{"id":1065,"date":"2011-06-15T06:05:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T11:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/blog\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2011-06-15T06:05:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T11:05:56","slug":"how-to-tell-your-story-even-when-you-dont-have-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/?p=1065","title":{"rendered":"How to tell your story even when you don&#8217;t have one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning Team &#8211; Let&#8217;s just say you&#8217;re brand new and you don&#8217;t have a Point A to B, pain to pleasure, rags to riches story just yet.  The solution &#8211; use your coach&#8217;s, or their coachs&#8217; story or one you heard at a company convention.  For example; when speaking with a single mom prospect;<\/p>\n<p>Example:  <em>My coach<\/em>, or <em>I heard a woman speak at convention <\/em>&#8211; was a new single mom, about to do the things newly divorced moms are &#8220;supposed&#8221; to do like downsize the house, car, lifestyle, get a second job and put the kiddos in day care.  Instead, she decided to build her business quickly, called her coach for help and took massive action.  9 months later she was at the top of the company, kept her house, lifestyle and got a better car.<\/p>\n<p>Example: <em>My coach<\/em>, or <em>I heard a guy speak <\/em>at Training event &#8211; was really wanting to be able to spend more time at home with the kids and he figured out that his second job and his wife&#8217;s job only netted them about 1500. a month after commuting, day care and taxes.  So they decided to start part time &#8211; only 1 hour a day for each of them with a goal of making $350. a week.  The first month they missed their goal, but 3 months later his wife was a full time mom, he was getting to do more with the kids and 6 months later he was able to quit his second job.  Now their goal is to do this full time.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s your story or you&#8217;re borrowing someone else&#8217;s story &#8211; Use the <em>natural emotion and personal revelations <\/em>pertinent to the story.  This will connect you more deeply with your prospects, and also connect you more deeply with yourSelf.<\/p>\n<p>Be able to tell your story or the story in less than a minute.  Best that it be touching or humorous as well as timely, and appropriate to the situation.  Finally, remember to link the prospect back to you, your product, and\/or your service.  It boils down to <em><strong>inspiration<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>relevance<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>for the listener.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow &#8211; it&#8217;s not what you say, it&#8217;s how you say it.<\/p>\n<p>Live With Intention,<br \/>\nDr Bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning Team &#8211; Let&#8217;s just say you&#8217;re brand new and you don&#8217;t have a Point A to B, pain to pleasure, rags to riches story just yet. 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