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The single most efficient and effective business tool that the average person should be utilizing to start making
deep, thick piles of cash is the telephone. Most people would probably guess the internet or direct mail before that ancient communication device that’s been around for over a century.

Unfortunately, the internet is a lot more difficult than people think it is. Just because you have the ability to access people from all over the globe through the world wide web doesn’t mean it will allow you to communicate more effectively than the telephone. And with the rising cost of postage these days, you can forget about direct mail being effective as well.

How many times have you sent an exciting e-mail, then sat and waited for days or even weeks for a reply? Even though it is fun and trendy to use the internet and send text messages to people, they are still not as effective as picking up the telephone. Here are 5 good reasons why:

Reason Number One:  It’s cheap! These days a person has a few options to get unlimited long distance for less than bucks a month. My telephone service provides it for a month, and you can’t beat that. Compared to other marketing tools, it’s tough to even beat . When you run a network marketing business from home, you absolutely need long distance service. You can send e-mails all day long, but at some point you need to pick up the telephone and talk to someone.

Reason Number Two: The telephone is simple to use. You’ve been using your telephone for years, probably since you were a child. It’s a tool you’ve somewhat mastered over time. Maybe you haven’t used it to produce vast amounts of income, but you’ve used it to create countless transactions. Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably marketed yourself over the phone many times. It comes more naturally that any other means of communication.

Reason Number Three: Every person on the planet has a phone. Not everyone has a computer. It may seem like that isn’t true, but computers are expensive! Not everyone can afford to buy one, let alone pay for internet service each month. You can probably bet your house that if a person has one or the other, it’s going to be a telephone. Nowadays, it’s even easier to reach people by telephone because they take them alone when they leave the house!

Reason Number Four: It’s Safe To USe. When given the proper marketing tools, such as an effective script and affordable  leads, it’s tough to go wrong.  Other options like the internet and copy are powerful, but can take years to become profitable because of the learning curve that’s involved. The basics are critical to your success no matter what you do, but the way you choose to get the message to your target audience should be quick and easy.

Reason Number Five: It puts You In Charge. What happens when you play e-mail tag with someone, sending messages back and forth? Nothing gets accomplished because you are both on the same playing field. Mastering the telephone will give you an edge over your prospect and you will come across as a leader. That is one of the most important aspects of growing a successful home-based business.

Your ability to market products and services is no different than McDonalds. They started with one restaurant. A skill set requires nurturing and time to evolve. No one gains instant success because it’s a process of trial and error. It needs to be that way to be fun and rewarding.

Your business starts and ends with you. Don’t learn new tools like the internet until you’ve proven yourself to be adequate with the telephone.  Why try to master copy, traffic and leads before you know how to properly communicate over the telephone?  Why even have the Internet on your radar when you have yet to pick up the phone? You can generate all the prospects in the world, but if you say the wrong things to them it’s all over.

The telephone is more powerful than you think. It’s the most explosive tool that you can ever learn to master. Even when you do master it and you move on to other advanced marketing techniques, you’ll always be using the phone! The way to long-term success starts with the basics and finishes with the bomb shells. You can’t skip the basics and expect to find success.

A business needs a great captain. If your company isn’t teaching you how to master the basic principles of marketing, then it’s time to seek out education that will. If you aren’t willing to change your way of thinking, you could be following the wrong techniques and never get your business to reach it’s goals.

First, Why Such A High Failure Rate?

Network marketing can be quite lucrative, that is, if you know what you are doing. Sad truth remains, most people have no clue what to do and therefore quit or lose money. You have to understand that there are required skills you must possess if you intend to experience network marketing success. These skills include selling, lead generation, marketing and recruiting/ sponsoring. As you can probably guess, most people in the industry have no clue about these skills. Millions of people join each year and millions of people quit each year. It’s a wicked process that puts a terrible taste in people’s mouths in regards to the industry as a whole. However, there are plenty of people who are experiencing ultra success and are earning humongous incomes because they are doing some things right.

What You Must Know

Here is a list of requirements that you must follow in order to sell products or recruit new distributors into your organization:

1. Targeted Lead Generation
2. Marketing In Place
3. Recruiting/ Sponsoring
4. Relationship Building
5. Treat Your Business Like A Business

Targeted Lead Generation

Instead of creating a warm contact list and targeting anyone with a pulse you have to be able to generate targeted leads that consists of serious, motivated and entrepreneurial minded people. These are the exact types of people you want to have in your business. Sure you might say you need to recruit just anyone in order to make a sale, but if you focus more on quality over quantity you will help your business immensely.

You can generate your own leads through various mediums such as direct mail, the internet or lead generation companies. The easiest and most effective means of lead generation I have used for my business is undoubtedly the internet. The internet allows you to position yourself to be found by people looking for what you have to offer. This is another way that enhances the quality of leads that you are generating.

Marketing In Place

Network marketing consists of one word most people seem to miss and that word is ‘marketing.’ In order to experience network marketing success you have to be a master at marketing. Meaning you have to have your business in front of as many eyes as possible. Big corporations know the value of marketing. Just look at the countless number of advertisement you see everywhere, all the time, for different products and services. So how do you get marketing in place?

You can market online or offline. You can either use paid or free means of marketing. Free marketing takes longer to set up, but is just as effective. If you want to start generating leads now then you will want to implement some paid marketing. Offline you can use trade journals, classifieds, direct mail and industry magazines. Online you can use pay-per-click (PPC), banners, e-zines (online newsletters), solo ads and classifieds. For free marketing online you have many options. These include social media websites, free classifieds, articles, press releases, forums, blogging and videos.

Your marketing is going to be determined by your budget and where you want to market, either online or offline. My best recommendation, for someone who has used both types of marketing, is to market online. You have paid options and free options, so even someone with a marketing budget can get started immediately. The greatest thing about marketing online is the size of the internet. The internet is the largest global marketplace with over 1 Billion users!

Recruiting/ Sponsoring

This is the piece of the puzzle that is going to bring in the most money. You can be the greatest marketer ever, but if you don’t close the sale or get a sign-up, that equals no money. Many people in the industry, struggle with this skill, because they are afraid of rejection. This rejection occurs typically as a result of the leads they have spoken to. These leads have been recycled and are called by numerous network marketers. So by the time you talk to these people they are upset and usually reject you. You should not be afraid of rejection, however. Understand that not everyone you ever talk to will join you and your business. That is just the nature of this industry and it’s part of the business. Get over it and don’t even think about it.

When it comes to sponsoring prospects into your business it’s all about how well these prospects were targeted in the lead generation and marketing stages. You can have ‘opportunity leads,’ people who just would consider starting a business. Or, there are leads who are absolutely ready to get started, they are serious, entrepreneurial and are anxious to get the ball rolling. These are the types of people you want to attract to you. It makes the sponsoring process 100x easier compared to trying to pitch your business to just anyone.

When you are talking to your prospects just remember that you are conducting an interview. You are the CEO and are interviewing employees. You ask the questions and dictate the tempo of the conversation. Yes, your prospects will have questions and objections. Handle them confidently and answer them honestly. If it is the right time for your prospect they will join you. If it is not the right time, when the time does come, you will be the first person they contact.

Relationship Building

This is a part of the process that people also seem to miss. Network marketing is all about building relationships with other people. If you know how to do this, you have already won half the battle. Recognize that people don’t just buy or join anyone. They join and buy from people they know, like and most importantly, trust. Your whole goal throughout the lead generation, marketing, sponsoring and prospecting is to build relationships. Be yourself.

Treat Your Business Like A Business

Do not treat it like a hobby! Too many people wonder why they never made it. They wonder why they never made money. They wondered why they couldn’t sell any product or sponsor a new prospect. It is because they treated their business like a hobby. They worked on it once in a while, in their spare time. Do not let this happen to you. Network marketing, just like any other business, requires work, persistence and you to learn some new skills. The biggest piece of advice you will receive right now is to never quit. Continue working on your skills, improve yourself and keep learning. You will get to wherever you want to be in time, just keep working hard at it.