I see quite a few posts about taking action so I wanted to jump on the bandwagon and share my experience from today.
I'm pretty well versed in lead gen on Facebook, so on Saturday decided I would offer some local businesses my services.
I quickly found a niche and yesterday afternoon went through a google location list and collated about 30 or so leads with numbers. My initial plan was to cold call them tomorrow, when I am working remotely.
That was until I saw the location of one of the companies - they're just down the road from my office. So at lunch time today, I walked past their building a few times while building up my courage (thought about bailing more than once) and eventually walked in.
After a quick 5 minute chat, the owner didn't seem too convinced, mentioning that they get the majority of their business from word-of-mouth. So, I dropped in this line:
"Okay, I get the sense that actually getting new business is not a problem for you guys, and perhaps you don't need a new lead stream?"
Their response: "well I would never say no to new business, how exactly do you do it then?"
That negative assumption re-opened the conversation, and we agreed for me to come back next week with my laptop and give a demo.
This all came from an idea I formulated on Saturday. now of course it's far from certain new business, but I wanted to share this as it goes to show that you can make progress fast if you take action and have a bit of courage.
I have no website, no business email, not even a business name, and I have a meeting booked with a promising prospect.
There are people out there who need your help, you just need to know where to find them.
I'm pretty well versed in lead gen on Facebook, so on Saturday decided I would offer some local businesses my services.
I quickly found a niche and yesterday afternoon went through a google location list and collated about 30 or so leads with numbers. My initial plan was to cold call them tomorrow, when I am working remotely.
That was until I saw the location of one of the companies - they're just down the road from my office. So at lunch time today, I walked past their building a few times while building up my courage (thought about bailing more than once) and eventually walked in.
After a quick 5 minute chat, the owner didn't seem too convinced, mentioning that they get the majority of their business from word-of-mouth. So, I dropped in this line:
"Okay, I get the sense that actually getting new business is not a problem for you guys, and perhaps you don't need a new lead stream?"
Their response: "well I would never say no to new business, how exactly do you do it then?"
That negative assumption re-opened the conversation, and we agreed for me to come back next week with my laptop and give a demo.
This all came from an idea I formulated on Saturday. now of course it's far from certain new business, but I wanted to share this as it goes to show that you can make progress fast if you take action and have a bit of courage.
I have no website, no business email, not even a business name, and I have a meeting booked with a promising prospect.
There are people out there who need your help, you just need to know where to find them.
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