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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Lake Oswego, OR
Posts: 6,312
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Oh come on now. Go to some sales training. Read some books. Take some risks!
I am a career salesman. Best book? The Secret of Question Based Selling by Thomas Freese.
Items I want to accomplish with prospects - in no order:
1) Make them curious
2) Not come across as slick or pushy but as a resource
3) Blow their mind by what a pro / how brilliant / how much better their life will be working with me
4) Outline my process - tell them what I expect / how this will work / what I need from them
5) Move the process to agreement on the next step
Phone messages? I never leave them. Except, recently with a VERY technical industry I did. I am normally a fast talker. I slowed down until it sounded like I am brain damaged. I left a message. I had a 40% RETURN RATE. This is a game. Play it. Change it up. Learn where you win and play there.
I am 100% envious of your description. You have a killer service / product. You simply need to get the message out.
What about hiring a sales guy on a three month base to 100% commission? Perhaps you are not the best person for delivering the message?
Sounds like a great problem to have!
Larry
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