In my recent articles I have trained you how to invite. Now I want to move to the topic of presenting your business. Read this MLM training tip as I explain step by step what is the BEST way to present your business to your prospect.

As you know I’ve divided the MLM training process into three steps – Invite, Present and Train. You invite your prospect to look at something that will help them, you present your product or business to them and you train those who want to do the business… that’s Invite, Present and Train.

Over the past two years I’ve focused my MLM training on Inviting – it’s now time for me to teach you Presenting.

I’m focusing on Presenting now primarily because of a survey that I sent out asking you what objections you’re getting. Your response has told me that you’ve worked through the big barrier of getting on the phone and are now having difficulty getting prospects to join; that’s where presenting comes in.

You personally may not see your progress, but I do. You know I spend very little time the past… but please allow me to point out some things. With “Professional Inviter” you heard live how to make calls. This gave you the very important “I can do that” idea in your head. You learned that you’re not “born” with the ability to communicate – you learn it. And, you learned words that describe different sections of inviting.

This is perhaps more important than you know and it’s worth the space in this article to explain it fully.

You see, every subject has “components” that make up that subject. (A component is a part which combines with other parts to form something bigger.) If you know all the components – you KNOW that subject. Take the very simple subject of a pencil. The components are lead, wood and eraser. Now, you could break each of those components into “sub-components.” The lead has different levels of hardness and shades, the wood has different colors and shapes and the erasers come in different textures.

The point I’m making is that we’ve taken a an MLM training subject, Inviting, and broken it down into its components (Ten Communication Qualities and six-step Inviting Formula) so that we can now IDENTIFY which part of Inviting we’re good at and which parts we need to work on. We never had that before. Two years ago, either a person was good at it… or they weren’t.

When a person doesn’t know the components that make up their subject, they are going to have big problems trying to diagnose problems. All they know is “inviting”, for instance and if it’s not going well, this normally results in a feeling of “I can’t do it.”

Ultimately where are we headed? Training. You’re paid in this industry for being great at training – not recruiting and not presenting. If I have 100,000 people in my downline and I personally brought in 1000 of them (I didn’t by the way, but just to make the math simple, let’s say I brought in 1000), that means that I brought in 1% of my downline. Are you starting to get the impact of what good MLM training means, versus good recruiting?

Now let me go back to subjects, components and sub-components. If you can’t IDENTIFY the exact component or sub-component where a person needs help, you will have big problems helping people and your only advice will be “just find more people” or “just do the numbers.” But, knowing your subject and the components that make up the subject gives you the ability to drill down and find the exact thing that needs fixing and help YOURSELF and help others.

What’s the difference between a mechanic and someone who knows very little about cars? The person who knows little will make a statement like, “It won’t start.” A mechanic (who knows his components) will immediately know WHY it won’t start – and therefore can fix it.

I’m explaining this to you because I was recently interviewed and the gentleman who interviewed me called me a “systems” guy. And he labeled himself an “artist.” It was said in a way to show the differences between the two of us. But you know…I’ve never met a painter who didn’t know the components of RGB (red, green and blue) colors. I’ve never met a musician who couldn’t tell the difference between a C and G note. How does a music teacher teach music anyway? By teaching the components that make up music! Someone (long ago) had to IDENTIFY and label each note before it could be taught to others.

So, please do not resist learning something because you’ve categorized yourself as a NON-systems person!

There is no other way to teach you than to break things into components and sub-components so you can see what makes up a good inviter, a good presenter and a good trainer. Once you know all the components, it’s like knowing all the keys on the piano. You can play any tune.

So the first thing you would need to understand about Presenting is that once you know your components – you can do anything – as long as you know all the components and how they relate to each other. Never would I suppress someone’s freedom to be fun, exciting, riveting and just all out funky… as long as they don’t leave out some vital component.

As an example, when presenting, you can be wild on the stage – as long as you always keep in the Communication Quality/component of staying interested in your prospect. As long as you do that – you can be wild. But violate that and you’ll be viewed as a nut or at best arrogant.

Simply follow this MLM training tip – and the many more to come – and in no time you will become more comfortable and effective with your presenting skills.

It has been a couple of weeks since B.O.B released his first studio album called B.o.B Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray that was supposed to launch in 2009 but was pushed back to 2010. Let’s look at some of the tracks and the overall album in detail.

The album sold 84 000 copies in the first week in USA and it also hit number one on the Billboards. I Believe that it will continue to do well as more people hear it on the radio ( some of the songs are very catchy ).

The CD spawned 2 singles “Nothin’ on You” and “Airplanes”. They are both good songs but to me personally there are even better tracks on the CD. Actually I cant believe that “Don’t Let me Fall” and “Airplanes part 2 ” are not 2 more singles ( give them time they will get there ).

The biggest names on the album are Eminem and T.I. The T.I song is not bad but the Eminem track is amazing B.O.B and Eminem’s styles mixes very well, both of them have “clear” voices you can hear exactly what they are saying at all times ( unlike some of the other big rappers out there ).

B.O.B actually produced 3 of the songs and helped produce a fourth one, impressive for his first album. So he Produces raps and sings well, what more can we ask for?

The Album is defiantly worth it, if you are into hip hop at all you will love The Adventures of Bobby Ray.

When shopping for 60th birthday presents, one may need to bear in mind the life changes a person of that age faces. With the approach of retirement, priorities and interests change. While some may have been looking forward to exploring new horizons, others face bewilderment at the mere thought of letting go of a lifetime of routines and commitments. Your gift could help them make a positive change.

Exploring the wonders of Mother Nature requires an investment of time, but can be hugely rewarding. Bird watching quickly enthralls any amateur. To begin with, setting up a birdbath or bird feeder will attract a variety of birds. Equipping the enthusiast with binoculars or a camera will be appreciated. Books on birds will be equally welcome. A few modern tools can also be adapted to benefit this interest. Some online applications created for birdwatchers can be activated on an iPod touch or iPhone.

Artistic pursuits are also popular with the sixty plus age group. You could enroll them for lessons in painting or sketching, or just buy them some paints and other art supplies. They may end up surprising you. Watercolor paints are fairly user-friendly for the beginner and do not require a huge cash outlay. The person would also need brushes and watercolor specific paper. A handbook on how to paint would also prove helpful.

Craft and hobby shops should provide plenty of clues on other activities that involve making or decorating things. Scrap booking, mosaic making, beading, decoupage, quilting and collages provide hours of pleasure and crafting kits and other accessories would make brilliant gifts.

Is there a budding writer waiting to be let out within the soul of the person celebrating his or her birthday? Give them the key towards achieving this. There is so much high quality material available to aid the aspirant author. Or perhaps an attractive journal book will provide enough temptation to put pen to paper. Who knows, you could start that person off on a successful new career.

Doctors and researchers have stated repeatedly that keeping the brain cells active helps combat aging. For this, word puzzles, a daily dose of Sudoku or cracking a few brain teasing riddles all help. Jigsaw puzzles and the construction of miniature models are also popular pastimes.

With the thoughtful selection of 60th birthday presents, you can demonstrate that any stage in life could signal a new beginning.

I have discovered that the majority of people prefer the hands-on workshop as their choice of presentation type. As a presenter, I also prefer leading workshops. I enjoy the interaction with participants and I feel that attendees tend to retain and use more of the material and procedures covered. In this article I share some workshop tips that I have learned over the years.

Assume the attitude of a learner. There is nothing worse than attending a workshop where the leader has a condescending attitude – i.e. a “know-it-all.” Yes, as workshop presenters we are expected to be knowledgeable. This doesn’t mean, however, that we know the answer to every question or that we can’t learn something new from participants.

If you are asked a question for which you don’t have an answer, admit it, but say that you will do some research and get back to them with an answer. I have had attendees recommend books and tapes that I am unfamiliar with, so I can broaden my knowledge base. And, if a participant answers a question in an off-beat way, remember that no answer is ever “wrong.” It may possibly trigger some interesting give-and-take and even put a different twist on the subject.

People learn best when they are having fun. Everyone learns best if he or she is having fun. So, as a presenter it is important for us to work on injecting some humor and enjoyable games and/or activities into our workshops.

Being a storyteller, I use stories to keep the group energy high. I often tell stories of mishaps and embarrassing situations. Another speaker once shared that some days we are the “windshield” and some days we are the “bug.” Our listeners like us and our stories the best when we are the “bug.” Activities that make the group feel good or have a good laugh guarantee a dynamic workshop.

In my “How to Discover Your Core Passion” workshop, I always have participants write down descriptions of three times when they felt like a “success” and then share one with the group. I see them smiling as they write, and then “beam” as the rest of the group shows respect and appreciation as they relate a success.

The more hands-on involvement, the more information will be retained and be useful to participants. Confucius said, “What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand.” That statement says it all. I know, for example, with computer learning, I can attend all sorts of lectures about how to do something, but if I don’t see it done and then get onto my computer and do it, it becomes a complete waste of time. When planning a workshop, I ask myself, “What hands-on activities can I plan to make sure that the attendees really understand?”

This is the reason I prefer to give assignments with some time in-between meetings. One fun assignment is to have those in my “Core Passion” group make colorful collages using illustrations that appeal to them that they have cut from magazines, or photos they have taken, postcards they have saved, etc. and then arrange and paste on a colorful poster board. It is amazing when they bring these art pieces to the next session how much we all learn about them and their passions.

Most working people are too busy with their work and have little time on preparing their Powerpoint presentation. Certainly, there is a better way to solve this particular problem. Is it wonderful to create a stunning template for frequent use. Thus, you do not have to spend extra time on making new slides. In addition, you will also be able to create simple slides that can make your audiences put extra focus on your your speech and your slide text-area and layouts.

Before we proceed further, you need to know how to use the slide master. Slide master is commonly used to create Powerpoint template in which you can standardized the slide format (including type of fonts, font-size, alignments and so and so forth) and slide layouts (including color background, adding picture and many more).

Let’s create slides that have a stunning landing page-like slide. This includes embedding of hyperlinks on the landing page that link to other remaining slides.

Initially, based on the main menu, choose View/Master/Slide Master and you will see a plain white-colored slide and a small “Slide Master View” menu. Then, press and hold Ctrl+A buttons to select the whole title and text boxes. After that, select fonts and formating based on your preferences. When you are done, click the “Close Master View” from the “Slide Master View” menu.

From the main menu, click Insert/Picture/AutoShapes. As soon you select it, a small “AutoShapes” menu appears on your screen. Within the menu bar, point at the icon (without clicking on it), it will show the features that you can apply on your slide. Click the “Action Buttons” icon and select the home icon. Immediately, click and hold your mouse left-button at the bottom right corner of the slide; and drag the home icon and place it on the slide. An “Action Settings” menu will appear on your screen, then click “OK”.

Before you start adding pictures and text-contents on your slides, it is preferable to use “Title Only” text layouts. Leave the first slide blank. Once you have done that, it is time to start inserting pictures and adding text-contents into your slides except the first one. You have to align your pictures and text-contents as tidy as possible. For more convenience, use text box to put text-contents into your slides, so that you can drag and position them easily according to your own preferences.

My suggestion is that pictures are better situated at the left-side of the slide, whereas the text-contents are better viewed at the right-side of the slide.

After you have creating your brand new slides, save your work twice – first, as in “ppt” file format, while the second, as in “jpeg” file format. In order to save your Powerpoint presentations as “jpeg” file format, click “File” from the menu bar, and then click “Save As”. Soon the “Save As” menu box appears, you will see “Save as type” text-line at the bottom of the menu box. Click the pull-down menu and choose “JPEG File Interchange Format” and press “OK” button.

After that, a “Microsoft Office Powerpoint” menu appears and choose “Every Slide”. Then, click “OK” button when another menu appears.

Now, you can insert those newly saved jpeg-files (or pictures) into the first slide which you have left it blank earlier. Adjust the size of these pictures so that you can fit all of it into the first empty slide. Then, add hyperlinks to all these pictures in order to link them to remaining slides within this Powerpoint presentation.

Finally, you will be able to allow audience to experience “website-surfing” from your presentation as if you are bringing the whole entourage to an exciting trip to Neverland.