03.31.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:56 am by Robin J. Elliott
We know “You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince” and “Duds Lead to Studs”, so we often justify time wasted with losers, posers, wannabes, has-beens, and conmen, justify pearls cast before swine, and are consequently tempted to kill more often than is healthy. Throwing them up against the wall and hoping some with stick gives you a sore back and dirties the wall. I have learned in the past few months to become an obsessive compulsive QUALIFIER to avoid killing someone out of pure frustration.
In the past, I would believe the lies or losers and arrogantly and idealistically convince myself that I could change a duck into an eagle. Then I learned that it is better to pre-qualify people. The more selective I become, the more rewarding my relationships have become. “Some will, some won’t, so what? NEXT!” is fine, but why spend so much time shouting, “Next”? Learning to say “No” will save more time, since by the time you get to “Next” the blood pressure has risen, the hands on the clock have moved, and you have wasted time that could have been spent with a more deserving character. Spend more time with less people.
And so, to provide you with a few clues to conmen, here are six Red Flags that can save your precious resources:
1. Victims - look out for self-pity, blaming of parents, excuses, or self-absorption.
2. Track Record - People seldom change and they need to demonstrate this ability before you vest to much in them. Give them a few small tests to make sure they are even able to change.
3. Back doors - if they insist on back doors, escape routes, Plan B’s, “money-back guarantees”, and other revelations of their inadequacy, weakness, and putrid self-esteem, you know they have failed again, before they even begin.
4. Second-guessing, analyzing, and questioning your guidance and instructions right at the outset - find a cattle brand and put that “L” on their foreheads to protect others from them in the future.
5. Any signs of socialism, entitlement, arrogance, or being cheap should instantly disqualify them.
6. Anyone touting a resume is really waving a bright, red flag.
Make people qualify for your attention. Raise the barrier. Increase the price. Reserve the right to reject. Qualify and select, and remember that you’ll only accept 3% of the applicants. Don’t confuse peasants and laborers with entrepreneurs. Have them do a personality assessment at their own cost. Make them earn the right to your guidance. And at any time, do not hesitate to terminate the relationship. Spend more money on royal banquets than you do on wart ointment.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:45 am by Robin J. Elliott
How are you perceived, labeled, and described by the people whom you meet and those who truly know you? Are you a pain in the ass, the guy next door, just another typical, desperate salesman, or the Knight in Shining Armor, the Guardian Angel, the Magic Bullet, the Genie in a Lamp? Are you a time waster or a solution provider? Are you interpreted as pain or profit? Do people eagerly switch off the phones, make time, and cancel appointments to meet with you? Or do they make excuses, elude you, and hide away from you?
When your entire raison d’etre is to sell them something, regardless of what they want or need, or take something without generous recompense and reward, you’re just another begging peasant pretending to be an entrepreneur. When you pitch and push and vomit your “Elevator Speech” over everyone in sight, you’re just another parasite, a mosquito to be evaded, a leech to be squished. You’re like the smoker outside the mall entrance - someone to be despised, avoided, shunned, and glared at. But when you are a solution incarnate, a bridge to better business, a Horn of Plenty, a Fixer, a profitable partner, you’re welcomed like the Prodigal Son.
You control your label, and the label had better be a true indication of what’s inside the bottle. Too many people label rat poison with “Your Friendly Uncle”, but they don’t last long; you can fool some of the people some of the time… You decide how you will be perceived, and whether you will be sought after or excluded. How do you become a magnet, a center of attention, a golden child? By BECOMING a solution. That, after all, is what a genuine Joint Venture Broker is. Some think a JV Broker is someone searching for people to promote their product. No - that’s a stupid salesperson who doen’t understand what a broker is. That person is simply broke. In more ways than one. A real broker is a solution provider that gets well paid for his service.
Genuine, 24-Carat Joint Venture Brokers are honestly interested in helping others solve their problems, diminish their pain, and achieve their objectives, by linking them up with others and getting paid a piece of the resulting, ongoing profits. Real JV Brokers are actually catalysts, links, solutions, facilitators, synergists. The JV Broker is a rain maker, a lightning rod, an energizer, who flies in through the window like Superman to help you solve your overwhelming problems and link you to the resources you need. Everyone loves Smiling Superman, but we loathe slick salespeople. People are generally more sophisticated, cynical, and sensitive than we think.
A real Joint Venture Broker is sans ego, sans hidden agenda, sans ulterior motives or manipulative moves. He is usually an invited guest, for whom the best chair at the table is reserved. His coat is taken by a deferent manservant and he is served first by doting waiters, because he has earned the respect of all. You can have whatever you want by providing others with what they want.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.28.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:51 am by Robin J. Elliott
What LABEL do you have on yourself? Tim Larkin tells an interesting story about when he had to train an elite counter-terrorist, law enforcement unit. The problem with this unit was their inability to properly anticipate ambushes or potential assassination attempts. The reason was that the unit was in defense mode, or reaction mode. They called themselves an “anti-terrorist” unit, which implies they are to defend their clients, whereas a “counter-terrorist” unit is there to HUNT terrorists. To solve the problem, Larkin changed their name (label) to Counter-Terrorist and had them practise reverse roles, so they learned to think like the terrorists. They became “At Cause” instead of “At Effect”.
In business, you are either a passive order-taker or a hunter. When I sold furniture, I stood there hoping people would come into the store so that I could sell them furniture - a passive, reactive, “at effect” position that drove me nuts. When I sold life insurance I became a HUNTER. I was proactive. I became the CAUSE, the initiator, the Producer. And so I took control of my income and my life. The label I had on my head changed. I took responsibility for my sales. I couldn’t blame the weather or the competition anymore. It was up to me. I saw myself differently. The fisherman stands there, waiting for the fish to bite. The hunter goes and looks for his prey. I don’t fish; within thirty minutes I would be storming into the water with a club to find those elusive creatures.
This is a very important part of your success in business: You’re either waiting for people to bring you deals and opportunities, or you’re creating those deals and opportunities. When Rika and I go to a mall and we see empty stores, I know that many of those people took a huge risk and lost their life savings and more, because they wanted to stand behind a counter and smile and pose while the world beat a path to their door. At Effect. When people didn’t show up and they couldn’t make their payroll and lease at the end of the month and they lost their money, they blamed the economy, the mall, the weather, and poor old George Bush. After all, “They couldn’t help it”! What could they do? It wasn’t their fault! Pathetic. Weak. Useless.
Change your mental label. Become “Unstoppable” - a “Money Machine,” a “Warrior”, a “Conqueror”, an “Adventurer”. See yourself as a producer, a pioneer, a First Cause, and creator, and an initiator. Make it happen. Take the lead. Insist on victory. Step up. Kill the terrorists before they get to you. Create the future you want. DollarMakers is here to assist you in that.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.27.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:18 pm by Robin J. Elliott
I watched a movie the other night in which the two characters are more interested in drinking and carousing than working, so one, who’s wife is supporting him financially, takes a sheaf of resumes with him every morning and gets his friends to call his house and leave messages asking him to attend employment interviews. That keeps his wife / mother happy until she discovers the lies. Many men are like little boys, supported by their hard working and long-suffering wives, who actually believe their useless, weak husbands are businessmen. They’re not even real men; a real man supports his family.
Many entrepreneurs drag the old employee mentality with them into the world of business. They feel they have to prove to everyone that they’re busy, as though that equates with “productive”. “Busy” or “Working” does not mean productive at all. We feel we have to justify our time, and so you see people attending meetings for the sake of attending meetings. They create ridiculous business plans that only fool bank managers (say no more) and will fly across the country at the drop of a hat so that they can tell their wives, who pay for the flights and the hookers on the other end, that they had a business appointment. If you’re not making money, you’re wasting time. Might as well watch a movie.
This morning I had a spot of breakfast, returned e mail for 30 minutes and then went skiing on Mystery Peak for few hours. It was wonderful, powder snow, flying down a mountain in a snowstorm, then driving down into the sunshine afterwards to stop for a hot cup of coffee. At home I lazed in the Jacuzzi for a while, watching a few snowflakes fall on the spring cherry blossoms outside (only in Vancouver) before eating the delicious lunch Rika had prepared for me. Then I spent two hours working, and that’s it for today. Two and a half hours of effective, focused work that will make good money and keep my Joint Ventures on track. Much better than attending unproductive meetings with other broke people where we all convince each other how well we’re doing, so that we can continue the illusion that we actually have businesses. I’m writing this on the patio, sipping a cup of Tetleys and enjoying my life.
I once called one of my salesmen after a meeting, and his mother/wife reported that he was having a bath. When he called me back, he apologized profusely for lying in the bath instead of making sales calls. I replied, “Hey, Jonathan, I don’t care if you lie in the bath all day, as long as you make sales. You don’t work for me - you work for yourself! Anyway, you’re on commission, so if you’re not producing, you’re not earning, and you know that if your sales drop too low you’ll get fired. I’m not your mother.” I’m not interested in your stories, excuses, what you do with your time, or how long you work - I’m interested in results. Business is about results, not lies and smokescreens - that’s for employees.
Joint Venture Brokers can spend all day skiing or kayaking or hiking or reading a book, make one or two phone calls and a few e mails, and get rich. We choose whom we work with, when we work, what we do, and when we do it. My personal schedule comes first and business comes second. I call the shots. Most entrepreneurs work too hard for too little. They spend a lot of time wearing the mask of success and going through the motions, when they should be relaxing by the pool with their loved ones. They’re almost worse than employees. Shed that employee mentality and focus on net, after tax profit. Concentrate on results, and be very selective. Joint Ventures provide that exciting and lucrative opportunity. DollarMakers is about making dollars, not excuses. Do what you love with people you respect, and you’ll be good at it and make money.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.26.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:54 pm by Robin J. Elliott
You know, you’re really only one or the other. Listen to this: “Does the spoon taste the soup? A fool may live all his life in the company of a master and still miss the way. The tongue tastes the soup. If you are awake in the presence of a master, one moment will show you the way.” - the Buddha. Some people start off as spoons and then one day they become a tongue. One can spend hours and hours with a great teacher and not get it, then suddenly, somehow, there’s an epiphany, and that is your moment of understanding, your breakthrough, and everything suddenly becomes clear. And you’re never the same again.
The stronger one’s conditioning, the more spoonlike we are, and it takes longer to arrive at that defining moment. So hang in there - it takes time to break through that wall of cynicism, but eventually the sunlight peeks through, the scales drop from one’s eyes, and VOILA! You GET IT. “Egad! I never realized, Fotherington! It’s as plain as the nose of your face!”
Sad thing is, when dozing in spoon mode, one could become a little jealous of those tongues out there, revelling in the revelation and raking in the old cash, “licking their chops”, as it were. One feels a little out of place, as though surrounded by dozens of Kiss fans, tongues lolling about like damn dogs, so one tends to get a little nasty, and probably flounce out and miss out on that life-giving broth. Cutting off one’s tongue to spite one’s face…. Not smart. It takes some of us a little longer, is all. Don’t give up - come on in, the soup’s great!
Actually, the Buddha hit the nail on the head when he used the word, “Awake”. You have to be awake, and I translate that as “Hungry”. If you are hungry enough, you’ll see through that veil of pessimism and doubt, and your motivation will burn through the fog of fear. A spot of faith and a dollop of trust do wonders to help the medicine go down. And nothing tastes sweeter than the realization that you can actually have all the money you want, faster, easier, and with more fun than you ever believed possible, using Joint Ventures.
So when the information is not penetrating, don’t shoot the messenger, break the mirror, or decide that you can’t do it. Just remember the old spoon and tongue analogy - a “spoon” becomes a “tongue” when it spends enough time in the soup, especially if it’s thirsty. Personally, I’m a slow learner and a slow reader. I sound each word in my mind when I read, and I need to hear things a few time before I understand the context completely, but I have learned to be patient with myself, because I know from experience that when I get it, I REALLY get it, and then I’m unstoppable. Release your inner tongue!
Now I’m peckish - tea and a ginger biscuit sounds good.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.25.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:51 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Successful people are very careful how they spend their time, and even more careful about WHOM they spend their time with. The most successful salespeople I have ever met were all very cautious to PRE-QUALIFY people before they wasted any time with them, by asking them very specific questions. If you decide to only spend your time with great, qualified prospects, you will make better presentations, work less, and make a lot more money. Qualify them on their interest level and qualify them on the money (can they afford it?) before you spend any more time with them.
It’s senseless to fish in a lake without fish. It’s stupid to fish in a lake where the fish are not hungry. It’s crazy to use the wrong bait. And you can’t force the fish onto the hook. Remember, you already have the information and the business. You’re in control. You don’t need everyone in the world - you only want only a few good ones out of the millions out there. Spend your time very selectively. Some will, some won’t, so what? NEXT! YAHOO! You Always Have Other Options.
How do you qualify someone? BEFORE doing the presentation or arranging the meeting, ask, “If I could show you a way to reach the goals/solve the problems you have told me about, and you were comfortable that the system would work for you, would you take immediate action?”
If they say, “NO”, respond, “I’m curious - may I ask why?” Determine their level of hunger before you try to sell them food.
“The investment required for you to participate in this system is $1,000. If you feel this is the right solution / vehicle for you, is that something you can afford?” If they tell you they definitely can’t afford the program, even if they agree that it’s the best thing since sliced bread, MOVE ON. Someone’s Waiting! NEXT!
Would you rather spend ten hours with ten losers who never do anything, don’t show up at meetings, forget (or refuse) to return calls, and are always late, or with one real go-getter who is reliable, responsive, proactive, hard-working, eager, and positive? You may LIKE someone, but that’s never a reason to do business with them. Remember that. Seek out the producers and the winners. That’s 3% of the population: That’s 9.9 million people in North America (out of 330 million.)
Walk away from losers to winners. When the eagle mask slips and you see a loser underneath, hit the road, Jack. Talk is cheap - look for action. Forgive them twice, then kick them to the curb where they belong and go looking for a champion. Working with winners is very rewarding and satisfying. It’s stimulating to work with creative, positive people who take the initiative and motive you. You look forward to their calls and enjoy your time with them, and you all make lots of money in the process.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 9:36 am by Robin J. Elliott
On the news this morning I heard about a Cuban man who has tried to get into the US twenty-eight times, risking his life every time. He has seen many others die in the process. This is nothing new. Mexicans die every day trying to reach their objective of starting a new life in the US. These brave people literally risk their lives to achieve their goals. They are fully aware of the risk. How motivated are YOU to reach your goals?
Six years ago, a woman sent me an e mail from South Africa (the situation there is far worse than either Mexico or Cuba, and it deteriorates daily.) Her husband had lost his job and couldn’t get another one due to affirmative action, she had been mugged three times, and their teenage daughters were being harassed and exposed to the risk of rape every day on their way to school. They saw their community falling to pieces around them as violence and crime escalated out of control, and they were in financial difficulties. They decided to immigrate to Canada, but they didn’t have enough money, so they were declined. The only way out was more money, so her husband left her a suicide note and blew his head off with a shotgun so that there would be enough life insurance money for them to immigrate to Canada and save themselves. The ultimate sacrifice.
These are perhaps extreme examples, but they are happening every day. If you live in North America or the UK, you have absolutely no reason not to get rich and make all your dreams come true. We are surrounded by freedom, abundance, safety, opportunity, and ease. Perhaps that’s why so many are obese, lazy, pathetic, weak, smoking complainers. Recently an American toddler was CRUSHED by an obese relative. Our biggest challenge is the Starbucks lineup or finding a parking space at the mall. Other people risk their lives for what we have.
Do you suppose someone who has risked their lives to immigrate will be a hard worker and highly motivated? Better than some loser who is only interested in benefits and smoke breaks, methinks. If we want to seriously stimulate the economies in Canada and the US, we should open the borders to South Africans, Mexicans, and Cubans. They know how to work. But that would be a major threat to the lazy majority, so it won’t happen. The only people complaining about outsourcing to foreign countries and begging to seal the borders are those who don’t see the wonderful entrepreneurial opportunities all around them. Why work in a factory or a job when you can get rich and enjoy the best in the world? But then you would have to risk, take responsibility, and work, like those Mexicans that some so easily mock.
Give yourself a check-up from the neck up. How motivated are YOU? You will succeed in direct proportion to your level of motivation. Or perhaps things have to get a lot worse before you realize your predicament? Crisis brings opportunity. It might kick some people out of their lethargy and wake them up. That could happen, so it’s perhaps wise to be prepared…
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:37 am by Robin J. Elliott
Total Commitment is like a canary yellow diamond - extremely rare and valuable. If you want to ensure your success as a Joint Venture Broker, or in any venture, for that matter, you need to understand a simple analogy.
You’re walking along after the theater at night with your wife, and a drug crazed thug rushes up and presses a sharp hunting knife to your neck. You feel a warm trickle of blood running down your neck. He’s raving and shaking and wild and desperate for drug money. How would you react? If this sounds extreme to you, A friend of mine was walking along in Vancouver (a very drug friendly place) and a drug addict rushed up, stabbed him in the neck, and ran away. My friend nearly died.
In business, there are people who would steal your last cent, sue you, rip you off, steal from you, bankrupt you, ruin your reputation, badmouth you, just like this attacker. You know that is true, unless you’re seven years old. And when you’re focused on making it in your own business, you win or go bankrupt. There is no kind uncle coming along with a handout. It’s win or lose, life or death. It’s the real world.
Your “attacker” in this context is not only your opponent, but simply a way to communicate commitment and focus. Do you try to negotiate with your attacker? Offer him your money or your wife? Give him directions for the local free injection site that the collectivists are so proud of? Try to gently remove his knife? Tell him you’re poor? Let’s hear what expert Tim Larkin has to say: “The person motivated to ‘protect’ himself/herself grabs the wrist and tries to wrest control of the knife. The person motivated to hurt the other guy shifts their torso, penetrates forward and delivers a closed fist punch to the other guy’s Adam’s apple. Two totally different responses, with totally different results…”
Half-hearted commitment, holding back, keeping a back door open, a mediocre attitude, a lukewarm motivation and a distracted, interrupted focus will kill your business like a sharp knife to your carotid artery. People work ten hours a day and commute for ninety minutes to earn a small salary. Then they start their own business, work three hours a day, forget to shave, and expect to get rich. No wonder they fail. There is no real hunger - they’re snacking on success. There is no passion, no real commitment. They treat their business like a hobby - “We’re just trying it out” - a test drive - a diversion. They are addicted to comfort and compromise. Weak. No killer instinct. So they fail, and blame everyone else. True commitment is 24/7/365, whatever it takes, kill or be killed.
I don’t see many “entrepreneurs” who are prepared to attend a meeting at 4am, yet that is a great way to recruit winners - tell him to meet you at a remote place at 4am and you’ll know if you have a whiner or a winner. A Champion will not even hesitate, and he’ll be there in a suit, twenty minutes before you get there. A real warrior will be totally, absolutely committed to success, even if it means working through the night. You won’t hear excuses from a real Eagle about their kids or dog or their toothache or how busy they are. They’re never late, and they are always well prepared.
One of the most successful warriors I know of was General Patton. He was not only an intellectual, but also an expert warrior and someone who understood the warrior mindset. Naturally, he is hated by losers. When he prepared the minds of his soldiers, he taught them, about total commitment, because he knew that was the only way they would win. He said, “We must be eager to kill, to inflict on the enemy - the hated enemy - wounds, death, and destruction. If we die killing, well and good, but if we fight hard enough, viciously enough, we will kill and live. Live to return home to our family and our girl as conquering heroes — men of Mars.”
You have to hate losing and failure, mediocrity and compromise, as your real enemy, and you have to love your business, your objectives and goals as much as your family, and it has to be reflected in your every thought, word, choice, and deed. Every second counts. Every thought has a repercussion. Every deed has a ripple effect. Every word has a consequence. Total, true commitment is a GUARANTEE of your success in any venture, and you will have very little competition.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.23.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:23 am by Robin J. Elliott
Let’s define a regular business - I’m not talking about being a self-employed salesman, like a financial planner, handyman, gift basket creator, consultant, coach, craftsman, website designer - someone who sells their own time. That is simply stupid, since you have limited time and it’s your most valuable resource, so you should NEVER sell it unless there is a significant back-end with huge leverage, and 99% of these people don’t have that in place. I’m talking about a business like a lube joint, a printing business, painting business, fencing business, restaurant, hotel, retail store, dry cleaner, hair salon.
Most regular businesses involve taking up a lot of your time, huge risk, limited income potential, “Feast or Famine” income cycles, employees, inventory, competition, and silly little profit margins. Most owners of these businesses make little money, or they make great money, but they have too little time to enjoy it. After dealing with thousands of business owners in different industries over many years, I think I have a pretty good idea of their challenges, limitations, and risk.
I don’t want to deal with employees in a socialistic society where they have more legal protection than I do. I don’t want to deal with the increasing cost of overheads and advertising. I don’t want to deal with customers I don’t like or respect, just because I need their money. I don’t like risk, period. And I never met a dollar I didn’t like, so high profit is important to me. And at 55, living in beautiful British Columbia with a wonderful wife of 22 years, my time is too valuable to spend with anyone I don’t like and respect.
But if I HAD a regular business, I would use Joint Ventures to duplicate and leverage that business through the roof. Then I would sell it, and simply broker Joint Ventures, as I do now. I don’t want a franchisor who is really my boss, to tell me what to do and how to do it. I don’t want to deal with unscrupulous suppliers, off-shore competitors, difficult, brain dead customers, or be at risk from changes in local laws, environment, buildings, politics, or weather that I can’t control. The world is changing, as you might have noticed. Conventional business has become extremely risky.
If you GAVE me a business, ANY business, I would simply give it back. Don’t need it, don’t want it. Keep it. Over the years, I have been offered shares in businesses, pieces of business, you name it. Never made any sense to me. I have been that self-employed salesman, too, and I simply had too much self-respect to continue as a mercenary prostitute. I was quite ready to shoot a few of my esteemed “Consulting Clients” and swore I would never be desperate enough (or crazy enough) to debase myself like that again.
The reason why most people get into conventional small businesses is usually because they don’t know that they have an option - that’s why I’m a Joint Venture Broker. I do what I like, when I like, where I like, with whom I like, IF I like. My freedom is simply too important to me.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 8:51 am by Robin J. Elliott
Perhaps you already have a business but want to make more money, or you would love to be able to retire sometime before you die, but can’t afford to. Or you have a job but you need more money. Perhaps you want more freedom. So you think that buying a business will solve that problem. Well, have a look at the daunting opportunities available to you today - you can buy a document destruction business for a mere $75,000. What about the people that don’t want their documents destroyed? Sorry, can’t help you. How about a restaurant franchise? You only need a net worth of $2.5 million with $500,000 liquid, and you will work harder than ever - if you make it. You could buy a decorative concrete business for just $6,000 and work like a laborer, as well, if you like. Or you can buy a cleaning business - there are lost of office toilets that need cleaning in the middle of the night. How about a nice little printing business for a few hundred grand? STOP! It’s just too depressing.
How about you can make money from any and ALL businesses - printing, concrete, document destruction, cleaning, food - whatever anyone needs, and not pay a blue cent? How about not doing any of the work, not carrying any inventory, and everything you earn is 100% profit? That’s what BROKERS do. You meet Desmond at your club or in the pub and he tells you he needs his offices cleaned, so you set up a Joint Venture with an office cleaning company, and you get a check in the mail every time they clean Desmond’s offices - while you’re playing golf. Desmond’s friend needs documents destroyed, so you hook him up with the document destruction guy who spent $75,000 (plus all the hidden costs) - if he’s still in business - and you get paid a generous commission every time they destroy his documents. They work for the Broker!
A Broker doesn’t NEED to own a business in order to make money from it, and he has plenty of spare time. He uses duplication and leverage, the most powerful forces in the world, and he operates easily, with very little work, no cost, no risk, no investment, and no limitations - he can do business anywhere in the world. You can make money from other peoples’ money, other peoples’ work, other peoples’ businesses, and all it takes is a phone call or an e mail. A friend of mine recently bought a bindery business - they bind stuff. They work with printers. I was on a plane, chatted to the fellow next to me, and found that he has a friend who owns a lot of printing businesses. So I connected him with my friend of the bindery business. That’s what I do. Cost me a simple e mail. They will have meetings, carry inventory, negotiate, work, pay their employees, and spend lots of time, while I’m skiing. And if they do business, I get a piece of it - that easy. They’re working for me!
In today’s turbulent world, lean and light is a smart way to go - I have no employees, no inventory, no leases or licenses or royalties top pay, and no overhead. I have multiple income sources and unlimited income potential, and everything that hits my bank account is 100% profit. When my bank manager saw my income she asked, “Is that gross income?” My wife smiled and said, “No, that’s NET income - we have no overhead.” The bank manager instantly suggested she lend us some money, which we gratefully accepted at 6%, and immediately loaned it out at 12%. The bank’s money works for us.
Poor people work hard for their money and sacrifice their time. Rich people have their money working for them. Joint Venture Brokers have other peoples’ money and resources working for them. Is time freedom and a secure income / retirement attractive to you?
In order to succeed as a Joint Venture Broker (I should know after 22 years), you need four things:
1. You need training - ongoing training.
2. You need support for when you get stuck and don’t know what to do next.
3. You need access to the right people - people who understand how this works and are ready to do business with you immediately.
4. You need some proven, lucrative, easy JV’s to start with in order to build your confidence and get you making money fast. (Training wheels.)
DollarMakers provides all the above to motivated, pro-active people, WHETHER YOU HAVE A BUSINESS OR NOT.
Yes, if you already have a business, you’re likely operating on about 10% of your potential profit without Joint Ventures. You’re working too hard for too little. We can help you with that. What would it mean to you to double your profits?
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
robin@dollarmakers.com
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03.22.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:28 pm by Robin J. Elliott
When Ayn Rand said, “My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute”, she addressed an extremely important issue: REASON.
In today’s turbulent world of change, threat, insecurity, and anxiety, many people are hiding from the truth. We hear that more people flock to movie houses and churches during times of war, depression, and turmoil than in any other time - an escape from reason and responsibility. Emotionalism hides the real issues, avoids responsibility, and protects the fragile ego. Blame, escapism, and justification avoids reality. You won’t solve your problems by discussing the latest CNN propaganda with your broke friends. Reason is the only accurate compass in this wild wilderness.
While it is easier to hide behind mysticism, and live vicariously through politicians, sports teams and Hollywood actors while your life falls to pieces, your debt increases, and your hopes of retirement disappear, it’s not the solution. Reason is the final judge and jury, bringing with it the only viable explanation and solution. Reason is very scary and threatening to those who refuse to discipline themselves and take responsibility. It’s far more comfortable to stuff your face with overpriced popcorn that you can’t afford, wasting time you don’t have while mindlessly watching a meaningless movie.
Some people mistakenly believe the government or their church will take care of them. They flee to the filthy caves of socialism, collectivism, liberation theology, and mysticism, where they will be devoured by witchdoctors and bullies. They think they will be protected if they’re politically correct and remain subservient and meek. They believe that by hiding their heads in the sand they will avoid the future they fear. The consequences of their past choices are coming to get them.
In her book, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand tells a fictitious, yet prophetic story that clearly explains her philosophy of Objectivism, the solution for people who want a solution. With the right philosophy, you can take control of your life, recreate and reinvent your future, and take pride in your own endeavors as a self-sufficient individual. Here’s a simple way to describe a great philosophy: “If it’s to be, it’s up to me.” Here’s another very complicated way of putting it: “I have created my present reality, and I am in control of my future.”
Environmentalism, altruism, multiculturalism, political correctness, avoiding confrontation, and an escape to mysticism are all definite signs of the avoidance of reason and personal responsibility. Miss Rand taught, “If you think something is a contradition, check your premises.” Reason is the only absolute.
When the Catholic Church, an extremely wealthy organization, decides that it’s a sin to be extremely rich, you have to check your premises. A reasonable person would understand.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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In my younger days, I was involved in judo and karate. I discovered an interesting phenomenon. During my basic training in the army (I was drafted when I finished school at age 17). I arrived at the army camp six days after everyone else, unfit and puny, returning from an icy European winter tour to a 30 degree South African summer, and I saw it again. I was up against top athletes, hardened laborers, and other tough characters. My sport had been playing the drums in a rock band and getting drunk on weekends. We all got the same hard army bootcamp training for three months. I was amazed at my performance against theirs.
Through the years, I have met some highly successful athletes - each of them confirmed my belief.
What did I find? My parents battled to pay for my judo classes - it was a major investment for them, of which I was painfully aware. I valued every minute of my training, and when I got into competitions and fights I knew I couldn’t afford to lose and waste their hard-earned money. I was highly motivated. When I got involved in Karate as an adult, my time was very scarce, so I made the absolute best of it and immersed myself in the philosophy as well. I grew up with war stories from my Dad - he was a gunner in a bomber during the war - and I loved everything military. I was involved in cadets and the marched in the Efficiency Squad at school becoming first a sergeant and then a student officer with my own squad. When I got into the real army, I loved the training, the physical tests, the army food, the whole thing.
Top athletes tell me it’s all about their mindset, their motivation, their “WHY” to win, their beliefs, and their self discipline and their self-esteem.
Here’s the thing: It’s mental, not physical. Tim Larkin teaches people “Combat Training Principles - Secrets For Staying Alive When ‘Rules’ Don’t Apply” he also teaches that it is all about the mind, interpretation, attitude and motivation. I recommend his e mail newsletters. Puny people can win fights and races. Compare Hitler and Churchill: Churchill knew he was destined for his work and he was self sufficient, while Hitler knew he was being groomed and trained by others whom he needed, and deep down inside he knew how mercenary he was. Churchill understood that he deserved to win and he never doubted himself. Truly successful people don’t have to fake or pretend or compromise. Read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.
The principle applies in every area of human endeavor, especially in business. The reason why people fail has little to do with their circumstances, opportunities, or training. Good training for losers is casting pearls before swine. Someone with a strong body but a weak character will ultimately lose. A motivated person will take a failing business and turn it into a success, while a loser will take a great opportunity and fail dismally, then blame everything and everyone except himself. It’s not about your physical, financial, or material assets, or about your training.
The Buddha said, “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with an impure mind and trouble will follow you as the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart. We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable.” He also said, “Know that your body is a fragile jar, and make a castle of your mind.”
The fastest way to achieve a winning attitude that will affect every area of your life is to fill your mind with positive thoughts and the right philosophy, and mix only with truly successful people. Add a huge measure of self discipline, and become goal-oriented, and you’re right on track to winning the race. Finally, we know from wartime concentration camp survivors that it’s ultimately all about your WHY. WHY do you insist on success? To reward your parents, or achieve what they never did, or support your family, or contribute? The WHY is a hundred times more important than the HOW.
Ultimately, you do it for YOURSELF and whom you become.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.20.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:53 am by Robin J. Elliott
Are you worried about offshore competition and price cutting?
Do you find it hard to find good employees and keep them?
Are you completely satisfied with your profits and sales?
Do you have enough time to spend with your family?
What is your greatest concern about the future of your business?
Is it hard to find new customers?How do you feel about the future?
If you want to double your profits and remove your problems with Joint Ventures, attend a DollarMakers Bootcamp:
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03.18.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:13 pm by Robin J. Elliott
“Together, we do amazing things.” That is the philosophy of the sophisticated, savvy Joint Venture Broker. It is the understanding of large business, hence the fact that 20% of the revenues of the Fortune 500 companies can be attributed to Joint Ventures. Successful people understand that the most powerful force in the world is duplication - through others. Hence the growth of Joint Ventures and Network Marketing (with the right company.) You can’t do it alone.
The average small business owner, however, is focused on his own success, often at the expense of others. For him, it’s all about the sale, his cash flow, and his ego. Most are broke, self-employed salesmen in debt. He is usually not interested in other peoples’ success, and he operates on about 10% of his potential profit. He is a Lone Ranger, selling his own time. If he stops selling and working, he stops earning, so he lives in fear, and that fear often manifests as aggression. Naturally, this is not true of all entrepreneurs, but it is true of 90% of them.
If your partners are more successful, you get more successful. If your people prosper, you do better. You grow by helping others to do the same. You duplicate yourself in others. There is no such thing as bad competition for intelligent JV Brokers. Zig Ziglar said, “You can get anything you want out of life, if you’re prepared to help enough other people to get what they want.” If you are a strategist, you will understand the power of building teams under yourself. You will realize the potential of duplication and leverage.
Successful people have an abundance mentality. They are generous. They know that 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing. They understand business. They don’t think in terms of the shrinking pie, scarcity, or fear. They leverage existing resources and base their business on solid, honest relationships with the right people. Paul Getty said, “I would rather have 1% from the efforts of 100 people than 100% from my own efforts.” That’s why he was so rich. Poor people work for their money. Rich people have their money work for them. JV Brokers go one step further: They have other people’s money working for them. It’s all about people.
Most of all, it’s all about empowering yourself by empowering the RIGHT people. Be very selective. Working with losers and thieves, socialists and parasites, will depress, discourage, and weaken you. Bad people will undermine and sabotage your succeed. Good people will help you realize magnificent goals.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Is a $500 Seminar expensive?
Is a $4,000 coaching program expensive?
Is paying 5% per month interest expensive?
Is high speed Internet expensive?
Is a $20 book expensive?
Let’s hit these one at a time. Is a $500 seminar expensive if it makes you $500 per month for the next ten years? Obviously not. But if you never apply the information, it’s a waste of money. Is a $4,000 coaching program expensive? Not if you use the information, diligently follow through, and make $400,000. 5% per month is cheap if you’re earning 30% per month. High speed Internet (compared to dial-up) is expensive if used for games and surfing the Net for porn, but as a business tool, it is cheap cheap. A $20 book that gets you retired in one year is dirt cheap.
Expensive is hockey tickets, beer, smoking, or never applying the information you buy (given that it’s good information). Expensive is buying things you don’t need with money you don’t have to impress people you don’t like. Is a $900 Convention expensive? Not if you create lifelong relationships with winners and tens of thousands of dollars in repeat income!
Expensive is leaving good money on the table and missing wonderful opportunities because of fear, pessimism and slothfulness. Expensive is NOT investing in something that will make you ten or a hundred times what you invested. Expensive is spending time with losers. Expensive is recruiting whiners instead 0f winners into your business. Expensive is spending your own time and resources instead of leveraging the time and resources of other people through systems like Joint Ventures and Network Marketing.
It’s all relative - the risk or cost and the return on that investment. I attended a $5,000, three day seminar by Jay Abraham in the early nineties that has made millions of dollars. Was the $5,000 expensive? No - it was dirt cheap! Dave Dubeau paid $1,000 to attend my Bootcamp and now he makes at least $10,000 per month. Great investment. Patrick Giesbrecht paid $500 to attend my Bootcamp and he RETIRED in seven months! Was the $500 expensive? What would have been expensive was not attending the Bootcamp, right? Right. Wasting time and wasting money is expensive; wasting opportunities is a DISASTER.
When does an EXPENSE become an INVESTMENT? When you bay bad information from bad people and never implement it, it’s expensive, even if it’s five dollars. When you get the right information and apply it to make many times more than you spent, it’s an investment. Your time is your most valuable resource. That kind of investment has to be very carefully weighed. Your perspective will determine what is expensive. Think about it. I invested $4,000 on a coaching program and it’s already paid off, because I know I will apply the information I already have to make a lot of money, and I have only spent two weeks on the one year program!
Finally, remember what John Addison said: “Never take advice from someone more screwed up that you are!” I only learn from people who are a lot more successful than I am in that particular area of expertise. Whatever I pay them is cheap when I diligently apply it. Jim Stovall said, “Don’t take advice from anyone who doesn’t already have what you want.” Think about it.
Finally, the most powerful force in the world is DUPLICATION. That is found in Joint Ventures and Network Marketing (if you choose the right company). Invest in systems that show you how to use duplication and leverage and the return on investment is unlimited. NOT to do so is very expensive.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.17.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:05 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Johnny Wimbrey says you’re naturally powerful and prosperous, but if you allow your circumstances and conditioning to keep you poor pathetic and powerless, you’ve simply allowed someone else to predict and control your future. We create our circumstances and our future. We are accountable and responsible. We have the ability to use our power any way we wish. It’s not a coincidence that only 3% of Americans earn over $75,000 a year, and only 3% of Americans are readers. We accurately predict our own futures. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I talked with someone the other day who was complaining that he couldn’t make it financially. I suggested he buy my book for $19.95 and he said he couldn’t afford it. I asked him to name the last book he read, and of course he couldn’t remember. He said he couldn’t afford a $20 book that could change his life, yet he had a packet of cigarettes in his top pocket; he can afford $300 per month to smoke and stink up the environment. He doesn’t believe in his own future. He has to choose to want to succeed and pay the price. If $20 is too much to create your own retirement in one year, your conditioning has you trapped. “Where you come from”, says Johnny, has nothing to do with where you’re going!”
Here’s the thing: If you partner up with the poor, pathetic and powerless, spend time with them, and make the same choices they do, you will end up just like them. Kick them to the curb, fast, before they drag you down into their traps of self pity, pessimism, and victimhood. Find proactive, powerful, prosperous, and positive Joint Venture partners. RESPONSIBILITY means Your Ability To Respond in any way you choose to your circumstances. No matter how you might feel about your present situation, I assure you that you are surrounded by magnificent opportunities to succeed beyond your wildest expectations. You just need someone to point them out and guide you. But you have to take the first step, or any worthwhile guide will be long gone. Do what successful people do, and you will have what they have.
Paul J. Meyer said, “Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.” So let me ask you this: What do you imagine your future to look like, specifically? What do you earnestly desire? What do you really believe about your future? And what actions are you taking to make create that future? Pathetic partners are anchor that will drown you long before you reach your Treasure Island, But the right partners will help you get there in record time!
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:19 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Imagine if some official showed up at your house or work in a smart car and told you that you had $20,000 in the bank that you didn’t know about, or that you had inherited $200,000. What would you do? How would you feel? Whom would you tell? How would your life change? What pressure would be relieved? What fun would you have? Well, it’s not as far fetched as you might imagine.
The thing is, if you have a large database of people who like, trust and respect you, and if you communicate with them fairly regularly, or if you know someone else in that position, you are wealthier than you think, because you have a potential goldmine right there. I’m not talking about buying lists or having opt-in names of people who don’t like you but simply got a free report online - I’m talking about real people with real names that you can actually communicate with.
How big does the list have to be? Quality beats quantity every time. Here’s an example: I have attended numerous huge business networking meetings and walked away with the distinct feeling that I would like to shoot every last one of those losers, but I attended a small networking meeting with only eight other people and I sold three of them each a $25,000 deal. Quality is what it is all about. That’s the kind of list I’m talking about. That’s the real goldmine.
How do you mine that mine? How do you extract your wealth? We can show you how to offer the people on the list and the list owner a huge incentive to consider using our products or services, and then pay ridiculously generous commissions on all the resulting sales - no cost, no selling, no work, hardly any time, and no risk. Easy to do, easy to track. Worst case scenario, everyone benefits, because everyone concerned gets massive, complimentary value, simply for being on the list. And the more often you do it, the better results, as Spaced Repetition kicks in and delivers more sales.
This automated process is proven and simple, and potentially very lucrative. If you’re interested and you can prove that you have a list or someone who owns a real list and is ready and willing to work with us, we will share the combination of the safe with you. E mail me robin@dollarmakers.com
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 11:21 am by Robin J. Elliott
Are you watching the news, reading the newspapers, seeing the layoffs, witnessing banks crumbling, learning about the recession and the scary house market? Are you hearing about foreclosures and fear and wondering how this is affecting your financial future and that of your loved ones? Do you feel trapped and at risk? Perhaps a spot of the old insomnia?A little trembling? Got the shakes? Quite understandable, and yet avoidable. DollarMakers is here to set your free.
While others eagerly take advantage of this scary situation to offer you all sorts of expensive, suspect, dangerous and risky solutions, many of which will quite simply alert tax agencies faster than a poke in the eye, and with good cause, I may add, we have simple, proven, and effective ways to rise above this wave of doom with minute cost and no risk. We show you how to use leverage and your brain, instead of your precious savings, or, worse still, more debt, to break free from your financial shackles.
The right information at the right time can change your life dramatically. It has for me, on more than one occasion. While most people, including banks and so-called “financial planners”, are simply selling people a shiny shovel to dig themselves further into a dark, depressing debt hole, we show you how to use the means already at your disposal to put together a ladder to climb out into the sunshine of peace of mind. But talk, they say, is cheap, so let me share one of many simple systems with you that many people can take advantage of right away.
Yesterday, while hiking on Mount Seymour in Beautiful British Columbia, one of our DollarMakers Members told me how he used our input to earn good extra money every month with no cost, selling, or risk, and three quick phone calls. In a nutshell, a credit card company called him and offered him fifteen thousand dollars for one year at 7% interest. He called them back and asked for a lower rate. They offered him 3.9% and he asked for a lower rate. They called him back on Monday and offered him much more money (I believe $30,000) at 2.9 percent for a year. What did he do then?
He called our contact and loaned him the same $30,000 at 12% interest, payable at 1% per month. In other words, he borrowed $30,000 at 2.9% from the credit card company and loaned it out at 12%. That earns him $227.50 per month, clear, in his pocket. He is making money off the credit card company. That is a small amount of money, but it all adds up. There are people who have equity in the homes that is not leveraged.
What if you have no equity, no credit, and no money? No problem!We show you how to use OTHER PEOPLE’S money, credit, equity, and resources. YAHOO! You Always Have Other Choices. We can show you how. We have many easy systems available for you - the recipe for prosperity and freedom. So take Mr. Apprehension, Mr. Anguish, Mr. Doubt and Mr. Distress by the scruff of the neck and kick them out of your home. Invite DollarMakers in. Lots of information at www.DollarMakers.com
A few quick steps you can take:
Join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Broker Club or the DollarMakers Women’s Club
Attend a Bootcamp (Vancouver March 29, Calgary April 5, London UK April 13, Toronto April 19)
Get my book
Get our JV Toolkit (includes Membership)
Being broke is temporary. There is a way out. Your future can be anything you want. It’s not too late to get rich.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.15.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:15 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Desperate hopefulness or calm buoyancy? Confident belief or trembling wishfulness?
Why do some go courageously forward, convinced of their imminent success, while others cower and whimper, looking for any excuse to retreat to their old ways? What makes some see the future as dark and threatening, while others eagerly set sail for new lands, expecting only the best outcomes?
I was once accused of being Pollyannaish by one of the most pessimistic losers I have known. At first, I felt insulted, but then I realized that he wasn’t being nasty at all; his perspective was so negative and fearful that he honestly believe that my optimism was delusional. What was the difference? Simple, really. He was basing his expectations on his past failures. I based my expectations on my past successes. Now you may be asking, “Fine. What if everything I ever tried failed? How can I then get excited about new opportunities?” I have a simple answer for you: Hitch your wagon to a star.
If you’re shaking in your boots but you know the pain of going ahead is less than the pain of your present circumstances, if you realize that your situation is going from bad to worse and you HAVE to make changes, find a winner who is going in the same direction and team up with him. Borrow his courage, learn from his demeanor, model his attitude, lean on his strength. Take his advice, even when you’re terrified. Work harder than ever before - it’s hard to be scared while you’re working hard - and contribute your part. Winners like helping others who do their best.
Small successes will build your faith and strengthen your self-esteem. Self discipline will do wonders for your optimism. Follow the directions of successful people and read their writings, and you will slowly start to become like them. BE, DO, HAVE. If you think like a winner you will become like a winner, then you will do what winners do, and finally have what winners have. Act in spite of your fear. Face your demons. Depend on your mentor. The most important part of the journey to success is the first step. Choose a good guide and take it one step at a time. Before you know it, you will be running and skipping joyfully and fearlessly towards your goals.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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If you honestly think Obama is not prejudiced in his thinking, and that he will not bring that dangerous prejudice to the US government, or that you are not prejudiced in your thinking, whoever you are, I suggest you read this amazing article. Towards the middle you will see what I am talking about. Self knowledge is the beginning of wisdom. Self deception leads to mistakes at the polls and sad consequences.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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If you have ever doubted the power of the network you’re involve in to affect your life, choices and success, I strongly encourage you to read the following amazing article. It’s worth the length and reading through the beginning to set the stage for the middle part and end. You come away with a new appreciation for the power of association, the importance of carefully choosing your partner and friends, and realize why many of your endeavors failed or succeeded in the past. You will see how your network will affect you even across geographical barriers, and the proof offered is extraordinary.
Click here to read this incredible article. After reading it, you will probably do three things:
Break ties with negative people and losers
Strengthen or create relationships with winners
Join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Broker Club
Robin J. Elliott
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Members of the DollarMakers Joint Venture Broker Club can massively increase the amount of money they make by observing the following simple guidelines:
1. Carefully select the Members you wish to Joint Venture with by observing their online profiles, meeting them at DollarMakers events, and doing your due diligence.
2. Ascertain their Hot Button and level of motivation, learn about their business, products and services, and communicate regularly. Build relationship. When they appear on the Birthday List, wish them.
3. Discontinue the relationship at once if they do not respond to e mails or if you notice unprofessional or unethical behavior or pressure. Report same immediately to DollarMakers.
4. Get involved with your local Members Meetings, the Members Conference Calls, and the Members Convention in Cancun in November.
5. If there isn’t a Members Meeting in your area yet, start one - we will show you how.
6. Read your weekly ezines. There are six!
7. Attend as many Joint Venture Broker Bootcamps as you can.
8. Consider hosting a Bootcamp in your area!
9. Contact us for a list of Preferred Joint Ventures: robin@dollarmakers.com
10. Instead of pushing your own product or service and selling, try linking people up and SOLVING - that’s what brokering a JV is all about.
Finally, if you’re stuck, ASK and we will assist you. Use our global expansion to grow your business. Your success is our success, because together, we do amazing things.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.14.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:03 pm by Robin J. Elliott
A lot of people are unemployed these days, or worried about losing their jobs, especially with the changing economic world we live in, or not having enough money for their retirement. Others are concerned because they have money but no time, or time but no money.
Imagine if you placed an advert: “Wanted: 10 Serious People Who Insist on Earning a Six Figure Income within Twelve Months“. Anyone who wanted a JOB that paid a six figure income would dress himself up, show up early for the appointment wearing his best suit, have his little resume with him in smart binder… he would be prepared to attend four interviews, travel far to get there, and have a great attitude. He would realize that he had a lot of competition for the job. He would be very eager. As soon as he left the interview, he would call his wife to tell her how it went.
Last night on a conference call I had a person complain that she had to travel for 40 minutes to attend a Bootcamp that can dramatically change her life. Guess what? I will not do business with someone like that. I used to; I used to listen to their excuses and encourage and motivate them. No more. If you’re too useless to get to a meeting on time, if you’re too pathetic to dress yourself well and shave, and if you have a negative attitude and make excuses, I want nothing to do with you. I will only spend my time with people who are serious about success and are prepared to do whatever it takes to make it happen.
Why spend your precious time with losers, when you can spend all that time with a few great people who make themselves and you wealthier, who take responsibility, innovate, and produce? Why be frustrated? If you were invited to attend a job interview and you didn’t show up or made excuses, you wouldn’t even be considered for that job. Your file would be shredded faster than you could think up your next weak excuse. See, that interviewer is not interested in your kids, your illness, your broken car, or your spouse. Everybody is replaceable. Your alibis and pretenses are unacceptable.
I am looking for ten good, strong people who are highly motivated, persistent, coachable, flexible, and serious about their success. This is naturally not a job offer. They will receive specific directions and support, and they will be held accountable. The goal will be a six figure, RESIDUAL income within a year. I want Warriors, not worriers - Winners, not whiners. They will only be accepted after a probationary period, since I no longer believe anything people say until I see what they DO.
Apply to Robin J. Elliott robin@dollarmakers.com with APPLICATION in the e mail Subject Line, and the reason why I should spend any of my precious time at all with you. One a motivation scale of one to ten, one being “I don’t care” and ten being “Whatever it takes, I will walk naked across broken glass with my hair on fire 24/7″, anything less than a ten is a waste of your time. Your resume, qualifications, age, background, and circumstances are unimportant to me.Don’t send me a resume. I am looking for attitude and motivation only. Do not call me - e mail only. I will only select ten and I reserve the right of refusal without giving a reason.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.13.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:08 pm by Robin J. Elliott
I read a remarkable interview with Frank Keefer and MLMU the other day. He is very selective and people joining him have to go through six or seven interviews before they’re accepted in his Network Marketing business. Then they have a probationary period! As a result, he’s had over 20 people in his organization earn over a million dollars. He has dozens and dozens of people in the six figure income range, and that’s more than all his peers combined. He says, “I’m always looking for a few good men, or a few good women, who are dedicated to extraordinary performance.”
A few good ones as opposed to hosts of losers who waste your time and put you in the mood to buy a Glock and put them out of their misery. “Dedicated to extraordinary performance” and, may I add, achievement. People like Rika Elliott, Winston Bromley, Justine Robson, Patrick Giesbrecht, Eileen Egyedy, Lynnette Peter - exceptional people who make DollarMakers an exceptional opportunity.
Don’t beg for business, or you’ll get treated like a beggar. If someone doesn’t see the value of the opportunity you’re offering, walk away. Always operate from a position of strength. Think about it - you’re not looking for favors. You don’t want mercenaries and people who use you as a stopgap while they look for something better. Your self esteem will determine the extent to which you are selective, the kind of quality you will demand, and the amount of BS you will accept from someone. Don’t accept excuses and don’t make them.
Winners value their time and they know it’s a privilege to do business with them. They don’t lower their standards, compromise, or roll over for a quick buck. Joint Venture Brokers have the ultimate leverage when it comes to selectivity and choice, since they have unlimited options. My new years resolution starting in March is to be much more selective, to reject more JV offers, and to demand higher standards of professionalism from my JV partners. Quality always trounces quantity.
My Dad always said, “You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.” I see people wearing expensive clothes and drinking expensive wine in expensive restaurants, but their table manners stink. They eat like pigs - welcome to North America. You can’t buy culture, I’m afraid. Go for quality and get rid of the losers, and your bank balance will reflect your wise decision.
Try this: When someone puts you on hold, hang up and make it impossible to get hold of you for three days. Teach them manners. When someone starts talking on his cell phone (or his Blackberry) during a meeting, get up and leave. When someone is more than twelve minutes late for an appointment, get up and leave. You’ll be glad you did.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.11.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:39 am by Robin J. Elliott
The movie Titanic had a scene where the ship builder and the ship owner met after the Titanic had hit the iceberg. The owner of the ship seemed surprised at the concern level of the builder. “Why are you so worried - the Titanic cannot sink?” The builder of the ship quickly replied, “The ship is made of steel. I assure you it can sink. As a matter of fact, at this point, it’s a mathematical certainty.”
A lot of people out there offer schemes and dreams that don’t work, ships that are guaranteed to sink, and scams that enrich the seminar leader and nobody else. They offer dangerous information and scary investments under the guise of credibility. When we tell people that they can create the lifestyle they want by brokering Joint Ventures, we offer proven, time-tested systems that are not guesses or hopes, but mathematical certainties.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.10.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:10 pm by Robin J. Elliott
People get very creative when they look for excuses for their failures. 97% of people do that. They never take personal responsibility, and they blame others for their failure. Success is seldom about education, upbringing, circumstances, parents, the economy, or other outside influences. Stories abound about people who became millionaires during the great depression, people who succeeded magnificently in spite of terrible parents or circumstances, whether physical or otherwise.
What do you think would stop the person who says, “I reach my goals because I’m eatin’ drinkin’, sleepin’ and thinkin’ about them 24/7/365. I never met a dollar I didn’t like and I never doubt my own success, ability, or power. Reaching all my goals is a foregone conclusion. I do whatever it takes, I never compromise, and ultimately, I always win”? He is bulletproof and unstoppable because of his belief and attitude. That’s what it is all about.
Winners make it happen. They regard obstacles as mere interruptions and detours, and they focus on the end goal. They believe absolutely and they insist on success, no matter how long it takes. They pay the price and they will persist in the face of overwhelming odds. They depend on themselves, invest in themselves, and bet on themselves. They will not be dissuaded, distracted, or disturbed - they are goal-directed missiles. They succeed by design, not by chance. They create their own “luck” with determined, hard work.
Surround yourself with such people and remove the others from your life.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.09.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:49 pm by Robin J. Elliott
We had a great Joint Venture Broker Bootcamp in Edmonton on Saturday, hosted by Michelle Sather. She did an excellent job. I know that the only barrier to the success of the excellent people who attended is whether or not that will take action. Daniel Quin said, “Don’t wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less.”
That is the secret to success - consistent, committed, persistent, and enthusiastic ACTION. Henry Van Dyke said, “The magic isn’t in the size of your actions, but in the relentlessness of them. “It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.” Don’t wait until you think you’re ready or until all the traffic lights between you and your destination are green - in that case, you’ll never start. Start NOW. Don’t worry about mistakes. You’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish if you take massive, uncompromising action.
I knew a salesman once who was badly presented and did a really poor presentation. He didn’t understand his own product very well, and on top of it all, he had permanent bad breath! Yet this fellow outsold everyone else in the sales team! Even the suave, well dressed, polished salesmen ate his dust and were always amazed when he won all the sales prizes awards,trips and kudos. How did he do it? He simply OUTWORKED them! That simple. He was a machine - focused and hard working. Against all odds, he won every sales competition.
There is really no excuse - just get off the couch and onto the road, and you’ll see how fast you start making progress. Dogged determination, and positive attitude,m and hard work will always win the day. You can do it if you just start DOING it.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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03.05.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:04 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Imagine if your bank manager called you and invited you to a very special meeting at her office. She tells you that this meeting will change your life, and she has been authorized by the bank’s board of directors to offer you an amazing deal. You would probably get all dressed up, show up fifteen minutes early, and very excited. A bank clerk asks you to come in to the board room, where the bank manager and one of the directors of the bank is waiting for you. They offer you a cup of tea, and ask you to sit down.
The bank manager takes a deep breath, and then she says, “We would like to offer you a One Thousand Percent Return on Investment on any amount of money you choose to invest with this bank. Guaranteed.” Imagine that! A One Thousand Percent Return on Investment on any amount of money you choose to invest! How would you react?
Now I know that sounds preposterous to people who are satisfied with a paltry 3%, but then these same people think that banks are not only honest, reliable, infallible, and genuine, but they tend to add adjectives like “omniscient, omnipotent, and generous.” Ridiculous, I know, but people believe, for some obscure reason, that investments that banks offer are somehow secure, so they would probably run out of that office like a person possessed, borrow every cent they could, and sell everything they owned, to invest and get that 1,000% return.
Here’s the reality: I get much more than 1,000% on a certain investment - and I get it every, single time. True. That investment is personal development. I invest in my mind. I invest in my skills. And I keep on reaping from what I sow in my mind. Why? Because I WORK diligently, and I APPLY the information. I invested $149 in Success University - amazing ROI (Return on Investment). I paid $4,000 for a coaching program with MLMU yesterday - I will make a LOT of money from that investment in one of my businesses. I always do.
Imagine if you could spend $1,000 once, and earn five or ten thousand dollars per month? Of course you would! When you join the DollarMakers Joint Venture Broker Cluband attend one of our Bootcamps or get our JV Toolkit, your cost is under $1,000, yet we will support and train you so that you can make an unlimited amount of money.
Imagine if you could borrow money from the bank at 6% and lend it out at 12%? That means you could make 6% on the BANK’S money! Email me robin@dollarmakers.com and I will show you how.
Imagine if you could earn half a percent PER DAY on your money? You can! See www.halfapercentaday.com
Imagine if you could trade other people’s stuff, and make a fortune! You can, when you know how. See www.barterbootcamp.com
Now imagine if you took my advice and ACTED on all the options in this article! You could easily RETIRE in ONE YEAR.
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:11 pm by Robin J. Elliott
Last night, we attended a talk by financial planners and economists. They are no different from tarot card readers, with no greater accuracy than a cab driver or a Vegas gambler. That’s a statistic - a fact, yet it was amazing to watch the herd eagerly listening as the speakers waffled, evaded specifics, wouldn’t commit, and basically admitted that it’s a crap shoot. You have to be a serious gambler to use one of these characters. It was a joke to see how they contradicted themselves, would never give a straight answer, and basically admitted that everyone guesses and bases their view of the future on the past. They were encouraging the audience to keep on losing money, trusting advice that didn’t work, and hoping for the best against all odds. Crazy!
When I have money to invest, I invest in a sure thing: ME. I have just invested $4,000 in a wonderful program from www.MLMU.comthat will bring me a HUGE return on investment, guaranteed, in my Pre-Paid Legal business. I know myself and I know how hard I work, not only based on the past but on my commitment to the future. The only other investments I have are my properties, which were very carefully planned and accomplished, and another 12% per year investment that leaves my money easily accessible and pays our 1% per month - this is the safest investment I could ever find anywhere. I would never even consider the stock market, mutual funds, or any of the other scams and gambles out there.
Conventional business is as much a gamble as the stock market, so I’m a Joint Venture Broker. Buying a “Business Opportunity”, conventional business, or franchise, is extremely risky. You might as well consult a gypsy, read the tea leaves in your cup, or ask your local witch doctor or politician. If you take your future seriously and you want security as well as wealth growth, I suggest you steer clear of the dangerous schemes that the average person has been conditioned to use. If you know you’re lazy, don’t invest in yourself. But if you’re disciplined, hard working, honest, and coachable, DollarMakers has the answers for you. And you won’t be loading your shotgun and looking for your financial planner, because he plans to keep his JOB by watching you lose your money. Make Dollars with DollarMakers!
You can become a trained, fully supported Joint Venture Broker for under $1,000 and make money with no cost, risk, selling, or overhead, and then invest any extra money you have at 12%. For more information, e mail me robin@dollarmakers.com
Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com
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