Land UNLIMITED Offline clients with these two simple questions!!(MY PHONE SCRIPT)

Aaron -

Do you have a copy of the email you're sending??? Or, at least something close??

Thanks.

Thanks for sharing:

I'm just starting out here in SoCal.

Curious - if you do not mind me asking - what do you charge?

I've seen models as low as $79/month and as high as several hundred.

Of course, initially, one can charge based upon value, but I believe, its not hard for the owner to google SMS marketing and find a bunch of $50/month plans.

Way back when, I sold dramtic cost cutting technology to banks, and while the initial stages of the sale were all about how much they would save - payback was measured in months - pretty soon the conversation moved on to what about these other guys offering very similar products/services?

Curious how you handle these scenarios.

Kudos to you for getting the payment without a meeting.

dunkinbbb

No big man on campus... Any person here is only one good report away from being a "name". But yeah, I love your script. First class. You could train people on that.

Good questions! Check TXT180 out, I've been really happy with them so far, may change in the future when I get time to land some more clients. Compare TXT180 - Mobile SMS Marketing Solutions

I actually managed to start upselling the 'extra' services such as providing marketing material which was a measly upsell of 99 bucks. But all I had to do was buy was a small plastic flyer holder and print out a simple little flyer for the to put up in the front of the rest. And I also included a quick training session to their hostesses on how to get everyone who walks in to sign up for the sms list. I get the owner to agree on offering custos who walk in, free drinks on their meal if they sign up for the text list.


All of my clients are very happy with their ROI so I have yet to have any complaints or anyone fire me!

Arron

I'd buy it.

I just ask for the manager to get passed the gatekeeper, If Im SURE that the manager is not the owner, I ask him who I would speak to in regards to marketing!

Sounds awesome...that is cool you are doing so well. Thanks for the script!

So, uhh....when's your bday there, Areevez??? Seriously!

Great share, by the way, cool ideas. Definitely food for thought. Keep it up!!!

GerryLee

Another great post thanks for sharing

phillip in san diego

I wish I could do that! Maybe it is my mindset, but sometimes I think bad thoughts in my head when they are very rude over the phone. I just need to get in a more positive mind set when hitting the phones!

I dial 100 numbers a day. Which takes me a little bit longer than an hour. Just local restaurants but there are chain restaurants that are local owned like dominos and such. But I focus mainly on the ones that I know are local.


Arron

For anyone providing this type of service.

If you get your own whitelabel SMS service and sign up a client. Once you have them signed up and set them up, does the client send the txt messages out themselves or do you need to do it for them? How much is your involvement each month?

Thanks, Ron

That's HOT!! Thanks for reporting an live example of the script! The wso is more complete than you guys think!! Looking for a launch sometime next week.

No problem! If you need help along the way with something, come back in here and I'll try to get you through it!!

Read this before you start calling..

Always remember that when we find someone that has an 'interested' sounding response, this instantly puts you in the power position. Business owners who are really interested in expanding their business and increasing their profits through effective marketing have NO idea HOW to do it. So when they find someone who has a company dedicated to doing exactly that, they will be the submissive ones on the phone because they will expect YOU to take charge and have control of the conversation.

Thanks for sharing your script. It's interesting to see all of the different scripts Warriors use. However, it's amazing to see how effective they all are. Taking action even when we're hit hard with rejection can only lead to success in the end.

I know this thread is kind of old now, but I came across it and was wondering how anyone was doing with their sms marketing businesses. I am in the process of starting a mobile marketing business.

Hi Arron,

About your WSO coming out on this would love to get on your early list but unable to PM you. Can you either PM me or email me at "mtnbiker50 at gmail dot com.
This is a awesome post and it came at a perfect time for me to help get my sms business off the ground!

"Working on it as we speak bro! That's why I dont want to give much more away here(response email/rebuttles/upselling etc) as I will be going into awesome detail of a fool proof way to get going. "

Thanks for sharing some rocking idea's and script!

how many calls did you make? I usually find that you will have much success in cold calling if you make A LOT of calls - I am talking about at least 100 calls per day (minimum 50). Track all the calls that you make and track what happens so that you can refer to it, follow up and call back. This will work on either excel or a CRM (customer relations management system). (like salesforce.com). It is not that expensive. Hope this helps!

Cool Script!

That is a interesting idea but the problem is I think a lot of them my equate it to spam and might but a damper on them opting in to the biz. Is a bit dicey right now with unwanted msg's. There are some case's going around this issue. Temping as that is think better to make sure person is getting something they are expecting. We might think it but alot of folk are very protective of their phones and what they get. My son took expection when a friend forward him a coupon.... Go fingure

Agree, just looking at all the possibilities.

1,000 msgs a month and I run the campaigns for them.

Arron

Thery seem pretty good. Few months ago, I checked them out and they didn't have a reseller program then. I signed up to their "announcement" list but never got any updates...

I'm glad you reminded me about them :-)


Thomas

Its a real shame TXT180.com only allow US residents. Do you know of any simular Companies from the UK ?

Nah it's not necessary, I really dont even know what that means. I have all my clients on one normal account. That was just my preference, im not sure if others do it differently.

Here is the email convo Im having with this Spa lady about setting
up her SMS campaign. Start from the bottom of this post and read up
the page. The first email is her responding to my proposal email
that I sent her after getting her email address through my cold call
script. May be long but you may learn some stuff.

Arron


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Arron,
Thanks so much for all the info. I should be able to answer any questions that my partner has. I will get back to you very soon.

Kind regards,
Traci
Amy
Stellar Spa


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Great! Alright, like I said, it all starts out with a personal shortcode, ex 54545 and a personal keyword, ex stellardeals. Our initial job is to get as many of your current and your future customers ON THAT LIST!! Train everyone to actively promote your VIP Club to each and every customer that you come across. I would really suggest you girls offer a CHANCE to win a free facial/massage/whatever you spa girls do if your custos join the VIP Club. This way your only giving one person something free so it doesn't really cut into your pockets. Tell them one out of 50 people who join your VIP Club, will receive a free whatever. This has worked awesomely for my current clients, so think about that. If not I can get offers for a chance to win free gas, fastfood coupons etc. I will keep in close touch with you and update you when your list grows. I suggest we send our first SPECIAL OFFER text when we get to at least 15 sign ups. Once we get there we can have some sort of phone meeting to brainstorm the best, most irresistable deal to get everyone running to grab the deal before the time limit is up. We will take care of everything on the technical side; subscription organization, database organization, "welcome to the VIP Club" message, and all mass messaging. All you guys have to do is put the word out. People's natural reaction is to sign up anyway, every one wants to be apart of an important club. So a VIP Club where we personally text everyone SUPER deals? It's perfect. On top of that, remember I suggested to offer one person a chance to win something for free and this is double effective to get quick signups. That's pretty much the gist of it really. We will be sending you some great ideas for other areas of your business every once and a while at no charge, just to start opening your eyes to the creative possibilities you have available all around you! Thanks, get back with me after you speak with your partner! Ready when yall are!!
Arron > ----- Original Message -----

From: info@888888888.com
Sent: 07/17/11 07:29 AM
To: Arron Reeves
Subject: Re: Services
That's awesome! So we get ppl to sign up for our VIP club and u handle the rest?
Can u give me a little more info on how the text campaign works? Just a simple step-by-step
and any ideas on what the free offer would be. I need to talk with my partner but I am SUPER excited.
Kind regards,
Traci McGriff
Stellar Spa
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Yes, everything is included in the yearly plan including the set up fee. If you payed today you wouldn't
have to worry about anything for 365 days later. After this text campaign gets your profits up to a
comfortable place, we can start thinking about other services to boost your profits even more.

We are ready to begin when you are. Upon payment, we will send you your SHORTCODE and
your keyword. I suggest offering your customers something free in exchange for signing up
for the VIP club. If you dont want to offer anything free from your end, I have access to
some really great offers that they will love, just let me know and I will find the best one for you.

Payments can be made through paypal to this email address(jiximarketing@gmx.com). You will
receive all of your information within 12 hours of payment.

Here's to a long-lasting, money making business relationship between us!

Arron

----- Original Message -----
From: info@8888888888.com
Sent: 07/17/11 05:29 AM
To: jiximarketing@gmx.com
Subject: Re: Services

So $2K for 12 months? Does this include the set up fee because its a lump sum?
Kind regards, Traci
Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message-----

From: jiximarketing@gmx.com
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:20:26
To: info@88888888.com>
Subject: Re: Services
Okay so your really fresh, I think your best option is to jump on the mass text marketing first to get some more profit flowing and to start building word of mouth about the great deals we're sending out. There is no need to do any services for your FB/twitter/google rankings you have more money to commit to getting that extra exposure. I usually charge $235 upfront and $250 per month or $2.5K per year for our mass text service. I do want to work with you and help your business explode to great heights since you are very new and just opened last month. I can run your text service for you if you can work with $200 upfront and $220 per month or $2K for the whole year. Most of my clients make their monthly fee back with one text message. The yearly fee may be more, but saves you a crap load of money on the back end. Get back with me and let me know what's best for your current financial situation!
Arron
Jixi Marketing > ----- Original Message ----- >

From: Stellar Spa >
Sent: 07/16/11 02:08 PM
To: Arron Reeves
Subject: Re: Services
Hey Arron, so this is what I have so far. Open since mid-June, but I would really say July > Lets say 20 customers. We just finished a Groupon and it had about 100 hits. One > more deal scheduled in mid-August. Website is 8888888888.com We have a page on Facebook. (haven't really posted anything) We have a Twitter account. (haven't really posted anything) I think we have about $250 to spend a month and that's wishful thinking really. So hopefully you can help us out. Not sure how the marketing thing works, but is it a monthly thing, or a flat rate thing? And if it is a monthly thing, is there a contract? Does it get to a point where the marketing cost should go down as we gain a customer base?
Thanks so much, > Traci McGriff

I havent gotten to that point yet but you can train any VA to manage the campaigns and write the copies yourself, that's not a lot work and can be left to your marketing mind and just outsource the tedious tasks.

It can be fun to write very short copies, provided that they provide the gist of their offers or deals.

Do you think you can reach that point? Or would you rather focus on rather smaller number of clients and upsell them services which are beneficial to their businesses?

Right. Got it

Exactly, I never have a problem meeting face to face, but with the system that I have in place, a lot of the times I get payment without ever even speaking of meeting up.

And I will add you to the 20% early bird list for the WSO since you mentioned it!

Arron

You rock man! Lol....cant wait to get started!

I have a issue that has been bothering me for a while now.

So you have created a campaign for a resturant or bar and you are offering
a drink special... say 2-1 deal.

Now to receive this offer you have to text in 'beer' to the number.

Happy days.


But what if the person who has received the offer forwards the text onto his mate, and he does the same to his mate.

Firstly, you have not acquired their number and your giving away free drinks to people who are dodge.

Has anyone really thought about this?

Yeah, I control the list personally and my clients are subscribed to their lists also so they get the texts every time we send them out. It's pretty to maintain on our own, if you keep every client organized, it's cake easy to just send the messages out for them. Yea its 17 per keyword per 1,000.

About your other question, this has never really been a problem when I explain the whole process to them and how we are going to be getting the signups in a really quick fashion with a few marketing tactics.

LOL, tell me about it, that thread went wild! Thanks! 1 hr!



No it isn't I didn't let that one loose


Arron

@Gotcha

@Streetcop, yeah no problem, Im a dummy for deleting all my messages anyway right after getting the PM I NEED to launch lol.

Will be launched as soon as WF mods get back to me.

Arron

Am I missing something? where can I buy the WSO?

Im very happy you enjoyed it! Very simple stuff there, but I think simplisticity is ABSOLUTELY the best way to go with this stuff. A lot of guru's OVER complicate it!!

@Luke, I got your email this morning, did you send the discounted payment though?

(check my sig)

YES!! Most of the time when someone calls they come off very sales-e
People buy off emotion and what can benefit them.

that is exactly what this script has.

Good Plan.

awesome goal, im already hitting up high paying clients. With this script and another i have i can probably combine and test both of them out.

thanks a million..

Yup! It's my best friend in the whole world!! Businesses love it the same and its so easy to run! Glad it's starting to hit you!

WHOOOOO!!! Thanks John!!! Feel's great for that hardwork to be payed off for this great information!! Looking to have many more WOTD's!! Im tellin ya we gotta do a JV in the future.

Well TD find out if they have a way to easily fill cancelled appts. Ask if they would think having a list of clients on a waiting list would be a good idea? What if 1st thing that morning they get two cancels and then they could blast out to their list have opening at X & Y and 1st come get's it say at 10% off.. So instead of losing out with nothing they can fill and still 90%. I'm sure they should have no problem getting clients on the list.

THANKS! TAKE ACTION!

@td Let me get back to you with that one, it's a good question and I've never thought about it

The US must have different regulations, if you considering creating a competition via SMS here in Australia you have to apply for a permit.

Bummer

Good questions that I'd like to know the answers as well.

The set up fee is all they pay for the first month. Most of them definitely make that much back and more in their first month.

I tell all my clients that I am the only one that can manage accounts. I like to have total control.

You should charge them overage fee per extra text message. Come up with your own price for that, an example could be 10 cent per text over 1,000...

Im happy you enjoyed the posts!! You are right the script alone is worth lots of moola if put to work!!

Here is the original WSO again and his signature is a new one. If you want the info give the man his due.

Have you created this app yet? Can we get this?

Have you completed this app by chance? Any way we could look at it or use it?

Depends on the kind of business your talking about, it's too easy to get passed restaurant gatekeepers! The gatekeeper doesn't need to know anything but you need to speak with the manager about something that only he/she can help you with.

2.5 months is super old huh? Guess it is in the IM world

Hey, thanks for the suggestion, I look at it like this. Everyone wants to do what the other TOP restaurants are doing. No one wants to be out of the loop concerning the new stuff on the block. Both ways have their own advantages.

When giving something away for free in exchange for them to be on the vip list how do we know whether they sign up to be on the vip club? Do you physically get them to write down their number and add it to a database are do they have to text a certain code to get added to it.

If they have to text a code how do we know for certain that they texted it?