Most of us just cross our fingers and hope that we’ll be okay for retirement when the day comes.

In most cases, we won’t be.

Here’s a survey by Insights West and Credential Financial that finds the majority of Canadians are not prepared for retirement.  We’re guessing that Americans will be much the same.

• 68% don’t have a retirement plan
• 30% haven’t saved a cent
• 62% ended up retiring earlier than expected

Once you’ve built rapport with your prospect and have discovered a financial problem they’d like to solve, you can break the ice by asking them a few simple questions. Continue reading this post…

Duplicatable systems are useless if you don’t have all three parts:

• Proven results
• Desire to duplicate
• Practice, practice, practice

Before choosing a system, make sure it leads to the result you want.  A good wrench is useless if you are trying to hammer a nail.  Make sure that others have hammered the same nail you are working on.  Ask for proof!

Ask yourself if you truly want to achieve that goal.  If you really have the desire, it will show clearly in how hard you work at it.  Your goal is in your head.  Your success is in your hands. Continue reading this post…

Still not finished with your Christmas shopping? Here’s a quick solution for gifts for you and your MLM downline.

Do you have a team member who has trouble talking to people?  Surprise them with a copy of The Secret Language of Prospects!

How about a team member who talks too much and drives prospects away with information overload?  They’ll love to find How To Give A One Minute Presentation under the tree!

What about that someone who is good with people but doesn’t know how to introduce the product or opportunity?  Wouldn’t it be a treat for them to find a stocking stuffed with Ice Breakers? Continue reading this post…

Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter is a master at providing us with magic phrases and sentences that make it easier for us to gather customers and recruit MLM business partners.

Just when we think we’ve heard them all, he surprises us with a bunch more!

At a recent Meetup called How To Meet New People For Your Network Marketing Business, Big Al taught us several new sentences he’s been testing.  Our favorite was “Let’s get that sorted out right now.” Continue reading this post…

Most people who join MLM companies have jobs.

We may have a dream of time and financial freedom, but we really don’t know what that means.

At our job, we know:

• When we have to get up to get to work on time.
• The best route to get to work on time.
• Where to park our car or bike and where to hang our coat.
• What we have to do all day to make a dime.
• When we can go to the bathroom.
• When we can take a coffee break.
• When we can go for lunch and how long we have to eat it.
• How much we earn per hour or week or year.
• When we can expect a pay raise.
• How many training courses we must take to keep our job.
• Whom to turn to when we get confused or in trouble.
• Whom not to turn to for fear of being reported or fired.
• Our benefits plan, our medical coverage and our retirement package.
• When we can leave and go find our car or bike where we left it.
• When we have to go to bed to get enough sleep to get up early enough to get to work on time.

But as an entrepreneur, Continue reading this post…

Here’s a great short article from Seth Godin, who nails it every time:

“You’re doing it wrong.

You don’t have to wait for perfect, but that doesn’t mean you should start with the wrong tools guaranteed to produce a collection of rejection.

Many of us get started with a ton of enthusiasm and two tons of bad advice, like … Continue reading this post…

We’ve heard a lot lately about crowd funding.

It seems to be a good way for someone with a good idea to get a bunch of other people to send them money to develop that idea.

Somebody might want to build an orphanage but has no money or materials. Somebody might want to research and build a more efficient and environmentally friendly home air conditioner. Somebody might want to open a cooperative grocery store to sell local produce and employ local people. Somebody might need the money to beautify a local park with trees and trails for local kids and bikers. Somebody might want to raise money for disaster relief. Continue reading this post…

Big Al simplifies things for us once again. Here’s a recent insight that gave us a bit of a surprise.

“Which skills should we give our new distributors first?

If our new distributor lacks confidence, then learning the four colors of personalities is the obvious choice.

However, out of the 25 basic skills, four skills will be needed immediately by almost every new distributor. After all, how many skills do new distributors have when they sign the distributor agreement? None!

The four cornerstone skills are: Continue reading this post…

Some wise words from Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter:

In 1970, people did not have smart phones or Netflix or Instagram or Skype or SMS texting or Facebook or email or YouTube or Instagram or …

In 1970 you could go to someone’s home and say: “Give me 20 minutes of your time so I can show you my business.” They would reply: “Woohoo! Excellent! There is nothing else for us to do in 1970!”

But what about now? Do your prospects have all these things and more taking up every second of their time and attention? Yes! Continue reading this post…

At a recent training session with Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter, we laughed again when he started by telling us about his 22 months of “absolute failure” when he began his career.

We joked later about how our credentials in MLM and network marketing are not necessarily our successes, but more often our failures! As over 95% of people are failing in MLM, much of our credibility comes from telling our stories of failure.

Nobody wants to hear more hype and false promises. People want to know that you have been there, and that you can save them from making the same mistakes.

People want the truth, and they want solid information about how to avoid scams and how to choose ethical five pillar companies. Continue reading this post…