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Tom “Big Al” Schreiter

Contributor to The Network Marketing Magazine across 19 publication years.

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article · February 2006

"Donc c'est comment le marketing de réseau fonctionne Vraiment."

· Trouver des Prospects plus qualifiés et intéressés, · Éviter le rejet douloureux durant la Prospection, · Changer la façon que vos prospects voient votre affaire, · Développer des leaders et · Bâtir un chèque de bonus plus grand.

article · January 2007

Use your network marketing imagination

Most of us are probably earning only a fraction of what we really could in this business. Is that true for you?

feature · January 2008

The One and Only Right Way

I see many ways of doing our business that work. Every day, people succeed in our business, each doing the business a little or a lot differently.

feature · October 2008

Are you a leader?

Our distributors don't really know what it takes to become a leader, so we must gradually educate them in the principles and duties of a leader. After all, if we don't tell them – who will?

article · November 2008

“Target your market”

It’s easy to get great leads if you target your market.

article · February 2009

Curiosity Killed the Cat

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article · October 2009

Action Pictures

Your “action” picture is worth a thousand words.

feature · April 2010

It's a matter of perspective

It’s a matter of perspective. Not everyone looks at opportunities and events the same way. While you may think you are offering a tremendous opportunity to a prospect, the prospect may see the presentation as a thinly veiled attempt to take his money.

article · June 2010

The “Get some new, hot leads” scam

You see, if your friends and relatives hated what you said to them, then strangers aren’t going to like it any better!

feature · August 2010

How to Capture Mall Shoppers for Your Business

The professional marketer replies, “Nothing. I’ll take care of the expenses. All you have to do is to give the satisfied prospect/customer one of my brochures and audio CDs when they leave, okay?”

feature · October 2010

Tools: The Penalty We Pay For Not Having Skills

So other than a money-draining addiction, what is wrong with tools? Prospects don’t read them. They skim over all the carefully written, glowing facts. Hey, you’re probably skimming over this article right now.

feature · November 2010

Tired of moving pixels on a computer screen to get prospects?

When we have an abundance of prospects, we're happy. We are not desperately waiting for a single decision from a single prospect. We aren't married to the outcome of a single presentation. Instead, we're relaxed.

feature · February 2011

A Five Year Commitment

When we're signing people up into network marketing, it's our job to help them as much as possible. And we do that by educating and teaching them why they would want to make a $4,000 per year and a five-year commitment to their business.

feature · March 2011

A Network Marketing Business Versus a Bank Savings Program

At the end of five years you've made $68,400 and you have a $3,000 per month residual income. And you've got a business that has an asset value of $720,000... that's what you'd need in the bank to have a $3,000 per month income. Pretty amazing isn't it?

feature · June 2012

Eight ways to get hot prospects right now

When we have an abundance of prospects, we're happy. We are not desperately waiting for a single decision from a single prospect. We aren't married to the outcome of a single presentation. Instead, we're relaxed.

feature · August 2012

What your prospects really think of you!

So our first order of business in any presentation is to establish instant trust and rapport. And then we can start telling our prospects about our wonderful products and opportunity.

article · June 2013

Don't Blame the Prospects!

Everything is the same for Distributor #1 and Distributor #2 EXCEPT: "Distributor #2 simply says and does something different."

article · July 2013

Romancing the Impossible

So here is the moral of the story: "If we say better things, more people will join."

article · August 2013

Nobody Likes Your Advice

We don’t want to change. We all have comfort zones, and that’s why we make our current decisions about what we are going to do. We don’t want to do things outside of our comfort zone.

article · February 2014

Full time? Or Part time?

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feature · May 2014

10 Ways to Be a Leader

Leadership is a learned skill. It is not a gift given at birth. And that is good news. That means anyone can learn or be trained to become a leader.

feature · June 2014

How to Stand Out in an Overcrowded Environment

The real lesson here is that you should try to promote your business inexpensively by creatively getting your name, products, services and opportunity in front of qualified prospects.

feature · July 2014

The Duplication Myth

==> Usually duplication advocates have another agenda such as selling you their duplication materials.

feature · April 2015

Wrong answer to the wrong question

1. "How good is the quality of the products or service?" 2. "What are the test results of your product or service?" 3. "How much does your product or service cost?" 4. "How fast is delivery?" 5. "Is there a guarantee?"

feature · February 2016

Embarrassing, But You Have To Try

A few days ago at dinner I was demonstrating how easy it was to get referrals. I pointed out that we would want to get some "blue" personalities, as they would lead us to more prospects quickly.

article · July 2016

When You Don't Have Time to Build a Relationship

When you contact a referral, or when you call a prospect from a list of leads, you don't have days or months to build a relationship. So how do you present your opportunity?

feature · September 2016

Presentation Tips

Here are four reasons why distributors don't present their program to their warm market of friends and relatives:

feature · October 2016

Why Listening Really Works

* 70% of people make purchasing decisions to solve problems.

column · November 2016

Facebook Ideas

Or is it a picture of you, your family, your dog and the people you are helping?

article · January 2017

My distributor was complaining, whining, criticizing, moaning

1. Ask your sponsor the above questions. If your sponsor refuses to give you the answers to these "baby step" skills, then it is up to you to learn those skills on your own. Take personal responsibility.

feature · September 2017

What real leaders do

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article · April 2018

"There's a lead!"

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article · November 2018

You Can Do It!

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article · November 2019

The Big Al Report

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feature · January 2020

Welcome to 2020

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article · April 2021

"You are wrong."

Of course, we could say, "You really should have listened to me six months ago when I told you to start your own part-time business. You would be in a much better place with this virus situation. So, do you want to join now?"

feature · June 2021

Leadership Tips

" We don't GET referrals, we RECEIVE referrals "

feature · November 2021

Connecting With People

We actually have to do something to connect with people!

feature · December 2021

Nurturing

Want a great example of network marketing that your prospects can understand?

article · January 2022

"I was skeptical, and then ..."

When someone says they were skeptical, but then decided it was real, people believe that person even more. This testimonial is a great way to create rapport with a skeptical prospect.

article · March 2023

The time will pass anyway

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” -- Earl Nightingale

article · May 2022

Practice these 4 words daily

Can questions offend or scare prospects? Yes. Worse yet, we fear asking questions from strangers.

feature · June 2022

200th monthly anniversary issue

Q. Can I sit on my butt, chant affirmations, and believe in the "Law of Attraction" to create my success in network marketing?

feature · July 2022

How clueless was I when I started?

Worthless Sponsor: "How could you forget your IQ? It is only a single digit?" Me: "It didn’t seem important to remember at the time. Worthless Sponsor: "While I can do miracles, I still need some raw material to work with. So, when are you stepping up and learning your first s…

article · August 2022

Practice these 5 words daily

"What is new with you?" People love us when we ask this question. They get to talk about their favorite subject … themselves. Instant rapport. Since humans are programmed to complain, they tend to tell us their problems. We should take note. Many of their problems could be s…

article · September 2022

3 Great Stories

This will happen in our future! No doubt. Guaranteed. It is coming soon.

article · October 2022

"Attraction Marketing" Idiocy

My hilarious friend, Larry, posted this lesson on attraction marketing.

feature · November 2022

Some of the best leadership advice from my friend, "Big Al"

My good friend and fellow networker, Tom, joined me on a road trip to Austin, Texas. I complained about how I didn’t have enough hours in a day to support everyone. I overworked myself for my first ten years of network marketing and didn’t know why. While our conversation wa…

article · December 2022

Why team members struggle

"What books have you read about sponsoring and recruiting so far? What did you learn from those books? And from your company’s training sessions, what techniques worked best for you?" John replies, "I haven't read any books. I did not go to any training workshops. I have been…

feature · October 2023

Know our new team member

Network marketing leader, Wes Linden, tells a story. The punchline is, “And can you tell me the carpet design in your new team member’s living room?”

article · February 2024

Better than a savings account

If we learn something today, we can use that knowledge every day for the rest of our lives. New skills pay off every month ... forever.

article · June 2024

More Wisdom

If we keep doing stuff that doesn’t work, common sense tells us to change. I wasn’t listening. My good friend, Tom, had huge success in network marketing many years before we met. His career was short. Only 11 months. But he rocked it. And then his company went out of busines…

article · July 2024

The "instead of" close

“Instead of relying on 100% of your income from one job, let’s get a second income going so you will feel safer.”

feature · July 2024

The Duplication Myth

“Instead of relying on 100% of your income from one job, let’s get a second income going so you will feel safer.”