Summary: In this episode, Brooke Elder shares her experiences of living on a sailboat for a year with her family and the valuable lessons she learned as a mom and business owner. She introduces the concept of "Align Your True North," which focuses on aligning all aspects of life, including business, family, friends, social, physical, and spiritual goals. Brooke emphasizes the importance of creating systems and automations in business that don't rely solely on people, as this can lead to increased profits and more free time. Notable Quotes: 1. "When you really have your True North aligned, it m ..read more

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Choosing the Right MLM company   “In a lot of Network Marketing companies you've got a couple people that feel like they're making a lot of money and then the masses that just aren't making anything.”   Zane Gray     So many people ask Brooke questions like, “what company should I join? I don't know if I'm with the right company, how do I choose the right company?” In today’s Podcast, 171, Brooke talks about where network marketing is going, how to choose a company and what things to look for.    Brooke’s guest is Zane Gray who has created a very different company ..read more

Building a Personal Brand is easier than you think “A personal brand is so much more than trying to sell yourself.”   Tacie Avedikian     In Podcast 169 Brooke has a conversation with Tacie Avedikian on a topic that is something that so many network marketers need. That topic is personal branding.   Tacie has always been interested in people and marketing and wanted to help people build their business brand, advertisements and do media buys. When she got into the marketing field she started doing more market research. She loved understanding the why behind the marketing tha ..read more

How to Cold Message People Properly   “Create real relationships rather than just copy and paste and spam people. ”   Brooke Elder     Today’s Podcast 168 brings another episode of The Spam Squad where Brooke takes spammy messages that other people have sent and breaks them down and talks about why they are spammy.   After she dissects the message Brooke shows a better way to send messages, because you don't need to be spammy to grow your business. Today she talks about how to cold message people.   “Cold reach-outs are still good, but you have to find something i ..read more

 So You Want to Start A Side Hustle   “Find the people who have the lifestyle that you want and really tap into how they think.”   Craig Clickner       Today’s Podcast is number 167. Brooke has a meaningful conversation with a Midwestern husband & wife duo, Craig Clickner & Carrie Bohlig. They realized that if they wanted to create an exceptional life with choices and autonomy, they had to go out of bounds on the mainstream “go to school and get a good job” adage. Since they were not hardcore enough to quit their jobs and attempt to gut out a startup, they ..read more

Get your Calendar FULL of Booked Parties   “ You've got to make sure that you're having fun and you're focused on relationships, because relationship sare where you're going to grow your business.”   Janet Parks     Brooke talks with Janet Parks in today’s Podcast 166. Janet has a sales background and comes from the party plan industry. They discuss how to book parties, how to get sales and how to talk to new people.    Janet is super passionate about teaching people to get out of that fear factor and get out of their comfort zone and just go out there.   ..read more

How to Reach out to Influencers to Join Your Team   “ If you are talking to influencers, you cannot use network marketing language, you need to speak in their language.”   Brooke Elder     Podcast 165 brings us another episode of the Spam Squad where Brooke breaks down an actual spammy message she found on Social Media.   It’s easy as network marketers to fall into the spammy trap of copy and paste and easy to do whatever our upline is telling us. Instead let's think about this as a business, how can we actually show up to serve others? Because that's what network mark ..read more

Overcoming your own expectations to Find Success   “ Everybody should just do what makes them happy, whether your family or whatever thinks otherwise.”   Kelly Cable     When people first start a business in network marketing sometimes they think it will be easy if they just follow the script and instructions from their upline. That is not so!!!! In Podcast 164 Brooke interviews Kelly Cable who is an amazing example of someone who has overcome the challenges of building a successful business.   Kelly has been in the network marketing business and started out the normal ..read more

Your Business must change in this ever-changing environment   “ If you really want to scale and grow beyond your initial reach, you really need to think outside the box . ”   Sherell Slaise     With Covid and the other challenges of the world the last few years the way to work a network marketing business has changed drastically. The old traditional ways of building a business are no longer successful and businesses have had to pivot.   Social gatherings and home parties are tactics of the past and online marketing has become the new norm. In today’s Podcast, 163, Broo ..read more