Here’s another great tip from Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter.

“Pushy salesmen don’t get it.

So I get this phone call. The caller says, “I want you to be my customer.”

Nothing like starting with HIS needs to build rapport. Continue reading this post…

One of the biggest fears we have when we start our network marketing career is talking to people.  We’ve done it all our lives, but once we have a product or opportunity to share, the phone becomes 500 pounds and we can no longer speak in full sentences without stammering and stuttering or lapsing into company jargon.

In desperation, some of us latch on to scripts provided by our upline, and we end up sounding like telemarketers or like Charlie Brown’s teacher:

Wua wua wua wah, wua wah wua wah …

For several years, we bought leads, called them and read scripts.  It was not a conversation – it was a flowchart.  We had no clue about what people wanted or whether we could provide it.  We had not built a relationship of ‘know, like, and trust’.  We just started firehosing. Continue reading this post…

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million.

A while back we wrote an article about how Anna learned to type called Keep On Pounding! This little guy is way more determined than that with much more at stake!

Anna didn’t have to type with frozen paws, and when she missed a key, she didn’t slide down and fall on the rocks below.

Click on the cub to see the kind of persistence and dedication it takes to make it to the top.  Watch this again and again whenever you feel frustrated in your network marketing business.  You might just be one more try away from reaching your MLM goals!

Once you have your focus and determination back, you’ll want to make sure you have the right tools to get your claws into the snow.

Click here for the right climbing gear … BigAlSkills.com

In the comments section, please let us know the lessons YOU take from the climbing cub!

Thanks from … 

Bob and Anna Bassett
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It’s important to recognize the four basic personality types of your prospects – red, green, blue or yellow – but it’s imperative that you learn how to communicate in THEIR language!

Click here for a previous article Colors by Limericks, and click here for our audio training “Color To Color”.

Yellows make up 35% of the population, Greens 35%, Blues 15%, and Reds 15%. That means that if you speak only your own language, you run the risk of creating conflict 65% to 85% of the time! By learning a few simple skills, you can create more cooperation, and increase your success rate dramatically!

In this series, we’ll be passing on tips to help you speak to your prospects, no matter what color they are. All it takes is a little adaptation and a chameleon spirit!

See the rest of the series – Tips for Yellows, Tips for Blues, Tips for Reds.

Let’s have some fun as we provide some hints for the Greens. If you are a Green personality talking to a … Continue reading this post…

It’s important to recognize the four basic personality types of your prospects – red, green, blue or yellow – but it’s imperative that you learn how to communicate in THEIR language!

Click here for a previous article Colors by Limericks, and click here for our audio training “Color To Color”.

Yellows make up 35% of the population, Greens 35%, Blues 15%, and Reds 15%. That means that if you speak only your own language, you run the risk of creating conflict 65% to 85% of the time! By learning a few simple skills, you can create more cooperation, and increase your success rate dramatically!

In this series, we’ll be passing on tips to help you speak to your prospects, no matter what color they are. All it takes is a little adaptation and a chameleon spirit!

See the rest of the series –  Tips for Yellows, Tips for Greens, Tips for Reds.

Let’s have some fun as we provide some hints for the Blues.  If you are a Blue personality talking to a …  Continue reading this post…

It’s important to recognize the four basic personality types of your prospects – red, green, blue or yellow – but it’s imperative that you learn how to communicate in THEIR language!

Click here for a previous article Colors by Limericks, and click here for our audio training “Color To Color”.

Yellows make up 35% of the population, Greens 35%, Blues 15%, and Reds 15%.  That means that if you speak only your own language, you run the risk of creating conflict 65% to 85% of the time!  By learning a few simple skills, you can create more cooperation, and increase your success rate dramatically!

In this series, we’ll be passing on tips to help you speak to your prospects, no matter what color they are.  All it takes is a little adaptation and a chameleon spirit!  Let’s have some fun as we begin with some hints for the Yellows.  If you are a Yellow personality talking to a … Continue reading this post…

It’s important to recognize the four basic personality types of your prospects – red, green, blue or yellow – but it’s imperative that you learn how to communicate in THEIR language!

Click here for a previous article Colors by Limericks, and click here for our audio training “Color To Color”.

Yellows make up 35% of the population, Greens 35%, Blues 15%, and Reds 15%. That means that if you speak only your own language, you run the risk of creating conflict 65% to 85% of the time! By learning a few simple skills, you can create more cooperation, and increase your success rate dramatically! Continue reading this post…

Hippocrates did it.  Jerry Clark does it.  Michael Dlouhy does it. Dani Johnson does it.

But the master is Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter.  When we listened to “The Secret Language of Prospects” CD’s, it put everything into perspective. Big Al teaches how to build rapport and break the ice with the Reds, Greens, Blues, and Yellows. This info changed the way we relate to everyone and it turned our business around. Highly recommended!

For more info, visit our audios page and start with Colors of Personalities – Lucy and Charlie Brown.  Click on the chart to the left for a larger version with more detail.

And here are some instructive and ever so clever limericks from our latest Colors Training Call.  You’ll probably recognize all of these characters! Continue reading this post…

Good news, everybody!  BigAlSkills.com now has a Facebook Page!

Like BigAlSkills.com, our new page is dedicated to helping network marketers and MLMers learn the skills you need for the success you deserve. Continue reading this post…

Speaking from bitter and expensive experience, we have often and adamantly advised NOT to buy MLM leads.  You can read our advice in these articles:

“MLM Leads Are A Scam! Part One and Part Two.

On the other hand, if you have a system to generate your own leads, you can be quite successful. That is, if you know what to say …

Here’s a great article from a recent Big Al Report where Tom puts it all into perspective.

His questions are not just good preparation for calling leads, but great for getting ready to prospect anyone, anywhere, any time. Continue reading this post…