24 Feb 2008 12:33:15 | Ed Forteau
“But, these people are telling me NO and I don’t like the way
that feels,” he told me.
“The same rejection, real or imagined, that make some people
$10,000 per month in this industry will cause others to abandon
their dreams,” I replied.
In the MLM industry, you see the heavy hitters who know how to
work MLM leads flourish no matter if the industry is up, down or
flat. Why? What do they know that the masses buying MLM leads
don’t know? How are they able to quickly and easily get through
enough leads and find the right people to give them a $10,000+
per month lifestyle?
There’s a quote I use in our seminars, “The fire that burns one
person warms another”.
Heavy hitters know how to get warmed and not burned in working
MLM leads.
First, a couple of facts.
FACT #1 – MLM lead quality has steadily gone down over the last
10 years.
FACT #2 – The quantity of leads has risen and well the as the
number of MLM lead companies.
Fact #3 – MLM lead lists are sold over and over again. The
people you call have heard their phone ring many times from
these lists!
Being at the junction of these three facts is needlessly hurting
tens of thousands of well intentioned MLMr’s.
Our survey of top MLM lead list buyers who make full-time
incomes has revealed three critical points.
Critical point #1 – A manual phone sort after an internet
automated sort is no longer enough. You used to be able to ask
someone 3-4 qualifying questions and determine who you should
take through your information process. Not anymore. Now the
numbers you need take through most systems are three to four
times what they were just a few years ago.
Critical point #2 – Heavy hitters tell us rejection never feels
like rejection if it’s from someone who truly can be successful
in MLM. It the prospect is truly high quality, they’ll take a
serious look at your opportunity in a business-like fashion.
That is a good feeling. This is opposite of the millions of tire
kickers and wannabees filling out lead inquiry forms as you read
this. These low quality prospects drain the life blood out of
you. That kind of rejection is blood curdling.
Critical point #3 – Successful heavy hitters look at time
management differently. They are using the 80/20 rule to their
advantage. How? By getting in a position to only get rejected by
capable prospects. Knowing low quality prospects can’t move
their business forward, they continually seek ways to only talk
to higher probable prospects.
Capable prospects who are also looking are the people you need
to build a strong six-figure income. Capable means they have the
ability to build a business. They’ll have a bigger warm circle
of influence, better people skills, ability to inspire and lead
a group, stay on auto-ship longer, buy a sufficient number of
MLM leads every month, and they’ll enter your opportunity at
higher levels. Any MLM lead list contains about 23% of what we
call these “top tier” prospects.
Looking means they’re ready to take action immediately after
they’ve been through your information process. Frustration is
talking to or sponsoring someone who is looking but NOT capable.
Here lies the big problem in the industry. MLM lead list brokers
only tell you who’s looking. The process of optimizing MLM leads
tells you who’s probable of being successful.
We’ve noticed heavy hitters have been the early adopters of MLM
lead optimization.
Because they are time conscious and want to only be softly
rejected by capable people, they’re only calling 20-25% of their
MLM lead lists. They’re focusing 80% of their time on capable
and looking prospects.
The time they’re saving by not prospecting and working with the
wrong prospects is spent with the family, traveling and enjoying
their MLM lifestyle.
About Author :
Ed Forteau is the Co-Founder of www.OptimizedMLMLeads.com His is
the only company in the MLM lead list industry which optimizes
MLM lists to pinpoint the prospects most probable of being
capable.