Jul
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When you have a prospect’s ear, the temptation to build up the image of your company and promote the products is huge but you have to stop yourself as this will jeopardize your chances of creating a relationship with your prospect.
How do you create a relationship with your prospect? Promote yourself as an expert in your field. Everyone wants information that can help them. Give them valuable information they can use.
How do you promote yourself as an expert? It is simple, give your prospect something of value! What can you give them that would be of value and make you seem like the expert in your field? Give them a free report. It doesn’t need to be a 100 page report; it can be as simple as a 1000 words. What you are aiming to do is attract the prospect’s attention and make them want to find out more, after all you are the expert, right?.
A couple of years ago I remember reading a report I received about MLM sponsoring which was so well written it made me stop and say “WOW I get it now!” It was not the normal boring “bla, bla, bla,” about how great the company or the products were. Instead, the author actually gave me something of value which made me feel instant respect for her and I looked at her as an expert.
Basically, the report spoke about why many of us in network marketing aren’t building a huge business. Yes, the report was aimed at getting me interested in getting more information, but this report struck the core of me and I realized I wanted more information, I had to have it.
Getting more information from this expert in her field was a no-brainer. I didn’t feel like I was under any pressure at all to make an immediate decision. More importantly, it was a process which was easy to duplicate and one I felt comfortable implementing.
The term “over-deliver” is being used everywhere in Internet Marketing and you better believe it is just as effective when used in Network Marketing. So what ways can you think of to over-deliver to your potential downline? Earn their trust and respect, prove yourself as an expert in your field and you will create business associates for life.
Want to know how to create an endless stream of targeted prospects for you Network Marketing business?
Jul
10
Search Engine Submission
July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Found a new place to enter your website for search engine submission…FOR FREE! They say they will get you submitted to 20 different search engines. What the heck, it is free. It is called ADDME. Why not give them a try
Jul
4
Think Fundraisers To Grow Your Business
July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Make Fundraising Part Of Your Online Direct Sales Business
Do you have children in school? Do you belong to a church group or organization? Do you know someone who is on a school PTA board? Do you know another work at home mom? Maybe you can combine your fundraiser with another WAHM mom and work together to raise even more money for group or organization.
These are perfect opportunities to introduce the idea of fundraising using your products.You can offer a few items to the fundraiser or your whole product line, it is up to you and the group you are helping do the fundraiser.
Help Raise Money For Worthy Causes
Fundraising is an excellent feature to add to your online direct sales business for several reasons. Fundraising assists groups that are in need of money. Some groups that regularly run fundraisers are schools, churches, daycares/preschools, scouts, and non-profits.You can help the group conduct their fundraiser offline, online or a combination of both.
Since there are such a wide variety of a products being offered by direct sales companies, groups doing fundraisers have an excellent chance of bring successful, as they will be offering something new and different. Most groups looking for a fundraiser are looking for fresh ideas in order to increase their chances of raising the cash they need. (All groups get tired of the same old fundraisers year after year. Offer them something different!)
You are sure to increase your direct sales income when you add fundraising to your online direct sales business. Some Direct Sales companies have a set amount of commission that a group can earn doing a fundraiser. Other companies allow the consultant to set how much commission the group will earn and how much commission you will be earning. Check with your direct sales company before starting this venture.
Help Meet Your Sales Quota Or Goals
Adding fundraisers to your online direct sales business can help you to meet your sales goals. Often in the direct sales field you need to make a certain sales quota each month,simply plan ahead to organize a least one fundraiser per month and you are sure to meet your monthly direct sales goals.
This will also work for long-term sales goals. For example if you are hoping to win a trip that your company is offering as an incentive or achieve the use of the company car, fundraisers can go a long way to help you meet that goal. Try to schedule at least one fundraiser each month, and see the difference in your overall direct sales business.
Remember too, that every sale you make in the fundraiser, becomes a client for you. Make sure that the people who are doing the fundraising are getting full names, addresses and phone numbers of the people buying product. These people are now part of your customer list and you may be able to get reorders from them later down the line if you show them good customer service.
So when you are looking for ways to better build your direct sales business, definitely consider the benefits of organizing fundraisers. Not only will they help you meet your own personal goals for yourself and your direct sales business, you will be helping very worthy groups get much needed funds to help run their programs.
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Jul
2
Is MLM Right For You?
July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Are you considering an MLM home based business?
If so, it could be a very lucrative home based business option for you. Work at home moms (WAHMs) are flocking to MLM business opportunities.
But you should also know exactly what you are getting into is truly an MLM home based business or something else. It might just be a scam!
The confusing part of determining if your MLM home based business is genuine can be quite difficult because of there are a number of pyramid schemes out there that are dangerously similar to a legitimate MLM home based business concepts.
Remember, a pyramid scheme is illegal, and getting involved in one can cause you more trouble than you can possibly imagine.
Today, multilevel marketing is big business. There are large multinational corporations doing business as MLM’s. Chances are you are considering being a distributor of such a company. They offer good products along with training and support programs to help you get your business on its feet.
An MLM home based business involves the direct selling of products or services through the recommendations or endorsements of independent representatives.
If you are the representative, you receive a commission on any sales that came from your endorsements.
You will need to do your research into the MLM home based business that you are considering so that you are sure that the kind of MLM home based business you are going to run is valid and legal.
The financial requirement to start an MLM business is usually fairly low, usually $200 or less. Beware of programs that require you to purchase huge amounts of inventory.
Most large MLM companies do not have such demands. In most case, you are paid a commission on the sales you generate and simply follow the sale through to delivery and money is collected.
There are a number of advantages to having an MLM home based business.
First of all, you will be working from home where you can virtually set your own hours. This is a great option if you want to be a work at home mom. Watch the kids grow up while working from the comfort of home. See the appeal?
Also, you will not have to manufacture any products, because you are selling things that are already made. The MLM home based business will usually come with a pre-determined marketing plan making it easy for you to follow the success of others.
Many people suffer through the process of determining the most effective methods for marketing their products, but with an MLM home based business, you are relieved of that stress.
The disadvantage of having your own MLM home based business, though, depends on your personality. If you have good leadership skills and are a self-starter, then an MLM home based business may be just right for you.
However, if recruiting and selling you hyperventilate, then starting and maintaining an MLM home based business may be more of a challenge, since your success depends on your ability to create a downline of recruits and selling directly to customers.
But then, having your own MLM home based business means that you can live out your dream of being your own boss and having flexibility in your work schedule.
Most MLM products are those used around the house such as soap, cosmetics and household products, this makes just about everyone your target market. After you have gotten your pitch down, explore other markets for sales such as churches, schools, and other large collections of people familiar with you.
So, do not want to start your own MLM business? Why not get started today with your own MLM home based business.
Jul
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Build A Customer List by Writing Articles
July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
You can build a large list simply by writing articles.
The money is in the list, you will hear this over and over as you build your business, but how do you build a huge customer list? Quite simply, you write and submit your articles on your topic of expertise or business nature to popular article directories where eZine publishers and readers are looking for the information you provide.
Leveraging your viral marketing efforts on article writing can be rewarding, if done right. In the real sense, you are actually demonstrating your expertise about your business through the articles you write.
So, how can this method in effect build your mailing list? The answer: the resource box you attach to your articles. In your resource box (also known as bio box), you include a brief detail about yourself and your business site together with its URL.
You say, I really am not a writer I wouldn’t know how to do that. Then, PLR articles can be your way to go. PLR or Private Label Rights articles are articles you can buy, change (and I do suggest you change them, make them your own), add your name to and send out as yours.
There are a couple of great PLR sites that have personally used, EasyPLR by Nicole Dean is a great site where you can go and just grab a packet and run. Nicole does not sell thousands of the same packets, she limits her sales generally to 60 or under, therefore if you buy one of her packets you will not see your article on everybody else’s site. Go check out the packets Nicole has this month at EasyPLR.com
Another great site by two women, Alice Seba and Mila Sedman called All Private Label Rights. Offers an aray of articles to choose from also well written and always fresh material. They have a large number of topics on all sorts of topics for any niche site you may have. Just go to All Private Label Rights and see what they have to offer.
Don’t want to leave the guys out here, and one great guy is Kancien. He runs PLR Membership Online. Great guy with great information! His site offers monthly memeberships with great content coming your way every month. He also has a FREE memebership that you can get where you can go an get 1500 FREE PLR articles right now, go and see what Kancien has at PLR Membership Online.
Lastly it is strongly suggested that your resource box at the end of your article, show your URL links to your mailing list’s landing page where you can get your visitor’s name and email address, which will in turn help you build your mailing list at no cost.
If your articles are found worth sharing, eZine publishers will republish your articles together with your resource box for their readers and subscribers. The wonderful result: viral marketing without effort on your part!