Asking for referrals is something that almost all network marketers know they should do. However, it's also something that most of them don't do. Why is that? And the more important question is… in 2009 should network marketers still be asking for referrals?

The answer to my second question is a resounding yes! You should always, always, always ask for a referral anytime you're talking to someone about your home based business. The reason for this is that leads are worth a lot. You can create your own but that takes time and effort or you can buy them but that takes money.

So if you've spend money on a lead that turns out to be someone who's not interested at all that could feel like money down the drain right? Well if you get a few referrals out of the deal you won't feel like you've wasted anything.

Referrals simply help your list of leads multiply. Imagine that you bought a list of a thousand leads. And not a single one of them came into the business. That would stink right? Now imagine that you bought a thousand leads and they each gave you 5 referrals. So you've essentially paid for 1000 but you now have 6000 do those odds sound a little better to you?

Now of course not everyone is going to give you a referral. You might not get a single one from some people. However you might get 10 or 15 from someone else!

If you're not asking for referrals you are simply missing out on thousands and thousands of people every month and out of those numbers chances are a few of them will be interested in your business.

So how do you ask for referrals? It's really pretty easy. Let's say you're talking to Sally and Sally says "thanks but I'm not looking for a home based business right now."

All you have to say to Sally is… "That's fine, do you happen to know anyone who might be interested in working from home?"

Now at this point Sally will either say yes or no if she says no just say goodbye. If she says yet get a pen and paper and write down their names and numbers right then and there, say thanks and goodbye to Sally and hang up.

Now when you call Sally's friends you have an opener all ready.

"Hey Paul this is *say your name* I was just talking to Sally and she said you might be interested in making money from home… is that true?"

It really is as simple as that! Now imagine if you didn't ask for that referral. Sally would have said no and that would have been the end of it but now you're talking to Paul! You probably wouldn't have ever even found Paul if not for Sally.

Start asking for referrals and start expanding your leads and getting more sign ups. The art of asking for a referral may be old but it defiantly still works in today's network marketing business!

Work Like A Dog And You Can Party Like A Rockstar.

Do you like to have a good time and let loose? I know I do. That's one of the reasons why I work so hard in my home based business. Because when you work hard you earn the right to play hard.

There are a lot of people out there making a lot of promises and many of them include making huge sums of money with little or no effort. Well I'm here to tell you that if you want to party like a rockstar you're going to have work like a dog first.

So many people look at wealthy men and women and see only he fruits of their labor. You see the amazing house, the shiny new car, the extravagant clothes and the exotic vacations. However, most people don't see is all the hard work and effort that goes into living that kind of life.

Too often we fool ourselves into believing that these people were just born with all this. Okay, I admit in some cases they were, but in most cases they have all of these nice things because they sacrificed and worked their butts off for it.

When did we start believing that we could have all the nice clothes, the fancy cars, and the success of someone who works like a dog without putting in even a little bit of effort?

The truth is you can't. So you have to make a choice for yourself right now. Do you want the best out of life or do you want to live an average existence?

Whatever your answer is it's ok… it really is. If you're fine with living the life you're living right now just keep doing what you're doing now. But, if you want an extraordinary life you're going to have to put some effort real solid effort into it.

Fear not though, because even though all real success comes with work the good news is working hard at a home based business is 1000x better than working at a regular job.

If you want an incredible life find a home based business that's right for you and get to work. Because at the end of the day you're going to have to work like a dog if you want to party like a rockstar!