By Dana Phillips.

There are so many things to do in your direct selling business; it is sometimes hard to make time for recruiting.  Even when you know how important it is, you can let a week go without spending quality time working on growing your team.

When you do make time for recruiting, the benefits are enormous. Consistently bringing in new people to your team will continuously grow your group volume, leadership pool, and your income.  Here are a couple of ways you can make time for recruiting.

Schedule time each week:  Decide how much time you want to devote to building your team and block off times to work on recruiting.  Honor that time as if you were in an important meeting. Don’t use that time to answer emails, phone calls, or office work.  Work on recruiting. Calling, setting up conversations, getting referrals, and following up on prospective team members are the critical activities for this scheduled time.

Measure your activities:  If you want to conduct ten recruiting conversations each week, then hold yourself accountable to the events.  You may not get a new sign up each week, but you can control the number of conversations you have.

Reward yourself for time spent on recruiting:  Find a personal reward system for yourself based on your activities or hours spent on recruiting.

When you make time for critical income-producing activities, like recruiting, you will increase your success.

What do you do to make time for recruiting?

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