Facebook Has A Phonebook!! - Sneaky Recruiting Tactic No One Is Using

  Written by Tristan Richards on Jan 1, 2011 2:38 pm

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Yes! Facebook does have a phonebook but you probably don't know where to find it.

What does this mean?

As a network marketer marketing on facebook, you should be only adding people who are in network marketing or interested in network marketing, so you have access to the phone numbers of 100's - 1000's of red hot prospects waiting for you to call them depending on the amount of friends you have.

You are not going to call and just start pitching your opportunity or whatever it is that you are selling, That's rude....but to connect, find out more about them, what is it that they do for a living, why they are interested in network marketing, what are their struggles and present them with your solution. 

Where to find Facebook's Phonebook


To your facebook profile top right hand corner select Account then click Edit Friends

 

Then to your top left hand corner select Phonebook under Friends.

 


I know alot of you are afraid of picking up the phone because you are scared of getting rejected, but there is nothing to be scared of because these are people who already know know you. Just call them up and say like " hey this is YOURNAME, we are friends on facebook. I like to connect with all my facebook friends personally so I decided to give you a call. How are you?" It's that easy.

Remember you are not selling anything but connecting and when the opportunity presents itself for you to talk about your offer, go for it and close them. 

 

Hope you find this helpful and valuable

Happy New Year Betternetworker

Tristan Richards

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Comments



Awesome Tip Tristan

Great tip here man.

Jordan Schultz — Sun, 01/02/2011 - 9:40am

Good information Tristan!

I knew this but had never did anything with it so thanks for the reminder!

Don Egnor — Sun, 01/02/2011 - 12:29pm

Very interesting!

Huh, I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing this out!

Ilka Flood — Sun, 01/02/2011 - 12:45pm

@IIka I only just found this

@IIka I only just found this out a few weeks ago.

@Jordan.. Thanks alot

Tristan Richards — Sun, 01/02/2011 - 1:11pm

Thanks

Thank you for pointing that out.

Teresa Baine — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:42am

Thanks

That's a useful information. I appreciate.

akan udofia — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:54am

Use Hermes....

Hermes is a nice little app I have on my Nokia N900; basically it extracts all my Twitter & Facebook friends who have contact details listed, and puts them in my phone's contact list.

When I hook up my phone to my laptop, my Nokia phone software fires up & I can save my contacts into a file, and then call people through Skype if needbe.

I guess the most important thing about the above "get-to-know-you" strategy is that you must have a genuine desire to help, rather than it being a veiled attempt to pitch your solution.

Dez Futak — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:13pm

Wow! That Is Awesome. Thanks Tristan

I am sure I will use the telephone numbers of my friends at some point. Many of them are network marketers. But, and it is a big BUT for me. There is something ingenuous about calling them just to connect. Except for my closest friends whom I rarely call in any case, when I call people there is an underlining objective and I do not feel comfortable when I try to hide it. That is my experience with people calling me as well. They pitch me, as subtle as it may be at some point, if not in the initial conversation, in a follow up call or email. Apparently the idea of calling people "just to connect" works for some people. It has not worked for me to date. My wife says I just don't give a da-- about people. Maybe, but I do not think so.

Oscar Carter — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:47pm

Thanks for Sharing Tristan!!

Hey this is a great tip, thanks for sharing Tristan!! Personally I won't be utilizing this phone book because the system I use constantly brings me those that raise their hand and want help, when I call them it is without an a hidden agenda only because I sincerely want to help them on their journey.

Marty Misner — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 1:36pm

Great information, Tristan

Thanks, Tristan, I didn't know that this was available. Can't wait to try it.
Kit Grazioli

Kit Grazioli — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 3:55pm

It's All About Connection

Thanks for the great tip Tristan. This business is all about connection and the more people focus on connecting with others in a real way the better.

Paul Reimers — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 5:56pm

Thanks for all the great

Thanks for all the great comments guys.. You are all awesome!

Tristan Richards — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 6:35pm

I never Knew that

Thanks Tristan, I never knew that. Will give it a try.

Colette Crothers — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 7:21pm

Wow...I've been using FB for Marketing for YEARS....

...and I never knew this...Thank you So MUCH!! I posted it on FB too!!

Deborah

Deborah Tutnauer — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 8:16pm
Deborah Tutnauer — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 8:53pm

Yet another reason to

Yet another reason to restrict your private settings and use "friends only" in most settings.

Dave Keays — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 9:44pm

This tip is also a time saver

Thanks for the tip Tristan. I learned something new today. Sure would save time instead of going to each friend's Info page to look up the numbers.

Deborah Simpson — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 10:05pm

Great Tip

Thanks Tristan for this tip. Just last week I was trying to call a Facebook friend but I didn't have her number. Now I know where to find them. Thanks again.

Joshua Rokolekai — Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:27pm

Excellent Tip Tristan

You cannot be afraid to pick up the phone in this industry, our phones are our lifeblood. In order to build lasting relationships, you must talk to people, find out what makes them tick, Thanks for the tip Tristan!

Ian Belanger — Sat, 01/22/2011 - 10:09am

Hey Tristan

Thanks for pointing this out Been On FB for years and did not know about the Phonebook

Wes Hazlitt — Sun, 01/23/2011 - 4:33pm

hey Tristan

thanks for the tip,you learn something new on the site everyday
will take action

lenore charles — Sun, 01/23/2011 - 8:46pm

Dunno, maybe it's just me...

...but if you call me up and say "hey I'm whatsisname, we know each other from Facebook and I thought I'd just give you a call and get to know you", the first thing I'd do is to block you on Facebook.

You know me just as well as you know some random person in a telephone directory. I have over 1500 friends on Facebook. I definitely do NOT want to be called by all of them.

If you're responding to something I posted on Facebook, just MAYBE I might not think that you're either a stalker or a spammer, but you'd have to tread darned carefully.

Johnny Jones — Thu, 01/27/2011 - 10:50am

I Can't Call It

I'm afraid i agree with johnny. Unless you're engaged in - should i say pretty intimate dialogue with a person, whether business or personal or both - i wouldn't assume to pick up the phone and start forming them. I wouldn't want any of my casual contacts doing that to me.

marc pritchett — Fri, 01/28/2011 - 10:07pm

This is a Useful tip

This is a Useful tip Tristran, thanks.There are also a couple Of Interesting responses as well, from Marc & Johnny.

I agree with what they are saying, but would say this in response.With the Advent of Social Media, the world has become a VERY small place now & if you have a phone number on FB, then I would welcome a call from someone, in the right circumstances. I have been known to call someone who wants to be my friend & who has a phone number shown, for this reason, if you speak with them, they get a feel for who you are and are LESS likely to spam you.

Additionallly, you can learn some Interesting facts from net~working with others by speaking to them. And lets face it, Ringing someone to say Hi, thanks for the connection is NO differnt to saying HI thanks for the conneection in an email.

Dave Hayes — Mon, 02/07/2011 - 7:22am

I totally agree with what

I totally agree with what you said Dave, If you leave your phone number public, you are surely welcoming a call from someone. If this strategy is used the right way, you can really make a solid long lasting connections with your faceboook friends. Remember you are not calling to pitch your business opportunity, but if it comes up in the conversation go for it.

Tristan Richards — Wed, 02/09/2011 - 11:35am