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The 4 Major Enemies to Online Success
Copyright 2005 Chris Stirling
For any of you just starting in online marketing you will
soon learn it is not as easy as you probably first thought.
If you are like me you signed up to a affiliate program and
just expected the money to come flying in. Unfortunately
this is not the case, but do not be discouraged, there is
hope. As the story below illustrates if you are patient,
persistent and not distracted by the 4 enemies to success
soon enough the money will start rolling in just as it does
today for Mark Yarnell.
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Mark Yarnell, minister in a small town in Texas, was headed
for bankruptcy and just about to lose his car and home. He
looked for a way out and discovered Network Marketing.
Luckily, he had a wise sponsor. The sponsor gave Mark "THE
PROMISE": THIS BUSINESS CAN SET YOU FREE FINANCIALLY IN ONE
TO THREE YEARS. But he also gave him "THE PRICE": TO
SUCCEED, YOU WILL HAVE TO FACE AND CONQUER 4 MAJOR ENEMIES.
Mark said, "It's a deal."
Mark then invited 200 friends over to his house to watch a
video. 80 said "No, not interested."
Mark had encountered ENEMY #1: Rejection.
He thought, "No problem. My sponsor warned me about that.
I've got 120 people still coming over." Guess what? 50
didn't show up.
He had just met ENEMY #2: Deception.
Mark thought, "No problem, my sponsor warned me about that.
I've got 70 people who watched the tape." Guess what? 57
said, "Not interested."
He had just encountered ENEMY #3: Apathy.
Undaunted, Mark thought,"No problem. 13 people signed up."
Guess what? 12 of them dropped out of the business shortly.
ENEMY #4: Attrition had left Mark with just one serious
associate.
To this day, that single distributor earns Mark over
$50,000 per month. You may have heard of Bill Britt, one of
the most successful distributors in Amway. Some years ago,
20/20 did a feature story on Amway. They spent 19 minutes
interviewing whiners and complainers - several distributors
who had failed and showed the garages full of products they
couldn't sell. During the last minute of the show, Mr.
Britt was interviewed in front of his palatial home. He was
asked, "Mr. Britt, this business has obviously worked for
you. What's your secret?" He replied, "There is no secret.
I simply showed the plan to 1200 people. 900 said, 'No.'
and only 300 signed up. Out of those 300, only 85 did
anything at all. Out of those 85 only 35 were serious, and
out of those 35, 11 made me a millionaire."
Like Mark Yarnell,Bill worked through the numbers.
(*) Jason Boreyko, now president of New Vision, told this
story recently. When he was a distributor in Matol, he
signed up 50 people. He heard a lot of "Nos." on the way to
those 50. Jason took one man, who he knew would be terrific
in the business, to lunch, told him about the business and
the man said "No." Jason took the man to lunch again the
next month and told him the updates. Once again the man
said, "No." Jason sent him some more information and took
him to lunch again the next month. And again the man said,
"No." That went on for six months. The seventh month,
something had changed for the man, and he said, "Yes." That
man made Jason over one million dollars. Jason also worked
through his numbers.
(*) According to Richard Poe in "Wave Three", while
starting Amway, Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel, America's
eleventh richest people, recruited 500 people. 495 dropped
out. The five that didn't quit built Amway. All $7 billion
of Amway's business was built under those 5 people. Jay and
Rich had to work through their numbers. There are many
similar stories.
Here's the lesson: Your success is directly related to the
degree to which you are willing to work to find others like
yourself who are committed to succeed. Mark Yarnell's odds
were 1 out of 200. Bill Britt's were 11 out of 1200. Jason
Boreyko's odds were 1 out of 50. Would you be willing to go
through 200 people to find the 1 who will make you $50,000
a month? Or go through 200 people to become a millionaire?
Or hear uncounted "No's." to sign up 50 people to find a
million dollar person? I hope you will.... It's easier when
you know the odds up front. But here's the catch: You have
your own set of odds and you won't know what they are until
AFTER YOU'VE SUCCEEDED.
So if you've gone through 50 or 100 people and you haven't
found 1 serious person yet, you can either give up and
assume the business doesn't work, or recognize that you are
working though your own numbers.
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This story applies to everyone of us! I don't know what my
umbers are yet but I will know soon. Are you willing to
find out what your numbers are? Keep up the good work &
keep the faith!
Be a self-motivator and continue moving forward towards the
goals you want and deserve.
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Chris Stirling is the owner of stirls.com and His Internet
Marketing website is designed to help other people achieve
their goal of having their own work at home business.
http://www.stirls.com
More articles by Chris Stirling - http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Chris-Stirling-387/
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