Were You "Listening"?

Hey, if you missed last night's Webinar with Ann Sieg, Barbara Silva and I, here it is.

It's as important as a Webinar can possibly get.

Are you "listening"?
-Mike Klingler 

Remember The Webinar Tonight With Ann Sieg & Mike Klingler On Coaching Cognition

This is a big one. 

Register if you haven't already--

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/296356930

If you missed this Webinar, here is recording

For The "Struggling" Networker, With Heart

As you've likely noticed, Ann and I are partial to entrepreneurs of all types, and that's reflected in the business training we do.

 

But because we both developed our skills FIRST in the networking industry we have a soft spot for "the struggling networker."

Today's lesson is about Attracting high quality leads to you.  

But I should stress:

The emphasis is on 'high quality' because a lead in and of itself is worthless unless the person is responsive.

The message today is simple--

It is something you can change about your approach to business immediately.  And the moment you do, you're on a new course--

A course that attracts business and fits your personality.

While this strategy can be used by ALL types of business owners and entrepreneurs, not 'just' networkers, I am talking strictly to networkers today because they're the only large group of business growers who tend to "NOT" do what I'm about to describe.

"Take measures to establish credibility within a social community--so people see you as a valuable expert."

Hang with me here--

Those of you who need this most are the same ones who resist it--because it might be painful for you to even consider becoming a valuable contributor within a social community.  

Many think, "It's not a fast pay-off."

Well, I beg to differ.  

How well has the "so-called" short-cut been working for you so far??

It may be time to fill the empty void in your business, where the money and time have been falling into. 

 

That empty void is the misplaced belief that you'll succeed faster if you focus solely on generating leads so you can sell stuff to them.  Don't you realize they can feel that from you?

Fill the void first with a contribution to a social community to gain exposure and credibility, because that is WHAT attracts people to you and makes the leads you generate "become" responsive.

Oh, now we're getting to the good stuff.

How do you do it?

In traditional business, people join associations and social networks, while establishing themselves as a credible contributor within that group.

They volunteer.

They might network at Toast Masters or join networking clubs.

That can work, but it is not nearly as leveraging as doing this same thing on the Internet.

 

And that's what many are doing now...

 

They become contributors within online social networks and communities.

Traditional business owners totally "get it" ... If they're successful.

It's about positioning...

"To attract a lot of business, don't just focus on finding 'fresh meat' to sell to every day."

First, position yourself in ways that will establish trust, credibility and that naturally draw people to you.  

If you look at the most successful networkers, this IS exactly what they've been doing as well.  Its just not the norm for the industry.

I was with a networking company for 14 years... I noticed that most of the successful people were active in their community in some way, like at their church. 

 

One of them attended 'networking functions' regularly, but not only that... she was always volunteering and taking a leadership role there.

 

One of them had a radio show. 

 

These people were socially influential BECAUSE they did things that placed themselves in front of people as a credible resources in one way or another.

Very few networkers approach their business this way--because they are so shortsighted they can't see that the path they're choosing leads nowhere.  

They are so fixated on selling "systematically" that people feel uncomfortable buying from them altogether.  Sure you might make some sales, but that focus will of course be full of resistance.  Few people will ever break-even because they never learn what really attracts business to them.

Don't misunderstand ...

I didn't say not to systematize your approach--you should. 

 

But only AFTER or while you're positioning yourself as a credible resource within social communities.  Because then as you generate leads, you have credibility. 

 

That is what makes a lead responsive.

Why do so many networkers resist networking altogether, and why do they resist doing the very things that would position them as a credible resource within a community?

I think it has a lot to do with the lottery mentality so pervasive in the networking industry--caused by the way opportunities are promoted.  It's tragic.

Dare to be the successful exception:

If you're seriously considering succeeding, and you'd like the process to be more natural and effortless, consider doing what the successful people do.

There are a lot of ways to go about it such as some of the examples I gave above--

 

You can use a blog and social media to build an audience online.

 

But even within those social communities, you want to stand out from the crowd. 

Ann and I encourage you to consider Coaching Cognition as one outstanding way of doing that, which will help you both online and offline...

We created Coaching Cognition for this purpose (for you to gain credibility, exposure and influence) so your business can begin growing through a natural process you enjoy.  While, at the same time, servicing the needs of the entire entrepreneurial industry.

You've likely heard reference to Coaching Cognition a few times already--

 

It's the new platform Ann and I are launching as a stand alone resource for entrepreneurs and networkers alike--where we'll direct our large growing audience to get coached on a variety of topics by you and other accredited coaches.

You can become one of our coaches and not just gain significant ongoing exposure and a boost in your credibility out there on the social networks, you can get paid for your coaching to help you earn while you build your bigger networking dream.

Realize that most successful networkers had other cash-flow coming in while they built their networking business.  

It's smart.

Coaching Cognition is a 6 month course, but designed to accommodate the most busy and unpredictable schedule.  It's unique and highly considerate of the challenges you face day to day.

Its broken up into small groups where you're able to interact with our coach of coaches, Barbara Silva, to develop your skills and literally become a paid accredited coach on this platform (you'll also earn accreditation with ICF, the International Coaching Federation).  

In addition, note that Ellie Drake will also be hosting webinars exclusive to our Coaching Cognition students to help you develop your listening and communication skills as a coach, and to help you find inspiration through business in general.

Even if you have no idea how YOU could become a coach at this time, understand that you can.

On next Tuesday we'll be holding a live webinar to show you the platform where our accredited coaches are featured.  

We hope you'll be there to consider this unique opportunity to gain credibility, exposure and the skills of an influential person.

Register for the Live Webinar here

Partners in success,
Mike Klingler

P.S. To learn more about enrollment into Coaching Cognition go to

http://www.MarketingMerge.com/offer

On behalf of Ann Sieg and the entire Renegade Professional team

Live Webinar - See The New "Coaching Cognition" Platform

Hello everyone,

 

Ann Sieg and I are inviting you to take a "sneak-peek" at the new Coaching Cognition platform--before its made available to the public!

 

On this coming Tuesday at 6 pm PT (9 ET) I'll be hosting a webinar to show it to you for the first time, and to explain how Coaching Cognition is about to make history for networkers and traditional business owners developing their businesses through attraction marketing.

Click to register for the Webinar now

This will be the platform where we feature our accredited coaches of Coaching Cognition.

You can become an accredited coach on this platform.  I hope you seriously consider the benefits of becoming a coach here and partner with us.

The coaches featured on this platform will receive ongoing exposure from Ann Sieg and my marketing funnels, and from our growing community of entrepreneurs.   

That's a fast way for you to get some big exposure--it could be a game changer with 300,000+ free members on our lists, and 6000+ Renegade Professional members who will soon have the ongoing opportunity to access coaching and consulting on a wide variety of Internet marketing and business development topics at this platform.

As we've shared with Ellie Drake last week, developing coaching skills (listening & communication skills) is at the heart of business success.  

This is one of the reasons to consider enrolling in the Coaching Cognition training program.

But beyond developing these often overlooked skill-sets, you can also get paid for your time and significantly boost your credibility by becoming an accredited Coach here.

So don't miss this event.  We'll show you the new Coaching Cognition platform on Tuesday and explain everything in detail.

Click to register for the Webinar

See you there!
Mike Klingler

On Behalf of Ann Sieg & The Renegade Professional Team

Did You Have Problems Playing Recording With Ellie Drake?

Hi everyone,

We heard from a few people that they had a challenge playing the recording of the Webinar I did with Ellie Drake last week. 

After reading one of the comments I realized some people with a slower Internet connection may need to try this little 'trick' so it fully loads:

Try it again but this time after you hit PLAY, hit the pause button and give the recording some time to fully load.  After some time, hit play again and it should play smoothly.

If that 'trick' doesn't work, you may just need to download a common software called QuickTime Player used for playing audio files.  You'll see a link to a quick download just under the audio. 

It'll say:
(If you are having trouble playing this podcast, try first downloading QuickTime Player to your computer)

Click to hear the Webinar with Ellie -- it's on this page (scroll down a bit)

The impact Ellie Drake had on people in this Webinar is 'over the top' -- I hope you'll really take the time to listen if you haven't been able to yet. 

Look at some things people had to say about it:

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"In just few days I’ve been able to practice the tips that Ellie shared during the call. It’s such a wealth of information that I have to go back to my notes often. These are not just skills for Network Marketing but for life.  Thank you everyone for such an amazing learning experience." --Angelica Ried

"I am so thankful that this was recorded because I was unable to attend the original podcast. Ellie is so very inspirational and the points made truly hit some important spots with me.  Thank you for sharing so much value with us all."  --Angela James

"WOW! That’s all I have to say for NOW. WOW!  And thank you, of course, to Ann and Michael, for giving me this wonderful opportunity to meet such a great lady. Dr. Drake is the first person ever who could put into words what made me such a success with what many call “problem students” or children in general. Until now I had no idea of what I now understand to be “visceral listening”.  --Teri

"What an absolute pleasure listening to Ellie! I was hanging on every word. She is so natural and friendly. A perfect example of what she is teaching us.  I used a couple of the tips and noticed a difference already. It’s not hard, just have to be aware of it.  Thank you Didi and Mike for arranging this call for us. What tremendous value! And I have taken Ellie up on her free gifts. Very generous of her. --Debbie

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By the way, Ellie Drake will be contributing several in-depth training modules to "Coaching Cognition" ... delving even deeper into the topics she shared in last week's Webinar.  These will be exclusive to the Coaching Cognition students.  Classes begin for Coaching Cognition in November / December, depending on your schedule and which class fits your schedule best.  Click to learn more about Coaching Cognition.

Indeed, learning these skills is the single most valuable thing one can do in their life and business. 

Partners in success,
Mike Klingler

The Most Important Message I've Shared With You All Year...

Hello Renegade Professionals,

 

This is the most important message I've shared with you this year. 

 

Naturally I'm encouraging you to give this special attention today.

 

Interestingly, I didn't plan what I would say. 

I didn't spend hours crafting this. 

 

I was able to sit down with a cup of coffee this morning and just spill my beans because we've been preparing for it over the last 21 months, since opening Renegade Professional in February of 2008.

 

You could call this email one of my 'grand opus' content pieces (that's content you create for your target audience that will be a classic--that will have an unusual impact--and be among the most valuable compared to 95% of everything else you write, create or do over the course of your entire career).

 

This is a tipping point moment for everyone I can successfully connect with today.

 

Before I begin sharing this important and timely topic about your current focus and the work you've been doing, I'd like to first recognize those who just enrolled with Coaching Cognition. 

 

"Welcome aboard."

 

Its inspiring to see so many were "listening" over these past few months on how important "coaching skills" are in your marketing.

 

Whether it's to improve how well you connect with your audience at your blog, website, social sites, emails, or on the phone... 

 

Or, you're eager to become a featured paid coach on the Coaching Cognition platform...

 

We're excited to have you as a part of this.

 

We were also excited to see so many of you purchase a ticket to our first-ever Renegade Live Event in January--something that's being offered at a special price to all the new Coaching Cognition students. 

 

Ann Sieg and I, as well as the rest of the team are looking forward to personally meeting you!

 

If You Haven't Enrolled Into Coaching Cognition Yet...

 

I encourage each and every Renegade Professional to deeply consider enrolling to dramatically influence your results.

 

Because as I'll share, Coaching Cognition is more important than anything else I have offered you to date.  And once enrollment ends, the opportunity will not come again until late next year.

 

You can learn all about enrollment by logging into your Renegade Professional back office. 

Look for the icon that says: 

 

Coaching Cognition. 

 

Click on it from your back office.

 

When Distraction Pays...

 

What I'm about to share with you may sound like a contradition to my teachings on 'focus.'

 

I'll be discussing why it is so important to consider enrolling with Coaching Cognition regardless of anything else you're doing and learning right now. 

 

I'll be discussing why I encourage you to MAKE this work regardless of where your head is, and regardless of the challenges. 

 

I'll be encouraging you to do whatever it takes. 

 

This is definitely not something you hear me say often when it concerns your focus and a single training course--In fact, its unlikely you will ever hear me say it again about anything other than learning "THIS".

 

At the 'sales page' I discuss WHY learning "coaching skills" will change everything for you. 

 

From the number of leads you generate to the amount of influence you have with a prospect. 

It's more important than anything else one can learn because this is something you carry inside of you. It expresses itself with every word and decision--every move you make.  Every system or tool you use.

 

It's more important than my favorite methods of lead generation (social media and SEO).  It's more important than PPC.  I describe exactly why that is on the sales page in your back office.

 

Indeed, success requires a foundational skill most are ignorant of.

While Renegade Professional teaches you the tools that generate leads, understand that at the core of it, success has nothing to do with PPC, SEO, social media, lead generation or prospecting. 

 

Hang with me here...

 

THAT is why most of you have missed the boat on developing these coaching skills so far. 

 

It is why so few win.  They don't understand this.

 

Why They Don't Understand...

 

While "coaching skills" are the single most important missing piece for people in marketing and business, its the hardest to understand because its intangible--you will NEVER see it.  You just see the results of it.

You simply feel it when people have it (you follow them).  You feel it when you have it (people follow you).

 

This is what sets successful people apart.

Whether they developed this on purpose and head-on, or the long way through painful and costly osmosis over the years, they learned this at different varying degrees.  It is what sets them apart.  It is why some people using the same tools, opportunities or systems as you do get so much more out of it.

Do you dig that?  "Its cool man..."

It means you can join them by focusing on this right here, right now.

 

Before I begin, understand that I don't aim to 'sell' Coaching Cognition to you just for the sake of selling it.  We have a long-term vision for the Renegade Professional community, which I am sure is evident to you if you've been here for a while.  If you're new to the community, follow along here and I'm sure you'll pick up on it.

I'll do my best.

 

Choosing the right opportunities for you...

 

This is a biggie you've likely heard me talk about before (choosing the right opportunities for you).

 

It is vitally important to be able to recognize when its the right time to take advantage of certain opportunities that directly address where YOU ARE right now in life and business-- so you know your next proper step using the resources around you to get to where you want to go within a year or less, instead of far off in the distance.

 

You've likely heard me talk about the importance of 'focus' and not to allow yourself to get distracted with every new training that comes along unless there's a very good reason for it.

 

Here's why Coaching Cognition is AN exception:

 

1. There are mechanical things to learn, and then there are intangibles that give you the ability to have significant INFLUENCE.

 

While I'd like you to continue your lead generation practice and moving through Renegade Professional...  developing your content out there on your blog or website and on the social sites, or applying the use of PPC and networking, along with SEO as we teach in the back office and in the Super Guide mastermind program... 

You must still learn to influence and attract people in order to excel with ANY form of marketing or system or opportunity.

 

The ability to influence comes from listening, confidence, and a deeper insight into the needs of your target audience.

It comes from gaining credibility and exposure. 

 

This is what you gain from Coaching Cognition so that what you're doing out there on your blog, website, PPC and in emails and in the social media space WORKS in a big way.

2. Credibility.

 

What many people lack is credibility. 

 

Coaching Cognition is an accredited course with ICF (Internation Coaching Federation)--an Internationally recognized organization setting the standards on the coaching industry.

Right now, even counselors and psychologists are getting accredited as a coach because the market for coaching is growing so rapidly and offers so many more far reaching opportunities for them in business. 

 

You will be accredited through Coaching Cognition. 

 

This gives you credibility everywhere you go on and offline, which we'll teach you how to leverage to stand out and gain significantly more exposure.

 

In addition, you'll gain immediate credibility from within the Renegade Professional community as well, which will attract collaborations and new opportunities (key). 

 

We'll be directing our vast network to the Coaching Cognition platform where you will be featured (300,000 on our lists and growing). Under our managing assistance we will help you become a valuable and recognized coach.

 

3. Money. 

 

Get paid per hour for coaching (optional but recommended). 

 

This is one of the things we teach you how to do even if you have no idea right now how its possible for you. 

You will be supported in this process long after your Coaching Cognition training is finished.  That's the benefit of us working with a smaller group of people--We can really help you along the way through the full process and every step of the way.

The personal interaction is huge in and of itelf, and something that is almost impossible to find out there anywhere other than Coaching Cognition.

 

While it is optional to become a paid coach as a partner on our platform, and there are plenty of other reasons to become a coach (such as how it will impact you in the ways I've already described), there is a huge benefit to getting paid for your time, hourly, while you build up your primary business. 

 

It can have a major impact in not just 'making ends meet' while you build up your bigger business dreams, but how your spouse and family view what you're doing.  

That can really be a stress reliever in and of itself.

 

It also impacts how you view and value yourself. 

 

It impacts how your prospects, clients and partners view you.

 

I can't emphasize enough how quickly things change once you start earning income by assisting people in your areas of expertise, which could be as simple as showing people how to load their photo on Facebook or Squidoo, or something related to your business like coaching on wellness topics. 

 

4. Coaching Cognition is a networking place. 

 

This feeds you.

 

You will meet people who are on the same path as you--and you will gain tremendously from that personal interaction.  This is vital to success online.

I couldn't have generated so many leads and attracted the success I have without having a small group of "like-minded" people to talk to and network with along the way. 

 

5. Time is of the essence:  The opportunity to enroll with Coaching Cognition ends soon and will not come again until late into next year.  There may be a study course but that is not the same at all as having the personal interaction so vital to your progress.

Study the page in your back office that describes enrollment (there is a lot there to absorb so don't put this off).  Carpe Diem.

 

6. Everything you learn in Coaching Cognition impacts what you are doing now.   

Everything.

 

From how you craft an email, what you choose to write about at a Squidoo lens or on your site or blog, to how you approach a conversation with a prospect or what comments you leave to get people to call you or click on your link...

Your results will dramatically improve by focusing on this skill-set.

 

7. Finally, the reason I am emphasizing to do whatever it takes to enroll in this course before its too late is because it will make the biggest difference.  Just as it did for me and dozens of others I know who struggled in business only to finally make their breakthrough by becoming aware.

 

But don't just take my word for it.  Consider that Ann Sieg is also encouraging this as your next step. Think about that for a moment.

This is where she encouraged her RBMP (Renegade Breakthrough Mentoring Program) interns to focus next (RMBP interns are also Renegade Professionals, but who took Ann's mentoring course on 'building an online empire'). 

Ann knows 'coaching skills' are a vital and overlooked piece, which is why she has contributed to the ongoing development of Coaching Cognition.

 

Consider Ellie Drake (I hope you've listened to her call)--

She is arguably among the most successful inspirational speakers of our time.

She has absolutely no financial benefit to contribute to Coaching Cognition and yet she is doing it because that's who Ellie is... she serves people who reach higher.

Because she understands the value of giving value to those who choose to move into the right direction where most people don't.  

 

Ellie Drake's contribution to the curriculum speaks volumes...

 

She will be providing exclusive training that will ONLY be available to Coaching Cognition students to assist you in your process of developing these invaluable skill-sets.

If you missed the call I did with Ellie last week, you'll find it on the sales page in your back office. 

It's golden and will help you understand what I'm describing here and on the sales page in your back office.

 

Finally, I'd like you to consider what Ann Sieg's upline and recent business coach had to say about Barbara Silva's Coaching Cognition (Ann Sieg passed this onto me):

 

He writes:

"Hi Ann:

I’m back in my home office in NZ. Great trip to the Philippines,
but glad to be back. Alicia & Lisa are amazing with the new
division created in the Renegade Phenomena - I love your
leadership style of believing the best in people and seeing
them create.

I also noticed the new Coaching Cognition icon when I logged
into r-pro today.

Just wanted the RBMPers to be sure to read Mike’s letter
regarding it.

I readily admit that I am a Renegade junkie (I would call
myself an addict, but that would insinuate that I think I
have a problem or want to be free from it - I don’t!)

OK - the point is RBMP teaches how to create a state of the
art attraction marketing empire - from my perspective to take
your business even higher (if you are wanting 6 figure residual)
you must learn great communication, people, and leadership
skills - adding superb human interaction to your state-of-the-art
online funnels.

Barbara Silva and Coaching Cognition is the place to get this.

 

Mike’s letter is great - no hype, it is all accurate - I can say that with

confidence being part of Barbara’s pilot group.

RBMPers- take a look at CC. After RBMP - this is the next
solid place to invest in your professional development.

Again - it is such a privilege to be on a journey with destiny
creators."

-Curt Johnson

 

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I know some of you have tough schedules.

I totally get that. 

 

I want you to know we have designed this so you can attend. 

 

Many of the classes will be live, interactive and are small-group sessions.  That's the power of this and what makes it so effective as a course.

 

You Get To Choose From Many Different Times So This Fits Your Schedule...

 

Coaching Cognition is set up so you can choose from many different time slots to accommodate even the most unpredictable schedule.  If even if you miss your group's session, you'll be able to move to another group to stay plugged in. 

 

The classes start at the end of this month and early next month, depending on the particular class you end up in (which depends on your schedule).  Barbara Silva will work with you after you enroll to build the schedule around you and the rest of the students.

Talk about personalization and care!

 

Contact support@marketingmerge.com if you have questions or concerns about being able to attend because of your schedule, or to ask any other questions.

 

Please, do whatever it takes to enroll. 

 

Shift things around. 

 

And, consider meeting us in person in January (you'll have an opportunity to pick up a ticket at a discounted price after enrolling into Coaching Cognition).

 

Finally...

 

I've spent so much time on this because I believe that few things could be more important. 

 

What I'm aiming to do here is to get your attention directed in the right place... to a place that few will ever focus on, but where they should be focusing most. 

 

Whether you enroll or not, I emphasize the importance of at least studying the letter in your back office and to deeply consider this.

 

Stare these skills in the face. 

 

Acknowledge them as THE KEY to making marketing and business work...

 

This awareness alone will give you an advantage in business that you most will never have.

 

Log into your back office now while its on your mind. 

Find the icon that says: Coaching Cognition.

I'll see you inside,
-Mike Klingler

Make Your Business Effortless

Many of you already know my story...

I started using social media and SEO and arrived on the scene practically overnight... and in 2 years built a multi-million dollar company generating leads through these mechanisms, plus just a tad bit of PPC.

If you follow my message here you'll learn why I see PPC, SEO and Social Media as the same--I recognize and use them at their foundational level (as lead tools). 

But they have very little to do with success in lead generation.  You'll learn why if you follow.

What's interesting to most people is that 2 years ago I learned what a blog was... and what SEO meant... for the very first time.

How did I generate thousands of  leads on my list using a blog, within a few weeks of learning what a blog was for the first time, while others struggle after a year of tinkering--knowing more than I did technically?

How did I begin getting hundreds of hits to my blog and lead capture pages every day like clock-work using Twitter, when I barely knew how to use it... within days of setting up my account?

Why is it when I connect with a prospect on the phone they nearly always want to follow me? If I WANT them to.

It's called 'listening' and if you listen to this message... and you focus on it--you'll make everything you already know about marketing and business start clicking.

Let me back up a bit here because we had a webinar last week to really help you get the power of this:

If you missed the Webinar with Ellie Drake and I Thursday (on the power of focusing on coaching skills & "listening" in your business) -- We'll have that up for you to watch and share with others this Monday.

I'm going to continue working hard to merge what we've been teaching you about lead generation through social media and PPC, with the lessons you were introduced to on Thursday with Dr. Ellie Drake.  

Without both the mechanics AND the intangible but very real "coaching" component, building your business is far more difficult.  Our goal is to help you make it effortless.  

Because it can be.

The initial response from those who attended last Thursday's event was highly energized, as I expected it would be.  We've heard back from well over a hundred of the 800 who attended so far.

Here's what some people had to say after the event:

"It is just amazing how Ellie finds the words that communicates easily what others write meters of books about. Thank you so much for the opportunity even at 4 a.m. my time."
-- Gertraud Wegst, Germany

"This is the best training I could have asked for. What an amazing insight into what I must pay attention to and coach myself to become. Thank you so much for opening my eyes and my mind to a way of changing myself."
– Sherry Prince

"Fantastic information. The clarity she gave to an important topic was very impresive. Something I will review over and over.  Thanks Mike for knowing what really makes the difference."
-- Daniel V.

"Mike, thank you so much for the call. Now I understand one of the reasons I learn so much from you.  It's because you always come from that place inside you that is committed to a life of purpose every time you connect with us - a conscious decision you make when you teach, coach, listen, and lead.  That's the culture you've created and we get the energy and blessings because of it! Thank you, dear friend!"
--Terri Stallcop

You were truly listening!  Awesome!  

And thank you.

Merging Coaching Skills (and listening) Into Your Business For More Effortless Results:

Barbara Silva, our coach of coaches, recently conducted a webinar on this same topic, and discussed it from another vantage point. 

 

I encourage you to watch this today, Sunday, it at all possible. 

 

Major shifts can take place in your life and business once you focus this direction (on learning how to coach yourself and others through listening).

Click to watch The Coaching Mindset - Why Developing Coaching Skills Will Save Time, Money, Effort and Your Nerves!

(the introduction to this event and Barbara Silva was done by Eric Walker of Renegade Professional)

Here's just some of what you'll learn in this webinar with Barbara Silva:

• Making everything you have work MORE for you--taking the only real short cut
• What is the coaches mindset?  What do coaches do?
• Why coaching skills are so important for your business-even if you never become a paid 'hired' coach
• Techniques you can start using today
• Glimpse of what its like to see the world through the eye of a coach

The more you study this topic, the easier everything becomes in your business. 

I am continually amazed that THIS (coaching skills & "listening") are the least discussed & studied in the business world while its the most important piece.

Lead generation strategies like social media (my favorite), ppc (another great one), systems and prospecting techniques are usually what people keep circulating around and focusing on.

But as Ellie pointed out, and as we'll continue sharing with you--

Without coaching skills (effectively "listening" to yourself and others) you're stuck.  

Your marketing won't connect.  

Your conversations with prospects won't connect.  

You won't connect to yourself, which impacts your business decisions.  

It seems intangible but its "oh" so very REAL. 

I think Ellie's call made that real for many of you. 

 

Barbara's webinar will also assist you (click link above).

Our goal is to make this skill a part of you and your business until everything you do just clicks.

Keep studying the topic.  We'll keep supporting you in this process, including how to merge this with the technical things you do in social media or ppc to generate leads online, or what you do at social engagements and networking events... and on the phone.

Look for an email from me Monday with a link to Ellie Drake's call--digging deeper and deeper... so you can own these skills.  This is a process.  And the one that makes things change for the better, in a hurry.

In the meantime, watch this and start seeing what REALLY makes a business go.

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

More About the Webinar With Ellie Drake On Coaching, Listening, Authenticity, Developing A Keen Insight (And More)

There's just something about Ellie!

If you weren't able to attend the Webinar with Ellie, not to worry--it was recorded!  We'll notify you soon once its available and where you can find it.  This will be one you'll want to share with others!

Here's what someone had to say about it:

"It is just amazing how Ellie finds the words that communicates easily what others write meters of books about. Thank you so much for the opportunity even at 4 a.m. my time." - Wegst,Gertraud - Buseck, Germany near Frankfur

And another...

"The hour went by so fast!  I wished it would go on I learned a lot thank you very much" -  Marianne

We received hundreds of similar messages about how Ellie impacted them during this event (read a couple more below its quite amazing what people had to say).  

Look for an email soon about where to go to watch this event, as well as to learn more about enrollment in Coaching Cognition--a place to develop your coaching skills.  If you haven't heard about Coaching Cognition yet, peruse this entire page to read up:

http://www.renegadeprofessionalnews.com/EntrepreneurNews/coaches

Partners in success!
Mike Klingler

Look at what some others said about the event last night:

"This is the best training I could have asked for. what an amazing insight into what I must pay attention to and coach myself to become. Thank you so much for opening my eyes and my mind to a way of changing myself." – Sherry Prince

"She is not just beautiful but very influential and tells it as is, I salute your genuine and true being!"  Randa Kassisieh

"This was very good. I appreciate the great tips. I especially liked the parts about the different types of listening. The 3 models exactly explain some of the challenges I've had. I'm doing sympathetic listening--not empathic. thank you."   - Rymut, Julia

Did You Miss Ellie Drake?

If you missed the call we DID record it and will have it posted at the Renegade Professional back office shortly.

We'll send out an email once it's there!  Phenomenal call. See below for more about it.  People from all over the world wrote in afterward and said it had truly impacted them permanently.  I'm not surprised! 

Mike Klingler

Don't Miss This Call Tonight!

* This call was recorded and will be posted shortly at the Renegade Professional back office.

This is a reminder that Dr. Ellie Drake will be available for you this evening, Thursday, at 6 pm PT (9 pm ET) on tonight's Webinar. 

 

This is one you definitely don't want to miss.

 

If you haven't already done so, reserve your seat now because its likely to get packed. 

 

Over 800 people have already registered and its still early in the day.   I see an increase in the number of registrants each time I check. 

 

These events can only hold up to 1000 people.  So after you register it would be a great idea to call in a little early this evening to make sure you can get on.

I really want you to be here because I know that for many of you, developing your coaching skills is by far the most important thing you could do to boost your success in your marketing, day to day decisions, and on the telephone. 

 

And yet, at the same time, I know that coaching skills is the last priority on many of your minds just as it was for me before I met Ellie Drake in 2005. 

 

Once I met Ellie and started developing these skills at this level, everything changed. 

 

What Did I Learn Exactly? 

 

What Changed?

 

I learned how to listen to people and respond correctly--to listen and respond properly to individuals and also entire groups through my marketing. 

 

I also learned how to listen to myself (my intuition at a gut level) and how to make a lot better business decisions because of it.

 

It was just after that coaching with Ellie that I 'found' attraction marketing and social media lead generation.  By applying the coaching insight I learned from her into my marketing, prospecting calls and business decisions, I started generating thousands of leads and then teaching others how to do it too.

 

I became known around the industry as 'the attractive marketer.'

 

I even attracted Ann Sieg as a business partner and Mike Dillard into collaborations.

 

I attracted a 7 figure income to my company.

 

The Problem I'm Seeing For Most People Out There...

 

What I've noticed is that many people are trying to generate leads without an inkling of an idea about how you influence people--because they don't know how to connect with people. 

 

They don't know how to "listen to" and then properly respond to people's needs. 

 

That's why most marketers just don't know what people want at an intuitive level. 

 

If you don't know what people want, you can't market effectively. 

 

There's definitely something about Ellie...

 

There's something about connecting with Ellie on a Live call that can have an unusual impact on you--I hope you can make it.

 

Register to visit Dr. Ellie Drake tonight to hear another perspective on the POWER of developing these coaching skills.  And as I said, call in early.

 

More about Ellie Drake…

 

As an inspirational speaker, doctor and successful entrepreneur, Dr. Ellie Drake is in demand by entrepreneurs around the world, empowering everyone taking their first steps on the path of achieving prosperity.  With her deep understanding of the keys to success, along with her heartfelt compassion, Dr. Ellie Drake elicits an overwhelming response in everyone who attends her motivational seminars.

Dr. Ellie Drake is the Founder of BraveHeart Women Global Community, the largest global online community for inspired Women.

As an immigrant to the United States, Ellie found inspiration in the American dream, and over the past 15 years has become living proof of the power in that dream.

She currently resides in California inspiring thousands globally through empowering interviews with celebrity women such as Mariel Hemingway, and women of influence such as Dr. Maya Angelou for BraveHeart Women TV, plus her new show ‘A BraveHeart View’ is inspiring thousands with celebrity
panels and dynamic guests discussing important topics.

Click on the link below to register for this event now:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/516960627

Partners in Success,
Mike Klingler

 

What About Your Personal Life?

We've been discussing the significance of developing your Coaching skills (communication, how you relate to others, your leadership and influence) and how this impacts your income level more than anything else you do.

 
But What About Your Personal Life?

 

Can coaching skills really make a difference in your relationships with...

 

Your spouse or "significant other"?

 

Your kids?

 

Your parents?

 

Your Friends?

 

People you meet throughout your day?

 

I think Adrian Schleis summed this up well. 

 

Click the link below to hear Adrian and his son describe how just ONE class with Barbara helped him to...

 

"See His Family Through Different Eyes"

 

And how that's impacted him.

 

Coaching Skills Take A Load Off...

 

Think how valuable it would be if you were better understood... and if you could understand others and have them feel more understood by you.  With ease.

 

How much weight could be lifted if your spouse or significant other got what you were doing in your business better.  Or, if you had more tools (communication skills) that got the kids to work with you, rather than against you--only adding to the overwhelm.

 

This is a BIG deal.

 

Dig deeper when you look for new tools to grow your business... 

 

Learn more about Coaching Cognition here

(after clicking, scroll down the page to see more than what was there last week).

 

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

 

P.S. If you're not with Renegade Professional.  Get in here.  Our community training covers ALL the bases, leaving no stone left unturned.

 

In our next email we'll share more details about what exactly will be covered in this six month course series, when class starts and how you can join us.

 

 

What Renegade Professional "Beginners" Should Be Thinking About Right Now

If you're new to Renegade Professional you have a lot on your mind.

 

That's because you have a lot to do. 

 

You're about to go from where you are now to where you want to be. 

 

And that's no small feat.  

 

Along the way your success is at risk.

 

You might "give in" to the most common success killer I've witnessed--

 

Distraction.

 

Don't.

 

I've watched even our best students give in to it.  But they returned and prevailed.

 

I've seen others give in to it... never to return.  Wandering through the wilderness, into some other direction that probably sounded easier or felt more comfortable at first (but just ended up making life more difficult, and success 'seem' even further and further away).

 

Realize--

 

If you don't complete your training OF COURSE you can't make the same business transformations as our students who HAVE completed their training.

 

So do that. 

 

Finish it.  

 

Follow through.

 

Resist the same urge that has caused you to miss opportunities in the past; that caused you to be limited in your options; limited in your pay.

 

Advance yourself once and for all by resisting the urge to be mediocre. 

 

At first we teach you the tools.  How to get yourself out there online.  And how the principles of attracting leads works in reality...

 

But our community offers much more than that.  And after JUST a few months or less you will be past that stage of just getting online and having a web presence.

 

You may need to learn how to influence people.  You may need to increase your value.

 

Take advantage of ALL we have to offer because there's a reason we offer it if its here. 

 

Marketing is just a piece of your process.  You have to develop all of your essential list to see your business come to life. 

 

Yes, marketing is on that "essential list". 

 

But there are a several other KEY 'essential' pieces as well--all of which we help you tackle head on in this community if you just reach out and grab it.

 

Overwhelm and Losing Focus...

 

(Is the grass 'really' greener on the other side?)

(Is this 'really' THAT difficult?)

 

Are you resisting success because you just don't 'see' how close you are?

 

In the 'Start Here' check list of your back office we address the issue of 'overwhelm' directly, almost immediately BEFORE you even started your training.

 

It is called: 

 

"An in-depth look at how to "customize" and "personalize" your training plan and business development."

 

This class gets you prepared to start thinking about taking control of where you put your focus based on where you're at now and where YOU want to go next in your business (this is part of developing the 'finer distinctions' and keener insight I mentioned on the essential list recently).

 

Hopefully you watched "An in-depth look at how to "customize" and "personalize" your training plan and business development." 

 

Maybe you need to watch it again.

 

Take your time.  Because what you feel inside is even more important than what's happening outside.

 

Relax a bit more. 

 

Reflect a bit more. 

 

Trust this process a bit more.

 

Inner turmoil and a sense of "lack" (not having what you want fast enough) leads to self doubt and self destruction:

 

Lack of focus, lack of follow through, feelings of overwhelm, or just plain frustration are all factors in leading someone to DISTRACTION and failure.

 

It takes trust to see a process through. 

 

I feel partly responsible for helping you obtain the trust needed in Renegade Professional so that you move forward with the training and ultimately prevail in business without all the painstaking mistakes I had to undergo. 

 

That's why I'm writing you today.  You suddenly popped in my mind again.  I felt concerned.

 

Maybe you just need to hear that you CAN do this. 

 

You CAN if and only if you follow through.

 

What Makes Succeeding Students Different Than Those Who Get Distracted?

 

People who move forward through the training are growing into leaders faster than any other community I've seen. 

 

What made them different? 

 

I have noticed that they were more motivated to succeed than most--I know some of their reasons because I've gotten to know some of these students who have grown... their reasons are personal.  And powerful.

 

Get in touch with your 'reasons' and you will find the energy and focus required to move forward and win.

 

Learning the mechanics...

 

Again, the first step is to learn the tools (the mechanics) of the Internet. 

 

The tutorials take you click by click through the various places where you do that. 

 

Get a Coach

 

When you need help we have coaches ready to help you who have been where you are now.

 

Most of these coaches offer a free 15 minute consultation before you decide if you'd like to hire them to help you get over bumps along the way.  Many charge as low as $25/hour.  The more experienced a coach the more they charge.  Find a coach that's right for you to connect with from time to time.  If they can't help you with a really specific issue they can refer you to other coaches who can.

 

Connect with Barbara Silva, our coach of coaches at support@marketingmerge.com with the subject:  Find Me A Coach

 

Beyond the Tools...

 

Ultimately, once you've mastered the tools (which took me a few months and others less or more)... its time to gain influence.

 

Influence is, by far, the most valuable asset you can obtain. 

 

For influence you need exposure (standing out), you need confidence, skills and something unique or valuable to offer others, which is what attracts them to you.

 

We have developed a number of ways for you to collaborate with us to develop your Influence. 

 

You've likely heard of these programs.

 

One of these is the Super Guides program, where you work closely with a team of other 'more highly' committed students and collaborate on projects that develop your "Influence Factor" and skills faster than you could ever do alone.

 

Another is becoming a Coach with Coaching Cognition, which you've likely been hearing a lot about lately (and will be hearing more about).  If you don't want to wait until next year to take advantage of this particular opportunity, follow our emails over the next week closely as we share more details about the program.  We'll be opening class for this soon.  

There is also the opportunity to become a PBN Trainer, giving you significant ongoing exposure within our community and in future lead funnels that would lead people to your tutorials, which we teach you how to create once you qualify.  There's no cost to this--just your contribution.  So check it out.

 

These are just some of the ways you can develop you Influence factor with us. 

 

Marketing is important but it is motionless without influence and communication skills.

Its key to success to master these no matter what opportunity you're in or what system you use, so I REALLY hope you've made this a top area of focus.

 

If you've moved along through the tutorials and have set up some of the marketing basics (like a blog or site, social sites like Squidoo, you've started some SEO, maybe dabbled in PPC)--it may be time to connect up with a qualified coach right now to get you to that next level.

 

I would have NEVER grown my business and don't know anyone else who could have succeeded without connecting with real people along the way for help.  I paid tens of thousands of dollars (when I didn't have it) connecting with coaches who offered less in value than you have access to here for a fraction of a fraction of the cost I paid.

 

Know the value is here.  Reach out for it.  It'll pull you up.

 

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

 

P.S.  I suggest you find a coach (or coaches) to help you over the bumps along the way.  Contact support@marketingmerge.com with the subject:  "Find Me a Coach"

 

P.P.S.  Are you ready for the truth about what you can exactly do to succeed in your business?  The easiest, more effortless way?  If you read this email in its entirely and the links it connect to and you still don't know exactly what to do, read it again.

Log into Renegade Professional and if you've lost your way, begin at the Start Here Checklist.  Take your time.  Relax.  Take comfort in forward motion. 

Not with Renegade Professional?  Get back in here

How Much You Make Is Directly Tied To This...

Did you know that the extent of VALUE you offer in your communication to prospects and clients is proportionate to how much you make?

 

Same is true in your JOB... However you make your money, your communication skills SIGNIFICANTLY impact what you earn.  Improving your communication is the fastest way to better opportunities and increased pay.

 

Uh Oh...

Probably not what you wanted to hear.

 

I AM sorry if this bursts your bubble...

 

But you might be looking for answers about how to make more moolah' (or obtain more success in your work or business) in all the wrong places.

 

And perhaps you're thinking that a system or opportunity is the solution when what you're actually lacking is good communication.

This isn't a problem that's going to go away until you step up and meet the challenge head on.

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Who Is Teaching These Skills?

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Regardless of how you generate leads...

 

Whether you build a marketing funnel to generate your own leads, work a referrals list, use Google Adwords (PPC), a blog, a website, SEO, social media or you cold call leads (hope not)--there comes a point where you must know how to effectively communicate or you limit yourself and depending on how little you know about effective communication, it could stop any level of real success from happening at all.

 

If you're good at marketing but bad at communicating, you likely make 10% of what you could with the same number of leads. 

 

Ouch.

 

Coaching skills are effective communication--they give you the ability to lead and influence people. 

 

Confidently.

 

Competently.

 

Learning coaching skills doesn't have to be difficult... it just has to be one of your main focuses. 

 

Doing so is one of the few shortcuts available to success. 

We'll soon be allowing students to learn these skills with Barbara Silva's Coaching Cognition. 

 

I encourage you to take this opportunity to learn in months what took me years because I was on my own alone. With Barbara and Coaching Cognition you'll be in a safe place to accelerate your learning.

 

There's another aspect to this that can really make a difference for you...

 

Students of Coaching Cognition will have an opportunity to be featured ongoing at our Coaching platform--where we direct PAYING clients to you and manage all the details (we have a lot of people in need of qualified coaches and regardless of what you think now, YOU likely have the ability to be one). 

 

For many this will be a full-time income as a coach. 

 

Others will do it here and there to make ends meet, build confidence, while enjoying assisting others, and building their dream in their current business.

 

An entirely new world opens up to you when you become a coach with Coaching Cognition.

 

In case you missed it, hear from Curt Johnson about Coaching Cognition.  He's Ann Sieg's upline and was her coach at one time.

 

Curt's been a coach for years so his recommendation and participation in Coaching Cognition speaks volumes to what it can mean for you.

 

Here are two others I'd like you to hear from in case you missed them.

 

Eric Walker on Coaching Cognition

 

Claire Covington on Coaching Cognition

 

 

Here are more people you can hear from about their 'take' on Coaching Cognition... notice how authentic they are. 

 

Notice how 'salesy' they are NOT.

 

Click and scroll down the page to watch and listen. 

 

Really watch them.

 

Read between the lines--these are real people who have quickly gone from where most people start... where you likely are now...  to owning VALUABLE coaching skills.

 

You CAN do this.

 

We'll have more details for you about how to join this exclusive 6 month class program.  Watch closely.  We'll be open for only a short time in early October.  The date isn't set.  I'll share what I know as I know it!

 

If you missed my article on The Only Shortcut That Exists I highly recommend it.  It talks about developing your essential list of skills to avoid the mistake I made in my first 14 years in business.

 

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

Becoming A Paid Coach, Or Maybe... Just An Amazingly Valuable & Influential Person

When I was in a networking business I did a TON of prospecting on the telephone.

 

I had to deal with a lot of prospects who were VERY challenging to work with. 

 

I remember my early years--

 

Talk about frustration!

 

Many of them had no money.

 

Others had unrealistic expectations.

 

Some were just down right depressed. 

 

Others hostile. 

 

Some would talk and talk and talk...

Some were distracted.

 

Some were really kind people but totally feared change.

 

Others only needed a nudge. For me to ask one good question that ended up leading them forward THANKING me for the dramatic impact it had on them it.  Wow.

 

I learned the hard way--and the long way--how to positively influence people; how to change the way they think about things by helping them discover the answers for themselves.

 

As you know, with Barbara Silva's Coaching Cognition training soon opening up, you'll be able to learn these skills head on, in a safe environment and quickly. 

 

Instead of it taking years it can be learned in months.

 

These skills will assist you in nearly every interaction you have (in your business AND personal life).

 

They'll assist you in understanding people in general (helping you in all forms of communication, including emails and copy), and how to lead people to action (key).

 

They'll assist you in your confidence, competence and how your marketing comes across.

 

Obviously, they will assist you in succeeding by addressing the "essential list" we've talked about over these last two weeks.

 

A Safe Environment To Learn To Lead

 

Just one of the valuable aspects of Coaching Cognition is live role playing. 

 

You'll have lots of opportunities to participate in the LIVE role playing--

 

This alone can be life-changing... because it's where you learn some of the 'finer distinctions' (AKA, developing a "keen insight"--the first item on the 'essential list').

 

It may sound scary at first; but in this environment it's actually quite safe and fun--no one is ever put on the spot.  

 

Role playing is an extremely important part of learning at a fast pace.  Because it gives a type of "accelerated experience." 

 

Here's why it's accelerated...

 

The Impact of a "Real Life" Role Playing Session

 

When role playing, one "coach in training" will pretend to be a challenging prospect or client.  The other 'coach in training' will pretend to be the Coach. 

 

Interactive discussions among the students and Barbara help the Coaches pinpoint key moments in the conversation where it could move forward, or fall flat.

 

Ever had a conversation with a prospect or client fall flat or go south when you wanted it to go north?

 

Imagine holding a compass that you could use during any given conversation and always knowing where north is (moving toward their goals positively).

 

And whenever your prospect or client goes the wrong direction you're able to ask a question to get them to realize ON THEIR OWN how to correct course so they can achieve what it is they want faster.

 

You'll have "Influence" with such a skill.

 

Through role playing with Barbara and the other students, you'll learn to recognize patterns in conversation and what to do to build bridges that lead it forward constructively. 

 

The power comes by learning to recognize the patterns and 'own' the questions that definitively lead someone forward. 

 

One of the role playing sessions I listened to was between Eric Walker and Claire Covington--they were in the first Coaching Cognition training course offered by Barbara.

 

Here, Eric Walker role plays as the client and pretends to have just signed up in a new opportunity and has very "Unrealistic Expectations."

 

Claire Covington pretends to be the Coach.

 

They then discuss the pivotal moments in the conversation where it could go north or 'south' and this is when you pick up the skills.

You'll have access to the recordings of this very role playing session with Claire and Eric, along with many more from the first students who have now graduated from Coaching Cognition. 

 

AND, of course... you'll be able to have 'accelerated experience' of your own by partaking in the new LIVE sessions offered. 

 

In the next two emails, I'm going to answer these two questions

 

1. "What Does Coaching Have To Do With YOUR Business." (just in case that isn't clear yet)

2. "How Coaching Impacts Your Personal Life"

 

I'll soon share the details of what is completely covered in this highly in-depth six month course.

 

In case you missed it, watch what Claire has to say about her experience with the entire Coaching Cognition program.

 

Hear Eric Walker on Coaching Cognition

 

We'll be opening this to new students for a limited time in early October. 

 

After that, you'll have to wait until next year to become a coach with us again. 

 

So if you have interest in moving forward fast this year with Coaching, please pay close attention to our emails.

 

I'll share more details as I have them.

 

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

 

P.S. If you haven't followed Coaching Cognition until now, click to learn more.

"Keeping It Real" -- The Ultimate Success Story

Have you ever questioned yourself--or doubted yourself--about certain business decisions you've made along the way? 

 

I know I have.

 

This is how we figure stuff out.

 

It's how we discover who we 'really' are in business--

 

It's How You Discover Your Brand. 

 

Your brand is what you're selling (it's you).

 

It's the most valuable piece. 

 

Once you have it business gets easy.  And fun. 

 

And profitable.

 

But doubt--in and of itself--isn't enough to discover YOU in business.

 

It's just a part of it. 

 

In fact, doubt is destructive without TRUST.

 

And yet, "doubting" will serve you as long as you've included trust in the mix. 

 

This is when your power gets turned on.

 

Here I'm precisely describing how you end up:

 

- Loving what you do

- While the good money flows inward

- And the value you offer flows out

It's the ULTIMATE success story. 

 

It's the only success story. 

 

Can any of this be accomplished by just following a formula? 

 

Is there such thing as a marketing formula, or a proven system?

Here's my take:

 

Yes, there's a time and place for formulas and systems, but they are way overrated. 

 

Because they don't have a soul. 

 

Without soul you got nothin'.

 

Are you focused on formulas and a system, or are you focused on acquiring EACH of the soulful skills needed to succeed (click if you missed the 'essential list')?

 

Back to how I discovered my brand (to assist you in your journey of finding YOURS)...

"Doubt + Trust = Personal Discovery and Greater Levels of Ultimate Success"

 

--A Recent Bout With Doubt--

 

I did a leap recently in my own journey while thinking about how to introduce Coaching Cognition.  

 

My gut told me to avoid the time trap of doing a 'big launch.'

 

That would be a huge distraction for our team. 

 

And frankly, it's not a passion of mine to create a thorough launch sequence (though that has its place). 

 

My passion, at least for now, is building out the infrastructure for our growing community of entrepreneurs--landmark projects like Coaching Cognition.

 

As I thought about 'launch', I leaned toward keeping it simple--so simple it wouldn't even be noticed as a launch at all.  It would be more like an introduction.  I'd allow the 'marketing' to unfold on its own spontaneously. 

 

Of course we'd educate on why "coaching skills" are vital to one's success. 

 

For example, Barbara Silva, our coach of coaches, led two webinars this summer discussing the power of coaching skills; what it is and what its not; and how many new students will find their own way into business success for the first time as a paid coach with us. 

 

In my last email I talked about the 'essential list' everyone in business should be tackling head on -- that its the only shortcut that really exists.  That email highlights the value of coaching.

 

But emails like that weren't planned. They were spontaneous.

 

The email I'm writing now wasn't planned. 

 

And yet, in a sense, this is all part of the launch, or at least the introduction, of Coaching Cognition. 

 

It kind of just goes like this...

 

Because Coaching Cognition is our main focus right now... its naturally what occupies my mind... so it's naturally mentioned and referenced when I share teaching points (like in the last email) and connect with you in emails like today.

 

--Trusting Your Way--

 

I trusted that if we share some main points, the right people who are ready would join us without the need for fanfare, and once again a large group would make a transformational advancement in their businesses together.

 

But until very recently, I also had doubt in myself on this very thing I trusted...

 

"Maybe we do need a full blown launch plan for Coaching Cognition?"  

 

--Doubting--

 

We've done very well with our business.  And yet, we've never really focused a lot on the marketing. 

 

Could we do even better if we did? 

 

Are there people we haven't reached, who we could have helped, if we marketed more heavily?

 

I've often reflected about my 'way' of marketing, thinking it was my weakest point.

 

Most marketers teach to use 'launch formulas' or a full blown 'launch sequence' to REALLY get people's attention. 

 

These are calculated. 

 

A launch formula or sequence is a highly orchestrated sequence of well crafted emails, and/or reports and/or other planned steps to prepare your audience to buy something from you.

When implemented correctly they're extremely effective (at generating up front sales).

But I didn't want to do that.

 

It's odd for most online marketers when they hear things like this from me but, "I don't think about selling all that much." 

 

Instead, I focus on CONNECTING with people who really need what we offer but just don't know it yet, and then on effectively COMMUNICATING what we offer so they totally 'get' it. 

 

Before they even buy they're already light years ahead of where they were.  I shift their context by 'keeping it real'.  Rarely do I feel an urge for fanfare. 

 

Some may say I'm still selling--and yes, that's happening. 

 

But the difference is this:

 

I didn't produce these sales by focusing on a formula.  A system has never really been THE SOLUTION, no matter how hard I've tried to make that fly over the years.

 

Instead, as I discussed recently in the only real short cut that exists, I've focused on developing the skills needed (the essential list most avoid) that I believe everyone must hit head on if they want to end the struggle and move onto their own brand of ultimate success.

 

Once and for all.

 

But this is all stuff I figured out recently. 

 

Actually, I knew some of it all along and I trusted it.  But I also doubted myself throughout the process over the years... even up til now until a new level of clarity has hit.

 

It's now reached me at a higher level of clarity than ever... and thus my brand solidifies, business becomes even easier yet, and the sensation of Ultimate Success is heightened once more. 

 

The doubt along the way was healthy because it caused me to reflect. 

 

But it served me ONLY because I trusted myself at the same time... and found my own way to steer another direction (away form formulas, systems and promises) and toward "the essential list" and authenticity.

 

I notice that every successful person I've met, regardless of what they 'think' have done the same thing.  They'd be successful regardless of the system or formula they use, because they'll always choose the right one for THEM.  And they'll do more than that.  They've developed themselves through the essential list... either directly and quickly or by default through painstaking trial and error.  It has to happen one way or another.

 

"If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now..."

 

I've been through the "ringer" in business--and maybe that's why I continue to work  hard to get the  message across that Learning Coaching Skills IS the Fastest Shortcut to Success.

 

If you missed my recent article, "Finding The Only Shortcut in Business and Taking It" I encourage you to read it now.

 

I'd also like to introduce you to meet someone today who has grown significantly in developing her essential list with Barbara Silva's Coaching Cognition. 

 

Meet Claire Covington as she shares what Barbara Silva and Coaching Cognition has done for her. 

 

Listen carefully to what Claire shares because you'll notice something.

 

She's authentic. 

 

And that's the key!

Please listen carefully to Curt Johnson as well, knowing he's been a successful coach and businessman for years.  Curt was Ann Sieg's coach not so long ago before she discovered her own voice and brand.  He's also her upline!

 

Watch Curt Johnson on Coaching Cognition.

 

We'll begin registration for Coaching Cognition in early October.

I'll be sharing more details with you as I get them.

 

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

Attention Coaching Cognition Coaches – How to Refer Your Clients so You Can Get Started Coaching!

Even though our coaching doors haven’t officially opened, I know that many of you are already receiving inquiries about coaching.  The first thing to do is to either have your clients ask about purchasing credits by emailing support or you can send them the following email yourself.  This is the same one they will receive from our support desk:

You may purchase coaching credits from your back office.  Soon you will have an icon on your main menu that will take you to the coaching pages, but for now, there will be a couple of extra steps involved.

Log in to Renegade Professional.  When you are on the main menu page, replace the url in your browser at the very top of the page with:

https://www.marketingmerge.com/Coaching/BuyCredits.aspx

You can then buy credits in increments of 100.  1 credit = $1.  The credit card you have on file with us will be charged.  You may keep these credits in your account for as long as you are a professional - they will not expire.

You may choose to spend your credits with one coach, or choose from different coaches and different topics.  Once you have purchased your credits, send an email to support and we will contact you to get you matched with a coach.  Again, in short order, this will be something you will be able to take care of yourself from your back office, but the information is still being loaded into the system, so we are still making the appointments manually. 

Coaches' fees depend on their level in our system.  Some coaches charge as little as 25 credits an hour, some more.  Most coaches offer a fifteen minute free consultation for new clients so that you can be sure there is a good fit between you.

Let us know your time zone, best number to call and what time of day is good to reach you.  If you have already chosen the coach you would like to work with, let us know that as well.  We will get you all set up as quickly as possible.

Any questions can be sent to support@marketingmerge.com with Coaching in the subject line. 

We look forward to serving you!

Have your client notify support when they have purchased their credits and that they would like to be coached by you.  Even though the programming is not yet complete, each client that you refer through Coaching Cognition will move you up in Levels.  Level 4 coaches can begin offering coaching packages which will be even more inviting to clients. 

We’ll be featuring coaches as they move up in levels on our blogs, in the Renegade News, and on the Coaching Cognition page itself.  You might want to ask your clients if they would like to be interviewed about their experience with you!  Please share your coaching stories with LeeAnn McVey by sending an email to support@marketingmerge.com with Coaching News in the subject line.  She will be putting together the articles to highlight your Coaching Cognition experiences.

You can also contact LeeAnn for updates as to your current Level, fee structure, reviews, etc.  This information will all be available to you in your back office soon, but LeeAnn is the go to person in the meantime.

 

Making Network Marketing & Home Based Business Work -- Finding the Only Shortcut & Taking It.

My baby daughter was there. 

 

I was there. 

 

If only I knew then, what I know now. 

 

But who hasn't said that before?

 

I remember my mentality back then... 

 

"I 'gotta' make this work."

And judging by my circumstances I was right.

 

It was an all-too familiar and uncomfortable condition for me in business back then. 

 

I hadn't yet learned about the only REAL shortcut that exists. 

 

I Chased Rainbows.

 

Little did I know that the pot of gold was in my own backyard.

 

What a stubborn one I can be.

 

That stubbornness has served me in one way at least (never, ever quite--right?)

 

But it has also cost me dearly, with a mentality that seemed to say--

 

"No, not me... I don't have to work on my listening and communication skills, or learn how to lead.  I'll find a much easier way to succeed than THAT."

 

If only I knew how hard that would be, trying to find the EASY way. 

 

Because...

 

Looking for the "Easy Way" is the Hardest Way of All.

 

And, you could say...

 

What Most People Think to be the "Hard Way" is Actually the "Easiest".

 

I read personal development books. 

 

I went to leadership trainings. 

 

But I never made it my #1 thing--not back then.  I just thought I did at the time.

 

There I was at 30 years old with my six-month old daughter in my lap.

 

Chasing the dream from home.

 

Barely making enough to make ends meet. 

 

I'd made more (much more) from home before that.  But then it had shriveled. 

 

I'd worked hard before... real hard. 

 

And then after burning out--after working like a mad-man from age 22 to 27 (chasing all the bogus shortcuts most people still chase), I "checked out" for about two years as soon as the income was high enough. 

 

--Burn Out--

 

I played catch-up on life. 

 

The color returned to my face. 

 

I smiled more without trying to.

 

I started a family.

 

I caught up on what I had been missing while 'building the dream.'

 

But then, after watching my income slide back down I found myself in familiar territory...

 

"I gotta make this thing work!"

 

So I was working feverishly again... and had been for a year since returning from world travels, reflection, and a bout with getting healthy and fit (I needed that after the previous 5-year intensive business effort).

But by this time "being fit" was on its decline right along with my income.  I  recall a regular 1 a.m. mad dash to Carl's Jr. or Taco Bell (this is not what I'd typically want on the menu); eating healthy's the last thing on one's mind when feeling overwhelmed.

I was really stressed out--working, working... Trying...  Sitting with my six month old daughter beside me, trying to find the 'shortcut' again.  Trying to live up to my 'big words' to family and friends, most of whom had forgotten I was a winner.

 

Trying to justify my commitment to succeed.

 

The Million Dollar Chapter Comes...

 

But within a year from that challenging time, I had figured a piece of it out (the marketing part) and I started attracting business in a BIG way... though I still hadn't learned how to keep it. I had to go through a very labor intensive learning process because I was still looking for shortcuts in all the wrong places.

By age 31, I had attracted over a million dollars to my new company within the first month of launch and had people joining my networking business before I even had time to make the first follow-up phone call.  That was 6 years ago.

 

It was nice, though there was still plenty of stumbling (as I was still learning what I'll share with you today).  

 

It was actually quite rough... but it WAS a great experience because it forced me to finally--eventually-- realize and take the only REAL shortcut that exists... the very thing I was avoiding the entire time because I thought it would be harder, when it was actually much, much easier.

 

If only I was getting emails like this.

 

Fast forward 6 years, I now head up a growing multi-million dollar enterprise.  Solid, stable, growing incredibly fast.  Enjoyable.  In alignment with my values and intentions. 

 

From struggle to now business bliss, I have learned and lived the only REAL short-cut there is, and how to get people to not just stand in line to join my business... and not just stay... but to duplicate in ways that extend far beyond what I  imagined possible.

 

Finding the REAL Short-Cut... And Taking It.

 

I have always looked for the shortcuts, which would have been great, if only I was looking in the right place. 

 

In my earlier years in business, I was constantly trying to use some new system to generate leads for me.  Or to 'qualify' them for me.  I even worked hard to create such systems.

 

Its not that there wasn't value in what I was doing, and in qualifying prospects and using systems to help--that IS a small part of the equation.  But this aspect of it is SECONDARY to what is most critical for one's success.

Here's the "Essential List" most avoid making their #1 priority in business:

Focus on Developing...

• A Keen insight
• An ability to influence others
• An ability to choose the right opportunities for you
• An ability to create and communicate value
• An ability to attract people to you through networking and marketing
• An ability to inspire others by truly connecting with them, by listening
• An ability to cultivate partnerships

You CAN develop these things rather quickly, but only if you make that your main aim.

 

The list is so alien when you're not ready. 

 

Its like hocus pocus.

 

It might even be scary. 

 

It makes success seem really far away.  But that's only if you're not ready to take responsibility for it.

 

The truth is that when you look at this essential list square in the face, that's when success gets close. 

 

That's when you're getting warmer.

 

Then, if you don't take your eyes off this list... that's when you get hot.   

 

Attractive Marketer Hot.

 

Doing so puts your butt on the shortcut... The only REAL shortcut you'll ever find.

 

I Wasn't Ready...

 

I wasn't ready to look until I had worked so hard for so long trying to bypass 'the list' of essentials, that I finally just stumbled into it here and there, over time... over a long period of painstaking time because I didn't know it was IT. 

 

I thought it was just "part" of it.  

 

Somehow I had exhausted everything else and I just decided to focus only on that list for a while... that was about 3 years ago.  

 

I buckled down on ONLY it.

 

I connected with the right coaching, training and people and developed my skills (the essential list) as QUICKLY AS I POSSIBLE COULD.

 

I did it because I had to.  I was exhausted.  It was that or admit failure.  And that's not me. 

 

This is where my stubbornness helped. 

 

And maybe its why I relate so well with the majority out there who struggle... because I was on that path with such intense determination for so long, avoiding the essential list just like most do.

 

My Point In All This?

 

My message to you is that it doesn't have to take you as long to find IT as it took me.

 

It took me a long time because I was stubborn in believing the B.S. because I wanted to believe it, just like many people reading this want to believe that a system is the answer.. and not you.  You don't want to follow through on this advice because you're like I was... you're where I was.

 

But some of you will move on it.  And that's who I'm talking to here.

 

Don't get me wrong...

 

The vehicles you use (the opportunities, systems, etc) ARE important obviously... but they are motionless without the list of essentials above. 

 

Like pushing a car uphill versus stepping on the gas and zipping down it.  That's what I'm taking about.  

 

I'm talking about finally being able to navigate yourself from where you are to where you want to be with absolute control, safety, comfort and EASE.  Every time with ANY system.

 

And...

 

I'm talking about accomplishing everything you want FASTER by making it your #1 intention to focus on the essential list.

 

Are you ready for that?

 

You are already addressing some of this if you're moving through the Start Here Checklist in your Renegade Professional back office.

 

But are you consciously addressing the entire list head on?

 

Is it your #1 aim?

 

There are 5 things we'll be introducing to you over the course of this fall and winter.  You've likely heard about some of them already.  Mysuggestion is to study what they offer you.

 

They are:

 

1. Coaching Cognition

2. The Live Event in January

3. Super Guides Training & Collaboration Program

4. PBN (Becoming a Trainer for the Professionals, Businesses and Non-profits section of Renegade Professional)

5. Renegade Professional News -- Pay close attention to the students who grow in this community. Connect with them.  Know them. 

 

Infuse yourself into the leadership here. 

 

First, see how others are developing their brand & gaining exposure by closely aligning with this open community... then follow in their footsteps. 

 

We're creating an ever-expanding economy here that you can take part in.  

 

Pay close attention to these 5 development opportunities over the coming weeks and months--each is designed to help you attack the "essential list" and take the only REAL shortcut there is.

 

Take a moment right now to learn a little more about each of those 5 collaborative opportunities by clicking on the links above.

 

Success doesn't have to be hard. 

 

But it will be if you don't take a very proactive stance to attack your essential list head on.

 

Here it is again:

 

You Must Have...

• A Keen Insight. 
• An ability to influence others
• An ability to choose the right opportunities for you
• An ability to create and communicate value
• An ability to attract people to you through networking and marketing
• An ability to cultivate partnerships

You have to initiate all this. 

 

It's all on you and it always will be.

 

But the people and assistance is here if you're ready for it. 

 

Partners in success,

Mike Klingler

 

Barbara Silva's 2nd Event Posted - Get the Coaching Skills. Grow into a Leader. Partner with Us as a Coach & We'll Send You the Paying Clients!

The other day I sent an email encouraging you to attend a live event with Barbara Silva (last Thursday evening).
 
It's Recorded and Now Available...
 
This has been posted and will be available for a limited time before offering you the opportunity to partner with us through Coaching Cognition--where you can learn the needed coaching skills to succeed at an entirely new level, while getting paid as a Coach with us (and receive clients).

• Increase your confidence and ability to influence others positively.
• Grow your current business by networking with the best.
• Network with leaders and be featured as one (with the value to back it up).
• Stand out from the crowd.

Click below to watch Barbara Silva's 2nd event on Becoming a Coach with Us--
 
http://www.marketingmerge.com/backoffice/videos/CoachingCognition/presentation.asp
 
If you missed her first event in this two-part series, here's the link (an Introduction to the Coaching Mindset)--

http://www.marketingmerge.com/backoffice/videos/CoachingMindset/presentation.asp
 
I can't emphasize enough how significant these two courses could be for you, your life and your business.  Coaching is at the heart of success with every human interaction (prospecting, family, copy writing, attitude, influence, you name it).
 
Watch the two events and shift your focus onto developing your ability to influence others positively, at an entirely new level of effectiveness.

Because...

You ARE the system!

Partners in success,
Mike Klingler

Live Event (Thursday Only)! Why Now's the Time to Get the Secret "Edge" & Make All That Hard Work of Yours FINALLY Pay Off

Don't Miss This - Introducing Barbara Silva's Coaching Cognition

After months and months of planning, our unique coaching program – Coaching Cognition – is ready to launch.
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-REGISTER NOW-
In your Renegade Professional back office in the permanent non-rotating links from your main menu,  find the registration link for Barbara Silva's webinar - Thursday, August 27th at 9 p.m. EST.
Not a Member of Renegade Professional yet? Upgrade Here  Renegade Professional Training
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Coaching is probably the #1 resource that all successful business owners have in common. Now, this “edge” is available to you.

This Thursday during Barbara Silva's webinar, you will find out how you can access one on one coaching specifically designed to meet you where YOU are – right now. It’s the easiest way to take what you’ve learned at Renegade Professional (and beyond) and turn it into profit – faster.

At Coaching Cognition, you will not only have access to one on one coaching services, you’ll also be able to learn these skills for yourself. We’ll even share how you can become a coach with Renegade Professional's Coaching Cognition.

We’ll bring the clients – you bring your commitment to help others learn what you’ve learned – and make money doing it!

Watch Barbara's video below, as she has a special message for you:

Miss Last Week's Event with Barbara? Introduction to Learning the Coaching Skills that Will Make All the Difference.

Barbara SilvaClick Here to Access that Recorded Webinar, Developing a Coach's Mindset.

Barbara is widely becoming known as the "coaches coach." Her passion is sharing how you can significantly improve your business results with coaching skills – she'll show you how you can know exactly what to do in any situation in this live webinar that was recorded last week.

In 2009, Coaching is consistently listed as not only one of the top recession-proof industries, but one that is still showing growth.

This is because more and more companies are recognizing the difference that a coach can bring to overall productivity and contentment.

So why not develop these skills for yourself? By being a Renegade Professional, and attending Thursday’s webinar, you are showing that interest. And this is Barbara’s gift.

She can bring out specific skills in people without complication, and teach you how to do so.

She can see the potential in a person and bring that out in them even if they don’t think they have it, and she does so in a way that feels right for the person she is coaching.

The fact of the matter is this…Barbara has a second site, and she can teach this to you, and developing coaching skills will bring you success.

No Renegade Gets Left Behind,

Eric Walker
Renegade Relations
Renegade Professional

Robert Kiyosaki Validates the VALUE of Your Recent Efforts...

Robert Kiyosaki is Struggling with using (and diligently learning) social media & video just like YOU have been---so think about this...

IF he's investing time at it, what's that say about the value of you continuing to spend time at it?

Robert Kiyosaki Validates Your Recent Efforts