Check Out those Paid Lead Sources before you Buy

[PJMommy]

Hello Everyone!

I just want to inform any who use paid leads of a problem I found today. I purchased some leads from ReadyLead.com. They were having a sale that doubled your leads. So, I did a coop with some team members for these leads. What I liked about their information was that they verified 3 times that these people are wanting a 'work at home opportunity' through emails that these people are sent. Honestly, I should have called and asked to see what these emails looked like, what is it that the prospective leads fill out, etc. (you live and learn...as they say).

Anyway, I called a lady this morning (my time 6:45 amPST, her time 9:45 amPST). Very nice lady, BUT....she said she did not sign up for a work at home business...she was sent emails that detailed specific jobs that she could apply for with specific pay information and job details. Here is the email she was sent (note: this is the onlyWAH information she has responded to):

Email Subject Line: WAH Weekly Newsletter: July 17 (Admin Asst. $12/hr)


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Home Jobs Listing
Work At Home Weekly Newsletter
July 17-24, 2007
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Hello (Left Her Name Out for Her Privacy)


We are pleased to have this opportunity to send you the information you
requested (your subscription details are included below) about finding
home employment.


We have several new positions available today, and you are receiving
this advance-notice as a subscriber to our Work At Home Weekly
Newsletter.


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This Week's Featured Jobs
To Apply: http://apply.wahweekly.net
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F-882 Order Verifier
USA only
Posting Date: 2007-07-17
No. of Positions: 18
Compensation: $9.50/hr
Position Type:Home Based; Part Time/Full Time available
Details:Order Verifiers are needed to work at home conducting
on-phone 3rd party verifications of customer orders.

This company acts as a 3rd party verifier for companies that setup
recurring payments for services such as phone service, internet access,
business services, etc.After the client-companies have a customer who
is ready to complete such a purchase, they will conference-call the
verification system where an order verifier asks a few questions to
ensure that the customer knows what they are signing up for.

As an order verifier, you would be responsible for answering calls
during a 4-5 hour shift.Calls will be forwarded to your home-office
phone number as they come in, and a script pertaining to the current
call will load on your web-browser.
Requirements: Must have home office with high-speed internet.Must
have phone line to accept calls routed by system computer (phone number
is never released to anyone.)Must have previous customer service
experience.




D-245 Project Coordinator
USA or CANADA
Posting Date: 2007-07-17
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation: $17/hr
Position Type:Home Based; Part Time
Details:This company is hiring a project manager to head up their new
home-agent program.They will be out hiring the majority of their
customer service functions to home-based employees.As project
coordinator, you would be responsible for implementing the new program,
interviewing employees applying for the home-agent positions, and
ensuring a smooth transition.You will be working closely with the
in-house project manager.
Requirements: Must have home office, previous project management
experience.




J-552 Administrative Assistant
USA or CANADA
Posting Date: 2007-07-17
No. of Positions: 3
Compensation: $12/hr
Position Type:Home Based; Part Time
Details:This company is hiring 3 part-time people to work from home
as administrative assistants.You would be responisble for providing
administrative suppport to the executive and sales staffs.This
includes handling schedules, client contacts, phone messages, expense
account reports, word processing and more.
Requirements: Must have home office, previous office support
experience.Must be an out-going person who can work efficiently on
your own.




V-371 Virtual Receptionist
USA or CANADA
Posting Date: 2007-07-17
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation: $17/hr
Position Type:Home Based; PT or FT
Details:Work as a Virtual Receptionist.This company provides
reception/messaging services to small businesses and individual
professionals.You would be responsible for answering calls during a
specified shift and following instructions, including call routing or
taking messages.
Requirements: Must have computer with high-speed.Must be able to
multi-task, as you will be responsible for handling calls for a large
variety of individuals.





CC-718 Managers
USA or CANADA
Posting Date: 2007-07-17
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation: upto $100,000 / year
Position Type:Home Based; PT or FT
Details:Christian based company is seeking managers.Earnings
possible for the right candidate of upto $100k in the first year.This
is a great opportunity for anyone looking to advance their career and
work at home at the same time.
Requirements: Must have home office, computer, internet access.Must
be self-motivated.Should have previous experience with leading
others.





L-232 Order Processors
USA or CANADA
Posting Date: 2007-07-17
No. of Positions: 7
Compensation: $16/hr
Position Type:Home Based; Part Time
Details:Are you friendly, professional, and dependable?If yes, you
may be the person we're looking for to add to our team of Virtual Call
Center Order Processors.

Each of our VCC Order Processors works from home answering calls from
customers responding to our national advertised commercials.Our
company sells various products that are advertised on television
infomercials.

Your job would be to read scripted information that pertains to the
offer they are calling for.When customer wants to order, you will
take their payment information and enter it in our online order
processing system.

This is not a sales position, compensation is paid per/hour of work.
Shifts are 3-5 hours long.
Requirements: Must have home office, customer service experience.
Should be able to take calls while on the internet.Previous data
entry experience preferred.





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To Apply:
http://apply.wahweekly.net


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Thanks For Reading
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As you can see from the above, it is deceiving. Yes, I'm sure there might be many who would still be open to listening to our opportunity (and many who have been successful with finding IBOs with this company), butwe are paying for leads who are 'applying' for what they feel is a real job. I feel there are better methods that could be used to find prospective leads.

This Lady I talked to was very nice, but said she's never received word back about the specific JOB that she thought shewas applying for, instead a lot of home business opportunity emails and calls. She's done that route and said it was not for her at this time in her life. I completely respect that.

I plan to call ReadyLead and talk with them about this as I feel it is false advertising on their part (they are in my time zone and not open, at the time of this posting).

I amNOT bashing lead sites by any means, but just want to let people know that before they buy leads, find out all you can on what the prospect sees, signs up for, how they are found, etc. I have (and I am sure many others)used other lead sites with success that I have seen use more honest methods of finding leads.

I'll let you know what ReadLead's response is once I call them.

To Your Success,
Paige Lombardi

[Verlegen]

Thanks for posting this. Please let us know what happens when you contact them.

[mkarts]

Thanks for posting this Paige. [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

It is so true..some lead sources are definitely better than others. I found out the hard way (and the pricey way). It's definitely worth the time to do some research, and check with other people and find out their experiences with the lead vendor before purchasing...otherwise it's like throwing your money out the window. There are some great vendors out there though, and purchased leads are a great way to go! Just have to weed out the not-so-hot sources.

- Jen

[PJMommy]

Thank You! I wan't sure about posting this...but, the woman was so nice and sincerely felt bad that I was paying for people's names that had expectations for a real J-O-B with details and salary information. I didn't wantthis to happen to anyoneelse. I wasn't even the first person she shared all this with. Kind of hard to talk with someone who feels deceived....

I contacted the Customer Service office via phone and email this morning. No response, yet. I plan on trying again after our (PST) lunch hour.

I'll keep you updated.

~ Paige

[Jennifer3]

Paige, I
'm not sticking up for them.. for real.... every offer sounds like a REAL J.O.B but I think the 1 that says manager 100000/year.... does that sorta sound like us? in a J.O.B kinda way.

I hope they give you your money back. You should at least get that much out of the hassle. Could those leads be used for the benefits? Is there a reason why you couldn't?

Jennifer

[PJMommy]

Hey Jennifer,


Oh...I know you're not sticking up for them Yes....I noticed that one sounded close to what we are about. Although, the one that the Lady I had spoken with, had responded to was the 'Administrative Assistant'. She felt had the skills to fulfill that postion, so she really hadn't even responded to the one closest to us. She doesn't even think any of these J-O-Bs actually exist. We all know they don't really exist either....but, I wasn't going to try and convince her otherwise. I just told her if she knew of anyone else that might be interested, just pass along my info. Bless and Release....


Yes, using them as a benefits lead might be a good idea...but, it's not the information they requested and I don't really want to step into the possibility of SPAMing these leads when they didn't request benefits information.
Called the company again....still haven't heard back. So, we'll see...I do hope I get themoney back, too. Can put it to better use elsewhere for myself and my team members.

~ Paige

[Jennifer3]

Would you think it is spamming just to send 1 postcard? Better than nothing... Then if anyone doesn't call you, oh well. but it they do call.....

Jennifer

[karlat620]

Thank you for posting this I had one of my IBOs called me and said she had tried this company before and she would never again do it. Although she didn't go into details I can imagine. I'll be glad to let the rest of my team know just in case. I purchased a batch a long time ago and only got to speak with three people on of them that was a TTY user and she said she never requested info I felt so bad! I just never really jump into buying leads but they always have those deals that make you think it wont be too bad, lol. I now keep my leads company to a minimum. I really like www.mlmleadgenie.com I called their customer support one time because I was pretty new to this lead deal and they walk me through the steps and even read me over the phone what the leads where filling out. SO I enjoy that they took time to help me. The other one I use is www.earnproleads.com I used their aged Christian leads I am on autoship every two weeks and they work out great of course it helps I got to meet them face to face and drill them with questions lol. Good luck to all of you.

[Mrs.Lidwell]

I am currently trying out the realtime phone verified leads from mlmleadgene. My upline absolutely loves them, so I thought Id try them out. I ordered them on friday, sent them an email for the autoresponder they send to all the leads that come to me... now Iam just waiting for them to pop up in my email! Wish me luck! I will take a look at the earnproleads as well. Thanks!

Dawn

[karlat620]

Dawn,

How awesome! I definately wish you good luck those leads are great! Keep me updated and let me know how it went with earnpro as well!