{"id":3065,"date":"2020-06-05T04:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T09:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/?p=3065"},"modified":"2020-06-05T00:14:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T05:14:58","slug":"sales-tip-503-part-1-of-the-cold-call-phone-openers-armand-farrokh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/sales-tip-503-part-1-of-the-cold-call-phone-openers-armand-farrokh\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Tip 503: Part 1 of the Cold Call: Phone Openers – Armand Farrokh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"“The reason you introduce yourself afterwards is the thing that people care about the most is what you know about them.” – Armand Farrokh in today’s Tip 503<\/p>\n

How do you cold call?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join the conversation below<\/a> and learn more about Armand.<\/p>\n

Carta<\/a>
\nArmand Farrokh on LinkedIn<\/a>
\n30 Minutes to President\u2019s Club Podcast<\/a><\/a>
\n496: Cold Emails: The 3×3 Rule<\/a>
\nSubmit a Sales Tip<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scott Ingram: You\u2019re listening to the Daily Sales Tips podcast and I\u2019m your host, Scott Ingram. Today\u2019s tip comes from Armand Farrokh. Armand is a Director of Sales at Carta and Host of the 30 Minutes to President\u2019s Club Podcast<\/a>. In his tip last week I told you that it was part one of a 3 part series. That was actually wrong. That tip was about cold emails. Think of it as a bonus. Here now is part 1 of Armand\u2019s 3 part series on cold calls:<\/p>\n

Armand Farrokh: Good morning everybody and my name is Armand Farrokh. I’m the host of the 30 Minutes to President’s Club Podcast and the director of Sales over at Carta. Today your actionable tip is all about phone openers. And so the first thing is most people are going to open with things like, did I catch you at a bad time or how’s your day going?
\nThe bottom line is, it’s always a bad time for a cold call and I don’t care how your day is going because everybody knows I’m trying to set a meeting.<\/p>\n

And so what the prospect cares about is themselves. So I’m going to give you two different openers you can use. The first one is my personal favorite. Now it’s my style. I’m a little bit of a bulldog. And so the first one leads with heavy context without actually introducing yourself. And so it sounds something along the lines of this is find your top buyer trigger and then pull that to the front of your intro then introduce yourself and ask if they’ve heard your name tossed around because you’re in their network.<\/p>\n

So for example, if my top buyer trigger is somebody having a mutual investor. It might sound something along the lines of, \u201cHey, we work with a number of vendors and portfolio companies. It’s Armand at Carta. Have you heard our name tossed around?\u201d And so the reason you introduce yourself afterwards, is the thing that people care about the most is what you know about them. And when you introduce yourself with context instead of your name and your company, they immediately set up instead of, it’s Armand at Carta, which turns on the telemarketer.<\/p>\n

The second one is one that I typically like to use after somebody tries to swap me away, or they say “I’m busy” or “I’m not interested.” Those are not real objections. Those are dismissive objections. And so the second opener or one that you can even front load at the beginning is, \u201cHey, I’m sure I didn’t catch it at the perfect time. In fact, I almost never catch anybody at the perfect time. Can I get 27 seconds to tell you why I’m calling? And then you tell me if this is a fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

That’s my tip guys. If you want to help us out, go on 30mpc.com<\/a> or search for the 30 Minutes to President’s Club Podcast. We’re going to have Scott as a guest soon, and you should absolutely listen in. Cheers.<\/p>\n

Scott Ingram: For a link to Armand\u2019s podcast and to connect with him on LinkedIn, just click over to DailySales.Tips\/503<\/a>. Next week we\u2019ll feature part 2 of this cold calling series, and of course you can always come back tomorrow for another great sales tip. Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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