
Most network marketers I talk to start with the impression that they need
more prospects in their program.
Whether it�s getting them from a lead company or through their own
promotions, the problem in their mind is that they simply don�t have
enough prospects - or even the right �quality� prospects.
And while having more prospects is usually better than not having enough... it is not the solution.
This misconception leads a lot of marketers into some big mistakes -
like thinking that network marketing is simply a numbers game.
You see... there are many many marketers who
generate an awful lot of leads - often at great cost - only to find that they are not much
better off in recruiting than they were before they invested their life
savings or maxed out their credit cards.
What�s missing is probably the most important part of any network marketing business.
And ironically it also seems to be the least talked about by
up-lines, so called guru�s and even network marketing companies
themselves.
Understand that any ad campaign that you begin today takes an
average of 90 days for impact. From a marketing campaign�s inception to
it�s conclusion and success is 90 days. And ironically enough, most
internet marketers are long gone before the 90 day mark. Do not jump
from project to project but stick to it.
Why is it so important to stick to it? Because network marketing is
about relationship building. It is building your network of trusted
relationships. And that will not happen on a one shot deal. You need to
be building it.
You build it through continuity and value.
Marketers refer to a sales funnel. You place raw prospects in the
top and quality affiliates come out the bottom. Most marketers tell you,
�It is a numbers game.� The more you stuff in the top of the funnel the
more that pop out the bottom. The more people you talk to the more
customers you will get. It is not true.
A sales funnel is the process of identifying who I should be talking
to. Too many out the bottom and I can't keep up. I cannot engage people
individually and meaningfully. And too much time stuffing more and more
in the top and I cannot invest at all in the fine people who are
genuinely interested.
So one off advertising, buy affiliates or massive traffic to your
website is not the answer. You must build your list. You must cultivate
each and every prospect on that list, developing people ready and
willing to engage.
Social media is a source of people with whom we have a relationship.
But I believe the best tool available for building and cultivating our
list is an email auto responder. Email campaigns that help people with
valued content building qualified prospects who participate in our
business.
Thank You
Scott Price
http://staged.biz