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February 8, 2010

Would it be okay if you forwarded a copy of this newsletter to your friends in network marketing? Let's help others learn the skills and build a community of professional networkers to show the world.

In this issue . . .

1. The "Get some leads" scam.

2. Are you a walking "bad advertisement" for your business?

3. FortuneNow.com members update.

4. "Live" training workshop schedule.

5. How to get your new distributor active right away.

6. Where are we?

7. Taking a holiday this year?

8. Fat Boy Report - bakery notes.

The "Get some leads" scam.

You talk to all your relatives and they say "No" - and you talk to all of your friends, and they aren't interested. So what do you do next?

You look for some hot leads. You run an ad, you create new contacts on Facebook, and you buy leads.

And what happens?

All of the people who answer your ad were looking for a job. The new Facebook contacts just want to sign you into their programs. And those exclusive hot leads you bought? They hung up because you were the 15th person who pitched them this week.

You've been scammed.

Or, your sponsor never told you the real truth about network marketing.

You see, if your friends and relatives hated what you said to them, strangers aren't going to like it any better!

You don't need new people to ruin.

You need to fix what you say to people.

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

So will you invest the time, money and energy to learn the skills of talking to people so that they believe the good things you say?

Or will you say to yourself, "Oh no, that's too hard. I'll just run some more ads, waste more time on Facebook, and buy more leads - and hope I get lucky."

You see, it doesn't matter where you get the prospect, you will still have to talk to that prospect. And unless you learn how to get your message inside your prospect's brain, your message will be wasted on deaf ears.

You are already saying great stuff about your company, your products, and your opportunity. But, your prospect doesn't believe you. You have to learn this skill: how to get your great information inside of your prospect's head.

Pros know this. They master the skills of talking to people.

So where do you start?

If you want to start small and just learn the first skill, go to:

http://www.fortunenow.com/products/item13.cfm

Take this no-cost mini-course, or buy the CDs to learn exactly what to say to the four different types of prospects.

Or, if you are more serious, and want to learn as much as you can so you can teach your downline, go to:

http://www.fortunenow.com/products/item2.cfm

Or, you can always just hope to get lucky by talking to hundreds of people.

My worthless sponsor only opens his mouth to change feet.

Monday is an awful way to spend 14% of your life.

Are you a walking "bad advertisement" for your business?

"Every day the ant works all day. Every hour the ant is busy. And in the end what happens?"

"Someone steps on him."

Many network marketers work their business every free hour they have. Weeknights, weekends, holidays, family reunions, wedding receptions, every event is an opportunity to pass out business cards, catalogs, brochures, audios and . . .

What's happening?

These network marketers are working all day, just like the ant. They are so busy with activities, they fail to see the big picture or real goal. We just hope these networkers don't get stepped on like the ant.

Here is a point of view that networkers should consider:

1. If you spend all your free time building your business, what is your prospect going to see? Your prospect will avoid joining your business because he doesn't want to spend every waking hour networking.

2. If you advertise how network marketing gives you time and money freedom, yet you work your business every waking hour, doesn't something feel wrong with this picture?

3. And what about all this activity? Networking should be simple. If all we have to do is sponsor a few people and build them into leaders, then what's all this other activity about?

4. Would a balanced, happy life attract more prospects?

We are living advertisements for network marketing. We should be careful what our advertising says.

What does your advertising say?

FortuneNow.com members update.

Special DVD and book on how to manage the word "No" will be your February training tools shipped to your home. I met the authors on the MLM Cruise, and they certainly gave me a new way of handling this problem.

Update on the new software for your business.

More reports on actual campaigns by Mark J.

Get an annual membership to the FortuneNow.com training community and get my 10-CD audio training free.

Join our learning community at:

http://www.fortunenow.com/public/10.cfm

(And you'll love each month's two free membership training CDs.)

Not all worthless sponsors are bad. It's just that 99 percent of the worthless sponsors give the rest a bad name.

Want a "live" Big Al Training Workshop in your city? Let us know. Go to:

http://www.fortunenow.com/public/131.cfm

Big Al "live" workshop schedule.

Discover the exact magic words and phrases to get your ideas across to your prospects, rejection-free.

Seattle, WA
   February 9, 7pm to 10pm

Portland, OR
   February 10, 7pm to 10pm

Bloomington, MN
   February 11, 7pm to 10pm

Thousand Oaks, CA
   February 15, 7pm to 10pm

Detroit, MI
   March 3, 7pm to 10pm

To register online, go to:

   http://www.fortunenow.com/public/department33.cfm

(and go to the bottom of the page) or call (281) 280-9800.

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http://Twitter.com/bigalmlm

How to get your new distributor active right away.

One network marketer I know has no problem getting his new distributors to make appointments.

How does he do it?

First, he gives a complete presentation to his prospect. When the prospect says that he wants to join, my friend says this:

"The only way that you can join with me is to first set appointments for your first two presentations. If you can't set these two appointments, well, I don't think this business is for you."

What does his prospect do?

His prospect immediately gets on the telephone and sets appointments for two presentations.

Where are we???

Check out the picture, make your guess.

Go to:

http://www.fortunenow.com/public/188.cfm

Last week's location:

Kelowna, BC Canada.

If you don't know how to do a "One Minute Presentation" - learn now. Take the no-cost mini-course at:

http://www.fortunenow.com/products/item18.cfm

Taking a holiday this year?

Here is a suggestion. Join a few hundred networkers from around the world on our annual MLM Cruise in late November. Anyone can come. All you pay for is the cost of your cruise. We have great shore trips, trainings, long dinners with great ideas and a lot of fun.

http://www.MLMCruise.com

Or email Jan@CruiseForFun.com to reserve a cabin or for more details.

Fat Boy Report - bakery notes.

And speaking of the MLM Cruise, just think of a cruise as a floating bakery with a swimming pool.

Last year I boarded the ship as a passenger, but I left the ship as cargo.

So join me in the buffet line as we cruise the Caribbean.

More next issue!

Tom 'Big Al' Schreiter
Fortune Network Publishing
PO Box 890084
Houston, TX 77289 USA
http://www.FortuneNow.com