05.31.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:42 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Ninety-nine percent of the people who have tried to recruit me into their business opportunities, Network Marketing companies, and other options have made absolutely sure within the first three minutes that they would never recruit me.
When you launch into a egocentric confabulation about your opportunity, product or service with no regard whatsoever for my interests and assume that everyone and his dog shares you personal financial desperation or your belief that your magical juice, aka snake oil, will cure everything from an attack with the Ugly Stick to inner ear infections and ED, you don’t know how close you come to earning a fat ear. The smartest recruiters I know have a simple yet highly effective system for recruiting the right people. Would you like to know how one of the highest paid recruiters in the world structures his approach?
He starts off by paying sincere and specific compliments. After all, everything anyone wears is carefully chosen to impress other people. Complimenting someone on a job well done, his or her hairstyle, or a piece of jewelry works well. This causes immediate reciprocity, opens people up, and affords you their attention and interest. Next, he introduces himself by shaking hands. Physical contact and a first and last name make a big difference these days. Rika and I were recently held captive in a thirty-minute, one-sided “conversation” with a couple at another table in a restaurant in
Cancun. At the end of the conversation, I realized I had no idea what their names were. But then all they talked about was themselves, so who cares?
His next step is to build the friendship by asking where the people are from, where they are from originally, where their family lives, how many kids they have bred, and other open-ended questions in that arena. This builds common ground and shows that he is, in fact, actually interested in them, not just in selling them an overpriced oil additive that doesn’t work, even though they don’t have a car.
His fourth step is to ask them what they do – what their profession or work or business is. By this time, the careful and astute listener will have come a long way to determining the person’s Hot Button and establishing whether or not he even wants to recruit him. If he decides he would like to recruit the prospect, he then applies his own product or service to alleviating the pain or accomplishing the goals of the person he wishes to recruit.
Find the hot button, build relationship and reciprocity, be selective, and close the deal. And if you’re really smart, don’t recruit people just because you can; recruit the RIGHT people and focus on Centers of Influence.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers,.com www.MomComesHome.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:46 am by Robin J. Elliott
Rika and I sat down and evaluated our 20-year-old business. We were looking for success clues, the common denominator to growth, the combination to the vault. Why did we experience those growth spurts, what worked, and what didn’t work? When we scoured the income statements and examined the growth graphs in our Joint Venture Brokerage, this is what we found.
The First Clue was finding the right people. We have wasted a lot of time with talkers, scammers and losers. Fortunately, we discard them faster than a dirty napkin. But the graphs clearly show remarkable growth after with winners. The more selective we are, the more money we make. This is the reason why we started the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum. Weirdos very quickly get identified and ejected by other Members. Finding good people is a key to massive growth.
The Second Clue was finding Centers of Influence and doing Joint Ventures with them. This is the fastest, most effective way to make serious money on a regular basis. It has become a major focus for us. We have also found that not everyone who claims to have a large database is telling the truth and they often use that as bait to access your database, so you have to have a reciprocal, measurable plan off action in place before embarking on a JV with these types.
The Third Clue was focusing on resultsand not getting distracted or blinded by enthusiasm, promises, business plans, meetings or tools. People often use their bubbly personalities or track records to avoid the fact that they’re not selling. After a while, when you see they’re not going to produce, cut bait. Talk is cheap, but money buys the whiskey (preferable Lagavulin). Don’t buy excuses and ignore justification. The bottom line is all that counts.
The Fourth Clue was looking at track records. People seldom change. Those who regularly don’t do what they say they will do generally never accomplish much. Look for JV partners who have a track record of successes, not failures. Look for patterns and you can predict choices and behaviors. You can also avoid disappointment. Replace the losers with winners until you only work with winners. We found that a spot of due diligence before the JV will save one a lot of time. Hindsight is always 20/20, but if you learn the lesson, it’s worth it. (Also look who they associate with.)
The Fifth Clue is to avoid politically correct people (passive aggressive backstabbers) and NOT to be politically correct yourself. By being a namby-pamby, weak, politically correct type, you will attract losers like flies. Strong people will tell the truth and make things happen. They are courageous, ambitious, and reliable. Be real if you want real results. When we were outspoken and aggressive we made a lot more money and felt a lot better about ourselves.
If you use these clues as a template for your business, especially in the way you select your team and JV partners, you will make more money, have more fun, and grow much faster.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
www.MomComesHome.com
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05.30.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:27 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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05.29.07
Posted in The Main Reason Why Your JV Brokerage Isn’t Growing at 9:25 am by Robin J. Elliott
If you had a guarantee that you could make tens of thousands of dollars in passive income per month if you worked 10 hours a day, five days a week, for just one year, what would you do? The key is the word, “Guarantee”, right? If you were convinced beyond any doubt that you would be able to retire in one year, would you put in the time and effort?
Most people are so skeptical and have such low self-esteem that they don’t BELIEVE it is possible to retire in one year using Joint Ventures, so they treat their valuable JV brokerage business like a sulky stepchild with halitosis and oily hair, just throwing it a few bones when they remember to do so. They tend to treat their goldmine JV business like a lottery – buy a ticket once a week and stick it in the drawer, “but don’t expect to win nuthin’, Earline.”
The fact is that if you put consistent, absolute, focused, concentrated, enthusiastic energy into ANYTHING over a reasonable period of time and you have a “never quit” and teachable attitude, you can accomplish almost anything. Especially when you have a proven system with all the support and experience you find at DollarMakers. Joint Ventures are nothing new and we have a twenty-year track record of success. Our “No money, no risk” approach, along with our huge database, training, support, motivation, coaching and built-in JV opportunities is the best horse you ever rode.
People hedge their bets – they are involved with multiple schemes and dreams, all of which eat into their time, like having sixteen pot plants and only enough water to keep four of them alive. Nothing ever grows and they remain poor and frustrated. Put all the water into one plant, give it all your attention, and before you know it you’ll be a real life version of Jack and the Beanstalk. OK, before you whine, “all your eggs in one basket”, remember that successful JV brokers have multiple streams of passive income, but they take very little time.
If you sincerely want to retire in one year, focus EVERYTHING on your JV business; use ALL the tools, systems, coaching, and opportunities available to you that we offer, and you can’t fail. Put in the time and commitment, follow instructions, and get rich. It’s really that simple. Even if you don’t believe in yourself, you can believe in a technology that makes millions of dollars every day. Simply follow instructions. Become a DollarMaker. It’s not too late!
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.28.07
Posted in Optimizing Your Time as a Joint Venture Broker at 7:08 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Would you work for minimum wage? Your answer is probably an emphatic, “No!” Then why do you? Many of us would insist that we would never accept a minimum wage job, yet we spend a lot of our time doing minimum wage work. Pay someone else to do it. Optimize your time. Don’t spend your $1,000 per hour skills on $10 per hour work.
Carefully select the JV’s you get involved with. Reject the wrong ones. Good JV’s will attract more good JV’s, because the good people are involved in good JV’s and like attracts like. Go with your gut. An excellent JV relationship will flow easily. You will find yourself at peace and relaxed during and after the negotiations. You will clearly understand the terms and conditions, financial transactions and potential. You can remove risk, selling, and minimize the time involved in a good JV.
If your JV’s involve a similar demographic / psychographic market, you can cross-sell and upsell your JV’s. I don’t even consider any JV that won’t bring me at least $1,000 passive income per month. Only work with people you like, respect, and trust. Look for potential and look for a solid track record. Minimum time and involvement, no cost or risk, maximum leverage and optimal income potential should be your goal. When a deal becomes one-sided, walk away fast. Look out for Red Flags.
Don’t go to a physical meeting until you have done your due diligence and determined why you need a face-to-face. Use e-mail, phone, Internet and clustered meetings. Protect your time and reputation. Pay people to wash, fix, and drive your car. Pay house cleaners and gardeners and use technology to optimize your time. Spend 80% on your efforts on short-term income JV’s, 10% on medium term returns and 10% on long term JV’s. The short terms often attract, introduce, or become medium or long terms. Use timelines, action plans, goals and targets to keep track of results. It’s all about the bottom line. Is it worth your time?
There are three types of people: Dollar Takers, who waste your time and irritate you instead of producing results, They whine and complain and name and blame. Avoid them. Dollar Fakers are the conmen and swindlers who prance around with their coiffed hair and expensive clothes and fleece the sheep. Shun them. Seek out the DollarMakers. Deal with professionals and avoid losers and those who have no money but talk a lot: big hat, no cattle.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Joint Venture Red Flags at 6:39 pm by Robin J. Elliott
After more than 20 years of doing Joint Ventures, I have learnt that there are a few red flags to look out for:
1. Recently, a friend of mine remarked that person who presented a certain “business opportunity” spoke very fast, and it was a complicated and involved process. That is a definite sign of a scam. Keep them confused and let them feel slightly dumb when they don’t understand the intricacies of the plan. Red Flag – get out fast.
2. When you’re offered shares or a ridiculously high return on investment in some faraway place, gold mine or factory, like in mainland China, or especially in Africa, where the government can easily close the business, nationalize it or simply seize it, or terrorists can simply burn it down or steal it, it’s red flag.
3. When you feel animosity, arrogance, passive or overt aggression, jealousy, or any other negative emotions in the room, it’s red flag. Also when people are overly friendly and gushing, and ESPECIALLY when they start talking about religion or how much they love people, or when they belong to a cult. Even the one that is popular with film stars.
4. Watch out for pyramid schemes, even when they claim there is a product involved. There’s often an element of secrecy involved as well. There’s usually a large investment required and your return on investment seems inappropriately high. These schemes usually ultimately collapse, leaving a few very unhappy people in its wake, and few reputations in shreds, along with some lawyers’ letters. Red flag!
5. One-sided deals: when you find that your database is being raped and the other party never intended to reciprocate. Usually, this is evident right at the outset, when the other party does most of the talking and shows very little interest in your product or service. Red flag. Set the deal up so that there are interim checkpoints where you can evaluate the contributions of both JV parties.
6. Internet Anonymity: I know of a 19 year old posing as a JV genius on the Internet. Be careful of people you find on the Internet - they are often not what they seem to be. Can you meet them for coffee or see their house? Can you talk with them on the phone? Are they being endorsed by other Internet ghosts? Red flag.
7. Urgency: pressure usually denotes a scam or financial desperation. “If you don’t grab this, someone else will!” OK - let them have it. Red Flag. Don’t deal with people who need money.
A Joint Venture should be easy, generous, fair, win/win, flowing, relaxed, and natural. It should be risk free and not take a lot of time or selling. It should not cost you money. It should have great potential.
Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Small Business Owners Still Struggle with Balance at 9:10 am by Robin J. Elliott
According to the latest release of the results from OPEN from American Express Small Business Monitor, which is a semi-annual survey of small business owners, entrepreneurs are struggling with finding balance in their lives.
After reading thse statistics, you will see why Joint Ventures is the missing link to business growth, as well as the removal of risk and barriers. Business owners want time AND money.
- While business owners recognize the importance of “down-time” in their lives and most are satisfied with the amount of leisure time they have(81%), most report that carving out this time does not come without stress.Two-thirds of business owners (64%) find it stressful balancing their personal life and their business. Women business owners are more stressed by work/life balance than their male counterparts (71% vs. 62%).
- Two-thirds of business owners (67%) report they find themselves making sacrifices in order to be an entrepreneur. Among those who feel they are making sacrifices, family (52%) and friends (42%) are areas where they make the most sacrifices, followed by personal finances (36%) and health (35%).
Male business owners are more likely to find themselves making sacrifices in their personal lives in order to be an entrepreneur when compared to women (73% vs. 65%).
- As business owners find themselves trying to achieve balance, they identify flexibility as the most essential entrepreneurial attribute.One-third of business owners (34%) identify flexibility as the most essential aspect of being an entrepreneur. Following at a distance is working well under pressure (24%) and knowing the market (18%).
- Taking their own advice on the importance of flexibility, two-thirds of business owners (64%) report making personal time for themselves during the business day. Men are slightly more likely than women to make personal time for themselves (66% vs. 60%). Although entrepreneurs realize the importance of taking time for themselves during the business day, nearly half (45%) consider taking time off from work to pursue a leisure activity a ‘guilty pleasure’. Female business owners are more than four times more likely than their male counterparts (18% vs. 4%) to consider ignoring an email as a “guilty pleasure”.
- There may indeed be a connection between exercise and business success. Fifty-nine percent of small business owners report exercising several times a week with nearly one-quarter (24%) exercising every day. Nearly three-in-ten (29%) business owners with companies over $1 million in revenues say they exercise every day.
- The vast majority of entrepreneurs have the support of their significant other. Most entrepreneurs (89%) report a happy marriage or relationship with their spouse or significant other. Of those who report having a happy marriage, a similar number (81%) believe being an entrepreneur contributes to their happy marriage/relationship.
- Entrepreneurs are not only concerned with their own well-being. When making business decisions, eight-in-ten business owners (80%) take into consideration how their decision will affect their employees and their livelihood. In terms of offering employee benefits, nearly seven-in-ten employers (69%) believe it is important to offer healthcare coverage to their employees.
- Growth is a priority for a large majority of business owners. Over the next six months, seven in ten (71%) small business owners report planning to grow their businesses in a variety of ways. While most in this group (50%) plan to grow by selling more of the same product or service, one in five (22%) will introduce new products or services, and 14% will branch out into new markets or increase investments in their business (11%).
- For many, business is a family affair, and six in ten entrepreneurs (61%) who are parents would like their children to join their business. It will be interesting to see how many of these children agree!
Find out how to create multiple streams of passive income with no cost or risk, using Joint Ventures:
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Posted in Business Guidance at 7:06 am by Robin J. Elliott
You know that it’s wise to swim where there’s a lifeguard on duty. You know that business is a risky thing, yet it’s necessary to do business in order to become financially free. 87% of new businesses fail in the first five years, and 87% of the remaining 13% fail in the next five years, so starting your own business is extremely risky. As a Joint Venture Broker, you can create unlimited wealth with no money and no risk, as long as you get the right education and guidance.
Unfortunately, many people use lifeguards who can’t swim! Yes, they choose business advisors and coaches who have failed in business or who have no money. They ask bank managers for business guidance – CRAZY! If your bank manager understood business, he or she would have a business and make real money! Employees and academics do not understand business. Imagine a teenager asking her schoolteacher for business advice! Certain bankruptcy will ensue.
An unknown loser who lives in a dog kennel with his second cousin and smokes pot can look like a Joint Venture expert on the Internet. Some of them even sell $97 books on Joint Ventures, with information plagiarized from the Internet. Would you ask a virgin for advice on childbirth, or a smoker for advice on how to be healthy? When you go to the dentist, would you like to know that he is properly trained and qualified? When you climb a high mountain, make sure your guide is qualified.
When we at DollarMakers.com tell people that we can guide them to retirement in one year, with more passive income than they need to live comfortably, even though they’re in debt, it’s because we have done so ourselves, and we have helped many others to do the same. We can swim. We can help people when they get stuck. We can warn them of the reefs and sharks and show them where to swim.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 6:44 am by Robin J. Elliott
Last week, Rika and I spent an idyllic five days in Cancun, where I spoke at the Pro Travel Network Convention. We stayed at a wonderful, fully inclusive, five star resort with multiple venues, services, restaurants, pools, water sport options, shows, and tours. One could lie in a hammock or snorkel all day, but we decided to explore all the options, so we discovered a lot more than the average guest did.
We GOT OUT. We explored. We swam with dolphins and saw great shows, tried out the a la carte restaurants, enjoyed the pools, snorkeled, and walked for miles. I chatted to a fellow who seemed to spend a lot of time at the bar, and he was blissfully unaware of all the options and experiences available. Many people go through life repeating the same old experiences and never expanding their frames of reference or comfort zones. They miss out on a big, wide world with abundant variety and opportunities.
Two years ago, Rika noticed that I was getting cabin fever in my study and encouraged me to GET OUT and visit a business networking meeting, something that I hate to do. Nevertheless, she is a very wise lady, so I took her advice (a swift kick in my behind helped as well) and loped off to the dreaded meeting, where I met a young American fellow who was enthusiastically hard selling the locals. I offered him some complimentary coaching on How to Sell to Canadians, and that single meeting resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of business, including Joint Venture Broker Bootcamps in Los Angeles and our upcoming New York City Bootcamp in September. It pays to get out.
Drag your fat behind away from your computer and television set, brush your teeth with the other hand, visit places you usually avoid, drive a new route, read a book written by someone who believes the opposite of what you do, push the envelope, do the uncomfortable, meet new people, take some risks and leave your comfort zone – GET OUT, and you will see that there is a world of abundance out there. Lose the comb over, change your habits, explore, and find people who will lead you to new heights of ambition and belief. You have the time and it’s not nearly as scary as you might think. You’ll never see a sea turtle until you get under the water.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.15.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:43 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Joint Venture Brokers have lots of time and money because we understand that “Stress is Opportunity in Disguise”. We see opportunity everywhere. All we do is solve problems and get handsomely paid for it.
Think about a stressed-out radio-advertising salesman – he has a perishable commodity – expiring radio time, which he can’t sell. We could barter this time, sell it on consignment, introduce him to buyers, or use it as contingency advertising – in other words, pay him a commission on sales resulting from the advertising, which he wouldn’t otherwise have been able to sell.
As JV Brokers, we harness access, help people to move expensive inventory that is gathering dust and pushing up the blood pressure, and link supply with demand. We use the power of leverage and duplication to create wealth, using simple strategies that are easily duplicatable, not based on personal power or personal influence. A Joint Venture Brokerage is just as much a business as any other – a dry cleaner, florist, auto dealership, or legal firm, except that you can make a lot more money, with no cost or risk, and very little time.
A JV Broker is a catalyst, a bridge, a problem solver, a mediator. We enjoy unlimited income potential, maximum freedom and international opportunities across numerous industries.
Robin J Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.14.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:14 pm by Robin J. Elliott
The Prophet of Profit Robin J. Elliott explains exactly why a Joint Venture is not only an ethical business practice, but an important and serving business practice as well. Understand why it’s a powerful business strategy to be Joint Venture Broker and perform that service for the businesses around you.
Become a Joint Venture Broker at www.jvwisdom.com
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Posted in Latest Events at 1:33 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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05.13.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:44 pm by Robin J. Elliott
If a physician prescribed tablets for you that would help you to retire in one year with enough passive income to pay your bills and live comfortably, what would you do? Would you argue with his prescription? Would you say the pills were “Too expensive”?
Or would you mortgage everything you had to buy this “PILL of great price”?
OK. Here’s your prescription:
1. Join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum.
2. Attend a Bootcamp or use the Home Study Program.
3. Use our Coaching Service.
Now, what will you do?
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 6:22 pm by Robin J. Elliott
I received an e-mail from someone in Europe today. His question was why, since he was inexperienced in business and had no contacts or inventory or service to sell, anyone would want to do business with him. My answer was simply, “They won’t want to do business with you. But they would want to GET business from you, and they would send you money.”
See, nobody is interested in you, or who you are, what your product is, or how much experience you have – nobody cares! YOU are not important. What they ARE very interested in is selling their own products and services and making money. THAT is what is important to them. So when you realize that and take yourself and your ego out of the equation, you can start making money. When someone is dying of thirst in the desert and you show up with ice-cold, fresh water for sale, nobody asks for your resume and the price of the water is no longer important to him or her. No selling required.
Successful, properly trained Joint Venture Brokers understand this. They don’t brag about their trumped-up resumes and testimonials or their “qualifications” – they simply concentrate on getting people what they want – linking them up with solutions and customers – and being well paid for it. JV Brokers don’t care too much about details and they certainly don’t waste other peoples’ time with minutiae until the deal is about to go live. They are result oriented. They are problem solvers. They are the conduit, the catalyst, the bridge, the solution, the physician, the broker. When you are carrying gold coins around in a rusty old bucket, what is important? The bucket or the gold coins? The gold coins represent the deal, the money, the solution. YOU ARE THE RUSTY BUCKET.
So when next you leap enthusiastically up from your chair at some local networking meeting, ready to pitch your product or service or litter the table with your little flyers, remember: NOBODY CARES. They simply tolerate you until they get the chance to repeat the foolishness. Still don’t believe me? Try this intricate and intellectually challenging exercise if you dare: Would you rather talk about your kids or my kids? OK, you might not particularly like your kids. How about this one: Would you prefer to discuss your holiday and your goals or mine? That’s right! YOURS. And other people feel the same way. Your background, education, experience, and qualifications are redundant, superfluous. You’re a well-paid channel, is all. You could say, if you were a mystic charlatan, that your job as a JV Broker is to “Channel money”.
By now, I hope your confidence level as pertains to your ability to broker lucrative deals and enjoy the process, has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights. Get rid of that ego – it’s distracting and it will interfere with the success of your Joint Ventures.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 9:59 am by Robin J. Elliott
I bumped into a fellow who bought a home-based business from me some years back. He whined continuously that the business doesn’t work and that he “lost” his money. I asked him how one of his competitors is doing. This competitor paid more for his business, got far less support, and works in exactly the same market. Oh, the competitor, he replies, is doing just great! Even bought new equipment – business is booming for him! So it’s not the business that doesn’t work – it’s the person.
When I started selling life insurance many years ago, I asked the usual mindless question: “How much money can I make in this business?” My manager took me to a corner office and pointed at the door. “This is where Samuel works, Robin. He makes millions and he loves his work. He has helped many people.” Then he walked me down the hall to another office. “This is where Colin works. He started in this business the exact same day that Samuel started. He is deep in debt, makes no money, and hates the insurance business. You have the choice to be like Samuel or like Colin. You get the same tools, the same training, same products, same market, same pricing. What you do with the opportunity will determine your income. It’s up to you!”
Gloria Steinem said, “The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day.” We created the circumstances we experience today, and we are constantly creating the future, which starts today. Success begins with the acknowledgement that I create my life and that if it’s to be, it’s up to me. The blame game doesn’t work in the real world. If you’re unhappy, you became unhappy by choice. If you’re poor, it’s your own fault. If you’re married to a swine, it’s your fault, too – you agreed to marry him. And if you’re rich, happy, and successful, it’s your doing – take credit for it. You can play the victim game all day long, but it’s not going to solve your problems. In fact, what it will do is chase away all the winners in your life. Winners won’t tolerate a victim mentality for long.
Someone told me I’m “lucky” to live in Canada and not in South Africa anymore. I create my own “luck”. I make it happen. I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. In today’s world, many people use the “I was abused as a child”, “my Daddy hit me”, “I was ripped off”, “my wife doesn’t understand me” – get over it. Nobody buys that anymore except people like you. I know some very successful people who had horrendous upbringings and they never complain or even mention it. Winners use those bad experiences as stepping stones, not as trophies and excuses. If you failed, YOU failed. Not the world, not the business, not the market. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, stop whining, wipe your nose, dry your eyes, and get on with life. It’s not too late. It’s OK to fail; everyone does. Did you fall off your bicycle when you were learning to ride it? Of course you did. Does that mean you never learned to ride it?
Today, the world is at your feet. You will never be as young as you are today, ever again in this life. You are surrounded by wonderful opportunities. Get off you tail, get back on your horse, and let’s ride!
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.11.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:08 am by Robin J. Elliott
Because people buy stuff they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people who don’t notice, they slide deeper and deeper into debt. Every month, they get a little deeper, refinance, use up the equity in their homes, find new sources of debt, and get more depressed. Many are forced to neglect their small children to hold down two jobs.
Along with the debt come frustration, fear, insomnia, passive aggression, road rage, marital stress, and escapism into drugs, nicotine, sport, drink, illicit affairs, and desperation tactics. These people are vulnerable to the wolves and scammers who offer a quick fix, ridiculously high returns on investments (usually offshore or illegal) and get-rich-quick schemes. Many have been hurt by these swindles.
It is therefore not surprising that many desperate people now eschew any offer to escape the swamp of debt and anxiety. They would rather continue to sink below the surface and buy lotto tickets than use the bridge to freedom that is being offered. Once burnt, twice shy. Instead of conquering their debt, they embrace it. Better the devil you know than the one you don’t know.
Instead of solving their problems, people sell their homes and move to more remote, cheaper areas. The problem is, there is a reason why those areas are cheaper! More crime, lower classes, less facilities, and more. Or they cut their expenses, usually sacrificing the good for the bad. The average smoker wastes over $300 per month on his addiction. And the more scared he gets, the more he smokes. This debt lifestyle is a downward spiral, a slippery slope into the smelly swamp. Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Therefore, when people hear that they can retire in one year through Joint Ventures, with no money or risk, they are understandably skeptical. So we offer them mountains of FREE information through my two complimentary books, hundreds of articles, podcasts, audio interviews, a ninety-minute video, and more, all to be found on www.DollarMakers.com and www.MomComesHome.com There is hope. It’s not too late.
After reviewing all that material, if they still don’t want to use our very affordable services to get free, they probably don’t really want to be free, or they simply don’t have the intellect to understand what we offer. (Given that the average IQ on a bell curve is only 100, that’s not too far fetched.) But it doesn’t cost them anything to get a lot of valuable information. The bridge is waiting for you. It’s easier and quicker than you think, and we have a proven, successful track record of twenty years. You and your family deserve to be prosperous, happy, healthy, and successful.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.10.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:14 am by Robin J. Elliott
If you’re looking for a special gift for the Mom in your life, you know that flowers die. Trinkets get lost in Jewelry boxes. Meals end up on hips. Spa treatments are great but they don’t last very long. So what to give? How about a gift that will buy more spa treatments, trips, and toys than she can handle? How about giving her time with her children?
The Mom Comes Home Joint Venture Workshop teaches Moms how to make serious money from home with no selling, very little time, no cost and no risk, regardless of her background, age, or circumstances. And there’s a great 50% discount for Mother’s Day Purchases. For more information, visit www.MomComesHome.com
Robin J. Elliott
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05.09.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:37 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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Rika and I just returned from a long walk around Lafarge Lake, which is a block and a half from where we live. It’s a lovely lake. We watched the baby ducklings, saw some huge Koi fish, talked with a fisherwoman, and enjoyed the spring sunshine and lovely trees. When we got home, Rika asked me to get some dog poo off her shoe. All this beauty, and small spot of poo can really distract one. I immediately went to work to scrape it off.
What is the “Poo on your Shoe”? Someone with a bad attitude that brings you down or pours the cold water of pessimism on your dreams when you talk with them?
Scrap ‘em off!
Guilt that you have harbored for years and yet it still contaminates your happiness?
Scrape it off!
A bad habit or a guilty pleasure?
Get scraping!
Time leeches that waste your precious time?
Scrape them off!
Negative and disempowering beliefs?
Wash them away with the cleansing power of positive input from positive people.
If the poo makes you blue, you know what to do: Scrape, baby, scrape!
You could leave it there, smelling the place up and spoiling your fun, but why not take action and get rid of it? Some people carry the stuff around for years, sabotaging their success. Bad people, bad ideas, bad choices, bad relationships – scrape it off, friend, scrape it off. No more poo for you!
So next time you put down the phone after talking with a loser and you get that smell in your nostrils, next time you find that you have wasted time of junk movies or books instead of working on making your dreams come true, you know what it is – it’s the demon poo! Scrape. You’ll feel better. Just tell yourself, “It’s OK, just poo on my shoe. I know what to do.”
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:53 pm by Robin J. Elliott
By being aware of the “State” your JV partner is in, you can avoid a lot of frustration, and save much time and money.
First, be aware of the basic three ego states we learnt about from Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis: Parent, Adult, and Child.
People in a Parent State talk down to others, want to control others or nurture others. They feel like they’re parents and everyone else is their children. This is their ingrained and conditioned voice of authority, patronizing and critical.
People in a Child State are emotional, reactive, manipulative, and immature.
People in the Adult State are objective, proactive, responsible, disciplined, and secure.
Naturally, you want to deal with people who predominantly live in an adult state.
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Second, you find some people who live in the Triangle of Victim, Rescuer, or Persecutor states.
People who feel like they’re Victims usually have an “employee mentality” – they whine and complain, do as little as possible, don’t take responsibility and take as many unearned benefits as possible. They are reactive and pathetic. They want someone else to do the work.
People who are Persecutors are continually attacking and blaming.
People who are Rescuers spend their time with victims, so that they can feel better about themselves. This is typical of the passive-aggressive, socialist type who needs victims to rescue in order to feel powerful.
Naturally, you don’t want to deal with people who live in these states either.
You are looking for mature, confident, and ambitious JV Partners who seek to reciprocate, contribute, and enjoy long-term, win/win relationships as equals.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.08.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:03 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Feeling a bit down and depressed? I have a few solutions: I can watch my Talladega Nights DVD – shake ‘n bake! Or I can get real busy. Or I can spend some time in a beautiful forest – I live in Vancouver, so we have lots of them around us. But what works best for me is to simply count my blessings.
We spend a lot of time focused on what we don’t have, what we don’t want, and what we don’t like. That’s a surefire route to visit the kennel of the Black Dog of depression, the slough of despond, or the local gun shop. Instead, we should focus on what’s great about our lives (have you noticed you’re not blind?), what we have to be grateful for, and all the things that worked out right for us. Consider all the great people in your life that put up with your misery and whining, the fact that you have a full stomach (OK - in some cases, too full, fatty!), and that you’re reading a Blog article instead of laboring in some salt mine, even though you may well deserve the latter…
Seriously, it’s just a case of switching from half empty to half-full, from the black cloud to the silver lining, and from the “I’m getting so old” to “Today is the youngest I’ll ever be in my life again!” Instead of the pathetic response to “How ya doin’?” of “NOT TOO BAD”, how about “I’m happy, healthy and successful”? Instead of watching Wolf Blitzer, why not watch Dave Chappelle? Not too hard. I’d rather be watching Talladega Nights than CNN any day of the week. I seldom get a chuckle out of watching the stooges of Collectivism. Unless it’s Glenn Beck, of course – at least he has brains and guts. But I digress. Choose what you feed your brain.
My biggest blessing is the wonderful people in my life. One can’t be depressed when spending time with my amazing family, or the incredibly positive DollarMakers Team. When I stagger out of a Starbucks on a high after meeting with one of my JV partners, it’s not the caffeine. SO: get out a piece of paper, make a list of twenty things, circumstances, and people that you’re grateful for, and feel good.
“When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.”
~ Johnson Oatman Jnr.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 10:52 am by Robin J. Elliott
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Posted in Uncategorized at 10:44 am by Robin J. Elliott
He arrives at a business networking meeting with a huge stack of business cards, which he aggressively thrusts into everyone’s hands. He leaves his glossy flyers on every table. He talks at you, but doesn’t listen to you. His eyes are constantly flitting about, searching for his next victim. He puts you on hold during phone conversations to see if he can find a more lucrative caller. He spams innocent people with his advertising e-mails and irritates all and sundry with his fax broadcasts. He is the typical, self-employed salesman who believes in quantity instead of quality. And he seldom makes money or maintains long-term business relationships.
Would you rather spend $100 marketing to each of ten highly qualified prospects, or $1 on each of 1000 unqualified, random suspects? Would you like to make much more money in considerably less time, and enjoy working with good people? Would you like to build long-term business relationships with high quality people, or constantly be frustrated with losers and posers who have neither brains nor money? It’s better to drive for two hours to meet with one winner than to spend five minutes on the phone with a loser. By being very selective and carefully qualifying prospective Joint Venture Partners, you will be a happier, more successful broker. The only “cold calling” you should ever be involved with is when make a phone call while standing outside in midwinter.
The very best Joint Venture Partners I have found are high quality people whom I met on my $500 per Delegate JV Broker Bootcamps or who were introduced to me by other winners. I no longer answer my telephone unless my Caller ID shows me that a winner is calling. I very seldom attend face-to-face meetings and I do not do business with people who are not Members of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum. And the more selective I get, the more money I make and the more time I have. I have learnt to say “No” a lot more. I seek to leverage my time at every opportunity. I do not enter JV’s that have less than $1,000 per month income potential, and I insist on reviewing my prospective partner’s track records before even considering doing business with them. I won’t speak to groups of less than 40 people, and even then, I need to know who is in the room. Finally, always be prepared to terminate a JV at any point, should you feel uncomfortable with the JV partner. Cut bait as soon as you see those red flags waving at you.
By respecting and valuing your time and qualifying your prospects, you will attract better people. For example, how much is an hour of your time worth? Attending a one-on-one meeting can take up three hours, including travel. Can you justify that time without serious evaluation? Could you use the phone and e-mail instead? People appreciate and respect scarcity. Would you find it easy to get an appointment with a very successful person? No. And would you take a call on your cell phone or play with your little Blackberry while in a meeting with a celebrity? I think not. Would you put the President on hold? Try putting me on hold and see if you can get me on the phone again. Show up late for an appointment with me and see what happens. The most successful people I know treat everyone with respect and deference. And they demand to be treated in the same way.
They say, “You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince.” Why not do a few “Frog Tests”" before the smooching starts? And remember that princes will not introduce you to paupers.
Less is more. We can’t afford to waste our most precious resource, which is our time. We can’t afford to do minimum wage jobs like cleaning, ironing, and washing cars. We don’t need the aggravation of working with rabble. Set the bar high. Demand excellence. Expect results. Evaluate your return on investment. Refuse to be politically correct. Cut to the chase. Be kind to people, but don’t compromise. Be ruthlessly self-disciplined. And always remember that for successful people, the 80/20 Pareto principle doesn’t apply – for us, it’s 95/5: at best, five percent of the people are worth the consideration of your attention.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.07.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:14 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:51 am by Robin J. Elliott
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“Startlingly simple, refreshingly candid and thoroughly comprehensive, Robin Elliott’s latest book “Life is a Joint Venture” is a page turner that will become the benchmark for others to follow.
Robin shows that by living a principled life of helping others achieve their goals, you will be richly rewarded. This book will change the way you think, to paraphrase a famous title: Think, Joint Venture and Grow Rich. Take thought, take action and take the results; it has worked for me. After being in business for thirty-five years, it is heart warming to know that you don’t have to have a business in order to do business. You are no longer restricted by your field of endeavour, career, job, knowledge, skill set or even geography. The sky is the limit, so why not fly? If you yearn to soar like an eagle, then learn to leverage the thermal air currents that are already there and connect with the eagles that Robin will introduce to you. I highly recommend this book.”
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Robin J. Elliott
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05.06.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:16 am by Robin J. Elliott
Joint Ventures are the most powerful wealth-building system ever discovered, as long as you work with the right people. Finding the ideal JV partners is crucial to your success.
How many JV partners do you need to get rich? Not many! As few as ten JV partners can make you very wealthy indeed. Sometimes, one person can change your life.
Because only 2% of the owners of small and medium sized businesses understand the concept of Joint Ventures and see the wisdom in paying generous commissions over the lifetime of the JV, it is not wise to “cold call”. Only work with people who understand the process and whom you know, or have been referred to you by trusted friends. When someone says, “Of course I know what a Joint Venture is”, ask him to describe the last ten JV’s he did and how much money he made. That will very quickly determine whether he has heard the term or actually understands it. I have HEARD of brain surgery…
If you’re expecting someone to pay you hefty commissions every month, make sure they are successful and actually have money! Look out for the red flags that indicate that someone is in financial distress – those same people will offer you exorbitant rewards for business and seldom pay. One red flag is people complaining about the price of gas, long distance calls, or asking whether you can meet them near public transport. (They don’t have a car! That’s OK in New York City, but generally it’s a sign of desperate a financial situation.) Another is when people have a problem with a relatively small amount of money, like $500 for a Bootcamp – watch out! If they can’t afford $500, how are they going to send you thousands of dollars a month? And look at their grooming, dress, and where they choose to meet you. Be very selective.
Do your due diligence – check them out of Google, talk with their vendors, associates, competition, customers, neighbors, and fellow Chamber of Commerce or church members. Look for clues. If they’re desperate to start right away, they probably have cash flow problems. You are looking for stable, successful, professional, and respected people to work with. Desperate people do desperate things. Birds of the feather flock together, so check out their flock. Look for people who are on time, reliable, presentable, open, relaxed, and successful.
Personally, when I immigrated to Canada, I had a difficult time finding successful people with whom I wanted to Joint Venture. I met a lot of losers, posers, and scammers. I had to work hard to find JV partners. I found the local networking meetings and Chambers of Commerce consisted of 90% desperate, self-employed salespeople with no money, and only 10% successful entrepreneurs, who usually didn’t show up because they were too busy making money. I tried consulting and training to evaluate my clients as potential JV partners, but most of them were losers, so I fired them all and started the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum two years ago. Today we have over 500 Members in nine countries. The purpose was to create a group of potential JV partners.
Our Forum Members have all agreed to abide by our Code of Business Ethics and all of them are to some degree educated about Joint Ventures. I personally only do business with Members of the Forum. If they are dishonest, they get fired. We have fired eight Members and not renewed fifteen. We have refused admission to many. Do you still have to do your due diligence? Sure you do. Are they all successful and expert? No. But at least they know more than 98% of the average business owners out there, and there is a consequence to dishonesty. Nobody wants over 500 people to find out that they were fired for their dishonesty. All our Members have expressed an interest in doing Joint Ventures. This can save you an inordinate amount of time when seeking a JV partner – look at someone’s profile and website and choose. Many Members are highly skilled in JV’s and are ideal JV partners for you. We have some wonderful Members. You can search the Membership for your ideal partner, then do your due diligence. This will fast track your progress as a JV Broker.
Finally, watch out for people who hide behind the Internet, those who specialize in offshore, tax-evading schemes, and situations where it is difficult to do real due diligence. When people are vague about what they do (usually involved with some type of investment) you should be very careful. The best Members to do business with, I find, are those who have attended our Bootcamps or used the Home Study Program, and/or get involved with other Members through our meetings or conference calls.
Step One: join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum.
Step Two: get educated about JV’s – we have a great Home Study Program as well.
Step Three: take action and start doing JV’s.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.03.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:55 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Take a pumpkin seed and grow it in a bottle. It will only grow as big as the bottle. It is limited by its environment. I recently talked with someone who actually told me that she preferred to be a “Big Fish in a Small Pond.” Did you know that fish grow bigger in bigger ponds? The hallmark of one of those big fish that strut around in small ponds is arrogance, and I have learned that pride comes before the fall. A small fish that is ambitious and self-confident seeks a big pond where he or she can grow without limitations.
You grow stronger with more competition. Superstars don’t hide away in their hick towns – they go to Hollywood to make their fortunes. And they don’t arrive in Hollywood as big fish; on the contrary, they arrive as small fry. They arrive as Nobodies and they become Somebody’s. They believe in their dreams and in themselves. If you want to improve your game, you pit yourself against those who are stronger, faster, and more skilled than you are and you learn from them. You challenge and push yourself to do better. To take risks. The kite flies higher against the wind.
Step outside your comfort zone; push yourself into the company of people who are richer, smarter, and more successful than you are. Become an eternal student and zealously apply what you learn. Take consistent, uncompromising action. Work through the night, if you have to, with a “Whatever it takes” attitude. Work harder than anyone else does. Show up first. Be better dressed and better prepared than your competition. Seek a coach or mentor that is far more successful than you are and do whatever they tell you to do.
Small fish can’t grow in tiny ponds. Find a big fish and follow him around – meet his friends, emulate his choices, and before you know it, you’ll be big, too. Growth is a choice, one that you have to make a thousand times a day. Stop yourself every five minutes and ask yourself, “Is what I am doing and thinking right now taking me towards my goal or away from it?” Then, if necessary, adjust immediately.
Most “Big Fish” in small ponds are really simply insecure, pretender types who know they’ll never make it in a big pond because people will quickly find out who they really are. If you want to grow and make you dreams come true, throw yourself into the deep end of a big pond without your water wings and swim like crazy. Before you know it, you’ll be soaring like the eagle your truly are.
Robin J. Elliott www.Dollarmakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:13 pm by Robin J. Elliott
If you’re one of the 500+ Members of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum, I have good news for you.
Many years ago, an Indian Chief saved up all his money over a long period of time to buy a car. He traveled slowly down the main road in his gleaming, new car, proudly waving at the puzzled onlookers. They were amazed to see that the Chief had four horses pulling his car along. One of the spectators summoned up the courage to approach the happy Chief and said, “Chief, you have certainly purchased a beautiful car, but you have only four horses pulling you along. Did you know that you had 230 horses in the engine?”
The Chief didn’t know that he could have 57 times more power, simply by turning the ignition key.
Most Members don’t fully utilize their Membership. By joining the Forum, you have put yourself on track to be able to create a very lucrative, secure, unlimited, passive income. DollarMakers provides you all the tools, access, support, coaching and packaging you could possibly need. It doesn’t take much time and there’s no investment required once you are set up. All you have to do is follow our tried-and tested systems and enjoy the rewards of Joint Ventures. The bigger DollarMakers gets, the more valuable your Membership gets. We are constantly improving our products and services and you can benefit directly from our growth.
I strongly urge you to get involved, turn that ignition key and surge forward to your goals. If you have any questions, just ask. Use the conference calls, Convention, Members Meetings, leadership opportunities, websites and Bootcamps, the Member business cards and flyers and all the other tools. We’re here for you – your success is our success! Together, we are doing amazing things.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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05.02.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:48 pm by Robin J. Elliott
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Robin J. Elliott
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:32 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Have you ever tried washing one hand? Hence, “one hand washes the other”.
Walk around with one eye closed and see how limited your world gets.
Ever been on a seesaw (teeter-totter) alone? You tend to stay on the ground.
Have you noticed you have to put wood on the fire if you want to continue to benefit from the heat?
All this seems like common sense until one meets the average entrepreneur who is, in reality, simply a self-employed salesperson. 98% of the owners of small and medium-sized businesses do not understand the awesome power of Joint Ventures and reciprocity, yet they will see their profits soar when they do.
One of the most successful businesswomen I ever met, Reeva Foreman, told me, “Robin, there are only two kinds of people in this world: Givers and Takers. The Givers didn’t become Givers when they got to the top – they got to the top by being Givers.” Takers simply move from one victim to the next, raping and pillaging as they go, until they are too well known in their own city and they have to move farther afield to find more unsuspecting marks.
Smart entrepreneurs sow before they try to reap. Reaping without sowing is called theft. It’s also called “government”, Collectivism, Socialism and Statism. A one-sided partnership never lasts long. When you master the art of mutual exchange, you become a “lightning rod” for success. People with a Joint Venture mindset see the doors of opportunity swing open as they turn up the heat on their prosperity thermostats. They become Money Magnets and start attracting all manner of deals, wealth and likeminded winners.
Focus on helping other people to solve their problems and make sure the service providers pay you generously, or do not refer them. Become a good listener because nobody is interested in you except your mother, your dog, and your parole officer. Listen for the pain and then provide solutions and relief. As Zig said, “You can get anything you want out of life, if you’re prepared to help enough other people to get what they want”. Ask yourself this question: “How can I help millions of people become happier and more successful? How can I relieve their pain and make their lives easier, and get paid for it?” Focus on providing solutions for others and the money will take care of itself.
Do not work for nothing. Do not refer business with compensation. Do not reward non-productive people and leeches. Do not expect to be rewarded just because you have a need. Nobody owes you anything. You are only entitled to money that you earn. Work with like-minded people, set high standards, and insist on reciprocity. The mutual exchange of value through Joint Ventures is the easiest, fastest, most enjoyable way to wealth.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 10:57 am by Robin J. Elliott
I never met a Dollar I didn’t like!
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