Is Social Selling Suffering From Bad Direct Message Syndrome?

You’ve probably seen them, maybe even sent them, and they may be killing network marketing and furthering the low opinion some have of our profession.

I’m talking about those spammy DMs and the system being taught by some “leaders” in our profession.

If your upline is telling you to just get more followers, that is NOT the solution.

If your upline is telling you just to copy, paste and DM everyone you know  - that IS a problem.

That’s why we are spending time today on the topic of spammy DMs, and this strategy being taught by some.

Let me start by answering the question - does it work?

The short answer - Yes, sometimes it certainly does. Most times, it does not.

It’s not a long haul best practice strategy. There is a time and place for DMs, and I’ll cover that and the how tos.

Have you ever received these?

New friend request, you accept and then BAM - the pitch.

Long, multiple paragraphs; how you are missing out, and it’s THE next big thing. If I had a dime…..

How do you feel when you get this?

You're losing your capacity to sponsor and bring those people onto your team who are truly the ones that you most want; those professionals.

You're losing them because in everything that you do in this business from the first contact on is modeling for them exactly what you're going to be teaching them, what's going to be expected of them, should they decide to join you.

Most people think oh I don't want to do that, to my friends and family and strangers.

Have you ever sent one of these? how do you feel thinking about pushing the send button and then, how do you feel once you've sent it.

Do you ever feel ignored; been ghosted; people don't respond, maybe you've been blocked or unfriended?

If you wouldn't do it offline, don't do it online. People will  interpret and have the same response online or offline.

Imagine an offline scenario; you're walking to your , and someone you barely know is walking toward you. They live in your neighborhood, but you aren't friends.

They walk up to you at the mailbox and instead of putting out their hand to shake yours, or ask what your name is, they start going into the sales pitch about their opportunity, it's the next big thing it's got all these patents pending, celebrity endorsements; nothing's ever grown so fast and on and on and on.

Would you be interested or would you think "what a weirdo" and back away?

Would you do this offline? No! So why do it online?

I recently experienced this for myself with someone who I knew someone who i've actually spoken on stage with before. It's been a while, since i've actually seen her, or interacted with her. She is a top leader in her new network marketing company.

She reached out to me on private message on instagram and did exactly what i'm talking about. Used a copy/paste formatted message, no personal content at all, didn't mention anything about my life

She went into a multi paragraph pitch about the business and how she would love to bring me in to her success line.

Well, I felt the same way about it that you probably would.

I felt kind of used, like a number and unimportant. I said no thanks and asked how she was, and began a conversation.

Guess what came back? nothing. No response. Too busy, on to the next "number!"

Do you think that should I become interested in this company, or, if I had somebody who was interested, is this the type of person who I would refer to other people, or who I would want to join in the business?

Not at all.  I don't care if she is a top leader and my gut tells me she's teaching her team to do the same thing and again coming back to the whole scenario of "Is this a long haul best practice strategy?" I'm going to say no.

Do you think that this practice makes network marketing easier for you or for the rest of us, or do you think it possibly makes it more difficult. Does it raise up the integrity of our profession and what are most people thinking when they receive that?

Do you have a question for me? DM me on Instagram @jackieulmer

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