If We Need To Convince You No One Will Benefit!

Once and a while you have to do something in appreciation for you loyal readers. I am very pleased with the many return readers that come and read this blog. Week by week I seem to be able to come up with new content on the experiences of being Ambit Energy Consultant. Whether you are a consultant or customer of Ambit Energy, you are researching to become a consultant of Ambit Energy or as in the last post (July 14, 2011) you are the competition I am pleased I have something to offer you.

When it comes to blogging content is king. I know I have made some mistakes in this blog but there are some great and some comical posts. This is a tough season  for marketing but it has been successful for this blog as its readership has increased nicely over the last two months. Content is king and it is not always about the pitch, it is about being honest with your content. For some readers it is the Content, Headline or Home Page they read on this page, others simply read and view the videos on the customer or consultant page. I do have to say my favorite people are the ones that read the Headline (Home) Page. You are the ones that will inspire me to keep on bringing you good content and you are the backbone of this blog.

If you go back and look at some of the past posts you will see some mistakes. Oh Well! What you have is the product of an ambitious consultant like many others in direct marketing. During that time I have learned to relax that a bit and give you a chance to get to know me. My first video was not my best moment in blogging but I was inspired after being out at a flea market all day just talking with people about Ambit Energy when that video just came into my head. I will soon be updating that video with a rehearsed version and move that one to a bloopers section of the Smart Start Training for its resting place in the Laughter Hall of Fame. For now it will stay where it is but unlike the other content which will stay where it is that video will be the only thing I will move.

As far as the Smart Start Training we will be adding a fifth page to include Social Marketing when I get back to it and do more of it myself. When I get back to serious social marketing I promote this blog and some others I am working on. I have one I am just launching and another I have brought out of the archives. I will be promoting through Twitter and Facebook starting next month. For all you fellow marketers become a follower this should be a great ride through the fall. Go to Twitter and become a follower by going to bwscott4ambit, where every time I update one of my blogs you will know through Twitter. You can also sign up on the Smart Start Training e-mail list or I am or finally there is an email list through Google and Feed Burner that will only update you when I update this blog. If you want to update yourself there is the good old fashioned bookmark this page. These are all good ways to keep up with this blog. Remember you can always go to my other blogs by clicking on my profile and the other blogs I have visible are listed there.

For me blogging has become a good pastime and not only a vehicle for sales. I know that you are going to think what am I blogging for if it is not to promote or refer?

There is a simple but easy philosophy with websites and blogs. Think of them as a big department store. You look at them to see the products and services get information about the products and services. If people like what they see they will buy that product. If people want more information they may go to another resource. So many people walk into a particular store every day a large percentage of them walk out without purchasing anything. That is the way a blog or website is. This blog lets you see what I have to offer. Some people keep on coming back and some do not. But I will get to what I really need to say is. If you really like what you see contact me but it will not do either one of us any good if I chase you down if Ambit Energy is not what you wanted as a customer or a consultant. I have decided that with this blog I am in the energy referral business. Referring customers and consultants to Ambit Energy, and I am not in the chasing customers and consultants business. It is up to you if you would like me to help you to become a customer or a consultant with Ambit Energy and it is not up to me.

Take the time to click around this blog. I will be more than glad to help you with your wants and needs. If you are not sure you can always come back. If I helped and you did not sign up with me I am glad I was here to help. On the other hand if I can help you, get sign up on the Smart Start Training e-mail list, contact me by e-mail  @ blaine@bwscottenergizingyou.com or by phone (484) 868-2588.

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Consulting With The Competition

During the Fourth of July holiday I had the honor of talking over issues with marketing for an energy company with a family member who is a Consultant for Ignite Energy. This family member is a cousin of my brother-in-law but still a family member to me at the least. This truly was a very respectful and educational meeting.

The conversation started on how we personally were doing with our businesses. Getting most of that out of the way we had talked about some of the issues on attracting customers and consultants to our businesses. One of the biggest issues we had discussed is how little faith inquiring customers and consultants have in the Energy Deregulation in Pennsylvania. I had said to her that my feeling is that people have not taken the time to educate themselves on energy deregulation and just do not understand it. I also told her that I have a customer only and a consultant only page in my blog just briefly educating my readers on Ambit Energy for consultants and Energy Deregulation and its benefits for customers. It seems that most of the people that knew about energy deregulation and acted on the savings already switched totaling one third of the households of Pennsylvania. As for the rest of the Pennsylvania Residents, they are going to be slow to switch because of rumors and the fears of if their energy provider drops them for some reason the energy will be shut off to their homes. People do not realize that their incumbent provider has to provide energy to them on a default rate which you and I already know. They must figure if they are already paying the default rate and to be safe they may as well keep on paying the default rate because they would rather do that than find out the true facts by going to PaPowerSwitch.com or call the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission to get their questions answered, or confirm what we as consultants tell them in answering their questions. I guess they would rather pay two, three, four hundred or more dollars per year depending on their consumption than fill out a simple form with one of us. Most of them do not know it costs nothing to switch to one of our providers and if they do not like us, it cost them nothing to go with another provider of switch back to their incumbent provider. The only time it costs to switch with Ambit is if they would choose Ambit’s term rate plan which secures their kilowatt-hour rate for the period of one year. The variable rate plan with both our companies they are free to switch any time they want with no charge to them. But then that is what energy deregulation is all about. It is a shame to think that some people would rather see energy deregulation fail than actually benefit from the savings and the freedom to choose your energy provider. But that is the way some people are so you just move on to someone who cares about their financial future or the savings.

At this point we had really discovered that our marketing has to be about educating our customers and consultants rather than just old fashioned Network Marketing. She had never looked at it in that light before. She had told me that because she had a salon with many loyal customers that many of her customers would follow her as a customer or a consultant with Ignite. I said that that is what I had thought when I had started with Ambit Energy. It was a no brainer for my friends and family to go with Ambit for the savings, travel benefits or the opportunity. It really has not turned out the way I thought. I also said to her I was in this business for the long haul and I am going to be around for people who are inquiring about this business instead of hunting down and trying to sponsor those who I have called and remain reluctant to sign with me. I already have the word out to them and if they come around that is great, if they do not I am not going to lose any sleep over it anymore. It’s a matter of letting people get to know us and respect us then they will sign with us. The people in my life that have the most respect for me have already signed with me. The others that are interested who are sincere seem to keep on asking me, and all the others avoid me. She said to me at that point that this was a very productive conversation; she thanked me and said she wanted to catch up with me again and talk with me but, it was time to get back to the family.

The last thing I said to her was a question and then a statement.

Did you ever notice that the top earners in your company have a lot of friends and people around them who want to be like them?

As long as we keep at it and have more answers than questions for customers, and more questions for inquiring consultants with the right answers that will be us someday as a top money earner! It is just a shame you are on the other side of the fence.

She gave me a hug and we went on with the celebration.

What I did not tell her was my sister-in-law and brother-in-law signed with me as their Ambit Energy Consultant! I know she knows.

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Have A Happy And Safe Fourth Of July

To me this is one of my favorite holidays of the year. Between the memories of the past to the memories about to be made. This on the 235th anniversary of the birth of our nation I wish to all our dedicated readers a Safe and Happy Holiday Weekend.

Blaine

Enjoy These Scenes From Philadelphia Art Museum 2010 The Star Spangled Banner from Lincoln Financial Field June 28, 2011.

The Elton John Philadelphia Freedom Concert and Benefit Concert April 24. 2011