Where to find new distributors

Warm list

Text recruiting

Cold calling local businesses – target a particular profession and call with “pardon unusual approach, can i send you some info”

Cards/DVDs

Independence – Copies in every waiting room, train station, take away, surgery, solicitors offices etc, etc in a 50 mile radius

Supermarket boards

Big Advertising

Classified Ads – A La Big Al “Call now to find out how you can earn an extra £250 this week. Remember to ask for your free DVD”

Ad in free franchise magazine

Business Opportunity micro cards

Emails

WAMs

Referrals from people like hairdressers etc who talk to lots of people daily

Big al style Fishbowl

“save 5%” stand in an office

Pile of DVDs on the waiting area desk in an office

Networking events

Phone existing customers to pitch business

Give every customer you see in your existing business a DVD

Google PPC and SEO

Facebook group and status updates

Twitter

Forums

Go to training courses where prospects might be (e.g. I'm going to an evening course on "sales and selling")

Landlord shows

Franchise shows

Job Centre stand

Leaflet local area

Someone walking up and down high street with a sandwich board

Free prize draw - put your business card in here to enter our free draw

Getting lots of quotes from trades people who meet a lot of people (Wes Linden got loads of people round to quote for a conservatory and pitched them all)

Go back over no for now list

DVDs by front door to give to every delivery person

Adverts on Gumtree

Adverts on other recruitment web sites

Creating a version of sussexnetworking.ning.com for your area

Adverts on your cars and any other cars you use for your business. In fact, paying a white van man to put your advert on his car

Get the mini and advertise on it

Big Al's "how to get rich without winning the lottery" books

Roundabout advertising

Setting up your own networking event if there are none locally

Getting a PR story in the local paper

Got any more? Send them over.

See something you like? Let me know what works for you (try them for a while before deciding).