06/19/2006
Network Marketing Success - Lead Generation Skills
More people everyday who want success in network marketing are asking about lead generation techniques.
Most organizations today are not teaching new recruits the art of lead generation techniques. Most network marketers are left to struggle and learn by their own mistakes.
These techniques should be taught showing the recruit that that they can be rejection free.
Here are some of the ways to generate leads
1. As you listen and talk to people on a daily basis, you need to listen to their complaints, and when you hear them complaining, ask them “Would you like to do something about it?”
2. Big “AL” Tom Schreiter has an approach that is completely different. He will ask the question “What are your two major health challenges?” or “What are your two major financial concerns?” Usually, they will definitely tell you. Then you ask, “Would you like to do something about it?”
3. Some companies think that Business Cards are the answer. Most beginners in Network marketing buy expensive cards with their company log on and start distributing them. This does not seem to work in network marketing. Even though it may make you feel you are doing business, it is a waste of money. Most cards end up in the garbage can. However, if you put information on the card which will drive the person to call you or lead them to a lead capture page, then you may see a little results. Big Al’s favorite trick is a simple message: Call xxx-xxx-xxxx and request your free copy of the best seller book “How to get rich without winning the lottery.”
4. Collect Business cards: this is a good lead generation technique for you. Call them as leads.
5. Place your cards strategically. The Growth Pro system is based on this technique. You may leave them in magazines if you are in the doctor’s office. Maybe you want to have them listen to a conference call. Other people use the fake ‘hundred dollar’ bill with a curiosity message that leads to calling. The call back phone number should always be a Voice mail.
6. Some prefer Car Signs. Driving to work with a car sign on your car is cheap and is one to get peoples curiosity and usually commands attention. It should never be the name of your company, but a purchased domain name which will lead you to the web site.
7. T-Shirts are another form of advertising. Here again the shirts should trigger curiosity and command attention.
8. Buttons are yet another way to demand attention. Some companies have built an empire with buttons. Losing weight is a great way to tell everyone you have. Again, do not use your company’s name; use a slogan that will command attention and curiosity.
9. With Door Hangers success depends on the neighborhood. With this method you would need to include an offer and a deadline to create urgency.
10. Give away an ebook which can help you learn skills. Not only will a free ebook give you some great techniques, but help you to understand other ways of prospecting
If you want network marketing success you need every tool available for you and learning the techniques of lead generation skills will lead people to you
May Success be yours,
Deana Miller
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06/14/2006
Business Opportunity from home - 3 reasons for Failure
During the short time I have been involved in the network marketing world I have become aware of one thing. When people look into a business opportunity from home they are so full of dreams of success that they overlook three important reasons of possible failure.
We get hyped up about a business from home because we can be our own boss. We don’t have to do the nine to five routine. Think again!
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Do you have the discipline to follow the basics of network marketing?
Can you make yourself get up in the morning and do what needs to be done during the day to get positive results in a home based business? Do you have the organization skills?
The three major reasons people fail are;
*NO SKILLS
Do you have the skills to do a business from home? Do you know how to advertise with pay-per-clicks, ezines, blogs or a great press release? Do you know the Colors to Success, or how to be a Color Profiler? Do you know anything about a 5 Pillars Company? How about getting leads? Oh, this is a subject unto itself! Do you know how to retail? Is talking on the phone easy for you? Network Marketing is about relationships. Are you aware that listening is a skill?
Lets say you have all the above skills. You know all about advertising and so on. Now to find a company. You find one and you are off to a big start. Then suddenly, for no reason you are terminated. Terminated! Yes! Maybe for listening to another company leader tell you what a great deal they have, trying to convince you to join their deal, only to learn you were turned into your company headquarters, which in turn can and will terminate you because the P&P’s say so. You think this is far fetched? There are companies with such wording in their P&P’s.
*DO NOT READ POLCIES AND PROCEDURES
Read, and reread your Policies and Procedures. Remember if any company wants your signature on the bottom line before you have read your P&P’s, I don’t care if they are selling gold at $100 an ounce, read the P&P’s first. Read them until you understand them. If you don’t, and something bad happens, no one is to blame but yourself. You can save yourself so much frustration and eventual failure. Get with your upline, or find a mentor that can help you understand your P&P’s. Find the bullet points. Maybe there are some
“gotcha’s” that will work against you down the line.
Read your Compensation plan. Understand them before you buy into a company. Will you be getting a great reoccurring income? Make sure your P&P’s don’t say words like “ongoing” or “termination”. You say they really don’t mean those things that they write in P&P’s. What did they write them for? You bet they mean them. Why would anyone sign an agreement with a company who could terminate you for listening on the phone to another person talk about their company? Why would anyone sign an agreement with the words “ongoing?” READ, READ, READ.
*DO NOT BELIEVE YOU DESERVE IT
We were all made with the same inner craving to succeed. We want to achieve a better life. We have a dream to be wealthy, to have a big house, to be the CEO of a company, or whatever it is; we have a dream of wanting and needing. And you know what? You deserve it! You deserve to have everything you have always wanted for you and your family. Preparation, research and asking questions of other network marketers is a safe way to approach a new business. Talk to someone who has been in the marketing business for a few years. You deserve your dream. You deserve to be wealthy. But do the preparations first. Your road will be so much smoother.
What to do?
Make the most of it. Don’t fall short without the skills and the knowledge of what you need to do to succeed. Don’t waste your time with the companies that hide “gotchas” in their P&P’s. Go ahead buy the product if you like, but don’t join them. Join a company that has the 5 Pillars from the beginning. These companies think about their distributors because they have been in the trenches themselves. It is the only way you will make it. Ask the thousands of people who have worked for years to build a company only to have earned a few hundred dollars. Ask them about the wasted time they spent building for nothing.
Am I scaring you away from network marketing? I hope not. When you open the door to the marketing world be prepared. Only you can choose what you want. Only you have that special dream. Don’t throw your dream away on worthless companies that are here today and gone tomorrow. Stay away from the hype, the front loader companies or a one product company.
Take your dream and go with it. Let your business opportunity from home be fun. Let it be profitable. Learn before you begin your business, so there will be no chance at failures because you deserve it . Don’t let failure be in your equation. Learn first so the three big reasons for failure are not part of your business opportunity adventure.
May success be yours.
Deana Miller
We can help your succeed.
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06/04/2006
Network Marketing - Home Based Business Tips
NETWORK MARKETING – HOME BASED BUSINESS
As I roam around in cyberspace doing research on different subjects for my network marketing business, I am amazed how fast home based business are catching on. This could be for many reasons. Gas is getting higher and traveling to work has become expensive. With day care costs going up because gas has gone up, because groceries now have to increase their prices, because shipping has gone up on everything; we seem to be at a catch-twenty situation. People who once scoffed at Network Marketing are now asking questions. They want answers.
Usually, people do not like the job they are working at. Either the boss is to bossy, or the fellow workers are jerks, or you want to better yourself. During the late night hours, when everyone in the house is asleep, we find ourselves sneaking to the computer room. There, with the lights out, we get the computer running, go to Google and do a work search on home based business opportunities to see what might be available.
Go ahead and look! But, do not stop your day job. If you think network marketing is a fast and big money game, forget it. Oh, there are 2-5% of those beginning with a internet business that make it big. These are the few that wallow through the ups and downs of network marketing and after their savings is gone and they have been beat to the ground, finally give up. But there are those who take the time to read good books about becoming wealthy, listen to informative speakers who already know about network marketing, taking the time to learn while they keep their day job. These are the those who get up in the morning, hit the ground running and make every second count. They want success. So, what is the primary agenda to making it a success?
First let me say up front, if you have any negative qualms about your dream, your goals, or the sacrifices that you will make along the way………don’t start in network marketing When you see the words Network Marketing, it is just that net – working, working, and working. Nothing is free and easy. You do not make it overnight. You need skills. You need time to practice these skills. You need confidence, a happy countenance, integrity, credibility and patients. Oh boy, heavy on the patients! You can have enthusiasm until the cows come home, but without action you will go no place. Again, the bottom line, learn the skills first while you have your day job. Take a look at some of the following reasons for starting a home business. Then ask yourself if they apply to you.
• MONEY – we all want more money. Every penny counts today. So we want to join an organization that will make us a good amount of money up front and one that will pay us good residual on the back side. Don’t go out there and join something because you like it. Who knows, maybe 85% of the population doesn’t even want to know about what you are selling. So, pick a product that people are looking for.
• YOU ARE THE BOSS – that’s right! Do you have the skills to be a boss? Think seriously about this question. If you know nothing about organization, or being a leader, maybe you will want to simply sell the product and forget about having your own organization. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, it is work. Stop listening to the hype about making all this money over night. Be objective. Don’t start unless you are in for the long haul, because it will be a long haul.
• FREEDOM – You will see many article about the freedom you will have. I say yes to a point, but don’t count on the hyped up “freedom” many marketer’s will try to feed you. The freedom lies with the ability to stay home, but until you are established solidly within an organization, stay with your day job.
• JOB SECURITY - After the skills learned, after putting down a solid foundation to your organization, after 2-4 years of part-time to full time building the business; then you can say…”I have job security.”
• RETIREMENT - When we talk about retirement, we want to be able to have an income that is adequate for our needs. If you want a retirement that is great, then you need to build toward that end. You are the only one who knows what amount of money will satisfy you when you retire. Let that be your main goal, then work your butt off now to that end. Be relentless. Show your spouse what you plan on achieving. Maybe together, each working a different business, you can reach your goals sooner.
• KNOW THE 7 KEYS TO SUCCESS – You will want to learn about joining a company that has 5 Pillars. Learn to evaluate Compensation plans. After all don’t you want to know how you are going to get paid? You will also want to know the Color to Success You are saying…what? Oh yes, know how to read people, by listening and knowing their personality. Know how to Build the list without spending thousands of dollars buying worthless leads. Understand how to be a Color Profiler . Again knowing and understanding people by being able to walk into a room and without talking to anyone, know their personality by the clothes they wear, by the talk they talk and etc. Your Why must be huge. Learn to know why this is so important. Be a leader. People don’t join companies, they join people.
You might want to ask yourself is this all there is to marketing? No! But it is a start. Maybe you picked up some negative talk in this article. No, it is not negative, but reality. Get any good marketer in the corner, back them to the wall, and they will tell you the truth. If you can reread this article and ask yourself the question, do I have what it takes to start a home based business, and answer yes. Great! A home based business can be fun, exciting, and very stimulating! If you are ready to start, let’s go!
Deana Miller
You have questions, we have answers.
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