Sep 10, 2008

Can You Really Build Online Relationships With Auotoresponsers?

In this article I’d like to talk about why you’re probably throwing away 80% of the total sales and sign ups you COULD be getting, as well as...

1) How to automatically follow-up with your prospects (for free) and teach them about your products or primary opportunity...

2) And how to build personal relationships with an UNLIMITED number of them in the same amount of time it’d take to build just ONE...

All without ever talking to a single one of them on the phone – or even in person!

I discovered this strategy myself years ago but failed to put it into action right away.
It was an expensive blunder.

I ended up losing over $35,000 in sales as a result! (That’s not even including the people I would have sponsored into my business)

The good news is, you can learn from my mistake and avoid making it in your business.

A PRICELESS RESOURCE NO NETWORK MARKETERSHOULD BE WITHOUT

Listen: If you want a highly profitable network marketing business – one that’sgoing to keep paying you FOREVER (even if your MLM company were to go out of business) – here’s what you need to start doing, if you haven’t already:

Build YOUR OWN email subscriber list.

Why is this so important?

Because if you’re not doing this... if you’re not capturing people’s names and email addresses when they visit your website or blog...
The chances of them coming back, or of you ever communicating with them again,are almost none!
Which means you’re letting the vast majority of your sales opportunities slip away.

Did you know sales studies have proven that, on average, it takes four to seven“points of contact” (or encounters) between you and your prospect before asale will happen?

Why is that do you think?

It’s because the first time someone comes across you, or lands on your website,they don’t have a clue WHO you are or if WHAT you’re selling really does what yousay it will do.

Maybe they’ve been unsuccessful with five other home based businesses before and they need more proof that you actually have something different to offer than everything else out there.

Maybe they’re interested in your moisturizing lotion, but they just need more information about whether it will help them with their special skin condition.

Or maybe they’re just hesitant to buy anything online, in fear you’ll just take their money (or identity) and run.

Whatever the case...

One of the biggest benefits of having yourown email subscriber list is you’ll gradually overcome ALL of this resistance!

Because every follow-up message you send is another opportunity to build a trustworthy and personal relationship.

And contrary to what many uplines orcompanies will tell you, face-to-face is NOT the only way to build personal relationships.

In fact, some of my very closestrelationships and friendships I have now were developed over the internet.

True business relationships have nothing to do with the medium being used. It’s all about the VALUE you give to the other person. And email is actually one of the best, fastest and easiest ways to providean OVERWHELMING amount of value for your prospects and potential customers.

It also gives you the opportunity to gradually answer all their questions and objections over time.
It’s only natural for someone to wonder,will this really work for me?

Plus it swings the door wide open for more education that will naturally pre-sell them on what you’re offering.

Now I don’t know for sure, but you might be using an offline method to follow-up with people right now.
It could be a phone call... thank you card…maybe even a face-to-face conversation.
These are all good ideas and it’s a lot better than not following up at all!

However, as your business continues to grow...
You won’t have time (or the money) to do this by yourself, with every single new prospect that enters your pipeline.
You’ll have to find a way to leverage your efforts and automate this process –which is EXACTLY what email marketing does.

PRESS “SEND,”REACH THOUSANDS OF PROSPECTS

Another huge advantage of building your own email list is the ability to stay in touch with an UNLIMITED number of your prospects.

Imagine writing ONE email... putting it into an auto-responder... pressing send... and having your message delivered to everyone who’s ever given you their name and email address – all at the very same time!

Powerful leverage and a big time saver!

After all, writing and sending emails one-by-one to hundreds or thousands of people would be impossible to pull off.

But that’s probably not even the main reason you should incorporate email marketing into your business...

IF YOU’RE NOT FOLLOWING UP WITH PEOPLE, YOU HAVEN’T EVEN SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF HOW MANY SALES YOU COULD BE MAKING

Email marketing is not only a great way to follow up with potential customers and prospects... but also with the people who’ve ALREADY bought stuff from you!

It’s a proven fact that existing customers are responsible for the majority of a business’s total profits– usually 80% or more!

In fact, at least 20% of your existing customers WILL buy from you again (and again... and again...), if you follow up with more emails and simply ask them.

Needless to say, if you’re not doing this,you’re losing a lot of money and a ton of business.

Don’t believe me?
-A recent Forrester Research survey says email marketing provides the highest return on investment when compared to every other internet marketing activity.

-Jupiter Research predicts that email marketing spending will grow from $885 million in 2005 to $1.10 billion in 2010.

-Email is the #1 thing people do online.(Pew Internet Survey)

-82% of all internet consumers have bought something through their email account.
(Harte-Hanks.com)

-Out of 1,000,000,000 internet users worldwide, 90% use email! (Post Future)

So I hope my email and these overwhelming statistics have convinced you to start building an email list of your own –for your network marketing business.

Because the internet and email are only going to get BIGGER...

And you and your marketing strategies need to keep up!

To Your Success,

Frank Tocco

P.S. – It you liked this email and want to find out more about “how” to use list building and email marketing to follow-up with people (and grow your business) simply click on the link below:
http://Shop4Dreams.ws or send your name and email to tips@shop4dreams.ws

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