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			| Four Steps to Gold Prospecting 
 1. Find
 2. Ask
 3. Listen
 4. Sort
 
 You've heard it before. Attitude is everything. Well, guess
 what? That's true. To be successful in Network Marketing,
 you have to take the correct attitude or posture and it
 starts with prospecting.
 
 The dictionary defines "to prospect" as to explore, to
 search or to examine for something.
 
 When you talk to a potential business builder, do you
 explore, search or examine or do you try to convince the
 person by telling them how good your business is and how
 much better it is than anyone else's?
 
 You've heard about prospecting for "gold" and the famous
 California "Gold Rush." When prospecting for gold, the first
 thing you need to remember is to find a place where you can
 expect to find gold. You won't prospect in the stream in
 your back yard unless your backyard lies in the middle of
 gold country.
 
 Once you find the potential stream, you need to gather your
 tools. As a gold prospector, you would plunge your sifter
 into the stream and gather up a lot of muck, which you hope
 also contains gold.
 
 You'll sift through it until you find some shiny gold stuff,
 which might be gold, then again might not.
 
 You separate out the real gold from the fools gold. You've
 now got one or two or three or however many nuggets of real
 gold.
 
 Keep repeating the process until you're rich.
 
 The same procedure goes for finding those golden people.
 
 The number 1 step to prospecting gold in Network Marketing
 is:
 
 1. FIND
 
 Find the gold fields. Your prospects imply gold to you. You
 want the golden women and men to join your business. That
 means, people who are serious about business opportunities.
 
 You Can Advertise.
 
 Unless you have a huge budget, you're not going to advertise
 in general magazines, newspapers or ezines. You'll want to
 go with the Business Opportunity streams.
 
 You Can Buy Leads.
 
 They vary in price and in quality. You can pay big bucks,
 like $5.00 a lead for pre-qualified individuals who have
 actually been called and talked with on the phone. You can
 also pay .50/lead for older leads that may or may not be
 interested.
 
 You Can Get Free Leads.
 
 You can put up a website and drive traffic to it and/or
 start an ezine. As people respond to you, they are free
 leads. The marketing company I work with Free Leads For Life
 teaches people how to do just that.
 
 The number 2 step in successful prospecting gold in Network
 Marketing requires you to dig deep into your potential
 stream and begin to:
 
 2. ASK
 
 Prospecting is about them, not about you. Ask them about
 themselves. First of all . . .
 
 Are they seriously looking for a business opportunity?
 
 Do they have time to talk now?
 
 What kind of work do they currently do?
 
 Are they achieving success at their chosen work? Do they
 like it? Are they working full time? Part Time?
 
 What prompted them to answer your ad?
 
 What do they want out of a home based business?
 
 Are they planning to do the business part
 
 
				
 time while they
 continue with their career or are they looking for a
 replacement?
 
 Are they serious? Or just curious?
 
 What kind of income are they looking to gain?
 
 Are they looking for a business just for themselves? Or do
 they plan to go into partnership with another? A Spouse?
 
 Once you've asked the questions, you must listen to the
 answers as part of the the sifting for gold process.
 
 3. LISTEN
 
 Don't waste your time with people who are not serious. You
 should get a "Yes" or "No" answer to the first question. If
 they say yes to looking for a business opportunity continue
 with the questions.
 
 If no, just say "Thank you, have a great day. Goodbye." If
 Maybe. . . don't be afraid to let them go. Maybes aren't
 serious. you might test it further by telling them that you
 are only looking for serious people who are committed to
 making a good income and if they don't know whether or not
 they are serious, then they are probably not what you're
 looking for.
 
 You want to find out right away if they have the time to
 talk. If not, you'll want to make an appointment, stressing
 that they should call you if something comes up that would
 prevent them from keeping the appointment. Be considerate of
 yourself and your time. Make them considerate too.
 
 What they are doing now can tell you a lot about their
 potential in your business. A person who currently holds a
 responsible position is more likely to take responsibility
 in his or her own business. Look for leadership. At the same
 time, you don't want to pre-judge. Many a gold nugget has
 been found encased in dirt.
 
 You don't want to spend 30 or 40 minutes on the phone with
 someone only to have them say at the end that they have to
 talk it over with their spouse. Get that information first
 so that you can arrange an appointment to speak to both at
 the same time.
 
 Your time is precious, don't let anyone waste it.
 
 Then finally, you need to separate the real gold from the
 fools gold
 
 4. SORT
 
 Prospecting means collecting decisions, then sorting those
 with potential to succeed and those without.
 
 You don't want to receive yeses at any cost. You only
 want a yes from the person who can become a leader and a
 teacher.
 
 You'll soon find yourself rejecting the nos before they have
 a chance to reject you because you'll recognize those people
 that will require you to put extra time into them after
 they've joined, only to find them falling away in the end
 anyway.
 
 Once you become adept with the 4 step system, you'll begin
 to attract the golden people you seek. They will recognize
 you as a leader and want to follow you and learn to become
 leaders too.
 
 Remember, it's easy as 1-2-3-4. -- Find, Ask, Listen, Sort.
 
  About the Author 
 Gloria Reibin is the owner of Advantage E-Comhttp://advantageecom.com
 She works with Free Leads for Life Marketing Group, which
 offers free Internet Marketing and Network Marketing
 training.
 http://www.freeleads4life.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/4389
 
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