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How many times do you send correspondence to prospective recruits when they ask for more info?


The thing that bugs me, is when they do not let you know either way if they are still interested or not! If they are not, I wish they'd say so! I hate feeling like a pest when I do not hear a thing back from them. I think from now on, I will send 3 e-mails/calls, and if I don't hear back, dead lead pile. What do you think?smileys/smiley5.gif

I say 3 times..then follow up maybe a month or so down the road 1 time. If I don't personally talk to them or they don't call me back, then I'll keep them on my customer e-mail list unless they ask me to remove them. If I do get a hold of them, I'll just ask them straight up if they're interested still..if not, then I'll ask if they want to stay on my customer list. That way they can be a customer if they choose and if they decide they want to give it a try later, they still havemyinfo.


It bugs me too when you don't hear back from people, but I give them the 3 try rule and then send them an e-mail (in case they haven't gotten the messages) and just move on (with a follow up in a month or so)... I figure if they're really into it, then they'll be into it..if they're not, then they're not going to be successful anyway and are probably better suited for something else. And my time is better spent elsewheresmileys/smiley2.gif


Kim

Ok I would agree BUT


I had a lady interested for a while she said she needed to think about it So i just sent an email about once every two weeks and the same with phone calls Two months are so from the time I heard from her i sent her a conference line number and she called it emailed me and signed up!! (you go Cheryl!!)


So you never know! I had a good feeling about her! Don't pester just inform!!

I have a set way that I respond to potentials.


Email, Call, Personal Contact, Mail Packet, Follow Up. I then call again about 2 weeks later. If I don't hear from them they then go on my "potential Recruit" yahoo mail file. They will receive monthly\ updates from me when I send outmy email newsletter for "potential recruits." I put no more effort into them. They are simply part of alist.


This monthI had a women join my team who requested information last October. :-) 10 months later she joined my team! Why? Because while I didn't continue to call or pester her she did continue to receive periodic company updates. My name and company continued to be infront of her. (Her inbox that is....and I had thought that everyone was just deleating my messages.)


:-) Marianne

I do 3 contacts and then lay off with periodic check insor mailing reminders about specials. I've had several not return my calls, give one last call, and they're interested and signing up!





deb

Ditto to what Debbie said....smileys/smiley36.gif


Ellen

I also agree that none of us want to feel like we are pests. I try to send a personal handwritten note anywhere from 4-6 weeks after the last time I have had "live" contact with them, just to let them know that I am still here and wanting to work with them. I have had very positive results from this.


If I still don't hear back from them, I call them and make sure they got my card...if this goes to a message system and they don't respond I then put them on my periodic mailing e-list. I have found that making that extra step of a handwritten note distinquishes me from other people in the business and the potential team members see that I care.


I do like the idea that Marianne gave about having the yahoo group for leads...I think I will start that. I have one for my customers and one for my team members. In the past, the potential leads have gotten the same notices that my customers have gotten.

I usually keep in "regular contact" about 3 times. If I still don't get any response then I "move them" to another list of contacts. This is a list of people that I send out a post card or letter about once a month via snail mail with of course my contact info. I don't want to completely loose contact but, I send them general info on the company. New cake designs, specials etc. But I don't send it via email. It's too easy for people to forget that they asked for info after so long and I don't feel like dealing with spam issues, lol! Not to mention I have a soft spot for actual printed material rather than an email all the time.


Anyway...that's just what I do :)


Take care,


Anita smileys/smiley17.gif