GREEN pages dialogue are for when you are TALKING and CONVERSING ...
After the introduction & reason for the call, (the Lead-off) you will usually ask the prospect about need, want, money, time, decision, potential, and try to close for an appointment.
It is your turn to be talking about ...
• Discussing the prospects NEED for the product & service.
• Asking the prospect if they WANT the product & service.
• Reqesting an APPOINTMENT based on MONEY and financial matters.
• Finding out the TIME for buying the product or of when they need the services you offer.
• Determining the POTENTIAL to do business.
• Asking the prospect if they have made a DECISION.
• CLOSING for the sale or CLOSE for an APPOINTMENT.
RED pages mean STOP TALKING & LISTEN! In the real world of prospecting, you will get a question or an objection.
.. the prospect has QUESTIONS that must be answered and OBJECTIONS that must be responded to.
"There is a lengthy list of categories of objections but we at Smooth-talker Sales Scripts have chosen to limit them to 24 of
the most often heard objections. It's more than enoughto to handle most prospecting calls"
• Most prospects just try to prevent the call from going any farther once they find out that it's a sales call.
• They say they're not interested.
• They tell you to send them the information.
• They want to cut your prices, commissions, and fees.
• They say that they have a supplier or that they have a friend or neighbor they prefer or do business with.
• Often they want to wait until the economy gets better, or they want to delay meeting with a salesperson.
• They prospects will try to Deflect, Delay, Distract, Defer, Sidetrack, Hinder, Postpone, Prevent and Reject
your prosecting call with a real or imagined OBJECTIONS or to simply make it hard on the salesperson.
YELLOW pages are the traditional SELLING DIALOGUE that salespeople use to convince & pursuade a prospect
"A good salesperson should have at thier fingertips a sales presentation about their
products & services and the reasons the prospect should do business with them."
• They should have a "30-Second commercial" .. also known as an "Elevator pitch" written down and ready to say.
• They should have at least 3 reasons to choose them as their sales representative.
• The salesperson's experience profile and what they can do for the prospect.
• The agents or salespersons resources for getting the job done.
• References the prospect can call and guarantee policies of the company.
• Reasons to choose the company.
• Benefits of their product and service.
• A meeting outline for what will be discussed at their appointment. ... and on ..and on.
these are just a few of the main points of the YELLOW pages sales plan.
WHY USE A PROSPECTING SCRIPT OF ANY KIND?
"What kind of results would you have achieved during your lifetime if you had the advantage of a "cheat sheet" with the right things to say?"
You can be the best salesperson, ... but if words fail you, you're no better off than a salesperson with absolutely no skills.
Whenever you're going to make a telephone prospecting call it would be a good idea to think about what you going to say ahead of time. When using a prospecting script and sales script, you must find a way to tell them of the benefits they will receive if they do business with you.
• A prospecting script and sales script can make anyone seem charismatic and sound brilliant!
• A great communicator, ... with a well written prospecting script can say things that really matter
in a few well chosen words. It's far better to have a few well thought out things to say ... rather than