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March 3, 2005
eXtreme Profitability
By Jennifer7Lee in March of Perceptions
Disclaimer: Individual results may vary. Past performance are not indicator of future performance. Just because somebody achieved a result doesn't means anybody can achieve that result. And all other disclaimer from whatever sources in the past, present, and future are also applicable.
So, you want to be a Quixtar Independent Business Owner. You see dollar sign dancing in your eyes. A quarter of a million a year. Part-time. At your convenience. At the pace of your choosing. And only in 2 to 5 years.
Heed Confucius words my young grasshopper. "Journey of a million miles begins with one step." Before thinking about making a quarter of a million a year, think about making a quarter a year.
Listen closely and I'll impart my wisdom so you can make a quarter of a thousand. Part-time. At your convenience. At the pace of your choosing. And only in 2 to 5 weeks.
Equip yourself with the tool of the trade: the BOX. In that BOX, put products that will immediately tickle their senses. Products like XS Energy Drink, XS Sport Drink, XS Power Nutrition Bar, Trim Advantage Meal Replacement Bar, Trim Advantage Protein Bar, and whatever else delight your taste buds.
Da RULE:
He who asks first about the BOX, will buy the BOX.
Remember this RULE, young padawan. Remember it well. Your fate will be determined by your ability to heed it.
Da Prospecting:
Treat the BOX as your lunchbox. Bring it with you to work. Set it on your workstation. Bring it to lunch. Put it on the lunchtable. Bring it to the gym. Prop it up next to you while you work out. Whatever you do, remember da RULE. If you start the conversation on the BOX, you get to eat your profit. Let other start the conversation on the BOX.
Da Plan:
When you're showing the plan in a public place, just place the BOX on the table, in sight, but out of the way. Then proceed with your regular plan showing. When you're doing a house plan, place the BOX on a stand next to your board. Proceed as normal. But remember da RULE. He who asks first about the box, buy it. Don't you be the first.
Da Result:
I told this to two dozens students, but only one listened. In three weeks, his volume increased by 6,000 PV.
He showed this box to an IBO who didn't renew. After showing the box, the IBO still didn't renew. BUT the IBO was the first to ask about the BOX, so the IBO bought it and became a Client.
Next, he showed it to an IBO who wasn't showing the plan. The IBO still didn't show the plan. But she was the first to ask about the BOX, so she bought it and became a "pro-sumer."
A few days later he showed the plan to new prospects. The prospects were the first to ask about the BOX, and they all bought the box. Then each took a box home and showed it to family, friends, and neighbors. When the prospects came back and signed up, one signed up with an order of 300 PV -- a half-dozen of his family, friends, and neighbors liked the BOX and became his clients.
Another woman he knew put in an order of 700 PV -- a dozen of her family, friends, and neighbors liked the BOX and became his clients.
Yet another signed up with a big initial order, following the plan. By the end of 3 weeks, his volume was 2500 PV. BUT he'd only signed up 5 IBOs under him. Most of the orders were from clients.
You want eXtreme Profitability. It's easy.
Demo the products.
Get clients.
Listen to Homer: "duh!!!"
The "March of Perceptions" is a special Quixtar BLOG project featuring the perceptions of four guest bloggers during the month of March.
Comments
What is the rate of REORDER of the DA BOX? Because only then can someone judge if that's a good long-term business building strategy.
BTW, At what level are you in the business?
Jen,
How much per month would an IBO on system have to sell to clients/members just to break even on his or her tools is they were following all reccomended steps in CORE?
lawDawg
Just wanted to commend QBlog on this idea. I think it's very informative and enlightening. Good job picking a wide range of different types of IBOs, too.
My assessment:
1 real businessperson
1 skeptical spouse of a plugged in IBO
1 realistic consumer
1 standard issue Ambot
Thanks, Q.
Jen,
I always read your postings with pleasure. I have learned a lot from what you have shared over time.
This article is a hoot. I'm distributing it to all my IBO's. We have a heavy emphasis on retailing in our group, and I'm proud of the many really great products we can offer.
You go girl,
Sharon
yes, it's a hoot. just the sort of "idea of the month" that the group I was in promoted all the time.
but will it produce long-term, residual income like WWDB promises it's recruits?
Not likely.
You might want to warn folks about those meal replacement bars & lo carb bars - they're loaded with sugar alcohols and can make folks SICK if they're sensitive to them.
I thought I was gonna DIE after eating the vanilla/crunchy bar.....
Deb
LOL
oh man its that easy isnt it....
Yeah Im gonna load a box full of overpriced products and take it everywhere with me like a pretend baby....
To the gym? The the mall?? ffs....who wants to be selling 24 hours a day?? Are there really people like this??
Everywhere we go in this world there is some kind of advertisement trying to take our dollars....do we need walking billboards with boxes walking around too!!
It like this:
1. See some Ambot with a box of sh*t
2. Knock said box out of their hands, sending said sh*t everywhere
3. Yell "D'oh" like Homer Simpson
4. Tell said Ambot to quit soliciting in "no soliciting" areas (i.e. Work, gym, bookstore, etc.). Get store management involved if desired.
5. Step on as much of the overpriced product as possible
6. Laugh as the Ambot sits there, saying "duh"
Jason, don' hold your breath. Jennybot has been ducking questions for weeks. She will say what she has to say and refuses to be held accountable for it.
I on the other hand, will back up my words. Jennybot if you ever make it one more mile east of Kalamazoo, MI I will find you and act out on steps 1-6.
That goes for the rest of you Ambots too!
Yee haw! Prospectee strikes back.
But I'm become more and more interested in Jenn's plan. I enjoyed her postings (didn't agree most of them, BUT enjoyed it, like I enjoy hearing Dubbya) and I'd pay to hear her plan!
DF said it right... Homer says "D'oh!"..... not "duh".
"duh" is what one usually says after you say it is a scam. "well, DUH!"
Boo yaka! Rogers is alive.....
Jen,
Were you one of those girlscouts that couldn't sell the most cookies or maybe your highschool band couldn't sell enough products for the school trip...it's ok, let go, move on with your life. We all hated those fund raisers, you don't have to live your life this way, just join the grown up world and get a REAL JOB. It's not too late, you can always go back to school and learn how a real business works.
Ha!
High school band.
"And this one time...at band camp...."
To those who would threaten an A/Qbot with physical violence- shame on you.
My beef with the business has to do with the shady part- the tools and functions pyramid. I'm afraid that I'm still a believer in MLM, done right, with appropriate disclosure and an appropriate income potential explanation.
I also don't like hidden agendas OR closed minds- the kind that you get from starry-eyed A/Qbots seduced into believing the self-serving pablum fed into their mushy brains by their greedy, tool pushing uplines
Whew! That being said, everyone should agree that closed-mindedness cuts in two directions- people with extreme views from both camps. Not quite "can't we all get along", but something more akin to "let's ALL show each other some mutual respect."
All in all, there is nothing wrong with direct selling. It works. But don't push yourself on the unwilling, don't charachterise them as "dreamless losers with a J-O-B mentality." Keep it above the belt, and if someone wants to try and make a few hundred (or more) bucks a month by working an extra business, so be it.
Just leave me alone :-)
Keith-I think most of that was pointed at me, so let me respond.
I didn't say anything about physical violence. I did talk about knocking the box over. If you consider that physical, then the shame is on you.
I have the right to push the box OUT of my face just as the Ambots feel that they have the right to push the box IN my face.
I agree with you there -- the concept does cust both ways!
DF, u r still wrong here. Very wrong and very offensive.
Yo forgot ur buddy Imran to see that? Shame on you! I thought we were friends?
My strategy is much simpler. I tell them I'm also an IBO. Works like a charm. For more fun, try saying I'm in passport ;)
I meant u forgot to invite Imran to see that. Never forget that. ;)
I usually say
"I AM totally locked into what I'm doing, and no, I'm not keeping my options open"
"'Cause I'm really into making money"
DF- dude, it was tongue-in-cheek, if ya know what I mean. Run 'em all down for all I care ;-)
No insult intended
...And sometahmes when it was real quahiet at night, and I wonderd about how I coulda been an IBO instead of a shrimpboat cap'n an a gozillionare, I'd think about that question I asked that was nevah answerd...
...And then I thought of Jennae...
Q: Why did the Ambot cross the road?
A: Because her upline told her to.
Ok DF, I wrote this entry for the like minded folks like you:
http://tinyurl.com/4lquq
I hope you'll enjoy this move :) It's MLM specific.
DF!
You are the man!! Where you been? I thought you maybe had a change of heart and signed up or something.
Seriously, I agree with your comment about the 6 steps. Not because I am mean or violent, but because, based on my experience as an IBO, that is all an Ambot would understand.
No does not mean no to them (typically from my experience)
REAL businesses understand that people don't want to be taken by surprise when they are trying to sell a product or concept. Hello?! Who answers a telemarketer with, "Oh certainly I don't mind you intruding on my dinner with my family. Tell me ALL about the insurance plan you are offering"
If me saying I am NOT interested in this AT ALL doesn't shut them up, then why would anyone be obligated to continue listening to them?
I guess I could just politely walk away, but that's just not the way I'm built. I guess I'm just not evolved enough, nor tolerant of stupidity.
I hope nobody loses any respect for me because of that. To have respect, you must give it. High pressure Amway salesmanship is not respectful to the prospect, in my opinion.
Oh, I've been around -- more importantly, where is Michael??
I think Mikey joined Chris on the AmQuix sabbatical. They are playing volleyball with Hendrix and Morrison in Madagascar.
Jennybot is next. She'll take a vacation and fall off -- just like the rest of em!
Yes, they do have a tendancy to paddle off into the sunset, don't they?
That must really hurt when reality comes up from behind and takes a huge bite out of their a$$
This really has to be a parable-type of story with some sort of symbolism representing that "eat, sleep, and breathe quixtar" mentality because there is NO WAY that just showing those items and those prices would draw that many (if any) clients. If this were true, we'd be seeing people all over the place with their handy-dandy little box with them.
BTW, what does the term "prosumer" mean in the true business world? Is this just a quixtar word? I "yahoos-searched " it, and there was nothing that resembled the meaning that quixtar refers to.
Brings new meaning to, "think outside the box". Hahahaha.
Jennifer:
Very informative posting. However, there is one slight problem with it:
You forgot to mention that purchasing "da products" from "da box" takes too much of "da money" out of "da wallet".
Cost of CORE, monthly, is approximately USD $81
I'm a single -- Between my personal use (XS, which is 19 cents cheaper wholesale than most energy drinks) and my clients, I'm over $400/mo outside of downline.
$400 profit - $81 cost = $319 profit.
$319 more than I would have had before...
COREChick:
I am interested in the CORE program. Can you tell me how to get involved? I've been looking for info, but am coming up empty handed. Thanks!
Quixtar is an awsome business. The Key is plugging into the system which I happen to be plugged into World Wide Dream Builders.
If you plug into the system like you would in college for about 3-4 years rewire your brain and plug into a growing business like I did. You will have sucess, the business works, however most of the people that engage dont work.
You have to work the business to create return on your investment. They are way too many quiters and people that make up escuses for the reason why they cant.
Taking the hill
semper fi
mark L
Hey Jennifer7Lee,
Great to have you back. Haven't seen you since last Monday when you presented this:
"Q-12 Founders Platinum, 6 wide @ 1200 each = $60k/year with 1st time bonuses.
3 winners (Q-12 Founders Platinum) will yield a leadership bonus of 3 x 7500 PV x 2.8 BV/PV x 4% x 12 months = $30k.
Emerald also receive emerald bonuses, profit-sharing, emerald trip, and some 1st time bonuses. That'll add up to $110k.
Remove the first time bonuses and it'll be $90k."
To which I asked if you could answer this simple yes or no question:
Are we to assume that these income claims are based on just selling products?
We're still waiting.
Posted by: jason | March 4, 2005 8:04 AM