I mean, a lot of have to leverage friendships and contacts for business. There are always choices to be made regarding how it should be approached. Difference is that my pitch is along the lines of "your business needs _______, here's what we do" or most often "consider us when you need _____________."

It's not "allow me to text and call you incessantly to purchase things you've never heard of (or perhaps even thought about) that are of very questionable quality. I know we're lifelong friends, but I assume you won't be offended when I lie to your face about how this changed my life and use my children and religion as props for my facebook business."

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Posted by Janky

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Posted on 2/12/19 at 9:50 am to Pettifogger

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and use my children and religion as props for my facebook business."

It works for Gordon.

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Posted by LouisianaLady

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Posted on 2/12/19 at 10:06 am to Pettifogger

Thinking on it, some of the most successful direct sales people I’ve known are best described as aloof. Some of the most good hearted people I know, but their aloofness is a reason they’ve been so successful at sales. When someone else would read a person’s body language and back off, these people don’t really notice body language and keep going. A lot of people will buy something when backed into a corner, so it results in high sales.

One friend that comes to mind asked us genuinely last night if we were still having a crawfish boil this weekend .. when the friend who cooks it lost his dad yesterday. He absolutely meant no harm and genuinely figured it was still on. Just aloof. Did very well when he was in sales. Super likable dude.

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