•         Choosing Your Sponsor in a Business with  Candles Part 2

More important information to consider when shopping for a sponsor

Promotion

If you are thinking about the residual income aspect of a home-based business, then how your sponsor promotes is very important.  Splash pages are huge in our industry and for those who are looking to build a team there are some very important considerations you must look at before getting a "pre-made" template type of splash page from your potential sponsor or from your company.

Because a splash page is your first contact with the internet, you need to make sure that there are not hundreds of other pages "Just Like Yours" out there.  If there are, then that page will never have any traffic other than the traffic you send to it.

There is a very specific formula used to write copy for a splash page and its very simple.  Most sponsors who offer splash pages don't have a clue about this advertising formula and simply provide too much information in a format that is not comfortable for their prospects.  In my business, I encourage my team members to build their own splash pages so that they are in 100% control of the content as well as the keywords.

There is only one company that I recommend websites and splash pages.  You can check them out here...  Sealark Web Design

I have no monetary affiliation with Sealark Design.  They offer a unique variety of pages that you can customize, thereby giving you a unique presence on the web.  They also have the expertise of working knowledge of our extrodinary industry.

Conclusion

Remember, the distributor with the biggest presence on the web isn't necessarily the best choice for you.  Neither is the top distributor with that company, because they will probably leave the training to someone else or charge you for training.

Just because someone has "a lot of web sites" doesn't mean they know what they are doing.  If you take a closer look at those distributors it is possible you will find many errors on those sites from the correct concentration of keywords to the actual formatting of those pages.

Remember, when you find a site that offers "training materials" at a price, you may want to think twice about that person as a sponsor.  A sponsor should not only be able to provide you with all the training you need, but should also be happy to provide that support.

For those sites that you come across that sell training or offer their affialiates to "those not on my team", be just as wary.  Remember, "A sponsor should not only be able to provide you with all the training you need, but should also be happy to provide that support."  When you step outside of your team to offer items that you will earn money on without providing the necessary "Team" support for those products or services you could be stepping on the toes of someone else in your own company and taking money out of their pocket.

Make sure they are knowledgeable in their industry and other area's of the business that you are interested in.  this will be key in your ability to get your business up and running in a short time.  They should also be knowledgeable about the competition without bad mouthing the competition.

Choose your sponsor wisely, if you do you will have a long time working relationship with each other that will profit you both as well as the people you bring into your business.