Global Domains International

Hey All,

Recently joined GDI January 2006.  I begin my Marketing campaign by using leads and other sources that was recomended to me by my upline.  I contacted a hot prospect who saw my Fararri presentation.  I asked the contact what he thought about the presentation.  He told me that he thought it was one of those pyrimid schemes.  I became very discorage afterwards but deceided to continue and not allow any negative remarks from mis informed persons to try and make me missed out on somethning that I know will give me financial independence.

I proceed to answer the prospect by explaining to him that he was wrong in his thoughts to think along those lines. Of course it's his thoughts and he has the right to agree or disagree.   I then send him some infromation within an emal explaining further. The link I send him is below.

http://www.dsa.org/aboutselling/consumer/index.cfm?fuseaction=pyramid

This article is an article I think can be used to change the minds of "Skeptics" who do not understand what Affiliate Marketing is all about.  I am still learning daily and expanding my mind.  GDI is the business of choice for me and I am in this for the long haul.

So anyone out there who are experiencing the same kind of reactions with prospects, who do not understand the business, this link like and many other links are very informative.

Regards
Andrew

I think it is best to educate your customer. GDI is a real brink and mortar business. How can anyone discount facts.

well THAT link is now in the bookmarks thank you very much.   :)

Well, actually, before I had even read this forum, one of my prospects actually gave ME the link and told ME that this bussiness was indeed a Pryamid Scheme.  I've also heard in other forums that I'm not suppose to "Sell" to GDI prospects.  I've only been in GDI for a few days and already all my prospects have said that it's a pyramid scheme and I should get out.  I don't believe this and I try to explain otherwise... but what else should I say to them that isn't referred to as "selling" or "convincing" them to believe what I believe?
People do have their own opionions, yes, but is there maybe a little explaination I can give to them, after they have watched the movie to show them that it isn't just another Pyramid Scheme?  Without pushing them?  I guess I have a little more exploring to do.

With GDI you have to pay taxes on what you make at the end of the year, here in the USA.

 Pyramid Scheme you don't.

Don't you have to pay taxes on what you make in other countries? 

So what is wrong with a pyramid scheme? All businesses are pyramid in shape to some degree . Even GDI.  The problem is some are legal and some are not.  I must confess that I have a lot of fun when someone says that GDI or any other program iis is a pyramid scheme, only to find out the person making the claim is involved in their own pyramid scheme, maybe as a school teacher, a church minister, a Police officer or a store clerk.

And try and tell the IRS that the income you earned from a pyramid scheme is not taxable, legal or otherwise. All income is taxable. After all thats how the US government got Al Capone in the end.  ;D

A good rule of thumb, is that Legal pyramids sell commissionable goods and or services.
illlegal pyramids sell people.

Regards
Bryan

Rejection can come in so many forms, there is hardly any stock
solution.

One major rejection I've experienced is:

"I've heard of that before, I'm not interested."


The way I handle that response is to ask them if they have had friends
who were involved with something similar, and the answer is usually "yes".

Then I proceed to ask them,
"Well, did your friend do well?"

The answer is usually "no".

"So... how long did your friend work at the business?"

"A couple of months"

Now, once we've gotten to this point, it is easy to turn the question
back to them.

"How long would you work to earn a substantial residual income
for the rest of your life?"

"Oh, a long time. If I could be sure of success."

Now we're getting somewhere...

"And if that success were really big, and were to come, say, after two years, would you
work for two years to get there?"

"yeah, I guess so."

"Okay, so what if you only needed to work really hard for one year, and you
HAD TO take a year's rest before seeing your results, would you do that?
Now... you would be guaranteed that your hard work will pay off, and your
reward will be even greater than the effort you put into it."

"yeah, sure I would."

"Ok, so why not take another look at this video, and tell me what you like about it."


That person is essentially sold on the idea, but needs to get over his
fear of failure. Through presenting him/her with a viable system for success,
you can overcome that fear and replace it with something "step-by-step."

Not all conversations will turn out like this, but I have tried to give you an
example of how a person's rejection was only a request for more information.


It is our job to give them the tools for success, just as we need them to build
our own businesses. And if our downlines succeed, we also succeed. We
need to train our downline to be better than us, that's the key to success.


Keep that in mind, it will save you lots of headaches!


Cheers,

Robert Choi

A rejection come from many ways like Robert said.
You are going to get rejections in this business.
Thats the way it go.

The prospect is convinced that he or she is not going to join.

I say keep your head up high. There will always be others
Billions of people are online looking for a opportunity.

Always be positive. The key is to help others.


Your Success,
Alcoya

My response to rejection. Some Will, Some Won't, So What, Someone's Waiting, Next! It truly is sad to think that most of our world has been indoctrinated into the world of legal bondage called a job! I have never had a job or boss that I loved until I started working from home! The most important thing in GDI is you have to STAY WITH IT! As far as the $10.00 a month goes it is a no brainer! If someone even uses 33 cents a day as an objection tell them they should open a McDonalds instead. They are currently around 1-2 million dollars!

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I don't pay attention to the negative people that think every money making opportunity is a pyramid.  It's just plain ignorance, closed minded even.  Maybe they got burned with one sometime.  So what.  I did.  Move on.  There are plent of people willing to take on a legitimate business.  Just the the ignorant people go.  Maybe you'll run into one of them one day when you are making more money than them.  You can tell them how you paid your pyramid taxes. 

One of the definitions of a pyramid is not have a product or service in exchange for the money.

Just to let some new people know the difference between Network marketing and Affilaite marketing.  Network marketing is residual.  Affilaite marketing is a one time profit from your sale.  You don't profit every month from the same sale like you would in network marketing.

If I sell a book and make $20 profit because somebody bought it.  Thats it, profit done.  No more money from that person, except if you keep that person in your list, maybe you can sell to that person again later down the road with a different product.

So thats the difference.

Mark Austin

Next time tell him/her that they are right and move on to the next person. Don't waste energy on some negative person. DO NOT CONVINCE PEOPLE.

Here's a tip from Kim Klaver - say no before the prospect does! I recommend her How to Build a Giant Hap CD for loads of tips. Basically you say "OK, no, it's probably not for you, sorry I mentioned it" and move on to the next person. Just don't waste your time on people who aren't interested. You know what will make them interested later? You making  a lot of money in GDI. It's amazing how many people will listen when you've made a million (since you're going to think anyway think big etc  ;D)

To answer the earlier question here in the UK we pay taxes on earnings from network marketing and pyramid schemes are illegal (as I expect they are in the US). I once got into a stupid and futile debate in which I explained this and explained that if I was doing something illegal I would be stopped. I then asked "is your Avon rep a criminal? Are they about to arrest the Mary Kay lady?". One of the responses went something like "yes, I've heard that argument before about pyramid schemes being illegal but I still think it's a pyramid scheme. Well duh ...where do you go from there?! This was just before Christmas when I really didn't have a lot of time fo messing about on forums. I was very depressed that my chosen career was being trashed. I did however get several e-mails from others who had been following the debate and were impressed so all was not lost.

All companies are based on a Pyramid structure. Let us take Microsoft for example. Bill Gates is at the top of the Pyramid. He makes more money than the executives, salespeople, secretaries, programmers, janitors, and so on and so forth. But people still go to work everyday and make Bill richer yet never bitch about it. It always amazes me how ignorant people are. When you start your GDI business you are the President, Owner, CEO or whatever glorified title you wish to grant yourself. As you recruit people you are growing your organization as large as you possibly can. After all, it is much nicer to have thousands of workers for you giving you a little profit than trying to do it all by yourself!!!! I'm In! Most important with these naysayers. PROVE THEM WRONG! This will change their mindset faster than anything...

Brad

 

Brad:

Your response was great.
I think G.D.I. should update their video and specify clearly, thiat this is not an illegal Pyramid Scheme as the people/recruits are thinking. 

I feel  this type Home Business has much potential.  You will get out of it, what you put into it.
 
Noreen

Hi Noreen,
You are right in saying this is note a scheme.  This is a real business and you do get out of it what you put into it.  GDI is actually ahead of its time as many people don't realize that a website will be a necessity.  Once they do, we will be on fire.
Paula

I have just had one of my downline members drop out-my direct doownline sponsored him and she told me he had a very negative attitude within 2 days of being in the biz.
He wanted to know WHEN he was getting his PROMISED downlines (he signed under our team offer).
After explaining to him that the downline placement was subject to his effort of getting 1000 hits to his site he got quite bolshy slamming GDI as a scam,pyramid etc.
This has left my downline who sponsored him deflated and scared of dealing with such hostility again.
I have exolained that you will ALWAYS find freeloaders who want an easy ride,success without actually putting in an iota of effort.
I spotted this straight away and told her his mind was already made up and no amount of explaining the potential for him if he stayed would make any difference.
He dropped out .So what?
To be honest I don't need such a negative force on our team -what would that do for morale?
I concentrate on my other downline members and email every two days with new ideas,checking in and links I find to boost our biz.
I am with GDI long term-it's the only business that has worked for me.
I had 4 downline members within 14 days of joining-compared to others on this forum it doesn't seem much but I am proud of what I have acheived and more importantly WHAT my team and I are going to acheive :)

The perfect way to handle rejection - You do not need to convince anyone to get into this business. It’s a waste of your time and energy to try and do so.  You should be about getting the maximum return possible for your time and efforts.  The minute you run up against negativity there is automatic resistance and it’s not a good use of your time to try and convince someone who disagrees with your way of thinking.

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That person, even if they join your downline will probably not stick it out and will be a drain of your energy with constant demand on your time for support.

Kelvin

Kelvin,

The forum response was very well put and hit the key points.

I See your a professional networker.

Hello everyone here in the forum. ;)

How do you handle rejection? By keeping your head about you. When someone lets
you know right off the bat that they have some ideas that this isn’t for them because.......

Well you can turn and walk away on this one, because they have made it easy for you.
You already know that this person can’t see it yet. Like the old saying goes” If it don’t
fit don’t force it”
 
You will have to grow a thick skin in this business. You can’t take the rejection as
a personal thing. Keep in mind nothing personal just business.

Sometimes when we ask people to look at our business it might not be the right time
this time.

Try not to forget that this is a numbers game. The more numbers you seek the better
your odds of success.

Keep on going, and follow your dream. You know that this one will be reality, and
a great reality one day.

                                                                           Ms Watersa

Audrey,

Very well put,

You have to be in the right mental state and don't take things personal when they reject your business.

Just carry on smartly as we do in the military and find the type of person the business is right for.

There will always be rejection for everything, even business. There is a saying, "What is for a man, he will get." Not everyone will say yes, and not everyone will say no, but you have to be determine in life to succeed. There are people out there who are looking for an opportunity. You will be the one to reach them, or it is going to be somebody else. Everyone is not going to buy the same things, but because someone rejects something today, does not mean, they will reject it tomorrow.  When I first came across GDI I did'nt bite at first, but I took it a year later, so you see, don't stop until the fish bites. If you believe you are a winner, then you will win in life, despite the obstacles. Recieve the obstacle or a mountain as gift, to help you achieve what you desire in life. A mountain will only be as big as you see it, but you have to say to that  mountain move, and it shall move to another place, and then you shall have great success, because you did'nt let the mountain stand in your way to achieve your success.

Either they get or they don't ... now some people just need the time to better understand and if you provide them solutions also that helps!

Hello everyone,

Lets first take a moment of silence to honor those Veterans.

How do I handle rejection?

I love it when a person rejects me.

This is because their not rejecting me as a person their inner belief system is doing that inside their heads.

To be honest with you most people can't handle having a home business that is why at times to be very successful its takes lots of blood sweat and tears.

Failure is something we deal with and most overcome when running a home business.

Why may you ask? Its because we were brought up to land the dream job need a good education, study hard, and make yourself valuable to your company.

Wrong, How do you Donald Trump or any enterpeur started out they made themselves valuable by creating a brand and sharing this with like minded individuals.

Not everyone, should have a home business because you will not get rich overnight it will take many years of failures and successes to become successful.

7 years part time myself in this great industry and on top of that doing college, and a full time miltary career.

So time is not on my side so I make myself very valuable by providing something to help other like-minded people.

If you would like to know what that is contact me or visit my profile.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Instead of trying to convince someone that it isn't a pyramid.  Just move on to the next person.  Time is money and those are closed minded thinkers and most of the time you can't change them anyways...

You will always get people to knock something when they clearly do not understand it , or they are just dissapointed that they cannot get rich quick! Some people expect that doing business will make you rich overnight, anyone in business knows that is not true, and in fact it takes a while for any sort of business to grow,

If i set up a shop for example, fit it out with the latest design shop fittings, fancy window display, fill the shop with all the products open the door, and expect what? people to come running?

No way, you must research the market, you must advertise your product, you must give customers an incentive to buy from you, and give them discount or so sort of commission to get more people to buy from you, now with this shop i could spend thousands of Dollars/euros etc to set up, and make no sale if i do  not advertise it, if i do not give my customers an incentive to buy from me, , but if i do, then i will be in business, and it will grow in time, i will build my customer base.

With GDI, you have the research market done for you by the experts, you have the shop fittings ready set for you in your back office and you have your latest design window display, 'VIDEO PRESENTATION' you have the incentive for the customers to buy from you, 'COMMISSION' MONTLY INCOME' and you have the product 'DOMAIN NAME + WEBSITE + HOSTING '

and all for only €10 dollars per month

Any one who is negative about your business just forget it, dont bother about it, you are the winner here, only two type of people could ever say anything negative about this business , 1. those people who have no dreams     2, people who have dreams but expect to do nothing to get them

Cheers
Carmel

Today one of my prospects rang me to cancel her account on the 7th day of trial period
She explained to me that its not really for her,
I said to her, sorry to hear that but no problem just give me few mins to have a look for how to cancel on the website and ill send you email

I emailed her sometime later, with the link to cancel her account, and this is what i said:

' Hi ----------,

Sorry for delayed response, i had to find out how to cancel accounts, as no one ever asked me before so i didnt really know how, sorry for that,

here is the link :

------------------------------------

got to go,
keep in touch
carmel'

well later that night, i got email reply from her, saying
'
Hi Carmel;'

Thanks for your email, sorry to bother you but, has no one really ever wanted to cancel this with you, im surprised , well the real reason i wanted to cancel is  not that i dont think its good, well actually it looks great, but i have no clue how to do any of it.........i havent cancelled yet and was wondering if you maybe have some time to chat with me, and see if i can understand it better, i would really love to earn extra money, but im not very good at these things.......like selling and stuff, could you maybe show me how to do it?

Regards,
--------------'


so the ones that knock it, just dont know  how........lets show them!

Goodnight GDI'rs........

 

You can develope a thick skin,or let it roll off your back as if you were a duck.

You can take it standing or sitting. I prefer a Autoresponder system. it works
27/7 people have a chance to think about it and if they want it they try it.
I don't have to worry about spam.

The more information the better. Read it at your best time. If they want to talk
that information is there also.

                                             watersa

There's always rejection in any business.
What I do is overtime I build a portfolio of different businesses or affiliate programs.
So even if I am rejected for this business, I will try to find out what do my prospects need and offer them alternative solutions.
If I can't solve it, I will direct them to other business owners in my team whom I think can help them.

This way, I build good rapport from those who are not interested in my business, at the same time help to expand the businesses of my other contacts.
So it's always a win-win.

hi my name is don and a newbie... you had a message at the bottom of your thread stating something like getting 500 visitors to ur site daily...   that would be great... how do i do this??? ???

Hi everyone,  :D

One important lesson I have learned to help keep my frame of mind positive and flowing towards success is that not everyone we contact or who requests additional info from us about this awesome opportunity is going to be right for our own team. Some may disagree and think that doesn't make sense b/c this is a numbers business and the more numbers the better but would you rather have 1 good person who builds and helps you climb too or 10 who pull on your line trying to bring you down until they finally fall off? We can be and should be selective to find those who are willing to learn, be open-minded, and will treat this business like a billion dollar industry, which it is.
Even though we are in a recruiting business- I dont adopt the attitude I have to recruit just anyone- I look at as if I am an HR Asst looking for the best person for the job, for my team. If they are willing to learn then I will be help them with whatever resources I can provide. 

Have an awesome week, year, and life! Aprile

I plan on not even dealing with rejection. I use the DVD, if they have questions afterwords I can answer them and fill the unclear spots. If they have some objections, I can try to deal with those too. But if they are completely not interested, I don't plan on dealing with them. Simple. Don't put more time or energy into it than you have to. The GDI program is not a difficult one.