Saturday, October 25, 2008

What Does Being Magnetic Have Anything To Do With It

There once was a story about a man, who could only concentrate on the things he did not want.

He concentrated on debt, but more debt came to him.
He concentrated on not losing his job, but lost his job anyhow.
He concentrated on staying away from the bad crowd, but the bad kept coming to him.

What the man really wanted to happen was the complete opposite. All he wanted was to change, but he could not. He was like a big magnet attracting in all the wrong things.

It's the same with your home business. If you're constantly thinking of not succeeding, than your wish shall come true.

But, being magnetic in a positive way can have an altering affect on your success. And, when you are being magnetic in this way, you're attracting the things you want to happen.

You're concentrating on being a leader.
You're concentrating on becoming successful.
You're concentrating on accumulating wealth.
You're concentrating on growing your business.

You're concentrating on all of the right things to move you forward rather than holding you back.

Being magnetic has everything to do with your success.

Dedicated to your success,

Jerome Ratliff
Visit JeromeRatliff.com to learn about the fantastic journey he's embarked through his business ventures.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Is the Social Marketing Arena for You

With all of the social marketing sites out there today, how do you know which one is the best one to use?

Do you just try them all or do you only do one?

Yes and No. But more No than anything. Let me explain.

In your business, you want to be able to create some interest in you and your business. So, in order to do that you have to start building a name for yourself. One of the best ways to do that is using the social marketing arena. But, I do not recommend that you go and create 10 different accounts on various social marketing sites. Can you imagine how much effort it would require to maintain 10 different social marketing profiles? Forget it, it's not worth your time. And time is the most precious element in your business. So, don't go wasting it.

No thank you!

Because you want to provide quality, this is why you should only concentrate on a few. Use social marketing sites like Twitter.com where you can follow others and be followed. For my Twitter account, JeromeRatliff, I follow a lot of people. People I find interesting, want to hear more about them and what they are doing. But, what's more important is that people follow me. Why? Because I want my content to come to me.

There are two areas to my postings. I bring a lot of focus on my normal life (things everybody does everyday) and the things I do to grow my business.

When I do this, people are drawn in like a magnet. Kind of the same for the people that I follow.

When you draw the people in, then you can begin building rapport. Then after you build rapport, you establish a way people can either buy into your service or you and your business. Now, don't be pushy because no one likes a pushy salesperson. Just be yourself and let the power of attraction marketing take over.

So, is the social marketing arena for you? It should be. Start today by visiting me on Twitter, my profile name is JeromeRatliff and I will see you on the inside.

Dedicated to your success,

Jerome Ratliff
Visit JeromeRatliff.com to learn about the fantastic journey he's embarked through his business ventures.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Some Will, Some Won't, So What

Does anyone really know what that phrase means?

Well, I will tell you how I interpret it. It means some will like your business, some will not, but does it really matter. It absolutely doesn't matter?

Here's why...

In this industry, what is fundamental is that we are always sorting. As leaders, we are not interested in tire-kickers. We are looking for that right person to build our business with and someone who is interested in doing the same for their business. So what just means don't worry or concentrate on someone turning you down, just keep moving forward as you look and find that right person.

I once heard a story of a successful entrepreneur and it goes like this...

Joe, a new entrepreneur had been his business for 3 months and wasn't seeing any growth in his business. It was like he was standing still. So, he decided it was time for a change. He worked with lead after lead, getting rejected one after another. Joe was getting fed up with the rejection. Finally, he started getting enrollments into his business and before you knew it, he had signed up 45 people in 1 years period. But, when that year was up, his business began to decrease in commission. So, Joe decided he needed to recruit a little more. Another year went by and Joe had increased his organization to 90 people. Sure his commission increased, but not by double as it should have. Joe wasn't sure what was going on. That's when Joe remembered back to when he started hearing the phrase, some will, some won't, so, so what. It dawned on him why he was not sustaining growth. When Joe first started, he had gotten turned down so many times that he would enroll anyone just to get someone into his business. Sure, that increased his numbers, but these people felt pressured into the business the really did not want to be a part of. They started to drop like flies. Joe wasn't being a leader. The moment Joe realized this, Joe completely turned around his business. But, this time Joe was only enrolling a few people a month, tops. But this time his commission was nearly doubling. Joe started leading his team, providing them training, systems to follow, and one-on-one coaching. Joe's business was thriving and before he knew it, Joe was able to walk away from his business in 5 years just because Joe realized and started over.

It's never too late to start over. Just make sure to remember that phrase, "Some will, Some won't, So what" now that you really know what it means.

Dedicated to your success,

Jerome Ratliff
Visit JeromeRatliff.com to learn about the fantastic journey he's embarked through his business ventures.

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