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Freedom Tour 2008 / 2009

My good friend and mentor, Michael Dlouhy, will be conducting a Freedom Tour across the United States. This tour will kick off at the Holiday Inn Airport, 14670 Duval Road, Jacksonville, FL 32229 from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM on Friday, October 24th. From there, the Freedom Tour will travel to 41 cities throughout the eastern half of the US and Canada. In early 2009, Freedom Tour will cover the western half of the US and Canada.

Join A Business & Personal Coach, Mentor, Author, and
Successful Entrepreneur with over 30 Years Experience
as He Gives You the Straight Scoop On…

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* Understanding your family members…ALL of them
* Improving communication with co-workers
* Increasing your income by knowing how others think
* Time & Money Freedom - on the same day - again & again
* The 5 “must have” factors for career success…and why
* “Tools” to apply to ANY situation or relationship in Life!
* Own Your Life…and Enjoy 7-Day Weekends!

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Limited Seating Available

To see the remaining Tour Schedule Visit Here (these are TENTATIVE dates and subject to change)

If you see a location you would like to attend on the list, email me at FreedomTour@RoxanneGreen.com and be sure to include:

- Your First & Last Name
- Your Phone Number
- Your City & State
- The City & State you want to attend

I will then get you the information you need to attend the event for free. I will cover your event registration fee. This offer is for a limited time only. Get back to me as soon as possible.

YOU Deserve Success!!

Roxanne Green

Posted by roxanne on October 1st, 2008 No Comments

I’ve been away for a while

I haven’t written much lately. I’ve moved. Our new house is only about 5 miles from our old house, but it’s a LOT bigger and rent is less. We’re in a little town called Sonora KY. It’s a quaint little town. I like it here.

I have a separate shipping room for my other job. I have an office and a serenity room. The kids rooms are upstairs and our room is downstairs. The kitchen is HUGE!! I like that. Only one bathroom though. That gets to be a pain at times.

My friend Amy is coming to visit the end of the month. She and her daughter will be here for a week.

Today I get my workout CDs from TeamBeachbody. My 16 year old, Katie, and I will be doing the Yoga Booty Ballet. I will be chronicling my weight loss on a special section of my other blog. Come on over and check it out. Feel free to call or email me. We can workout virtually together via chat rooms. I have a hurt knee & shin and can only do low impact stuff and can only do short periods of time, but even that will help. When I was doing physical therapy, that was helping even.

Roxanne

Posted by roxanne on September 16th, 2008 2 Comments

My Pet Peeve

OK. This is something that I have to write about. It’s a pet peeve of mine.

If someone introduces themselves to you as Christine, signs all emails to you as Christine or was introduced to you by someone else as Christine, DO NOT CALL HER CHRIS!!!

Your goal in MLM/Network Marketing is to create relationships. If you don’t pay attention to how people want you to address them you are not going to be able to create relationships.

For example, I introduce myself and sign my posts and emails as Roxanne. If I know you I may sign my emails as Rox. You may call me either Roxanne or Rox if I have signed my name that way in an email to you. YOU MAY NOT CALL ME ROXY unless you know me well. There are a few people who I allow to call me Roxy. If the only contact you have had with me has been with the name Roxanne, call me Roxanne. If I meet someone and I’m introduced as Roxanne and they call me Rox, that ticks me right off. However, if I’ve known someone for a while and they call me Rox, that’s OK. When you shorten someone’s name, it implies familiarity. If you have never talked to me, you are not familiar with me enough to call me anything but Roxanne. If you give someone a nickname, it implies familiarity. Don’t do it unless you have created a relationship with them. I have a friend who calls me RoxStarr. He can get away with that. However, if someone who just met me tried it, I would be upset.

Some people intentionally shorten the names of the people they are talking to. These people are attempting to create a FALSE sense of familiarity. It will backfire on you. You end up looking like a slick car salesman and people shy away from you. Don’t do it.

Once you know someone and have a relationship with them, you can probably call them whatever you want, however, if you’ve just met someone, call them by the name they used when they introduced themselves to you. Or the name they were introduced to you as. Do not shorten their name unless you ask what THEY prefer to be called.

My email address begins with mommyroxy. But DON’T call me Mommy. That is ridiculous. I had someone the other day who called and said “Is Mommy there?” I said no. My Mommy is in Montana. My name - Roxanne - is plastered all over everything I write on the internet. There is no excuse for not knowing my name. Simply pay attention.

If someone signs their emails to you as Judith and calls you and says “This is Judith” don’t call them JUDY!
If someone signs their emails to you as Ronald and calls you and says “This is Ronald” don’t call them RONNY!
If someone signs their emails to you as Reginald and calls you and says “This is Reginald” don’t call them REGGIE!
If someone signs their emails to you as Melissa and calls you and says “This is Melissa” don’t call them MISSY!

I think you get the point.

Find out how to create relationships and LISTEN to what people want and need, not what you want and need.

YOU Deserve Success!!

~Roxanne Green~

Posted by roxanne on August 24th, 2008 2 Comments

More Social Networking Madness

OK. It’s true. I’m appalled. I’ve been working social networking sites for quite a while now. I’ve learned a LOT over the past year or so.

I work with a group called Mentoring For Free. We coach and mentor people to have success in their network marketing businesses. The following audio is a call I did last Saturday for Mentoring For Free. In this audio, I talk about our eBook. If you don’t have that and want to see what it’s all about, feel free to visit my site here and get your free eBook.

If you are on Social Networking sites like myspace, facebook, direct matches, adland pro, etc… you need to hear this audio.

If you liked this audio, please leave comments on it below.

YOU Deserve Success!!

~Roxanne Green~
Your FREE Success Coach & Mentor
Stress Management Seminar MP3

Posted by roxanne on June 21st, 2008 No Comments

Customer Service Just Aint What it Used to Be

I had an experience recently. I rented a car from Avis. When I rented it, there is an automatic hold of a certain amount of money put on my debit card. OK - that was fine with me. Even though it was more than the cost of the rental, I knew it would be returned to me when I got back (or so I thought).

When I returned from my trip the hold had been released against my debit card. I knew that my car rental cost X amount, so I went to the store to get groceries for the week and paid a few bills with my debit card. These amounts did not exceed what I had in the bank less what I owed Avis.

About 4 days later, I see a charge from Avis that was WAY higher than it should have been. What PNC bank in Elizabethtown KY did was put that Avis charge through BEFORE the bills and the groceries charges. This caused my account to go into overdraft from the Avis charge, therefore causing me FIVE $36 overdraft fees for the other items.

Here’s where it gets sticky.

I called the PNC Bank branch manager who, in turn, basically called me a liar and an idiot by telling me that I should know how my debit card works and I can’t spend money I don’t have. I tried to explain that the Avis charge was way more than it should have been and had it not been for that, the money for the other charges WOULD have been there. I asked if he could reorder the order in which he pays them until I can get it figured out. Pay the smaller ones first and then the Avis one - this way I have ONE $36 fee and can get it straightened out with Avis. He refused. He did offer to call Avis and see what they say.

Well…Surprise, surprise - Avis says “We can’t discuss this with you, we have to discuss it with Mrs. Green”. At that point, both the PNC bank manager and the manager at Avis thought that I was wrong.

The PNC bank manager calls me to say they won’t discuss it with him and I have to call them.
So I call the manager at Avis who (after me refreshing her memory with a confirmation number) realizes that she screwed up big time. She was very apologetic and nice. She offered to call the PNC bank manager to explain the mix up and explain why my account should not be overdrawn due to her mistake.

She then calls the PNC bank manager and calls me back almost in tears. The bank manager said - YUP you guessed it - “I can’t discuss it with you, Mrs. Green has to call”. The Avis manager is very upset at this point because her mix up caused me a lot of trouble and the bank manager won’t fix it. I tell the Avis manager that I understand mistakes - everyone is human and humans occasionally make mistakes. I attempted to talk with the PNC bank manager about it and he says “there’s nothing I can do”.

At this point the PNC bank manager is just doing this out of spite. He realized that if he listened to the Avis manager, he would owe me an apology for the things he said to me, so it was easier for him to tell her he can’t discuss my account with her and tell me that he can’t take MY word for the fact that Avis messed up.

So the PNC bank manager charges five $36 fees to my account. By the time the partial credit from Avis showed up in my account, the bank had been charging an additional $6 for every day the account was overdrawn in addition to the five $36 fees.

Needless to say, I immediately requested that my PNC bank account be closed. I was amazed that any company would do this. This is the way customer service is all over today.
Customer service is dead.

~Roxanne Green~

**Editor’s note: I received a message from PNC bank saying they can’t close an account with a negative balance.  This is their way of getting MORE $6 per day fees.**

Posted by roxanne on June 7th, 2008 1 Comment

Where is YOUR Focus?

In today’s post, John Fogg makes an excellent point. Be careful what you focus on.

I see it every day. Negativity. Instead of focusing on what’s right with something, lots of people focus on what’s wrong.

Mother Theresa said it best:

“I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.”

She knew what she was talking about. Positive thinking is a powerful thing. The law of attraction says we get more of what we focus on. If we focus on negative, we’ll get more negative. If we focus on positive, we’ll get more positive.

There’s nothing wrong with trying to make something better, but when you go about it like K2 does, always focusing on the negative, you bring about more negative.

Be careful what you think/talk about.

Where is YOUR focus?

YOU Deserve Success!!

~Roxanne Green~
Success in 10 Steps

Posted by roxanne on June 3rd, 2008 No Comments

Are You “In Your Face”?

I recently set up a new training site for anyone in any company. It’s one central location where people can come and get training and ask questions and not have to worry about being “pitched” by anyone (including me). I have the following statement right on the front of the site:

This site is for anyone in any company to come and get help. It is NOT for you to be “in your face” and pitch others. You can, however, put a little about yourself and what you do on your profile.

Remember - this is a training site, not a site where you pitch others on your company. This is a site where you can ask questions and get them answered. It’s a site where everyone can feel safe that they are not going to be “jumped on” by typical network marketers. Let’s keep the helpful atmosphere that this site was created based on. If you violate this, you will be banned from the network immediately. This is a SAFE place for people to learn. I don’t pitch my company here and I expect the same respect in return. If someone wants to know about your business, they will ask.

Now, this is a site where I train people. It’s so people who want my help can interact with me and ask me questions.

Recently, someone joined the site. I saw her request come through and at that time I had no idea who she was, but approved her membership and welcomed her to the site. This person never even said hello to anyone, she IMMEDIATELY began spamming people on their comment space the minute I approved her membership.

Here’s what she had to say:

I just want you to know that I am in the BEST company and we have the BEST pay plan of any network marketing company. Please check it out at http://—–.com

I got a complaint that the rules were being violated. I was flabbergasted!! I could not believe anyone would be that “in your face”. I immediately banned her from the site and removed her spam comments to people.

Later that day, I signed into my myspace account and lo and behold, she sent me a friend request. WOW - I couldn’t believe it. I sent her an email explaining that I had to ban her from the training site, but if she is coachable, I would be happy to help her learn the proper way to create relationships with people so they will ask her about her business instead of jumping on people.

She got VERY nasty. Accused me of being smug, condescending, and sarcastic.

The bottom line is this - She will either become willing to learn or she will be struggling forever. Coachable means willing to learn. When I say “If you are coachable” that is what I mean.

Network marketing is a RELATIONSHIP business. It is not a business where you shove your “deal” down people’s throats and spam a bunch of people and chase them. It is a business where you put yourself in a position to have people coming to you asking “What company are you with? I want to join your business”. I get those calls a lot. I also get calls from people who need help and they tell me (after reading my blog or articles or comments on the internet) “I felt like I knew you and wanted to call you”.

I can teach you how to create that. Sign up for my new training site today and ask me any questions. Just don’t spam the members because I’ll have to ban you. ;-)
YOU Deserve Success!!

~Roxanne Green~
Advanced Internet Basics Video Course

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Posted by roxanne on April 25th, 2008 1 Comment

New Social Networking Training Site

I have set up a new social networking training site for anyone in network marketing or looking at network marketing to come and get their questions answered.

I am on the site daily to answer questions and help anyone in any company. Check it out It’s free to join.

Hope to see you there.

YOU Deserve Success!!

~Roxanne~

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Posted by roxanne on April 20th, 2008 1 Comment

How Remarkable Are You?

Seth Godin writes in his blog post today:

This morning at 5:05, I drove away from my house outside of New York City.

At 7:25 am, I was at the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. (No, my meeting wasn’t at the White House, it was next door, but still). No hassles, no affronts, no work stoppages, no FAA inspections, no surly overworked attendants, no lost items or near arrests or runway tie ups or traffic jams.

A few years ago, this was normal. Not worth remarking on. Today, it’s a friggin miracle.

What it takes to be remarkable changes every day. Which means you have to change as well.

This is so true. If you are going to be successful in Network Marketing, you need to know how to change when what it takes to be remarkable changes.

What worked 5 or 10 years ago does not work today. If you are unwilling or unable to be remarkable today, you will not be successful. If you are learning how to “overcome objections” and “close” people, you need a better way.

Learn what it takes to be remarkable today. People don’t respond to the marketing that they responded to in the past. People join people, not companies. To be successful today you need to be able to create relationships and the right people will join you. I have not asked anyone to join my business. I find new friends and genuinely care about people and helping them. The ones who are right for my business ASK ME if they can join my business.

Learn how to create relationships and be remarkable today.

YOU Deserve Success!!

~Roxanne Green~

Posted by roxanne on April 15th, 2008 No Comments

Success Through Social Networking

The internet is NOT a place to advertise.

What?? Not a place to advertise?

Think about it. You’re out there on the internet and what do you always see? Ads. In your face ads. I don’t know about you, but when I do a google search, I scan right past the sponsor ads and the paid ads. The answers I’m looking for are most likely in the “organic” search results.

The sites that end up in the “organic” search results are sites that have CONTENT relevant to what I’m searching for. The sponsored results are just keywords that people have bought.

Don’t take my word for it. Test it for yourself.

Go to http://www.google.com and put in the name of your company. The sponsored results won’t really be your company reps and probably won’t even have anything to do with your company. You might see Ann Sieg there. She pays a LOT for keywords of almost every company out there so she can trash them. Is that the results you want to see?

So how do you get YOUR site onto the first page of the organic search results? Social Networking.

What is social networking? It is also called web 2.0. Youtube, myspace, facebook, forums, etc… Anywhere that people gather and interact is social networking.

The majority of people on the internet are not working on the internet but they are networking on the internet. The internet is one big social network. How can you capitalize on that?

Go to any of these places and make friends. Yes - it’s that simple. Make friends. Talk to people about something of interest to you - NOT YOUR BUSINESS. In your signature or profile, link to a blog that you write. I talk a lot about blogs and how to brand yourself. DO NOT LINK TO YOUR COMPANY SITE. Link to a blog like this one where you give people great information.

You can have a link on that blog to a page where you give away something of value for free. People will gladly give you their name, email address and phone number for something of value.

Now you have their name and email and maybe even a phone number. Now what?

Create relationships with them. Give them more valuable information.

Then what?

Bond some more with them. Give them more valuable information.

How will that help?

First of all, your blog will be getting traffic and links, which will help it rank higher in the search engines. Organic search results.

Second, you will have new friends who may - at some point in the future - want to do business with you.

Third, the worst thing that will happen is you have new friends to network with.

Let’s say that you market a phone service and I market nutritional products. If you have a friend who wants good nutritional products, who do you think you would send them to? Someone who gives you great information and help or someone you don’t know? Or let’s say I have a friend who needs a new phone service and I don’t market anything like that. Who am I going to send them to? Probably someone with whom I’ve created a relationship and network with. WIN WIN all the way around.

Learn how to create relationships here

YOU Deserve Success!!

~Roxanne Green~

Posted by roxanne on April 13th, 2008 2 Comments

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