Leads Center Blog

I just got off the phone with Rich Niccolls, the owner of National-Leads.com.  They are beginning to move the content of their site over to their new design.  So, be ready for a new look, new navigation, and according to Rich, a simplification of the whole site structure.

I asked what that meant, and he basically said that he has been working on making it easier to navigate, find the leads that are right for you, and then purchasing your leads.  One of the issues in the past, according to Rich, has been that there were too many links to click and it could be somewhat confusing for a first-time visitor.

Anyway, I just wanted to pass that along.  Be looking for the new design coming soon.  Below is a sneak peek at what it's gonna look like.  The top will look slightly different from what Rich says, but you get a good idea.

Have a great week.

Sean

The Risks and Benefits of Free MLM Leads
By Jimmy Sturo

One of the main goals of a multi-level marketing (MLM) independent distributor (business owner) is to sell the product or service of the parent company. However, an equally important goal is to encourage the customer to also become an independent distributor within that business owner’s network and sell the services or product. Prospects who may be interested in becoming distributors are known as MLM leads.

The MLM business owner can generate his or her own leads through referrals from family members, friends, and acquaintances. These leads can also be generated through a variety of marketing tools, including surveys, event or trade show promotions, and informative websites. One quick and convenient way to acquire MLM leads lists is to simply buy the list from a third party company.

For the new MLM business owner, these methods may be too costly or time consuming. One quick search on the internet will result in a plethora of web sites promoting free MLM leads. While cost savings are beneficial, the term “free” can also indicate a situation that is too good to be true.

If the business owner decides to take advantage of some of the free leads available, he or she must take care to look into the background of the third party company that is supplying these leads. It is also important that the MLM business owner check his or her list of free MLM leads against the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry every 90 days. This will ensure that the list is updated regularly and that the leads remain fresh.

MLM Leads Info provides comprehensive information on MLM lead generation and lists, as well as email, opt-in, free, genealogy, targeted and local leads. MLM Leads Info is the sister site of Lead Generation Web.

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Sean's Notes On This Article by Doug Firebaugh – While everyone is entitled to their opinion, I believe his list of 15 of the best lead companies is WAY off track.  If for no other reason, most of the companies on this list are actually leads coming from one company, Responsive Data.  RD has some good points and bad points.  They used to be a good company, but lately have been getting some very NEGATIVE feedback from distributors in Herbalife and other top MLM companies.

It seems to me that Doug has his hand in on some of this… I may be wrong… but it seems like anything BUT an objective list of companies.  Nevertheless, we wanted to post his article because it is neither here nor there what company you buy leads from, just get good leads and build your business.

Okay… on to the article:

MLM Leads – The Top 15 MLM Lead Companies in Network Marketing
By Doug Firebaugh

That is a sound of music to my ears. Why? I worked MLM Leads for nearly 8 years, and had great success with them. That is why that I have a pretty good understanding of what really makes a good MLM Lead, and what does not.

In the pursuit of finding these top 15 Network Marketing Lead companies, there were some requirements and considerations that went into the mix. An MLM lead is only part of the MLM Lead Success Formula. There were 5 things that we looked at when we were considering MLM Lead Companies.

What are they?

1) Quality of the MLM lead.

Quality of lead is everything. There are some great looking websites out there that look totally rocking, but we found that the quality of leads when we called them, were less than what you should expect in an MLM lead.

Beautiful site, great looking logo, lousy leads.

That is why we actually had people order leads, and we called them. We called more than one bunch of leads as well. This at least would give us a feeling of consistency or lack of it. The MLM Lead companies we chose were highly consistent in quality of lead, and people who truly were looking for a business. It took us 7 months to complete the research on MLM leads.

2) Training of working the MLM Leads.

Many of the beautiful sites offered no type of ongoing training, and that was something that really needs to be be a part of any good MLM leads programs. There were some that had online training, as well as cds and training series you could purchase. That was good, but the ongoing live training was the best idea, and we found many MLM leads Companies that did just that.

Training also includes scripts, handling objections, presentation, following up, closing, and other MLM leads topics. There are some HOT MLM leads sites out there that truly delivered on this quality of MLM leads training.

3) MLM Leads Support.

The support factor was key. Once the MLM leads were purchased, was there somehow support in case of need? Most had email support, some had live phone support, and some had live instant message support. There were sites that offered no support, and if you had a challenge with your MLM leads, then good luck.

The support should be somehow resolving issues that arise, including bad mlm leads, wrong numbers or emails, and general problems. The MLM Leads companies we found that were the best, had a support system. And some type of guarantee also should be part of the network marketing lead program.

4) Targeted MLM leads.

Many companies had different types of targeted mlm leads, including company specific, live tv leads, local leads, gender specific, product specific, area code specific, among others. Targeted mlm leads are the favorite of the Networkers I talked to, as it gives people a more focused lead, and a more targeted impact.

5) Pricing of the MLM leads.

This was a huge factor in determining many people's decision to buy. But to be blunt, you get what you pay for. There are many cheap network marketing home business lead companies with cheap leads, but here is a warning:

Be careful. You get what you pay for.

Ask if you can try maybe 15-20 leads to see if they are worth the money. Many companies give free network marketing leads away to try.

Understand that a great MLM lead may cost you several dollars, and rightfully so.

INFERNO Secret:

An MLM lead purchase is NOT a purchase, but an investment in your business. One good MLM lead can produce tens of thousands of dollars in volume and revenues. If you understand that, then the pricing should not be as important as the quality and training of the Network marketing lead company.

And of course, REPUTATION had a lot to do with the selection as well. Some companies that came across really well, when checked on, did not have a very good reputation for MLM Leads and service.

Soooooo:

What are the Top 15 MLM lead Companies? (They are in no particular order, as all are really good as far as our research would tell us.)

INFERNO Secret:

Do your OWN DUE DILIGENCE before you purchase, but these we found are pretty strong as all scored well in the above areas of requirement.

1) Cutting Edge Media

cuttingedgemedia.com

2) Leads2yoursuccess.com

leads2yoursuccess.com

3) Networkleads.com

networkleads.com

4) ProStep MLM leads

prostepinc.com

5) LeadsLab MLM leads

leadslab.com

6) Leaders Club MLM leads

leadersclub.com

7)Traffic Oasis (Need a referral source for this one)

trafficoasis.com

Fast MLM Leads

fastmlmleads.com

9) Pro MLM Leads

promlmleads.com

10) NPros (Company specific mlm leads)

npros.com

11) Jungle Leads

jungleleads.com

12) Optimized Leads

optimizedleads.com

13) Laser Leads

laserleads.com

14) Leads Lists

leadslists.com

15) MLM leads.com

mlmleads.com

There ARE other good MLM lead companies out there, depending on what you are looking for. But these we found as far as research, were the better ones, and some were beyond exceptional.

MLM leads are a great source of NEW BLOOD for your business. You can find Gold mine after Gold mine, in a good Network marketing lead and great MLM Leads.

Blessings…Doug (c) 2005/ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PassionFire Intl

http://www.passionfire.com

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Doug Firebaugh is one of the top MLM Network Marketing Trainers in the world. Over a million people a month
read his training ezine. He spent the last 7 years traveling the world speaking and training on Success.
He lives in Birmingham Michigan, and you can receive a
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 The Best Way to Get MLM Leads For Any Home Business Or Opportunity
By Ana Hoffman

It is easy to get excited about starting your first MLM home business. After all, the prospect of setting your own hours, working from your own office, and writing your own paycheck can be very attractive. Unfortunately, when most marketers run into difficulty finding good MLM leads, their enthusiasm begins to wane.

As a result, almost 95% of MLM marketers give up before they ever make a dime.

So how do you get good, qualified MLM leads? The answer, clearly, does not lie in pestering your friends, family members, and coworkers. Unless they have expressed a sincere interest in joining and learning an MLM opportunity, you are just wasting your time – and theirs. Even worse, it is easy to erode relationships by pitching to those whom you already know.

Instead, the answer lies in magnetic sponsoring. Savvy marketing companies like YourNetBiz (new brand for MyInternetBusiness) teach recruits an attraction marketing formula that helps them find prospects who are genuinely interested in the YourNetBiz/MyInternetBusiness opportunity.

To obtain good MLM lead, focus your marketing efforts on solving your prospects' problems and identifying their goals, not on the opportunity you are offering. Your marketing materials should resonate with people who are ideal prospects for your MLM home business.

Think about the problems that your MLM opportunity can solve, and the goals that it can help prospects achieve. Perhaps it can allow recruits to leverage their efforts to double or triple their incomes. Maybe it can allow them to spend more time with their spouses and children. It might even give them the power to further a social goal, such as saving people money, reducing pollution, or helping people manage their time more efficiently.

By thinking of your MLM opportunity in terms of identifying problems and providing solutions, you will be able to create an attraction marketing blueprint that will make the process of finding qualified MLM leads quicker, easier, and much less stressful.

Are you putting countless hours into your network marketing business, only to find that people are leaving faster than you can put recruits in your downline? I can help! Just visit YourNetBiz today to get on the fast track to network marketing success!

Ana Hoffman, Online Marketing Coach & Entrepreneur

http://MeetAnaHoffman.com

MeetAnaHoffman@gmail.com

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Focusing On Your MLM Leads
By Dustin Heath

When you first become involved in multi level marketing, you will, no doubt, find most of your focus to be on selling the product and the company. What you must realize, however, is that when you first start out, your mind is filled with people to contact. After a few months of talking to everyone you know about the business, you may run out of people to talk to. From the moment you join, you should be seeking out MLM leads or others that may be interested in the business. The following are some tips to help you focus on your multi level marketing leads.

Lead Generation System
When you first start out, you should concentrate on developing a lead generation system for your website. If the website is provided to you by the company, you may find it already has one in place. If it doesn't, however, you will want to make certain you have a way to get the contact information from those who visit your site. You can do this by offering something free or giving a discount to those who leave their information. You will then be able to work on turning your MLM leads into sales.

Purchasing Leads
If, when first starting out, you want to get a jump start, you can purchase MLM leads from companies who specialize in this area. You will need to know exactly who your target market is to make certain you are getting qualified leads or those that may be interested in what you provide. For example, if you sell baby products, you would want to make certain that your leads are new mothers or new expecting mothers. The more detailed information you can give them about your target market and the better the leads will be that are sent to you.

Following Up on Leads
Once you have your leads in hand, you must then determine the best way to follow up with the individuals. This may be through an email, a telephone call, or a letter and it will depend upon how much contact information you received on the individual. If you plan to call them on the telephone to set up a meeting, you will want to practice what you are going to say to them before doing so. This will insure that come across as professional and confident and help you to turn them into a sale.

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So what does it take to achieve network marketing success? It's probably the most asked question in MLM and there have been a multitude of answers.

After strong consideration, the answer is mindset. It's actually having the right mindset but unless you are prepared mentally then you really will be pushing whatever uphill. Without the right success mindset you'll be a sitting target for those things which come along and throw you off course. And believe me, they will come along.

It's not really about listening constantly to positive mental attitude material. While this can help the key is developing a long term mindset and setting short term goals along the way. Without short term milestones that long term goal will remain just that.

It's all about reeling it in step-by-step. In internet network marketing a steely resolve is required and this can be achieved by getting your mind focused on what's important in building your business. One trick is to picture yourself in several years time facing your family and explaining to them that this is all you have to offer them.

Can you see how powerful something like this can be and it's a technique which has helped many high achievers in network marketing do that 5% extra to make sure they build long lasting wealth just to maintain the respect of those people closest to them.

Focus Is Key

So this brings me to my main point here. How and where you focus your marketing efforts in M-L-M will ultimately determine your overall results.

In other words, if your thinking is short term then your marketing will reflect that. You’ll be constantly battling to come up with winning strategies to keep your business afloat.

But if you have a long term mindset then again, your marketing will reflect that. You’ve got to really define in the beginning what it is you want from your business. That is, you should have your end clearly defined.

By knowing what your end goal is your marketing will also be targeted to long term success and won’t be of a short term fix nature. You want your marketing to be producing results 12-24 months from now, not in what I term the “bee effect” – once it’s lost it’s sting it dies.

So achieving home based business success starts with your mindset and if it's on other things, then save yourself the frustration and wait until it's focused on your business.

Generating leads is an essential part of building an at home business. Without leads, your business will cough and splutter and really go nowhere.

One of the big mistakes at home business owners such as network marketers make is driving their leads away after attracting them into their funnel. Sounds crazy doesn't it and it's called the desperate marketer syndrome.

People willing to do everything but give their prospect what they really want during the initial contact and that's what's in it for them and how do I get there. It's called giving value before asking for the sale and the truth is, if it's executed correctly then in many cases, the sales pitch won't even be required.

An home based business is hard enough to establish and grow without sabotaging it with desperate marketing tactics which leave a sour taste in the mouth of a prospect and you a lead lighter. So what is a desperate marketer and how do they behave. Does this sound familiar?

The Desperate Network Marketer

Here's an example of a desperate marketer. He gets a lead and is due to speak with them on the phone. Now this first step is going to tell a prospect a lot about the person they're thinking of joining in business. And this is where most network marketers fluff it. Many suddenly get gripped by the desperate marketer syndrome.

They get into a lather about "what if this person doesn't join my business" or "are they a potential Diamond Director and what if I lose them."

And the phone conversation will go something like this…"Hi Joan, my name's Ron and it's good to meet you." After the initial pleasantries the desperate marketer takes over. The conversation deterioates to something like this.

"I'm with company xyz and we are the best company in network marketing. Our products are life changing and will cure anything and boy, our compensation plan is the best. You'll make a fortune with company xyz and you can't fail because we do all the work for you. And if you don't join our company you'll be sorry because now is the time to get in blah, blah, blah…"

The Dreaded Early Sales Pitch

What's wrong with this picture. Right, there has been nothing asked about what the prospect wants, their needs, their pain and how they can reach their goals. The desperate marketer has launched into a sales pitch from the get go and it's been all about him.

The truth is, the company should never be mentioned unless the prospect specifically asks what it is. Never mention the products and never threaten the prospect with "if you don't join…"

Make this initial conversation and one's to follow all about the prospect. Give them information, training materials, educational resources. Show them you are genuinely interested in helping them achieve their goals. Show them you are someone who knows what you're talking about and more importantly, earn their trust first and watch your at home based business grow.

Becoming recession-proof in these tough economic times means taking the initiative and making a move now which will withstand anything a stuttering economy can throw at you in the future.

Network marketing may not be the first choice of many to build financial wealth but consider the changes taking place within the industry right now. For example, community based network marketing is emerging as a trend which is giving failed network marketers of the past renewed faith and hope that there is a system which can actually work and help them make vital breakthroughs in building their business.

In 2007, Ann Sieg rocked the network marketing world when she released two landmark books, The 7 Great Lies Of Network Marketing followed by The Renegade Network Marketer. What this system did was introduce internet network marketing to the world. The truth is, it actually just re-enforced the concept that using the internet would help fast track a person's business growth.

Occupy The City

Occupy The City is a community based network marketing opportunity which encompasses the principles of the Renegade system. Members are being taught how to market online, skills which they didn't have. In fact, many had not even touched a computer keyboard in the past.

Occupy The City founder Jason Acopolis is proud of the emergence and impact OTC is having and it's role in redefining the face of MLM business building in the future.

"Our professional community is open to anyone that has the drive to succeed. Because Occupy the City is a Professional Community, there are no-strings-attached. The information is free and there is no pressure anywhere in the process. We know we have a lucrative business model based on core values with integrity, but we also know it’s not for everyone."

Acopolis says…"Our system works like a diamond sifter to allow the most qualified, driven, and professional applicants to rise naturally to the top with out the need for high pressure sales. Our in house marketing Dept. is connected to the best of the best when it comes to marketing online and all of their knowledge and tools are put to use to drive your business."

He says…"If you are someone with the ability and drive to succeed in the environment we create then you will see that for yourself, and if we see it in you as well then you are already on your way."

"From day one as an accepted applicant you have access to the knowledge of the entire community along with all the training, tools, marketing, and mentoring you need through our support forums & training pages. Our community of professionals is at the beckon call of every new member. On top of all that you never have to interview or close your own prospects since we have some of the best people in the business on board to do that for you!"

So if you are struggling in your network marketing business then consider what Occupy The City can offer you in turning your fortunes around.

Succeeding with a network marketing internet business comes down to more than the strength of the opportunity itself. It's often said that you are the biggest asset in your business and the truth is, that is spot on.

Many who make the transition from 9-5 to home business fail simply because they are not in the right mindset. In fact, one key to succeeding is to simply take that 9-5 mentality onto your business and apply it and you'll be amazed how productive you can be.

It's lack of productivity which often hurts the MLM internet business start up. When we say apply a job mentality we mean you need to clock on at a specific time each day, work a to do list and clock off only when you've completed your given tasks for the day.

Can you see the big picture here. Working from home doesn't mean freedom and financial success. Well, it actually means freedom from a boss but here again, look at this deeper and actually appointing a makeshift boss is not such a bad idea especially if you are a bad self starter.

Health related Home Businesses offer a great chance to build a strong residual income business.  And to incorporate the internet aspect, Cyberwize Health businesses are a great way to build a strong business.

5 Home Business Time Management Success Tips

Without a good time management plan you are doomed to fail in your home business or at least, produce average results. Yes, working from home gives you the freedom to spend more time with your family and to work when you want to but if you are not making money then what's the point? You would be better off going back to a paid job. At least the income would be consistent.

A network marketing internet business requires a good time management plan. Here are some tips to consider for your business:

1. Set yourself a work time schedule. This is especially important when first starting off in MLM. You can make this schedule whatever you want…9 to 5, 8 to 12, 9 to 3.

2. When your time schedule is set then these are your work hours. Let nothing interrupt you during this time because these are the hours in the day which will be responsible for productivity in your business.

3. Distractions such as the phone, checking emails and the television should be avoided. Check your emails first thing in the morning and leave your phone off or off the hook.

4. Set your schedule for each day the day before. Before you turn in for the night, make a list of your tasks for the day. Place them in order of importance. Don't fall for the trap of doing tasks which are the easiest because they will kill your productivity levels and give you a false sense of accomplishment.

5. Appoint or hire a mentor. Someone you can report to on a daily basis that can offer encouragement and check your progress each day. This person needs to be someone you highly respect or even fear to a certain extent. It needs to be someone you hate to let down because of who they are. This is a very powerful way to beat procrastination and build your home internet business.