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Hi everyone!


I have been connecting with quite a few of my team members via e-mail and many of them who work prefer to be contacted that way.


I know personal calls are best, but do you think it is okay to use e-mail as a primary communication source for your team?


For those of you who have been in this business a long time, do you think it makes a difference?


Thanks for participating! This has weighed heavily on my mind lately. I have two babies (1-2) and the phone is tough for me sometimes.

I voted email - phone calls are too hard with my 2 year old around right now ;)

I have a 2 and 3 yr old.. Most my team perfers email.. if not I will call them.


Kim

I'd rather speak to them personally. I believe reaching out to them by hearing their voice and them hearing mine gives it a personal touch. They are important to me and I want them to know that.

I use e-mail alot! However, I do speak to alot of my downline via phone as well. I especially speak with new recruits or potential recruits on the phone. It really depends on the person. I have some team members that prefer e-mail and I have just as many that prefer phone calls. I am thankful we have e-mail though, it helps alot when you have young ones. I have a 15 month old and know how it can be. Just do what works best for you and your team.

I much PREFER e-mail, but really the telephone is WAY more effective. So I am working very hard to do more on the phone and rely on e-mail less and less. e-mail is good for facts such as "team meeting has changed to 8pm instead of 7pm", but anything that needs emotion or excitement or motivation requires a phone call!

Too funny, Allison....


That's why the issue has weighed heavily on my mind. I agree completely with the personal aspect of phone calls vs. e-mails, but the conveinience factor has been a problem with my team members.


I called about a dozen yesterday to say, "hello" and connected with 3. The others e-mailed me. LOL.

I use email a lot, because we have a yahoo group for our team, but I also send personal emails, personal snail mail cards and notes, and the phone. I like to stay very connected to my team.


However it's hard when you have some team members who are not receptive to you. One of my recruits has a recruit who will not respond to anyone! Not my recruit or me, or our uplines. She continues to sell each month, but we have no idea who she's selling it to! We just see her stats on our consultant pages.





Bev

I prefer email mostly because we all have different schedules and are in different time zones. Many team members work outside of the home be it part time or full time, and we all have so many different activities with our kids, etc.


Should there be someone in the group that prefers to be called, I will and do from time to time. Again, because of our personal schedules it's hard at time to get in touch with them~

i call every few weeks and email every week. some of my team will only email adn respond via email which is fine, but I think it definitely helps to get that personal touch, hear the tones in voices to really see how they are doing.

I voted email, because that has become my primary way of communication with my team members-for many of the reasons posted above. They live all over-different states/time zones, and a lot of us have small children. My four year old wants to talk to everyone, and my 19 month old makes a mad dash for the stairs every timeI get on the phone!smileys/smiley36.gif

Combination.


Emails are nice, but nothing beats a weekly or even monthly call to say "how's it going? How can I help you!"


Debbie