Tuesday, June 23, 2009

3 Things You Can Do To Generate FREE Leads For Your Home Based Business

3 Things You Can Do To Generate FREE Leads For Your Home Based Business
Are you still buying leads for your home based business? Please tell me your not! Please tell me that in this, the age of Internet marketing, that you have found a way to generate your own leads? Still no,.....Will let me help you.

Here are 3 ways you can start generating leads for your Home Based Business TODAY:

1. Sign up for your own blog at blogger.com or wordpress.com and start adding helpful unique content to it today! The goal of any blog is to give people information about you, your opportunity, or the industry. When people read your blog they will see you as a expert in your field and contact you via your phone # or website. The rule of thumb when writing any blog post is 80% content 20% sales pitch.
2. Sign up for accounts at forums or blogs related to your niche or opportunity. For example, if you were in the network marketing industry one of the first forums I would sign up for is betternetworker. Once you sign up for any forum you will then want to setup your profile. This is a very important step, take time and put some thought into your profile. This is what people will see when they click on your picture or one of your posts. You want to make sure your profile is unique, interesting, and has links to your blog and your website. After your profile is setup, I would then start posting helpful content on the forum. The goal is to position yourself as a expert. Help people solve there problems, and the leads will come.
3. Write Articles -- This is exactly what I am doing here. Writing articles that provide value to the reader is a awesome way to generate leads for your business. The key here, is to remember to start off every article with the question of "What are the problems my ideal prospect is having?" and then solving that problem in the article for them.

After you have signed up for your own blog, posted content in forums related to your niche, and wrote a couple of articles here are some things to keep in mind.

* It will take a while before you start generating leads using these methods. DON'T GET DISCOURAGED!!
* Consistency is essential for success. You must dedicate time each and every day to your business to produce results.
* Whether posting in a forum, writing a blog post, or writing a article, remember the goal is to attract people to you, NOT to sell people. Never should your content be more about you than about solving your prospects problem.

Start with these three lead generation methods, and you will be well on your way to having more leads than you know what to do with.

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