While Coastal Travel is not MLM, recently I read this article that Dani Johnson wrote and it makes sense for any business model. My best friend became a realtor after going to a First Steps event with Dani Johnson and the same principals he learned which are presented by Dani Johnson in this article is exactly how he's built his Real Estate business to a 6 figure income by his second year.
Network Marketing leads can be expensive and sometimes they don't produce the results that are promised. I'm going to show you how to find some of the best prospects without spending a dime or hitting up your friends and family. My husband and I built a sales force of over 20,000 people in 2 years with most of my top producers coming from leads that were FREE!
If you are like I was and have no advertising budget then you have two options, talk to friends and family or do situational prospecting. Since most modern network marketers are now part of the NFL (no friends left) and tremble at the thought of approaching friends and family with yet another "opportunity of a lifetime", we are going to focus on situational prospecting.
Situational prospecting allows you to create a market out of thin air doing the things you normally do every day. You do this without the expense and anxiety of working cold and warm market leads. Situational prospecting taps into the luke-warm market, which is the people you run into throughout the course of a normal day at the post office, grocery store, your children's school, at work, the bank, etc...
Let's say you are at the post office and you see the same postman that's been there for years. You may not know his name but he is familiar to you. What is important is that you don't go into the post office with the intention of selling him into your business opportunity. This is what the MLM amateurs do with little to no success. Your only intention should be to get to know who the postman really is. What's he all about? What are his needs? What is he looking for?
Questions you can ask in any situation are: Where are you from? How long have you been working here? What do you like most about what you do? What do you like the least? Do you have family in the area? Kids? What do you like to do for fun? Where would you like to go? By asking these types of questions you will learn a tremendous amount about this prospect.
You now know what this person's needs, strengths and goals are. When you can find out those three things, you become unstoppable! It is very simple to learn those three things. No matter what you do for a living, if you utilize this concept of locking in people's needs strengths and goals you can build a successful career in any field.
How do you start this process? It's simple, start with a smile, a hello, find something you admire about them and give a compliment. Show a genuine interest in that prospect and they will light up because most people don't bother to even notice them. In doing this it is important to just be yourself as if you were talking to a friend. The last thing you want to do is come off as a salesperson asking the cliché questions that they've heard before like, "do you see yourself working here forever?" Yuck!
Ask yourself this question, do you want to be the person that others are shouting out about saying, "you've got to meet this person, she's amazing!" Or, do you want to be the person that people are avoiding? Practice these relationship building people skills everywhere you go and you will never run out of quality prospects who want to work with you.
Dani Johnson is an author, speaker, trainer and founder of Call to Freedom Int'l. She went from living out of her car with $2.03 to her name to earning her first million in two short years by the age of 23. Dani regularly consults, mentors, and coaches business owners, entrepreneurs, and career professionals on business, leadership development, personal achievement, marketing solutions, profit strategies, relationship marketing, and team development.
Gain control now of your financial future with a free CD that was released from a private training seminar by Dani Johnson. This exclusive event and these tips, tricks and techniques are now available for you to claim immediately at no cost. Go to http://www.danijohnson.com/go.php?c=article&s=pz1 to grab your copy now and remove all barriers to your financial future now!
It's because of this training and the results of it is why DFI recommends her for everything we do! Ever single person who has created a six figure income with us did so through Dani Johnson and her training.
To your SUCCESS!
Stacy O'Quinn
888-572-8842
Monday, April 14, 2008
Best FREE MLM Leads, by Dani Johnson
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
Does Calling Leads from home really work?
I hear this question every once in a while from people in the home based business industry. Is it really a viable way to build an income? All I can say is yes and make that a resounding YES! I've built my entire income from calling leads. (As of this date I have not even gotten a lead from this blog that I've chosen to work with) In DFI "Decide Freedom" that's all we teach! In my personal opinion I would say that there has to be 2 main factors to determining your success.
First and foremost ensure you are working with a reputable lead company or advertising firm. The bottom line is there are tons of companies out there that are not reputable. Two of the ones we use are http://www.dfileads.com/. I'm sure they may be others out there I just don't know them. If you KNOW with out a shadow of a doubt that someone is creating an income with a specific lead source then use that one!!!
The most important factor about leads are, YOU MUST CALL THEM! I'm amazed how many people want to be in business and think that some how success is going to just fall out of the sky. IT doesn't work that way. If you saw the video in the previous post, Dani mentioned God Blesses the WORK of our hand. You will break your neck for an employer why the heck will you not work for your self and be blessed in the process? Hello? Also don't always buy cheap old leads or aged/shared stuff. You need to have serious people to talk to.
Don't expect it to be easy (even if it is simple) Expect it to be worth it! Don't by in to all this hype on the Internet about not having to call leads with this super duper guide or e book that will teach you all you need to know. The truth is that person is trying to make money in most cases because they did not diligently call their clients in the first place!
Good Luck,
Stacy O'Quinn
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