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Ask yourself this: Is social media helping or hurting your business? In today's businesses, social media is featured as 'the solution' for so many business problems we face.  Some would go so far as to say that social media IS a business; however, THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'm not against the use of social media as a tool, but relying on it alone means you are just one algorithm change away from not having...

This week we dive into a very SERIOUS issue for all of us involved in the network marketing profession.  Just last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent warning letters to 10 different network marketing companies.  These warning letters were a result of distributors making health and earnings claims related to the Coronavirus.  I hate to say this, but I saw this coming a mile away.  I've be...

Here's the secret for you to never run out of prospects ever again…. ….LIVE VIDEOS. The truth is people want to join your business because they see you as someone that can help them create a better life – it's because they get value from you. When you prospect someone you plant a seed within them.  And that seed has to be tended to, fertilized, and nurtured. And doing a live video is like potentia...

Today's podcast is a LIVE mindset coaching session with Jocelyn. Jocelyn is one of our students inside my leadership development group, the Legacy Leadership Academy. She has been really successful at recruiting people but hasn't experienced significant DUPLICATION in her team. Her team cannot seem to create the recruiting success that she has created for herself. Jocelyn's issues are twofold: Fir...

You need to know this - relationship building with your prospects is not enough. Since I shared the LOVE, SERVE, GROW framework, where I teach everybody to focus on loving and serving before recruiting, I've been hearing a lot of people say that they are already serving their prospects with love, but it is still not producing any results. Here's WHY: You're spending all of your time just in relati...

Today, I'm going to answer the age old dilemma in network marketing – " How do I handle uncommitted people on your team?" I know as a leader you love seeing people on your team succeed. However, sometimes we can be so desperate that you spend the majority of your time leading coaching calls and motivational spiels with people that aren't even committed to growing their own business!  Spending too...

Did you know that the very best prospects for your business are oftentimes the ones who don't 'need' to start a side business? Those people are: High income earning professionals Traditional business owners Influential community members People with past network marketing experience Maybe you are too afraid to reach out to these people because they don't appear to 'need' another stream of income or...

Are you looking for a radically different way to think about and approach growing your network marketing business?  Today, I'm going to share with you the LOVE, SERVE, GROW concept, which serves as the foundation of everything we do inside our Legacy Leadership Academy. The idea, itself, is simple.  Put LOVE at the center of your business and life and serve others with this thought always first in...

Today's #AskBob episode comes from a question I received on Instagram. I have the DESIRE to lead, but I'm wondering whether or not I have the ABILITY to do so?  I'm way too hard on myself, and don't really believe in myself as a leader.  Can I learn, or is it hopeless? This is something that I know a lot of you are probably struggling with right now.  You hear me telling you that this is a ' chall...

This may be one of the most important messages that I ever share with you. Amidst the tragedy and chaos that's going on in the world right now exists the seed of an incredible opportunity.  What we are dealing with right now in the world is a call to LEADERSHIP. ⁣ You are being called right now inside of your business to be a LEADER. My advice to you is it should NOT be 'business as usual' for you...

What's your capacity to HAVE in your life? Whether you realize this or not, you have been preconditioned to only accept a certain amount of income and success in your life. I see it all of the time – each of us has this subconscious threshold for money and success. There is an approximate amount of income you earn that you feel comfortable HAVING. And once we meet that threshold, odd things start...

Let's talk about the #1 mistake people make when training their new team members. I see this all of the time.  We get a new team member and the first thing we begin doing is TEACHING. We begin going through 'the steps' to building a business, we assign videos to watch, and worst of all, books to read.  However, the problem with too much information is that you are overwhelming your new team member...

You may not want to hear this, but, here's what I want to say to you… If you're not, at the very least, SHOWING UP and doing the work in your business, then you don't get to complain anymore about your lack of results! I think what some of you need is a little 'tough love' in this area -you need someone that cares enough about you to take a stand for you and your future success. As most of you kno...

In this episode of Biz Tip Friday, I'm going to answer the question - 'How do I reach out and share what I do in an AUTHENTIC way, without coming across 'too salesy', to people that I haven't spoken to in a while?' Here's the reality – eventually we are going to saturate our warm market and have to reach out to people that we know but that we haven't been in contact with for a while. However, out...

Do you ever find yourself working long, hard hours in your business - but for some reason can't ever seem to create success? If you answered 'yes' to this question, it's more than likely because you aren't treating your network marketing business like a REAL BUSINESS. If you are still in the early stages of your business and you are building, growing, and learning, it's OK. It can take a lot of wo...

Today I'm introducing a brand new series on my podcast called " Biz Tip Friday ." While I absolutely love going deep into a topic inside the network marketing industry like I do on my weekly Tuesday podcast, I also understand that many of you are looking for short, actionable pieces of advice that you can implement quickly that give you HUGE results! In this pilot episode, we cover the topic of fo...

Should you be open and honest about your struggles with your team?   I get asked this question a LOT.  And in today's podcast, I'm going to tackle the subject most leaders struggle with - VULNERABILITY. As a society, much of the times we view failures and vulnerability as a weakness.  We think that if we share our most vulnerable thoughts, emotions, and circumstances we are 'less of a leader'  in...

Are you struggling to create strong, independent leaders on your team? Learning how to become an effective coach is an absolute MUST if you want to build a NM business that someday gives you TOTAL FREEDOM. As a matter of fact, for many of you this is the missing ingredient to the growth of your business and life right now. Right now you might be thinking, "I'm a great coach to my team members.  I'...

In this new podcast episode of #askBob, I answer 3 questions submitted by listeners, including: What do you do when you've exhausted your warm market? How do you prospect people on FB you're connected with - but don't really know? What do you do when someone doesn't respond to your reach out?   What do you do when you've exhausted your warm market? This is a common thing I see where network market...

I've seen this a LOT in network marketing.  You join a company, and there's excitement for the product and the opportunity.  Your excitement is contagious, and you also work your business consistently, sharing about the products and the opportunity with anyone who will listen. Your team grows fast!  You have that momentum that every network marketer craves! And then, things begin to slow down.  Te...

Today is part 2 of last week's episode where I reveal our brand new 'Success Path' that we've created for all of you called 'The 5 Phases of Network Marketing Leadership.' Do you know EXACTLY where you are at on your journey to success?  If Point A is the day you joined your network marketing company and Point B is where you want to be – enjoying a life of Total Freedom - where EXACTLY are you at...

Today I share with you the greatest gift network marketing has to offer….and a HUGE gift for you inside! This episode is the first of a two-part series. And whether you are brand new to network marketing or a seasoned leader, I believe this is something that will have you looking at your business in a very different way than you ever have before! Ask yourself these questions: What does success loo...

There's a very delicate topic that we leaders have to deal with, which is a byproduct of building a big business, and that is how to handle when a leader leaves to join another company. One of your leaders leaving for another company is one of the hardest things you will face in your network marketing career. In that moment, it feels like your entire business is falling apart and that everything y...

There are 3 major goal-setting mistakes that I see entrepreneurs make every single year. I'm going to teach you how to avoid these mistakes, AND I'm also going to give you a step-by-step plan on how to properly plan and set goals for your business in 2020. I'm not going to lie – I made these exact same mistakes every single year, too, in my network marketing business! My hope is that through what...

Recruiting Campaigns are a powerful tool you can use to help motivate your team to take more consistent action and reach out to more prospects.  In this podcast episode, I share with you my 3-step process for setting up a successful recruiting campaign for your team. Do you have team members who are struggling?  Are they overwhelmed and confused? There is a LOT of information overload available to...