A properly organized contest can focus the team’s energy where the leader thinks improvement is needed. Every month a new area can be picked for developing. It doesn’t have to be only about sponsoring, or selling products. Have a contest for everybody to start their blog about online marketing. Make one of the conditions to qualify that they have to have a certain amount of blog entries for the month.
The biggest benefit of contests is that if they are carefully crafted they will duplicate your efforts. Instead of only one blog working for you, there could be ten or twenty blogs. Look at the total package when designing a contest and ask some questions. What would happen if your team duplicated the contest in their down-lines? What is the long range impact of the contest? What is the short range impact? How can I measure the effectiveness of the contest? Contests make you think about your business and how to make it better.
A properly organized contest can focus the team’s energy where the leader thinks improvement is needed. Every month a new area can be picked for developing. It doesn’t have to be only about sponsoring, or selling products. Have a contest for everybody to start their blog about online marketing. Make one of the conditions to qualify that they have to have a certain amount of blog entries for the month.
The biggest benefit of contests is that if they are carefully crafted they ...more
