Posted by Jillian on March 5, 2007 at 13:27

It was exciting to see the number of you who posted blog comments, sent me emails and called because of my blog article, If you ‘do’ the three foot rule — stop it now.

We certainly hit a nerve! Do you know why? Because that kind of recruiting tactic often comes off cheesy, unprofessional and just downright rude too many times and we feel icky when we do it.

That’s borne out by your emails. so many of you using the tactic are uncomfortable and like Sara said in her comment, “I’m so relieved..not to have to use the 3-foot rule technique.”

The number one question I was asked, “If not the three foot rule what do we do to build in the cold market?”

Marlin said, “if the three rule is not where it’s at, then what would you suggest..[I] ask for referrals and people won’t give them to you..?”

Megan admitted, “I was encouraged to work the 3-foot rule, and I do talk to a lot of people, but if I was really honest with myself, I HAVE NEVER SPONSORED, OR BROUGHT SOMONE INTO MY BUSINESS THIS WAY. I have learned that truly SAVVY people form relationships, they don’t “business card bomb” as I call it ;-) Thanks for this blog, it’s so true.”(All the emphasis here was Megan’s emphasis not mine.)

Sara was specifically asked, “How about a coaching call..to learn effective techniques..for chatting with strangers in the grocery store and piquing their curiosity.” (By the way, great close Sarah!) ;-)

And that’s exactly what we are going to do.

A 90 minute coaching call that includes:

  • Talking with strangers
  • What to do when you only have a few minutes to connect
  • How do you get referrals.
  • The Steps to Build Real Relationships
  • Two absolutely necessary ingredients to make MLM work
  • The mike will be open - so ask your questions and get what you need and want.

    The call happens on Monday, March 19th at 5:30 pm pacific time, 6:30 mountain time, 7:30 central and 8:30 eastern.

    Don’t wait until the phone lines are gone, reserve your place on the call now.

    >> Click to Register

    1 Comment »
    1. Gillian, just wanted to let you know that, although I was not able to be on the call from the beginning, what I did hear was fantastic - it all makes such good sense but we need to understand the correct way of thinking in our approaches and you certainly conveyed that to me with great clarity. Like with everything, I need to hear it again and again so I am really looking forward to listening to the recording and taking notes. Can you tell me how we access the recording?

      Thank you so much.

      Comment by Annie Thierry — March 21, 2007 @ 9:36 am


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