There is An I in Team
There is no “I” in Team is total bullshit.
Sorry to start off my Sunday on a little rant. But nothing bugs me more than people who use the excuse of a team to cop-out, not take responsibility, and generally become incredibly selfish.
In the internet marketing world people tend to follow others. It’s an obvious move, you don’t know what to do so you find someone else who has been successful and you attempt to follow what they have done.
These people like to call themselves “leaders”…but I consider most of them abusers. They take money from their followers with absolutely no feeling of responsibility toward them.
Ok, don’t get me wrong… I’m not saying leaders are responsible for the results of their followers, but they are responsible to do everything in their power to support, assist, and move their team forward.
I’ve seen it happen over and over again. Leaders are often fantastic speakers and somehow manage to convince their followers that “tough love” and being ignored is good for them. I HATE seeing followers that are grateful to their leaders for doing nothing more than telling them to get off their ass and do the work.
What work exactly are they supposed to do?
What if the leader hasn’t given them the tools, the training, and the resources for them to move forward?
When I first got started in this industry I came across many leaders who were great at motivation, great at making me feel like I could do it, I just had to get moving… but I would sit down to my computer to work and completely freeze up. Because they never told me WHAT to do!!
And they had tricked me into thinking this was my own fault!!
I would instead have to waste my time trying to “cyber-stalk” my leaders, and really pinpoint exactly what the heck they were doing to be so successful (it took me ages to realize that as we were promoting the same thing they didn’t want to create competition by giving me the exact techniques they used to generate leads and have success!)
So what exactly is the solution to this problem?? Leaders need to provide more specific help without creating competition.
Two Rules for Great Leadership
1. The leader needs to figure out that there is an ABUNDANCE of wealth, prosperity, leads, etc out there and they can share their tips without crippling their business.
2. The leader needs to understand that the success of their followers will actually help them to build an even larger, and stronger business.
Nothing sells in the home business industry like a good story. And any leader can talk until they are blue in the face about how great they are doing, but the stories that will really help them sell are the success stories of their followers.
People look at the leader and think “but I can never be like them, they are too ____, and I am just ____”… but if they see that others who have followed a leader’s strategy have been successful they will be far more likely to want to follow the same path.
So what’s a leader to do?
Well, I can’t speak for everyone in every business… but here’s just a few things I have chosen to do to help support my team without crippling my own business, or ending up spending 24 hours a day on the phone hand-holding people through the process.
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5 Point Team Momentum Building Strategy
1. Have a simple system of daily marketing
I have a very simple six steps that all my team members can accomplish in a couple hours every day. I make sure to take into account that some people are completely new and some have a little more experience, that some have a marketing budget and other’s have NO money to spend.
2. Embrace methods that celebrate difference
My methods of marketing allow everyone to shine in their own way. As a lot of it revolves around social media marketing everyone in my team will have a slightly different audience. They will have things about their personality that are appealing to different types of leads. This means that we don’t become competition to each other, but can be part of a genuinely supportive team.
3. Be an Example
Instead of wasting my time trying to push others to do the work, I do it myself. I lay out my daily plan and I allow my team to see that it is EXACTLY what I am doing myself!
4. Share Tools and Stories
Wherever it makes sense (taking into account the size of the team) I share my resources. I have seen so many other leaders that use selling tools as another way to squeeze money out of their team. Don’t get me wrong, if someone needs a tool I will recommend it, and I will use an affiliate link. But if I know I can help my team and save them precious marketing money by putting their blog feeds into my Tribepro account that is EXACTLY what I will do.
A story is a tool too! Stories sell business. So until my team has their own story I will share my successes and allow the team to talk about my success to help them show proof that our system really does work.
5. Get them into Momentum (get them leads!)
This one is one of the toughest to do, and one of the most important. It is good for any leader to help their team get into momentum and momentum helps their team to stay focused, to do the work, and become successful!
I have only recently found an absolutely genius way to get my team into momentum. The biggest difficulty at the start of an internet business is getting leads. I have finally found a way to support my team by running massive ads that go to a website rotator between my teams capture pages! In “laymans” terms, I have found a way to use my marketing resources to get leads for everyone in the team.
We are starting our first team campaign in the coming week and I couldn’t be more excited at being able to offer this to my team. Some of them will make their first sales online just because they are in my team!
I will be doing these campaigns for as long as possible to get the team into massive momentum, but if you want in… you have to jump in now as this campaign wont be available forever.
I always tell everyone they need to keep working to achieve success…but why should they be hanging out on a limb alone? Why shouldn’t I throw them a safety net? Why shouldn’t I help them get their businesses into profit FAST so they too can enjoy the success and momentum that I have had?
A team is not just about signing people up and abandoning them to figure stuff out on their own… There IS an I in team… it is “I will help my team”, “I will support my team”, “I will use my resources to bring my team success”.
Yeah, it would be easier to just sign people up and then ignore them…. but where is the leadership in that?
Ok, blatant promotion time: To find out exactly what my team and I DO, click on the button: 
Remember for this type of leadership to work you have to be in a team that is moving, you have to be in an opportunity that doesn’t create competition between team members, and you have to be a genuine person who CARES about others!
Whew, long post…I wonder how many will actually make it to the end, lol!
To Your Absolute (and Easy) Success! 
P.S. Don't be afraid to Be a Rebel!
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