Turning Strangers into Friends
Many people (me included) have a hard time making meaningful conversation with a complete stranger. Most people in direct sales have heard the "3 foot rule". Translate: stalk talk to everyone within 3 feet of you about your business. Try waiting in line for a Starbucks on a Saturday morning and slipping in the fact that you sell candles, cooking ware, or in my case..."bedroom accessories". Yup, not an easy one to slide in there before everyone has had their coffee for the day!
I met a very interesting gentleman man dude guy at the Jack Canfield Ultimate Life Workshop. His business card says he's a "Connection Consultant" and his name is Judson Redmond. What is that you ask? He teaches people how to have comfortable conversation and how to really engage the people you are talking to. He has these amazing tips AND he makes a living coaching people like me (and you) to success.
Here are 3 of his tips that really struck me:
1. Strangers don't know one another's names so telling the other person your name and getting theirs early in the conversation is a must.
2. Try to stick to being genuine before clever. This is a hard one for me. I'm a sarcastic smart ass much of the time so you can imagine this one is going to be difficult for me.
3. Remember conversation NOT interrogation. Using who, what, where, when and how questions are a sure way to begin the rapport with another person.
I did a teleconference with him for my team and it turned out so great that I am going to do another one that is more general and geared toward those in network marketing/direct sales/ home party plans. Sound interesting?
Let me know in the comments section and I will let you know when this FREE teleconference happens!
Great post. It's going to be hard for me too since I avoid leaving the house
Wow, what wealth of information on your site. I just subscribed with extremeezine -AT- gmail.com
BTW, I just noticed I could have subscribed to the Blog when I submit this comment. Can I get that feature using WordPress? Is it a plugin? Thanks, Brian
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Who's YOUR Mentor?
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I am reading "How to win Friends and Influence People" now and it is a great book that helps in connecting to people
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Thanks for the tips. I have a hard time talking to strangers since I'm a sarcastic smart ass myself.
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Great overview. Your style of writing is really a joy to read.
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That was inspiring,
Keep up the good work,
Thanks for writing about it
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marketing postcard can also be helpful in keeping in touch with people whom you just met. It's a good way in getting their interest to notice your business. The message on printed on it should be something interesting and easy to comprehend.
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I think the mama's should give their boys a little room in order to create an atmosphere consist of freedom, let them grow now.
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Honestly, it was hard for me to do the first move and make friends into a total stranger. Can you share some pointers here for me to know where and when to start?
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