Carol sent me an email,  on a topic, we all struggle with . . . getting through to prospects!

She writes . . .

Uncle Paul,

The majority of the prospects I’m trying to reach are pretty close to impossible to get a hold of.

I’m not getting stopped by gatekeepers, I just always get voicemails and my emails go unanswered too.

Would love to get your take on this.

OK . . . you asked for it!

1)   Are you using your social network to get warm intros to your prospects? It can make a world of difference.

2)   Speaking of social network, try sending an email to them through your social network. Emails sent via a social network yield a 24% higher open rate (according to Epsilon)!

3)   Have you included snail mail in your sales mix? I like to skip all the fancy brochures and “corporate” stuff and send a “blank card”. Check out a sample of mine here.

4)   Have you tried using creative door openers?

5)   When you reach out to them, how is your messaging? Are you well informed about them and reference something specific and meaningful for THEM . . . or does your message have an underlying tone of “ME, ME, ME”?

6)   Have you ever had ideas or a resource that you simply passed along to them or is every one of your messages basically an infomercial?

7)   Are you calling at the same time, with the same message? Doing so makes you predictable and conditions a behavior known as “not listening to your message”.

Calling a prospect at the same time and leaving the same tired message doesn’t inspire call backs

8)   Are you dead set on only calling “top down”? Sometimes it works out better if you start “bottom up” and get the buy in of someone who’s actually in the trenches. Then together, you go for the top level decision maker.

9)               Have you tried calling another extension and getting transferred? With many phone systems, an internally transferred call appears differently on the caller ID.

10) Feel free to call me “silly” but your are actually leaving a message when you get voicemail, right? It doesn’t have to be on every call,but you really do need to let them know you called.Let them hear the sound of your voice experience your personality and your incredible enthusiasm for wanting to help!

Your Turn . . .

What do you do to get through to that hard to reach prospect.

Cold Calls That ROCK Webinar

Join us Tuesday, December 9th at 11:30 am EST as we discuss over 30 ideas to help you use the phone more effectively!

Here’s what I’m going to share . . .

• 7 “Warm Ups” to get you into your “zone” faster
• 3 ways to conquer call reluctance
• How to research a potential client better than you competitors
• How to find “triggers” that will dramatically increase the recipient’s interest level
• How to craft a more compelling message without using a script
• How to cut off objections BEFORE they occur
• 3 ways to handle objections when they do occur (and responses to typical objections)
• How to ask for access to a higher level decision maker without insulting your contact
• 4 types of voicemails that will set you apart

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