Good morning every one today is Saturday and well right now I am just getting my first cup of coffee down the old pipes and decided to come up in my office and do a bit of blogging and possibly try and get a few things that are work related caught up. However that being said I may end up only getting half of the things I want to do done. Unfortunately my time is usually interrupted by this or that. It’s funny when I first got my computer I was up in my office from morning till night doing what ever, I lost complete track of time. Now I have taken to writing down a schedule as to what I would like to accomplish during the day and I try and stick to it. Yet many times I am usually behind in the things I have scheduled. So I end up here in my office late at night plugging to catch up on the days activities. Someone once said I really want to work at home it would be so much easier I could spend more time with family. The fact is if you do not put a plan of action together when you work at home you find that without structure your time flies by and hardly any real work gets done. I have taken up to locking my office door and placing a sign on it that says at work do not disturb. If I do not do this every thing from the dogs needing out to the phone ringing can throw me off schedule. Yes working at home has its advantages. However it comes with a price. You end up working harder or if you are out wasting time you say well my office is right there I could be making contacts rather than out messing around. Working at home is fun and you do get to sleep in however you find that when working for yourself you always have the thought of what do I need to do right now to make myself more contacts. However in saying that it in many times is not about making the contacts as keeping the contacts you already have and a steady income that pays the bills.

In any home business you have your highs and low periods.

One week a wind fall may happen and it will seem like everyone in the world wants what you have. Where as the next few weeks you may get next to nothing as to people looking at your products.

The key is to have good products a sell at a great price. A solid happy medium as to spreading out the money that comes from them. When the good times come and plan for the lower slower times. Many home businesses fail because many people do not have a solid plan of action they are all over the place as to products and those they deal with.

One week they may have a customer and the customer may be a return customer. However it’s up to the home business person to keep track of those people and send them up dates as to the products they are selling and also invest themselves in their customers. Now I get the idea that many people out there are not people savvy and just can not stand the idea that they may have to speak with people on a daily basis.

The fact is you do not have to be a whiz kid to get people to buy from you if you have a good product and a good plan in place. Many people will come to you for your services.

That being said you as a home business operator must be willing to go that extra mile when they do come thankful they are there and ready to help them with what they are needing or looking for.

The old saying if you build it they will come.

Is very true however the saying needs a little more to it. Like if you work it and invite them to return they will or if you have a strong foundation of reputation and team of mentors who are interested in helping others. They will stay to find out how and why you are doing well as to their failures in their businesses. The fact is any home business must start out as a people business you must seek out like minded people who have success on their minds.

You must invest your time in people who may have a need that you can fill and above all you must accept the highs and lows that come with a home business. When business slows down it is not your fault! However it is an incentive to push harder and work smarter as to achieving your set goals. Now speaking with people is the easy part believe it or not.

Knowing what to say without going in to a no man’s land is the hard part.

I can think of a million times where someone has called me and seemed to just have no real idea as to why they called. Only that they wanted me to buy something from them before I knew who they were. They had already congratulated me on being someone they chose to call.

They were slapping me with all that I may have gotten before I even knew what the product did or was. All without a name or any idea as to who I was because I was a name on some mailing list they paid for.

First thing if you are calling someone take the time to know their name and make an appointment with them as to when it is convenient for you to call.

It’s called simple phone education and politeness.

Do not slap a sticker on their foreheads with demands. Even before the words hello have had a chance to invite themselves in their mind.

I had a women call me with talking points a mile long she was just yapping up a storm about this and that and how great her product was.

Yet she refused to tell me anything as to what it was or who she was representing.

In order for me to get that information I had to commit myself to a membership of some sort.

Well you can guess what I committed myself to doing I hung up the phone!

Look if you are in a home business and it requires you to call people.

Be smart and introduce yourself, be ready to answer questions if asked and above all have the answers or know people that can. Don’t say well gee I don’t know? That’s the quickest way to get a phone slammed in your ear. Because if you don’t know the business you’re selling how in the heck can people you call trust it’s a legitimate business or the product is worth their time.

Remember everyone’s time is valuable and that when calling them you have about one minute before they shut you down or decide you are worth listening to.

In that minute you have to establish who you are why you are calling and thank them for their valuable time. If you have a solid product and the person has taken the time to look at it. Then you know they will take the time to hear what you have to tell them.

Cold calls do not work on mailing lists or paid leads.

Because mainly those you are calling did not request or in many cases are not interested in what you are selling. They were checking out something completely different.

The only ways to find like minded people are those who through your work in advertising are interested enough to find out more about your product and then they come to you.

Not the other way around.

One of the biggest things in owning a home business is advertising. Getting the word out as to what you are doing. No secrets, no hidden agendas, no false promises as to what you are doing.

In a true home business that’s real all doors are open and the truth will set your business on the right path. I have seen many home businesses fail because they can’t tell the truth about the items they sell. I have gotten email after email as to people saying resell our software make big money. These scams are fishing for people who need help and do not know where to find it. Many people who are looking and on the wrong path or do not understand what they are doing, see the advertisement of some girl holding up cash and they see the so called stickers of sponsors that they have known through their lives as big money makers. So they being trusting hopefuls’ sign up.

What they do not do is read the fine print or policies and procedures. If they did they would find half if not all are liars, scammers, and cheats.

They have had professional web builders make those sites with the companies logo that are supposed sponsors for the software are bogus symbols not even affiliated with the product the add claims to sell.

The so called testimonials and pictures of Joe and his wife on the beach are photo shopped fakes. That’s right I am calling these faker scammers and down right dirty rotten scoundrels out. Your greed and false promises are now on record.

Look if you are truly looking for a real opportunity or a company to join or simply want to evaluate the company you are already with, Michael Dloughy’s five pillars technology outlines a simple method to measure any company.

Caution: Please do yourself a favor and answer these questions with your critical eye.

A company may have the greatest products and the best pay plan on the planet, but if it is lacking any of the five pillars, you could lose EVERYTHING overnight. Your income and reputation is at stake.

The correct answers to these 5 questions WILL save you years of failure and frustration.

Pillar 1: Does the company management have personal experience building their own networking organization? Have they done it with Integrity?

Pillar 2: Has the company passed the “early failure” time line. Are the company’s Products timed with the beginning of a massive trend of consumer demand?

Pillar 3: Does the company have a Remarkable product at a reasonable price?

Pillar 4: Does the Compensation Plan Pay Part-Timers?

Pillar 5: Does your Mentor offer a System for Success that will work for you?

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Mark Cowell