MLM Training: What Can You Learn From Listening To Recorded MLM Prospecting Calls?

Tim Sales
Early on in his MLM business, Tim Sales made a lot of mistakes. But he also learned how to correct them. Read on to discover what he learned from listening to his recorded prospecting calls. Some of his success is attributed to this incredibly effective MLM training secret.

The definition of the word observe is: To be or become aware of, especially through careful and directed attention; notice.

Now observing what's going on doesn't just apply to being on the phone; it also applies to when you're in front of the person, or for those of you who speak to groups of people, observing the people in the audience.

Observing what's going on with your prospect involves "taking notice" of what's going on with them; not just "seeing" it. How do they react to what you're saying or doing or showing them? What are they doing while you're saying something to them? What can these observations tell you?

Let's say you're talking to an MLM prospect and you hear a baby crying or making noise in the background. Now you know they're probably distracted by that. So, simply say, "Is that your baby I hear?" When they say, "Yes," (perhaps they even apologize for the noise") say, "Boy or girl? What's his/her name?"

Then ask, "Do you need to put the phone down and handle anything?" This will do more for establishing a good relationship than just about anything else you can say or do.

If you think about it, this is keeping right in line with the theme of being interested in the prospect and having the intention to make their life better.

Oftentimes, a networker is so focused on presenting their opportunity or selling their product/service, that they don't actually observe what's going on around them.

I remember when I first got into the MLM business. I was doing a product demonstration and the prospect had three kids who were very interested in me and what I was selling. Interested in dumping the product all over the couch and all over me would be a better visual of what they were interested in.


What I really failed to observe was the children. Sure I saw them; who couldn't?! But I didn't observe them per the definition I used above. If I had observed "through careful and directed attention," I would have seen that the key to the prospect was through the children. The children were paying all this attention to me; I could have talked about and demonstrated the children's line of products!

Very often I record my conversations with prospects (you probably already know that because of the live calls you've heard on Professional Inviter), and after I'm off the phone I replay the recording, and the funny thing is that I can always pick up things on the recording that I didn't pick up on during the call! After doing this several times, it heightened my powers of observation. I highly recommend you utilize this MLM training secret!!

Use this MLM training technique, and you'll be amazed at what additional information you can pick up on to help you better communicate with your prospect. Fail to observe what's going on around you, and you will surely miss out on important details. Becoming more observant is critical to your MLM success.

Sincerely,

Tim Sales

For more in-depth information on this topic, study the Professional Inviter lecture series by Tim Sales.

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Tim Sales

After 11 years with the US Navy Underwater Bomb Squad Team, I answered an ad in the Washington Post that led me to my first and only network marketing company. Five years later my income reached $150,000 per month with over 2,400 new distributors per month entering from 20 countries.

I retired from MLM in 1996 but concluded that the skills and knowledge I developed would be of great value to others. I also felt that the network marketing industry deserved what help I might be able to provide to increase it's reach, professionalism and ethics.

Phase one was the creation of a video presentation that has now been seen by over 4 million people around the world and which establishes MLM as a professional, ethical industry. It's a DVD called Brilliant Compensation and over 500,000 copies are in circulation worldwide.

Phase two established that network marketing skills were universal and independent of the product line or business aspects. MLM skills involve how to INVITE prospects to listen, PRESENT the products or the business and gain participation and then TRAIN new members how to invite and present. This was launched with the release of the MLM training lecture set: Professional Inviter. Presenting skills and training skills will come out next.

Phase three is to create public service announcements to educate the public on the benefits of our industry. This phase started with the release of www.FirstClassMLM.com and the online distribution of 3 video clips that handle the most common objections in our industry.

To find out more about my MLM training tools, visit www.FirstClassMLMTools.com

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