An Example of Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing for Network Marketers

Having been in the pizza business in Cincinnati for 3 years, I am going to use this example to better illustrate to network marketers why it is important to pursue inbound marketing (AKA attraction marketing) as the marketing style of choice for network marketers by giving them a concrete everyday example.

 

Recall that inbound marketing involves utilizing strategies to get you

Recruiting Network Marketing Distributors Without Cold Calling Your List of Leads

A lot of distributors I work with are taught to hunt down their friends and family and work their warm market. Then they are taught to buy leads as the next resort to building their business. I know for a fact that buying leads stinks because of their inferior quality. Buying leads is an emotionally and financially draining experience and can lower one’s self esteem. So what do I tell those distributors? “Don’t buy leads!” It’s that simple. Buying a list of leads means that you have to make COLD outbound phone calls (or cold calling) and hear rejection each and every time. That is not exactly my idea of building a network marketing or multi-level marketing (MLM) business.