“Instead of thinking about whether or not you have created a persona and a reputation as someone worth talking to who has something to say, worth listening to hearing or talking about.” – Jeff Bajorek in today’s Tip 390
Am I someone worth talking to? Do I have something right now worth talking about?
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Transcript
Scott Ingram: Scott Ingram: You’re listening to the Daily Sales Tips podcast and I’m your host, Scott Ingram. Today Jeff Bajorek is back to challenge us once again. Here he is:
Jeff Bajorek: There are a couple of questions that you need to ask yourself before you reach out to any prospect. I don’t care if they hear from you regularly. I don’t care if they’ve never heard directly from you before and I don’t care if you’re going to try to reach them by the phone, by email, by social media, by smoke signal. It doesn’t matter. Two questions that you need to ask and you need to imagine yourself in their shoes when you try to hypothetically answer them on their behalf and if you can’t answer these questions on their behalf in a way that makes sense for you to move forward, then you have to rethink your strategy. Those two questions are, am I someone worth talking to and do I have something right now worth talking about? Whether you like it or not, that is the line of questioning that your prospect is going to consider in the milliseconds after they pick up the phone. When you call or after they receive that email, that is probably not as well worded as you wish it was. Through this lens does that change your approach? Do you think a little less about using gimmicks, do you think a little bit more about your reputation? Do you think a little bit more about how you reach out to prospects on a regular basis and if you are building that credibility along the way? Well Jeff, how can I build credibility with someone that’s never talked to me? Well, through repetition, through diligence, through persistence, through determination, the way that you prospect, the way that you ask questions. We’ve all heard that story about, you know the sales rep who calls that prospect the 500th time and they finally pick up the phone, right? What’s going to make them pick up the phone on the 500 times, those first 499 well, quite frankly, I don’t know why I picked a number so big and so hard to say on a video, but all of those times leading up to that time when they pick up the phone, are you using that as an opportunity? Are you using those opportunities to build your credibility? Are you demonstrating yourself as someone who won’t be pushed aside? Are you demonstrating yourself as someone who has something worth talking about? Can you demonstrate some expertise in the way that you prospect? Even if you don’t get them on the phone or to reply to your email? You’re out there on a regular basis looking for quick fixes. You’re looking for magic wand, silver bullets, things that you will hope to find that can make your job easier. Instead of thinking about whether or not you have created a persona and a reputation as someone worth talking to who has something to say, worth listening to hearing or talking about. Hold yourself to a higher standard. That’s called professionalism. I think you’ll see a lot more success.
Scott Ingram: If you want to continue to increase your professionalism. Then make sure you join Jeff’s mailing list because, in addition to his weekly tips on this show, he does possibly an even better job with the email that he sends out each Sunday. There aren’t many emails that I look forward to reading, but Jeffs is one, so click over to DailySales.Tips/390 where you’ll find a link to Jeff’s website so you can join his list, connect with him on LinkedIn and you’ll also find the video version and a transcript on that page as well.
Then be sure to come back tomorrow for another tip on connecting with the C-Suite from Denis Champagne