When everyone else says NO..........

When everyone else says no, what do you do? Most people listen and then start to think about what others are saying to them, get into a negative place and the start wondering why all this is going on........I ask the question Why Not? You see I want to know why I can't do something or why people think that something can't or shouldn't be done.

It makes more since to me to seek answers to the no's so I can prove to others that real answer is yes! What if every no was suddenly turned into a yes? What would be the result? It is hard to imagine a world that has all yes'! I for one would love to live in a would of yes'.

We can all try to change the world a little at a time by saying yes instead of no. What a change will come to be just by saying yes more often. I mean if we are saying yes them positive things will start happening in ways you can not even imagine. Let's start today!!!

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Kris Hanks
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We can't always be were we want to be........

We can't always be were we want to be, just because that is nature. For instance I would like to be at an engagement I had planned for a while when along comes nature and changes the course of events. Now I could get bent out of shape and rant and rave and be all kinds of disappointed however instead I am happy to here. Now most people would say that being here instead of being were the plan was is not good. Now let's look at this, did anyone die? No. Did the world stop spinning? No. Did my friends and col lieges stop liking me or throw me out the business? No. So what really happened? An event got missed and the world is still spinning and everyone is breathing and there is another event coming up!!!!!! So what is the point to all this? Well the point is that there is only so much we can do sometimes to control what is going on in our lives, the rest we have to give way to and just be thankful for where we are and where we are going! You will not always hit your target or plan, just keep your head up and eyes forward and keep stepping one foot in front of the other and you will still get to the finish line like every one else!
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Kris Hanks
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Step by Step!

Step by Step!!!

Today I want to talk to all those folks out there at are wondering if they can make it in Network Marketing, to those that wonder if they have what it takes, to those who have tried and did not get where they wanted to, to those that are doing it and still haven't crossed the finish line, to those that have heard the stories of the people that joined a company and in a few days had reached big success, yes today I want to talk to all of you!!!
You see there is more to Network Marketing than just signing up with someone. The first thing that you must do is get sponsored by someone who wants you to win as badly as you want to win, you see without guidance in this industry you will work very hard and long to reach your goals, when you can make it much easier on yourself if you just choose a good sponsor. The next step is to follow directions. You chose a sponsor for a reason right? Hopefully because you looked up to them or you looked up to what that person was doing for their team. I mean they had to have something more to offer you than just an opportunity, right? OK so since you look up to that person and their leadership certainly you should follow their directions......do not try to reinvent the wheel. They are telling you how to do something a certain way because they most likely have years worth of experience behind them that you do not have, that is why you signed up with them, right? The next step is to become a product of your product or service, you have to have passion before you can tell the world how excited you are!!!!! If you have a product and you are not using it and have not seen certain results with it then odds are you will never get anyone to look at your opportunity because you don't feel it! The same goes for those that have services. The next step would be to take massive action and that is another whole blog by itself, but you must, must, must do all you can to drive as much traffic to your opportunity as you possibly can and there are a lot of ways to do that. The next step would be to do a lot of study and even more self development, again your sponsor should be able to help you with this as well, if not maybe you should have chosen another sponsor, right? Self development is the most enlightening part of this business, aside of course from becoming the wind beneath someone's wings and helping them fly! The next step is to practice getting NO's!!! You heard me, get NO's, you see 95% of people that you talk to will not be interested in your opportunity so get used to it right from the start and look for the NO's and when you get YES's you will have reason to celebrate, but beware only 10% of those YES's will want success as badly as you do! The next step is to become the BEST at hunting Eagles, ducks flock together and are easy to find, the Eagle soars alone and is much harder to find! Ducks eat whatever you give them and Eagles hunt their prey. The next step is to put 6 or 7 Eagles in your business and then support them until the world comes to an end!!!!!! You will never regret this I promise! The next step, well some would say rest, enjoy, relax! I say start looking for No's!!!!!

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Kris Hanks
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Comfortable in your own skin!

How many times have I been asked, "How do you talk to people?" or "How do you prospect?". Well the answer is very simple although most will not want to hear the answer. You must be comfortable in your own skin, let me repaet that....YOU MUST BE COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN! So now you say, "Kris, what do you mean by that?" Well let me start by saying that the way I talk to people or the way that I prospect may work for me but may not work for you. You see after so many years in this business I have learned that I can not do some of the things that my great mentors do or that I can not talk the way they do or that I may not be able to carry myself the way they do. I have learned that first things first in marketing and that is YOU must be yourself and you must take what you learn and make it your own. People can sense when you are not being real, they know when you are putting on an "act" as they say. Marketing is a great business and it gets a bad name because so many people think it can only be done one way, so they try to imitate what they see and what they hear. This is not the way to market. This is the way to fail and fast..........so what to do? Well first you must figure out what makes you happy. You know that feeling you get when you are with that special someone, or when your pet meets you at the door when you return from going somewhere, that is the feeling you are looking for and then you have to hold on to that feeling. If you are doing something that does not make you feel that way then you must stop and learn how to do what you are doing and have that feeling. Then and only then can you move forward to the next thing. So you ask, how long does this take? That is totally up to you as an individual. Some learn to master this fast and others learn slower. It is not an easy thing to learn or to put into our routine but it is of utmost IMPORTANCE!!! When you have mastered this one thing, marketing will get easier for you, I promise!
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Kris Hanks

Do you believe???

Do you believe that you have a great company? Do you believe that your Product is awesome? Do you believe you are a good leader? Well that is awesome because that is part of the battle! But what most people will not tell you is that is not enough! So you say "What do you mean Kris?" Well what I mean is that there is more to running your business that having a great company, product and being a good leader! You have to fight fire with fire. You have to know that you are a GREAT leader and you have to have tools in your arsenal that propel not only you but your team to the top so that you and your team are walking across the stage at every big company event! This is a tuff economy and we all have to be very resourceful in our marketing efforts, there are a lot of things out there that can help you and a lot that can hurt you. Searcher beware! Over the course of my career I have been blessed to align myself with some of the most successful people in the business of network marketing. I believe that was all for a purpose, a purpose that I have been studying for quite some time. There are so many things that we all need to know there is no possible way you could learn it all in a few short emails, courses, or blogs however if you are persistent and stick to your search you will find the answers you are looking for! Good luck and happy hunting!
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Part II

....................Would it ever come? I absorbed as much as I could I studied marketing and advertising, I talked to everyone that would talk back and I took notes until my hand felt like it would fall off. I was offered a position in opening a Night Club and running it for a very wealthy group of marketers, so I took them up on it (thinking this would be my big break). Needless to say I was not any closer to my dreams than I had been before. I soon got very tired of the night life and opened my own cleaning business. The business was very successful and after a few years I was able to sell it and the equipment, vehicles and clients contracts for a handsome profit. I them after about a year off decided to go in business with a friend 50/50 in an electrical business. Boy that was an education! Three and a half years later I was paying more to have a job than I was drawing, this made no sense. I then focused on real estate and not knowing what to do I began learning and reading everything I could get my hands on. I bought course after course and I learn fast. Before you knew it I was making VERY good money in my real estate career, still unhappy and wanting to be in network marketing ever so badly! One afternoon I was invited by a stranger to a party at their house the following night. I had no idea what it was about or if I even wanted to take the time out to go. After much deliberation I went and low and behold it was a Travel party. The gentleman that was there to give the information to us was dynamic and energetic, well dressed and well spoken. That night I told him "One day I am going to have your job!" His response to me was "Come on let's go!" And So it began....my career in the travel business. I was now a full time real estate investor, property manager, sales person, project coordinator and travel professional. The most fun was in the travel.......I loved it and I began doing meetings everywhere. Soon I was traveling and it was evident that I needed to move back to Georgia. That gentleman not only became my friend but my mentor and I also became his Administrative Executive Assistant. WOW life was great........but I still was missing so many pieces to the puzzle. That ran for about three years. I then moved to Florida and let that company as well, staying in touch closely with so many BIG people in the industry. I took about six months off and was so bored I could not stand it. I began looking at everything that anyone wanted to show or tell me about, finding something wrong with everything that came along. Finally I decided to try a few different things and see which one would fly. During this time I found out that I was not the only one that was going through these things and that I was very much not alone! I began to search and read and learn and get out all those courses I had bought over the years from all the experts I paid so much money to and examine the information. I began talking to "experts" or people that have "made it" and aligning myself with the successful. I began to get a little here and a little there and figured out that the learning curve in this business is what kills most people and prevents them from ever seeing success. I have spent over 13 years learning and trying to get REAL success in this industry and spending more money than I even want to think about. I met some more people that I had not had privilege to before and they began guiding me as well. I kept pushing and then I attracted answers to me one after another. I am now creating leads FREE everyday online and I am happier than I have ever been. So what now? I am going to help as many people out there that will let me and I will teach them anything that I know or learn as long as they are Coachable and Teachable! So now you know who Kris Hanks is and what he stands for as well as if you will let me I will help you any way I can!
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Kris Hanks

Who is Kris Hanks

I want to take a few minutes and introduce myself, I am an average guy that has a love for people and has always wanted to help as many people as I possibly could. That being said I want to tell you a little about me as a person. I grew up on the eastern sea board never really staying in one place for long periods of time because of my fathers work. I was able to meet a wide variety of people this way and realized at an early age that there are many different types of people in this world. The funny thing that I learned was they all had one thing in common, they all just wanted to be happy and have enough money to do the things in life that they felt were important. I also learned that most of them never seemed to have enough money and were always trying to find ways to make ends meet.
I was able to get out of school and settled in Ga. for awhile doing many different management positions trying to find myself. I first got into Network marketing with a company called Excel. I struggled but liked the social interaction and after awhile of getting no help I stopped doing that company and started with a company called NSA. Now this one was a little easier to sell the product but the team building was slow, all the while I was managing a McDonald's full time. Georgia wore off and I went to Virginia for awhile still managing McDonald's and still selling NSA. I wanted desperately to leave the full time job and only do NSA however I just could not get people interested in joining my team. All this time my upline was telling me what a great job I was doing and that when the time was right the team would come. A few years I left Virginia and moved to North Carolina where I became a District Manager for McDonald's....YEAH! I was still not happy with my network marketing career. I began to get burned out and decided to try sales for awhile to better my skillset as that is what I believed I need to do to be successful in Marketing. So first I took an insurance course, completed it and began to sell insurance door to door. Now I had two full time jobs....uuughh! I hated it and soon decided to try selling Filter Queen Vacuum Cleaners.....wow that was a treat. Now I was trying once again to build TEAM and sell the vacuums. That lasted about eight months and I could not keep the people that I did get in my team to stay so I was constantly rebuilding the team. I became discouraged and gave up for awhile and decided on a career change altogether. I became the Manager of the Banquets and Beverage Departments for the Hilton Chain. This left me no time for network marketing but alot of time to mix with some very successful people in that field, as they constantly were having events at the hotels. I craved success in network marketing...........wondering when it would ever come?

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