<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Thinking Big Works &#187; selling</title>
	<atom:link href="http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/tag/selling/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs</link>
	<description>The VanAmburg Group Blog - Marketing Tech Mindshifts</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:00:57 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Network Marketing #9 No-No &#8211; &#8220;You Don&#8217;t Have To Sell Anything&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/network-marketing-9-no-no-you-dont-have-to-sell-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/network-marketing-9-no-no-you-dont-have-to-sell-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Berg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consciousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enlightened Orgs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Network Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conscious business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationship marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/?p=3947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is about meeting a need....creating a relationship...respecting the customer...so that the customer chooses to buy. Truly great sales people are the ones who tell you if they cannot provide what you need,and they suggest where you can go to perhaps get  a better match.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone" title="VanAmburg_Group_Blog_Banner_Network_Marketing" src="http://www.fcbc.net/sf.php?fn=2091_20_public_images/Graphics/BlogBannerNetworkMarketing.jpg" alt="" width="538" height="58" /></p>
<div style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 150px; float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 10px;">
<p><img style="border: 1px solid black;" title="Have I got a deal for you" src="http://www.mutualgravity.com/sf.php?fn=0_167_public_images/salesman150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="126" /><em>Have I got a deal for you!<a href="../do-i-reciprocate-for-you-or-for-me/#story2"><br />
</a></em></div>
<p><em>networ</em><em>k mark</em><em>eting: global trends </em></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">This should be the shortest post I have ever written&#8230;<em>of course you have to sell&#8230;end of story!</em><br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sadly, I have heard this &#8220;pitch&#8221; all too often. <em>&#8220;Join our company. It is great. You don&#8217;t have to sell anything. Because we know how much people hate selling, we have set it up so you won&#8217;t have to sell a thing.&#8221;</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">First of all&#8230;anyone making this statement is rather foolish if they haven&#8217;t figured out that what they are doing is trying to SELL you on the idea that you can make money by just sitting around&#8230;and uh&#8230; watching the grass grow&#8230; I guess.</span></span></p>
<p>If you did sign up, it is unfortunate they did not realize what great sales people they are!</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>YOU ARE ALREADY SELLING EVERY DAY&#8230;</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span id="more-3947"></span><em>If you are employed, you sold yourself to an employer.</em></span></span></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">If you are married or dating, you have sold yourself to another person.</span></span></em></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em>If you want your children to clean their rooms or to do their homework, you are selling your values.</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em>If you  have an idea for a new system at work, you are selling your colleagues or bosses on your creativity.</em></span></span></p>
<div style="border: 1px solid #999999; padding: 5px; background-color: #d0e9fe;"><img class="alignleft" title="VanAmburg_Group_Insights_Marketing" src="http://www.fcbc.net/sf.php?fn=2091_20_public_images/Graphics/InsightsMarketing.gif" alt="" width="102" height="29" />If you are avoiding network marketing because you do not like to sell, you need to realize we are all selling something each and every day.</div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><strong><br />
BUT IT DIDN&#8217;T FEEL LIKE SELLING WHEN I MET MY SPOUSE&#8230;ETC</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Therein lies the key point. There are different kinds of selling. A very outdated mode of sales is what most commonly comes to mind when people think about sales. It was a form of selling (badgering) someone to purchase something they really did not want and they only bought to get rid of you. It was about making your friends and family feel sorry for you&#8230; so they bought&#8230;but they wished they didn&#8217;t have to.<br />
</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">That is not what true selling is about. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">It is about meeting a need&#8230;.creating a relationship&#8230;respecting the customer&#8230;so that the customer chooses to buy. Truly great sales people are the ones who tell you, if they cannot provide what you need,and then they suggest where you can go to perhaps find what you are looking for.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Does helping people meet their needs appeal to you?</span></span></span></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Does sharing a great idea appeal to you?</span></span></span></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Does seeing someone improve an area of their life appeal to you?</span></span></span></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Does making someone happy, appeal to you?</span></span></span></span></em></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;">If you answered yes to most of these questions, you ought to consider selling!<br />
</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>IT SHOULD BE CALLED RELATIONSHIP MARKETING</strong></span><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em>.</em></span></span></p>
<div style="border: 1px solid #999999; padding: 5px; background-color: #d0e9fe;"><img class="alignleft" title="VanAmburg_Group_Insights_Marketing" src="http://www.fcbc.net/sf.php?fn=2091_20_public_images/Graphics/InsightsMarketing.gif" alt="" width="102" height="29" />If someone in a network marketing company is telling you all you have to do is sign up and get other people to sign up and use their products&#8230; and that no one ever has to sell anything, you can be guaranteed that company will soon be receiving letters from the government regulatory agents asking them to provide proof that their distributors have met the legislative requirements to have at least 5 customers per month.<br />
Sadly, the list of companies who have bit the dust because they tried to create a company without customers is very long&#8230;and they are very closely aligned with Ponzi schemes.</p>
<p>The sooner we understand there is not a quick and easy route to riches, the happier and more successful we will be!</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.fcbc.net/archangel/woa/mgServeFile.php?fn=2091_20_public_images/Graphics/diamond_bar_red.gif" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">BLESS BLESS<br />
JUDY BERG</span></strong><br />
<em>If you know a company that is making a Mindshift towards serving humanity while still turning a profit, we would like to know about them. Let us know by contacting::<br />
</em><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">attractingsuccess@soulabundant.com.</span>.. or leave the information in the comments section of this post.<br />
</em></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1356" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" title="Judy photo" src="http://www.mutualgravity.com/sf.php?fn=0_167_public_images/judybiophoto50.jpg " alt="" /></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p><em>Organizational Behaviour Consultant</em><em>author:</em> <a href="http://www.soulabundant.com/html/bookinfo.html" target="_blank">Imagine Your Soul Abundant: Attracting Success, Fulfillment and True Happiness<br />
</a><em>more about</em>: <a href="Y  When do I learn to share? The story  law of attraction: responsibility  HEADER " target="_blank">www.theconsciouscorporation.com </a> <a href="http://www.soulabundant.com/html/about_us.html" target="_blank">www.soulabundant.com<br />
</a><em>Judy&#8217;s book can be ordered from her website </em><a href="http://www.soulabundant.com"><em>www.soulabundant.com</em></a><em>.  Special prices for bulk orders upon request. Seminars and retreats customized to the needs of your group or organization.</em></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/network-marketing-9-no-no-you-dont-have-to-sell-anything/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

