Securing prospective representatives for a home based business

• US 20030101061A1
• Filed: 05/31/2001
• Published: 05/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Homebusiness.To, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Homebusiness.To, Inc.
• Inventors: Wheeland, Shawn M.
• Application Number:
  US09/870,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20030101061A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Systems and methods for securing leads or prospects. Through a web site of an owner, a visual presentation is shown to a prospect that causes the prospect to experience wistful regret. The prospect is then provided with facts through the visual presentation that enables the prospect to have hope as representatives of the owner and/or through their own home based business. If the prospect has sufficient interest, an online interview is given, which requires the prospect to provide more than just contact information to an owner. The results of the online interview are provided to the owner through an email and the owner then conducts a personal interview with the prospect. Finally, the successful prospect becomes both a representative of the owner and receives their own copy of the owner'"'"'s web site for use in their own home based business.

Claims

1. In a system including an owner having a business, wherein the owner has representatives for the business and wherein the owner spends time and resources attempting to secure prospective representatives that are not interested in the business of the owner, a method for securing an interested prospective representative for the business of the owner, the method comprising acts of:

presenting a visual presentation to the prospective representative on a web site of the owner;

determining that the prospective representative has interest in becoming a representative of the business such that the owner is able to interact with the interested prospective representative;

performing an online interview with the prospective representative; and

submitting results of the online interview with the prospective representative to the owner.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the act of presenting a visual presentation further comprises an act of the prospective representative accessing a web site of the owner, wherein the visual presentation is stored on the web site of the owner.

3. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the act of presenting a visual presentation further comprises an act of evoking wistful regret in the prospective representative through an emotion portion of the visual presentation.

4. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein the act of presenting a visual presentation further comprises an act of providing factual data to the prospective representative through a factual portion of the visual presentation, wherein the factual data is provided after the emotion portion.

5. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the act of determining that the prospective representative has interest further comprises an act of requiring the prospective representative to commit to the online interview.

6. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the act of determining that the prospective representative has interest further comprises an act of inviting the prospective representative to return at a later date when the prospective representative does not have sufficient interest.

7. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising an act of the owner conducting a personal interview with the prospective representative based on the results of the online interview.

8. A method as defined in claim 7, wherein the act of conducting a personal interview further comprises an act of the owner expanding on the results of the online interview during the personal interview.

9. A method as defined in claim 8, wherein the personal interview is conducted over a telephone.

10. In a system including an owner having a home based business, wherein the owner seeks representatives for the home based business, a method for securing leads to prospective representatives for the owner, the method comprising acts of:

showing a visual presentation to the prospective representative at a web site of the owner, wherein the visual presentation includes an emotion portion and a factual portion;

committing the prospective representative to an online interview at the conclusion of the visual presentation, wherein the commitment evinces sufficient interest of the prospective representative;

performing an online interview with the prospective representative if the prospective representative commits to the online interview; and

sending results of the online interview to the owner of the web site.

11. A method as defined in claim 10, further comprising an act of directing the prospective representative to the web site of the owner.

12. A method as defined in claim 10, wherein a successful prospective representative receives a replica of a master web site that is essentially identical to the web site of the owner.

13. A method as defined in claim 10, wherein the act of showing a visual presentation further comprises an act of evoking wistful regret in the prospective representative.

14. A method as defined in claim 10, wherein the act of showing a visual presentation further comprises an act of providing hope to the prospective representative through the factual portion of the visual presentation.

15. A method as defined in claim 10, wherein the visual representation is directed to an industry, wherein the industry is one of telecommunications, nutrition, and e-commerce.

16. A method as defined in claim 10, wherein the act of committing the prospective representative to an online interview further comprises an act of requiring the prospective representative to demonstrate sufficient interest.

17. A method as defined in claim 16, wherein sufficient interest is demonstrated by the prospective representative selecting a serious button on the web site and insufficient interest in demonstrated by the prospective representative selecting a curious button on the web site, wherein the serious button and the curious button are provided to the prospective representative after the visual presentation.

18. A method as defined in claim 10, further comprising an act of the owner conducting a personal interview with the prospective representative, wherein the personal interview is based on results of the online interview, wherein a successful prospective representative becomes a representative of the owner.

19. A method as defined in claim 18, wherein the personal interview is conducted over a telephone.

20. A computer program product having computer executable instructions for performing the acts recited in claim 10.

21. A system for use by an owner in securing prospects such that the owner spends time with interested prospects, the system comprising:

a master web site, the master web site including a master presentation;

one or more replica web sites, wherein each replica web site has an owner and wherein each owner subscribes to the master web site, each replica web site comprising;

a customized version of the master presentation;

a commitment component for determining an interest of the prospects of the owner; and

an online interview component for those prospects that demonstrate sufficient interest, wherein results of the online interview are sent to the owner; and

a personal interview component for conducting a personal interview with prospects that demonstrate sufficient interest, wherein the personal interview is based on the results of the online interview.

22. A system as defined in claim 21, wherein the master presentation includes customized versions of a visual presentation.

23. A system as defined in claim 22, wherein the customized versions include:

a telecommunications version of the visual presentation;

a nutrition version of the visual presentation; and

an electronic commerce of the visual presentation.

24. A system as defined in claim 22, wherein the master web site further comprises resources for use by owners of the replica web sites.

25. A system as defined in claim 24, wherein the resources include audio files and statistics.

26. A system as defined in claim 22, wherein the customized version of the master presentation comprises an emotion portion for evoking wistful regret in the prospects and a factual portion to provide hope to the prospects.

27. A system as defined in claim 22, wherein the personal interview component occurs over a telephone.

28. A system as defined in claim 22, wherein successful prospects receive a new replica of the master web site, including a visual presentation substantially identical to a visual presentation of the replica web site of the owner.