Every home business aspires to be great. They want to have the life they have always dreamed of having.
The only way you are ever going to get there is to have a following. And, if you can win over and influence people to take massive action, you will have far greater success.
So, how do you do this?
There are four major components to influence people into taking action. You and your team should carry out each and everyone one of these.
*Be sure to get your pen and paper ready, because this is something you should not take lightly.
4 Tips in How to Win and Influence People to Take Action
#1. Empower your people.
After you have your team go through the necessary training, provide them with all of the appropriate skill sets, how to continuously maintain these along with building new ones, and you have to allow them to fail.
I cannot tell you how critical it is to let them fail.
What you want to happen is for them to learn from their mistakes so that they know what is going to work for them and what is not.
What you don’t want to do is enable them to be dependent on you. You must trust them with what you have provided them with and that they are competent.
They will figure it out, if they seriously want to.
#2. Speak their language.
How you speak their language is you must understand what their goals are, show them how they can achieve the goals and reinforce that they are capable of achieving them.
The only way you will ever know this is by asking your team questions and…..LISTEN.
Listening to your different team member’s needs, wants, goals, dreams and desires will give you an incredible amount of creditability.
You will show them you are interested in them succeeding, and that you will show them how.
#3. Teach your team how to properly build rapport.
There is nothing worse then knowing you can’t prospect, especially when this industry expects that of you. Otherwise, you’re just bound for failure and eventually quitting.
How to build rapport properly is to understand who your prospect is.
Learn more about them by FORMing them.
Using FORM is very easy to do as long as you are willing to use your listening skills.
Which you must use if you want to be good at building rapport.
FORMing can also be done online thanks to the social media arena. Most of these answers are there for you.
Use this to your advantage and show an interest in them. This can be applied to your prospect, customers and distributors.
This can even be used on your significant other. It applies to everyone.
#4. Let go.
Everything you have provided to your team members, you must let them go by not controlling how, when and why they are doing certain things with their business.
You’ll actually find if you let your team members go, they hold themselves accountable.
And because you have provided them everything that is necessary to be successful, and you continue to do so, they have a better chance of hitting and exceeding their goals.
I know I may have hit some sort spots for you. I’m doing this for your own good.
This is the only way you will ever be able to win and influence people into taking action. This will eventually lead to successful.
Sometimes people need to just tell you like it is.
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Jerome Ratliff
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Hey Jerome,
You hit on one of my favorite books of all time. The principles are simple, but very, very effective.
Great tips,
Eric
Hey Eric,
It’s a classic and it focuses on some simple but effective principles. We can’t deny that.
Have a great one buddy,
Jerome Ratliff
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Great post Jerome. I especially like point #1, empowering your people. I think sometimes network marketers get so focused on recruiting that they spend little to no effort in actually training, which leads to a high attrition rate. It’s a vicious cycle because that will keep you on the hustle and grind of always having to recruit new people. On the other hand, if you train your team to build their organizations, it’s a win-win for all parties.
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Hi Fontella,
Can you imagine setting someone up for success and never allowing them to do great things? It would be like we were micro-managers. No one likes a micro-manager.
Have a great day,
Jerome Ratliff
Hi Jerome,
All are great tips. Numbers 1 and 4 jump out at me. Some make the the mistake that helping your team members means trying to control them or the situations in which they find themselves. Trying to prevent failure only delays failure which in turn delays a valuable lesson.
Thanks for sharing.
Ryan
.-= Ryan´s last blog ..What 50 Cent Teaches You About Commitment To Success =-.
Hey there Ryan,
Controlling them is the worst mistake anyone can make.
Glad you liked the tips.
Have a good day,
Jerome Ratliff
Empowering people yes indeed. I so agree.
Thanks for shareing Jerome nice post!
Maria Eves
MLMTrainingBase
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Hi Maria,
It’s critical to do this, if we want great things for everyone.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for passing by.
Jerome Ratliff
Hi Jerome,
Those are all awesome points.
I do like the Empowering one, but they are all important.
Without even one of them, you’ll be hurting your team.
All your tips are spot on!
Thanks Susanna.
Yes, not doing this can hurt your success.
Jerome Ratliff
Hi Jerome,
Great tips how to inspire people to take action.
Thanks for sharing.
Jiri Majkus
Internet Marketing Coach and Author
.-= Jiri Majkus´s last blog ..How To Promote Live Event That You Are Using For Recruiting People To Your Network Marketing Company =-.
Hi Jiri,
Inspiring them for success is essential. Glad they were helpful.
Jerome Ratliff
Hey Jerome,
Like Eric, “How To Win Friends and Influence People” is one of my favourite books too – an all time classic.
You hit on a very important point in #2 – listening. True leaders are great listeners and have no ego.
Live Large,
Wayne
Hey Wayne,
Listening is a big one people think they are good at, but they really aren’t.
I find myself not doing this at times. And that just ends up hurting us.
Have a great day,
Jerome Ratliff
Great points Jerome. I think speaking their language has huge benefits because it takes away any separation and builds the “team feeling” of everybody has an equal chance for success.
~Marcus
.-= Marcus Baker´s last blog ..Two Reasons Why Keyword Optimization Must Matter To Content Marketers =-.
Hey Marcus,
Building that “team feeling” shows everyone is in it to see each other succeed.
Great point you made there.
Have a great day,
Jerome Ratliff
Hi Jerome,
Wow! Those are all very important points and I wouldn’t be able to pick one over the other as far as being more important.
This is definitely a ‘print out and keep’ article.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
Ilka
.-= Ilka Flood´s last blog ..7 Reasons Why Women Make Natural Network Marketers =-.
Hi Ilka,
I agree, all of them are important for everyone’s success.
Have a great day,
Jerome Ratliff
Hey Jerome,
That is one of the books that I go back to re-read just to keep the foundations. They are simple to follow, but takes time to master.
Chat with you later…
Josh
.-= Josh Garcia´s last blog ..Adopt This Specific Leadership Skill and Be Prepared For Success =-.
Hey Josh,
It’s a great book to have in the library.
Chat with you later,
Jerome Ratliff
Hi Jerome,
The amount and type of influence you have with someone; a prospect or a team member – will directly effect what action they take!
This is a great article. All 4 are very important. And while empowering people is a personal passion of mine…I would have to point out #2 and #3. People just do not take the time to listen anymore. In their personal lives and certainly not in business. If a person plans to ever see great success…they had best learn the importance of caring and listening.
Thanks for this!
Have a prosperous day!
Tragena
.-= Tragena´s last blog ..Today Is All We Have =-.
Hi Tragena,
Listening really is a big one people fail to do well with.
They say they listen, but really they are not. The good news it is something that can be learned.
Have a great day,
Jerome Ratliff
Hi Jerome,
Awesome points you make!
I can’t pick out a favorite one…they are all extremely important.
This is definatly a note taker post!
Thanks and have an awesome day!
Twila
.-= Twila Jacobs´s last blog ..How To Make Your Blog Comments ‘Nest’ =-.
Hi Twila,
These are points we all need to stick to if we want success. Glad you found this useful.
Have an awesome day as well,
Jerome ratliff
Hi Jerome,
This is a great post and I loved point one. You simply have to let people make mistakes so that they learn from them. Also by making mistakes it will sort out the serious business people from those who are not. Thanks for sharing.
Tristram Lodge
.-= Tristram Lodge´s last blog ..5 Business Opportunities To Be Wary Of On The Internet. =-.
hey Tristram,
I just realized I never commented on your comment. Did you sneak in here???
Yeah, making mistakes is ok. Especially if you share that with them. This way they’ll understand why.
Have a good one,
Jerome Ratliff
Jerome this is something we don’t read a lot about is team building. Very important element to our success we focus a lot on and rightly so lead generation and conversion but we have another responsibility once our leads or prospects have come on board. I think you give excellent advice here on how to be a leader after someone has made a decision to join your team.
Steve Shoemaker
.-= Steve Shoemaker´s last blog ..Article Marketing Basics For Business Building =-.
Hey Steve,
Absolutely, it’s something we all should always be thinking about and practicing as leaders and aspiring leaders.
Have a great day,
Jerome Ratliff
For me I see Point 4 as the sticking point.
Many people are actually quite good at the other points, but they have trouble letting go.
Hi Peter,
Yeah, #4 is certainly a great choice.
Have a great day buddy,
Jerome Ratliff
Jerome,
Great tips you share, My favorite has to be #4 , Let go, Empowering your team members and partner to use what you taught and have success on their own by being accountable and taking action!
.-= Chris Bernardo´s last blog ..How Giveaways brings New Customers and Leads to You =-.
Hey Chris,
Ah, the same as Peter. That’s a great choice because it positions them to do and be great in this industry.
Have a good one,
Jerome Ratliff
Hi Jerome,
These are some great tips!
Like Peter, I think you can care too much.
All you can really do is point people in the right direction and be there for them if they show they’re willing to put in the work.
After all, it’s not like they’re out employees (LOL)
.-= Derek Alvarez´s last blog ..News Update: Facebook Ad Picture Makes Peacock Jealous =-.
Hey Derek,
That’s a great point, they are not our employees or even our children for that matter, so why treat them like that.
Have a great day,
Jerome Ratliff
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Hey Jerome,
Awesome, awesome post.
I am reading the book right now and it has totally inspired
me already. I like to empower my people. This separates the
winners from the losers. And saves you a lot time when you
don’t have to waste it on dead weight.
Have a great night!
Tommy D.
.-= Tommy DiPietro´s last blog ..How To Start A “Fame Monster” of An MLM Blog Lady Gaga Style Part II =-.
Hey there Tommy,
It’s a great book. It touches on how to be interested in people instead of being interesting. You know, it’s not about you sort of stuff.
A fantastic read and I’ve adopted these you see in this post and why I wanted to share it with everyone else.
Glad you liked it.
Have a great day,
Jerome Ratliff
Hi,I think your best point, was about telling stories. Like you mention, stories are hypnotic. If you can weave a sale into a story, you have your readers attention captured.
Hi there my friend.
Glad you liked this post.
Have a great day and hope to see you back soon.
Jerome Ratliff
Jerome,
These are some great points you got here.. Number 1 is crucial (like you said). Not only do you want to teach them all you know so that they can get results, but you also want to create leaders so that they can lead others, and you wont have to.
Great stuff
talk soon
Hector
.-= Hector Cuevas´s last blog ..3 Brand-Killing Mistakes You Should Avoid At All Costs =-.
Hey Hector.
How’s it going?
The more leaders we create, the better off everyone will be. This is what this post is about.
Talk to you soon,
Jerome Ratliff
Hey Jerome,
All 4 points are great but #4 really jumps out at me, trying to control peoples actions is never a smart thing to do.
Matt
.-= Matthew Pedler´s last blog ..How To Build Your Own Marketing Blog – Part 1 =-.
Hey Matt,
Letting go and not controlling can be very powerful.
Jerome Ratliff