What Is The Ultimate Sales Prospecting Tool?
Each day we are bombarded with a broad array of advertisements. These advertisements may appear on or in any one of the following mediums:
* Internet
* Television
* Billboards
* Cars
* Trucks
* Radio Stations
* Bus Stop Benches
* Daily Conversation
* In The Sky
* Magazines
* Newspapers
* Direct Mail
* Taxi Cabs
As consumers, we have unconsciously learned to filter out many, if not most of these advertisements. We have conditioned ourselves to act in such a way because it helps us to manage the constant flow of information. And as a result of this filtering process, we in turn improve the quality of our lives.
Advertisers understand how we (as consumers) think and behave and they will spend megabucks reaching us any way that they can get their message heard! As demonstrated above, they will advertise with one medium or a combination of several mediums to achieve their goal. Where does the mini tape recorder play in all this psychological nonsense?
The mini tape recorder is a sales prospecting tool that we can use as sales professionals to reach out to the most successful sales prospects. Yes, these advertisers that we as consumers filter out each and everyday are a fantastic source for business leads. These advertisers have money or have access to it and they want to grow their business. These are just a few characteristics of a great business prospect.
When youre on the highway and see a car detailed with an advertisement then get that mini tape recorder out, press play/record and record who the advertiser was and where you saw them. Why not just remember them? Because during the course of your working day you will come across hundreds of advertisements and you will not remember a majority of them. If you take the time to selectively record these opportunities then by weeks end you will have assembled a large list of sales prospects.
When you begin calling on these sales prospects you will find that collecting these leads in such a manner will help you to instantly warm up your sales calls. Once you have located the name of your business contact you can open your sales call with a smile and say, I was on the freeway this morning and saw one of your BRIGHT RED company cars. Wow! You could see that thing a mile away! This is (Your name) calling from (Your company) and the reason for my call is (State the exact reason for your call and include one or two benefit statements). This type of lead generation is probably not used as often as you think and really makes cold call and sales prospecting fun. The more fun you have at work, the more you will sell! Oh yeah, one other thing, I heard that Wal-Mart has a sale on mini tape recorders maybe you should fast forward yourself over there, huh?
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