OF COURSE you need a domain!
OF COURSE you need a domain! Read this and you'll KNOW why! by
George Kosch, MSc, Worldprofit Webmaster
Another call came into my office this morning while I was
filling in for a sales staff member. I have been running the
Worldprofit tech department for so long I had forgotten just how
bad these MLM/Affiliate/Network Marketing companies can make a
distributor's life. Here is what they tell you.
"You MUST use the site that we have and are not allowed to use
any of our materials on your own site, and that's final!"
I think this statement is fine if you want to take up residence
on loser street. Get it? This company you are with is making you
fail right from the get go. Here's how. You are assigned an
Internet address or URL to their site that guarantees that
anyone going there who orders is traced back to you, fine. But
you spend all your time, perhaps even years, marketing their url
only to find after some time that you want to start another
business. Imagine your new business does the same thing. So you
promote them. Are you starting to see the picture? If you are
most people you won't get it yet.
How about we look at how a professional Internet businessperson
would handle the MLM that won't let you have your own site.
First off, you purchase a domain with design and some tools like:
Sales Manager for automatic follow-up for leads Listserver for
managing your own newsletter Design for a profession look to
your website
Traffic (this is an option that Worldprofit only provides)
-->my plug for your business
What is the purpose of this domain? Well, you are going to
generate leads, leads and more leads. You are going to now own
what we like to call a generic business site. What are the
benefits to you?
1. You own the site and use an email address that looks
professional like:
dave@davesdomain.com
instead of dave@hotmail.com or some other free account
Using a free email account to do business is telling your
prospects that you have no money. It simply looks unprofessional.
Free email is for people who are doing personal messaging to
friends NOT for business communications!
2. You direct traffic to your URL not some company url.
What looks professional here?
www.davesdomain.com or
www.somemlmthatwantsyourcash.com/distributoronemillion?link=10000
0345.345
If you are in business for the long haul I think you can figure
out the answer.
3. The autoresponse system is your system and not some freebie
from somewhere on the net. Check out these examples.
A. Your own Sales Manager message looks like:
Hi John, thanks for requesting information on our opportunies.
Here is the information with our url and our professional
looking email addresses
etc.
B. This is what a free autoresponse system looks like:
Hi John, this message is brought to you by
-------------------------------------------------- Joe Blows
FREE autoresponse system. We are free and you should click on
our link without even reading further. Here is our url
www.oururlforyourfreesystemlikethis.com
We have other free items listed here too etc. ----end
advertisement for autoresponse company----
Sorry John we forgot about you because the free company put
their ad up first before we could tell you about our products.
Oh, if you missed their ad just check the bottom of this message
as they have added it again.
Are you sure you don't want to buy something from US? Please,
because if you do we can afford our own domain and sales manager
system...
Do you get the picture as it unfolds more and more. No domain=NO
CREDIBILITY!
4. Listservers are going to make 99% of your sales. Listservers
allow you to communication to past clients and subscribers ever
single day. The cost for a listserver should be around $200 per
year and allow you UNLIMITED postings. Again, the free listbot
type systems will pepper your message with their ads leaving you
with little chance of success. And, it makes you look cheap and
unprofessional.
Owning your own listserver promotes your domain and YOUR ads, no
ifs and or buts!!
But the company that I am with won't let me have my own site.
Remember that statement? I bet it doesn't make much sense
anymore does it? You should be telling that company:
"My domain generates leads and if I feel your products meet MY
specifications I may tell me hundreds of leads about the site
url you gave me, but first they will be directed to my company"
Nothing like being professional and having pride in your
business first. At least you know for sure that you will be
around in 10, 20 even 30 years, WILL THEY BE??
If you would like to find out about how to get the tools you
need for success with your own domain just
email:george@worldprofit.com with the subject: I want my own
domain!