Introduction
I want to give you two responses where you can stop Messenger pests dead in their tracks very quickly very efficiently...
But without being rude.
You're going to handle this very professionally...
And more importantly, you're not going to burn your bridges entirely.
The Unsolicited Pitch
You've probably been in this situation before.
You're getting a number of incoming friend requests every day...
And being the keen online marketer that you are, you want to grow your network as large as you can as quickly as you possibly can.
So, you're probably accepting all of these incoming friend requests...
And you're not giving too much thought to it.
But sometimes, your “Spidey Sense” starts tingling...
And you get that instant regret when you accept that friend request.
Within a matter of moments, your inbox lights up and your new chum is immediately in there.
It could go one of two ways.
They could start the usual affiliate marketing type of conversation...
Where they clearly haven't taken a look at your profile or done any research on you whatsoever.
They're asking you the most basic of questions:
Where are you from?
What do you do?
What are your goals?
Are you struggling with anything at the moment?
The usual boring conversation which we all like to avoid.
Or, it could be even worse.
Before your new friend has even said “hello”, they’re copying and pasting this huge barrage wall of text promoting the latest crypto scam or whatever it is they're currently involved with.
They just spray affiliate links everywhere.
They haven't introduced themselves and they have absolutely no idea if you're even interested in the program they're
involved with.
These are the two common scenarios as online marketers we face on a near daily basis...
If we're brave enough to accept those incoming friend requests!
The Solution
The good news is I've got two very simple sentences we can use to stop these people dead in their tracks...
And hopefully let them move on to their next victim.
We do this in a professional way...
Where we're not being rude and not being sarcastic.
We're not blocking people or we're not unfriending people.
Ideally, we're keeping the door open ajar slightly...
So when or if these people come to their senses and they realize what they're doing isn't actually working and they're never going to make money that way...
Maybe they'll approach you again but do it properly this time.
They may even ask for your help!
There are two scenarios where we can use these very simple responses...
And it all depends on the program our new friend is pitching.
1. The Brand New Program
If it's a brand new program, our friend will let us know.
They're not going to leave anything anything to the imagination here...
Especially if they're copying and pasting these huge promotional walls of text which goes into everything in painstaking detail.
They will reveal it’s a “ground floor opportunity” that their “seven figure mentor”, who has been involved in the industry for 20 years, out of the goodness of their heart have created his program...
And it's going to give everybody this incredible opportunity!
One response you can give them is something along the lines of:
“Hey friend (and you can insert heir name here if you want to)...
I appreciate your enthusiasm...
Or, I appreciate your commitment to online success.
The first part of this response is you want to be polite.
You want to be encouraging to some degree and make this person feel good about themselves.
Why?
Because if they’re brand new to the industry, they might have just dumped a month's salary into this garbage program which they’re trying to promote...
And you don’t want to shatter their dreams!
So, you want to make them feel at least somewhat good about themselves for getting involved in this program.
The next part, is where we act like the British press.
If you know anything about the British press, the usual tactic is to build people up...
So they can slap them back down!
That's what we're going to do in this particular response...
But we're going to do it in a kind of nice way.
We're not going to be really harsh.
So, we say:
I appreciate your commitment to success, however, at this moment I only work with long established companies with a proven track record.
I think this is quote a reasonable response because you have to use your brain when you're online...
And can't just throw money at anything that's new and shiny just because the man on the Internet tells you it's a good investment.
2. The Established Program
If somebody is promoting a more established program, then of course this response isn't really going to work...
Because they’re just going to say it’s been around for six months, 12 months, two years or whatever and it meets your “established” program criteria.
There's a very prominent high ticket affiliate program that's doing the rounds at the moment...
That seems to be suckering everybody in.
They're all promoting it in exactly the same way...
Which isn't really effective.
It can get quite tiresome if you're having the same or very similar people in your inbox every day...
Giving you a very similar sales pitch. But again, you don't want to be rude.
You don't want to burn your bridges with these people...
Because as proven high ticket buyers they may come in useful later down the line.
If you have somebody like that in your inbox...
Then, again, you want to make them feel good about themselves.
Tell them something like...
Hey friend, I appreciate your enthusiasm... Or I appreciate your commitment to success. Then add:
I’ve heard really good things about XYZ program and I understand it's helping a lot of people...
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Here's the bit where you shatter their dreams, but in a nice way!
Say something like...
Funnily enough, my best friend in the industry of the past five years spoke to me about this very same program just the other day.
You want to paint the picture that a very good friend of yours...
Somebody who you've been connected to for a long time, has introduced you to that same program already.
That you've had a conversation about it.
It's a very polite but obvious “thanks but no thanks”.
If you're going to join a high ticket program which you have to spend the best part of a month's salary on...
Then you're going to do it with somebody who you already have that “know like and trust” with.
Somebody who you already have that existing relationship with.
Rather than just some random who's landed in
your inbox and is desperate to make their first sale.
Why This Works
By doing things this way, you're you're being polite and professional.
You're not throwing your toys out of the pram because somebody had the audacity to pitch you as an online marketer.
You're handling it really well.
You’re being firm.
You haven’t blocked anybody...
And you’re not giving that marketer who's trying to pitch you a reason to unfriend you.
They might still do that of course...
But you’re not putting them in a position where it'd be in their best interests to get rid of you because you’ve been rude to them.
In this scenario, you've maintained a level of friendliness...
And you don't have to add anything else to this conversation.
You don't need to ask them how long they've been involved in marketing or anything.
It would just give them a green light to continue to try to pitch you because they think you’re building some rapport.
Leave the conversation there.
If you keep them on your friends' list, they're going to be exposed to your content in their newsfeed.
Eventually, if they're not getting the results they thought they would, then they might reach out to you in future and ask for your help.
Need More Help?
Lastly, i must let you know, if you are struggling with anything in your Affiliate Marketing business, then reach out to me and be humble/open about your situation.
No more struggling. No more shiny objects to distract you. No more overwhelm or confusion.
So i urge you to not overlook them, here is my number one recommendation to get razor sharp clarity in your online affiliate marketing business
Here is to your success!
David M Jones
Affiliate Marketer/Coach/Internet Profits Certified Partner/ReThink Social Media Affiliate
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