DirectMatches - A Terrific Resource To Bring In New Members

Insights by Rick Jorgenson and Don Keith

DirectMatches is a (free to join) network of professionals, entrepreneurs and marketers where you can create a profile, network with your primary prospect group and advertise your PIF4P business. DirectMatches is the first in the online business and social networking industry to use a "dating-type" matchmaking service that helps people locate everything from business contacts to network marketing professionals. This is a powerful resource for building your business.

Here's how you can get the most out of your DirectMatches membership.

You will want to get at least a "Managing IR" membership ($19.95) to be able to get the most out of this tool but you can start getting good use of it with the free membership if you are cash poor.

In either case, if you haven't done so already sign up: http://www.directmatches.com/dkeith

Once you've signed up you will want to set up your user profile. There are 3 areas that you will be placing your profile information. Keep in mind that this information is used to match you against other members profiles in the system.

Rick says: Here is what I put in my profile to match the people I'm most looking for in the system:
Under "Occupation" I checked "MLM". You may want to check "Retired" and "Self-Employed" as well.
Under "Business Topics" I checked "Ad Strategies", "Internet Marketing" and "Home Based Business".
Under "Business Interests" I checked "Marketing, Advertising" and "Networking".

Once you've done that, put your other information in and click on "submit". You will then be taken to your profile page where you will want to click on "My Business Matches". You will find that you should have matched hundreds if not thousands of other members. This is where you will get started in building your DirectMatches contact base.

Once you are on the "My Business Matches" page you will want to start adding contacts. Assuming all of these folks match what you are looking for, go ahead and start clicking on the "add me to contacts" button for each one. You want to go through at least the first 10 pages, which will be 100 contacts. Once you've done that you can go back to those contact profiles and send them an email introducing yourself. Keep it informal and short.

Make sure you have your sig file on the bottom of your email (you can set it up in your email options - see example at end of article).

You will now have 100 contacts with whom you will have made initial contact. Hopefully, they should all add you as a contact on their page. They will automatically show up in your contact section on your page giving you the opportunity to have regular communications with them.

You will want to continue this process (adding business matches) on a daily basis. By the end of the week you should have 700 new contacts to network with and more than likely a few sign ups into PIF4P.

The next thing you can do as part of your DM strategy is to send daily group emails out to your contact list. You are limited to sending it to 60 people a day so plan accordingly. That doesn't mean you can't send more than that, just that you can only send 60 group messages at a time.

Send a daily tip out, something that will help them in building their MLM business. You can tie it to the Success Guide or just something that you are doing to drive traffic. People will soon start to expect this from you and you will become an information resource for them. Send a link to your blog as well as a helpful resource.

Another powerful feature you have within DM is the network search feature that you will find in your mail page. You will use it to locate members that are in particular network marketing companies, like Shaklee or Xango. You will get back pages of contacts that belong to that MLM group.

Once you've done that you click on "add me to contacts", then come back to their profile and click on the email link. Here is an example of what to email them:

Subject Line: Want to build your (insert the name of their MLM) dowline faster?

I'm going to be direct and to the point..Would you like to find out how to sign up more members into (insert the name of their MLM) than you ever thought possible? http://peachtx.payitforward4profits.com

Using this system I've been able to sign up 500 new members in the past 6 weeks. (leave this out if you're just getting started)

And the best part..It's free to join. Check it out. http://peachtx.payitforward4profits.com

Let me know if you have any questions once you've had a chance to look at it.

Regards,
Deb Keith
979-848-0655

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Try and send out at least 15-20 of these everyday. It is a more aggressive approach but it works really well.

The other activity you can do is to post comments on your contacts page. Simply go to their page and click on add a comment. You can write a quick note and add the PIF4P banner in that comment field as well.

By working your DirectMatches resource on a daily basis you will bring a good deal of qualified traffic to your PIF4P website and start getting signups from that traffic.

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Focus - F-O-C-U-S - Focus

Focus, Focus, Focus by Don Keith (Oct 5, 2006)

Some years ago, I worked for the highly renowned leadership training firm – The Covey Leadership Center. We provided leadership and effectiveness training for most of the Fortune 500 Companies. I was fortunate enough to participate in many of these expensive training sessions.

I think one of the most valuable lessons I learned was the lesson of FOCUS. We all know how you can take a magnifying glass out in the hot sun and focus the sun’s rays into a tiny point and cause heat sufficient to start a fire. This same principle is applied with solar ovens that are used to melt some of the toughest metals. Why does it work? Because of focus.

If you take even a very strong magnifying glass and fail to focus the sun’s rays, or if you focus them but keep the “hot spot” moving, there will be no combustion.

I was thinking how very applicable this principle is to building a successful online business (or any business for that matter). Online particularly though, it seems that there are a thousand different voices screaming “Come here”, “Try this” and “Follow me – I’ll lead you to the Promised Land because I’ve been there.” Although there certainly are scam artists out there and people who deliver far less than they promise, our very worst enemy can be a LACK OF FOCUS. I am convinced there are many roads to internet riches but we will never arrive at that destination if we are trying to go in different directions at the same time.

Another great principle of success is the principle of synergy. Synergy is the interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects. It is possible to utilize more than one online process at the same time in such a way that it does not detract from our focus but actually enhances and speeds up the desired successful destination.

Find someone who has become successful doing what you want to be doing. If they have used the principles of FOCUS and Synergy to gain their success, then ask yourself: Can I do the same thing? If you can find someone in this category that is willing to mentor you in learning the processes which they themselves used to become successful and continue to use now that they are successful, then pay close attention.

Once you have done your "due dilligence" and know that they are "for real", forget all the other “voices” out there, FOCUS on what they are saying and doing and follow in their footsteps. With diligence and patience you should start to see the new growth start to blossom under your stewardship.

If you are careful and diligent in following their guidance and it “doesn’t work”, find out why and move on - but, make absolutely sure you are not just moving the magnifying glass just as your “hot spot” is about to ignite.

If you have not yet found this ideal situation for you, check out the opportunity of being mentored by two of the online great multi-millionaires. They are the best I've found and I am VERY pleased with the early signs of a significant future success.
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