Archive for September, 2007

The truth about leads.

It’s almost humorous when you see as many people striving to make money from the Agents as the Agents are from actually working their own business. Almost.

However, it’s heart wrenching when the #1 need is exploited more than any other facet of this business: lead generation.

If you can’t imagine it, you’ll see it soon, if you haven’t already–from paying for “qualified” leads, to going the route of working against company policies with email spam/blasts, phone solicitations and non-compliant sales material. This isn’t working the business created by the honest and integrity based United First Financial. Most of it is, well–let’s call it what it is:

Crap.

Consider something for just a moment: why would a company sell you “qualified” Money Merge Account leads? For ANY reason-especially when the owner happens to be a UFirst Agent as well. Why not supply the leads to your downline, work them yourself or even better, pay a staff to work them FOR you and make the commission yourself? Why charge $30-$50 a lead, when you could make up to $1575, or even better, build a team that could qualify for the largest bonus pools from those same leads?

Because those leads are crap, and we’re gullible.

Why try to reinvent the wheel when there are so many people which have been here from the beginning, including the very staff of UFirst themselves, who have a multitude of materials you can simply ‘plug and play’ to get results?

We suggest you consider this:
The very best method of building this business is your ‘warm’ market. That doesn’t mean just family and friends–it means anyone who actually knows who you are. From co-workers to the mailman to the grocery store checker or barber. They might not even know your name, but they know the calm feeling around you, and you can start a conversation with them. THIS is the way to build your business and make a living from the Money Merge Account.

The best part is, it’s free. You can talk without having to pay for a service, without materials, without having to advertise or ask for leads. Simply open your mouth and talk. Do it with compassion, do it with conviction and do it with the intent to serve your neighbor, and we promise you, the money will come.

Just consider it.


The 90 Day Gap.

I believe one of the least considered aspects of this opportunity, when building this Money Merge Account business is ‘the 90 day gap’.

From the moment you sign someone up, the average performance time starts about 90 days later. That means you can count on an actual, literal 90 day gap between when most people start working with you, to the point they will produce on their own, which you can also financially benefit from.

Some will say it’s a learning curve. Some say it’s how long it takes to actually develop the skills to sell the Money Merge Account. Others have even stated that it’s due to a lack of conversion to the product.

It may be one or more of those reasons. In fact, it could even be all of them. However, Jubilee would like to consider another reason, which we believe to be the core of the problem: a lack of foundation and support from those responsible for recruiting in the first place. If you don’t have a system in place, you simply have an ever growing, difficult time getting off the ground.

We would like to suggest that the lack of performance comes from a lack of actual ‘hands on’ training and guidance, needed when plunging into a new environment.

Jubilee would like to suggest a few simple strategies which will help you and your team in developing a passion for the Money Merge Account, as well as develop a habit of succeeding when it comes to closing that detrimental 90 day gap:

A) Get personal with your Agents. Get to know them and be of service to them. You convinced them to take a chance–you ARE responsible for them. If you recruit and leave them by the wayside, may every stumbling block you create become your own!

B) DO NOT WAIT FOR PROGRESS—CREATE IT! The moment an agent signs up, you should be on the phone and internet, training them for the next 2-3 hours–so they can start running at full speed. You are the ‘expert’, they have the connections, you both have to perform training sales—do them NOW.

C) Make sure you show your recruits where to find all the training information they need to succeed, and get them started NOW! The longer it takes them to learn the material, the longer it takes for both of you to make money. The wonderful thing about the status of the company TODAY—is that the greatest problem is too MUCH in the way of training and tools to choose from, not lack thereof.

We suggest, hands down, the system developed by Greg Stroud: “Is YOUR house paid for?”

It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s EFFECTIVE!

D) RESPECT A NEW AGENTS ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND…OR LACK THEREOF. Not everyone can grasp these details, or build the skills they need right away to make a sale. Keep that in mind. Just know that when they get it-they will OWN that knowledge–and you can bet they will remember who assisted them (or didn’t). Be willing and equipped to work on their level, not just your own.

E) Focus on 3 + 2 strategy: 3 personal sales and 2 personal recruits each and every month. Live it, teach it–and you will have progress faster than you could imagine.

F) REFERRALS, REFERRALS, REFERRALS! Every time you make a sale, ask for a list of ten personal referrals which you can contact within the next 48-72 hours. Have the sold prospect call the people first and let them know you are calling. Do this and you can develop a successful business on referrals alone.

These six simple strategies can make all the difference in the world when it comes to developing your team and closing that ‘90 day gap’.

Jaime D. Buckley
Co-Founder of The Jubilee Project