How NOT To Get Sign-Ups For Your Business

I have always found it fascinating to see how people try to get other people to join their latest opportunity. Nowhere can this be more obvious than when you surf in a team.

There are very subtle ways in which you can get people interested in the opportunity you are interested in. If you are slightly aloof about what you do and how you earn your money, this may actually work to your advantage. It piques people's curiosity and they may even ask you about your opportunity. When they do, do not be too eager to explain everything about your opportunity, just tell them enough to have them begging for more information.

The way definitely not to get anyone to join your business is to come out with the phrases that we have all been taught would get people interested. Do not forget, we are all in the same boat.

So, in the middle of a long race, coming out with phrases such as 'What would it mean to you if you had $00.00 (fill in relevant amount yourself) of extra money each month' or 'What would you be willing to do to change your future' or even worse 'if you keep doing what you have always done, you will keep receiving what you have always received', is not going to get you anyone in the slightest bit interested in the opportunity you offer. The trouble with all those sentences is that we have all heard them many many times before, and usually at the end of all that, there is nothing to show for your hard work if you have joined. Furthermore, doing so in the middle of a race when your team would have a chance to maybe make it to second or third if everyone surfed, will turn off even those people who might otherwise have been interested in what you had to offer.

So, be reticent, say just enough to make people curious, do not rave about your opportunity, try to be original in the way that you elicit what people actually want to achieve in their lives, and most importantly, do not do any of those things when people are trying to win a race.

I have no opportunity to offer, so need to read any further now :)