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		<title>Tips for Hiring Successful Telephone Sales Professionals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessy Mobile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem that hiring successful telephone sales professionals makes all the difference when it comes to having a successful"ahead of the game"l sales-related business. The right telemarketers can raise your revenues and serve as a reflection of the positive aspects of your company in the customers' minds. There are numerous things to take into consideration when trying to hire new telemarketers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by Jessy Mobile</div>
<p>It would seem that hiring successful telephone sales professionals makes all the difference when it comes to having a successful&#8221;ahead of the game&#8221;l sales-related business. The right telemarketers can raise your revenues and serve as a reflection of the positive aspects of your company in the customers&#8217; minds. There are numerous things to take into consideration when trying to hire new telemarketers.<br />
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What follows are the six keys for hiring extraordinary telesales experts which include: reviewing the candidate&#8217;s past experience, taking the time to verify their references, asking for referrals from other professionals, giving them a phone interview, and trusting your instincts.</p>
<p>The first key for finding qualified telemarketers is to review their past telemarketing experience. The last thing you want to do is hire telemarketers without experience because this is a tough business and you want to know that your team can handle it.</p>
<p>Strategy number two to employing good telephone salespeople is to properly confirm their references. Their previous employer or client can let you know exactly how this candidate has been at achieving their sales goals and maintaining a professional image.</p>
<p>The third key for finding qualified telemarketers is to ask for referrals from other businesspeople in similar businesses. If you know a company that has achieved good results with telemarketers, you should inquire as to how they found them so you can follow the same steps and secure qualified professional telephone salespeople for your organization.</p>
<p>The fourth tip for employing good telephone salespeople is to interview them by phone. This dialogue should be like a tryout for the position and you can even have candidates for the job do a sales call role-play to analyze their abilities.</p>
<p>The fifth key for finding qualified telemarketers is to verify their past results wherever possible. True professional telephone sales people know their closing ratios and can easily give you their numbers, because a professionall knows how many dials it takes to make a sale.</p>
<p>The sixth and last strategy for employing good telephone salespeople is to listen to your intuition. Talking to your prospective telemarketers over the telephone should give you a decent picture of the type of impact they will have on your customers and how they will characterize your business.</p>
<p>Taking these six tips for hiring at top of ladder telephone sales experts into consideration will allow you to find skilled professional telemarketers that can greatly improve your sales figures. Finding gifted telephone sales pros to hire can be tough, but it is worth the trouble since they are so valuable. Realistically, they control the success of your business to a great extent.</p>
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		<title>Top 5 Reasons Your Website Doesn&#8217;t Make Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Armstrong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making money online is the goal of tens of thousands of would-be internet entrepreneurs. For many people, this is easier said than done. For others, making money online seems to come easy. The difference between these two groups of people is not in the skill set alone, but also in the mindset. Now, positive thinking alone will not make you a ton of money, but once you have your website all set up, you can follow some of the following advice to make sure your mom isn't your only visitor and hopefully you'll be able to move out of her basement.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by Brian Armstrong</div>
<p>Making money online is the goal of tens of thousands of would-be internet entrepreneurs. For many people, this is easier said than done. For others, making money online seems to come easy. The difference between these two groups of people is not in the skill set alone, but also in the mindset. Now, positive thinking alone will not make you a ton of money, but once you have your website all set up, you can follow some of the following advice to make sure your mom isn&#8217;t your only visitor and hopefully you&#8217;ll be able to move out of her basement.<br />
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Reason 1: You forgot about marketing. This is kinda one of those &#8220;duh&#8221; moments, but if you build this amazing site (or even a totally lame site) and don&#8217;t have a marketing plan, your likelihood of making money accidently is virtually non-existent. Basically, don&#8217;t forget about marketing. With every business plan you ever come up with, there should be a detailed marketing plan included. </p>
<p>Reason 2: You&#8217;re too focused on the look and feel of your website. Some of the ugliest websites ever are making more money than your website. When I first started making websites, I would spend hours getting a template ready which usually included the graphics for the various pages. The problem was, these templates would never be just right and the websites would always be &#8220;under construction&#8221;. Don&#8217;t make the same mistakes I did. Your entire focus when it comes to the design should be setting up a website that doesn&#8217;t distract people from why they are there. I use templates with a light background and dark text. This makes the site easy to read. </p>
<p>Reason 3: You website doesn&#8217;t sell. When visitors actually get to your site, does your site do an effective job at convincing people to give you their money? Does your website have an irresistible offer? Have you tested this offer? These are a few questions that you should keep in mind while you&#8217;re designing your site. One mistake webmasters make is that they assume their visitors think like they do. Test all of your assumptions. If you aren&#8217;t testing, you&#8217;re losing money. This is the reason that in some niche markets, certain internet marketers can make money while others lose money. </p>
<p>Reason 4: You don&#8217;t write any articles. Outside of paying for each visitor to your site through something like pay per click, writing articles is one of the very best ways to get traffic. Articles help with not only traffic from some of the larger article websites, but this also produces several links back to your website which is one of the main factors that determines where your website will rank within the search engines. </p>
<p>Reason 5: You don&#8217;t do pay-per-click advertising. Of all the ways to get into a market, pay-per-click is one of the very best simply because its so scientific. There&#8217;s definitely a component of art and psychology that goes into marketing, but all of this is very testable meaning you can test it. You can test which keywords produce sales, which advertisements produce sales and which landing pages produce results. This is something you can&#8217;t achieve with any other method as quickly. </p>
<p>Making money from your website doesn&#8217;t have to be complicated. Remember that succeeding in business is a matter of consistent effort applied to correct principles. In a big way, business is a numbers game. A certain amount of visitors are going to click on your link and a percentage of those will convert into customers. Increasing your percentages at each stage can be achieved through statistical analysis and testing various components of the ad copy.</p>
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		<title>Marketing Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever thought of getting into a marketing business? one of the most common marketing businesses of today is network marketing business which is capable of giving you a very good foundation when it comes to advancing your career with a marketing business.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by Michelle Johnson</div>
<p>Ever thought of getting into a marketing business? one of the most common marketing businesses of today is network marketing business which is capable of giving you a very good foundation when it comes to advancing your career with a marketing business.<br />
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The initial thing that you may consider in beginning a network marketing business, same as any other business, you have to formulate a business plan or your company. Like how would you like your business to grow with you as a marketer. It definitely is crucial that you know the basics like, what business are you going to put up with as well as your target market.</p>
<p>Now,what are your marketing business goals? You should have goals to make sure you meet the demands of your company and you meet the demands of the people that you provide your services to. You need to know how much time would it take for your marketing business to keep up with other businesses in the industry. It&#8217;s no joke. It&#8217;s no that easy to get into marketing business, there are many competitors when it comes to networking marketing business ventures. So you should double the effort in making your marketing business plan successful so you can move forward compared to others.</p>
<p>You should know that a network marketing business normally works hand in hand with companies who would like their products or services sold on the Internet. And these online users are your target market . Make sure of creating a very good business relationship with them, make a steadfast committal with customers, might as well make them your friends. That would definitely be easier for you to take in profit in doing it this way though.</p>
<p>Have in mind that what you would like to have is a marketing business and what you need is a gradual improvement for your business. You have to let your business grow at a slow pace, and eventually you will be able to notice the difference from time to time.</p>
<p>It is not advisable for you to take advantage of short term promises for marketing business partnerships or transactions that will would soon bring you to a realization that this is not what you like for your marketing business . Since you already have goals that can be achieved realistically, your marketing business plan would work and you&#8217;ll surely see money going into your pocket accidentally faster than you have it planned.</p>
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<div class='links'>Marketing your business can be the toughest task when taking on your home business. Michelle Johnson runs her own marketing business <a href="http://michellej.myworlddiscounts.com">MyWorldPlus</a> she has tips on how to market your business for free visit: <a href="http://www.fullofinfo.blogspot.com">Her Blog Here</a></div>
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		<title>Hidden Facts In Wealth Creation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are now obsessed with the idea of becoming rich. The economy has taken a downturn in the last few years and for most individuals it is all about survival. Many multinationals have closed shop and the ones that are still in business are barely surviving. The idea of wealth creation is a new concept for many. The financial hardships that you are facing should not put you down because there are many ways to pull yourself out of this situation. These strategies will help you make as much money as you want.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by Patrick Adams</div>
<p>Many people are now obsessed with the idea of becoming rich. The economy has taken a downturn in the last few years and for most individuals it is all about survival. Many multinationals have closed shop and the ones that are still in business are barely surviving. The idea of wealth creation is a new concept for many. The financial hardships that you are facing should not put you down because there are many ways to pull yourself out of this situation. These strategies will help you make as much money as you want.<br />
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The very first of wealth secret steps is to have sound wealth creation strategies. There are strategies being peddled all over as the perfect guide to ultimate wealth but it turns out to be get rich quick money scams that will leave you more frustrated than even before. Some are online while others give you tons and tons of literature to read through but with nothing in the end to show for it. Before even setting your foot into any wealth unlocking venture, it is imperative to evaluate your self and see if you are ready for it.</p>
<p>Make use of all the skills and experience that you have in the business opportunity that you chose to explore. You cannot succeed if you do not follow these instructions even tough you read all the material that claims to have wealth secrets. Attending workshops might not help either if you do not apply the necessary entrepreneurial skills.</p>
<p>You just won&#8217;t hack it. You need to have an elaborate business plan laid down whether it is a conventional business venture or whether you are looking for ways to make money online. And make sure your idea is original and unique. It may be modeled on another idea but it should be customized to fit your need and goals.</p>
<p>Another aspect in the secret to wealth is how the way you relate to the universe. It is necessary for you to maintain a good connection with the world through meditation and having good discipline. When you couple this with the skills and hard work that you will put into the business, you are sure to make lots of money. This is the method that has been applied by most wealthy individuals. If you follow these guidelines the economic crisis will not be of concern to you in any way.</p>
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<div class='links'>Patrick Adams, a successful direct marketer has come up with a successful key through the website <a href="http://www.KeyOfWealth.com">http://www.KeyOfWealth.com</a>. This is an essential key for <a href="http://www.KeyOfWealth.com">wealth creation</a>. Top marketing Gurus help you to make money online by providing successful wealth creation strategies.</div>
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		<title>Social Media: Chiropractic Marketing&#8217;s Hot New Face</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Loop DC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When speaking with the average chiropractor, it is apparent that critical entrepreneurial thinking is still not stressed in school. Hence, why many doctors never make it in the long term in practice. In fact, the chiropractic profession has the highest student loan default rate of any medical profession. Most of the reason for this that the doctors are taught to be great technicians and have good diagnostic ability but that alone does not pay the overhead each month. Many believe they will just hang-up their sign and people will flock through the door. Well, I have news for the dreamers! Times are changing very quickly and the fast learners will profit heavily and grow their practices to astonishing heights while the laggards will be sucked under with the sinking economy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by Matthew Loop, DC</div>
<p>When speaking with the average chiropractor, it is apparent that critical entrepreneurial thinking is still not stressed in school. Hence, why many doctors never make it in the long term in practice. In fact, the chiropractic profession has the highest student loan default rate of any medical profession. Most of the reason for this that the doctors are taught to be great technicians and have good diagnostic ability but that alone does not pay the overhead each month. Many believe they will just hang-up their sign and people will flock through the door. Well, I have news for the dreamers! Times are changing very quickly and the fast learners will profit heavily and grow their practices to astonishing heights while the laggards will be sucked under with the sinking economy.<br />
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Are you still using outmoded marketing and advertising techniques?  Postcards, newspaper drops, and telemarketing are pass.  Networking at the chamber of commerce or trade shows generates few if any real referrals.  The absolute best form of marketing available today is actually 100% free, and has been proven successful time and again.</p>
<p>Only recently (3 years after I let the cat out of the bag), have many doctors begun inquiring about what we classify as fresh Web 2.0 / SEO marketing strategies. I was the first and only one in the chiropractic profession to bring social networks to public awareness, as I was getting massive amounts of new patients coming into my office from Myspace, Facebook, and YouTube.</p>
<p>I had many well-known consultants come to me and basically beg and plead for my secret strategies I was sharing with a select group of chiropractors. Many would try and be sneaky, actually call me from private numbers but they would give me an email or contact information that I could trace-back to a consulting firm. I always thought this was funny because these guys are stuck in the realm of competition, whereas I&#8217;m an entrepreneur and creator.</p>
<p>Social networks are absolutely free to join and can reap massive rewards if you know how to position yourself as an expert in the community. Many chiropractors make the mistake of spamming others when they initially get on networks like Myspace, Facebook, and YouTube. Then, they wonder why they get kicked off in little time. So what do they then do? Many will bash this type of chiropractic marketing and claim it doesn&#8217;t work instead of faulting themselves for not seeking out the proper coaching and guidance. They&#8217;ve already destroyed credibility with their primary niche and have blown a perfect opportunity to bring in boatloads of new patients from social media sites.</p>
<p>If you want to succeed in social networking, you must be credible above all else.  This means that your contacts and &#8216;friends&#8217; have to feel that you bring some value to the community.  Serious thought must be put in to designing your profile page, and the information that you place there.  Your page should be interesting, captivating, fun and engaging.</p>
<p>Similarly, when using a site like YouTube where members can post their own videos, you have to be able to create content that is useful and fun.  There is a lot of competition on YouTube, but for those who can garner a following, the benefits are extraordinary.</p>
<p>The world of online marketing is new and different from what many doctors are used to, but the benefits are so great that they are now beginning to realize the potential.  To learn everything you need to know, you could take a year off and dedicate your time to becoming a Web 2.0 guru; or if you&#8217;re smart, you&#8217;ll find someone who has already &#8216;been there, done that&#8217; to guide you as you establish yourself as a force to be reckoned with online.</p>
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<div class='links'>Ever curious how to use social media to easily get an extra 15 new patients / month with <a href="http://dcincome.com">Chiropractic Marketing</a>? Learn how to earn $30,000 / month and create other MSI&#8217;s with this ultimate social media / SEO video training course. Visit <a href="http://dcincome.com">http://dcincome.com</a> now.</div>
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		<title>MLM Basics &#8211; The Multi Level Marketing Business Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Dodge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MLM, also known as Multi Level Marketing, can be a wonderful method for achieving your personal and financial dreams when combined with the power of the Internet.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by George Dodge</div>
<p>MLM, also known as Multi Level Marketing, can be a wonderful method for achieving your personal and financial dreams when combined with the power of the Internet.<br />
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There are literally hundreds of companies which use this business model to move their products from production to the end user and my goal in this article is to provide you with the simple facts on what this industry IS and what it is NOT!</p>
<p>You can only make an informed educated decision as to whether or not this business concept if right for you if you have the required information upon which to make that decision. I hope to provide some of that information in this article.</p>
<p>Multi Level Marketing is nothing more that a business model that uses independent distributors with a multi level commission payout plan to move products from production to the consumer.</p>
<p>There are many myths about MLM companies, including that they are illegal pyramid schemes or scams. For true Multi Level Marketing companies, nothing could be further from the truth. Unfortunately, those who believe these myths, simply do not understand how MLM companies work.</p>
<p>First you need to know that Multi Level Marketing companies are 100% legal and many large multi-million dollar companies employ this business model to move their products from production to the consumer. The pyramid shape associated with MLM companies is the same shape as almost all non MLM companies. There are always more workers in the lower ranks than there are senior managers, Vice Presidents, and CEOs. If companies were not of this shape, they would collapse. </p>
<p>Some of the best known MLM companies include Amway, Shaklee, Tupperware, Princess House, a subsidiary of Colgate Palmolive, A.L. Williams, Mary Kay Cosmetics, U.S. Sprint, MCI, Melaleuca, and NSA. These companies have been around for decades. </p>
<p>There are actually 100&#8217;s to 1,000&#8217;s more Multi Level Marketing companies. Like other companies, some are good and some are not so good. But one thing is for sure. MLM is here to stay, and it is an explosive growth field! Fortune 500 companies are even increasingly including the Network Marketing business model for some portion of their marketing portfolio!</p>
<p>So what&#8217;s the big attraction to MLM companies and programs? Well, it represents a wonderful opportunity for the &#8220;little guy&#8221; to start his own business on a part time basis and make a whole lot of money provided he or she is willing to put in some work! This is not a get rich quick scheme and work is involved, no matter what some MLM recruiters would like you to believe.</p>
<p>John Paul Getty is often quoted as having said that he would always prefer earning 1% of a hundred peoples efforts than 100% of his own efforts. And that is precisely what Multi Level Marketing is all about. The Multi Level Marketing sales force members are not actually employees of the company, but instead they are independent distributors who are compensated for their efforts by commission based on the amount of product moved by not only themselves, but also by those whom they recruit as distributors.</p>
<p>What makes the business &#8220;multi level&#8221; is that each independent distributor can recruit other independent distributors to work under them and earn a wholesale commission on the amount products their recruited distributors move to consumers. And this process can go on and on for some designated number of levels. This chain of distributors is called a downline. </p>
<p>The more people a distributor can recruit for his downline, the larger will be their total commissions. The number of levels that a distributor will earn override commissions on will depend upon the company&#8217;s compensation plan but five to seven or more levels is not unusual. These wholesale override commissions can quickly add up for distributors with a large downline.</p>
<p>Thus, there is a strong incentive for a distributor to not only recruit more distributors below them, but to also train them and retain them as part of his or her downline. So a successful distributor must be able to duplicate their success in their downline members.</p>
<p>Building large stable residual income is therefore the result of successfully recruiting, training, and retaining others. The better one is at doing these things, the larger their income will become. While it is not necessarily easy, it can be very rewarding.</p>
<p>Millions of people are discovering the advantages of being their own boss and working from home with the MLM business model. A basic computer, telephone, fax machine, a HUGE ambition, and the knowledge of how to proceed to grow your business are all it really takes! To learn how to properly build a MLM business online and learn some of the common Multi Level Marketing myths that cause people to fail in their Network Marketing businesses, click the links in the resource box below.</p>
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<div class='links'>George Dodge is an Internet MLM Coach. To build a strong MLM business online, he recommends <a href="http://Multilevel-Maketing-123.com">The Renegade Marketer</a>. For a better understanding of the MLM industry, also download the FREE ebook, <a href="http://www.multilevel-network-marketing.com">The 7 Great Lies of Network Marketing</a></div>
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		<title>Types of Leads to Buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Dedrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying leads can be very smart or very foolish - depending upon which way you play your cards (so to speak). Some people say that when you buy leads you waste your money. It's true; it can be risky and can often result in little return on investment. But that is only when you buy unqualified or untargeted leads. Buying leads can be extremely lucrative when you buy quality leads. They will cost you more, but the return on investment will be impressive.]]></description>
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<p>Buying leads can be very smart or very foolish &#8211; depending upon which way you play your cards (so to speak). Some people say that when you buy leads you waste your money. It&#8217;s true; it can be risky and can often result in little return on investment. But that is only when you buy unqualified or untargeted leads. Buying leads can be extremely lucrative when you buy quality leads. They will cost you more, but the return on investment will be impressive.<br />
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There are several different types of leads that you can buy. These include email leads and phone leads. Email leads need to be extremely targeted as the person has a choice whether to open the email or not. If the email is not targeted to the lead&#8217;s interests, then you are wasting your time. On the other hand, a highly targeted group of leads can respond extremely well to emails.</p>
<p>Cold calling phone leads are the old fashioned method, but still work well in many circumstances. You will have to get used to rejection when buying phone leads, but that is the nature of the game. You should have some success, too, if the leads are quality ones.</p>
<p>Before you buy leads, always ask or find out what sort of information was utilized to target them and how they were generated. This is very important information and if the lead seller or broker cannot or will not tell you, then move on to someone else as they are likely selling unqualified leads. These bring no benefit to you; they only benefit the company selling the leads.</p>
<p>One of the best ways to getting qualified leads is by generating them yourself. This involves using a system that can pre-qualify the leads for you. This means they are exclusive only to you and can be targeted for your business.</p>
<p>Should you buy leads? Only you can truly answer that question, but when you do decide to purchase leads, make sure you find out how the leads were generated and, of course, what sort of information or incentives were used to target the leads. You must know all of this information before proceeding to avoid disappointment.</p>
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		<title>Does Your Prospecting Company Have The Skills?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Stanfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you look at any successful prospecting firm to work with, there are certain telephone prospecting skills in place which will shine. These are the reasons that you will want to work with a company to further build your business.]]></description>
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<p>When you look at any successful prospecting firm to work with, there are certain telephone prospecting skills in place which will shine. These are the reasons that you will want to work with a company to further build your business.<br />
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 A good prospecting firm will focus on solving your potential client&#8217;s solutions. It is not always about who has the best salespeople. It is important to have employees who can connect with your potential clients. Any employee should be able to pick up a script written for your company and have similar results to others. The script will be important in that the employees can cover certain key points with any prospect over the phone. It also allows the employees to be in charge of the conversation.   </p>
<p> Prospecting companies also can often demonstrate their calling centers. This is important simply so that you can get a better idea of what goes on. You may even want to ask if you can hear them call on some of your prospects. This is a give and take relationship that you want to develop when working with a prospecting company. This give and take relationship will evolve through constant communication. This communication will help in developing an idea what kind of results you want along with good insights about your prospective clients that a prospecting firm may not know.   </p>
<p> A great deal of direct marketing is done simply so that prospects are aware of a certain company. The direct mail is done so that when the prospecting company calls, it is a warm call versus a cold call. This is why good telephone prospecting skills are so important. If they are not used, you will have wasted your money on the prospecting firm along with what it cost to do the direct mail.   </p>
<p> Telephone prospecting is what needs to be focused on. It is not about sales but rather about building a list of interested prospects. This can help in closing business for you. This helps with higher success rates than when merely cold calling for business. You can find that your company will be more successful having a prospecting firm set appointments than simply call for business.   </p>
<p> Any prospecting firm worth its salt should be able to demonstrate the telephone prospecting skills in place. This would involve a consistent script along with trained salespeople. A prospecting company is very important in that you should be comfortable in the knowledge that you should see positive results in a short period of time.</p>
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		<title>Does your mlm business have the stamp of excellence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wallen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone out there in mlm land. I hope your struggles and all those objections you'll have to overcome will be at a minimum for you today. One thing I've learned is, it helps not to take yourself to seriously, and I'm serious about that. It works great in any home business, trust me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by John Wallen</div>
<p>Hello, everyone out there in mlm land. I hope your struggles and all those objections you&#8217;ll have to overcome will be at a minimum for you today. One thing I&#8217;ve learned is, it helps not to take yourself to seriously, and I&#8217;m serious about that. It works great in any home business, trust me.<br />
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Lets focus on excellence if you got a minute. You see so many achieving great things, as though their is no ceiling in every opportunity for them. This is a fact and they do make the effort, and it just goes to show you if your willing to figure it out, the sky is the limit. No if&#8217;s, and&#8217;s, or but&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Ok, before I continue, I would like us all to do the mlm signature pose. Just stand and put your one arm resting on the other, then rest your chin on your fist, then look intellegently confused. Alright, that&#8217;s the way, you can sit down now and we&#8217;ll move on.</p>
<p>The problem I see, is especially with many newcomers in the home business industry, whether mlm or what ever, is they sponsor very little or not at all. They sit in on the training but still have a hard time sponsoring. Well, that probably has to do with old school or internet marketing methods that don&#8217;t work anymore.</p>
<p>Do you know where I&#8217;m coming from? You try everything your company has provided you with, do all your marketing chores everyday, and no new prospects. Now how much did you pay to be an affiliate, $750, $1750, maybe even $2750? And you struggle not knowing what to do or where to turn anymore.</p>
<p>Getting back to excellence, that&#8217;s not even tugging on the last thread of it. You joined a mlm opportunity for a reason, spent time looking at all the compensation plans and products, how the companies are set up, and your hopes of growing a network are not coming close to hatching. What&#8217;s it going to take to sponsor a handfull of reps to get of to a good start?</p>
<p>Many will jump from program to program wasting money, thinking it&#8217;s the company they joined. They are looking for a magic lamp not a serious opportunity to roll up their sleeve&#8217;s to get it done. That&#8217;s all it really takes is the right knowledge and a little dedication to build any mlm network. You have to offer excellence, and something that is effecient for you and your future downline. Thats all there is to it!</p>
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		<title>A piece of the puzzle that your home business needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Wallen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So not long ago you became involved in a home business, convinced yourself your going to be great at this. Your going to get rich, expensive car, travel the world, have complete control over eveything, and don't forget be your own boss. Sleep in if you like, no more kissing anybody's you know what.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='font-style:italic;' class='byline'>by John Wallen</div>
<p>So not long ago you became involved in a home business, convinced yourself your going to be great at this. Your going to get rich, expensive car, travel the world, have complete control over eveything, and don&#8217;t forget be your own boss. Sleep in if you like, no more kissing anybody&#8217;s you know what.<br />
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Your companies compensation plan is over whelming, the product is the newest trend and will fly off the shelfs. When people go to your website, they will see how unbelievable it is and want to join. The company has it set up so I won&#8217;t have to do hardly a thing. Click and paste, that&#8217;s all there is to it.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s see it&#8217;s been 4 or 5 months and you actually got 2 people to come on board? Then they didn&#8217;t last that long, and you can&#8217;t believe after all the time you spent doing all that posting it didn&#8217;t get any better than that. What the heck is wrong with everybody, are they all clueless.</p>
<p>I suppose that&#8217;s the way it goes down for some, regardless of what advise they get they never get a handle on networking. Each day they work the tools that have been provide them by their company, only to be dissapointed to get maybe 2 visitors a week at their website. That&#8217;s no way to get ahead.</p>
<p>What you need to realize is, there&#8217;s more than being diciplined and using those tools for your marketing chores to drive traffic to your opportunity website. I&#8217;m not talking about spending money each week on phone leads, not a chance. They call them warm leads, already interested, uh huh.</p>
<p>Just about each and everytime that missing piece most networkers never discover, keeps them from success. Burned out from the roller coaster of emotions, partly because they thought their home business was going to solve all their problems with the push of a button, they are now fed up. It&#8217;s that missing piece of the puzzle everytime.</p>
<p>I read through my opportunity website every week. It inspire&#8217;s the heck out of me, everything is so perfect. How the products and the compensation plan are laid out is amazing. Each and every visitor looking for a great opportunity should connect to this inner genius. But that&#8217;s not the way it is unless you have a reliable sponsoring system, otherwise your spinning your wheels.</p>
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