Network Marketing Prospects

Are you Internet savvy? Do you know how to market online, use auto responders to follow up with online leads, start a newsletter, and find a good lead source?

If you dont have a lead source then youll have to get network marketing prospects the old fashioned way. The old fashion methods people use to recruit new prospects takes more time, money, and energy but they work and they are proven.

The following are some old fashioned but proven ways to get prospects for network marketing. If you use one or more of these strategies you will see your recruits grow and so will your business and sales.

Passing out Flyers
You can pass out flyers on car windshields, doorknob hangers, and pass out flyers at the mall, etc. Herbalife sales representatives have been known to do a lot of flyers. In fact, theyre all over the place. I havent seen as much flyers from other network marketing companies representatives. An Herbalife rep told me they pass out between 500-1000 flyers a day.

Mailing Postcards and Letters
You can buy a mailing list and mail to a list of people within a specific category. For example: people that are interested in small businesses, have expressed an interest in business opportunities, are open to network marketing, etc.

Conducting Surveys at Malls
You can conduct surveys at malls and have people find out a form with an email address to contact them and a phone number. You might get 50-100 surveys filled a day. Just follow up with them with your business opportunity. A gentleman that did really well with surveys to recruit people into his business is personable, charming, and actually talked to the people who filled in the survey. Its a survey of if they would be open to a business opportunity and if theyre happy with their job.

Cold Calling Lists
Since network marketing is a numbers game, there were a few people I know that recruited 2-3 recruits a week just from cold calling alone. Its hard work and takes a lot of numbers but it can work if youre consistent. The numbers were something like 6-8 appointments from 200-300 calls.

Open House, Events, and Meetings, Inviting people to Conventions
Most network marketing companies have meeting and presentations for new invitee of fellow team members once or twice a week to recruit new people. The goal is to invite as many people to the meeting as possible and let the leaders close them on the business opportunity. This is especially good if youre just starting out.

Use the 20-foot Rule to Talk to Strangers
Talk to anyone within 20-foot of you everywhere you go about the business opportunity by starting out with making small talk. Ask them how they like their job, if theyre getting a promotion soon since theyre doing such a great job, if they say no then ask them if theyre open to a business opportunity etc.

Use Referrals from Your Warm Market
Ask friends and family whom they know would be interested in a business opportunity. They follow up with these people and let them know that someone referred them to you.

Take on Abandoned Customers or Recruits
If you ask your vice president or your highest team leader, you may be able to follow up with past customers of network marketers who have quit or take on their recruits if you promise to lead and train them. Theres always lone recruits or abandoned recruits that no one is training and working with. If no one works with these lone recruits, they will quit eventually due to lack of attention, motivation, or leadership.

Pass out a Cassette Tape with Famous Network Marketer message
Pass out a cassette tape with a famous network marketers message, someone whos making millionaires or the personal message of the president of the company. Put your name and phone number on the cassette tape. If they are interested, theyll call you. And note, people may or may not call you right away because sometimes its not the right time. When they feel like they want to take action, youll be the one theyll call.

Pass out Business Card with 1-800 Pre-recorded message
Have your prospects call in to listen and tell them to call you back if theyre interested. This helps to screen out those that are serious from the ones that are wasting your time. If theyre ready to sign up, theyll tell you.