The Difference Between Selling and Recruiting

The major difference between selling a product and selling an opportunity is really not much. In fact, you could sell them in the same way. However, you really want your new distributor to want to build their business so you want to avoid any pressure to sign up. In fact, you may want to give them a lot of space to decide that they really want to join and be successful.

Often in recruiting, you need to find the right person at the right time. They may be ready to jump right in, they may be looking at several opportunities, or they may just be procrastinating. In any case, asking or pressuring them to join is the wrong move. They will do things when they are ready, or they may do nothing at all. The best thing you can do is to keep looking for new prospective distributors and not worry about the ones who may join.

Another thing you need to understand is that besides an opportunity, you are selling a lifestyle. Your lifestyle in fact. Take a look at what you do on a day-to-day basis. What would other people think about your lifestyle? Not to say that you need to spend money lavishly to attract distributors, you don’t. You just need to be the kind of person other people are attracted to, the kind of person people want to be. If you are obsessed with your business and look nervous all the time you will attract no one.

One last thing about recruiting: Remember that you are the big fish. You should never sell the prospect on what your upline, sponsor, or company can do for them. You sell them on what you can do for them. Which leads me to this point: What can you do for your distributors? What special skills or aptitudes do you offer? Consider this before you begin talking to prospects.

Image can also play a role in sponsoring. Again, it is not about how much money you spend. Millionaires make a lot of income but spend very little of it. If you drive a Mercedes or an old beat up pickup, it does not matter. Image is more about being professional. Having nice looking business cards. Being a company rather than an individual. Having nice looking presentation materials. Looking well dressed and groomed. Image can also be how well you follow through. If a person asks you for something and you promptly get it to them, that will go a long way.

I would like to finish by reviewing key points: You will do well at sponsoring if you can identify your distributor’s demographics (a description of who they are), find people in that demographic, present to them (i.e. give them a video), be the big fish by giving them advantages for working with you, then let them have their space. Follow up but avoid pressure. Then find more people and do the same. Don’t worry about sponsoring, it will happen.