Words of wisdom from Tom 'big al' schreiter

Cruel, tough love, reality check.

I attended a workshop in Thailand and the speaker asked a student:

"So how much money do you want to make in your business?"

The student answered:

"A million dollars a year."

The speaker then asked the student:

"How many prospects do you talk to each week?"

The student answered:

"About 4 or 5 prospects."

The speaker said:
"There is a giant disconnect here. It appears that you want to talk to only 4 or 5 people a week much more than your desire to make a million dollars. To make a million dollars you will have to talk to at least 30 or 40 prospects a day. It will take a huge effort to make that million dollars.

"So tell me, what are you going to decide to do? Are you going to decide to talk to 30 or 40 prospects a day to have a chance to earn a million dollars?

"Or are you going to choose to only talk to 4 or 5 prospects a week, accept a small bonus check, and lie to yourself and fool yourself into believing you can eventually earn a million dollars?"
Now, that is harsh. But so true.

Wishing, wanting and hoping are easy to do. Everyone does that.

But look at the activity you are doing now. Is that the activity that is going to earn you the bonus check you really want?

Been busy!

havent updated the blog much this week because i've been talking to people about this incredible business!!!!

What could happen?

What would your future look like if you get committed to make 50,000 phone calls to speed up your success?

If you knew, without a doubt, that making that many calls would increase your income so much that you could reach your outrageous goals, would you get up earlier and make your phone plans? Would you make more calls than you are making today?

I Bargained For Life

"I bargained with life for a penny, and life would pay no more. However I begged at evening, when I counted my scanty store. For life is just an employee, he gives just what you ask; but once you have set the wages, why, you must bear the task. I worked for a menial's hire, only to learn dismayed, that any wage I had asked of life, life would have willingly paid"

- Anonymous

If you want to be a rich person, you need to think and act like a rich person. Be the person you want to become.

Thanks for this one Stuart!!!

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Where to find new distributors

Warm list

Text recruiting

Cold calling local businesses – target a particular profession and call with “pardon unusual approach, can i send you some info”

Cards/DVDs

Independence – Copies in every waiting room, train station, take away, surgery, solicitors offices etc, etc in a 50 mile radius

Supermarket boards

Big Advertising

Classified Ads – A La Big Al “Call now to find out how you can earn an extra £250 this week. Remember to ask for your free DVD”

Ad in free franchise magazine

Business Opportunity micro cards

Emails

WAMs

Referrals from people like hairdressers etc who talk to lots of people daily

Big al style Fishbowl

“save 5%” stand in an office

Pile of DVDs on the waiting area desk in an office

Networking events

Phone existing customers to pitch business

Give every customer you see in your existing business a DVD

Google PPC and SEO

Facebook group and status updates

Twitter

Forums

Go to training courses where prospects might be (e.g. I'm going to an evening course on "sales and selling")

Landlord shows

Franchise shows

Job Centre stand

Leaflet local area

Someone walking up and down high street with a sandwich board

Free prize draw - put your business card in here to enter our free draw

Getting lots of quotes from trades people who meet a lot of people (Wes Linden got loads of people round to quote for a conservatory and pitched them all)

Go back over no for now list

DVDs by front door to give to every delivery person

Adverts on Gumtree

Adverts on other recruitment web sites

Creating a version of sussexnetworking.ning.com for your area

Adverts on your cars and any other cars you use for your business. In fact, paying a white van man to put your advert on his car

Get the mini and advertise on it

Big Al's "how to get rich without winning the lottery" books

Roundabout advertising

Setting up your own networking event if there are none locally

Getting a PR story in the local paper

Got any more? Send them over.

See something you like? Let me know what works for you (try them for a while before deciding).