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Casual Articles - Recruiting on Message Boards
After months of careful thought and planning, you are poised to start your own franchise business. You’ve pinpointed your interests, narrowed your industry options, and selected the company that is your perfect match. Now, just weeks away from your own “opening day,” you find yourself handed a document of intimidating size with an equally intimidating title: Uniform Franchise Offering Circular.What? You’re probably asking.Just when you thought you had done all the heavy reading the law s
A new mother has signed up to a message board you visit often. Her first post may sound something like this:
"I'm looking for a way to work at home, can anyone help me? I might be interested in selling Candles or Children's Toys. Any suggestions?"
First and foremost, DO NOT reply with your Gourmet Food business or any other business tha
After watching sales decrease year after year, this year I'll try something new. If this sounds like your company then read on. There was a time when you built your business over a number of years, then just waited for your repeat business. Repeat business is no more a given. Times are tougher, competition is tougher and there are more players selling the same stuff.It really doesn't matter what business you're in. I'll describe my business and how it has evolved. I started off as a forms distributor when
Scenario 1
A new mother has signed up to a message board you visit often. Her first post may sound something like this:
"I'm looking for a way to work at home, can anyone help me?"
Take a look at what you know about her. If she hasn't said anything but "I'm looking", then all you know is she is a mother in need of an income. That's it. So to reply with a plug for your business is not only rude, but also does not help you or the person posting the question.
Get to know this person first. Find out what her interests are. Signing someone up that's not interested in your product is a waste of your time and theirs. By showing interest in this new person, you are not only proving yourself worth of friendship, but also laying the ground work for future recruits from those lurking. If they see you give a general interest in the person, and spot your signature line, they are going to much more likely to join should your business be what they are looking for.
Also another point that needs to be made - never email or send private messages unless that person has specifically asked for this information. Word of mouth travels far, and people remember those that "spam" them.
Remember: Quality Over Quantity!
Scenario 2
A new mother has signed up to a message board you visit often. Her first post may sound something like this:
"I'm looking for a way to work at home, can anyone help me? I might be interested in selling Candles or Children's Toys. Any suggestions?"
First and foremost, DO NOT reply with your Gourmet Food business or any other business that
Change is such a key ingredient in helping you discover and achieve success, and adaptability to change is vital to coping with some of life's most common challenges. Now it's time to really assess where you are on the transformation scale. How badly do you really want to change? If you've followed the advice given thus far in this chapter, you have a well-defined commitment to change that is reinforced by well-planned action. It is also likely that your goals are actually written
Take a look at what you know about her. If she hasn't said anything but "I'm looking", then all you know is she is a mother in need of an income. That's it. So to reply with a plug for your business is not only rude, but also does not help you or the person posting the question.
Get to know this person first. Find out what her interests are. Signing someone up that's not interested in your product is a waste of your time and theirs. By showing interest in this new person, you are not only proving yourself worth of friendship, but also laying the ground work for future recruits from those lurking. If they see you give a general interest in the person, and spot your signature line, they are going to much more likely to join should your business be what they are looking for.
Also another point that needs to be made - never email or send private messages unless that person has specifically asked for this information. Word of mouth travels far, and people remember those that "spam" them.
Remember: Quality Over Quantity!
Scenario 2
A new mother has signed up to a message board you visit often. Her first post may sound something like this:
"I'm looking for a way to work at home, can anyone help me? I might be interested in selling Candles or Children's Toys. Any suggestions?"
First and foremost, DO NOT reply with your Gourmet Food business or any other business tha
I believe there are two things that will make a small business successful, but there are 3 things that need to be done in business. And as an online business owner, I know it's often easier to do the one thing that doesn't have to be done and unconsciously avoid the two things that make businesses successful.The first one is marketing: You should be marketing more. I'm sure you're saying to my, "I already to a lot of marketing." My answer to you is this: If you want to be in business, increase your market
Also another point that needs to be made - never email or send private messages unless that person has specifically asked for this information. Word of mouth travels far, and people remember those that "spam" them.
Remember: Quality Over Quantity!
Scenario 2
A new mother has signed up to a message board you visit often. Her first post may sound something like this:
"I'm looking for a way to work at home, can anyone help me? I might be interested in selling Candles or Children's Toys. Any suggestions?"
First and foremost, DO NOT reply with your Gourmet Food business or any other business tha
In recent years in the business-world there has been a lot written and said about team development. Unfortunately, most of the people doing the majority of talking lack the psychological background to accurately describe the conditions under which people choose to become a true team.In a large retail store it can be a challenge to build an environment where all or most of the employees feel they are part of a store team. It’s more common to find individual departments that act as a team, rather than the e
Also another point that needs to be made - never email or send private messages unless that person has specifically asked for this information. Word of mouth travels far, and people remember those that "spam" them.
Remember: Quality Over Quantity!
Scenario 2
A new mother has signed up to a message board you visit often. Her first post may sound something like this:
"I'm looking for a way to work at home, can anyone help me? I might be interested in selling Candles or Children's Toys. Any suggestions?"
First and foremost, DO NOT reply with your Gourmet Food business or any other business tha
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A new mother has signed up to a message board you visit often. Her first post may sound something like this:
"I'm looking for a way to work at home, can anyone help me? I might be interested in selling Candles or Children's Toys. Any suggestions?"
First and foremost, DO NOT reply with your Gourmet Food business or any other business that does not have anything to do with Candles or Children's Toys. She's already mentioned that she's interested in these types of products. Replying with anything other than what was requested can actually make you one look like a fool and two makes you look like you're not interested in anything else BUT recruiting. You didn't even take the time to see what she wanted in the first place. That doesn't seem like you care much about their wants/needs.
Scenario 3
Message Board Post:
"Hi, I'm interested in the Mary Kay business opportunity. Can someone please post a little more information?"
As mentioned above, do not reply with ...
You've got mail! OR I've PMed you! First of all it makes the business look "sneaky" like there's something secretive about the business. Secondly, she didn't request to be bombarded with emails or PMs. She asked that the information be posted there. Need I mention spam laws?
Lurkers...
There are way more lurkers on message boards versus actual posters. Some people just prefer to lurk and don't ever post. If you post the information right there, lurkers will see the information and also see the link in your signature line. If you send the original poster and email or pm; the lurker is most likely going to search elsewhere for the information. Potential recruit lost.
Scenario 4
Message Board Post:
"Hi, I'm interested in the Discovery Toys
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