Kirk's Direct Sales & Marketing ReviewEducating & Empowering Entrepreneurs In Free Enterprise, Network Marketing & Direct Sales Since 2008.

In a recent conference call that took place with proven leaders in our company an important point was brought forward. Leads really need to be contacted! If you are unfamilar with the terms leads, they are potential customers which are team members in the direct sales affiliate marketing industry.

In the online marketing space leads are usually created when people enter their name and email on your website, thus raising their hand to find out more info about your business/products or service. Beacuse of the follow-up systems in place, the high volumn of leads generated and the belief/fact that many leads are not serious or qualified a lot of marketers have decided not to contact these people unless they move forward and purchase an application.

However, due to skepticism a lot of people “leads” are not willing to purchase anything online in your case an application unless they have spoken to a real person. It will really increase your conversion of leads to sales if you get on the phone and make the effort to connect with these individuals. To save yourself time you can hire an assistant to do this for you. Training them on the business and making them awhere of the types of question they will receive is not difficult but simply relieing on email autoressponder messages and the online automated system will cause you to lose out on building your business and being successful in this industry, as this industry is built on building solid relationships.

Kirk

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Short and simple message today spun from a recent facebook post.

For about the first time in history you heard The President talk about free enterprise and that the world has changed due to technology and that relining on old types of jobs like manufacturing is just not dependable any-longer.

I started perching the online business model three years ago and it’s still in it’s early stages. A lot of people are just slow to catch on and somehow blind to think the world is either not changing or will somehow change back.

Sure Obama used big examples as entrepreneurial ventures in his speech but as long as you find a business with a product of high value and demand you will be able to take care of your family, yourself and help benefit a lot of others!

Beats relying on a paycheck that just might not be there one day, or a pension that might not be either.

Kirk

Hi folks,

After an awesome December driving an insane amount of traffic to our antique and jewellery shop I feel confident that Google Adwords still works, lol! However as you might know, not so much for this industry!

Fortunately facebook and the Yahoo/MSN merger are proving to be good ways to drive traffic! As well CPA networks are growing in populairty especially viable to JVs due to the higher price point to test!

Quickly wanted to remind you about the importance of setting goals. Without a clear concise direction it is next to impossible to attain your desired outcome. In this business to meet your sales targets you need to have a good idea of you conversion rate and work backwards. Thus if your goal is $10K how many leads is that going to take and how many visitors will it take to get those leads etc…

Till next time like Red Green would say… Keep your stick on the ice!

Kirk

Ho Ho Ho,

Quick note as our family antique and estate jewellery business www.cynthiafindlay.com is in high season and I really want to make this year the biggest and best year for mom and her new website. Stay tuned for lots of great new tips and strategies as the online marketing and home based business industry keeps evolving!

This is a short video shot last month while at our live event in Las Vegas. The camera guy manages to hold his hand over the mic for the first 1:40. However, uncut it still turns out pretty neat and shows that it is not as easy as everyone thinks to film quick marketing related videos. Like everything else practice is required.

Afternoon business people and sports fans.

I am currently in the 3 coins dinner and just finished a late breakfasts. This place use to be my favorite spot to grab a nice greasy spoon breakfast. However about seven years ago the owner got a bit mouthy with some of the regulars and word traveled fast.

Needless to say a lot of people stopped coming, myself included.

Well today after finishing picking my teams in the little legal sports gambling thing that we have in Ontario I was starving and really in the mood for breakfast. Even though it was nearly 1:00PM and that’s on top of setting the clock back.

I decided to give 3 coins another shot.

To my surprise the restaurant has a new owner and staff. The food is as great as I remember (for a nice trucker style breakie) and I am having such a nice fun and relaxing time I chose to write about it.

Someday when I get to know the owner better I’ll ask if he knew about the bad blood the previous owner caused.

The place is literally hopping, rumor must be back that this place is good again and I wish them continued success.

The real point here is how quickly you can kill your good customers and luckily for the last guy that found a buyer when the place slowed down. Most might not be as fortunate.

It’s easier to keep customers than get new ones by building and forming relationships. Furthermore, when you lose customers it is very hard to get them back as they tend to tell all their friends about why they left!

This to true just the same in your online network marketing and directs sales business. The better the relationships you form with your lists, the community and your team the more respect you will gain. Ultimately leading to long term partnerships causing you to make a lot of money in the process.

Well thats my two cents for today. Buffalo plays home in Toronto to Chicago for there annual event and I am excited to see them win a game.

Have a great one!

KP

FYI – the wordpress app still has a minor glitch with video and could not post direct.