"There's this friend of mine who casually expressed interest in working together once when we were talking. How do I get him to work with me without sounding like I am pressuring him?" 

Give them an easy "escape hatch."

Say this: "A while ago you brought up the idea of working together on retirement planning. Do you want to set up a time to talk more, or should I close the file and forget we ever spoke about it?"

Make sure you include the phrase "close the file." People find those words to be very comforting because it makes them feel they aren't hurting you; it's simply closing a file.

• Produce $2,500 in total revenue every week, 50 weeks a year.

• Pro-tip: one 'Bread-and-Butter' client should do it.

We have a sensible recruiting philosophy. It's not MLM and not “corporate”. It works the way you would expect. It’s “common sense”. We won’t change the system after you’ve built your team and cut you out. We won’t steal your reps from you. If you want to build a team of one (yourself), or five Advisors, or 100 Advisors - that’s fine. We will support you and always give you the override.

Our system is simple, elegant and fair ― the override is simply the difference between your contract level and your downline’s. It only changes if you and/or your downline get promoted, but we will never manipulate your team or fuddle with your overrides.

We pay overrides on Securities, Advisory, Life Insurance, Living Trusts and all other products that we market.

Which of these is ONE of the two things that you do for your clients?

1. Analyze the economy and markets.
2. Timing the market, calling tops/bottoms.
3. Identifying top-performing investments.
4. Craft plan; fund it with long-term portfolio.
5. Moving assets when the market dips.

Answer = 4