Get Over Yourself Already!

O.K. not what you really want to hear from your sponsor right? Well, I can probably get away with it because I'm not your sponsor; oh and if you're one of my team mates...sorry...just a little bit "kick butt" talk here.

Someone told me recently and I paraphrase..."Holly, you gotta take the n$%^$ple" out of your team's..." well you get the picture. Did I get mad? Nope, because he's was right... I have a tendency to babysit my team...

Well, I used to anyway. See, we have a team website, a team social network, team training both for beginners and advanced, a team chat room open 24/7 and yet I would still find myself answering "baby questions". Questions where the answers are found on any one of the above resources...so I've weaned my team :-)

In other words I had to get over myself already and I'm encouraging you to do the same...

So where am I headed with this? I can assure you this post is not random ramblings...at least I don't think so YET!

If you have a thin skin you may want to stop reading...I'm on a role.

Here's what else I teach...I teach my team how to market online so they can generate their own leads...BUT generating quality leads through online methods takes time...yup it took me at least 12 weeks to generate my first lead...through consistent DAILY activity...

I had someone email me and say I'm on day 3 of your training and I'm still not generating any leads... Day 3! That is too funny! I'm on day 2190! Most folks won't last 90...

So what do you do in the meantime? You post blogs, you post ads on as many free services as you can find, you sign up for some of the social networks, you submit a few articles, you make friends...and then when they call you and they will... YOU pick up that 1,000 pound black snake (the phone) and you follow-up!

If You Want The Things You Do Not Have--You Gotta Do The Things You Have Not Done!

So get over yourself already and have some cheese and crackers to go with the "whine". Whining about not knowing how to market, or not knowing how to generate leads, or not knowing how to post a blog, or not knowing how to set up a myspace page, or whine, whine, whine... If you haven't been online at least 5 years...just do what you're told and stop surfing for the next big thing. You can build your business on a shoestring budget but ask anyone of my team mates who does it...it does NOT happen overnight.

I get approached at least once a week from team mates who haven't even completed their training and they are pitching me with the next best big thing! I have one guy who is NOT on my team who emails me at least once a week with yet another up and coming lifetime opportunity! Man, enough already. He needs to get over himself already!

So what is my schedule? Do I practice what I preach? You betcha! Most folks won't do one hour of what it takes to generate leads on a budget...or one hour of what I do on a daily basis...will you?

Monday thorugh Thursday 7-9 Calling leads and follow ups--no exceptions!!!

9 PM 11 PM Working the following

Monday's Blogs and Articles and Press Releases

Tuesday's Video's

Wednesday's Social Networks

Thursday's Updating My Websites

My brain works overtime with stuff I like to share so I have a file that I add to daily with ideas. Will I get to them all? Probably not, but i write them down anyway and you should too.

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