Direct Sales - How to Write Effective Recruiting Ads

I have been recruiting in Direct Sales since 1989. In thesentences about the opportunity and the third
20 years I have been in Direct Sales, I have recruitedsentence says contact me for more info. That is a
over 500+ men and women.very unprofessional ad. Your ad needs to provide the
I think when it comes to recruiting, you need to sitreader with concise info about the opportunity you are
down and write yourself 2-3 effective recruiting adsadvertising, in the same respect, don't make it too long
that you can use to market your Direct Sales Businesswhere they lose interest. They want to read an AD,
Opportunity.not a book!
Here are some of my tips for writing an effective7. Proof Read your business opportunity ad or have
Direct Sales Recruiting Ad.someone else do it. Typos and Grammar mistakes
1. I state my Company name several times in mylook unprofessional!
business ad. I think its important to not have a "blind8. Know the business opportunity INSIDE and OUT!
company name" in your business ad. Readers whoNothing looks more unprofessional to a recruit lead that
read your business ad, want to know upfront whatstarts asking you questions and you don't know the
company you are with.answer. I feel if you are going to be recruiting you
2. I list all start up costs involved. I don't have myshould know your business company very well. I once
reader guessing what the costs are. A reader has thehad a girl that was 32 hours old in her company try to
right to know this information upfront without contactingrecruit me into it. That was a big turn off for me. I am
you to obtain it.not saying you have to be there for years, what I am
3. Quotas: If your company has quotas, it should besaying is you should know everything there is to know
listed in your business opportunity ad. Readers whoabout that business opportunity before recruiting others
find out after they are already talking to you a lot ofinto your company.
times feel mislead if this is not clearly stated.9. Don't overload your Recruiting Ad with graphics. A
4. Business Slang Terms. Not everyone who readslot of older computers can not handle dozens of
your business opportunity ad will be familiar withgraphics. Keep it simple. One banner will suffice.
common business slang terms. You need for your ad10. When I make changes to my Ads, I like to get a
to be in clear understandable english.few friends to look over it for me. A lot of times they
5. Do not over hype your business opportunity. Why?will give you great advice on changes that should be
a. It can scare people off into thinking its a scam or toomade that you didn't think of.
good to be true and they move on. b. If they fail at the11. When you decide to recruit, You need to realize that
business opportunity, they will turn around and blameyou will have to set aside time to help train any new
you, saying you said you could make XYZ in a certainrecruits you get. Its not right to go on a recruiting blitz
amount of time and so forth. Always state reasonableand then dump them all onto your Upline Manager. Its
commissions about the business opportunity. A lot ofyour responsibility to take time out to help train your
the Direct Sales companies will provide you with therecruits and do so effectively. All of this takes time and
national average on sales.patience and if you are not going to be dedicated with
6. Ad Length: Too often these days I see tons of 3your time, you shouldn't recruit!
sentence online business opportunity ads that say 2