We are moving into the most social time of the year and it’s this time of year where we make new friends, reconnect with team members or old friends and get together with friends of friends.
It’s this time of year when people are thinking of others, thinking of gifts to buy and thinking of adding value to others. It’s this time of year when people are looking for your products and your opportunity!
So, this week I’m starting a 5-part series on how I met my million dollar team members! It’s about my journey of networking, building relationships and deep, deep friendships that ultimately lead to a life changing experience.
Part One – Pam, Marilyn and Cathy
This week I want to highlight how I met three team members through a chamber of commerce!
I had no idea about the benefits of joining a Chamber of Commerce when I first moved to Denver, Colorado. From the day I walked through the chamber door, I was excited about the events they offered.
I first attended the Chamber Orientation event and learned about the many opportunities a chamber offers to meet other business people.
What I love about Chambers of Commerce is they are full of business people who want to do business with you. They offer Business Education, Business Networking, Business Leads Groups and more.
After attending the Orientation group, I thought I’d dive right in and volunteer. My first experience was to help spread the Chamber information visiting businesses around Denver dropping off brochures. What a better way than to get to know business people in the city. I arrived at the Chamber bright and early and met the group. The chamber officer pared us up with another member and I was so fortunate to be pared up with Pam! Pam and I did our work dropping brochures and pamphlets off at the various businesses, but in our driving time, we talked about our own businesses. Pam had just started a brick and mortar business and because I’d had experience in running my own Retail shops, I was able to help her with some advice. Then the tables turned and she asked me about my business. And that’s when the magic happened, she kept asking questions. Questions like, “ How did I sell my fashions at parties” “How profitable was my business?” “How many hours did it take to earn a consistent income?” I had my sponsoring ears on and yes, by the next week, Pam came over to try on the clothes and decided to join my team. She went on to become one of my Incentive winners and grew a team that contributed to our million dollar sales.
Next I attended my first Business Education workshop on “How to make 
a First Impression.” And I was destined to sit next to Marilyn! I call it destiny because Marilyn is one of those people you meet who become lifelong friends! After chatting and getting to know Marilyn we just clicked right away. Marilyn definitely wanted to see my fashions, and we made a private fitting appointment and became great friends. She always said she signed up because she wanted a FREE shell top! Marilyn went on to become a great leader in our million dollar team, and she and her husband are like family to me. She recently visited me in Hawaii.
The Chamber also had a monthly “Women in Business” luncheon. I became really good friends with Pat who was a financial planner and volunteered to run the event. Pat agreed to be a hostess and have a Fashion show in her home. At Pat’s party, I was packing up my clothes and sitting at about $800 in sales with one future booking, when the doorbell rang and a woman rushed into the room yelling. “Oh my God, I’m so sorry, I tried to get here earlier, but I had another commitment, and I know it’s late, but I LOVE your clothes. I used to buy them in Florida and I’ve been looking for you. I want 3 Jackets, 4 tops, 4 skirts and 5 pairs of those amazing Jodpur pants.” After picking my jaw up off the floor, I quickly calculated that this was about a $1500 order from one person!! However, there was a RED ALERT bell going off in my ear that this person was my next recruit. I let her know I could take the order, but I’d love to meet her for coffee tomorrow morning and go over what she wanted. And because it was late, and the hostess wanted to wrap up, she agreed. At 10:00 am the next morning, I signed up Cathy who went on to become another great incentive winner, selling over $3,000 every month and promoting to the highest level of Sales Manager.
At each one of these events, my goal was to develop relationships with women first! Then show them my fashions. That’s the sequence of how each person became a team member.
- For Pam, it took her about a week to decide.
- For Marilyn, she didn’t sign up for about a month! She had a private fitting and then had to think about it and decided to be a hostess, which became her first launch party.
- Cathy, signed up right away as you would imagine she was a go-getter and saw the opportunity right away.
Three OUTSTANDING women, who joined my team, all because I invested in joining a Chamber of Commerce.
This week in our L.E.A.P. Mastermind Coaching Group we are focusing 
on how to network, what to say, how to identify cold, warm and hot prospects and we have a few slots left in this AMAZING group! They are just like my million dollar team members – committed – focused – ready to promote up!
Is your time to join a group like this and be INSPIRED by other leaders who want what you want? We have THREE slots available in this group! Learn more about it here and message me at mymentorbiz@gmail.com if you are ready to JOIN!
