Tools to Grow Your MLM Business: Conference Calling Services
Dear readers,
One of the tools that I sometimes take for granted in my MLM business is conference calling services. As you become a leader you will find lots of reasons to use conference calling services. Essentially any time you have more than 3 people you will need a conference calling service. Some of these might be:
- Training Your Downline
- Hosting Business/Sales presentations for large groups
- Planning events with your team leaders
I have an up and coming leader who is hosting business presentations in her area. Before the business presentation we like to do a conference call with her team to get them excited for the event. This helps build anticipation and makes sure that everyone is working their hardest to get people to the event.
There are many free conference calling services available. I’ve had the opportunity to use a couple. Usually they provide free calling services for 100 to 200 people. Sometimes they lack the features of the paid conference calling services, but usually the free services are fine as long as you don’t mind an announcement that says “this calling service was provided free by…”
The free service I am currently using is called FreeConferenceCalling.com. They offer a lot of great features including the ability to record your conference calls so your team members that missed the call can still benefit from the training.
For a little bit higher end service I use InstantTeleseminar.Com. They offer a $1 trial and then their service is $47 a month. One of the reasons why I like their service is they also provide a series of web interfaces that allow the listener to listen over the web as well as on the phone. They also offer a web page where your listeners can type in questions over the web. Best of all at the end of your teleseminar they can automatically replace the web page with the recordings of your teleseminar. It’s a pretty cool service and it’s what I’m using for Home Business Interviews.
Having your own conference line gives you a professional image and allows you to better train and facilitate your team members. Getting a conference line is free so there really is no excuse for any leader to not have one! You’ll find a ton of opportunities to use your conference line!
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Thanks for the information. I never knew these products were so versatile.
I have some experience of using conferencing, but one aspect which I never really thought about is using the conference call to build the buzz for an event or presentation.
Some more insight on this would be great. You obviously know how to get the best of such calls.
And one other point, I think one of the biggest false beliefs people have about conference calls is that they cut out. I know technology has made this old news, hopefully people will switch on to the truth soon!
All the best, and take care.
Hi Sahail,
One thing we do to build buzz for events is after a regional event we invite some of our up and coming team leaders to speak on the call. Our team really enjoys having some new people speak because they relate to them better than some of the “big leaders”. I ask my new leaders to share some of their experiences at the event. It helps build anticipation for the next event.
Also when I do any training I make announcements of the upcoming events, who got promoted, any special announcements from the company, etc.
If you have a big enough event you can do a special call announcing the event, discounts on tickets, etc. You might want to tie in some of your own team building events. We might do a special dinner for people who have achieved a promotion or something similar to that. We can also have people share what they learned from previous events.
- Ben Fitts