How to Talk to People

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  • Author Ron Leblanc
  • Published October 11, 2005
  • Word count 602

One of the greatest things about the current home based

business industry is that people from all walks of life are

having success with it. Isn’t it nice that you don’t have

to go to medical school or get a Harvard MBA to be able to

retire early and be financially free.

I am convinced that there would be lots more people

involved if they only knew that it wasn’t that hard to do.

One of the biggest fears most no-sales and marketing people

have is talking to people, and specifically selling. Go

ahead and admit it – you don’t have the skills that car

salesmen have – well that’s excellent! That type of thing

doesn’t work well in other industries and even car salesmen

are becoming a thing of the past as the internet brokers

and eBay grow in popularity.

Most home based businesses have a system in place for you.

I can assure you that when people start these companies

they don’t neglect to think long and hard about how to make

doing their business easier for people who get started.

They have you in mind.

Always look for a company that has lots of training on how

to talk to people and minimizes the amount of presenting

that you have to do. Some have it so you bring a more

experienced person with you. Some have online

presentations and some have live conference call

presentations.

Let’s assume that you really don’t need to do the selling –

it’s done for you by the company leadership. You will have

to bring people into that system, so you will have to talk

to people! Those companies that rely on a completely

“automated” system have a hard time getting people to give

money to a website, hoping it’s not in Russia or Turkey.

So how do you talk to people? You’ve probably heard the

numbers before that only about 5% of how you communicate is

by the words you use. The other 95% is split between body

language and tone. If you are not meeting someone in

person, then tone is even more critical!

A better way to say tone would be energy or vibe. Have you

ever talked to someone who sounded like they just got out

of bed or their dog just got run over? I don’t talk with

people like that for long because unless I find out there

was some reason for their low energy, I just don’t want to

pursue it.

You have to be in the right vibe as well. Your best bet is

to have a relaxed confidence. No matter what is going on

in your life, you must never sound needy. When they say

that they work until 3AM and you bend over backwards and

offer to call them when they come home, why would they want

to work with you?

Your best bet is that of relaxed confidence. You know what

your goals are and you know where you’re going. If they

want to get on board fine – if they don’t – hey, you’ll

find lots of others. Verbally wrapping your arms around

their leg as they try and walk away would be the opposite.

Even if you have no real results yet, you should at least

be excited about the opportunity that you have your hands

on and transmit that to people you talk to. That kind of

vibe is picked up by people you meet and will go much

further at making you attractive to people than a desperate

one.

Ron LeBlanc, PE spent 20+ years in science and engineering

when woke up to his true potential and began working from

home. He lives in Boulder, CO and works out of his home.

He enjoys helping other people learn to do home based

businesses. Get his tip-filled newsletter and some special

offers at http://www.be-do-have.com

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