A neighbor of ours owns high end seafood restaurants that have been successful here in the northeast for a long time. It started as a Boston fish market, expanded over the years and recently opened in the south. He was talking about how difficult it was to make sure that every restaurant turned out each dish in exactly the same way. So people going into a restaurant at the airport got the same wonderful service and food that you got in downtown Boston or Atlanta, GA.

He went on to say how necessary it was to implement a system to drive the processes in the kitchen. Then have a way to measure the success of those systems long before the customer starts to complain! Sound familiar? It should!

Every business has the same issues. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the restaurant business, the dry cleaners business or you are a network marketer building a distribution center. If you want it to be a financial success your business needs:

1. A system to drive it so processes are done the same way regardless of who is doing it.
2. A method of measurement to make sure that the system is doing the job it should be doing.
3. Regular systematic communication with all the players to keep your hand on the pulse of what is going on with the people inside your business.

Do YOU?

Do you have a system in place that drives your business? Is everyone you sponsor (or your downline sponsors) trained the same way? They should be if they are going to work with the general public as an independent representative of your company. Yes, everyone.

Why would you turn someone loose to talk to people (even if they are only going to do one home event a month) unless you know they can do a great job? They are out there representing your company and the network marketing industry at large. Hostesses either love them because their party was successful or they don’t. People in the room enjoyed themselves and bought product, looked at the business or they don’t. Regardless, they are going to tell people about their experience. Unfortunately, they are most likely going to tell more people about a bad experience than they are about a good experience. People hate having their time wasted!

Do you have a way to measure the results of your activity? Or do you just keep on doing things hoping they are going to work? (Hope is a great thing but it is not a good strategy!) Plus, how sane is it to keep doing the same things over and over again ‘hoping’ to get different results? Hmmmm? If things aren’t working, how do you strategically implement change(s) into your downline?

What kind of communication/training/coaching is in place that your team can count on regularly? Are you limiting your business by trying to talk to every person individually? Or do you have (as they say here in Boston) a “wicked good” team MasterMind coaching call?

Want Some Help?

Want some help in setting these things up? Click here to register for our upcoming no charge to you teleclasses. There are three teleclasses in the series. Don’t miss any of them.

There are 11 months left in 2009. You can either whine or you can shine. (I know sorry, it is a bit corny but fun – and true!)

Don’t have the time to get your business in order?

And by the way for all of you who are saying, “Well I’d like to get my business that organized, but I don’t have the time.” Bull Manure.

• It takes less time to set up a business correctly than it does to run it by the seat of your pants.
• It takes less time to work a business that is set up correctly.
• With systems in place you can run a large vibrant team in the same amount of time you are flailing around now.
• Everyone around you will respect (not necessarily like) what you are doing. (Think about that one for a minute. Kids on board with your time. Your spouse or partner on board. How different would that makes things?)

There are no excuses not to be the best you can be. None!

The Economy is Too Bad

Traditionally network marketing companies do extremely well in hard economic times. Why? People are motivated to make a change. Many have already lost their job or are worried about losing their job. Waiting for the other shoe to drop creates urgency. I urge you to take advantage of this economic downturn to build your business

Are you ready?

Click here for our upcoming (no charge to you) coaching calls.

Warmly,

Jillian

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