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Advice for cold calling

by Fitnessfreak158
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my Budget is not huge for my MLM and i know i need to do cold calling i have a database and also want to call real estate and insurance agents

but could use some advice on my script it's really straight and to the point

Script HI person's name I recently found your
1. Website
2. Business card
3. Saw your name on a build board
4. You were in my database
And just had a quick question


Do you keep your options open in terms of earning extra income outside of what you are currently doing in your profession?

Then yes or no then go on from there.

Simple right i just want to get your thoughts
#advice #calling #cold
  • Profile picture of the author Mav91890
    That isn't really a script, just the beginning of one. I would remove - You were in my database...
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    • Profile picture of the author Freebiequeen1999
      Of course you won't like what I have to say
      but...since I am not selling a "course" or "report" I don't coddle things the way some of the desperate so called "mentors" will...

      Truth is....most business people have no interest in your mlm, especially not cold calls

      You have already tried mailing with little results...right?

      well...prepare for even worse results with trying to reach businesses

      IMHO depending on the product, you might try face to face networking....building relationships...

      You could spend some money and target the market of people looking for "mlm's"....it is a separate niche, much like the people who buy wso after wso, there are people who have the idea they will be the next mlm star....so target them

      IF you spend some money and offer some real "advantage" over other people doing the same mlm as you maybe you will get some rabid mlm'ers to join your downline

      that is - offer them a free webpage, leads, start mentor group

      look at all the so called "mentors" round here LOL

      These are honest ideas that might actually help you....fact is many people avoid MLM's totally...you need to go where people looking for this are, and need to offer more/different stuff.
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      • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
        Originally Posted by Freebiequeen1999 View Post

        Truth is....most business people have no interest in your mlm, especially not cold calls

        These are honest ideas that might actually help you....fact is many people avoid MLM's totally...you need to go where people looking for this are, and need to offer more/different stuff.
        Yeah I agree...

        I never understood why people want to get into MLM at all.

        Cold calling businesses to sell them on some sort of MLM isn't a very good idea. In fact, when I was about to do business with someone, whether it was a payment processor or something else and then they realized I'm solely b2b they wanted to push me on their mlm side of things and that immediately turned me off from them.
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        • Profile picture of the author Freebiequeen1999
          Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

          Yeah I agree...

          I never understood why people want to get into MLM at all.

          Cold calling businesses to sell them on some sort of MLM isn't a very good idea. In fact, when I was about to do business with someone, whether it was a payment processor or something else and then they realized I'm solely b2b they wanted to push me on their mlm side of things and that immediately turned me off from them.
          Exactly....I have a lot of experience with salons and spas (actually I have a cosmetology license I don't really use LOL)....

          I can not tell you how much they despise the "noni juice" and the "mary kaye" and the "avon" and the "latest greatest vitamin./skin care" mlms that bother them

          JMO google "opportunity seekers".."mlm forums"....those are the people you need to target.

          Most people on these forums are not interested in mlms = mlm's are different from affiliate programs

          Also, don't you have a "sponsor"? I would think they would help you focus on workable methods, also the mlm company itself should be able to guide you?
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          Enough with the MLM bashing already! LOL I do rather well with the ones that I am affiliated with.

          the secret to MLM... STOP SELLING THE OPPORTUNITY.

          If you are getting into MLM thinking you are going to develop some killer down line and everyone is going to make a ton of money.. your wrong. Yes it does happen, but it happens to those that are already networked with like minded individuals.

          Because of the method you are thinking of using. I KNOW you do not have a network of people.

          You need to start with the product. Good, bad, or indifferent the product is where you can convert people from buying it, to selling it. When they decide to sell it, that is when you can increase your down line.

          Do this any other way... and you become THAT guy that is pulling the 3 foot pitch at the mall and harassing their family and friends with this what ends up being desperate attempts to sign someone up.

          I currently am involved in a MLM. I have a website 2 websites that draw traffic. One is PURELY selling the product. the other is 2/3 selling the product, and 1/3 pitching the opportunity. I am not just telling you this stuff. I practice this stuff.

          1st month in, I was a 3 digit earner. 2nd month went to 4 digits. in the 4th month, I just hit stride and got to 5 digits. and NOT ONCE did I pitch opportunity to anyone over the phone ( that I initiated ), by mail, or in person ( My mother is not in my down line ). The websites do all the work for me. I didn't go to them, THEY came to me.

          Sure it was targeted and orchestrated that way. In the same manor that any other site pulls traffic specific to their product - keyword here again PRODUCT. I have no search terms of the opportunity. To this point I have even stayed clear of ranking for the MLM name ( any time it is mentioned on my sites it is a graphic )

          So you CAN succeed at MLM if you are just starting out. you can develop that network that increases your odds of success down the road. BUT you have to start with the product.

          Hope that Helps!
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          • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            Hope that Helps!
            What would help me out is if you can explain how you've done all of this stuff:

            - Sold your web design business for millions
            - Successful in MLM (the armpit of life)
            - A 5+ Figure Affiliate Marketer
            - CRO Expert
            - Satellite Sales
            - SEO
            - Social Media
            - Content Machine

            What else am I missing? What else don't we know about you yet? Are you the owner of pornhub...? Can you also juggle 10 watermelons at once? Is Mila Kunis your sex slave? Are you and Zuckerberg best friends?

            I know a lot of things... but you... the more you post on here the more you reveal about what you've done and it seems much more than most people will ever achieve in a lifetime.

            I will still bash MLM though, btw. LOL.
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              LOL

              Take out Satellite Sales.. and what is left? Its all a vertical. You have heard me say it, I have said it here. I DO NOT OUTSOURCE. Let me throw another phrase out there. I DO NOT EXPECT ANYONE IN MY ORGANIZATION TO DO ANYTHING I CANT.

              I am in no way saying that there are those in my organization that don't know more than me. I get that, I know that, I am very appreciative in that actually. But believe you me... I am there with them learning.

              I think just like you I was a one man show. I did everything. There came a point that I expanded. ( Not pointing you out here ) Unlike you.. I don't think the small stuff is better suited to be pawned off. If you really look at that list again....

              • Can you outsource SEO... yeah, but the games I play...It would take me longer to explain than to just do it - or have one of the guys that over time understand my twisted sense of the science.
              • Can you outsource CRO - well I sure hope so - but I wont be LOL
              • Can you outsource web design - Sure many do... But that is what i do / did, so how in the world I am going to find someone that does it the way I do? LOL
              • Social Media.... I will tell you here, I am probably at my weakest with this one, The young lady in my office Erin.. man alive I am learning a kick ton from her - and in some regards she is learning from me ( I introduced her to reading and watching Gary Vaynerchuck )
              • Without Content SOLID CONTENT - ALL OF THIS FALLS FLAT ON ITS FACE. This is the LIFEBLOOD to my success. I write about 4 hours a day...EVERY DAY. This is the food that feeds the machine. this is where my money comes from. My writing may not be fancy and pretty... but I like to think it is pretty easy to read and on point with any topic I write about.
              Success for me IS the little things. All of the little things being done in the right order with the right amount of science behind it, and the objective of getting results.

              Ok Ill get off my soapbox now LOL...

              PS uh iAmnameless... sorry but there are secrets... kinda like Net Neutrality! LOL

              Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

              What would help me out is if you can explain how you've done all of this stuff:

              - Sold your web design business for millions
              - Successful in MLM (the armpit of life)
              - A 5+ Figure Affiliate Marketer
              - CRO Expert
              - Satellite Sales
              - SEO
              - Social Media
              - Content Machine

              What else am I missing? What else don't we know about you yet? Are you the owner of pornhub...? Can you also juggle 10 watermelons at once? Is Mila Kunis your sex slave? Are you and Zuckerberg best friends?

              I know a lot of things... but you... the more you post on here the more you reveal about what you've done and it seems much more than most people will ever achieve in a lifetime.

              I will still bash MLM though, btw. LOL.
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            • Profile picture of the author Mav91890
              Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

              What else am I missing? What else don't we know about you yet? Are you the owner of pornhub...? Can you also juggle 10 watermelons at once? Is Mila Kunis your sex slave? Are you and Zuckerberg best friends?

              I know a lot of things... but you... the more you post on here the more you reveal about what you've done and it seems much more than most people will ever achieve in a lifetime.

              I will still bash MLM though, btw. LOL.
              Damn you Nameless, I almost spit out my pizza when i read the pornhub remark, lmao!
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    I would develop a list of opportunity seekers myself and do it via email, having interested people call me instead for something like this. Its going to take a good understanding of a few marketing concepts though, other wise the only way it can be done is the hard way, like the old schoolers teach it.


    My brother made six figures in mlm for a number of years, but he worked his tail off, and when he lightened up on the work ethic his residual eventually fell off to almost nothing. I don't think it leads to really PASSIVE income until you break the critical mass barrier and are into the millions of dollars per year mode. Randy Gage is the best at this... but even he himself did it by pitching in peoples kitchens and on dining room tables for the longest time.


    That being said, maybe you can carve a new path and do something brilliant that blows everyone away, revolutionizing the way its done. That can happen! We are usually only one degree of separation from a much more brilliant answer!
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  • Profile picture of the author whatjut
    I've spent years making cold calls... one thing I would add is that if you are going to dedicate days, weeks, months of cold calls - don't push MLM. There are so many other things you can sell, services/products... and the person you are calling would most likely be much more receptive to your offer. Even the shittiest of sales people can get the right person on the other end of the phone that will not only listen, they'll buy. Find a reason they will want to listen, and be confident! After that, it's a numbers game... as long as you are doing your best on every call, and you have a decent offer, the more you call the more you will sell.
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    • Profile picture of the author Patrick Christoph
      Originally Posted by whatjut View Post

      I've spent years making cold calls... one thing I would add is that if you are going to dedicate days, weeks, months of cold calls - don't push MLM. There are so many other things you can sell, services/products... and the person you are calling would most likely be much more receptive to your offer. Even the shittiest of sales people can get the right person on the other end of the phone that will not only listen, they'll buy. Find a reason they will want to listen, and be confident! After that, it's a numbers game... as long as you are doing your best on every call, and you have a decent offer, the more you call the more you will sell.
      This is great advice. Put another way...Buy a dozen brand new iphones. Take the first 6 into businesses and offer them for half price. Then take the other 6 and offer them to businesses for free just for signing up for your MLM at $29. Anyone on this forum that has a business knows how many phones you're going to be stuck with.
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