Is cold calling, using a local telephone directory, a good method for attracting new PSAs?
I think cold calling using your local phone directory wouldn't be a good idea, may even become a problem.
Most people don't like telemarketers calling them at home or in their business.
Unless your using the telephone directory to look up a number for a family member or friend, I'd have to say use a different method of recruiting.
I'd drop the phone and try this out, if you have a Standing Order containing at least one S-Builder Co-op unit, you can order unlimited PSAs To Go for just $1.99 each.
I hope this helps, and this was a great question for my little opinion to answer.
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Is cold calling, using a local telephone directory, a good method for attracting new PSAs?
I think cold calling using your local phone directory wouldn't be a good idea, may even become a problem.
Most people don't like telemarketers calling them at home or in their business.
Unless your using the telephone directory to look up a number for a family member or friend, I'd have to say use a different method of recruiting.
I'd drop the phone and try this out, if you have a ...more
If you are good at Cold Calling there certainly is no reason why you should not do it. In other businesses I have used Cold Calling right from the Telephone Book to set up sales appointments with good success. Your approach will be very important. Your first few words will determine if the person you called will listen to what you have o say or hang up on you. Plan your approach carefully.
My approach was always identifying who I am and the purpose of my call. Then I offered a FREE something for an appointment to go to the person's home to make a presentation. You will need to be comfortable with your phone offer.
You may one of the few people who likes the "Cold Call" method and this may well work for you to build a local group that can work together, support one another and share ideas. All I can say is "Go for it". I would like a report sometime in the Forum maybe about how this has worked for you.
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If you are good at Cold Calling there certainly is no reason why you should not do it. In other businesses I have used Cold Calling right from the Telephone Book to set up sales appointments with good success. Your approach will be very important. Your first few words will determine if the person you called will listen to what you have o say or hang up on you. Plan your approach carefully.
My approach was always identifying who I am and the purpose of my call. Then I offered a FREE something ...more
But many times it will be difficult to make the opponent hold the phone until we finish our conversation. In a short time, we should be able to convey the message in a convincing way. Voice barriers, telephone instrument problems, signaling problems might be there.
The person whom we are dialing should have patience and time to listen.
Before calling we should keep a script ready what to be told in an understandable way in a short time. The flow should be correct without hesitation, pause, or any hindrance. Should be confident enough to handle the queries. The time when we call is very important. It should not be too early or too late of the day. It should not disturb them in any way. Before starting the conversation, it’s better to check with them whether that’s the right time to call them or whether we can take 5 minutes of their valuable time.
We need to check whether they would be interested to know about an opportunity of a second income, or whether they can market or sale our TripleClicks products. It’s better to fix an appointment to meet them in person and explain the things. Or take their mail id and send them the gateways with some attractive content. Later we can follow them up.
Hope this helps to some extent.
But many times it will be difficult to make the opponent hold the phone until we finish our conversation. In a short time, we should be able to convey the message in a convincing way. Voice barriers, telephone instrument problems, signaling problems might be there.
The person whom we are dialing should have patience and time to listen.
Before calling we should keep a script ready what to be told in an understandable way in a short time. ...more
Cold calling is old fashioned and a waste of time in this day of online communications. Calling your friend on the phone is a good idea, but only if they are a very close friend.
This is a duplication business and the last thing I want is a bunch of my down line PSAs on the phone thinking they are doing the right thing.
Most of the people I know just hang up when they get a cold call. It matters not what they say or how they say it.
All the best to you who are following the SFIMG marketing plan!
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No, I think not.
Cold calling is old fashioned and a waste of time in this day of online communications. Calling your friend on the phone is a good idea, but only if they are a very close friend.
This is a duplication business and the last thing I want is a bunch of my down line PSAs on the phone thinking they are doing the right thing.
Most of the people I know just hang up when they get a cold call. It matters not what they say or how they say it.
There is NO bad method of recruiting PSA's. Having said that, keep this in mind. If your going to phone solicit people using a phone directory, you could get in trouble with the Nations "Do Not Call List". Calling people who are on that list violates certain FCC regulations. There are ways to avoid this problem but it requires purchasing a memberships and using a whitelist phone directory. In addition it takes allot of manual time just to find interested suspects, you must cultivate into prospects! I prefer to use automated tools & methods involving online FREE Social Media Marketing like Facebook Groups, Google Communities, Twitter, Pinerest, Linkedin, Tumblr etc. Plus there's a ton of other FREE online advertizing Ezines & Papers. It's call 'Target Attraction Marketing'. Also you can use paid advertising with SFI, and the aforementioned Social Media Groups that will produce a 'targeted audience' seeking a business opportunity!
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There is NO bad method of recruiting PSA's. Having said that, keep this in mind. If your going to phone solicit people using a phone directory, you could get in trouble with the Nations "Do Not Call List". Calling people who are on that list violates certain FCC regulations. There are ways to avoid this problem but it requires purchasing a memberships and using a whitelist phone directory. In addition it takes allot of manual time just to find interested suspects, you must cultivate into ...more
In my opinion, cold calling using local telephone directory is not a good method of attracting new PSAs. Many a times, if a cold call is placed, either it is rejected or we receive a hostile reply.
My suggestion: Note down a few telephone numbers near your place of residence and pay a personal visit and introduce yourself and tell them about the online business opportunity in brief. You may get a good response from a few and follow up with them and close the deal.
With best wishes for a very successful SFI Business.
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In my opinion, cold calling using local telephone directory is not a good method of attracting new PSAs. Many a times, if a cold call is placed, either it is rejected or we receive a hostile reply.
My suggestion: Note down a few telephone numbers near your place of residence and pay a personal visit and introduce yourself and tell them about the online business opportunity in brief. You may get a good response from a few and follow up with them and close the deal.
This depends largely on your own personality and your ability to talk with people. Remember you are just a voice over the phone. You do not have much time to grab the listener's attention. Also remember SFI's reputation is on the line every time, so you've got to be professional.
Your preparations must be the very best and well thought out:
- The area where these people live. Is it an affluent area, young people, retirees, young family etc..
- The best time to make the phone calls.
- Your target area will influence how you are going to promote SFI and what and how you will say what you are going to say - language
- Prepare a script and learn it so that you don't come across as reading but genuinely believe on what you are saying.
- Never be rude or be involved with an argument on the phone with a person you have called. Never take 'No' as a personal affront - move onto the next person to call.
This depends largely on your own personality and your ability to talk with people. Remember you are just a voice over the phone. You do not have much time to grab the listener's attention. Also remember SFI's reputation is on the line every time, so you've got to be professional.
Your preparations must be the very best and well thought out:
- The area where these people live. Is it an affluent area, young people, retirees, young family etc..
- ...more
Personally I think cold calling a list of phone numbers to recruit new Personally Sponsored Affiliates is not the way to go, however if you have the time and are comfortable dialing a list of people for the first time and talking about SFI.
I prefer using Ads from TripleClicks that generate traffic to my Gateways, and purchasing PSA packs and having S-builder shares. You get a lot of new Personally Sponsored Affiliates but its a number game as quite a few are usually inactive and in order to succeed in SFI you need a strong active downline to earn large shares of duplication earnings.
Personally I think cold calling a list of phone numbers to recruit new Personally Sponsored Affiliates is not the way to go, however if you have the time and are comfortable dialing a list of people for the first time and talking about SFI.
I prefer using Ads from TripleClicks that generate traffic to my Gateways, and purchasing PSA packs and having S-builder shares. You get a lot of new Personally Sponsored Affiliates but its a number game as quite a few are usually inactive and in order ...more
I don't think any form of advertising is out of play - with cold calling, you can do well. Possibly better even than internet advertising as far as percentage of signups goes. But the thing with internet advertising is that you can reach more people - the cold calling is obviously more time-consuming for you to reach people.
So I wouldn't limit yourself to cold calling, but it is certainly one of the avenues you can pursue. Again, I think any form of advertising is good - especially in the beginning - and, over time, you will find the ones that are the most effective. You'll find the advertising methods that have the best cost-benefit ratio for you and adjust over time.
I don't think any form of advertising is out of play - with cold calling, you can do well. Possibly better even than internet advertising as far as percentage of signups goes. But the thing with internet advertising is that you can reach more people - the cold calling is obviously more time-consuming for you to reach people.
So I wouldn't limit yourself to cold calling, but it is certainly one of the avenues you can pursue. Again, I think any form of advertising is good - especially ...more
It is a good question that everyone should able to answer. Answers to this questions will make able the affiliates especially new affiliates to take a decision. Answer to this question is hidden in the game "Gold Streak" at Tripleclicks. I have found that in this game the most popular answer to the question "What is more annoying?" is, "Telemarketing Caller / marketing executives...........etc". What does it mean? It means that unwanted or unsolicited calls are annoying to receiver in almost around 90% cases or more. Sometimes, the callers are scolded very badly for making such calls to them. In India, there is a provision of choosing an option of "Do Not Disturb" (DND) for a particular mobile number. Choosing this option means they will not get unwanted calls or you can say the telemarketing callers are not allowed to make a marketing / business call on that number. So I think using the telephone directory for making calls to unknown persons will not be appropriate.
Otherwise, you may collect or purchase the email IDs of unknown persons in bulk which is safer and the receiver of the mail may read the content as per his/her convenience. I have also joined SFI after going through a mail sent to me.
Conclusively, cold calling, using a local telephone directory is not a good method for attracting new PSAs.
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It is a good question that everyone should able to answer. Answers to this questions will make able the affiliates especially new affiliates to take a decision. Answer to this question is hidden in the game "Gold Streak" at Tripleclicks. I have found that in this game the most popular answer to the question "What is more annoying?" is, "Telemarketing Caller / marketing executives...........etc". What does it mean? It means that unwanted or unsolicited calls are annoying ...more
