I would like to share an experience that was relayed to me by a friend, we’ll call her Karen. Karen was researching for a direct sales business that she could relate too. She discovered a fairly new cosmetics brand company and then began trying to contact representatives to find out more about the company and their experiences.
Karen also wanted to talk with representatives to find out why she should join their team. She faced some obstacles. First, she was unable to locate a telephone number for any of the representatives on their replicated sites. Karen began searching Google to see if any consultants had created separate websites and only found a few, actually only two. Of the two websites found neither provided a telephone number.
Here is my question? Do you think an email address is sufficient to run a business? It may be for some, but how do you get to know anyone strictly through email? In my opinion, email is great however a phone number is even better for any business. Because people prefer instant gratification, meaning they want to contact you now and not have to constantly check email. If you joined a direct sales company to purchase products at a discount or just to have a little fun sure; only include your email. If you joined a direct sales company to build a business then it means you will need to recruit and a phone number should be available. Now if you are not trying to build a team or a business, stick to the email only.
Now in defense of the representatives with a company replicated site which does not allow a contact number, there are still solutions available. Create a free website (check out our Tools or Categories) or blog. On the first (and it can be the only page) introduce yourself and your business including all contact information, it’s really easy to do. Then create a link on the same page which takes people directly to their replicated site.
Stay tuned to find out what Karen did to find a sponsor…………………………………
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