So Are You Building a Real List? Oh Really! I may shock you now.

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These are just SOME of the business cards I collected a couple of years back when I did a ton of local networking. Yesterday I dug them out and thought DUH Rachel. You’re building a huge list online but what about all these guys?

Now this doesn’t mean I didn’t do the trusty MLM pitch on them way back when cause the chances are I did BUT why are these peeps not in my email list receiving the odd update from me about what I have to offer them in terms of products and services (inc. Network Marketing)

What if their situation has changed? As I’m unable to be present (and don’t really want to be!) at every local networking event how on earth would they stay in touch with me?

This is a classic example of how most networkers are shown to build their candidate list and prospect everyone on it and follow up until they jump off the fence either way.

What then? Some of you may be groaning now as you see where I’m going with this.

Imagine if I (after 7 years of prospecting) had kept every contact through the trillions of leads I bought back in the day and all the networking I’ve done. And what If I’d kept all the emails of my team members who’ve slipped away?

Wow can you imagine how many people I’d be able to stay in touch with just by sending them the odd email with some cool stuff I’m learning along the way?

I’m willing to bet there are 6 figure networkers amongst you who don’t have a list that you can easily communicate with, of all your contacts from the years you’ve been building the business.

You may say ‘well I can find them in my outlook or they’re in my phone.’ What about when you change your phone or your computer dies and you shift to a new one and lose all those email addresses and numbers?

I know it happens cause it has happened to me. SO. What can YOU do today even if you have no BLOG and no capture page and are a complete tecnno twit?

What is your strategy for offering them value to keep them connected with you, rather than phoning them up every 6 months to see if they’re ‘ready’ to give you their credit card number? They may never be ready for your MLM business but they might be ready to buy an MLM product or a cool marketing product from you. (No and before you think of excuses you don’t need to make one yourself!)

Start reconnecting with ALL of the people you know inc. the dreaded friends and family and just ask them if you can pop them on your email list to stay in touch with them now and then so they can forward on the info to anyone they know who might find it helpful.

This is for you if you’ve got piles of old contacts that didn’t join your MLM – do you think they might buy an MLM product from you down the road if you were to stay in touch with them … AND

It’s ALSO for you newbies (I know you’re there) who think you have nothing to offer cause you’re not a ‘GURU.’ You don’t need to be a guru to build your own list.

From now on everyone you meet, instead of breaking out in a cold sweat about how you’re gonna ‘get em in’ your MLM, focus on how you can be in touch with them again.

Collect their card and or get their name to connect on Facebook. If they are business people ask them if you can add them to your mailing list so you can be in touch with them now.

You see how it works?

If you have an auto-responder (with 12 peeps in it!) get cracking. You can add them easily to a list of say ‘local business people’ or ‘family and friends’ and just drop them an informal email to let them know you will be sending them stuff that may help them or someone they know. (They can opt out if they don’t want to be on it but just ask them if it’s ok)

If you are truly doing this, by the end of the year you could have thousands of people on your list ranging from the local right through to peeps you meet on holiday or MLM trips.

Warning. If you don’t do this you are gambling. Will they join my MLM now or not? Yes = cool
No = complete waste of time and no relationship building and no long term safety net

Ok getting the idea? Even if you have no auto-responder (come on guys its $9 a month to build your security) you can still do this even with a card box or manual emails. Not my cup of tea but really there are no excuses for not being in touch with people over a long period of time.

Here’s my old card box from my first company when I was an MLM virgin and retail ninja. These guys are not in my email list! Gonna put that right though now.

Do what you know how to do today. Don’t make excuses. If you only have an empty card filebox like this then use it. That is the start of your ‘list,’ The golden nugget here is that you must make a way to stay in touch with these people even when they are not just current customers or prospects.

I made thousands and thousands of pounds with this box and you can do the same with your list even if you have no one on it yet. We all know people and you can start to add them not sell them!

Social networking has made it thousands of times easier to reconnect so start rebuilding your connections today. I’m gonna add all those people on these cards to a list and drop them a little email. If there’s no email I’ll be looking for them on Facebook or phoning them just to reconnect and ask if its ok to add them to my mailing list to stay in touch.

If you need an autoresponder I highly recommend this one. It’s super easy to use and you can manually add people as long as you’re telling them you’re doing it. Yes this is an affiliate link and you can get a free trial here if you want. Set Up Cheap Auto-Responder

Ok enough list ranting but really it had to be said!

I set up a new Business Page on Facebook so please come ‘like’ me and let’s connect over there too. I’ll be giving out lots of tips and training for building your business.I seem to be having trouble with people finding this page so if you try to ‘like’ me and can’t see it could you pretty please leave me a comment to let me know? (Thanks)
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Today I’m going to share with your some information about how to build your network marketing prospect list.

You may be in the position that I was for a long time: I had lots of leads in lots of different locations such as; an MLM company website back office and/or an affiliate program such as the Magnetic Sponsoring system.

I started to understand some time ago that I needed my own list if I was going to create a long term business which provided value to my subscribers and enabled me to build a business that leveraged the internet.

I bought many online courses and products that were supposed to provide real solutions but many of them left me more confused than when I started!

The problem was I didn’t know how to do it! Really I had no idea until I found Mike Klingler’s ‘How I Built My First List,’ training.

How many of you know deep down inside that if you were in touch with all of the prospects that you have spoken to over the past couple of years about your business, some of them might now find it is the right time for them to join your MLM? (Or purchase an affiliate or retail product through you)

The idea of phoning them all up is not a nice one though is it? Emailing them perhaps? Ok but the chances of you having all the current emails is pretty remote.

So what’s the answer? Well the answer (and the money .. is in the list!)

I’m not talking about going back to people to say ‘Are you ready to join xyz company now?’ I’m talking about a much more elegant way of doing business.

This is the ‘value based model’ with attraction marketing. You stay in touch with people by offering little bits of value that attracts them back into your world on a consistent basis.

This can be tailored to any business or objective. You may be focussed on your products so you would create value around i.e.; health and wellness, if you market those kinds of products in your MLM.

If you are a business builder then you can provide value around the benefits of working for yourself, residual income, owning your life, having freedom to work when you want to etc. etc.

If you don’t build a list you are generally starting from scratch each time a prospect says no or they are not ready to join. You lose them and it is not a fun way to do business. In fact when analysed in the cold light of day in the marketing world it is an absolute idiot’s guide to wasting time.

We now have tools and technology that can make it very simple for you to be in touch with your prospects for years, leveraging your time with automated systems.

Even if you are building primarily offline, you can still benefit hugely by popping your prospects into your auto-responder messages so they get nice regular updates from you, providing value about your industry.

Ok so you can pop them into your filing cabinet but as your filing cabinet, or ‘follow up box’ are not automated and generally don’t dial your prospects on there own, it is not going to leverage your time very well and we are in the 21st century here. HELLO!!!

For those of you who are still mystified by the possibilities of building a list and providing real value to your prospects, I have something very exciting for you.

Mike Klingler, of Renegade Professional fame recently put together one of the most dynamic and helpful training classes I have ever participated in.

He made a video series of tutorials, with his unique training style which really has to be experienced to fully appreciate. The course is split into 3 videos, each one of at least 1 hour and accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation so you can easily revisit the key points without watching all the videos again.

Mike Klingler is very well known for creating his first list of 1172 prospects in 3 days, without using Pay per Click Ad words or SEO, Search Engine Optimisation methods.

Now he is sharing exactly how he did it, and unlike many of the MLM gurus out there, Mike really shows you, not just tells you… how to do things.

The videos give real life examples of successful online marketers using hot tools like Twitter, You Tube, and other social sites as ‘fishing pools.’

The course also covers in detail the following:

1)The foundation - why to build a list and what key components need to be set up to fully maximise your online attraction marketing cash machine. How to generate leads and provide real value.

2)A step-by-step study on how to model Mike Klingler’s actions when he built his first list. You will learn how to customise this for your services, products or opportunity with your unique style.

3)How to become an expert and stand out from the crowd of MLMers all preaching the same old message, ‘xyz company is the best blah blah blah.’ Instead learn how to turn your own experience, skills and knowledge into value and authentically attract your target market or niche to you.

When you do this your followers and subscribers do start to buy from you almost instantly. It is incredible and I am experiencing the power of becoming more valuable first hand as I develop my attraction marketing business model.

If you are sincerely looking for a way to build streams of income from home (enabling you to go full time in your business in this lifetime!!) and want to learn how to leverage the internet to attract prospects to you then there is no better resource out there today than this.

Absolute beginners can start with the foundation and completely get it. If you’re more advanced but are missing some key parts of how to do things, what to actually say on Twitter, how to tap into social media to fish for hot prospects (without coming across as if you are spamming them or desperate,) then this is going to be of tremendous value to you.

You can sign up and get immediate access to this course here and start building your own list within a couple of days:

If you are already a Renegade Professional member then you can access this amazing training in the back office under ‘Special Bonuses.’ You can sign up for free Renegade University membership here if you want to have a look around but to access this specialised course you will need to upgrade to Renegade Professional as soon as it re-opens for new students so that you can take advantage of the free bonus.

One off purchase will be good for those of you that are not keen on monthly commitments but need a kick start to get yourself going online.

The monthly membership for Renegade Professional is an incredible resource for those who want continuous training and support for attraction marketing and as it is another stream of income in itself, your training can be completely paid for.

Finally don’t forget to download your free copy of my attraction marketing report which gives you’re the blueprint and overview for setting up your cash machine online and explains the best resources available to you and how my team and I use them to build our MLM business.

I am offering a complimentary attraction marketing consultation when you sign up for this course through me, as a special bonus. More details about how to contact me and how to book your consultation on the ‘About Rachel Henke,’ Page at the top of this blog.

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