Running a successful AIM business takes commitment, consistency, and hard work—and a few fun ideas never hurt, either. AIM has resurrected a former favorite AIM video called 22 Ways to Build a Business. A lot has changed in the 15 years since this DVD debuted, so consider this update a 21st-century version of AIM business building.
- Make a list of everyone you know.
- Become active in a new network or organization. Chairman’s Club Directors Jim and Carolyn Kling joined the booster club for their local college basketball team, and through this network, they made connections with a new group of people who could benefit from AIM products.
- Drink BarleyLife in public places. Carry Sample Packs to share.
- Build a testimony collection.
- Stand in long lines on purpose! And spend your time in line wisely by being friendly and helpful to others and working AIM BarleyLife® into any conversations.
- Call your downline to congratulate them on promotions.
- Collect news articles on health and nutrition.
- Start your own natural health library and loan out books, and AIM audios and DVDs.
- Get your free MyAIMStore website.
- Hold home meetings.
- Always be prepared with datasheets and AIM information. Royal Emerald Director Linda Cole takes datasheets with her wherever she goes. You never know when an AIM opportunity might strike.
- Get involved in community events.
- Join your local toastmasters club to improve your public speaking skills.
- Order more products than you need. Then use your inventory to share nutrition with others.
- Use the Third-Party Invitation. Ask people, “Do you know anyone who needs to improve their diet or who wants to feel better? How about someone who would like to earn extra money by helping others?” Your interviewees will often give you names to add to your contact list or show interest themselves.
- Get to know your genealogy report to find potential leaders and work with them.
- Try the Blitz 25. Collect 25 AIM audios or videos and hand them out to 25 different contacts. Follow up with each to see what they thought. Chances are more than one will stick, and you’ll have a new AIM customer.
- Encourage a quick start. It is easier to grow fast than to grow slow. So encourage those in your network who are interested in AIM health and wealth to begin with a home meeting featuring BarleyLife.
- Buy local advertising.
- List yourself in the phone book under “health and nutrition.”
- Use your car as a billboard.
- Speak at schools and organizations.
- Start a high-achievers club for your downline.
- Organize a yearly reunion for your network.
- Reach out to locally-owned businesses.
If you have an idea to add to this list, e-mail partners@aimintl.com with your business tip, and you may see it appear in a future publication.