Better Leads

Do you generate lots of leads but find it extremely time consuming to sort through all of them?

The idea is to find yourself on the phone with leads, then sending e-mails, videos, links and following up again at a later time (otherwise known as “networking”).  Then you follow up again to see if they had been able to finally watch the video you sent.  Follow up again, and again and again…playing the numbers game!

It takes a lot of drive to get back on the phone each day and do the numbers again.

Does this sound like your daily activity?  It sure was for me too…

Then you have to deal with how many of the people you follow up with that sign up with your MLM opportunity.  How many of these are real go getters who actually do something significant and become MLM leaders?

If you feel like you’re wasting time, ask yourself these questions:

1. Are the leads you’re getting genuinely decent and qualified leads?   A good lead is one that has genuine interest in network marketing, and is not just joining your business because you “sold” them on the idea so well they couldn’t help but buy in.

2. Where are you getting your leads from and how many of those are qualified?  In this, I mean are you marketing to the general public who have no knowledge of network marketing and don’t know how to do it?  Or are you marketing to people already in network marketing who are willing and able to do the necessary work?

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It’s OK to avoid certain personality types:  there will always be people you just don’t get along with.

I’m sure you’ve seen many different personality types over the years.  And I would probably be correct to assume you have certain types of personalities that you prefer to associate with.

I know for myself, I have a preference for people who are goal oriented, positive and outgoing.  I sometimes have difficulty dealing with different people that don’t fit within my ideal.  Lazy, unmotivated, self pity filled, eternal victims… I cringe thinking about those traits.

We all have those tendencies to avoid those who make us uncomfortable.

Even my family has different personalities that are sometimes hard to withstand.  My own mother and I are as different as can be.  For example, she’s artistic and can look at paintings all day.  I would rather chew sand paper than stand in an art museum.  I can do those things – for the sake of maintaining our relationship – but I would rather go exercise with my heart rate as high as I can maintain, as much exertion as I can physically withstand.  Breaking a sweat is almost taboo to mom.

Somehow over the years I have managed to get past the differences -  as she has also – and we keep a good relationship.

We manage to inately know what kind of people we like.  We’re attracted to them, feel comfortable being around them.  Sometimes we even try to emulate them.

But what about those “others”?

The ones who make you uncomfortable, irritate you, insult you, bug you….  feel free to add to this list.  I know it’s a long list. You know it’s a long list.  In fact, I bet you are thinking about several people right now that you definitely don’t like.

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