Continuing on my journey to discover the "10 Keys to Create Wealth" with Trivita's Co-founder and CEO Michael Ellison and his book of the same title.
Last time, I shared my thoughts about the 1st key: Desire. This week's topic is about the
2nd Key: Belief. Michael says right off the bat that " it is necessary to reevaluate beliefs
about wealth because those beliefs can either move you forward or hold you back."
KEY #2: BELIEF
Since attending a Dani Johnson's "First Steps to Success Seminar", I have changed my belief about the role of money in my life. However reading about that subject, challenged my "money-notion" yet again.
Growing up in an under-developed country and being among the priviledged few always made me feel guilty about money. And the fact that I grew up with strong religious beliefs didn't help matter either: the references to the blessed poor and damned rich in the Bible left a strong impression.
What changed things around for me was to map my desire to be wealthy with the life purposes that wealth will allow me to fulfill; Such as giving my son a childhood rich in experiences and giving him the option to live the life he wants to not the one he has to; Such as founding and supporting organizations that take care of the street kids of Haiti: Providing education and health care for them. None of those things can be done without money.
Many misquote the Bible as saying that money is the root of all evil. Go look it up, 1 Timothy 6:10, it actually says "the love of money is the root of all evil". In other words how we feel about money and the degree to which we put our trust in money is what determines whether money is good or bad.
What's more God rewards his favored with wealth. Look at Abraham, David, Salomon, Joseph, they were all rich men. Money can create a certain quality of life, money can heal marriages, provide health and education, broaden horizons...
Michael challenges us that "rather than live by values and beliefs that you developed as a child or that resulted from societal influence, choose to live by intention, according to values and beliefs you fully embrace as an independent thoughful adult".
Use the following questions to test your belief about wealth:
1. Do you believe that wealth is mostly a matter of luck? Are you waiting for a lucky break? Waiting to sponsor a master recruiter that will build your business for you or are you learning and investing in your education so you can be that master recruiter yourself?
2. Do you believe that most wealth is inherited? Let's hope not. And I'll leave it at that.
3. Do you believe God wants you to be wealthy? That was a challenging question for me at first. But then it dawned on me: God would not put such desires in me if He wasn't ready to provide the tools and the means to achieve them.
4. Do you believe that wealth is limited to only a narrow segment of the population? In other words do you have a scarcity mentality and an abundance mentality. Thankfully, no matter what you believe, wealth is not a limited natural resource.
5. Do you believe that YOU can build wealth? This is the most important of the five questions.
As Henry Ford puts it, "Whether you think you can, or think you can't, either way you're right".
In order to live a fulfilled life, your beliefs and values need to line up with your actions.Micheal makes a great analogy with a ship on the ocean. "A ship has a propeller to create
movement and a rudder to give direction. Your life's propeller is comprised of actions that move you forward at a certain speed. Your life's rudder is your set of beliefs and values that steer you in the direction you desire to go." If you don't have deep desires rooted in strong purpose,your propeller is malfunctioning and you will stall out in rough seas, if you don't have clear beliefs and values, your rudder is broken and you will not stay on course.
How does this apply to your business?
1) Do you believe that your business is the right business for you as you build wealth. If you have doubts about this, you will not do the things necessary to create a successful business.List the key points about your business that make it the right one for you
2)Evaluate the products you offer. Do you truky believe that these products will help others?
Back up your beliefs with solid evidence.
The bottom line is this: "What you believe determines your future"
Monday, February 16, 2009
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Key # 1: Desire
From the "10 Keys to Create Wealth To Fulfill Your Life's Purposes"
by Michael R. Ellison
KEY #1 DESIRE
Reading about the first key helped me identify the life purposes that drive me and rediscover the innermost desires that propel and sustain me in my Wealth Journey.
Or as we often say in network marketing, "Discover my Why"
Often, I find myself jumping ahead to the how and the when in my business goals:
How can I generate more leads?
How do I get my new business affiliate started?
When will I quit my job?
But none of these questions matter unless I figure out
Why I'm doing this in the first place.
Why? Because the road to success is paved with obstacles, setbacks and disappointments , and unless I have a real and strong desire anchored by meaningful purposes, I will find thousands of reasons along the way to give up and give in.
Desire gives us focus and energy to pursue our life's passions.
Sometimes it's difficult to see beyond the day to day obligations and challenges of our everyday life, to imagine a world beyond our current reality.
Most adults have forgotten how to dream.
I have to admit that before starting my network marketing business,
I had lost my ability to dream as well.
Sad to say, but at 28 I was living a life of quiet desperation and I was blissfully unaware of it.
Don't get me wrong, there was nothing wrong with my life back then:
I had just gotten married, was expecting my first child, had a good job, good friends, what else was there to dream about?
There was no need to venture pass the 4 little walls of my life until...
That's a story for another time.
To make a long story short, starting a business "awakened the giant in me".
It broadened my horizon, gave me new goals to aspire to.
My desire for wealth is not greed based , it's purpose based.
It's not about the money itself, it's about the freedom and opportunities that money brings about.
Freedom to set your own hours, live where you want, do the things that are important to you; Opportunities for your children to attend better schools, to travel and experience new cultures, to help the less fortunate.
There is an unforgettable scene in one of Steve Martin's movies "Parenthood"
After his wife announces that they are expecting their unexpected 4Th child just
after he quit his job in a pretty dramatic fashion; Steve in a moment of quiet desperation says "My whole life is have to."
I don't know about you, but I want to live the life I want to live, not the one I have to live.
Money is just a means to an end not the end itself.
Think about this for a little bit:
If Money was not an issue in your life what would you do with the extra time and money?
Here's to dreaming again!
by Michael R. Ellison
KEY #1 DESIRE
Reading about the first key helped me identify the life purposes that drive me and rediscover the innermost desires that propel and sustain me in my Wealth Journey.
Or as we often say in network marketing, "Discover my Why"
Often, I find myself jumping ahead to the how and the when in my business goals:
How can I generate more leads?
How do I get my new business affiliate started?
When will I quit my job?
But none of these questions matter unless I figure out
Why I'm doing this in the first place.
Why? Because the road to success is paved with obstacles, setbacks and disappointments , and unless I have a real and strong desire anchored by meaningful purposes, I will find thousands of reasons along the way to give up and give in.
Desire gives us focus and energy to pursue our life's passions.
Sometimes it's difficult to see beyond the day to day obligations and challenges of our everyday life, to imagine a world beyond our current reality.
Most adults have forgotten how to dream.
I have to admit that before starting my network marketing business,
I had lost my ability to dream as well.
Sad to say, but at 28 I was living a life of quiet desperation and I was blissfully unaware of it.
Don't get me wrong, there was nothing wrong with my life back then:
I had just gotten married, was expecting my first child, had a good job, good friends, what else was there to dream about?
There was no need to venture pass the 4 little walls of my life until...
That's a story for another time.
To make a long story short, starting a business "awakened the giant in me".
It broadened my horizon, gave me new goals to aspire to.
My desire for wealth is not greed based , it's purpose based.
It's not about the money itself, it's about the freedom and opportunities that money brings about.
Freedom to set your own hours, live where you want, do the things that are important to you; Opportunities for your children to attend better schools, to travel and experience new cultures, to help the less fortunate.
There is an unforgettable scene in one of Steve Martin's movies "Parenthood"
After his wife announces that they are expecting their unexpected 4Th child just
after he quit his job in a pretty dramatic fashion; Steve in a moment of quiet desperation says "My whole life is have to."
I don't know about you, but I want to live the life I want to live, not the one I have to live.
Money is just a means to an end not the end itself.
Think about this for a little bit:
If Money was not an issue in your life what would you do with the extra time and money?
Here's to dreaming again!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Pushing Through the Fear
| I don't know about you but when I started with this business I was determined to succeed. I can still remember the sleepless nights thinking about all the records I was going to break, all the money I was about to make. Then overtime, reality stepped in, doubth creeped in; I got in a rut, got stuck and have no idea why. That thing stopping me has a name and it's called FEAR. What am I really afraid of and how can I get over it? I heard Jim Edwards say in one of his conferences that: "Fear comes from this one question you ask yourself" : "What will happen if it doesn't work out the way I want it to?" The questions I ask myself control my thoughts and therefore my attitude and my actions. I read a book called, "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" by Susan Jeffers. Here are my action notes: 1. Trust myself. Confidence is not the naive notion that everything will be OK, rather it's the certainty, that whatever happens in my life I can handle it. Handling it means that I'll work my way through it, I'll learn from it and ultimately I'll be OK. 2. Do my best and let go of the outcome. I can't control other people actions or reactions, I can't control unforeseen events, so why worry about them. 3. Stop Complaining. If I'm complaining, I'm not taking ownership of my actions; I'm giving control of my life to other people and outside circumstances. 4. I'll do it anyway. Rather than being afraid of rejection or of what people will think of me, I'm just taking action and worry about it later 5. Adopting the "no-lose" philosophy: "I can't lose regardless of the outcome of the decision I make". Why? because there are no such thing as mistakes and failures. In the Slight Edge, Jeff Olson says: "the secret to success is failure". "you have to go through something to get somewhere". Did you know that : * Michael Jordan, missed more than 9,000 shots in his carreer and lost almost 300 games.? 26 times, he missed the game-winning shot! * Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric bulb, tried out thousands of different versions of it and every single one failed before he got it right. what did the great man have to say about it? "I have not failed. I've simply discovered ten thousand ways that don't work" It's time to get over myself and start asking different questions: - How will I grow and become a better person just by making the attempt? - What will I discover or learn that I can use the rest of my life? - Who else has overcome this obstacle and how can I model their beliefs and behavior? - How many lives can I impact by taking action in spite of my fear? From now on, I will act as if what I do makes a difference and commit to giving 100% to all areas in my life. Warmest Regards, |
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The Most Important Relationship
Did you go through the yearly ritual of setting your goals?
My resolution for 2009:
Improving The most important relationship in my life; The one I have with myself.
Not for selfish reasons but for the simple fact that if I can't get along with myself, I can't have good relationships with the people in my life: family, friends, business partners and clients.
Even since "The Secret" came out most of us have been aware of the control our thoughts have over our lives. But "All too often, we reserve our harshest criticisms and our most negative thoughts for ourselves." says Robert Stubert in an article in Success Magazine.
Robert points out that "the first step in managing your relationship with yourself is to determine what you actually think about yourself".
I'm ahead of the game, I've read "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson last year and went through the journey of discovering what Jeff calls "My Philosophy" or how I see things which in turn determines my attittudes and actions. It has a surprising journey to say the least, one that I'm grateful to have been on.
I've discovered that I have an Olympics Game Philosophy. Let me explain...
I see the world as a non ending competition field: you either win or lose, no in
between. Second place is for the first loser. I have to bring the "Gold" home every time. This is exhausting! The worse is that I never give myself permission to enjoy my accomplishments. No matter what I do , I never feel I've done enough.
Do you sometimes feel that way?
This "stinking thinking" has held me back in my business, career and personal life.
This is why I've decided to work on me this year.
What stands between success and me, is just me.
Edmund Hillary who was one of the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, the highest spot on Earth said "It's not the mountain we conquer but ourselves".
The problem is not with the company, products ,compensation plan or other people, the problem is getting out of our own way and going for it as if we knew for sure we couldn't fail.
As Zig Ziglar says, "Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the
triumph".
My resolution for 2009:
Improving The most important relationship in my life; The one I have with myself.
Not for selfish reasons but for the simple fact that if I can't get along with myself, I can't have good relationships with the people in my life: family, friends, business partners and clients.
Even since "The Secret" came out most of us have been aware of the control our thoughts have over our lives. But "All too often, we reserve our harshest criticisms and our most negative thoughts for ourselves." says Robert Stubert in an article in Success Magazine.
Robert points out that "the first step in managing your relationship with yourself is to determine what you actually think about yourself".
I'm ahead of the game, I've read "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson last year and went through the journey of discovering what Jeff calls "My Philosophy" or how I see things which in turn determines my attittudes and actions. It has a surprising journey to say the least, one that I'm grateful to have been on.
I've discovered that I have an Olympics Game Philosophy. Let me explain...
I see the world as a non ending competition field: you either win or lose, no in
between. Second place is for the first loser. I have to bring the "Gold" home every time. This is exhausting! The worse is that I never give myself permission to enjoy my accomplishments. No matter what I do , I never feel I've done enough.
Do you sometimes feel that way?
This "stinking thinking" has held me back in my business, career and personal life.
This is why I've decided to work on me this year.
What stands between success and me, is just me.
Edmund Hillary who was one of the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, the highest spot on Earth said "It's not the mountain we conquer but ourselves".
The problem is not with the company, products ,compensation plan or other people, the problem is getting out of our own way and going for it as if we knew for sure we couldn't fail.
As Zig Ziglar says, "Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the
triumph".
Monday, March 31, 2008
The meaning of the word 'impossible'
This past week, I threw myself a big "poor me" party.
Those parties usually involve a lot of late nights TV watching or aimless web surfing.
Anyways during my aimless wandering, I stumbled upon something, or should I say someone who gave me a virtual slap on the face.
That person is Marlee Matlin.
If you don't know who Marlee is, let me tell you a little bit about her.
In 1986, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her part in the movie,
"Children of a lesser God".
It was her first movie role and at the time she was only 21. This made her the first and only person in acting history, man or woman, to accomplish this feat (according to Wikipedia)
She has since gone on to become an established film and television star.
But Marlee is not your typical movie star: she is profoundly deaf.
She's been that way since she was 18 months old.
Marlee's acting career while amazing considering the odds is not what prompted me
to tell you about her today.
If you are a fan of "Dancing with the Stars", (the ABC hit show)
then you probably know where I'm going with this.
She is in the show. Not as a judge or a host.
No! She is dancing! And doing quite well I might add.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her on the show and I said to myself
"That's impossible! There is no way she's going to pull this off, a deaf person can't dance!
She is going to make a fool of herself, yadiyadiyada..."
It's common sense that one must be able to hear the music, to follow the tempo and find the rhythm, etc...
Well, Marlee proved us wrong, yet again.
You've got to watch her, she is simply amazing and such an inspiration!
How does Marlee do it? What is her secret?
Where does she find the strength to go against the odds that are stacked
pretty high against her?
I think I found the answer in Napoleon Hill in his classic "Think and Grow Rich":
"One of the main weaknesses of mankind" he says
"is the average man's familiarity with the word ‘impossible.’
He knows all the rules which will NOT work.
He knows all the things which CANNOT be done."
Apparently the word 'impossible' doesn't exist in Marlee's dictionaries.
She is the living testament that "There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind"
I am humbled by her courage, her determination and most of allby her boldness.
What is my excuse?
Warmest Regards,
Carmina
Enlighten, Empower, Enrich
908-998-1723
Those parties usually involve a lot of late nights TV watching or aimless web surfing.
Anyways during my aimless wandering, I stumbled upon something, or should I say someone who gave me a virtual slap on the face.
That person is Marlee Matlin.
If you don't know who Marlee is, let me tell you a little bit about her.
In 1986, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her part in the movie,
"Children of a lesser God".
It was her first movie role and at the time she was only 21. This made her the first and only person in acting history, man or woman, to accomplish this feat (according to Wikipedia)
She has since gone on to become an established film and television star.
But Marlee is not your typical movie star: she is profoundly deaf.
She's been that way since she was 18 months old.
Marlee's acting career while amazing considering the odds is not what prompted me
to tell you about her today.
If you are a fan of "Dancing with the Stars", (the ABC hit show)
then you probably know where I'm going with this.
She is in the show. Not as a judge or a host.
No! She is dancing! And doing quite well I might add.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her on the show and I said to myself
"That's impossible! There is no way she's going to pull this off, a deaf person can't dance!
She is going to make a fool of herself, yadiyadiyada..."
It's common sense that one must be able to hear the music, to follow the tempo and find the rhythm, etc...
Well, Marlee proved us wrong, yet again.
You've got to watch her, she is simply amazing and such an inspiration!
How does Marlee do it? What is her secret?
Where does she find the strength to go against the odds that are stacked
pretty high against her?
I think I found the answer in Napoleon Hill in his classic "Think and Grow Rich":
"One of the main weaknesses of mankind" he says
"is the average man's familiarity with the word ‘impossible.’
He knows all the rules which will NOT work.
He knows all the things which CANNOT be done."
Apparently the word 'impossible' doesn't exist in Marlee's dictionaries.
She is the living testament that "There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind"
I am humbled by her courage, her determination and most of allby her boldness.
What is my excuse?
Warmest Regards,
Carmina
Enlighten, Empower, Enrich
908-998-1723
Monday, March 24, 2008
Do you use leads?
The problem with calling leads is:
-It's time consuming (you must dial the number, let it ring, leave a voicemail, etc)
-It takes massive numbers to see results
What I'm suggesting here is not that you not use leads but that you use
them more effectively.
Some people will tell you that leads don't work, that the only way to go is with
face to face meetings.Others swear by the internet.
The truth is there is more than one way to build this business.
All the methods work, it's a matter of working at it consistently.
Pick what works for you and your current situation.
For me leads are the way to go, I have a full time job and a 3 year old at home:
My time is very limited.
Although I have had some success with leads,the process always left me exhausted.
The question became not whether working leads work
but how to maximize my efforts?
First, we must agree on the basics:A lead is a lead is a lead. No more, no less.
Just because somebody filled out a formdoesn't mean they are ready to get
started in your business.
A lead is simply someone who at some point requested some information.
Having said all this, please keep in mind that not all leads are created equal.
Some lead companies are questionable to say the least.
A clue is when you start getting frequent responses like:
"I just wanted to win the X-box".
Fortunately, there are some good lead companies out there,
most verify their leads before selling them to you, either by phone(preferred)
or by email.
So before investing a lot of money, talk to your sponsor and see
what they are using and can recommend.
Keep in mind that your job, when calling leads is to sort ,not sell;
to figure out who is who.That's it!
Imagine that you have a deck of cards and that you are looking for aces.
How many cards are you going to throw away?48! That's right!
You're only looking for aces and there are only 4 of them in a deck.
Are you going to grab a marker and attempt to transform an '8' into an ace?
No way!
You want to go through that deck as fast as you can.
The faster you go through it, the faster you'll find the Aces.
The problem as I mentionned earlier is going through each of those
leads to find your aces.
I tried several things, first I called each and every one.
It gets old and boring quickly.
A lot of valuable time and energy is spent
dialing each number, waiting for the phone to ring, leaving a message, etc...
The worse is getting the fax machine, invalid numbers, wrong numbers.
That's when you start to think there has to be a better way!
The next thing I tried was emailing the leads ahead of time.
Two problems here:
1) Most reputable autoresponder companies won't let you upload purchased
leads into their system.So you can either purchase/subscribe to a second autoresponder
system or use a Free one (yikes!).
Either way you still have problem #2:
2) 99% of the leads won't read the email.
So you're back at square one.
What if you only got to talk to people who actually answer the phone
and bypass the rest?It's actually possible!
Thanks to an amazing technology I stumbled upon.
Here how it works:First of all there is nothing to install, it's all internet based.
Once you upload your purchased list and you record a voicemail,
you're ready to go.
The first thing that I found amazing is that, the software will scan the list and
automatically removes the numbers on the "Do Not Call" List.
Isn't that a relief?!?
If you want to, you can filter the numbers you want to call by specifying the time zone,
area code, state, etc.And get this, if it's outside of the legal calling time (9am- 9pm),
the leads won't be dialed. So you can call in complete peace of mind.
Now for the brilliance of this system:You decide whether you want to talk to every
single person that answers the phone or if you want a percentage of them to get your
voicemail while you're talking to another live person instead!
For example if you purchase some leads of lesser quality in bulk,
you probably want to go through it as fast as possible and set that ratio pretty high.
But if you bought some high quality leads, you probably will want to
talk to everyone that picks up the phone. Right?
Ok so now you're ready and you click Dial.
The system calls you at whetever number you specify then
it goes through the list, dials the numbers for you!
When a live person or the voicemail picks up,
you hear a distinctive tone on your phone and their name shows up on your screen,
(you can even have your script uploaded so that you can refer to it while you're talking).
You manage the calls from your computer screen.
Obviously if someone picks up, you talk to them on your phone,
if their answering machine picks up you can either
click the "Leave Voicemail" button on your screen and move onto the next call
or you can leave them a voicemail yourself, it's up to you.
The system also allows you to make a quick note on the people you talked
to for follow up and provides you with a full report of your calling sessions
so you know who you talked to, left a voicemail for, who wasn't interested,
who requested information, etc...
What use to take me 5 days, now takes me 1 hour to accomplish.
Are you still dialing your leads manually?
Take a look for yourself
If would like a Live demo let me know...
To your success,
Carmina
Enlighten, Empower, Enrich
-It's time consuming (you must dial the number, let it ring, leave a voicemail, etc)
-It takes massive numbers to see results
What I'm suggesting here is not that you not use leads but that you use
them more effectively.
Some people will tell you that leads don't work, that the only way to go is with
face to face meetings.Others swear by the internet.
The truth is there is more than one way to build this business.
All the methods work, it's a matter of working at it consistently.
Pick what works for you and your current situation.
For me leads are the way to go, I have a full time job and a 3 year old at home:
My time is very limited.
Although I have had some success with leads,the process always left me exhausted.
The question became not whether working leads work
but how to maximize my efforts?
First, we must agree on the basics:A lead is a lead is a lead. No more, no less.
Just because somebody filled out a formdoesn't mean they are ready to get
started in your business.
A lead is simply someone who at some point requested some information.
Having said all this, please keep in mind that not all leads are created equal.
Some lead companies are questionable to say the least.
A clue is when you start getting frequent responses like:
"I just wanted to win the X-box".
Fortunately, there are some good lead companies out there,
most verify their leads before selling them to you, either by phone(preferred)
or by email.
So before investing a lot of money, talk to your sponsor and see
what they are using and can recommend.
Keep in mind that your job, when calling leads is to sort ,not sell;
to figure out who is who.That's it!
Imagine that you have a deck of cards and that you are looking for aces.
How many cards are you going to throw away?48! That's right!
You're only looking for aces and there are only 4 of them in a deck.
Are you going to grab a marker and attempt to transform an '8' into an ace?
No way!
You want to go through that deck as fast as you can.
The faster you go through it, the faster you'll find the Aces.
The problem as I mentionned earlier is going through each of those
leads to find your aces.
I tried several things, first I called each and every one.
It gets old and boring quickly.
A lot of valuable time and energy is spent
dialing each number, waiting for the phone to ring, leaving a message, etc...
The worse is getting the fax machine, invalid numbers, wrong numbers.
That's when you start to think there has to be a better way!
The next thing I tried was emailing the leads ahead of time.
Two problems here:
1) Most reputable autoresponder companies won't let you upload purchased
leads into their system.So you can either purchase/subscribe to a second autoresponder
system or use a Free one (yikes!).
Either way you still have problem #2:
2) 99% of the leads won't read the email.
So you're back at square one.
What if you only got to talk to people who actually answer the phone
and bypass the rest?It's actually possible!
Thanks to an amazing technology I stumbled upon.
Here how it works:First of all there is nothing to install, it's all internet based.
Once you upload your purchased list and you record a voicemail,
you're ready to go.
The first thing that I found amazing is that, the software will scan the list and
automatically removes the numbers on the "Do Not Call" List.
Isn't that a relief?!?
If you want to, you can filter the numbers you want to call by specifying the time zone,
area code, state, etc.And get this, if it's outside of the legal calling time (9am- 9pm),
the leads won't be dialed. So you can call in complete peace of mind.
Now for the brilliance of this system:You decide whether you want to talk to every
single person that answers the phone or if you want a percentage of them to get your
voicemail while you're talking to another live person instead!
For example if you purchase some leads of lesser quality in bulk,
you probably want to go through it as fast as possible and set that ratio pretty high.
But if you bought some high quality leads, you probably will want to
talk to everyone that picks up the phone. Right?
Ok so now you're ready and you click Dial.
The system calls you at whetever number you specify then
it goes through the list, dials the numbers for you!
When a live person or the voicemail picks up,
you hear a distinctive tone on your phone and their name shows up on your screen,
(you can even have your script uploaded so that you can refer to it while you're talking).
You manage the calls from your computer screen.
Obviously if someone picks up, you talk to them on your phone,
if their answering machine picks up you can either
click the "Leave Voicemail" button on your screen and move onto the next call
or you can leave them a voicemail yourself, it's up to you.
The system also allows you to make a quick note on the people you talked
to for follow up and provides you with a full report of your calling sessions
so you know who you talked to, left a voicemail for, who wasn't interested,
who requested information, etc...
What use to take me 5 days, now takes me 1 hour to accomplish.
Are you still dialing your leads manually?
Take a look for yourself
If would like a Live demo let me know...
To your success,
Carmina
Enlighten, Empower, Enrich
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