Marketers of the right mindset understand SPIN, an acronym for Situation, Performance, Intuition and No-How. (Yes, no-how is the same as know-how. Remember: it's an adventure, and I am, after all, the MLM Dummy). As a network marketer, you have countless opportunities to apply SPIN.

Situation. It can be any of these: a three-way call with your prospect and your upline, a face-to-face recruiting opportunity, a recruitment meeting, a conference call that you're conducting, a training meeting, an awards program, and so on. Everything you do as a network marketer occurs at or within a situation. Never forget that.

Performance. When you're in or at a situation, you're performing. Some performances, by the way, are as inspiring as a corpse. Some folks just show up and that's their performance. You can bet these folks aren't going to be successful network marketers. Performers get involved! They're excited. They ask questions, they offer answers, and they assert themselves (hopefully not obnoxiously). They look at every situation and ask, "What can I do here to make myself memorable?" Showing up isn't memorable. A memorable performance could be the way you smile, your willingness to be helpful, the way you dress, the way you talk, or it may be as simple as the presentation of your business card. Always give a memorable performance. 

Intuition. Don't wait for the answers because you already know them. Do what your intuition tells you to do. Get in touch with your thoughts and feelings. In a given situation, how would you want someone to perform? Be that person! Use your intuition to size up every situation and then perform appropriately. When you're recruiting, consider how you want to be recruited and recruit appropriately. Sell appropriately. Support customers appropriately. Treat your upline and downline appropriately. Do what's right because that's what your intuition will tell you to do!

Know-How. The greatest marketers are people with knowledge, and by knowledge I don't mean they're necessarily the brightest people, or the most academically credentialed people, or that they ever even studied marketing. They are people with knowledge about the benefits rendered by their products and services. They are people with knowledge about the wants, needs and desires of their customers and prospective customers. They are people with knowledge about themselves! They know what they want and they have developed a path for getting it. These are people who feed their intuition. They get their knowledge by reading books, listening to tapes, participating in conference calls, attending training meetings, and by applying their no-how. Because of their knowledge, they understand how to market. Often times, by the way, these people get knocked down because their ideas fail. But then they get up, they dust themselves off, and they get ready to apply their no-how all over again. In other words, they look for the next opportunity to SPIN.