Downline Prospect Raiding

Ouch! Not something you want to be known for regardless of your industry! So what exactly is Downline Prospect Raiding?

It’s when you sponsor someone into your business that someone in your downline is already working with and sharing information with. This is bad form and bad business especially if you are building a downline for residual income. It demonstrates a total lack of regard for the wellbeing of your team and tells your team members something about you that should never be said or even thought about!

One of the first things a responsible sponsor will do when contacting prospects is to find out if they are working with someone else. Why would you do this? Simply to find out if they are getting information from someone in your downline. Once you have made that determination, you can decide how to proceed with this prospect and take the correct approach.

Lets say for the sake of this exercise that Susan is in your downline. In the process of contacting your leads (prospects) you come across Linda. Linda already has information about your products and services so clearly she has been talking to someone. She is very excited and ready to get on board with you. At this point you as a Team Leader have a responsibility to your team to stop and ask, who else are you working with.

If you find out that they are working with someone in your downline, then you need to use this platform to build up your Team Member Susan and encourage Linda to sign up with them.

My approach is to ALWAYS as each of my prospects if they are working with other sponsors. The only thing I need to accomplish with this question is to figure out if they are working with someone who is already on MY team. It is YOUR responsibility as a Team Leader to ask the question and do the right thing! If Susan is already sharing information with Linda, then Linda finds me and I sign her up directly under me what message does that send to Susan? Certainly not a message I would want Susan to get. And it has the potential to put doubt in Susan’s mind about the type of Leader I am and create bad feelings for my entire team.

When you are in a business that generates residual income from the efforts of the people in your downline, it is crucial for the wellbeing of your Team and your Business to draw that line in the sand and NOT CROSS IT! It will always be more beneficial for you to build up your downline and encourage these prospects to sign up under the Team Member they are already talking with. The prospect will then be able to benefit benefit from the knowledge of the person that sponsored them in, and from you as the team leader.

Don’t put yourself in a situation where your team members refer to you as a Prospect Raider! As a team leader regardless of your level, you always need to take the highest road possible when dealing with these situations. That way in the eyes of your team, you are the Leader and you have earned the respect of the team. Having the respect of your team is priceless! Losing the respect of your team will cost you more than you can afford to lose.