time, but they wouldn't get up and come to work until about noon, then they needed to leave around 2:00 for this or that. And of course when they didn't make it, "it was because that business was a scam." The business wasn't a scam, they were just lazy.
I hate to say it, but I have seen others who worked hard, and still failed at their business. Some of them would even do all right for a couple months then after 2 bad months they would get discouraged and quit. I've done it myself once or twice. I would honestly say though that if they had kept it up, I really believe that they would have ended up hugely successful. They had the work ethic, all they really needed was time to see the fruit of their labor, and also, just to get the experience needed to get good at it.
In closing, I would just like to say that both these situations again come back to what is your core desire. How important is it to you that you succeed at this. If success is a priority, then don't quit.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
On the surface the reason may seem very obvious. They quit, or they didn’t plug in, or maybe they didn’t participate. These are not the reasons though, but rather the symptoms of the reason.
The reason for this though, really is very simple. The difference between the two cases is simply a difference in the core desires of the individual. On one hand you have an individual that their core desire or their passion is to be successful and boss free. They don’t care what it takes, how long it takes they are going to be successful. It’s really not a question of if, it’s just a question of when.
Others simply don’t have the desire at a level to push them to accomplish their goals through their new business. When you come right down to it, in their mind they didn’t really purchase a business they purchased hope, mainly to quiet that part of them that keeps nagging them to make changes in their life.
Once they buy the business, and they don't make $1,000 in the first week, they can then justify their fear of change with the "logic" that it just "didn't work", and that they knew it was a scam to begin with... This is especially true with opportunity seekers.
Let me ask you a question. If you are in a business are you investing your money and your time to make yourself better equipped to succeed in that business. Are you just willing to give it a shot for a month or so, or are you willing to stick it out even through hard times, rather than suffer defeat. Basically do you approach your business with the attitude that you are going to succeed no matter how long it takes or what monetary sacrifices you might have to make.
If this is your attitude then I know of a business that it really won’t take all that long before you can see great success, if it’s not you attitude though I would advise that you just keep working for somebody else, not because you can not make it, but rather because you will not make it.
I’ve talked to people that say, “Some people just don’t have what it takes.” On one hand I would disagree with them. Anybody can be successful in their own business. It just takes work and a willingness to stick with it long enough to see the fruit of your work. If you plant a field full of vegetables and then give up and move because you can’t see where it has accomplished anything, you have not only lost the investment, and the time spent in work, but also the fruits of your labor that you would have benefited from if you had only stuck around.
Many people, as a matter of fact I would say most people that get into their own businesses, invest money to start a business. Maybe it really takes off immediately, but sometimes it doesn’t. They work at it, they talk to others about it, but nobody seems to be buying anything. Maybe for a whole month, they don’t make a sale. And they get discouraged and quit. What they don’t look at is that all those people they talked to that month, they’ve been planting seeds. Not only would they have benefited from the people that would have been customers if they had only kept on, but the ones that were not interested would have one day had a need that they could have filled, and if they had only still been working at it, guess who they would have come to.
Like I said though on one hand I disagree with the notion that “some people just don’t have what it takes,” but on the other hand I’ve got to agree with them. What they lack though is not the skills, those can be learned. It’s not the money, that can be earned. Really what some people lack that they need to succeed, is simply the drive and passion to succeed that is needed to push them to success and keep them going in the bad times leading up to that success.
I would like to say one last thing before I sign off. Maybe you are reading this today and you are just ready to quit whatever business you have gotten into. Now I don't know what you might be doing, but before you just write it off as a scam, look first at your product. Is it a good product that there is a real demand for? Look at others in the same business. Are they making money. If the product is a good one, and others are making a good living selling it, then it isn't a scam. I'm not saying that the problem isn't that you haven't worked hard at making it. But I would like you to consider something before you just quit, and cut your losses.
There are some people who can start a business and make $1,000 the first week, without even seeming to have to try. There are others who have to work hard to get a business off the ground. Most businesses take a lot of work getting established, but if you stick with it until it is established you've got it made after that. And if you think about anything that you've done in your life, remember that with most, you have to be bad at it before you get good at it.
I've worked in offices with groups of others who were also self employed, and I've been part of other groups that maybe didn't meet in an office every day, but were all also business owners. It has been my experience that the ones that fail, generally do so for one of two reasons.
Most of them just simply did not have the self motivation to work if somebody else wasn't looking over their shoulder. They would do their business full time, but they wouldn't get up and come to work until about noon, then they needed to leave around 2:00 for this or that. And of course when they didn't make it, "it was because that business was a scam." The business wasn't a scam, they were just lazy.
I hate to say it, but I have seen others who worked hard, and still failed at their business. Some of them would even do all right for a couple months then after 2 bad months they would get discouraged and quit. I've done it myself once or twice. I would honestly say though that if they had kept it up, I really believe that they would have ended up hugely successful. They had the work ethic, all they really needed was time to see the fruit of their labor, and also, just to get the experience needed to get good at it.
In closing, I would just like to say that both these situations again come back to what is your core desire. How important is it to you that you succeed at this. If success is a priority, then don't quit.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Are They Looking To Start A Business Or A Hobby?
You know it always amazes me at how many people say that they wish they could go into business for themselves, and yet when the opportunity arises they balk at investing a hundred dollars in themselves. I always tend to wonder if they actually want to own a business or do they just want a hobby that might make a little money on the side.
I have personally owned 4 different businesses at different times, with different levels of success each time. I had one that I had to invest about $300 with marginal success. On another I invested $5,000 up front and paid about $2,500 a week and just about lost my shirt. On still another I paid $9,000 up front with about $4,500 a week in payments and expenses with great success.
One thing that I can say about each of these is that:
#1 They instilled in me a love of the freedom of being self employed and,
#2 I wouldn’t change my decision to do even the one that failed big time, due to the fact that I learned from the experience and on my next business had more success than I’ve ever experienced at any other time.
The amounts that I invested in these businesses might seem like a lot to some people but in reality it really isn’t much when you look at the fact that you’re talking about starting a business. There are some businesses that it would cost much more to start and maintain and then there are others that do not require near the investment but do require more work to get up and running.
One of these is the business that I’m doing now. It requires only $150 to get started and then $100 a month to maintain. The great thing that I’ve found with this business is although it starts out slower than my other business, there is no ceiling to the income that you can earn with it. It builds up residually so you might start out only making around $500 a month but by the end of the year be bringing in over $1,000 a week with just consistent work. And then in another year you could be making $10,000 a month. The reason it works like this is that you get paid on the business you do over and over every month so every piece of business you do just adds with everything you’ve already done in previous weeks, months, and years.
I mean I don’t know about you but even starting out if you pay out $100 a month but make $500 that’s a 500% gain on your investment, and even that is not half bad. When you take into account the residual income it is unbelievably great.
The truly unbelievable part about this is, that when you come across somebody else who is looking at what you do, and they are interested in doing this themselves because they see the success you are having with it. You tell them about the opportunity and they are even more interested, then you tell them that it requires an investment of $150, and they balk.
I don’t know, maybe they got business opportunity mixed up with an employment opportunity. They are not exactly the same thing. This is a business that you own, it’s not free.
The funny thing is that these same people wouldn’t hesitate to encourage their children to spend and go into debt for 15,000 a year to go to an university so that they could have a chance of being amoung the less than 20% that actually get a job making a portion of the money that could be made in this business. It doesn’t even matter that with that degree, whether or not they even get that job, is not up to anything that they do. Somebody that you don’t even know decides if you get that job. If you do, they decide how much you will make, when you will work, and if you will ever advance up the ladder.
So I don’t know, I guess I could see where paying $150 might be considered a lot to pay for a hobby, but it will always blow my mind that some people view it as too much for a business that provides a good living and at the same time provides financial freedom.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
I have personally owned 4 different businesses at different times, with different levels of success each time. I had one that I had to invest about $300 with marginal success. On another I invested $5,000 up front and paid about $2,500 a week and just about lost my shirt. On still another I paid $9,000 up front with about $4,500 a week in payments and expenses with great success.
One thing that I can say about each of these is that:
#1 They instilled in me a love of the freedom of being self employed and,
#2 I wouldn’t change my decision to do even the one that failed big time, due to the fact that I learned from the experience and on my next business had more success than I’ve ever experienced at any other time.
The amounts that I invested in these businesses might seem like a lot to some people but in reality it really isn’t much when you look at the fact that you’re talking about starting a business. There are some businesses that it would cost much more to start and maintain and then there are others that do not require near the investment but do require more work to get up and running.
One of these is the business that I’m doing now. It requires only $150 to get started and then $100 a month to maintain. The great thing that I’ve found with this business is although it starts out slower than my other business, there is no ceiling to the income that you can earn with it. It builds up residually so you might start out only making around $500 a month but by the end of the year be bringing in over $1,000 a week with just consistent work. And then in another year you could be making $10,000 a month. The reason it works like this is that you get paid on the business you do over and over every month so every piece of business you do just adds with everything you’ve already done in previous weeks, months, and years.
I mean I don’t know about you but even starting out if you pay out $100 a month but make $500 that’s a 500% gain on your investment, and even that is not half bad. When you take into account the residual income it is unbelievably great.
The truly unbelievable part about this is, that when you come across somebody else who is looking at what you do, and they are interested in doing this themselves because they see the success you are having with it. You tell them about the opportunity and they are even more interested, then you tell them that it requires an investment of $150, and they balk.
I don’t know, maybe they got business opportunity mixed up with an employment opportunity. They are not exactly the same thing. This is a business that you own, it’s not free.
The funny thing is that these same people wouldn’t hesitate to encourage their children to spend and go into debt for 15,000 a year to go to an university so that they could have a chance of being amoung the less than 20% that actually get a job making a portion of the money that could be made in this business. It doesn’t even matter that with that degree, whether or not they even get that job, is not up to anything that they do. Somebody that you don’t even know decides if you get that job. If you do, they decide how much you will make, when you will work, and if you will ever advance up the ladder.
So I don’t know, I guess I could see where paying $150 might be considered a lot to pay for a hobby, but it will always blow my mind that some people view it as too much for a business that provides a good living and at the same time provides financial freedom.
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
Monday, October 26, 2009
What To Look For In A Home Business
When looking to start a Home Based Business there are several things that you should think about. I mean let's face it. A good salesman can make any business seem like the opportunity of a lifetime. But the question is, is it actually something that you can make money doing or selling.
First, How large is the market for it. If you plan to be successful you must have a large market for whatever product you sell. A good example is the Health Benefits Market. I'm personally familiar with this one because I've sold insurance before and currently have a business selling an affordable alternative. But to the point inbetween 70%-80% of Americans don't have health benefits due mainly to the fact that they are so expensive to get and to maintain. Another right now would probably be something with debt management or credit counseling. But whatever it is you need something that will benefit more than just a select portion of the population.
Second, Do you get paid for every piece of business that you write or do you have to build up to a point where you start to get paid. There are some "business opportunities" that in order for you to get paid you must first work yourself up to a certain level before you start drawing any kind of benefit from it. And even once you get to that level you can loose the pay if anybody in your downline quits until you have replaced them. You want to make sure before jumping in that you get paid for your work. And that just because somebody else decides that your product is not for them, you don't loose the benefits of your work. Also if the pay is commission based you might want to check on if there are chargebacks on commissions paid to you if a client drops out.
Third, If at all possible, to make the best use of your effort you want a business that pays residually as well as initially. This means that if you work hard and do the job right you get paid for it from that point on, over and over. You also want to check on what percentage the initial commission is and what percentage the residual will be. I'm in a business now that pays 30% up front and 30% residually, I've been in businesses before that paid up to 45% up front but then only 2% residually. You want a business that has as high percentage residually as possible since this is what will ultimately determine just how successful you are and how long it takes you to become successful.
If you can find a Home Based Business that does provide a benefit that the majority of people need, pay's you for every piece of work you submit without charge backs for cancellations, and provides a residual income on top, Then at that point you just need to ask yourself if you are willing to do what it takes to make that business grow. There are some great opportunities out there, but no matter how good the opportunity, if your not willing to work for yourself at least as hard as you work for somebody else, YOU WILL FAIL.
So when looking for a business to invest in, ask about these things. Use common sense. And be ready to work hard. I've found in my own life that owning my own business is the hardest work I've done. BUT IT IS DEFINATELY ALSO THE MOST REWARDING!!! http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
First, How large is the market for it. If you plan to be successful you must have a large market for whatever product you sell. A good example is the Health Benefits Market. I'm personally familiar with this one because I've sold insurance before and currently have a business selling an affordable alternative. But to the point inbetween 70%-80% of Americans don't have health benefits due mainly to the fact that they are so expensive to get and to maintain. Another right now would probably be something with debt management or credit counseling. But whatever it is you need something that will benefit more than just a select portion of the population.
Second, Do you get paid for every piece of business that you write or do you have to build up to a point where you start to get paid. There are some "business opportunities" that in order for you to get paid you must first work yourself up to a certain level before you start drawing any kind of benefit from it. And even once you get to that level you can loose the pay if anybody in your downline quits until you have replaced them. You want to make sure before jumping in that you get paid for your work. And that just because somebody else decides that your product is not for them, you don't loose the benefits of your work. Also if the pay is commission based you might want to check on if there are chargebacks on commissions paid to you if a client drops out.
Third, If at all possible, to make the best use of your effort you want a business that pays residually as well as initially. This means that if you work hard and do the job right you get paid for it from that point on, over and over. You also want to check on what percentage the initial commission is and what percentage the residual will be. I'm in a business now that pays 30% up front and 30% residually, I've been in businesses before that paid up to 45% up front but then only 2% residually. You want a business that has as high percentage residually as possible since this is what will ultimately determine just how successful you are and how long it takes you to become successful.
If you can find a Home Based Business that does provide a benefit that the majority of people need, pay's you for every piece of work you submit without charge backs for cancellations, and provides a residual income on top, Then at that point you just need to ask yourself if you are willing to do what it takes to make that business grow. There are some great opportunities out there, but no matter how good the opportunity, if your not willing to work for yourself at least as hard as you work for somebody else, YOU WILL FAIL.
So when looking for a business to invest in, ask about these things. Use common sense. And be ready to work hard. I've found in my own life that owning my own business is the hardest work I've done. BUT IT IS DEFINATELY ALSO THE MOST REWARDING!!! http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/
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