It's a Numbers Game!

[sebastianlatina]

Talking to friends and family is a must in network marketing. However it can be the most frustrating thing to do. Some friends and family are afraid to say no, so, instead they just keep you hanging. I presented the products of my business to these people. They all said they were very interested. I've answered all of their questions/concerns. Scheduled follow-up meetings. On each of the followup meetings, none of them answered their phones. I've called for about a total of 3 times since. Do I just give up? Do I stay persistent? I'm moving on to other prospects all the while this is happening however I don't want to keep calling these few other people who seem to be avoiding me. I would just like to hear some opinions. thanks.

[maximumleverage]

Originally Posted by sebastianlatina

Talking to friends and family is a must in network marketing. However it can be the most frustrating thing to do. Some friends and family are afraid to say no, so, instead they just keep you hanging. I presented the products of my business to these people. They all said they were very interested. I've answered all of their questions/concerns. Scheduled follow-up meetings. On each of the followup meetings, none of them answered their phones. I've called for about a total of 3 times since. Do I just give up? Do I stay persistent? I'm moving on to other prospects all the while this is happening however I don't want to keep calling these few other people who seem to be avoiding me. I would just like to hear some opinions. thanks.

Sebastian Latina

you need to google and study Mike Dillard.....he will teach you how to market your business the right way so you don't need to bother for friends or family. You can checkout his blog Magnetic Sponsoring | MikeDillard.net.

Mike dillard will teach you how to be hunted instead of being the hunter...(meaning instead of chasing your friends,family and strangers about your biz opp....He will teach you how to become a magnetic and have people chase you down to join your business.

Also mike owns a forum called betternetworker.com you may want to checkout.

[karie]

Hi Sebastianlatina,

You said, "Talking to family and friends is a must in network marketing."

This is not the case these days, there are so many new and better options out there. Going the family and friends route usually never works. You were given great advice about Mike Dillard. He is fantastic, he is definitely one to learn from. I personally am having great success using list builders (I call them the new and improved safelists) to market. I usually take the upgrades at the good ones, so I can advertise to way more people and much more often than as a free member. If you would like to know the ones that work for me, just PM me and I will send you my list. Good luck with your business!

Karie

[DebraFerrie]

NEVER give up ! Super successful network marketers have said that some of their TOP team members joined them only after many many ( 10+) times of contact.

Work with a "drip" campaign of e-mails or calls and don;t stop until they tell you to stop!

Speaking of numbers, do you all know this article? I send it to my team:

Bill Britt is one of the most successful network marketers around. Some years ago, 20/20 did a feature story on his company. They spent 19 minutes interviewing whiners and complainers -- several distributors who had failed and showed the garages full of products they couldn't sell.

During the last minute of the show, Mr. Britt was interviewed in front of his palatial home. He was asked, "Mr. Britt, this business has obviously worked for you. What's your secret?"

He replied, "There is no secret. I simply showed the plan to 1200 people. 900 said, 'No.' and only 300 signed up. Out of those 300, only 85 did anything at all. Out of those 85 only 35 were serious, and out of those 35, 11 made me a millionaire."



ANY business is a numbers game, plain and simple!
Remember that, be persistent , never give up and you WILL succeed.

[karie]

I found an awesome article about network marketing by Adrian Loepp.
It is long, but very good. I like it very much. Check it out:

If there is a secret to building a large and profitable network marketing business than the secret would be that quantity trumps quality in the beginning. A new recruit that spends a lot of time trying to locate quality prospects will always get beat by a new recruit that exposes their opportunity to a lot of new people in a short period of time. Network marketing always has and always will be a numbers game.

That is the beauty of this business. An uneducated person from a poor background but has a burning desire to succeed can become more successful than a college educated upper-class person that's lazy. If the educated person talked to 25 people and recruited all of them, but the uneducated person talked to 300 people but only sponsors 50 people, he is likely to be more successful then the first person. Network marketing is the great equalizer. If you want to receive a lot of checks, talk to a lot of people. It's as simple as that.

Imagine holding a deck of playing cards. As you know there are 52 cards in a deck of cards. Within those 52 cards are four aces. If I were to mix the deck up and then hand the cards to you, and then challenge you to find the four aces within one minute, do you think you could do it? Of course you could. You would quickly flip each card over until you found the aces. In essence you would discard the 48 cards that were not aces leaving you with the four cards that were aces.

Notice that you did not stop at the four of clubs and try to convince it that it was actually the ace of clubs. You also did not sit on the seven of diamonds waiting for it to decide if it wants to be an ace of diamonds or not. You simply sorted through the cards until you found the ones that were already aces. You used the process of elimination to find what you are looking for.

This is exactly the same way you build a network marketing business. You don't try to convince people that they can do it. You don't sit on people incubating them for two years and hope that they can do it.

All you do is sort through as many people as quickly as possible until you find the four aces. If you have a list of 100 prospects, you don't spend a year talking to them. You don't even spend a month talking to them. You do it in a week.

You simply call them up, and then ask them if they are open to creating income streams outside of what they are currently doing. If they say no, you move on. If they say yes, tie them into your system. Put them on a conference call, a video, a webinar or a three-way call with your upline. Whatever tools your business provides to you, use them. If you do not have a system or an upline to tie into, you are at a huge disadvantage. The team is more important than the company. Get on a winning team asap. Use the tools.

The point is if twenty of the people you talk to are going to join your business, they will join it whether you spend a week getting to them or if you spend a year getting to them. So why waste an entire year to get the same results you can get in one week? The benefit of doing it in a week is it creates a lot of momentum. Momentum can carry you a long way in your business. The only way to build your business is big and fast. Hurry up and get through the people that will tell you no, so you can get rich with the people that say yes. Start today so you can get paid tomorrow. Be bold, go vertical. ~ Adrian Loepp

[EstherL]

I don't think it's bad or wrong to share your business/products with friends and family. After all, if you truly believe in your product or service, shouldn't you WANT to share it with those who are closest? However, not all are going to say yes, and not all will do anything more than buy your product. If you have attempted to call them 3x to no avail, I would move on to others. Come back to them, but don't keep calling day after day because then you will get a bad reputation, and it will feel like you are chasing them. Sometimes in my follow-up message I say, "It's okay to say 'no', just let me know what you've decided so that I can get your feedback." That takes the pressure off and makes it easier for them to call you back.

But I agree with many of the other comments as well - there are other ways to market your business and yourself, so look at all your options. Personally, I DO recommend people start with friends and family because those are the people you already have a relationship with and trust. And for me, some of those people did turn out to be great business partners.

The only other thing I would mention is that what you are offering to your friends and family needs to be something that would make sense to them and benefit them. If it is expensive or if they are expected to build a business, then they may not be interested.

[figure]

I feel all of these tips are awesome, and not just for network marketing. These are applicable to building any business. You have to keep going, keep trying, and work harder than anyone else. I love the movie "Pursuit of Happiness"... it illustrates just that. A true story that explains what an individual can achieve if they just keep on trying and never ever give up.

[sebastianlatina]

Just got back from work and saw all of these replies, thanks everyone. I just quickly browsed through however i'll read in more detail later. I did see Mike Dillard's name mentioned and yes I agree Mike is a strong marketer and is great to learn from. I'm also a fan of Jonathan Budd and Todd Falcone. Thanks for the replies everyone!

[iambarbara]

He truly is a mastermind and so very inspiring!

His training is hands down so easy to follow.

[sebastianlatina]

Originally Posted by websaver

It is a numbers game, for every 100 contacts, the stats say you should get 1 gem of a person who will work the business. And I agree that friends and relatives do not like to say no. It is much easier for a stranger to say no because they do not know you...What product are you selling??

Hi, I'm a marketing executive with Melaleuca. It's a great company and from my previous experience in this industry of network marketing, I wanted to make sure I was with a company I could truly stand behind 100%. I used their products for about 7 months before I started to share them with people. In my previous company, I started to share the product/idea before I was even sold on it myself. It was very hard for me to do. Thanks for the reply, appreciate it