The level of motivation and enthusiasm you feel is high when you first sign up for a network marketing opportunity. However, that motivation diminishes many times when you realize that you are now responsible for reaching out to hundreds, if not thousands, of people to prospect in your business before you start making a great deal of money. This can certainly seem overwhelming. It’s hard to imagine where you could find all these people that you could invite to join your business. Here are five ideas for places where you can meet new people who would be great candidates for your network marketing endeavor.
First, you can meet potential business partners in clubs that you both belong to, such as at church or at the gym. There is an automatic link between the two of you before you say a word to each other due to the fact that you both belong to the same club or organization. You can build on that link and lead the conversation to your network marketing opportunity.
Second, you can meet potential network marketing partners in public places like the movie theater or the mall. This might be the most productive of all the search areas, because the number of people you can meet in public is totally infinite. If you have a slow day, you can try again the next day, or any day after that, even at the exact same location. The type of people will be different each time.
Third, you can meet people to invite to join your network marketing opportunity by simply going door-to-door in your neighborhood and introducing yourself. In fact, a variation on this idea is to simply invite everyone in your neighborhood to a party or barbecue where you serve products from your network marketing business. Make sure you don’t pressure your neighbors at the party, just hand out your cards to let them know how they can reach you to order more products or join the business.
Fourth, you can meet potential prospects for your network marketing opportunity by using social media and social networking sites. However, this is something you need to be very careful about to make sure you don’t send spam. Allow conversations to take their natural course and flow organically.
Fifth, a great place to meet new candidates is to chat with all the service people who help you, such as the waiters and your bank teller. In particular, if they seem especially perceptive or attentive, this can go a long way because you can already see how they handle professional situations so you know they would be wonderful on your team.
Don’t let meeting new people intimidate you and cold prospecting destroy your enthusiasm at first. It may still be your future, you just need to learn how to meet and prospect new people. Now you have five good ideas for places to grow your contacts. Put them to good use and give them a try today.