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hsimpsonjr
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#21 · Posted: 8 Apr 2007 21:39
CGMom,
the people at the callcenter are professionals who know the business VERY WELL because they present it numerous times a day and they are EXTREMELY GOOD at what they do. Their closing ratio is 17% to 22% on average which is practically unheard of in the industry. We advertise the 800 number to the call center along with our member ID and they do the presenting the business and do followup calls and finally close the sale. Do we talk to prospects? Yes, when they want to speak to us before the sale. They can contact us by getting our number we have on our website that is supplied by the call center or they can ask the sales person to alert us that they would like to talk to us and then we can get in touch with them to answer their questions and let them get to know us before the sale.
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cgmom
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#22 · Posted: 8 Apr 2007 23:34 · Edited by: cgmom
Hmm, sounds interesting...So instead of making the full commission from a sale, you divide it with the call center person who closed it for you? I assume the leads are generated by you? How is this system working for your business? Thanks for the information, I am still a newbie and learning about all the groups in this business. I am currently working full time and getting this business off the ground and am struggling. It is hard to find time to do everything!I know I could get things moving faster if I had more time but I can't quit my full time until my business gets off the ground. Vicious cycle!!!  Thanks for your info!
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goldmills
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#23 · Posted: 9 Apr 2007 00:25
The best way to really understand and get your questions answered about the call center is to simply call them.
All the sales center members on this forum began this way.
It started with curiousity
Facts
Proof
Edification
and Curiousity finally leads people to take more action.
So...
Just call the call center. their # is 800-378-1169, my name is Jeff Mills and my ID # is 2189JM, if you need one, or you can call in with anyone else's ID.
Basically, you make FULL commissions with the call center.
$1000 on L1 sales
$3000 on L2
$6500 on L3
Now, we DON'T make $3200 on Premiers or $9700 on L3, cause we do split a little to a lot of the sale with the closers, and why not? We have no need to be greedy and it keeps our closers happy to come in the next day and work our leads and work the phones for us, so we don't have to.
Last week, my call center closed me over 15 personal sales, and i spoke to maybe 3 of them. I have now set the record with the most sales in one week from one person. I was on vacation Thursday and Friday, traveling for Easter, and did over $17,000 those two days, NOT TALKING to anyone in my back office.
This is why a sales center model outshines the "Do it yourself" mentality. This is why SOOOO Many coastal reps are ditching ridiculous prospecting systems to come into our system, cause they realize, they keep prospecting like normal, or maybe learn some new things, but then the closing are all done for them.
It really does work for many people, to be fair, it also does not work for some people as well.
Mainly people who are prideful, think they are God's gift to Coastal and who deceptively put thoughts into people's minds that they are weaker or inferior people, because they cannot do the business on their own.
There are director's out there who smash and bad mouth call centers and misguide people about how they work, only with selfish motives, which are namely to get people to join Coastal using 'their cool shinny system'
All's fair in love and war, and ya, too bad we are all competitors with eachother, but I don't look at it as competing, I look at it as how can I help people run their businesses more successful? How can I offer them something of great value, which I know helped me and 100's of others make money without bashing or smashing people or systems.
You'll never see me bash or smash or play the PR game where people go back and forth, trying to prove one system or director is better than someone else. It's kindergarten stuff, and ya, I have joined in the throwing mud fights on occasion, but really do my best to get away from it, let my systems, sites, and personality do the talking for me and it keeps me outa trouble, and helps me create a lifestyle and income for my family that we would never trade for a job.
All this to say....
Many roads lead to Roman with Coastal.
Find your Road, evaluate which Roads may be rocky, smooth or have many pitfalls. Once you study each system's Maps, then make the best choice for you, and then become a sponge, learn and then do what your director's tell you to do. Don't sit on it Potsy.
Jeff
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roger
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#24 · Posted: 9 Apr 2007 08:09 · Edited by: roger
Quoting: cgmom I am currently working full time and getting this business off the ground and am struggling. It is hard to find time to do everything!I know I could get things moving faster if I had more time but I can't quit my full time until my business gets off the ground
Further to what Jeff is saying your situation cgmom is pretty common. Most people who join Coastal - in fact who get into any home business - work a full time job.
As people we will usually choose the path of least resistence, and although the Call Center certainly leverages your time better than any system I've seen, you still have to do work and you are encouraged to talk to people. However, there may be a time when people join your business without you speaking with them (it's happened to many of us who are with the Call Center), that's the power of leverage!
One of the most important facets to any venture is your belief in yourself and the product/system you are a part of. Would you buy the Travel Package if there was no business opportunity attached to it? If your answer is no then take a step back and evaluate the business further. If your answer is yes then with all things being equal, I believe Coastal is the best business opportunity in the world.
Many of you reading these posts have probably seen hundreds of biz opps and you've probably even joined a few yourself. But let's face it you don't have to move many Coastal packages to be in profit!
If you go forward, manage your expectations. In our business you can make a lot of money, however, it's not likely you will make a ton of sales as you come out of the gate. It's not that you can't it's just not likely, particularly if you have a full time job. With regards to advertising, it can cost you as little as $0 - $$ whatever your monthly budget allows you.
Go with a Director who can guide you and who will be there when you need him/her and even push you when you need a push. By being a part of this forum gives you additional support and we are here to help. Good luck!
Roger
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hsimpsonjr
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#25 · Posted: 9 Apr 2007 09:09
CGMom,
I work a fulltime job right now. As a matter of fact, I am making this post from work right at this minute. One other great thing about the call center is that the guys there at the call center will take calls for me while I work. I can get on the internet when I have a few minutes or at lunch and look in my back office and see who they have talked to, how the call went, if they have done follow-up calls yet and if they have actually joined, yet.
My first 5 sales a year ago were all made by the call center and I didn't speak with them until after they were signed up. The cool thing for the new Coastal Call center member is that they have a good director like myself and others on this forum to personally guide them through the whole learning process of how and where to advertise. I spend hours on the phone with my members even after they are qualified. Just ask Roger. He probably gets tired of talking to me. He was already a successful member of Coastal Vacations when he saw my Call Center website and he called me and we talked several times and then he joined.
I only chatted with Jeff online one time before I joined under him. Because of using the training in the backoffice and asking him questions, probably 60% of the members in this area of the forum are direct signup's of mine. Susan, Roger, Shelby, Silvana, Noreen, Beckie(who was actually and pass up sale), Thomas, Dawn and probably a couple of others I can't remember right this second without going to my back office are all personal members of mine. Most of them came from reading my posts on this forum. I wasn't trying to "sell" them. I was just answering their questions like I am right now.
The key is to find the person who fits your personality and work with that person. Some of the people who criticize the Call Center say "how can you let someone join your team without them getting to talk to you? They don't even know you?" Well, our website which is supplied through the call center has a "Biography" area where people can see a picture of me and get my personal phone number so they can speak with me. They can call me directly or just talk to the Call center by getting the 800 number and my member ID from my site. I'm not going to post it here because you can get it from my site in my signature line if you want it. The call center is making THOUSANDS of dollars for people every week. I have made $20,000 in the last 3 months. I would have never dreamed I could make that much considering I work a full time job. Thanks to GOD and the Coastal call center I will soon be able to make Coastal my fulltime business. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you.
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cgmom
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#26 · Posted: 9 Apr 2007 16:46
wow,thanks everybody for your information. I didn't realize that you got all of that! Hmm.. makes one think. You all must be pretty awesome to make that much money in that amount of time. I hope to be doing that very soon so I can give up the J-O-B and work Coastal full time.
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#27 · Posted: 9 Apr 2007 21:24
Hi cgmom,
I have lofty goals with Coastal. So much so that my husband has decided that he will go full time with Coastal. I still have that dreaded JOB but I also have a 2 year plan. I want and NEED to spend more time with my kids. This is the way it is going to happen. Maybe not overnight, but it WILL happen. The call center is a huge help with this. Sometimes it is hard for people to actually ask for the sale ($$). That is natural. Let the Call Center do the hard part for you!!
Good luck.
Noreen
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