Free MLM Leads: Where Can You Find Them?
Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 12:22PM Free MLM Leads: Where Can You Find Them?
By Lynne Eribourneand Chad Eribourne
The network marketing industry can be tremendously rewarding, however it can also be very frustrating if you can't produce enough prospects to build your business.
What two things do we all have in common as network marketers? We all need more prospects for our businesses, and we all need to generate more up front revenue to fund our marketing. The good news is that there are a number of completely free marketing techniques available to you in order to help generate those prospects you so desperately need.
That being said, here is something to keep in mind: there is usually a trade-off involved when selecting marketing techniques. If a strategy is inexpensive or even free, you will probably need to invest extra time to make it effective.
How Can You Find Free MLM Leads?
Article Marketing
You can write, right? Article marketing can be a very valuable, long-term, free marketing strategy for your network marketing or MLM business. There are a number of imperative things to think about with this strategy...
- What topic will your article go over - this should be based on a keyword you wish to rank for in the search engines?
- Your article must be posted online, but where? Is this article going on a blog or site you own? Or on another site online somewhere?
- How will you go about extending the reach of your article?
Successful article marketing takes more than just putting up an article on a random topic and hoping for the best. Be sure you have answers to the questions above to make sure you are getting the most out of the time you exhaust writing.
Video Marketing
This can be SUCH a powerful and efficient way to market, but again, only if you know what you are doing. Most people think video marketing is making a few videos and putting them up on YouTube. If this is all you are doing, you are plainly not getting enough out of your video making labors - and you are leaving a LOT of cash on the table!
Forum Marketing
Online forums are a very good place to develop prospects from one of the best niches possible - other network marketers. That being said, the absolute last thing you want to do on a forum is start pitching your business - no one wants to hear it and it won't get you anywhere fast.
If you are going to utilize this marketing strategy, it is necessary that you keep two or three things in mind:
- Don't use the forum to try to actively recruit people by pitching them with your business.
- Take a moment to fill out whatever information you can on your profile. It helps people see you as an actual person, and as such believe you more
- Make sure you upload a photograph of yourself - let people identify with you and put a face to your name.
- Share your feelings and join the conversation.
- Never put affiliate or capture page links in your posts - these belong in your signature ONLY.
- Make sure you utilize your signature file to link to personally branded blogs or capture pages - people are on forums are generally interested in YOU, not your generic company page.
- Don't expect overnight results, you need to be consistent and patient with this tactic. That means posting on the same forum(s) regularly, not just a bunch of posts all at once and then nothing for days and weeks at a time.
- Make it a point to join active forums.
Social Media Marketing
Social media is HUGE. Sites like Twitter and Facebook (and several others) can offer substantial leads for your online business, if you go about it the appropriate way. Just like forums, don't make it a habit of pitching everyone you meet on your business. Create relationships!
Think of it this way. When you met someone for the very first time face to face, would you say "Hey, do you want to join my business opportunity?" Naturally not. (I hope not, anyway;))
So, why do people do that on social media sites? Meet people, build relationships with them and again, provide value. The people you meet will gradually learn to trust and respect you. From there their own natural curiosity will turn them into leads for your business, by trying to find information and links you've offered. Make sure those links aren't pointing at generic sites though, remember it's YOU these people are interested in following!
These four techniques ought to be enough to get you started! Just bear in mind these important points:
1. These aren't overnight strategies. Be patient. Be consistent.
2. Attempting to master multiple marketing techniques at the same time can be stressful and exhausting, so get good at one method at a time, implementing the others gradually as you develop each skill.
If you try to tackle them all at once, it will be overwhelming. Things will go much more smoothly if you tackle one strategy at a time and gradually increase your marketing arsenal.
Okay...time to go get marketing! Good Luck:)
Learning how to generate free MLM leads is essential to the success of any network marketer. Lynne and Chad are teaching marketers the keys to MLM lead generation so you can stop struggling and find the success you deserve!
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