If you’ve been following this series on building a network marketing list, you’ve seen the importance of building one in Part 1 and now you know some of the ways to build your list online from reading Part 2 on Building your network marketing business online Today we’ll talk about building your list offline.
If you’ve struggled in finding people to talk to about your business, whether it’s juice, shakes, vitamins, gold coins or whatever then let’s cut to the chase and talk about specific techniques on building your network marketing list offline. I’m going to start with the one that will probably make you squirm but don’t skip it. It’s vital.
BTW, There is so much great info on getting mlm leads here, you are going to want to bookmark this post right now and come back to it again and again.
18 Techniques to Build Your Network Marketing List aka Create MLM Leads for Your Business
- Technique #1 – Memory Jogger
A memory jogger is a tool to help you think of people that you know in your warm market beyond who comes to your mind naturally. A good memory jogger will help you dig deep and beyond the obvious, and find people you know or have known in your life that might really want what you have and actually be great at it. Perfect way to start building your network marketing list. [I’ve posted one at the bottom of this post for you to download and use if you like.]
- Technique #2 – Meetup.com
If you are not familiar with this site, go check it out immediately. First of all, it’s free. And, yes, it’s an online resource, BUT, it’s an online resource for meeting people OFFLINE. This site has thousands of meetings in your local area on every possible topic, subject and commonality where you can find YOUR perfect prospect and connect LIVE. How cool is that? Here’s some great free training on how to use Meetup.com.
- Technique #3 – Call Realtor Signs
All those signs you pass by that have a house for sale in our neighborhood? Well, they have a name and number on there and sometimes even a face of a person that’s a perfect prospect for any network marketing business – A Realtor. They use the same skills that we do, are amazing networkers, and they’ve been hit hard by the economy…Perfect. You are literally driving by names every day that you can call and add to your network marketing list. If you really want to put this technique on steroids and build a massive business with endless great realtor leads, you can check out this free webinar by top trainer Todd Falcone has that tells you exactly how to do it here.
- Technique #4 –Referrals
I know that seems simple and you hear it all the time, but most people don’t do this and it’s a BIG mistake. In fact, I recently sponsored a great real estate broker onto my team who brought 3 people onto her team in 5 days and guess what, she was a referral from someone in my warm market who said NO (FYI, I got him from using that memory jogger list). How? Because I asked. Now, if you are like me and could never seem to get anyone to give you a name when you had the guts to ask, but are willing to ask again if you knew a better way check out this post I did on “How To Get Referrals Effortlessly After They’ve Said No”.
There are so many other ways to build your network marketing list offline that this post would be 20 pages long if I went into detail on them all here, so here’s a quick list of a few other ways to build your network and create endless amounts people to add to your network marketing list.
14 More Techniques To Build Your Network Marketing List
5. Networking Events – Beyond meetup.com there are tons of networking events in your local area with people who are looking to network with you ON PURPOSE. Check out your local Chamber of Commerce, BNI or other networking groups and go connect.
6. Bandit Signs – My buddy Adam Chandler did a great training on exactly how this gets him 25 leads a day – You can watch it here.
7. Drop Cards – These are cards that look like money; you drop ‘em on the ground in high traffic areas. When people pick them up and open them, it has your ad inside. 
8. Post It Notes – This is a great, practically free, strategy to get leads. Stamp your ad on a post it not and stick ‘em in high traffic areas like gas pumps and ATMs.
9. Flip a telemarketer who calls you – These folks are fearless when making calls and I guarantee they don’t make a fraction of what they could make if they knew about your network marketing business.
10. Bulletin Boards – You see bulletin boards all the time with business cards on them. Grab as many as you can and call them. They actually put them there so people will call. Give them what they want.
11. Grab Biz Cards out of fish bowls – See bulletin boards above
12. Hang Flyers – Do I need to explain this?
13. Junk Mail – When people send you “junk mail”, they are actually business owners who are seeking out people to call them…great prospect!
14. Give your product as a gift – If it’s a great product, people will ask you more about it.
15. Business Card Contest Bowl – Ask local small businesses if you can put a fish bowl in their store to get business cards – give away a cool prize and people will put their business cards in there. Call them!
16. Magazine & Newspapers Ads – Self-explanatory
17. Call Business Owners advertisements – See bulletin boards above
18. Car Magnets – Yup, they do work.
Okay, that should give you a great running start to creating and expanding your warm market to build your network marketing list. I dare you NOT to be successful if you truly employ some of those strategies.
If you found some part of this helpful in building your network marketing list and getting leads offline, please bookmark and share this post on Facebook and Twitter!
You DESERVE Success!
P.S. Building a network marketing list is useless unless you know how to approach them so they end up asking YOU about your business.
P.P.S. Click here to download the Memory Jogger to help you build your network marketing list.
Calling realtor signs is an awesome strategy, those are also high quality leads as well because they’re professional people that understand sales and marketing and understand the importance of connecting with people.
Wow, powerful post Amy. These are solid tips to build your business! Thanks for sharing.
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great post Amy! Do you have or have used car magnets? I thought about it but haven’t done it yet. Thanks for sharing!
Some gems in this list Amy i especially like the one about asking for referrals from folk who said no!
Take care.
Great job on providing a LOT of different ways to get leads Amy, now no one has an excuse about how they don’t know how to get any leads!
Great tips Amy! What are the top 3 methods that you have found personally to work the best?
Thanks
Terry
Great techniques. There is a few you listed I wouldn’t have thought of… definitely referring back to this later:)
I sometimes consider getting my little red beetle bug painted (I think they call it a vehicle wrap) with my blog and/or primary business info on it. I see them everywhere, and since I commute two hours to work a day, I think this would be a unique form of advertisement. What do you think?
Oh, and thanks for the memory jogger, Amy! =)
Hey Amy, I seen you in person in Oct last year at the NU, sorry we didn’t get a chance to meet. You have some great stuff on here. I’ll be sure to visit here often.. Have a happy new years! Your new friend.. DeQuarius Beverly
I will put in my minds every thoughts that you gather here, Thanks a lot.
Amy,
This is excellent.
I am using Meetup.com a lot now and it has absolutely exploded my business. I network with others who have an interest in my product. I don’t push the business–I simply promote the product itself. After the meeting, I tell the group that if anyone has an interest in learning more about the business opportunity, please stick around and I will be happy to answer any questions.
I’m just truly pleased I discovered this web page. Maybe you’d like to place a banner on my blogroll? How can I contact you on private?