3 calls, 1 appointment (yay!)
The calls start at the 2 min mark.
The calls start at the 2 min mark.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.That second one was really good, direct and flowed smooth!3 calls, 1 appointment (yay!)
The calls start at the 2 min mark.
Hi Xaviel I'm just wondering why are you calling people at all? Being sales, social media person and so on than it's not like you could get to those people somehow else? It's a little like "hey I have product for your company that will boost your sales using internet but I have to use cellphone myself..." or do I get something wrong? BTW I have thought that we are in 21 century. Calling people it's like 80' right?
Did you not watch the video? Apparently, it works.Hi Xaviel I'm just wondering why are you calling people at all? Being sales, social media person and so on than it's not like you could get to those people somehow else? It's a little like "hey I have product for your company that will boost your sales using internet but I have to use cellphone myself..." or do I get something wrong? BTW I have thought that we are in 21 century. Calling people it's like 80' right?
yeah horses are working too but still we prefer cars right?Did you not watch the video? Apparently, it works.
Your first call was weak. Sounded too much like a salesperson. Nice job on the next two. Thanks for sharing.yeah horses are working too but still we prefer cars right?
This dude put it out there and got results. You?yeah horses are working too but still we prefer cars right?
yeah horses are working too but still we prefer cars right?
yeah horses are working too but still we prefer cars right?
Once you get up there, you can start asking for referrals and use existing clients as social proof.
I wonder if you can better hone your pitch by using social proof now? Right now I thought your pitch to schedule a call was pretty good but possibly a bit confusing and possibly a bit offensive (you kinda said their online presence sucked and insinuated they weren't already booked up for the year) - could be a turnoff to some.
You're making $1650 a month right now so I assume you provide an awesome service and have a few clients who are doing quite well themselves. I would use that to make a more powerful, concise and easy to understand pitch. Could you say something like, "last month I helped Bobs roofing in (nearby city) increase their appointments by xx% (or any other impressive metric) harnessing the power of the internet and I wanted to take what I learned from that and help one roofing businesses in (his city) - but first I wanted to call a few local roofers to set up a quick 30 minute call for next week to see how my services could benefit your business, does next tuesday at 2:00 work for you?"
This could be improved (a lot) but I tried to include social proof, you also push at his competitive side which could be better developed to make it seem like if he doesn't schedule with you that you are going to call another roofer in his city (his competition), you might not want to develop that too much but hinting at it could be powerful. Then you put a time cap on the call, which could also be developed better.
Anyway, thanks for showing the calls, keep it up man!
3 calls, 1 appointment (yay!)
The calls start at the 2 min mark.
Thanks for sharing. Great idea for a video. I think it will help a lot of people to just pick up the phone and talk to people instead of try and do everything by shuffling electrons around.3 calls, 1 appointment (yay!)
The calls start at the 2 min mark.
Thanks for sharing. Great idea for a video.
Haha... Calls 1 and 3 were with the gate-keepers. You can hear them going into guard mode immediately. What's your plan there? Keep ringing to try and get the business owner on the line?
I don't do these types of cold calls (so take my thoughts with a pinch of salt). I was wondering about your first line of "<business owner name> please".
I presume you're trying to get them to automatically route you through without thinking. You sound (to me) like a B2B call and that you're expecting to be routed through (I guess intentionally).
They say "sorry?" almost as if they didn't hear the first word.
Just wondering if you've tried a cheerful "Morning! can I speak to <business owner name> please?". As if you're a friend of theirs. Would that work differently?
Nice work @xaviel!
I'm launching a similar business next week and currently preparing my sales strategy.
Came across this video from Chet Holmes today that I think you may find useful:
Tip: Do everything you can to get the first name of the person you're trying to reach before calling (e.g. look on Linkedin, their website, etc). Whenever I've done cold calling, saying "Hi, can I talk to Jim" has worked 90%+ of the time (as opposed to "Hi, I'm looking for someone in marketing...")
Thanks for sharing. Great idea for a video. I think it will help a lot of people to just pick up the phone and talk to people instead of try and do everything by shuffling electrons around.
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Calls 1 and 3 were with the gate-keepers. You can hear them going into guard mode immediately. What's your plan there? Keep ringing to try and get the business owner to pick up?
It's almost like you're not trying to engage with the gate-keeper at all. Is that intentional?
I don't do these types of cold calls (so take my thoughts with a pinch of salt). I was wondering about your first line of "<business owner name> please".
I presume you're trying to get them to automatically route you through without thinking. You sound (to me) like a B2B call and that you're expecting to be routed through (I guess intentionally).
They say "sorry?" almost as if they didn't hear the first word.
Just wondering if you've tried a cheerful "Morning! can I speak to <business owner name> please?". As if you're a friend of theirs, and putting the owner name a few words later into the sentence in case they didn't hear the first few words. Would that work differently?
Gosh, but you have me thinking I should do something like this as it looked like fun!
Thank you Vigilante!Great share. Speed+
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