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Alan "Flapman" Morgan's SpaceTo be successful you need to find what you love and stick to it, work at it and learn from your mistakes. After that, your main job is to share that knowledge with someone else so they can do the same. Never stop bettering yourself. Never stop growing.
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March 28 BNI feedbackFor those of you that know and those that don't I am a member of a local BNI Chapter in Colorado, Rocky Mountain Business Builders.
Outside of the strong networking that is done in the chapters and between them, one of the unsung benefits of BNI is education and training. BNI has a lot available in that area--ranging from books, training sessions and in-chapter groups such as mentoring sessions.
Personal growth is a big part of our business growth. Our businesses—whether they be service or product-oriented, conventional or ones that leverage the efforts of others such as Network Marketing—and their success, directly pivots on our ability to grow personally.
I used to read and listen to a lot of motivational material, attend group sessions and seminars and somewhere along the way I fell off that self-improvement path. It took my picking up some new material that I had recently learned about to remind me of how I had lost my way and when. Many of you may not even have noticed. That’s okay, but I did and I realize how I must change for my business to change. I can sit here and make excuses such as I am too busy to build my business and in some ways that may be true but I know that that, in itself, starts with commitment.
Our careers, our businesses are more that just what we do for a living. We are in the service of others and are here to benefit others. You don’t have to agree with me if you don’t want to but that is the way it is. That is what is truly rewarding about serving others. That is what makes each day important and allows us to sleep well at night. It comes down to not how much money we make but how many lives we impact and change for the better.
Think about you and your business. Is your business growing? If it is, is it because you are just doing business right or is your business growing because you are growing? Are you changing lives? Are you getting better?
If you are at a place in your life where you feel you and your business aren’t going anywhere and/or you have grown stagnant and plateaued, look within. Maybe it is you that need to start growing again. I know I do. January 31 Try hiring a Travel Agent to work for you...! Leveraging
Idea.
Knowing that your YTB Business is
about travel, sell travel. If you are busy and understand the
importance and power of leveraging, use it. Hire someone to work for you
and have them help you sell travel. January 30 Publishing to a Microsoft Live Space Blog via emailYes, it is amazing how effective technology is if you know how to use it. Here is an example of how Windows Live allows you to publish via an email address to your web blog. Now, 'Live isn't the the only one, there are many web-based programs that offer the same or similar functionality. I sent this to the email address in my Email Publish Settings. Why this can be helpful is if you have a great idea on the fly and you happen to be on your Blackberry or iPhone, Treo or whatever gadget you have, you can just shoot your idea to your blog. Simple huh? Subscribe to our Travel Newsletter Subscribe to letters about the business
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Just another updateA lot going on. I have not been back here in awhile. I am working on some marketing projects for both MTD Marketing Inc and for our YTB Travel Business, Premier Total Travel. I have looked into some alternative email applications such as Emma. I am likely to replace Constant Contact with Emma. It excels in functionality and ease of use. Email as you know is a great way to build relationships and to stay in front of your customers and contacts. More about this later. As far as YTB is concerned, the company is growing by leaps and bounds. My focus is on learning more about the travel industry and teaching my team to sell travel and to reproduce that in their teams. Besides, this business is all about selling travel. I just got my CLIA card and plan do really market Cruises to my BNI Networking Group and to my team. I am also doing more to promote my website, www.premiertotaltravel.com. Recently, I added an information page which is available at www.premiertotaltravel.info. It is a secondary site provided by travel media. It provides us tools such as autoresponder emails that help Cheri and I stay in front of our prospective RTAs. It also include links to various sections of our travel website and valuable information about our business. June 28 Remember what you are building in Network MarketingA great many of us that are involved in Network Marketing--no matter what the company--need to constantly remind ourselves of why we are doing what we are doing and what we are trying to accomplish. What ever the case we are using leveraging to build a strong business. Leveraging is what makes it possible to sell a bunch of products and services with less effort. Example: 1 person could go out and sell 1000 products and take forever to do it (and likely be tired afterwards) or he/she can build a team of 100 that only sell 10 each. This is over-simplified I know, but you get the point. Remember that what you are trying to build is more than a network of people, it is a "Network of Businesses." The true power of leveraging and the efforts within comes from you duplicating your business. Whether you are a YTB Referring Travel Agent, Mary Kay Consultant, Pampered Chef Consultant, Avon Consultant, etc, etc (the list of independent businesses is way too long to mention everyone  ) no matter what, you want your business associates working their business and selling your/their product (s). It is all a waste if they are not.Imagine if all the McDonald's franchises out there just sat there and didn't sell hamburgers. So remember that while you are building your business, work your business and help your team work their business. It will make for a stronger and more productive network.
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