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I know many of you already subscribe to Tammy Stanley's newsletters but want to pass on what I sent out to my downline today....
Why Won’t My Family and Friends Take My Business Seriously?
Hi everyone!
This is from Tammy Stanley who we met last year at National Conference. Hope you find this article helpful!!! ~Ann
P.S. You can get her newsletters for free by logging onto the web site at the end of the article.
Why Won’t My Family and Friends Take My Business Seriously?
Direct Sellers work their business when they want to, which ends up
Being a benefit as well as a liability. You can get your business started,
Yet set it completely aside if some kind of unexpected challenge takes
Place in your life. You can get started in one company only to decide that
You would rather work for a different direct selling company. Consider
How many people you have tried to recruit, or have successfully recruited,
Who tried selling another direct selling company’s products before yours.
Another scenario, just as common is that a good number of direct sellers
Have stopped their business only to realize that they want to get it going again.
When you change your mind about something it can be
Embarrassing – not always but sometimes, and especially if you change your
Mind about something somewhat significant like a job or a business opportunity.
Who, reading this, has never had a change of heart or mind about anything?
My guess is that it has happened to everyone, and that means everyone has
Experienced the challenges that come with changing one’s mind. Consider
Some of the negative things your friends and family might think if you start
Selling an additional or another product line:
-There’s a sucker born every minute
-What a flake
-I guess she didn’t make any money with that last company
One reason direct sellers have such difficulty getting on the phone and
Calling their friends and family as a means to get them started in their
Business is because they worry about people thinking those very things
About them! They wonder: How they can possibly tell their friends and
Family that they have in some way changed their mind?
Most of us can think of someone who announced that they were selling
Product line ABC, only to announce a year later that they were selling XYZ.
Now, if that person I just described is you, no worries. It happens. My goal
Here is two-fold.
In this article I want to show you how you can contact your family and friends
About any change of decision you have had and simultaneously I will show
You how to prevent them from refusing to take you and your business seriously.
In part two of this article (next week), I will show you how you move to the top
Of any company even if you put down your business for a good number of
Months or are now selling for a new company.
The most effective way to dissolve your greatest fear is to face it head on
And when it comes to an interaction with another individual, it is simple.
Simply state what you worry that they are thinking.
“Hi Ann, it’s Tammy and I have to tell you I’ve been hesitant to
Make this call because I worried that you would just think I’m a flake and
Then dismiss me as a friend, which I really don’t want to happen. But here
Is what’s going on: Last year I acted all excited about starting a business
With ABC, and I even convinced you to host a party for me. Instead of being
Seriously committed to doing whatever it takes to get that business going,
I gave up as soon as real effort was required. I now realize the mistakes I
Made and I truly want to give it another try. Is there any way that you would
Like to get some free ABC products this month by hosting a show for me
And my newly resolved commitment to this business?”
The real problem is that you stall calling because you feel it is going to be
Embarrassing and you want to avoid humiliation at all costs. However, taking
Responsibility is not disgraceful; it is heroic. When you are truly honest with
Other people, you set yourself apart from the average salesperson.
If you really want your friends and family to take you and your business
Seriously, be honest with them. Authenticity is what increases the chances
Of them helping you. How would you feel if a friend called you and revealed
What was stated above?
Tammy Stanley
'Ancora Imparo'*
www.tammystanley.com
954 E. Drake Dr.
Tempe AZ 85283
Why Won’t My Family and Friends Take My Business Seriously?
Hi everyone!
This is from Tammy Stanley who we met last year at National Conference. Hope you find this article helpful!!! ~Ann
P.S. You can get her newsletters for free by logging onto the web site at the end of the article.
Why Won’t My Family and Friends Take My Business Seriously?
Direct Sellers work their business when they want to, which ends up
Being a benefit as well as a liability. You can get your business started,
Yet set it completely aside if some kind of unexpected challenge takes
Place in your life. You can get started in one company only to decide that
You would rather work for a different direct selling company. Consider
How many people you have tried to recruit, or have successfully recruited,
Who tried selling another direct selling company’s products before yours.
Another scenario, just as common is that a good number of direct sellers
Have stopped their business only to realize that they want to get it going again.
When you change your mind about something it can be
Embarrassing – not always but sometimes, and especially if you change your
Mind about something somewhat significant like a job or a business opportunity.
Who, reading this, has never had a change of heart or mind about anything?
My guess is that it has happened to everyone, and that means everyone has
Experienced the challenges that come with changing one’s mind. Consider
Some of the negative things your friends and family might think if you start
Selling an additional or another product line:
-There’s a sucker born every minute
-What a flake
-I guess she didn’t make any money with that last company
One reason direct sellers have such difficulty getting on the phone and
Calling their friends and family as a means to get them started in their
Business is because they worry about people thinking those very things
About them! They wonder: How they can possibly tell their friends and
Family that they have in some way changed their mind?
Most of us can think of someone who announced that they were selling
Product line ABC, only to announce a year later that they were selling XYZ.
Now, if that person I just described is you, no worries. It happens. My goal
Here is two-fold.
In this article I want to show you how you can contact your family and friends
About any change of decision you have had and simultaneously I will show
You how to prevent them from refusing to take you and your business seriously.
In part two of this article (next week), I will show you how you move to the top
Of any company even if you put down your business for a good number of
Months or are now selling for a new company.
The most effective way to dissolve your greatest fear is to face it head on
And when it comes to an interaction with another individual, it is simple.
Simply state what you worry that they are thinking.
“Hi Ann, it’s Tammy and I have to tell you I’ve been hesitant to
Make this call because I worried that you would just think I’m a flake and
Then dismiss me as a friend, which I really don’t want to happen. But here
Is what’s going on: Last year I acted all excited about starting a business
With ABC, and I even convinced you to host a party for me. Instead of being
Seriously committed to doing whatever it takes to get that business going,
I gave up as soon as real effort was required. I now realize the mistakes I
Made and I truly want to give it another try. Is there any way that you would
Like to get some free ABC products this month by hosting a show for me
And my newly resolved commitment to this business?”
The real problem is that you stall calling because you feel it is going to be
Embarrassing and you want to avoid humiliation at all costs. However, taking
Responsibility is not disgraceful; it is heroic. When you are truly honest with
Other people, you set yourself apart from the average salesperson.
If you really want your friends and family to take you and your business
Seriously, be honest with them. Authenticity is what increases the chances
Of them helping you. How would you feel if a friend called you and revealed
What was stated above?
Tammy Stanley
'Ancora Imparo'*
www.tammystanley.com
954 E. Drake Dr.
Tempe AZ 85283
