Do you market a high ticket home business or product? You know the ones: Coastal Vacations Travel Club, Emerald Passport, Liberty League, or Eventis? If you are, and you don’t have a feeder program, you very well may be throwing money, and quality team members out the door.

There are hundreds and thousands of people, online and offline, every single month that are looking for that perfect home business. And most folks are searching because of similar reasons: money, time, freedom, family, and independence. And to meet this need, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of home based business opportunities out there for the choosing.

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You are having a great conversation with a prospect. You have related on many different levels. You’ve laughed, you’ve cried, you’ve discussed personal issues. You even find out that you may be related or once lived in the same neighborhood. Everything is going great. You really feel like you can help this person to succeed and that they would be an excellent addition to your team. You hang up the phone feeling good about that call. You feel as though you have accomplished something. So what’s wrong?

You Forgot To Close the Deal!

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In researching offsite data backup and recovery services, I’ve read a number of horror stories about business owners that subscribed to (and paid for) an online backup service for many months, only to find that they could not actually recover their information when they needed to. Why would this happen?

In fact, such “horror stories” are not uncommon in the online data backup and recovery industry. This is the unfortunate reality for several reasons:

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Clients who love what you do are the cornerstone of a successful professional service business. Here are three ways to boost the value your clients associate with you and your business.

1. Deliver unexpected value.

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I was unfortunate enough today to be at the receiving end of a vicious verbal attack for registering a Top Level Domain (TLD) name.

“How dare you”, I think was one of the comments made.

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In the movie, “The Matrix”, Neo is given a choice by Morpheus to take the red pill, which will shatter his world but show him the truth about it or the blue pill, which will let him go on in his safe and secure cocoon of life.

Rethinking and restructuring your current orthodontic marketing and management strategies with the latest computer digital technology is similar to taking the red pill for orthodontists and their team. It’s not an easy pill to swallow. Working outside of your comfort zone in the digital world of interactive websites like those designed by Orthosesame™ and Televox™, paperless software management systems with finger scanners and 24/7 digital marketing with presentation software and PowerPoint kiosks, to name a few, are the current strategies recommended to those Orthopreneurs™ ready to tackle the 21st century.

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In 1994, “Stargate” the movie was released, produced and directed by Roland Emmerich, whose credits now include, “Godzilla” and “Independence day”. This film has gone on to spawn two spin-off TV series, Stargate SG1 starting in 1997 and Stargate Atlantis starting 2004. The first series ran for a record 10 years, and Stargate Atlantis is on its fourth season, so clearly, the formula works.

Briefly, the Film was based on the Largely discredited notion that the Pyramids of Egypt, were constructed by visiting aliens and that the Pantheon of Ancient Egyptian Gods, were actually visiting Aliens. Nevertheless, this Roland Emmerich film, a firm favorite of mine, carries this premise off with verve. The story goes that Aliens visit Earth, use humans to build space man stuff, leave Earth to go to another Galaxy at the far end of the Universe, and leave behind the material wonders of ancient Egypt, and the Stargate. The Stargate is discovered by scientists, acquired by US air force, experimented on, for decades. The final codes are deciphered by an outsider invited in. Then, a team is sent for first time through the Stargate to another Planet in another Galaxy. They meet enslaved Humans transported to the planet millennia ago, do battle with the aliens, and win. Stargate SG1 follows on from here. The Stargate TV series are a very rich tapestry of complex events and the writers rarely leave loose ends dangling and forgotten about.

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In order to be a successful supervisor you need to be able to recognize the fact that challenges will emerge. How you deal with these challenges will have an effect on the relationships among your team members. Here are 3 basic types of situations you may encounter as a supervisor that will need to be dealt with quickly and professionally.

1. How to supervise friends. At some point you may find yourself having to supervise a close friend. Either you hired them on yourself or you were promoted to a managerial role while they were not. Either way it can be uncomfortable for both you and your friend. It is important to talk with your friend and acknowledge the discomfort and discuss any concerns you both have about the situation. Determine whether or not the friendship is going to last. Sometimes your friend may resent you for being their boss and not accept it. You will have to make a choice on how to handle this type of situation. Make it clear of what you expect from your friend. The job needs to get done and you don’t want to have your friend viewed as the boss’s pet. As a supervisor you need to be aware of your role, either as a friend or a supervisor. Make it clear, at work you are their supervisor and you expect them to perform as you do your other employees. They should not receive any special privileges for merely being your friend. Lastly, be aware of taking out your frustrations on your friends. This tends to happen more often than not due to the fact you know one another’s weaknesses.

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