{"id":24203,"date":"2019-03-21T23:51:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T04:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlmnation.com\/?p=24203"},"modified":"2019-05-08T20:07:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T01:07:49","slug":"538-founder-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlmnation.com\/538-founder-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"538: Founder Friday \u201c5 Deadly Prospecting Mistakes\u201d- Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.simplecast.com\/fb9f2e99?color=f5f5f5\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Deadly Prospecting Mistake #1<\/h2>\n<p>The most common prospecting a lot of distributors make is trying to convince everyone and have a \u00a0goal to get everyone to join.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of your contact list is not to have everyone to join; it is simply to let them know you have a business.<\/p>\n<p>If you opened a sushi restaurant, you would want to let all your friends and family know\u2026 but not to convince them to come and eat. It\u2019s the same thing with your network marketing business.<\/p>\n<p>The reason you have fear of prospecting is because you are emotionally tied to the result.<\/p>\n<p>When you don\u2019t care about the result, you are not as nervous and will not have fear of prospecting anymore.<\/p>\n<h2>Deadly Prospecting Mistake #2<\/h2>\n<p>You only reach out to people you know well\u2026. your close friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, your close friends and family are the most negative about your business.<\/p>\n<p>When you think about it, your most key relationships in your life are not someone you knew well. It\u2019s acquaintances.<\/p>\n<p>Your key leader who will grow your business is also not someone you know well yet.<\/p>\n<h2>Announcements<\/h2>\n<p>Today\u2019s Show Ambassador is <strong>Terence Nguyen <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mastermind coaching application now open. Check it out at <a href=\"https:\/\/mlmnation.com\/mastermind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mlmnation.com\/mastermind<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What Did You Learn?<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks for joining me on the show.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>So what did you learn?<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode please share it on social media and send it to someone that needs extra motivation in their MLM business.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Do you have any thoughts or comments?<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Please take 60 seconds to <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mlm-nation\/id978189040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leave an HONEST review<\/a> for the MLM Nation Podcast on iTunes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Ratings and reviews are extremely important for me to make this show better.<\/p>\n\n<p>Finally, don\u2019t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mlm-nation\/id978189040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe to the show on iTunes<\/a> so that you get updates and new episodes downloaded to your phone automatically.<\/p>\n\n<p>Subscribe to\u00a0our show: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mlm-nation\/id978189040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5wb2RjYXN0bWlycm9yLmNvbS9tbG0tbmF0aW9u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/mlm-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5wTKx60413amxvAqp85WT5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Business--Economics-Podcasts\/MLM-Nation-p1183276\/?topicId=129356680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/mlm-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Deadly Prospecting Mistake #1 The most common prospecting a lot of distributors make is trying to convince everyone and have a \u00a0goal to get everyone to join. 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