About IAHBE Leads

[1948Ann]

Just received my IAHBE leads for the last 2 month.
Noticed one thing. All leads come with NO phonenr's?
Just Names & Addresses?
A few was normal but All of them?
Is this a glitch in the system or new policy?
For me, the only benefit they have at this stage is to award them to my US Affiliates. Snail mail would take way to long. Talk about infinity. LOL
Alone the writing of letters + mailing them is not realistic.
Outside the US, the way they come now, they really are of little use to
anyone.
Is this happening to all leads? Has anyone else noticed?
Ann

[1948Ann]

I did some quick calculations last night, which by the way nearly knocked my socks of.
Calculation cost of mailing Letters because of no phone nr's.
For any one working with free IAHBE leads outside the US consider this:
In my case the following is true:
1 letter to 40 leads from IAHBE to prospects in th US.
$0.86 x 40 = $34.40 x 3 the minimum follow up $103.20 WOW
Now take this & follow up 8 or 12 times (like they say the fortune is in the follow up? WHERE?)
8 x $34.40 = $275.20 ouch
12 x $34.40 = $412.30 big ouch

Never mind the time it takes write/copy/customize/mailing these letters.
Economically it is a disaster. (even if you get 1 or 2 Affliliates)
Ann

[omeomi]

These leads never have email addresses.

This is because most of these are people who signed up at one time and for one reason or another did not opt in.

Email addresses, if included, could result in spam complaints.

You are correct that they are best used by US affiliates....I don't use them at all -- and I'm in the U.S.

They are leads. They are free. And especially for new affiliates who are just learning the ropes, they are a good way to start understanding followup.

Some affiliates have reported results with these leads by using the phone, but again the cost could be high.

[1948Ann]

I feel that I owe IAHBE an apology for the following reason:

About the validity of IAHBE Leads.

My concern about these leads, are from my standpoint only.

The value of IAHBE is unprecedented. It is worth every penny you spend on it & then some.
I am very great full for IAHBE Services, which gives me so much information, for so little. It puts me forever in their debts.

These Leads are an added bonus only.

When I advertised this bonus it had value to me, which is no longer the case.
It still has value to Affiliates in the US.

What I did is this: I offered these leads to my US Affiliates.
At least this way they are still of value to someone else.
Ann

PS just received this reply from support, when I asked about the missing phone Nr's.:



We opted to not disperse the FREE leads with phone numbers due to the "Do Not Call list". As for the FREE leads saying they did not ask to contacted or were not interested, there was no change in the way we got the FREE leads. The leads that you receive as a member are good, quality, fresh leads generated in the last 30 days. There are higher quality leads available from other sources, however these leads are still qualified as leads interested in starting a home business.

The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs, first of all, in NOT and was never meant to be a primary lead-generating service. As you should know from the content on the site itself, the Association's goal is to empower home-based entrepreneurs around the world with the information, tools, and resources they need to achieve success. It is designed as a champion and advocate of the home-business lifestyle and to educate the public about the benefits of working at home.

Remember, membership fees are used solely to provide you with the great, exclusive content you'll find in each MoneyPak, special emails, and the site itself.

Thanks for contacting us. If you have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Laura
SFI Customer Service


Carson Services, Inc
PO Box 4785
Lincoln, NE 68504

402-434-8480 (phone)
402+434-8483 (fax)

[1948Ann]

for your reply. It is valued.

The problem is not the E-Mail address, it was the removal of phone nr's.
It would take only a couple of minutes per phone to asked about an existing or unexisiting interest. If interested ask for valid e-mail address & take it from there.
Ann

[csmarketing]

Who said you have to send a letter, you could use post cards besides it cheaper to mail it is different I'm sure many are probably not using this method. Just a idea

M

[BabyElvis]

Hi! The US Postal service has a great mailing service over the internet where they will print and mail postcards for .27 (and up)! Can't beat that - less than the price of regular postage. I used this last week to mail a black and white, 2 sided card to 40 prospects for $11. Each card cost me 29 cents each (because I chose the 2 sided card) and I did not have to address, label or put stamps on them. You simply download a template, tweak it as you desire, save and upload it and also upload your list of leads and they do the rest. It took me a total of about 15 minutes. I don't see why someone from outside the states couldn't use the service for mailing to US leads.

http://www.usps.com/netpost/postcard.htm

Also there's no minimum, so if you just want to do 1 or 2 that's fine with them. I used one of the graphics from the E-cards section (converted it to grayscale) and typed in my gateway just below that for the front. On the backside, I wrote a brief little blurb.

I plan on following up in a couple weeks with another postcard. I think I will do a series of about 5 cards with the last one in full color - I will splurge and tell them something like - "See, INternet INcome IS INcreasing - I can finally afford full color!" or something goofy like that. (I know it will be true too!)

Hope this helps!

[csmarketing]

Thanks for sharing I to am preparing to do the same thing with my leads. I was wondering if anyone had used the service now I know thanks again.

Michelle