You Never Know - aircraft nose cone art
You never know where a chance meeting is going to take you and your business. Network marketing is so incredible in that particular aspect, unlike almost any other form of business.
SendOutCards is available to customers all over the world, but to distributors, it's only available in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Ireland, Canada, and the United Kingdom(England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).
So... a fun way to keep yourself motivated and excited is to see if you can collect distributors and/or customers in all 50 states in the USA. Or, get distributors in all the countries we are currently able to.
So far, I have customers in:
- Texas, North Carolina & (very recently!) Indiana.
I have distributors in:
- Texas, Florida & Australia!!
So, still many states & countries to reach!
It might be fun to use one of those "countries visited" or "places visited" applications on Facebook to keep track of where you get new customers/distributors. I think I'm going to try that!
Anyway... back to the the story about "chance meetings".
"You never know" who you are going to meet and how that's going to turn out in the long run. Being in Texas I obviously bump into many people in this state and it's no surprise that the bulk of my distributors and customers are from Texas. But, what about the other areas?
Florida: A while back I was part of a real estate coaching group. My coach had us practice cold-calling scripts with partners in her coaching group. One of my partners happened to be a really nice lady living in Florida! I showed her how I was using SendOutCards in my real estate business at the time we were being coached. I quit the coaching program and about five months later she got in touch and said "remember that system you showed me, I want to sign up for it now!".
Australia: About a year ago I was contacted via my real estate website from someone in Australia that was looking to invest in real estate in the US. They never did buy anything but we stayed in touch and when Facebook came around we connected on Facebook. Kerrie & Lyndon have a super coaching / personal development business (see http://www.createthelifeclub.com). They're an amazing couple & Kerrie is so positive always it's been great getting to know her (virtually!). Find her & Lyndon on FB: Kerrie Phipps & Lyndon Phipps. Anyway... one day I showed SOC to Kerrie & Lyndon and they signed up. So... the beginning of the Australian adventure for me! When I eventually visit Australia I'll definitely be penciling in a meeting with Kerrie & Lyndon!
Indiana: Rod, a family friend living in Indianapolis, came to visit us for their Spring Break with his two boys. Rod writes a column for a newspaper in South Africa, has a site called http://www.difficultrelationships.com and is also a teacher at a private school in Indianapolis. Rod is a Christian therapist and has a very loyal following. Anyway... being a writer, SendOutCards must have resonated with Rod as he signed up for an account. So... I can check off Indiana!!! But... as Rod is in demand for speaking engagements, he's soon flying to Singapore. Singapore is one of the countries in which SendOutCards allows distributors!
So... three interesting connections, each one very different and each will lead to new connections.
David Fry actually put together a little video (just over 5 mins) on this exact topic and how chance meetings and introductions have helped his business explode. Listen to it here: http://soccoach.com/
So... in network marketing, "you never know" who a person knows and who they will bump into. The beautiful thing is, it's an amazing kind of chain reaction process that grows geometrically and you can be a recipient of the rewards that it produces!
So.. keep meeting new people and introduce them to your product because.. you never know!
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