I need ideas for recruiting without paying

[Homemom]

Any ideas? I have been entering forums and boards and of course socially! Help it is not moving quick enough for me.
Thanks.

[Liz Tomey]

Can you be more specific? It really depends on what you are trying to promote...

Liz Tomey

[mysexysexysensationsrep]

[j3nny]

I paid the local newspaper agency to inser my brochure in the newspaper and it seems work well. You can try that whether it works for you.

[WatkinsWAHM]

There are lots of ways to advertise for little or no money. I have found that most direct market businesses take a while to build. But the end results can be very worth wild. How long have you been in this business? It also depends on the product you are selling. Is it a consumable item that people need to order often or only once every 6 months? I was lucky with my business because it was already well established company that customers order from often. I got great online benefits that also increased my traffic. Other advertising I do is forums, business cards, warm market contacts and free websites. I also have a great sponsor that helps me find cheap advertising. Good luck with your business!

[Lynn Terry]

[wahmsunited]

I agree that there are a multitude of ways to advertise at little or no cost online - even offline - printing your own brochures & biz cards. Try hand writing a little note on the back of your biz card and leaving them at restaurants (leave one on the table for your waitress to see), and anywhere else you can think of.

Here's a link to an article entitled

Never be afraid to talk about your business - you never know where your next sale or recruit may come from!

Hope this helps

[Marketing Basics]

[karadawn]

[Bev S]

[LT93]

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[TonyRush]

Ok, let me play the devil's advocate for a moment....

What is it about the direct sales industry that makes people think they can start their own business without spending any money or investing in their own success?

You can barely spend any time on an MLM/direct-sales message board without reading someone's post that says one of the secrets of success is to "treat your MLM like a business, not a hobby".

And yet the boards are full of people who claim to have a home business and yet they don't want to spend any money or invest in any business tools that will help them be successful.

Any legitimate and serious business will have operating expenses. How do we reconcile that with the fact that many MLMers claim they're in business but have no money to invest and are treating it like a hobby?

Thoughts?

Tony Rush

[uniquelyyours]

I agree with you Tony, I see that alot as well where people looking for ways to make extra income but want to get started for free. Even if you can intially start for free one must still invest in time which is money, and tools as mentioned to promote any business.

Here are a few more tips that may help you,

--look into getting magnetic business cards, this way everyone you give a card to can place it on the frige, or any magnetic surface. for example your car with a sign that says 'take one' .

-- when you do flyer, make four quarter sections on 8 x11 paper check officemax, staples or office depot for sales on copying. Have them do copies of 100 and ask for them to be cut this way you end up with 400 flyer. Make sure you do this only on sales, or if you have a coupon for copying. sign up for one of there rewards or email programs so you can get the discount on a regular basis. Or if you check some of the only coupon sites you can get the discound for in-store deals as well.

-- school fund raisers, when the orders are in make sure you include a flyer for what you are promoting in each bag. Volunteer for the PTA, and other school events.

-- look for community events like a womens club or something similar many of these club at annual events or events to raise money have raffles volunteer to donate some of your products as one of the prizes in the raffle along with all of your contact information like your website, email, phone number everything.

-- last but not least if you have a answering machine or voice system at home you could mention your busness briefly or just say you are running a promotion with your website link.

Just a few ideas, good luck.

Michelle

[Chuck_Anthony]

Hi,

Great ideas and insight here, thanks all!

I have a mindset of doing business whenever/wherever. So here's an example of how I will on occasion, turn downtime time into productive time: First, how many times have you received a telemarketing call around dinnertime? Annoying I know, but if you're the right frame of mind, you can do the "reverse telemarketing approach" and if nothing else, keep your "live" prospecting skills sharp...

Be patient and let the TM'er go thru their schpeal--then what I do is say, "Thanks for the info" (I try to remember their first name) and then I follow-up with a complimentary statement and a question such as: "______, you give a great presentation!... I'm looking for people like you in MY business--Are you open to other ways of earning income that won't interfere with your job?"

You never know, you just might catch the person at the right time and get a positive response. I used this approach once on a real estate agent who was trying to get me to list my house with her. Not only did I sign her up, she's been one of my best customers ever since. The best part about that is, I'm still getting paid residually for a prospecting effort I made 9 years ago! -- And, it didn't cost me a penny!!

[Chuck_Anthony]