Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Selling Without Selling

Many people find selling so odious. I don't know why. Do you? I enjoy selling a lot, especially when the prospect is all ears to your sales pitch. But even if he or she isn't, I find the challenge to eke out a sale from the cynical an amusing adventure. No, I never hardsell. I'm not that desperate. I still can afford meals even without making any sale in a day. But I keep selling anyway. I just love to sell. It's what I call selling without selling. 

It's more an experiment. Like a dare. You dare yourself to sell like some kind of a game. Never mind if the prospect doesn't buy. Just experiment. Don't target any goal. Just start talking. It starts with a silly thought about making people react and watching them do so. You're like a sociologist or psychologist taking a survey. How would he react when offered to buy an elephant? Would this guy buy at least the idea? Would he bite the bait of my sales closing?

You may try selling an elephant or the North Pole or a real product--your product. Make an adventure of it, instead of a serious sales talk you must close into a purchase. Selling without selling is fun. I know--you have a sales target, a quota, right? No matter. You can try selling without selling. Do it during casual meets with anyone you meet. Don't be too talkative, just get into a conversation naturally. Like what I did one fine Sunday morning...

I and my wife were talking to a friend we've not seen in months. We talked about her work and her coming wedding and her other plans. It was she doing most of the talking. You wouldn't see a trace of me readying a sales remark to be inserted somewhere in the conversation. I was just enjoying everything and obviously relaxed. That's how you settle your prospect and get him or her off guard.

Then I released the bomb. I asked her about her plan to resign from work soon and how someone might try to talk her into doing a direct selling business after she quit work, the latest business that's been somewhat the talk of the town. "What business?" she asked. Well, she shouldn't have asked. That was the opportunity. I casually talked about the product and how it's been benefiting many people and bla, bla, bla. My wife joined in the chorus.

Did she buy? You bet. And she'd be buying more because we've arranged for a demo soon. And the whole thing was so casual. Like how friends would talk about a movie they've seen and then suddenly you remember somethings and say, "Oh by the way, have you heard about the new restaurant in town? You should try it!" No tension, no pressure, and you lose the friendship of fewer people. You know how some people tend to shy away from you after you try to sell them something, as if you've turned into a criminal.

Of course, it's different when you have to present the business during an orientation or during an appointment with a referral who's a total stranger. Get ready for the stress and pressure. But even then, just relax. Do your best, but if no sale materializes, so what? Just enjoy everything and do better next time. Learn from the mistakes or shortcoming if any. Just keep selling without selling.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Never Mind If You're Ugly..

Yeah, never mind if you're ugly..as long as you're rich! That's what an apparels magnate told me recently. Money can make you look much better, in fact the best in looks may even fall madly for you. The worse tragedy is being poor and ugly, too. Jobless and ugly big time is tolerable. But poor and ugly? Oh my...

Some people can live with good-looking but poor. Poor is not a problem. Simply workout a business, like a networking business, which affords image buildup at the same time that you're growing a network. But take my advice; if you're ugly (and be honest if you are), by all means work out a way to be rich. Grace does not cover remaining poor and ugly. Everybody's given a chance to get rich. Then, if you do, it lends that optical illusion that makes people see you as good-looking. So, never mind if you're ugly, as long as you have fat checks.

Looks do not matter to God or after you die. But it matters while you're alive and mingling with fellowmen, especially your loved ones--and if you think of others' welfare. Don't be egotistic or selfish; know for sure that your looks affect other people so much. You may not realize it fully well but people close to you or even those unrelated to you are affected about how you look. I mean, if people scowl at you or reject you because you're ugly, how do you think your family would feel about it? 

I know of people who lose their appetites once they see ugly people. No kidding. Yeah, it's bad character to be thus, but that's how they feel about it. At least they're honest. You may say you don't care how they feel about you as long as you're not doing them any wrong. But to them you are--your looks make them sick. Don't impose your high principles about how beauty is really in one's heart, not how you look physically. If you believe that, go on  doing so, but you should also think about others. And that's what counts in good character--how you think about other's welfare more than how you think of yours. Like how the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.

No it's not about pleasing everybody. It's about being presentable enough as best as you can so that less people are offended.

This is not do degrade you or anything but to make you see that there's hope. There's a way. If you use the ability God gave you to produce wealth (and He's given each one of us that), then that wealth can do a makeover and transform you (in people's minds, at least) into someone good-looking, almost like a miracle. No, it's not about turning too materialistic; it's about turning into something human beings can identify with and relate to. Once you get this, you can say that never mind if you're ugly as long as you got money, better if you got lots of it.


And this is what going jobless big time is all about--to be able to say, never mind if I'm just like this, the type that people despise because I'm not good enough to them. As long as I have lots of money--more money than  what my detractors have--I'm good. I'm able to live freely, independently, with dignity and self-respect, and nobody can just push me around. Most people respect money. And even if some of them don't, at least they cannot touch me or my loved ones--or at least have a hard time trying to do so.

Money's God's gift to make the world around you a bit tamer. Jesus said make use of worldly riches to gain friends for yourself. You can only be friends with abusive people or opportunists if they cannot make a slave of you. Moreover (and this is the best thing), you can help needy people more if you have the money. Then you become good looking to everyone, friends and enemies alike. Then it doesn't matter how you look--never mind if you're ugly.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Two Networkers: Unscrupulous and Conscientious

There are two kinds of networkers: the unscrupulous and the conscientious. The unscrupulous are, of course, what you should stay away from, but ironically most networking companies like them. Most of them are called “leaders” or “icons” simply because there are people silly enough to idolize and follow them without realizing who they’re following. And these “leaders” often have a big following.

Er...may I haste to add that, however, not all leaders and icons are unscrupulous. 

Unscrupulous

The unscrupulous only have one thing in mind: their selfish interest. And they’d do anything for it. I’ve seen them do it. They look for loopholes in the system and take advantage of them, even if it means the company’s demise. They’d say something about them being businessmen out to make money, not to show compassion for any company, and all that garbage. They don’t care about people down them who’d lose their hard earned investments if they go on with their malicious schemes. They don’t have the heart to think of that because they’re docile robots of greed. The more they get the greedier they are. The more they have the less they are! They're like hell--never satisfied.

And I see through them--the more money they have the sadder their hearts are. The more miserable.

They hate spending for their own business. They’d exhaust all means to have the company shoulder all the expenses in their favor. They don’t mind if novice and small networkers pay their own expenses while they, the big earners, always request company full support. They’d even borrow your pen and not return it. I know two guys who earned big checks weekly and yet borrowed P200 from me for their lunch. They promised to pay me in the afternoon. They forgot about it. I even had to remind them. And when I did, they acted innocent, as if the loan never happened. I thanked God they paid me back. God is good. Unscrupulous networkers are not.

These unscrupulous networkers are no different from hoarders during scarcity or a calamity—they don’t care if small folks starve to death as long as they make a killing. These hoarders mouth the same doctrine—they’re in business not for charity or showing compassion but for making money. If unscrupulous networkers say it’s not their fault that the company system has loopholes or weaknesses they can manipulate, hoarders also reason that it’s not their fault that there’s scarcity and the government didn’t make allowances for it.

Unscrupulous networkers are cheats. They cannot be trusted though they can appear trustworthy. That’s why they have a big following. Unthinking people just see how big their checks are, their posh cars and stylish mansions, and their pretended kindness. Then they willingly make a fool of themselves for these crooks, carrying their “icons” on top and making them richer. They see these icons as fulfillments of their own failed dreams and frustrations.

Most networking companies are pleased to have unscrupulous networkers around them because of their influence and manpower. They literally carry an empire. But sooner or later, these companies find them pains in the neck and later, enemies. That’s why it’s vital to find a networking system with enough safety nets to guard small and well-meaning folks from unscrupulous networkers.

Now, I’m not saying all unscrupulous guys have big followings. There are small ones in the making.

Scrupulous

Scrupulous or conscientious networkers may be big or small but they have this common trait: they won’t do anything they know is wrong and would adversely affect the majority, especially the small ones. I’ve seen them, too. They’re the minority. They always play even and fair, even if the rest don’t. Few rich networkers are like this; most conscientious networkers earn just right with some extras that enable them to live comfortably well.

Most networking companies either don’t appreciate their worth or only have eyes for arrogant hypers. Most companies do not see the gem that conscientious networkers are because these good guys work simply and often quietly. They naturally exude excitement but they never artificially hype.
So, what type of a networker are you?

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Making Good Money Selling Sign Pens

Recently I got a text message from a mother who was worried sick about her cervical diagnosis: she had a lump in there somewhere. She needed an ultrasound to see what it was about. She said she was so worried for her only daughter who she might leave behind if something bad happened to her. She's just a kid, the mom added.

This mom asked for my prayers, which I assured her was easy for me to do. But prayers alone are sometimes not enough. Sometimes God uses such situations because He wants us to search harder and explore more possibilities so we can discover things He had already made available for us, and once discovered, God wants us to share and announce it to all and sundry. God is a good Provider and He's been providing all our needs. The problem is, we spend more time in useless things or wrong mindsets than discovering and using His provisions.

So, I and my wife talked to this mom more and we discovered that she's now making at least P1,400 a day selling sign pens here and there. It's a special kind of sign pen with some special gimmicks, and she's been marketing it of her own initiative since she came home from working abroad. She doesn't want to go back working abroad and being away from her only child. Good and wise decision!

But the problem was her genital disease. I told her God loved her and she shouldn't worry.


After a while, the ultrasound result came and it was benign. I said God answered our prayers! But she was still worried nonetheless. She thought about her daughter's future.

Yeah, she may be earning P1,400 a day now, but what about when she grows too old for selling pens? I appreciated and marveled at how she could start a good business with ordinary pens and established it so that today she has several distributors and has managed to put up a small company. All she has to do is do the daily rounds of supplying the pens to stores and later collecting the profits. She gets the pens at a discount somewhere in Divisoria.

But going back to the question--what if she grows too old to do the business, which surely will happen soon? So we introduced to her the networking business. Yeah, she's heard about it, but she never thought of actually doing it. So we explained how it worked. My wife told her, her great skill in direct selling is a big asset here. It will work powerfully for her network marketing. She loved the idea and will soon be joining us in one networking business. She already has wide connections, besides having the talent to talk and persuade people.

In network marketing, it pays to be friendly and a bit persuasive. You don't have to go all-out for befriending everyone; just be friendly and kind and patient to all, without favoritism. And with selling, don't hardsell. Just sell. Just present the business and that's it. Be truthful and sincere. It'll help to look a bit enthusiastic about the product and business. But never tell a lie or exaggerate. Righteousness in business is a powerful tool for a good and lasting network marketing business.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

A. SAKDA: New Jobless Author

Hi there everyone! I'm A. Sakda, a new author on Jobless Big Time. My friend Jo Bless invited  me in to give my two cents worth. So, here I am, aiming to go jobless big-time myself. And I figure, yeah, it's the only way to go for financial freedom--quit your job and do a small business that you'd develop. And I like the idea of promoting righteousness in business, especially network marketing. So I decided to go for this pronto!

I'll be writing on diverse topics about network marketing and organic products to market, and most especially on Anion pads. To me, it's the best product to market and do a network marketing on. The page here on Anion Pads titled "Anion Business" is all mine. Thanks, Jo BLESS, for inviting me to this blog partnership. Well, I don't know if Jo plans to invite some more authors here.

Anion sanitary pads are the best for women in the 21st century, to my mind. They're safe and made more effective for keeping safe from genital diseases. And it can be used even by men who want to keep out of prostatitis or be healed from it. And the best thing is the MLM side where you get to earn money easily because women and their husbands love this unique and safe sanitary napkin. I mean, what woman wouldn't want to prevent cervix diseases? Most sanitary napkins, even "classy" ones, use re-cycled paper and chemicals for bleaching. That's way too harmful!

To give you an idea what Anion is, enjoy this clip:



The danger of cervical complications from harmful sanitary pads is a real present danger, and it would be worthwhile business to help stop it, help people get out of the mess, and at the same time be rewarded financially for your efforts. This business is really mere information dissemination, educating prospects on how to avoid contracting the disease. 

So, anyway, you'd be hearing more from me from now on. And I hope you folks have discovered this blog would decide to go jobless big time by finally quitting your jobs and start doing a business you like. See yah!

Friday, January 13, 2012

Rich Guys Desperate to be JOBLESS!

Early this year I got a text message from an unlikely guy. He's a councilor down south and owns farms, fish pens, and other businesses. He asked to see me. I wondered what about. He arranged a meet for a cup of coffee. I had two things in mind why he wanted the meeting: probably some marriage problems or a business proposal. I was more inclined to think of the former so I agreed to meet him in case my services as God's servant was needed for counseling.

Well, I must admit, I also had in mind the opportunity to present to him my present networking business just in case, so I was all the more eager to meet him. This guy was influential in the south and was a potential business partner, a downline. We agreed to meet somewhere in Trinoma at 6pm. Okay.

We met and he was with her wife and they looked all right, so the first hunch was wrong: they didn't have any marriage problem. So it was a business proposal then, I told myself. And I was right. He wanted me to hear about their new networking business. Well, in the networking world, it's inevitable. You get invited to another business now and then and you have to be patient and take a look at the offer, in hopes that you could get him to listen to your offer in return. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. He was very excited about his new found business--and faith. The networking business was packaged with some sort of a spiritual renewal experience or something.

Then, he was saying that many rich guys he knew in the south was already into the business for the great passive income. They've grown tired of their traditional businesses, problematic over their overhead expenses, and were lured to the simplicity of MLM. With MLM you earn profits even while sleeping. And you can carry the business wherever you are, he said.

In short, this rich guy wanted to be jobless big time. So with his other rich amigos, especially the Lopezes in Davao. More and more people are realizing the power of going jobless big time. So, how about you? When are you going jobless big time?

My friend said he regretted that he didn't start out early in life as a networker because the business was non-existent when he was in college. I understood him. He vowed to orient his kids towards networking and do everything to encourage them to make a career of it in the future. What a revelation. What a realization. I just hope more people would snap out of the spell of traditional employment and see freedom in being jobless big time and discover their true potentials.

If rich people are dying to go jobless to make it big, how much more should you?