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Appearing NAKED at my kids School!!!!

Grant Thomson — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:54:06 +0000

I Can’t believe I just did that….This is one of the most dumbass things I’ve ever done!!!

My children came home from school the other day with some homework. It involved the family researching an artist and producing a piece of art showing the information.

My children love Roald Dahl and decided it would be cool to do a picture featuring the illustrator of all his books. The artists name is Quentin Blake and we all decided it would be creative to produce a mindmap that related to different areas of Quentin’s life and work. We spent ages collecting pictures to stick on it and drew a colourful mindmap.

The mindmap was nearly done and my kids were really impressed and it was looking great.

We all agreed that the final piece of the picture would be a self portrait of how we each thought Quentin would draw ourselves. My wife went first and drew a caricature of herself followed by my daughter who also did a great job. Next was my turn…..I flicked Roald Dahl’s book open looking for some inspiration and this is where it all started going wrong!!! The story that I stopped at was of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’. Now this is a great story but the problem was that the illustration on the page was of the king standing their butt naked in all his glory.

For a laugh I casually suggested that I draw myself as the naked king in the picture just to see what kind of response I would get. To my surprise they all said that would be great!!!!! I have to admit that no one was really paying that much attention to me at this moment because our next door neighbour was round and they were in deep conversation. Anyway, the idea grew on me and I thought it would be creative, and a bit different

, so I started to draw. I must admit I was very pleased with the finished product. I then held up the paper and showed everyone my handywork. My daughter shrieked and shouted

“Oh my god dad’s REALLY done the butt naked guy”!!!!!!!

For a couple of minutes it was quiet funny.

But quickly the reality of what I had done began to sink in.

Firstly – The project has to be handed in tomorrow so there’s no time to scrap it and start again.

Secondly – The picture was not just some piece of homework, they were all going to be exhibited in the school at a ‘proper’ art exhibition. The school headmistress will be

showing everyone at the school what each family has created. (just hope my kids are proud of my self portrait)

Thirdly – It wouldn’t be so bad if my kids were at senior school but they are only 9 and 10 years old. I’m beginning to get a bit worried about the kind of reaction I’m going to

get from the other parents, for painting a naked picture of myself to be displayed in a junior / primary school.

My only other option is to go and paint a pair of ‘undies’ on the Emperor. However, this might be even harder to explain as I can’t remember anywhere in the story about the Emperor ever having worn Calvin Klein boxers.

Hope you found this post amusing and don’t forget to leave me a comment especially if you like my artistic talent!!!

Tribute to Jim Rohn

Grant Thomson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:16:07 +0000

The other day I heard the very sad news that the legendary Jim Rohn had passed away. I was lucky enough to attend a number of Jim’s trainings. He was regarded by his colleagues and peers as one of the greatest business philosophers of all time and was widely recognised simply as the ‘Millionaire Maker’. Jim taught some powerful yet simple strategies in order to live a better life. His words of wisdom will go with me forever. The first time I heard Jim was in Cologne at a Herbalife meeting. Even although there were over 18 000 people in that stadium he had an uncanny ability to make you feel that he was directing his message personally to you. Jim will be sadly missed but he always led his life to the full and achieved what he set out to do. Now that he is no longer with us we have to take individual responsibility to carry on his work and messages so we can make the world a better place for future generations. I have posted a couple of Jim’s videos below I hope you enjoy them.

Many thanks for having such a positive impact on my life Jim, you have gone but you will never be forgotten.

Massive Duplication Is The Secret To Network Marketing Success

Grant Thomson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:41:29 +0000

You cannot succeed in Multi Level Marketing or MLM by yourself. Success in MLM is reliant on one thing – duplication. MLM attracts people from all backgrounds. Those who have the best results are the people who are teachable. These people just get on with the activities suggested to them by their sponsor or upline. The more closely you can duplicate and copy a proven system the higher you chances of success will be

The MLM ‘dream’ also attracts the super sales type. These guys believe that it is all about recruitment and in particular the numbers! Their attitude is simply “Throw them up against the wall and see who sticks”. They Believe they have the skills to influence enough people to join their team which in turn will result in riches.

I have a sad confession to make here – when I embarked on my MLM career this was the category that I fell into. I had worked in sales and sales management for a number of years. When I joined my company I thought I would get rich quick as I could easily sell the dream to others. Here lies the MAJOR problem. I found it very easy to sell the dream and convince people. However massive wealth does not come from building a big downline. You can sell something to someone for all the wrong reasons. Many people like the idea of achieving financial freedom. However, when it comes to doing the actual work they never quite get going. Often they like the idea of the Helicopters, Ferrari’s and the Mansion but are not willing to put in the effort necessary to achieve their dreams. Because they don’t duplicate the successful systems promoted by their upline they often fail

Here’s the secret - it’s not what you do, or the number of people you recruit that is important, it’s what the people you bring in to your business do!!!

In my second year in MLM I was recognised by my company as their Top Recruiter in Europe. I was recognised in front of around 10 000 other distributors at a major European training event. That Year I had recruited like a mad man and built a substantial downline, but here’s the sad part – I was broke! Getting the award was an achievement that I’ll never forget. Nevertheless, I remember chatting to my wife at the event and agreeing that it would be better to quietly progress up the marketing plan and earn more money. In fact it was a bit embarrassing to be held up as a great success story but knowing the reality was very different and that we couldn’t afford to pay all our bills.

Great wealth in both MLM and Direct Sales comes from building long term residual income. Residual income is what is life changing. Residual income enables you to walk away but still get paid Month after Month. Residual income only occurs when people duplicate a successful system through many levels within your organisation. If residual income is the holy grail how is it achieved. The answer is very simple – have a system that everyone can follow and implement. Most MLM companies have very simple systems to follow that include some of the following; hand out thousands of flyer’s each day, stop strangers and conduct surveys in the street talk to all your family and friends…and so on. All of these things are easy to do but Jim Rohn puts it so well “they are also easy not to do”. A major problem is that when you recruit someone they will tend to replicate what you do. Therefore if someone joins your business because you handed them a flyer in the street this is what they will usually end up doing. The reason for this is that they are encouraged to do what got them into the business in the first place, after all, if it was good enough to get them, it must work. Can you see there is a kind of logic here!

A huge downside of these types of activities is that most of them are mind numbingly boring. You are often subjected to abuse from total strangers and ridiculed by family and friends. Some people don’t have a problem standing out in the Rain the Sun and the Snow handing out over 4000 flyer’s daily but very few will copy them. There is no duplication. The biggest reason is that these types of activities are not attractive. How many professional people do you know that would be willing to give up their jobs and spend 8 or 9 hours tramping round the streets handing out flyer’s on a daily basis. Hhhmmmmmm…..lets see!

In response some companies come up with marketing methods that focus more on referral marketing. This is an attempt to alleviate these issues but you tend to find that they can be very time consuming. I found I was driving all over he country and was chasing prospects from Dawn till Dusk trying to convince them to join my business. I was so busy chasing people that I had no time to deliver any meaningful training to them once they joined. So the cycle of prospecting, chasing and cold calling continued. I changed my method of operation on a number of occasions, attempting to find something that was easier for a new distributor to implement. However, the result was similar in that very few distributors carried them out. This highlights a side issue regarding involvement. No matter how easy things are some people will never get going, and I suppose this is just a fact of life. A quote I heard recently stated that “Your heart won’t be in it if your wallet’s not in it”. You can start most MLM businesses for around $200. The issue here is that there is very little money invested at the beginning so it is easy to walk away if things don’t go to well.

After 6 years It became clear that this was not the way I wanted to run my business and I began searching online for alternatives. As someone with no IT skills whatsoever this has been a lengthy learning process. The lucky thing is that I have learned from some leading experts who have spent years developing their skills. The good news is that today you can copy and learn what they know in a fraction of the time. During my time in MLM I heard it over and over, “there is no need to reinvent the wheel”. That’s great but the problem is that most of these ‘Old School’ methods of marketing are becoming both less effective and less attractive over time. At some point it must be beneficial to modernise and catch up with the trends and be aware of what is going on in the marketplace. The Internet is awesome and today you have a massive opportunity to gain the most up to date marketing knowledge available anywhere on the planet. admittedly it will take time to master these new skills. Nevertheless, once mastered you will have a truly duplicate-able system to use in order to prospect for new distributors. But more importantly a duplicate-able system to pass on and train your new team. If used correctly the Internet will enable your team to communicate and build relationships with more people much faster. It will be far more attractive to prospects as you can truly work at home and not from home.

If you can increase your skill set you can deliver more value to the market. The more value you can provide the more you are worth. The amazing thing is that if you learn some basic skills like how to use some of the Social Media or web 2.0 sites you will be in big demand. You will very quickly know more about this technology and how to market your business than 90% of people involved in MLM. Once you have mastered these skills leaders in the MLM industry will be attracted to you because you can mentor them and teach how to utilise the technology.

There is no doubt that building a business becomes much easier when you adapt and learn what the Internet can offer. It is easier to promote a duplicate-able system that makes the most of peoples time which in turn will enable your team to earn more money much faster than before. Put yourself in the shoes of a prospect who is looking to start a home based business. Given the option of two systems both of which will generate 15 prospects per day, which one do you think would be more appeal ling. A) Trudging round the streets in all weather handing out flyer’s to generate leads or B) Working totally from home around the family and kids, using sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Ning, writing a couple of articles and recording some funny videos on YouTube? I know if I was starting out again which option I would pick. For anyone who preferred option A, “May the force be with you” – because believe me – your going to need it!!!

There is no doubt that to succeed in MLM you need to have a duplicate-able system. The only question left for you is this, will you continue duplicating the ‘Old School’ methods, or can you see the benefits to be had by learning some new skills and implementing a cutting edge Internet system.

Now’s The Time To Build Your Online MLM Business

Grant Thomson — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:54:29 +0000

It’s TIME!!!!!……Forget hanging around Shopping Malls, pitching everything that comes within 3 Feet, hastling your family and friends. It is time to develop the skills necessary so you can have massive online MLM business success. I agree that you can still recruit new distributors using the ‘Old School’ techniques that I ‘ve just mentioned. How do I know this, well I was recognised as Herbalifes TOP RECRUITER in the whole of Europe. I achieved this through ‘Old School’ techniques. Basically I Pitched, Chased and harrassed more prospects than anyone else in the whole company.

The great theing is that we now have far more effective sponsoring techniques that are easier and much more fun to do. This video goes through the fundementals needed so you can have online MLM business success. Enjoy and happy prospecting.

Grant

Can Twitter Be Your Main Lead Generation?

Grant Thomson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:01:29 +0000

Today marketers use Twitter to generate tons of leads for free. The question is…how can you utilise Twitter so it can be be one of your Main Lead Generation Systems? This video shows how Twitter has evolved and gives the results of a study carried out by one of the most respected online marketer in the world today.

Today there is a deep divide on the best way to use it as one of your lead generation systems.
In the early days Twitter was a very different animal. Twitter was a space where people simply shared what they were doing with their ‘friends’. The aim was simple, tweet and tell people, “What are you doing?”

Thus, tweeting “I’m eating toast” or “It’s sunny in Glasgow” was the norm. In those early days you would have been ridiculed for repeating those same messages over and over again. Twitter etiquette, dictated by the ‘social media gurus’ / ‘Twitter police’ condemned repeat tweets.

But compare this to what we have now. While there are still a lot of ‘gurus’ preaching the right and wrong ways to behave Twitter is now a very different animal. Hordes of marketers and entrepreneurs use Twitter as their main lead generation systems. And if you are not maximising this tool it is high time you were!! They are not so concerned with forging relationships or tweeting about what they had for breakfast. They’re goal is to broadcast their marketing message to as large a number of followers as possible.

This video shows the results for the study, regarding the debate of to re tweet or not!!

Best Online Business Ideas

Grant Thomson — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:52:04 +0000

Having been an entrepreneur for over 7 years people often ask me what are the best online business ideas (especially for a recession). Well I have to tell you there are many companies claiming to have the best, but it can be incredibly frustrating trying to do proper research on these opportunities. The problem is not a lack of information, but rather the opposite. You see the majority of information is sales hype!! So what advice can I give you if you are looking to find the best, most lucrative, online business for now but also the future?

The following video shows how to carry out effective research in order to uncover the best online business opportunity for YOU. I also give my own opinion as to what I feel the best online business idea is. If you enjoy this video please use the Social Bookmarking icons at the bottom to share it with others who may also benefit. Enjoy.

So You Still Think Social Media Is A Fad!

Grant Thomson — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:37:15 +0000

Just came across this VERY interesting Video and wanted to share it with everyone. This video was put together by Erik Qualman and shows how much of an impact Social Media is having now but more importantly for ‘Marketers’ how important it is going to be in the future. Erik the online marketer and author of the upcoming book Socialnomics has put together a fantastic video comprised of more than 30 different stats about the growth of social media.

While you may be familiar with some of the stats, there were a bunch of new and intriguing ones, including:

1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met via social media

If you were paid a $1 for every time an article was posted on Wikipedia you would earn $156.23 per hour

25% of search results for the World’s Top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content

ENJOY…..

Even Eskimos Can Succeed in MLM If They Possess This!!

Grant Thomson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:28:08 +0000

Getting started with a home based business couldn’t be simpler. In most cases you just pay a couple of hundred Dollars, fill in the application inside your start up kit and your in business. Being so easy to get started is one of the great things about Home Based Businesses. However, the minimal investment can also be a negative feature as well. Often people find it hard to take their business seriously. If they had invested $50K to get started they would treat it very differently and probably wouldn’t mess around. The reason for this is often because they cannot imagine a lucrative, international business that generates millions of Dollars coming as a result of the cardboard box start up kit that was so inexpensive. Having a strong belief and vision is vital if you wish to succeed in this business. This video highlights an example from nature that shows just what can grow and develop from something tiny. You MUST understand that the same can happen for your business and treat it seriously.

MLM Success Tip: Do Not Recruit Everything With A Pulse

Grant Thomson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:02:48 +0000

We can learn a lot from professional athletes. Golfers never try to hit every shot straight in the hole. Boxers do not try to throw a knockout punch every time. Tennis pros do not try to hit a winner every shot. However, many MLM distributors go out and try to do this very thing. They do their very best to recruit anybody they can get to listen to their pitch into their business. This usually ends up in frustration and despair . If you want to be a great recruiter there are certain things you MUST do and this short video highlights these important keys to success.

Who Moved My !*&%$!@# CHEESE!

Grant Thomson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:39:47 +0000

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 12 months you will have noticed major changes in our economy. You may have also picked up that there is a fair about of Doom and Gloom around at the moment. Some believe we are heading for economic meltdown. If you want to come out of these times intact you are going to need to prepare yourself. the best advice is to stay open minded to new ideas and ways to achieve your goals.You may already be very successful but be warned do not become fixated on your goals. Instead remain flexible as there may be better and easier ways for you to achieve your goalsThe main thing to remember is that often the best opportunities emerge from the toughest times.